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From: "D. Spencer Hines" <>
Subject: Re: Complete Peerage Addition: Burial of Sir John de Cherleton,3rd Lord Cherleton
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 08:41:09 -1000
References: <1190742631.903889.148380@o80g2000hse.googlegroups.com>


Sir John de Cherleton, 3rd Lord Cherleton is also the 10th Great-Grandfather
of President and General George Washington.

DSH

Lux et Veritas et Libertas

"Douglas Richardson" <> wrote in message
news:...

> Dear Newsgroup ~
>
> The book, English Historical Literature in the 14th Century, by John
> Taylor, published in 1987 includes extracts from a newly discovered
> Wigmore chronicle written during the 1360s and 1370s: On page 298 of
> the chronicle extract is found a record of the burial of Sir John de
> Cherleton, 3rd Lord Cherleton, which took place at Strata Florida
> Abbey 20 August 1374:
>
> "Eodem anno [1374] obiit Johannes de Cheorlton / dominus de Powys et
> XIII kalendas septembris [20 August] honorifice apud monasterium de
> Strathmathhull sepultus." END OF QUOTE.
>
> Complete Peerage, 3 (1913): 161 (sub Cherleton) states that John de
> Cherleton, 3rd Lord Cherleton, died 13 July 1374, but gives no source
> for this information. Assuming the death and burial deaths are both
> correct, I'd assume that John de Cherleton likely died abroad or in
> distant parts for there to be such a gap between his death and burial
> dates.
>
> Sir John de Cherleton, 3rd Lord Cherleton, was a grandson of the
> infamous Sir Roger de Mortimer (died 1330), 1st Earl of March, which
> explains the inclusion of his burial in the Wigmore chronicle.
>
> Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah


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