Yorkshire, Upleatham
Effigy of an unknown knight found in the 1970s excavations perhaps a member of the de Argentein family
In 12c-14c the manor was held by them - William de Argenteinin 1166 held a knight's fee of William de Percy, William de Argentein's heir was his daughter Agnes, and Roger de Argentein who lived early 13c was probably her son. Roger
The heirs of William de Argentein in 1284–5 held a lordship in Upleatham and in 1308 Thomas de Kirkby-Wiske and Agatha deCarlton his wife received rent for land in Upleathamand Marske of the fee of William de Argentein.
In 1314, however, the land in Upleatham still held of the Percys was in the hands of John de Fountains and Robert Capon who each had 1 carucate. The connexion of the Capons with Upleatham dated before Robert's time: Geoffrey Capon and his son William had witnessed the charter of Agnes deArgentein to John Herbald and Cuthbert Capon,who in 1284–5 had land in Upleatham apparently inherited from William, seems in 1301–2 to have been the richest man in the parish. Sir RobertCapon probably Cuthbert's son, was appointed in 1322 one of the two commissioners of array for Langbaurgh Wapentake,and as a reward for his military services he was exempted in 1333 from serving on juries and assizes, &c., against his will. He died towards the end of 1346 leaving 5 sons, of whom Robert was possibly the eldest, while another may have been Cuthbert Capon mentioned in 1386 as of Upleatham. In the Lay Subsidy Roll of 1428 there is another record of the holdings, here said to be in Marske in which Upleatham was evidently included: Robert Capon then had the carucate heldby an earlier Robert Capon, and John Fountains that formerly held by John his father. From this time nothing more is heard of the Capons or Fountains.
From: 'Parishes: Upleatham', A History of the County of York North Riding: Volume 2 (1923),
Yorkshire, Upleatham
Effigy of an unknown knight found in the 1970s excavations perhaps a member of the de Argentein family
In 12c-14c the manor was held by them - William de Argenteinin 1166 held a knight's fee of William de Percy, William de Argentein's heir was his daughter Agnes, and Roger de Argentein who lived early 13c was probably her son. Roger
The heirs of William de Argentein in 1284–5 held a lordship in Upleatham and in 1308 Thomas de Kirkby-Wiske and Agatha deCarlton his wife received rent for land in Upleathamand Marske of the fee of William de Argentein.
In 1314, however, the land in Upleatham still held of the Percys was in the hands of John de Fountains and Robert Capon who each had 1 carucate. The connexion of the Capons with Upleatham dated before Robert's time: Geoffrey Capon and his son William had witnessed the charter of Agnes deArgentein to John Herbald and Cuthbert Capon,who in 1284–5 had land in Upleatham apparently inherited from William, seems in 1301–2 to have been the richest man in the parish. Sir RobertCapon probably Cuthbert's son, was appointed in 1322 one of the two commissioners of array for Langbaurgh Wapentake,and as a reward for his military services he was exempted in 1333 from serving on juries and assizes, &c., against his will. He died towards the end of 1346 leaving 5 sons, of whom Robert was possibly the eldest, while another may have been Cuthbert Capon mentioned in 1386 as of Upleatham. In the Lay Subsidy Roll of 1428 there is another record of the holdings, here said to be in Marske in which Upleatham was evidently included: Robert Capon then had the carucate heldby an earlier Robert Capon, and John Fountains that formerly held by John his father. From this time nothing more is heard of the Capons or Fountains.
From: 'Parishes: Upleatham', A History of the County of York North Riding: Volume 2 (1923),