Eure family

A family of ancient note and eminence in the county, descended from the Lords Clavering and Warkworth, and by the female line from the Vescys and Attons. They were famous for their warlike exploits against the Scots, as a reward for which, King Edward I. bestowed upon them Kitness, in Scotland

Witton Castle was the ancient seat of the family of Eure, a branch of the baronial family of Clavering, who held it of the Bishop of Durham by military service. Sir William Eure of Witton was created Lord Eure by Henry VIII. in 1543. He was ennobled on account of the vigour with which he prosecuted the Border warfare. He was slain in the battle of Ancram Moor, fought between him and the Earl of Angus in 1546. The sixth Lord Eure fell in the battle of Marston Moor in 1645, and on the death of Ralph, the eighth Lord Eure, without issue, the title is presumed to be extinct.


Witton Castle was the ancient seat of the Eure family

  • A1. Roger FitzRichard of Warkworth, m. Alianor of Essex;
    • B1. Robert FitzRoger, Sheriff of Northumberland, Norfolk, and Suffolk, d:1214, m. Margaret de Cheney;
      • C1. John FitzRobert of Warkworth and Clavering, d:1240, m. Ada de Baliol;  ==>  Baliol family
        • D1. Roger FitzJohn de Clavering, d:1249, m. Isabel de Dunbar;  ==>  Clan Dunbar
          • E1. Robert FitzRoder de Clavering, d:1310, m. Margery de la Zouche;  ==>  Zouche family
            • F1. Euphemia de Clavering, m. ralph de Neville;  <==  Neville family
        • D2. Hugh FitzJohn de Eure, d:1295, m. Agnes Bertram;
          • E1. John de Eure, d:1322, m. Margaret;
            • F1. Sir John de Eure, d:1393, m. Isabella de Clifford  ==>  Clifford family
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    • G1. Sir Ralph de Eure of Witton Castle, Sheriff of Northumberland, d:1422, m1. Isabel de Atholl,  ==>  Earls of Atholl
                            m2. Catherine de Aton;
      • H1. [m1]: Margaret Eure, m. John Pudsey;  <==  Pudsey family
      • H2. [m2]: Ralph Eure of Witton Castle;
        • I1. Sir William Eure, lvd:1396/1445, m. Maud FitzHugh;  ==>  FitzHugh family
          • J1. Ralph Eure, d:1462, m. Eleanor de Greystock;  ==>  Greystoke family
            • K1. Sir William Eure, b:1440, m. Margaret Constable;  ==>  Gascoigne family
              • L1. Sir Ralph Eure of Witton Castle, d:1539, m. Muriel Hastings;  ==>  Hastings family
                • M1. William Eure, 1st Baron Eure, Sheriff of Durham And Northumberland, d:1548, m. Elizabeth Willoughby;  ==>  Willoughby family
                  • N1. Sir Ralph Eure, d:1508, m. Margery Bowes;
                    • O1. William Eure, 2nd Baron Eure, Captain of Berwick Castle, d:1548, m. Margaret Dymoke;

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