Individual Details
Sir Hugh Swynford
(Abt 1340 - 13 Nov 1371)
== Biography ==He was a knight in the service of John of Gaunt where he met his wife, Katherine de Roet.
He died at a battlefield in France of dysentery. It is also suggested that he was poisoned by one of John of Gaunt's retainers.
Hugh was born by 1340 as his father's inquisition post mortem in 1361 stated he was 21 years or more.Weir, Alison. ''Katherine Swynford : The Story of John of Gaunt and His Scandalous Duchess.'' London: Vintage Books, 2008, p.59.
== Sources ==
* Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2013), Vol. IV page 503 Footnote 22
Footnote: Edward Grimston, Esq., married (2nd) 26 Sept. 1459 Mary Drury, daughter of William Drury, Knt., by Katherine, daughter of Thomas Swynford, Knt. Mary Drury's great grandmother was Katherine de Roet, wife successively of Hugh de Swynford, Knt., and John of Gaunt, Duke of Aquitaine and Lancaster.
*Alison Weir, ''Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy'' (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), p. 102.
*Royal Ancestry 2013 D. Richardson Vol. III p. 492-500
=== Acknowledgments ===Thank you to [[Handley-209 | Lomond Handley]] for [http://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Special:NetworkFeed&who=Swynford-34 creating] Swynford-34 on 26 Nov 13. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Lomond and others.
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Events
| Birth | Abt 1340 | Lincolnshire | |||
| Marriage | 1362 | St Clement Danes Church, Westminster - Katherine Roet | |||
| Death | 13 Nov 1371 | ||||
| Reference No | 437066 | ||||
| Reference No | 453124 | ||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Spouse | Katherine Roet (1350 - 1403) |
| Child | Blanche Swynford (1365 - 1388) |
| Child | Dorothy Swynford (1366 - ) |
| Child | Sir Thomas Swynford (1367 - 1432) |
| Father | Thomas Swynford (1310 - 1361) |
| Mother | Nichola De Arderne (1315 - ) |