John son of Walter de Bailey, landholder of Aighton, of the Bailey family
Dates: flourished 1323-1371; reported death about 1372
Biography
Medieval Lancashire landholder who acquired a moiety of Aighton from William de Shireburne and was associated with the Bailey and Stonyhurst interests.
Notes / Sources
The online VCH text preserves the distinction between the moiety and the wider manor complex.
Research sources:
- William Farrer and J. Brownbill, A History of the County of Lancaster, volume 7, 1912, pp. 3-4, discussion of Aighton and the Shireburne and Bailey interests; citing Kuerden MSS, iii, A 3, nos. 65 and 966. — https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/lancs/vol7/pp1-20
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