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Feudal barony of Appleby

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Appleby Castle, caput of the feudal barony of Appleby

The feudal barony of Appleby (or Honour of Appleby) was a feudal barony with its caput at Appleby Castle in Appleby, Westmorland, England.

Descent

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Barons of Burgh-by-Sands

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The barony was formed from lands formerly controlled in the 12th century by the feudal barons of Burgh-by-Sands (pronounced "Bruff") in Cumberland,[1] namely the families successively of de Trevers, Engaine, de Morville and de Lucy.[2]

Vipont

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Arms of Vipont: Gules, six annulets or. Adopted at the start of the age of heraldry (circa 1200–1215). These arms were later quartered by the Clifford family[3]

Clifford

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Arms of Clifford: Checky or and azure, a fesse gules[11] These are the arms borne by Robert de Clifford, 1st Baron de Clifford (c. 1274 – 1314), as recorded in the Caerlaverock Roll of 1300

Following the acquisition of the whole of the feudal barony of Appleby by Robert de Clifford, 1st Baron de Clifford (1274–1314), it descended thenceforth in the Clifford family, together with the feudal barony of Skipton and the barony by writ of de Clifford.

References

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  1. ^ Sanders, p.103
  2. ^ Sanders, pp. 23–4, Burgh-by-Sands
  3. ^ See for example File:Cliffords coat of arms in Skipton 01.JPG the heraldry on the chest tomb of George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland (1558–1605) in Holy Trinity Church, Skipton
  4. ^ Charters of grant published in Nicholson, J., & Burn, R., History and Antiquities of Westmorland and Cumberland, Vol.1, pp. 267–8
  5. ^ Sanders, p.104, note 1
  6. ^ Sanders, p.133, Old Wardon
  7. ^ Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.194, pedigree of Clifford
  8. ^ Sanders, p.104
  9. ^ Sanders, p.143
  10. ^ Sanders, p.104
  11. ^ Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p.262
Sources
  • Sanders, I.J. English Baronies: A Study of their Origin and Descent 1086-1327, Oxford, 1960, pp. 103–4, "Appleby"

Further reading

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