Shipbrook

Who he is

Name

A member of the Vernon family (the individual on 1 January 1200 is not pinned)

Title

Baron of Shipbrook

Since

Not pinned

Confidence

low

Overlord

Ranulf III, earl of Chester

What it holds

• Shipbrook castle mound and manor
• Manors in Northwich hundred

How it was acquired

Hereditary since the Conquest.

How things stand that morning

Held under the earl.

Wealth

Farmland near the Northwich salt works.

Military

A castle at Shipbrook (earthwork).

Places of note

• Shipbrook: Caput

Where the sources disagree

• A Richard de Vernon is sheriff of Lancashire in 1189-94 and again from 1200 (Wikipedia list). Whether he belongs to the Shipbrook line or to the Vernons of Haddon in Derbyshire is not settled here.

Evidence: The barony is certain; the holder in 1200 is not.

On the map: Rough block around the caput.

Primary sources for Chester

Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.

• The Charter Rolls of King John (1199 to 1216, at the royal chancery). The enrolled charters of John's first years, beginning with his accession in 1199: confirmations to towns, bishoprics and abbeys, grants of land and office, and the great grants to men like William Marshal and the king's new allies in Poitou. Read online
• The Great Rolls of the Pipe for 1199 and Michaelmas 1200 (1199 and 1200, at the Exchequer). The audited accounts of every sheriff and farmer for the Exchequer year ending Michaelmas 1200: county farms, the scutage of 1199, the carucage of 1200, debts of magnates and towns, wardships, and the fines offered to the new king.