Everingham Genealogy and Everingham Family History Information

origin and history

From an unidentified source:

Named after the village of Everingham, Yorkshire the de Everinghams moved to Laxton in the thirteenth century and subsequently branched out to Kiplingcotes and Sherburn and Lincolnshire. The first of the Laxton Everinghams was Robert de Everingham who married the heiress of the Birkin family[2] and in doing so brought the hereditary position of Keeper of Sherwood Forest to the family. The three generations that preceded the Barons are:- Sir Robert de Everingham (died 1236), m. Isabel, daughter of John Birkin, Keeper of Sherwood Forest. Sir Adam de Everingham (died 1280), fought in the Welsh War of 1257 and with the Barons at the Battle of Evesham in 1265. Keeper of Sherwood Forest. Held Shelford, Nottinghamshire, Everingham & Fairburn, North Yorkshire and Westbury in Lincolnshire.[3] Inquisition post mortem 1281.[4] Sir Robert de Everingham (1256–87), m. Alice de la Hyde.[2] Keeper of Sherwood Forest. Inquisition post mortem 1287.[4] St Michael the Archangel's Church, Laxton contains stone effigies of the family.

links

• https://stirnet.com/genie/data/british/ee/everingham1.php (membership required in order to view without interruption)
• https://web.archive.org/web/20200311221235/http://www.everingham.co...

see also:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baron_Everingham