Adam de Betham

http://edenlinks.rootsweb.ancestry.com/1gp/KENDALWARD/BEETHAM/BEETL... In the grant conferring Kendal Church on the Abbey of St. Mary of York by Gilbert, sixth baron of Kendal, at the end of the 12th century, Adam de Bietham is mentioned as one of the witnesses. Another witness was Gervase de Aincourt, of Sizergh Castle. At this time the Stricklands were still at Strickland in Morland. The mention of the de Bethams in these old deeds is proof of their having been a family of the highest rank and eminence in their day, as only such persons could be witnesses in those early times.