Sir Thomas DE MULTON (1276-bef1322)

Individual Events and Attributes

Marriage

Individual Note

Lord Thomas de Multon (1276–1322) was the first Baron Multon of Gilsland.[1] He married Eleanor de Burgh daughter of Richard de Burgh 2nd Earl of Ulster, Richard's other daughter Elizabeth de Burgh married King Robert the Bruce of Scotland. The title Baron Multon of Gilsland was created once in the Peerage of England. On 26 August 1307 Thomas de Multon was summoned to parliament as Baron Multon, of Gilsland, from 26 August 1307, to 26 November 1313. He was engaged in many of the Scottish wars and subsequently obtained many immunities from the crown in the shape of grants for fairs and markets upon his many manors. He died in 1313 leaving an only daughter and heiress, Margaret who inherited the title and estates. She married Ranulph (Ralph) de Dacre, who was summoned to parliament as Lord Dacre in 1321. The title and estates after Margaret inherited them was conveyed to the Dacre family.

Margaret de Multon, 2nd Baroness Multon of Gilsland (died 1361)

Thomas is the Great, Great Grandson of Thomas de Multon (died 1240).

NOTES:

1 http://www.thepeerage.com/p918.htm#i9174

SOURCES:

A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerages of England, Ireland, and Scotland, Extinct, Dormant and in Abeyance, (1831). John Burke, Esq. page 379²

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