John Marmion, 4th Baron Marmion of Winteringham

Sir John Marmion
Marmion of Winteringham:- vair, a fess gules
Member of Parliament
Baron Marmion of Winteringham
In office 30 May 1324, 7 Jan 1327 – 9 Mar 1327
Monarch	Edward II & Edward III
Personal details
Born	1292
Died	1335
Spouse(s)	Elizabeth Maud Furnival
Children	Robert Marmion Joan Marmion Avice Marmion
Parents	John Marmion & Isabella

Sir 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 and heir of Sir John Marmion, 3rd Baron Marmion of Winteringham & Isabella and was born c.1292.

John was an adherent of the king's cousin and rival Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster and on 16 Oct 1313 was pardoned for his role in the death of Piers Gaveston. He again found himself in trouble in 1314 when an arrest warrant was issued for both John and his father 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.

In May 1314 John was summoned to serve in Sir Henry Tyes' company at the Battle of Bannockburn. Following the disastrous defeat Robert the Bruce and his armies swept south and John was again summoned to defend the north against the rampant Scots at Berwick-upon-Tweed on 30 Jun 1314.

He joined John de Mowbray's company in Aymer de Valence's attempt to re-capture Berwick in August 1319 which led to the Battle of Myton and a two-year truce.

His father died at or shortly after the Battle of Boroughbridge in 1322 whereupon John Jnr took over his father's lands. This was at a time when the Fens were gradually becoming flooded and at least one of John's meadows at Cherry Willingham sank under water.