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THE FIRST WHARTON DOCUMENT
In England, ca 1155, King Henry II gave the manor de Querton to Sir Hugh de Morville. The manor eventually passed to Gilbert de Querton, the man generally recognized as the first Wharton. In 1292 King Edward I, the great grandson of Henry II, made claim to the manor and a trial was held to determine the manor ownership. Edward Ross Wharton, a renowned Latin and Greek scholar and a Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford, found, during his Wharton genealogy searching, the original record of that trial, written in Latin. The following is his translation, It is the first known Wharton document. In it there are enough of Gilbert's relatives to show that he was of Norman descent.
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(The finding of the jury before Hugh de Cressingham and his fellows, itinerant justices "of our lord the king, at Appleby, in the county of Westmoreland, 6 October 1292".)
"Our lord the king - - - claims - - - against Gilbert de Querton the Manor of Querton with its appurtenances. And Gilbert concerning the tenement defends against the claim the right of the king himself who now is, and is well aware of the seisin of our lord King Henry, predecessor of the now lord king, and says that the same lord King Henry of his seisin gave the aforesaid Manor to one Hugh de Morville, and the same Hugh of his seisin enfeoffed thereof one Walter son of Durand, and the aforesaid lord King Henry, great-grandfather of the new lord king, by his charter which he produces, allowed and confirmed the gift of the aforesaid Hugh, made to the same Walter; and from Walter himself the right and fee descended to one Jordan as son and heir. And from Jordan himself the right and fee descended to one Isobel as daughter and heir, which Isobel indeed of her seisin gave the aforesaid manor to one Robert son of Henry, which Robert indeed died in seisin thereof without heir to himself. And from Robert himself the right and fee reverted to that Gilbert who now holds it, as uncle and heir, brother of the aforesaid Henry father of Robert himself, son of Henry. Whence he puts himself on a jury of the county in the place of the great assize of our lord the king, and claims cog nizance to be made whether he himself have the greater right in the aforesaid manor with its appurtenances by confirmation made and enfeoffments aforesaid, or the aforesaid lord the king. And
*Hugh de Multon
*Thos de Derwentwater
*Wm de Strickland
*Richard de Preston
John Mauchael
Wm de Crackenthorp
John de Fraunceys of Cliburn
Nicholas de Musgrave
Adam de Hawrington
John de Quale
Richard de Wardecoppe
Adam de Musgrave
(* Knights)
jurors chosen for this purpose, say on their oath that the aforesaid Gilbert has a greater right to hold the aforesaid tenements, by confirmation made and enfeoffments aforesaid, than our lord the king to have them as demanded. AND THEREFORE it is considered that the aforesaid Gilbert may have seisin thereof forever, saving the right of our lord the king when at another time he shall wish to speak thereof”.
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If you are interested in more info on Gilbert de Querton and the early Whartons, search this forum for "querton" and read my posting "Re: Origins of Whartons of Cumbria? May 01, 2001".
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