Robert's occupation was He was the son of William Hilton and Joan de Bidick. Robert Hilton married Isabel before 1405. Robert Hilton died on 11 August 1447. .
- Occupation Notes
- Robert Hilton was also known as Sir Robert, Knight, Baron of Hilton.
Letter from Bishop Nevill: Pardon, our friend and relative, Robert Hylton, knight, and Maude, his wife, known as Robert son and heir of William Hylton, knight, and Maude daughter of Maude Lady Clifford.1
Pardon to Sir Robert Hilton, Knight and Isabel his wife, for having formerly acquired of Sir William Hilton, Knight, father of Robert, lands in Bermeston; two parts of Great Usworth, and the manor of Bedyk, except Bedyk Wood.1
William Hilton and his sons Alexander and Robert seem to have had some problems with the Monks of Wearmouth as shown in a petition and grievances brought against the Hiltons. Please click here to view the documents which look to be in perhaps Middle English with translations to current English.2,1
In 1444, Edmund Duke of Somerset in the name of Edmund March, Dorset, Rowland Tempest, and William Herd about a charter at Carneby 22 April, 23 Henry VI (1444) gives Robert Hilton, Knight in the name of Robert Hilton, Knight, Baron of Hilton and Elizabeth his wife, former wife of Thomas Holden, holding the manor of Carneby, having the inheritance and assignations of Robert. William Hilton is the son and heir, aged 30.3
On 9 September 1447, there was an Inquest on the death of Robert Hilton which covered:
Manor of Hilton: Has a court, 4 vaulted chambers, a chapel, a kitchen, a room built of stone called the Gatehouse; 20 fields making 20 acres, each acre valued at 6 pence; an enclosure called the Orchard value 6s 8d; 20 tofts value 6d; 26 acres meadow value 2s; a toft and 10 acres of land called Sandsonland, the acreage valued 2s 4d and the toft 12s; 100 acres valued 6d; a messuage and 20 acres arable called Chaumberland, the messuage valued 12d and the acres 11d; 168 acres moor, each acre valued 2d. The manor holds one knights fee except a tenth part.
Manor of Newton: Totally laid waste. 200 acres arable valued at 4d, a number of tofts each valued 20d, a tenth acre woodland value 7d; 30 acres pasture value 4d; 90 acres moor; held from the Bishop for one knights fee.
Manor of Bermston
Manor of Forth
Manor of Grindon.
William Bowes, Knight holds from Robert the manor of Clowcroft.1
In 1449, after Robert's death, there was an inquest at Killome, Yorkshire on the feast of Sts. Simon and Jude, 28 Henry VI.1
Children of Robert Hilton and Isabel:
William Hilton+ b. 1405, d. 13 Oct 1457
Matilda Hilton b. 1407
Citations
[S108] "The History and Antiquities of Durham," by Robert Surtees, 1840.
[S141] Descendants of Romanus de Helton, by Allan Hylton Scorer, 5 September 2000, Berkshire, England (e-mail address).
[S108] "The History and Antiquities of Durham," by Robert Surtees, 1840, This doesn't quite make sense to me if charter given to Robert and his wife Elizabeth was in 1444, as he is supposed to have married wife number 3, Isabel, before 1405.
Mr Robert Hilton 
Details of Robert's family with Mrs Isabel
