Sir Robert Swynnerton
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✓ Sir Robert Swynnerton, son and heir of Sir Thomas; held Barrow and the Staffordshire lands granted to Sir Roger Swynnerton in 1334 and 'left them to this Maude his daughter and heir'. NB Alice de Swinnerton (I102120), Lady Gresley, is of the same family but not linked. Source: Ormerod, History of the County Palatine and City of Chester (1819), vol. I, pp.526-527 'the descent of the Savages of Clifton' (Sir Peter Leycester, from the Rock Savage evidences), read 2 Nov 2026 (archive.org djvu text). [DIRECT ANCESTOR OF THE COMPILER: flag added 2 Nov 2026 by walking the tree from Aynsley, so that this marker is reliable and can be searched.] ||2 Nov 2026|| Mother wired: Maud de Holand. Sir Robert m. Elizabeth, da. and h. of Sir Nicholas de Beck. Source: [C. Swynnerton], 'An Account of the Family of Swynnerton', Collections for a History of Staffordshire (William Salt Archaeological Society) vol. VII pt 2 (1886), pp. 19-41 (with notes ex inf. G. Wrottesley), read 2 Nov 2026 (archive.org collectionsforhi07staf_0).