Henry de Pinkeney, 1st Baron Pinkeney

Arms of Henry de Pinkeney, 1st Baron Pinkeney:Or, five fusils in fess gules.

Henry de Pinkeney, 1st Baron Pinkeney (died 1301), Lord of Weden-Pinkeney, was an English noble. He served in the wars in Scotland and was a signatory of the Baron's Letter to Pope Boniface VIII in 1301.

Biography

Henry was a younger son of Henry de Pinkeney[1] and Mary de Wahul. He succeeded to his brother's estates and titles upon the death of his brother Robert de Pinkeney in 1296. His brother Robert was a competitor for the Crown of Scotland in 1290, from their great-grandmother Marjorie, an alleged natural daughter of Henry, Earl of Huntingdon, son of King David I.[2]

He died in 1301, without any issue.[3] His will granted his lands to King Edward I of England.

Citations

1. Cokayne, p.252.
2. Balfour Paul, p.5
3. Burke, p.429.

References

• Balfour Paul, James. The Scots Peerage: Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; Containing an Historical and Genealogical Account of the Nobility of that Kingdom. United Kingdom, D. Douglas. Volume I, 1904.
• Burke, Bernard. A Genealogical History of the Dormant: Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire. United Kingdom, Harrison, 1866.
• Cokayne,George Edward. Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, Or Dormant. United Kingdom, G. Bell & sons. Vol IV, 1895.