de Lexington Family - Ourfolk
Richard de Lexington B: ABT 1170
Richard was born on ABT 1170 in of Nottinghamshire, England .
Richard was married to Matilda de Cauz (de Lexington) .
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William, Lord of East Markham, inherited the estates of his father, Sir
Alexander. He greatly increased his paternal inheritance by his marriage
with Cecilia de Lexington, one of the six children of Richard de Lexington
and his wife, Matilda de Cauz. Of his three sons, John was Lord Keeper to Henry III in 1238,
1242, and 1247-8, Governor of the castles of Bolsover and Oxford;
Robert was Lord of Lexington; Henry was Bishop of Lincoln. All
three died without issue. The two daughters who married were
Alice, wife of Sir Roland de Sutton, whose descendant, in after
years, obtained the title of Baron Lexington; and Cecilia, wife of
William Markham. So that Sutton and Markham divided the rich
Lexington inheritance.
'MARKHAM AND ITS EARLY POSSESSORS' Sir Ken Markham, K.C.B.
Laxton or Lexington, three miles south by west of Tuxford, and five miles east of
Ollerton, is a considerable village on a pleasant declivity, celebrated for having
given the title of baron to a family of its own name, and afterwards to the Suttons of
Averham. Before the Norman invasion it belonged to Tochi, and was afterwards
part of the fee of Goisford de Alselin, which was in the reign of Henry I, divided
into two great baronies possessed by Ralph de Alselin of Shelford, and Robert de
Caux of Lexington. In the reign of John, Richard de Lexington, who had his name
from the residence of his ancestors, held lands here of the de Caux family, and
having purchased large estates at other places, was summoned to parliament under
the title of Baron Lexington. Henry de Lexington, the fourth Baron Lexington, died
in 1257, when the title became extinct, and his property was divided betwixt his
nephews and heirs, Richard de Mareham and William de Sutton, from the latter of
whom descended Robert Sutton who, in 1645, was created Baron Lexington of
Averham, but at the death of his successor of the same name, in 1723, the title again
became extinct, and has not since been revived, though some time ago, it was
expected to have been conferred upon that branch of the Sutton family, now resident
at Kelham, one of whom was Charles Manners Sutton, Archbishop of Canterbury
from 1792 until his death in 1805, and his son of the same name, who long held the
office of Speaker in the House of Commons, but none of them have any property in
this parish.
William, Lord of East Markham, inherited the estates of his father, Sir
Alexander. He greatly increased his paternal inheritance by his marriage
with Cecilia de Lexington, one of the six children of Richard de Lexington
and his wife, Matilda de Cauz. Of his three sons, John was Lord Keeper to Henry III in 1238,
1242, and 1247-8, Governor of the castles of Bolsover and Oxford;
Robert was Lord of Lexington; Henry was Bishop of Lincoln. All
three died without issue. The two daughters who married were
Alice, wife of Sir Roland de Sutton, whose descendant, in after
years, obtained the title of Baron Lexington; and Cecilia, wife of
William Markham. So that Sutton and Markham divided the rich
Lexington inheritance.
'MARKHAM AND ITS EARLY POSSESSORS' Sir Ken Markham, K.C.B.
Laxton or Lexington, three miles south by west of Tuxford, and five miles east of
Ollerton, is a considerable village on a pleasant declivity, celebrated for having
given the title of baron to a family of its own name, and afterwards to the Suttons of
Averham. Before the Norman invasion it belonged to Tochi, and was afterwards
part of the fee of Goisford de Alselin, which was in the reign of Henry I, divided
into two great baronies possessed by Ralph de Alselin of Shelford, and Robert de
Caux of Lexington. In the reign of John, Richard de Lexington, who had his name
from the residence of his ancestors, held lands here of the de Caux family, and
having purchased large estates at other places, was summoned to parliament under
the title of Baron Lexington. Henry de Lexington, the fourth Baron Lexington, died
in 1257, when the title became extinct, and his property was divided betwixt his
nephews and heirs, Richard de Mareham and William de Sutton, from the latter of
whom descended Robert Sutton who, in 1645, was created Baron Lexington of
Averham, but at the death of his successor of the same name, in 1723, the title again
became extinct, and has not since been revived, though some time ago, it was
expected to have been conferred upon that branch of the Sutton family, now resident
at Kelham, one of whom was Charles Manners Sutton, Archbishop of Canterbury
from 1792 until his death in 1805, and his son of the same name, who long held the
office of Speaker in the House of Commons, but none of them have any property in
this parish.
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