Aglionby family
Dates: Family presence and holding documented from approximately 1130; the continuous descent is not established.
Biography
An ancient Cumberland landed family whose name was taken from Aglionby. Members of the family were prominent in Carlisle and the surrounding county from the medieval period onward.
Notes / Sources
The family-level entry should not be interpreted as proof that every named Aglionby in a pedigree held this manor.
Research sources:
- T. H. B. Graham, 'The Parish of Warwick', Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society, new series, vol. 13 (1913), discussion headed 'The Manor of Aglionby', pp. 104-108; John Denton and related Wetherhal Priory charters are cited there. See also Camden's Britannia, ed. 1789, Cumberland, p. 192, citing Nicolson and Burn, History and Antiquities of Cumberland, vol. 2, pp. 327-328. — https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Transactions_of_the_Cumberland_%26_Westmorland_Antiquarian_%26_Archaeological_Society_%28IA_transactionsofcu13cumb_0%29.pdf
- Wikipedia biographical reference — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aglionby,_Cumbria
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