Letice de Lostock (Moreton) - De Moreton descendants of Letice

Started by Terry Jackson (Switzer) on Monday, September 7, 2015

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Terry Jackson (Switzer) C

9/7/2015 at 11:56 AM

According to sources about Little Moreton Hall "The Moreton family's roots in Little Moreton can be traced to the marriage in 1216 of Lettice de Moreton to Sir Gralam de Lostock, who inherited land there; succeeding generations of the de Lostocks adopted the name of de Moreton.[8] Gralam de Lostock's grandson, Gralam de Moreton, acquired valuable land from his marriages to Alice de Lymme and then Margery de Kingsley. Another grandson, John de Moreton, married heiress Margaret de Macclesfield in 1329, adding further to the estate."
It seems clear that this is the Letice in question but according to this tree her descendants are not de Moretons or Moretons.

Erica Howton C

9/7/2015 at 2:19 PM

Perhaps one of these wives (of different fathers) is wrong

http://www.geni.com/merge/compare/6000000028359971836

If you have a source for descendant name change (which descendant) you could go ahead and make the notations within that / those profiles as the next step.

Erica Howton C

9/7/2015 at 2:21 PM

This is another area that's out of sorts

http://www.geni.com/merge/compare/6000000003827378937

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9/7/2015 at 3:29 PM

Shropshire is right next door to Cheshire, so Lettice coming from there makes sense.

One of the problems is that somebody left off the Lostock grandson who changed his name - he was Gralam, son of Geoffrey.

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9/7/2015 at 3:40 PM

That's the story according to Burke's Commoners, anyway....

The detailed descent of the Moretons is *not* noted in Burke (unfortunately).

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9/7/2015 at 3:44 PM

Tag Geoffrey Geoffrey de Lostock , Gralam II Gralam de Moreton , and John (who isn't in Burke) John Moreton .

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9/7/2015 at 3:57 PM

Visitation of Cheshire 1580 provides a sketchy tree, if it can be trusted (the Visitations are highly variable in quality and reliability).

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