General Notes

"SIR ROBFRT HILTON, of Hilton, de jure, according to modern doctrine, LORD HILTON,[c] son and heir, aged 50 and more at his father's death. In 1412 he, who was then a knight, and his brother Thomas received a pardon for inciting to the murder of John Duckett at Sunderland. From 1429/30 to 1437 he was a commissioner of array, and a surveyor of the streams, seeing to the observance of an Act for the removal of kiddles, weirs and other obstructions to navigation. On 9 September 1435 the Bishop of Durham took his homage and fealty, and he had livery of his father's lands three days later. On 2 December 1443 he received a pardon. He married, 1stly, shortly before 13 April 1398, Maud, daughter of Roger (DE CLIFFORD), LORD OF WESTMORLAND [LORD CLIFFORD], by Maud, 1st daughter of Thomas (DE BEAUCHAMP), EARL OF WARWICK. She died before 16 May 1442. He married, 2ndly, shortly before 27 April 1445, Elizabeth. She had married, 1stly, Sir Bertram MONBOCHER, of Sutton-on-Trent, Notts, Horton, Northumberland, &c., who died in September or October 1399; 2ndly (pardon for marrying without royal licence, 16 November 1401] Sir William WHITCHESTFR, of Benwell and Seaton Delaval, Northumberland, who died 12 February 1407/8; 3rdly, in or before 1409, Roger DE FULTHORP ; and, 4thly, shortly before 4 October 1423, Thomas HOLDEN, sometime Steward of the Bishopric of Durham, who was living 2 May 1440. In 1446 Sir Robert Hilton and Elizabeth his wife held one-third of the manor of Seaton Delaval for the life of Elizabeth. Robert died 11 August 1448. His widow died 16 August 1450. [CP 7:27-8]
[c] Neither he nor any of his successors claimed to be, or were recognised as, Peers of Parliament."

MY SOURCE: "Dave's Database", Dave Utzinger utz@@aol.com, AWTP (who generously contributed the above narrative to AWTP.)