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Hissem_Gernets of Heysham |
 | | Heysham was a Gernet property, sub-enfeoffed to this junior branch of the family who, over time, assumed the title of 'de Heysham' to differentiate themselves from the senior branch, who resided at Halton. |
 | | Adam Gernet's widow, Agnes de Heysham, complained to King John in 1199 that Roger de Leicester had married his daughter to Thomas, her son, who ought to be a royal ward, in order to acquire the custody of Thomas and his land, consisting of five Carucates in 'Hessen' and 'Catton,' without the King’s consent. |
 | | In the reign of Henry III, 1216-1272, the Heysham manor was in the holding of Roger de Hesham. |
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