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 214 CHAVENT — CHAWORTH. CHAVENT, CHAUVENT, or CIIAMPVENT. Barony by Peter he Ciiavext, having bcroi engagi'il in ih« wrlt wars in Giwcoiiv 1290-97, was sum. to Pari, as a I'.aron (LOUD J isnfl CIIAVEXT) by writ 29 Dee (1299) 2S. Ed. 1. ; directed " Petro dc Ckdvet. He hail previously been among tlio so culled B 2furone»" sum. to Carlisle, tir/uts it attain, 28 Sep. 129S, and was also sum. to the Pai l, at Lincoln 26 Sup. 1300, tlio' his name docs not appear among those who signed the letter to the Pope in 1301. He d. 1302. [Jonx db Cuavext, s. mul h. aged 30 in 1302, was Beyer sum. to Pari, as a Baron tlio' frequently ujuis d artnis. He is supposed by " LVurthope " to be the same as Jims Chami'Vknt who d. 1371 [when he would be aged 99] leaving two great grandaughters (cbildren of John, s. and h. ap. of another John, both deed) his coheirs fts. Margaret, aged 5, aud Joan aged 4 years among, whose descendants, if any, would be (if the pedigree is correct) the representation of any Barony (ST. by the writ abovcnainedj. CHAWORTH. Barony by Thomas Cuawoktit, g. ami h. of William tie Clia- writ worth, by Alice, 1st da. of Itobcrt At.riiETON of Norton, eo. Derby, T 1 onn and coheir of her br. Thomas A. of the same, was ft minor and ward (1211-42) 2'3 Hen. lit, but arrived at full age (1210-47; 31 Hen. Ill, and was sum. to Pari, as a Baron (LORD CHAWORTH) 0 Feb, (1298/9) 27 Ed. 1, but was not sum. to the Pari, at Lincoln, 20 Sep. 1300. tlio' his name appears as " Thomas dc tha[d)urccs,{- 1 ') Dnminus dc Norton "('') to the celebrated letter of the Barons to the Pope in 1301. On 8 June 1291( c ) he had, previously, with about CO others, had summons to attend the King wheresoever he might be, and, again, on 20 Jan. i29G/7( t ) was sum. to attend the King at Salisbury. He tn. Johanna. [After his death none of his posterity were sum. to Pari. His successors (but the pedigree seems untrustworthy) are said to have been (1) his s. aud h. William ('. who was sue. by hiss. andh. (2) Sir Thomas C. who m. Alice, and was SBC. by hiss, and h. (3) Sir Thomas 0. who m. Jane, da. of GeollVcy Littiikix, aud who d. (1370) 44 lid. III. Their s. and h. ap. (4) Sir Thomas C. in. Margery, da. of Sir Kichard Delaimlk, and </. v.p. (o) Sir William 0. their s. and h. m. Alice, da. and h. of Sir John Caltoktk. (0) Sir Thomas C, their s. and h., m. for his 2nd wife, Isabel, da. of (whose issue was heir to) Sir Thomas Aylesbury, of Wiverton, Notts, and d. 17 Feb. (14iS/9) 37 Hen. VI. (7) Sir William C. their s. and h. m. Eliz., da. and coheir of Nicholas BoWETT of Repinghall, by whom he had (8) Thomas C. who m. Margaret, da. of John (") Dc Cadurcis is the latinised form of the name. ( b ) It is to be remarked, as an illustration of the personal nature of the English Baronage, as opposed to the feudal tenure of the continental Nobles, that, in a letter intended for foreign parts, the subscribers thereto go out of their way to add to their description the fact of their tenure of some Lordship ; thus tho' " Johannes ap Adam, JJominus dc lievcrstone " was not Lord Pcrcrstonc, but Lord ap Admit ; tho' " Henrietta dc Percy, Thminus dc Topcliie " was not Lord Topelivc, but Lord Percy, and, tho' in this case the signer was not Lord Norton but Lord Uhatcorth, a territorial description is added ; yet the very method of creating a Barony by writ (such writs being directed to those summoned, under their personal names, not under their territorial designa- tions, as, e.g., that to " Thomas do Chaworth Chevalier ") stamps the personality of any dignity thereby conferred. ( u ) As to the summons of 1294 and of 1297 not constituting a Barony, sec, for the first, Vol. i, p. 269, note "o" tub "Basset deSapcotc," and, for the second, Vol. i, p. Ill, uute " U " s«6 " ap Adiuu."