Robert Bernard, Holder of Abington through marriage to Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Sir Nicholas Lyllyng
Dates: Active in the early 15th century
Biography
A member of the Bernard family who established the family's long association with Abington through marriage to the Lyllyng heiress.
Notes / Sources
The dates are approximate because the surviving public summaries differ between circa 1415 and the reign of Henry V.
Research sources:
- Samuel Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of England, entry for Abington, 1848; Northamptonshire Historic Environment Record, Monument MNN4260, which dates the Bernard acquisition to 1415; Landed Families of Britain and Ireland, Abington Park descent. — https://her.northamptonshire.gov.uk/Monument/MNN4260
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