Robert de Stuteville, of Ayton

It is probable that he was Robert, a younger son of Robert de Stuteville lll, but no proof appears to be available.

Robert de Meinill married Emma, daughter of Richard Malebisse. Robert died before 20 Jan 1206/7, most likely while overseas. Emma married as her second husband, Robert de Stuteville of Ayton.

It is not unlikely that the John de Stuteville described as a (half) uncle of Nicholas de Meinil in 1273 was a younger son of the 1st Robert by the widow of Robert de Meinil, Nicholas’ grandfather.

'Parishes: Great Ayton', in A History of the County of York North Riding: Volume 2, ed. William Page (London, 1923), pp. 225-231. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/yorks/north/vol2/pp225-231 [accessed 19 December 2019].

The small village of Little Ayton lies a short distance to the east of Great Ayton, higher up the same stream. On the moors to the east pasture was granted in the early 13th century to Guisborough Priory by John Malebiche and Robert de Stutevill, lords respectively of the two manors. John Malebiche gave the following boundaries: 'As the edge of the moor leads from Little Otheneberg and divides the moor and the grove of Ayton, and so as the descent of the same edge leads through the middle of the grove to the common way, which is in the bottom of the valley, to the head of Golstaindale as far as Etunes carth, and thence to the boundaries between Kildale and Aton, and then as the stream flows through the middle of the valley to the boundaries of the . . . canons of Guisborough, with the whole moiety of the grove of Golstaindale which belongs to me, according to the bounds formerly made between Sir Richard Malebisse my father and Sir Robert de Stuteville.' (fn. 17)

References

• http://cybergata.com/roots/4402
• Early Yorkshire Charters: Volume 9, The Stuteville Fee edited by William Farrer, Charles Travis Clay. Page 38. GoogleBooks
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_III_de_Stuteville
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Ayton In the parish of Little Ayton high on Easby Moor is Captain Cook's Monument a 51 ft (16 m) high obelisk and visible for miles around. It was constructed from local sandstone and was erected in 1827.