FAUCONBERG. wherever he might bef 1 ) and was sum. to Pari, as a Baron [LORD FAUCONBERG] by writs 23 June (1295), 23 Ed. I., to 24 July (1301), 30 Ed. I.(>>) He (as D'n's de Faueumh'gt) was one of the Barons who signed the letter to the Pope in 1301, but d. soon afterwards (1301), 32 Ed. t II. 1304. 2. Walter (de FauookberS), Lord Fauconberg, s. and h., aged 40 in 1301 ; was sum. to Pari, from 12 Nov. (,1303), • 32 Ed. L, to 25 Aug. (1318), 12 Ed. II., at whose coronation (1307/8) he attended. Ho to. " Isabel, da. of the Loud Boos of IIamlake."(°) He d. 1318 leaving Alice, his widow, surviving who m. soon afterwards Ralph de Buljibr. III. 1318. S. John (de Fauconberg), Lord Fauconberg, 1st surv. s. and li.,() aged 28 in 1318; was sum. to Pari. 22 Jauy. (1335/6), 0 Ed. III., to 10 March' (1348 9), 23 Ed. III. ; Sheriff of co. York and Gov. of York Castle, 1311, and Gov. of Berwick upon Tweed, 1312. He d. 1349. IV. 1319. 4- Walteu (de Fauconberg J, Lord Fauconberg, s. and h., aged 30 in 1349 ; was sum. to Pari, from 25 Nov. (1350), 24 Ed. III., to 14 Aug. (1302), 36 Ed. III. He was a Knight Banneret in 1350 and went to the Holy Land in 135". He m. firstly Maud, da. of John, and sister and coheir of 'William PATsnotx, of Bletso, co. Bedford, and of Patshull, co. Northampton. He m. secondly Isabel, sister of John Bigot. He d. 29 Sep. 1362. His widow, living 1366, held the Lordship of Skclton in dower. V. 13G2, 5. Thomas (de Fauconberg), Lord Fauconberg, s. and to h., by first wife, aged 17 in 1362. He appears never to have been 1107. sum. to Pari, tho'lie inherited considerable estates (in Northampton- shire) from his mother in 1360. He served in the French war in 1376. He d. s.p.m.s.(°) in 1407 when the Barony apparently fell into abeyance.^) Will (of Sir Thomas Falconbridge) pr. 19 May 1403. • « » • VI. 1429, 6. Joan Fauconberg, da. and heir (or coheir) of the to above,0 lap. 18 Oct. 1406, at Skelton afsd., of which manor and L1C3. castle she had livery at her age of 15 in 1422 ; m. probably about 1426, William Nevu.l, ono of the yr. sons of Ralph, 1st Earl op Westmorland, by his second wife, the Lady Joan Beaufort, which William, having been knighted 19 May 1426, was (probably jure uxoris) sum. to Parl.(K) as a Baron [LORD NEVILL or LOUD NEVILL DE FAUCONBERGE or LORD FAUCONBERGE] from 3 Aug. (1429), 7 Hen. VI., to 23 May (1461), 1 Ed. IV. ; each writ, from 7 to 25 Heu. VI., being directed " WiUklmo de Nevill, Chl'r" [without any other designation] tho' those of 33 and 38 Hen. VI. as also that of 1 Ed. IV. are directed " Willielmo Nevill de Fauetmbcrgc, Ch'lr."( h ) He distinguished himself in the French wars, particularly at the siege of Orleans in 1431 ; K G., 1410; P.C., 1454 ; Commander of a Fleet, 1458 ; Gov. of Calais, 1460. He, however, fought atTowton for the cause of Edward IV. by whom he was or., 30 June (») See vol. i, p. 259, note "c," sub "Basset de Sapcote," as to this writ not constituting a regular writ of summons to Pari. (•>) See as to this letter " Nicolas," pp. 761—809. ( c ) [Duffdale.] (<<) Ho had; apparently, an elder br. Walter who was made KB. (with Prince Edward in 1306 and who d. v.p. before 1318. (°) His only s. and h. ap. John Fauconberg m. Joane, but d. s.p. and v.p. His widow m. Sir Thomas Bromflete. (f) The coheirs appear to have been the two daughters of the last Lord of whom the eldest, Isabel, m. John de Wilton, IS Oct. 1406, the some day that Joan, the youngest, was baptized. (B) There is proof in the rolls of Tarl. of his sitting. TO I« the writ of 38 Hen. VI. the following memorandum appears on the roll " Vacat, quia extra rcgnum." X
