Plumpton family

The hamlet of Plumpton lies two miles from Follifoot, just off the Harrogate to Wetherby road. It's name derives from the Old English term 'plump' meaning a wooded place and 'ton' a town and was once a thriving township of one thousand people. Little is known of its history prior to the compilation of the Doomsday Book in 1086, although it is supposed that some of the curious rocks found there were used for Druidical practices in the times of the Brigantes. However by 1086 the land was being cultivated and recorded as being worth 20 shillings. In the time of Edward the Confessor, Plumpton belonged to Gamelbar, a major landowner in the area but by the time of the Norman Conquest had passed to William de Percy. Eldred, an Anglo Saxon, held the manor in fee from de Percy, and he is said to be an ancestor of the Plumpton family. .... more


Sir William Plumpton was Seneschal of Knaresborough Castle

  • A1. Eldred;
    • B1. Peter de Plumpton, lvd:1133;
      • C1. Nigel de Plumpton, lvd:1168/1213;
        • D1. Peter de Plumpton;
          • E1. Nigel de Plumpton, d:1271, m. Avicia de Clare;  ==>  de Clare family
            • F1. Sir Robert de Plumpton, m. Isabella of Weswick;
              • G1. Sir Robert de Plumpton, knight, lvd:1325, m. Lucy de Ros;  ==>  de Ros family
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    • H1. Sir William de Plumpton, m. Christian Mowbray;  ==>  Mowbray family
      • I1. Sir Robert Plumpton, d:1407, m. Isabel le Scrope;  ==>  le Scrope family
        • J1. William Plumpton, m. Alice Gisburne;
          • K1. Sir Robert Plumpton, d:1421, m. Alison Foliambe;
            • L1. Sir William Plumpton, d:1480, m. Elizabeth Stapleton;
              • M1. Margaret Plumpton, m. George Darrell;
              • M2. William Plumpton, b:1435, m. Elizabeth Clifford;  ==>  Clifford family
                • N1. Elizabeth Plumpton, b:1435, m. John Soothill;
                  • O1. Henry Soothill, m. Joan Empson;

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