Jordan Foliot

Jordan Foliot (c. 1249-1298) was son of Richard Foliot (-1290), Knight of Jordan Castle, and Margery de Stuteville daughter of William de Stuteville (- c. 1259) and Margaret de Say (- c. 1243). Richard had the Rights of Stallage of the Market and Fair on St. Swithuns day valued at 40s yearly in Wellow.

Jordan Castle

Jordan Foliot, Baron de Foliot, Lord of Jordan Castle was granted the power to embattle his dwelling at Jordan Castle. He was the Lord of the Manor of Grimston, and Wellow, and of Besthorpe, with the Soc of Grimston, and its members, in Kirton Schidrintune, in Willoughby, and Walesby, in Besthorpe, and Carleton, and in Franesfeild.^[1]

Family and Descendants

Jordan Foliot married Margery de Newmarch,^[2] daughter of Adam de Newmarch and Isabel de Mowbray (see House of Mowbray).

Their son, Richard Foliot ( -c. 1317), married Joan de Braose ( - c. 1324), daughter of William de Braose, 2nd Baron Braose.

Mary Foliot, the daughter of Richard and Joan, married Huge de Hastings who was the son of John Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings and Isabel de Dispenser, daughter of Hugh le Despenser and Isabella de Beauchamp.

References

1. John Throsby (1796). "Welley, Grymston". Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire: volume 3: Republished with large additions by John Throsby. Institute of Historical Research. pp. 199–203. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
2. Richardson, D. (2011) Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd Edition p 266