Baron Everingham (aka Everyngham) is an

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title in the

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. It was created by

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to Parliament of Adam de Everingham of Laxton, Nottinghamshire, on 4 March 1309. It passed to his son Adam but fell into abeyance upon the death of his childless grandson Robert in 1371.

Ancestry

Named after the village of

Everingham Everingham is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is west of Market Weighton town centre and south of Pocklington town centre. The village lies in a civil parish also officially called "Everingham" by the Office for Natio ...

, 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 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 Sherwood Forest is the remnants of an ancient royal forest, Royal Forest in Nottinghamshire, within the East Midlands region in England. It has association with the legend of Robin Hood. The forest was proclaimed by William the Conqueror and ...

. * Sir Adam de Everingham (died 1280), fought in the Welsh War of 1257 and with the Barons at the

Battle of Evesham The Battle of Evesham (4 August 1265) was one of the two main battles of 13th century England's Second Barons' War. It marked the defeat of Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester, and the rebellious barons by the future King Edward I, who led t ...

in 1265. Keeper of Sherwood Forest. Held

Shelford, Nottinghamshire Shelford is a Village#United Kingdom, village and civil parish in the Rushcliffe borough of Nottinghamshire. The population of the former civil parish of Shelford and Newton at the 2011 United Kingdom census, 2011 census was 673. Shelford has sinc ...

Fairburn, North Yorkshire Fairburn is a small village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. Situated approximately 10 miles (16 km) east of Leeds, the village lies close to the A1(M) motorway and the M62 motorway and until 2005, when the A1(M) mot ...

and Westbury in Lincolnshire.

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1281. * Sir Robert de Everingham (1256–87), m. Alice de la Hyde. Keeper of Sherwood Forest. Inquisition post mortem 1287.

St Michael the Archangel's Church, Laxton St Michael the Archangel’s Church, Laxton is a Grade I listed Church of England parish in the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham in Laxton, Nottinghamshire. History The church dates from the 13th century. It was the home church of the Ever ...

contains stone effigies of the family.

Baron Everingham of Laxton (1309)

By Writ *Sir Adam de Everingham, 1st Baron Everingham, K.B. (1279–1340). Served in the Invasion of Scotland in 1296 and took part in the

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in 1300. Made

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at the Knighting of

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at the

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in 1306. Summoned to Parliament by Writ in 1309. Fought in the

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from 1295 to 1319. Taken prisoner at

Battle of Boroughbridge The Battle of Boroughbridge was fought on 16 March 1322 in England between a group of rebellious barons and the forces of King Edward II, near Boroughbridge, north-west of York. The culmination of a long period of antagonism between the King a ...

in 1322. Inquisition post mortem 1341. *Sir

Adam de Everingham, 2nd Baron Everingham Sir Adam de Everingham, 2nd Baron Everingham (died 1388), Lord of Laxton, was an English noble who fought during the Second War of Scottish Independence and the Hundred Years' War. Adam was the eldest son of Adam de Everingham and Clarice l ...

(1307–1388), son and heir. m. Joan d'Eyvill. Fought at the Siege of Berwick and

Battle of Halidon Hill The Battle of Halidon Hill took place on 19 July 1333 when a Scottish army under Sir Archibald Douglas attacked an English army commanded by King Edward III of England () and was heavily defeated. The year before, Edward Balliol had seized ...

in 1333, the

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and Siege of Tournay in 1340, the

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in 1346 and the Siege of Calais in 1347. Summoned to Parliament by Writ in January 1371. He died 8 February 1387/88 in Laxton, Northumberland, England. * Robert de Everingham (b. ~1368) was to become 3rd Baron Everingham, as son of William de Everingham (d. 16 August 1369) and grandson of the 2nd Baron, but died 27 December 1370 in his minority thus the Barony fell into abeyance between his sisters Joan (b. ~1362) and Katherine (b. ~1363) when the 2nd Baron died.

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Everingham monuments in St Michael Church, Laxton, Notts
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Ancestry

Baron Everingham of Laxton (1309)

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