Agnes (Fitz Alured) Dutton (abt. 1160 - aft. 1189)

Descendants

Biography

Agnes, the daughter of Roger FitzAlfred was born in the reign of Henry II [1154-1189].^[1] Her father, Roger, was the son of Alfred de Cumbray.^[2]

Agnes was the sister of:

1. William;^[3]

Agnes married Adam, younger son of Hugh Dutton of Dutton,^[4] during the time of John Constable of Chester, so between circa 1178 and 1190 when John died in Tyre,^[5] as John was one of the witnesses when her father, Roger, gave her in marriage to Adam Dutton of Dutton and John confirmed Roger's grant of a moiety of Warburton to Adam.^[5] In the deed, also witnessed by P'or' de Nort' and Hugh de Dutton, Roger' fil' Aluredi', with the agreement of his son and heir, William, gave to Adam de Dutton in free marriage with Agnete, his daughter, medietate' Werbertune, and in a separate deed John Constable of Chester confirmed the grant, with Richard Fitun as one of the witnesses.^[3]

Agnes and Adam had children:

1. Geoffrey, heir,^[3] went on Crusade to the Holy Land;^[6]
2. John, buried at St. Mary and St. Werburg of Warburton;^[4]
3. Agatha;^[3]

Agnes' husband, Adam Dutton of Dutton made a grant to St. Mary and St. Werburg of Warburton, and the Premonstratensian canons^[4] after 1190 (when John, Constable of Chester died^[5]). The original Latin grant was transcribed by Sir Peter Leycester^[4] and the English translation below was supplied by William Farrer:^[7]

Grant in frankalmoign from Adam de Dutton, with the assent of Agnes his wife to God and St. Mary and St. Werburg of Warburton, and the Premonstratensian canons there, of the moiety of the town of Warburton, for the health of the souls of John, Constable [of Chester], and his ancestors; of Roger, Constable [of Chester], and his wife; of the grantor's father and mother; of Roger Fitz Alfred, of whose fee the said land was; of the grantor's son John, whose body lay buried there; and for the health of his own soul, his wife's, and the souls of all his ancestors. Witnesses — Hugh de Dutton and Geoffrey his brother, [s.d. 1189— 1208].

Agnes de Dutton died after 1189/90 as her husband made the above grant to St Mary and St Werburg of Warburton, and the Premonstratensian canons with her consent, and it was witnessed by Roger, who became Constable of Chester after his father John went on Crusade and died in Tyre in the Holy Land in 1189-90.^[5]

Research Notes

Error in The Visitation of Cheshire in the Year 1580

Incorrectly, the pedigree for "Werburghton, vel Warburton, of Areley" in The Visitation of Cheshire in the Year 1580 says Agnes the daughter and heir of Roger fitz Alured was married to Sir Geffery de Dutton, son of Adam de Dutton and his wife, Alice, the daughter of John Lacy Constable of Chester.^[8]

Agnes was married to Adam. Adam was the brother of Sir Hugh living in 33 Henry II. Agnes had half of the manor of Warburton given with her in frank marriage to Adam and John, Constable of Chester, the Chief Lord confirmed it. The other half the Prior of St Johns of Jerusalem gave him in 1187, 33 Henry II.

Sources

1. ↑ Ormerod ed Helsby, Vol I, 1882 p 573.
2. ↑ A P Baggs, Ann J Kettle, S J Lander, A T Thacker and David Wardle, 'House of Premonstratensian canons: The priory of Warburton', in A History of the County of Chester: Volume 3, ed. C R Elrington and B E Harris (London, 1980), p. 171 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/ches/vol3/p171 [accessed 8 December 2015].
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Ormerod ed Helsby, Vol I, 1882 p 568
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} Ormerod ed Helsby, Vol I, 1882 p 567, quoting Leycester, Peter. Historical Antiquities, in Two Books: The First Treating in General of Great-Brettain and Ireland : the Second Containing Particular Remarks Concerning Cheshire. London: Printed by W.L. for Robert Clavell, 1673.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3} Ormerod ed Helsby, Vol I, 1882 p 694-5
6. ↑ Ormerod ed Helsby, Vol I, 1882 p 569;
7. ↑ William Farrer, ed., "The Chartulary of Cockersand Abbey of the Premonstratensian Order. Printed from the original in the possession of Sir Thomas Brooke, Bart., F.S.A., of Armitage Bridge, Near Huddersfield", Remains Historical and Literary connected with the Palatine Counties of Lancaster and Chester, Vol 43 —New Series, (Manchester: The Chetham Society, 1900), accessed 9 December 2015, https://archive.org/stream/chartularycocke00farrgoog#page/n222/mode/2up pp.736.
8. ↑ John Paul Rylands, ed., "The Visitation of Cheshire in the Year 1580 made by Robert Glover, Somerset Herald, for William Flower, Norroy King of Arms, with Numerous Additions and Continuations, Including those from the Visitation of Cheshire made in the Year 1566, by the same Herald. With an Appendix, Containing the Visitation of a Part of Cheshire in the Year 1533, made by William Fellows, Lancaster Herald, for Thomas Benolte, Clarenceux King of Arms. And a Fragment of the Visitation of the City of Chester in the Year 1591, made by Thomas Chaloner, Deputy to the Office of Arms", The Publications of the Harleian Society, XVIII, (1882), 112, e-Book Internet Archive (https://archive.org/stream/visitationofches00glov#page/112/mode/2up : accessed 15 December 2017).

See also:

• George Ormerod, "Containing the Introduction and Prolegomena, the County of the City of Chester and Bucklow Hundred", The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester; Compiled from Original Evidences in Public Offices, the Harleian and Cottonian MSS, Parochial Registers, Private Muniments, Unpublished Ms Collections of Successive Cheshire Antiquaries, and a Personal Survey of Every Township in the County; Incorporated with a Republication of King's Vale Royal, and Leycester's Cheshire Antiquities, 3 volumes, 2nd Edition, Ed. Thomas Helsby, (London: George Routledge and Sons, 1882).
• Warburton of Arley Charters: The archive comprises charters and other documents concerning the ownership of property, plus some letters and receipts, relating mainly to the Dutton and Warburton families and their Cheshire estates, from the 12th to the 18th centuries. [1]