Hugh de Morville of Burgh

Hugh de Morville (died 1202) Baron of Burgh, Lord of Kirkoswald, was an English noble.

He was the only son of Simon de Morville and Ada d’Engaine. He succeeded to his father’s estates and later his mother’s inheritance. Hugh was granted a licence in 1201, by King John of England to crenellate his manor house at Kirkoswald in 1201. He died in 1202 and his wife Helewise remarried William de Greystoke.

Marriage and issue[]

Hugh married Helewise, widow of William de Lancaster, she was the daughter of Robert de Stuteville and Helewise Murdac, they are known to have had the following known issue:

• Joan de Morville, married Richard Gernun and had issue.
• Ada de Morville, married firstly Richard de Luci, with issue and married secondly Thomas de Multon, also had issue.

References[]

• The Register: Burgh-by-Sands, in Register and Records of Holm Cultram, ed. Francis Grainger and W G Collingwood (Kendal, 1929), pp. 1-4.