Thomas Fetherstonhaugh

Abt 1213 - Aft 1272  (~ 60 years)

• Name	Thomas Fetherstonhaugh
  Born	Abt 1213  [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	34978
  Died	Aft 1272
  Person ID	I34978	Featherstone Main
  Last Modified	23 Apr 2021

  
  

  Father	Elias Featherstone,   b. Abt 1185,   d. Abt 1226  (Age ~ 41 years)
  Family ID	F1	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	1. Thomas Fetherstonhaugh,   b. Abt 1244
  Last Modified	18 Nov 2022
  Family ID	F11554	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Arms & Heraldry

  Arms Thomas Fetherstonhaugh I 2nd Son Arms:. Gules a chevron between three ostrich feathers argent It is not known for a fact how many Thomas's there were but the periodbetween Elias and Thomas born cir 1272 gives a possibilty using 25 yearsa generation to have had four generations of Thomases. All would havehad the same Arms passed down father to son

  
  

• Sources

  [S1194] The Featherstone Family News, Varoius, (The Featherstone Society, 14 Heddon Grove, from 1997 to present day), Issue 2 From all the available references and working on 20-25 year generations it appears that in 13th and 14th century Northumberland there was probably a succession of five eldest sons named Thomas and also a cousin named Thomas. The five Thomases were, in their turn, successively described in legal documents only as "junior" and"senior" giving rise to some confusion in generations. Earlier researchers constructing a tree of the early Featherstones prudently left a space after Helias. However, a letter lodged with Society of Genealogists in London gives 1213 as the year of the first Thomas' birth which makes him appear to be the "heir11 of Helias mentioned in the document of 1212-1217. ***"The Featherstones of England", A Family History." Dr. Hans W and Mrs. Elizabeth Meier, 1995 **"Featherstoniana" Dr C PCuttino [S1194] The Featherstone Family News, Varoius, (The Featherstone Society, 14 Heddon Grove, from 1997 to present day), Issue 2 The first mention found of a Thomas in a legal document is in 1225 (10 Henry III) when he was granted the manor of Featherstonhalgh in socage*. This suggests that Helias had died in that year. In 1244 and again in 1277 there are references to Thomas senior acquiring property in Wyden*. This implies that the second Thomas was born before 1244. If these birth dates are accepted, in 1277 the first Thomas (if still alive) would have been 64 and the second Thomas at least 33, old enough to have been the Thomas senior referred to in the 1277 document. However we are told that in 1272 Thomas junior took the inquest after the death of Thomas Lord Lucy, Baron of Langley*. We can therefore assume that the first Thomas was still living in 1272. Around 1256 Thomas held of the barony of Tindale, the manor of Fetherstanhalgh***. The next known document mentioning a Thomas was in 1309 when Thomas and his son,.also namedThomas, were inquisitors after the death of the second Thomas Lord Lucy, Baron of Langley*. In 130V the first Thomas (if still alive) would have been in his nineties, the second Thomas at least 65, and the third Thomas possibly in his forties.with a son (the fourth Thomas) who could have been in his twenties. On 21 April 1312 Thomas, probably the third Thomas, was a purchasing agent to King Edward II and was ordered to purchase 392 quarters of wheat and 420 quarters of malt in preparation for the King's visit to Newcastle**. . ***"The Featherstones of England", A Family History." Dr. Hans W and Mrs. Elizabeth Meier, 1995 **"Featherstoniana" Dr C PCuttino * "A History of Northumberland." John Hodgson, 1840.