General Notes

Lucy de Thwenge, daughter & heir of Robert de Thwenge by uncertain mother), b. Kilton Castle 24 Mar 1278/9, d. 8 Jan 1346/7; m. bef. 20 Apr 1295, William, Lord Latimer, from whom she sought divorce on grounds of consanguinity, also claimed cruelty & fear for her life; had a son by Nicholas de Meinill, b. 6 Dec 1274, 2nd Lord Meinill of Whorlton, son of Nicholas de Meinill and Christina.  [Ancestral Roots]

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In 1314 he [Nicholas de Meinill] settled a great part of his property on Nicholas, his illegitimate son by Lucy, daughter and heir of Robert de Thweng, of Kilton, elder brother of Marmaduke, 1st Lord Thweng. . . He died 26 April 1322, apparently unmarried.  [Complete Peerage VIII:627-30, XIV:472, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

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He [William le Latimer] married, 1stly, before 20 April 1295, Lucy, heir of Sir Robert DE THWENG elder brother of Marmaduke, 1st Lord Thweng (and granddaughter of Sir Marmaduke DE THWENG, of Kilton in Cleveland, by Lucy, sister and coheir of Sir Piers DE BRUS, of Skelton and Danby in Cleveland). On 16 February 1303/4 the Sheriff of York was ordered to find Lucy, wife of William le Latimer the younger, arrest her by force if necessary, and take her back to William's manor of Brunne, co. York, delivering her to William's attorney, as William had left her there to remain during his absence on service in Scotland and she was taken away against his will by force. On 10 February 1310/1 William and Lucy quitclaimed to the King the manor of Danby with the free chase of Danby (North Riding, Yorks), and the manor of Bozeat (Northants), being of Lucy's inheritance, and they were regranted to William le Latimer for life, with remainder to William son of William and Lucy and his issue, and with further remainder to Lucy and her heirs. A divorce between them had been pronounced before 22 July 1312, when as daughter and heir of Richard [sic] de Thweng she was to be distrained for lands which she and her husband William le Latimer held before their divorce the King having taken her fealty and respited homage till midsummer. A grant by her to her late husband, dated 21 July 1312, gave him the manor of Sinnington for his life. She married, 2ndly, before 29 January 1312/3, Sir Robert DE EVERINGHAM, who died s.p., before 4 April 1316; and, 3rdly, Sir Bartholomew DE FANACOURT. She, who was born 24 March 1278/9, at Kilton Castle, died 8 January 1346/7, and was buried at Guisborough.  [Complete Peerage VII:465-8, XIV:425, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]