39G THORESWAY — THORPE. THORESWAY. So.a " Colepeper of Thoreswat, co. Lincoln," Barony (Colepeper), cr. 1644 ; ex. 1725. TH0RIGN7. i.e., "Thorigny and Granville" see "Batii" Earldom (G'n mville, a: KiOl THORNHAUGW. " Russell of Thokkbaugh, co. Northampton," Barony (Russell), a: 1003. THORNCASTLE. i.e., '• Fitzwili.ia.m of Thqrncastlb " Barony [I.J ( FUzwill iam c.r. 162!) with the ViscoUNTcv of Eitzwiluam ok JIehvon [JL], which see ; ex. 1833. THORPE. Barony Dy writ. 1. Jon.v DE THORPE, sum. to Purl, as a Baron 1 nndlnl'Vl-! (LORD THORPE) from 11 June (1309) 2 E.l. 11. to 1-JOJtoU-J. b Oct, (1826), It? Ed. I. bis. 1381, 1. YfiLLiAJt de Thorpe, sum. to Pari, as a Baron to (LORD THORPE) from 10 July (1581) 5 Ric. II. to 12 Sep. 1390. (1390) I t Ric. DL Tho* the identity is doubtful, hp piobablj was the William de Thorpe, who had lie. (1371) 18 Ed. III., to embattle his mauor house at Makesey, co Northampton. (>') (") " Yiucent identifies this Baron with the Lord of Creke, and states that he died circa 17 Ed, II [1323-24], hut adds that he died s.p., which latter statement would seem to be incorrect. Dugdale gives no account of this Baron, but Banks, in his ' Stemmata AngUcana,' identifies him with John de Thorpe, who was Lord of Creke, co. Norfolk, and who died (1323) 17 Ed. II, leaving Robert de Thorpe his s. and b. set. 30 years ; the last-named Robert died (1330) 4 Ed. Ill, leaving John his s.aial 1>. who died in his minority, and Sir Edmund Thorpe, set. 2] in 1310, ancestor of Sir Edmund Thorpe, who died iu 1417, leaving two daughters Ids coheirs, viz. Isabel, who til. Philip Tylney, and Joan, who m. 1st Sir Robert Echingham, and secondly Sir John Clifton ; if Banks's identity [reditu identification] be correct, the Barony created by the Writ of 2 Ed. II is vested in the descendants and representatives of the said Isabel and Joan " [Courthopc]. (•>) See Banks's " liar. Aug. Gone." A William Thorpe, who had been an Advocate in 1333 became, in 1316, Chief Justice of the King' B Bench, was degraded therefrom (for bribery) 1300, but pardoned (and restored to his manor of Changton, co. Sussex) nest year. He, probably, was the same William who was made second Baron of the Exchequer iu 1352, and who was present among the Judges iu Pari, in 1355, tho' not later. Foss (" Judges ") adds that " within a few years three William de Thorpes are mentioned in Nottingham, Northampton, and Sussex, but we cannot satisfactorily identify either with tho Judge." Banks (ut supra) adds that if William, who was BUin. to pari. 1381-00 " be the same person who was the corrupt Judge in (1350) 24 Ed. Ill, he must have been advanced very much iu years at the time of last- mentioned writ of summons."
