John Marmion, 3rd Baron Marmion of Winteringham

Sir John Marmion
Marmion of Winteringham:- vair, a fess gules
M.P. for Lincolnshire
Baron Marmion of Winteringham
In office 8 June 1294, 26 January 1297, 25 May 1298, 26 July 1313 – 14 March 1322
Monarch	Edward II
Personal details
Died	bef 7 May 1322
Spouse(s)	Isabella (perhaps Peck?)
Children	John Marmion
Parents	William Marmion & Lorette, daughter of Richard FitzRoy

John Marmion, Baron Marmion of Winteringham was an Anglo-Norman baron who represented Lincolnshire in Parliament and fought in the Wars of Scottish Independence.

He was the son of William Marmion, 2nd Baron Marmion of Winteringham and his wife Lorette, daughter of Richard FitzRoy and granddaughter of King John.

In 1276 John paid homage to the Abbot of Peterborough who granted him his father's lands. He was distrained for knighthood in 1278.

Sir John served repeatedly in the Scottish War from 1291 to 1322.

He was summoned to the King's Councils on 8 June 1294, 26 January 1297 and from 26 July 1313 to 14 March 1322 and as a Knight of the Shire for Lincolnshire to York on 25 May 1298.

During the turbulence of 1314 that saw growing friction between Edward II, Piers Gaveston and Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster and his large private army, Marmion became involved in trouble for reasons not immediately obvious. An arrest warrant was issued for both John and his son who lead a group of dozens of men on a raid upon the Abbot of Fountains Abbey's land at Aldeburgh and Balderby, Yorkshire. Timber, two hundred sheep, fifty oxen and four carts were stolen and the Abbot's servants suffered kidnapping, beatings, cuts and had their beards plucked out. The Abbot and his monks may not have been entirely innocent having themselves been accused of violent assault in 1307 and of stealing deer in 1316.

The dispute seems to have been overtaken by events and after the disastrous Battle of Bannockburn Marmion was summoned to defend the north against the rampant Scots. Forgiveness was forthcoming and on 24 September 1314 he was granted licence to crenellate his mansion "the Hermitage" in his wood at Tanfield.