Sir Adam DE EVERINGHAM "2nd Baron Adam Everingham" Sir Adam de Everingham of Laxton	b.about 1307/08 in Laxton, Northumberland, England d.8 Feb 13873 or 13881 in laxton, Northumberland, Eng.
married: Joan DEIVILLE before 1332 (b.~1315)Of, Egmanton, Nottinghamshire, England. (d.~1377)	parents: Adam DE EVERINGHAM (b.abt 1281) "Clarice"______? (b.~1285)
children: EVERINGHAM Margaret (b.1331/32)1,2 William (b.13321/33?3 Reynold (b.~1335) Isabel (b.~1338) Joan (b.1370)	siblings: Edmund (b.1317) Alexander (b.1321)
See this family's link to Kirkburn Castle Yorkshire England. fact sources and writings about this individual: 3IGI files submitted to Family Search by Dee Barker of Provo, UT.,USA. Submission: AF90-101487 1Ancestors of William Asfordby (b.1638 d.1698) "First English Sheriff of Ulster Co. NY" Documented by Frank Allaben 1907. 2Medieval Families, Fam History Dept. Salt lake City, UT. Baron Adam de Everingham de Laxton, was summoned to Parliament on 8 January 1371, and fought at Cressy. He is depicted in the attitude of using the sword, which is interpreted by some to imply that he fell in battle. The crossed legs likely have meaning but I am unaware of what it may represent, by some guesses it represents a Knight who participated in the Crusades. 15th January, 1347; Anker de FRECHVILLE had licence to leave CALAIS on business with SIR ADAM EVERYNGHAM, Laxton manor, but he convenanted to return as soon as possible. 2nd Lord Everingham was at the siege of Berwick, March to July, 1333, and at the battle of Halidon Hill on July 19, 1333. He was with the King at Antwerp in 1338-1339, and at the battle of Sluys on June 24, 1340. He at was the siege of Tournay from July to September, 1340. He was taken prisoner in France before May 14, 1342, and ransomed for 200 marks in gold. He was in France in the retinue of the earl of Derby in September, 1342, and in Gascony in the retinue of the same earl in 1345-1346. He was at the siege of Calais in 1347. Having been indicted of divers trespasses he was detained in gaol at Nottingham Castle in August, 1351. He was present when Edward Balliot made over the kington of Scotland to Edward III in January, 1355/56, and he accompanied the King in his invasion of France in October, 1359, being with the King before Paris in April, 1360. Source: The Complete Peerage, Sutton Publishing, Gloucestershire, 2000 Adam de Everingham, 2nd baron, was summoned to parliament as "Adae de Everingham de Laxton," 8 January, 1371. This nobleman, who was several years actively engaged in the French wars, shred in the glory of Cressy. His lordship m. Joan, dau. of John Deyville and d. 9 February, 2nd Richard II [1379], having had issue, William and Reginald. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 193, Everingham, Barons Everingham] 7/12/1378, Commission of oyer and terminer .. Adam de Everyngham, knight, Hugh Neumarche, knight, Simon de Leek, knight, .. 3/8/1382, Commission .. for the establishment of quiet, to keep the peace, .. Adam de Everyngham of Laxton, .. Simon de Leek, .. knights, .. in the county of Nottingham.

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