Holderness is in East Yorkshire.
See: Burstwick, Holderness, Hamlake Holderness, Rise Holderness, Thorngumbold Holderness, Withernwick Holderness.
Around 1215 Sayer III Sutton was born at Holderness.
Around 1244 Sayer IV Sutton was born to Sayer III Sutton [aged 29] at Holderness. He married Anne Ros and had issue.
In 1247 John Sampson was born at Holderness.
On 24th June 1270 John Sutton 1st Baron Sutton was born to Sayer IV Sutton [aged 26] and Anne Ros [aged 26] at Holderness. He married Constantia Sampson Baroness Lexington and had issue.
Around 1305 William Sutton was born to John Sutton 1st Baron Sutton [aged 34] and Constantia Sampson Baroness Lexington [aged 32] at Holderness.
In 1306 Sayer III Sutton [aged 91] died at Holderness.
In 1315 Thomas Sutton was born to John Sutton 1st Baron Sutton [aged 44] and Constantia Sampson Baroness Lexington [aged 42] at Holderness.
In 1338 John Sutton 1st Baron Sutton [aged 67] died at Holderness. His son John [aged 30] succeeded 2nd Baron Sutton of Holderness although it isn't clear whether he was summoned to Parliament.
Before 10th February 1346 Constantia Sampson Baroness Lexington [aged 73] died at Holderness.
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In 1356 Constance Sutton Baroness Haversham was born to Thomas Sutton [aged 41] at Holderness. She married 1. before 1360 John Godard and had issue 2. before 9th October 1371 Piers Mauley 4th Baron de Mauley, son of Piers Mauley 3rd Baron de Mauley and Margaret Clifford Baroness Mauley.
In 1400 Maud Sutton [aged 44] died at Holderness.
Burstwick Castle [Map], or manor house, sometime palace, was the
On 3rd September 1292 King Edward I of England [aged 53] stayed for two days at Burstwick Castle [Map] on his return from Scotland. During his stay visited Wyke, a small settlement on the River Hull. Edward ordered a survey of the site and within a few years purchased it from Meaux Abbey [Map]. By 1299, Wyke had been granted a royal charter and renamed King's Town upon Hull [Map] – the origins of the city we know today.
Calendar Scottish Documents Volume 3. 22nd June 1308. 48. The K. having ordered that Elizabeth de Brus [aged 24] wife of Robert de Brus, late earl of Carrick, shall change her residence, commands the bailiff of Brustwyk [Map] to deliver her with her retinue and baggage to his vallet John de Bentelee to be conducted where the K. has instructed him. Marlborough [Close, 1 Edw. II. m.1]
Around 1200 William Ros was born to Robert Ros [aged 28] and Isabella Mac William Dunkeld at Hamlake Holderness. He married before 1237 Lucy Fitzpiers and had issue.
Around 1220 Walter Fauconberg 1st Baron Fauconberg was born at Rise Holderness.
Around 1540 William Cheney was born to William Cheney [aged 27] at Thorngumbold Holderness.
On 2nd November 1304 Walter Fauconberg 1st Baron Fauconberg [aged 84] died at Withernwick Holderness. His son Walter [aged 40] succeeded 2nd Baron Fauconberg.