Alan De CURWEN Born: ABT 1175, Workington, Cumberland, England Father: Patrick De CURWEN Mother: ¿? Married: ¿? Children: 1. Dau. CURWEN

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Alan was a younger son of Thomas FitzGospatrick of Workington, Cumberland.[1][2][3][4][5]

He is called a "knight of Cumberland" in 1213-4. He acquired the lands of Camerton from brother Patrick de Curwen by 1236, and he was known as Alan de Camerton. [6]

Alan may have had a son Alan, who had a widow Mary who died in 1304.[1] There was also a John, son of Alan de Camerton, in a St. Bees charter and a John de Camerton in St. Bees charters ca. 1258-82.[7]

Research Notes

The father of Alan was previously changed from Thomas to Patrick de Curwen, but that change seems not to have been adequately supported by sources. A personal website of Terry Booth is said to supply sources for the father being Patrick, but that website is no longer online. All of the sources cited here call Alan the son of Thomas and brother of Patrick. Jackson in his first article does mistakenly refer to Alan as son of Patrick on p. 189, but his pedigree correctly shows him as son of Thomas. The books "Cumberland Families and Heraldry" and "History of the Ancient House of Curwen," cited in the posting by Dickinson are not available online and have not been consulted, but Roy Hudleston is considered a reliable source for Cumberland genealogy.

The identification of Alan de Camerton is somewhat complicated by the fact that Thomas FitzGospatrick had a brother named Alan. [2][3]He might possibly have also been called de Camerton in St. Bees charters or that might have been the younger Alan.[8]

References

1. https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Alan_De_Curwen_%281%29
2. WikiTree contributors, "Alan (Curwen) de Camerton (abt.1192-aft.1236)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Curwen-26 : accessed 03 May 2025). cites
   1. Jackson, W. The Curwens of Workington Hall and Kindred Families, Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society 5 (series 1). Vol 5, pp. 181-232 See p. 223 for Camberton < PDF >
   2. Jackson, W. The Curwens of Workington Hall and Kindred Families. Part II., Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society 5 (series 1). Vol 5, pp. 311-342 pedigree at end of article < PDF >
   3. Ragg, F. W. (1914). De Culwen. Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society 14 (series 2). Vol 14, pp. 343-432 < PDF >
   4. John Burke, A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland (London: Henry Colburn, 1833), p. 577-580, digital images, < Google Books > (http://books.google.com : accessed 4 September 2015).
   5. John Burke, Sir Bernard Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland, Volume 1 (London: Henry Colburn, 1846), p. 197-198, digital images, < Google Books > accessed 3 September 2015.
   6. Chris Dickinson post in soc.genealogy. medieval https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/mB22iF8sETU/m/... : "C Roy Hudleston, in "Cumberland Families and Heraldry" [CWAAS, 1978], has some relevant entries. For CURWEN, he quotes his source as JF Curwen "A History of the Ancient House of Curwen", JPP [W Jackson 'Papers and Pedigrees mainly relating to Cumberland and Westmorland, 1891/92], CW2 xiv [Transactions of the CWAAS], and SBR [James Wilson 'The Register of the Priory of St Bees'). A separate entry on Thomas' younger son 'Alan de Camerton' says that he is mentioned as a Knight of Cumberland 1213-14 and that his elder brother Patric de Curwen granted or confirmed to him all his lands in Camerton in 1236."
   7. 'The Register: West Seaton; Flimby (continued)', in Register and Records of Holm Cultram, ed. Francis Grainger and W G Collingwood (Kendal, 1929), pp. 24-25. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/n-westmorland-records/vol7/pp24-25 [accessed 18 June 2024]. 57. (C. p. 38).—John f. Alan de Camerton quitclaims to Holm abbey the right to divert the water [as in no. 51. Alan dates 1200–10 (St. Bees, nos. 61, 490). Sir John de Camerton witnessed St. Bees charters c. 1258–82].
   8. Register of the Priory of St. Bees (1915) See index Internet Archive