General Notes

(Research):2560 Simon Manning.
He went to the crusades under Richard the first.[16]
Lord Simon Manning was said to be the royal Standard Beare
r to King Richard
the Lionheart. He carried the royal Standard to Jerusalem i
n 1190 during the
First Crusade.[94]
"Simon de Manning, a grandson of Ranulph, was the first o
f the English barons
to take up the Cross and go forth to the Holy Wars. He wa
s a companion of
Richard I, Couer de Lion (the Lion Hearted), and was knight
ed on the
battlefield. All the Mannings of this country are descende
d from Simon de
Manning and are entitled to use this coat of arms".[90]
?Simon de Manning, to whom John Silvester of Westerham demi
sed land by deed
in the 14th year of K. Richard I. and who (as is recorded i
n an old pedigree
relating to this family) was engaged in the holy war agains
t the Saracens
under that king. They are said to be descended of an antien
t and noble
family which took its name from Manning, a town in Saxony
, from whence they
came into England before the conquest, and some of them ar
e said to have
settled in Friesland. They bore for their arms - Gules, a c
ross potence, or
flory, between 4 cinquefoils of. Guillim, p. 138. (Hasted?
s Hist. of Kent,
Vol. I., p. 124).?[402]
?Arms: Gules, a cross flory between four trefolis slipped o
r. Crest: An
eagle?s head sable between two ostrich feathers argent, al
l issueing out of a
ducal coronet, or.? [413]
?Symon Manning, Dominus Castelli et Villae de Bettreds, su
b Richardo primo
Rege Militans crucem susvexit in Expedi?co?e ad terram s?
s cam. Obit te?p?e
Henry 3. ?[413]
?Simon Manning was born at Bettreds Castle abt. 1235, als
o his wife was born
there along with their 3 sons Stephen b. abt 1270, Robert a
bt. 1272, and
Elymer abt. 1274. Listed on the MANNING pedigree from the o
ffices of HERALDS
in LONDON. It states SIMON MANNING ford or master of BETTRE
DS, he or his
father which may have been a Simon also were in the crusade
s with RICHARD 1.
. . Died temps K Henry III?. [420]