John Marmion, 3rd Baron Marmion of Winteringham

John Marmion, Baron Marmion of Winteringham was an Anglo-Norman baron who represented Lincolnshire in Parliament and fought in the Wars of Scottish Independence.

Ancestry

Marmion was the son of William Marmion, 2nd Baron Marmion of Winteringham and his wife Lorette, daughter of Richard FitzRoy and granddaughter of King John.

Career and life

In 1276 Marmion paid homage to the Abbot of Peterborough who granted him his father's lands. He was distrained for knighthood in 1278.

Marmion served repeatedly in the Scottish War from 1291 to 1322.

During the turbulence of 1314 that saw growing friction between Edward II, Piers Gaveston and Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster and his large private army, Marmion became involved in trouble for reasons not immediately obvious. An arrest warrant was issued for both John and his son John Marmion who led a group of dozens of men on a raid upon Fountains Abbey's land at Aldeburgh and Balderby, Yorkshire.

The king ordered Marmion to not go to the Earl of Lancaster's meeting of good peers on 29 November 1321. It is possible that John was held hostage in Scotland or became lost and an Inquisition was made prematurely. On the other hand it is feasible that instead of there being two generations of Winteringham Marmions called John there were actually three who died in 1295, 1322 and 1335. an inquisition post-mortem was held to assess his estates in Yorkshire which established that he owned West Tanfield, Wath, Langeton and Wirton manors, and one knight's fee in Exelby.

In addition to his manors, Marmion also held four knight's fees at Wintringham and Wolingham, one at Keisby and a 1/4 at Trickingham and Stowe. Another son may have been Richard Marmion who was accused of cutting William Gentyl's right hand off at Gunthorpe, Lincolnshire in 1317.