Jordan III 1st Baron Foliot , of Gressenhall, Sir 
Jordan III 1st Baron was born before 1249 in Gressenhall, Mitford, Norfolk, England. Jordan III 1st Baron's father was Richard Foliot , of Norton & Wellow, Sir and his mother was Margery de Stuteville , Heir of Gressenhall. His paternal grandfather was Jordan II Foliot , of Norton & Frisby; his maternal grandfather was William de Stuteville , of Gressenahll, Sir. He had a brother and a sister, named Walter and Joan. He was the oldest of the three children. He died before May 2nd, 1299 in Elsing, Mitford, Norfolk, England.General Notes
BARONY OF FOLIOT (I)
SIR JORDAN FOLIOT, of Gressenhall, Elsing, East Lexham, and Weasenham, Norfolk, Norton, Fenwick, Moseley, and Cowesby, co. York, Grimston and Wellow, Notts, son and heir of Sir Richard FOLIOT, of Norton, Fenwick, Grimston, and Wellow (who died in Mar. 1299), by Margery, sister and in her issue heir of Sir Robert D'ESTUTEVILLE, of Gressenhall, Elsing, East Lexham, Weasenham, and Cowesby, and daughter of Sir William D'ESTUTEVILLE, of the same. He was about to go to Wales on the King's service in July 1277, and was ordered to join the Army of Scotland under the Earl of Surrey, 24 September 1297. He was summoned for Military Service from 12 December 1276 to 30 March 1298, to attend the King at Salisbury, 26 January 1296/7, to a Military Council, 16 September 1297, and to Parliament from 24 June 1295 to 2 November 1295, by writs directed Jordano Foliot or Folyot, whereby he is held to have become LORD FOLIOT.
He married Margery, daughter of Sir Adam DE NEUMARCHE, of Womersley, Campsall, Bentley, &c., co. York. He died shortly before 2 May 1299, aged 50 and more. His widow had livery of the manors of Grimston and Wellow, of which she and her husband had been jointly enfeoffed, 17 September 1299. She obtained., for a similar reason, the manors of Norton and Fenwick, and held the manors of Elsing and East Lexham, in dower. She died 18 April 1330, and was buried in Wendling Abbey. [Complete Peerage V:538-40, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 1190 in Norton, West Ride Yorkshire, England d.> 1225 in Frisby, Lincolnshire, England
- b.~ 1225 in Norton, West Ride Yorkshire, England d.MAR 1298/99 in Wellow, Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England
- b.< 1249 in Gressenhall, Mitford, Norfolk, England d.<02 May 1299 in Elsing, Mitford, Norfolk, England
- b.~ 1193 in Gressenhall, Mitford, Norfolk, England d. in Weasenham, Mitford, Norfolk, England
- b.~ 1230 in Gressenhall, Mitford, Norfolk, England
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They had a son named Richard 2nd Baron.
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Children
Richard 2nd Baron Foliot , of Gressenhall, Sir
Richard 2nd Baron was born on December 25th, 1283 in Gressenhall, Mitford, Norfolk, England. He died before July 23rd, 1317 in Weasenham, Mitford, Norfolk, England.
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