John Harington, 1st Baron Harington

Not to be confused with John Harington, 1st Baron Harington of Exton.

Arms of Harington: Sable, a fret argent; Crest: A lion's head erased or collared gules[1]
Monument and effigies of John Harington, 1st Baron Harington (died 1347) and his wife,[2] Cartmel Priory. A 1646 drawing of it by Daniel King showed the arms of Dacre on the monument[3]
Harington built Gleaston Castle on the Furness Peninsula, replacing the family's castle at Aldingham Motte.

John Harington, 1st Baron Harington (1281–1347) of Aldingham in Furness, Lancashire, was an English peer, created Baron Harington by writ of summons to Parliament dated 1326.[4]

  1. ^ Source: Burke's General armory 1884, p. 459
  2. ^ Further reading re monument: Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Archaeological Society, Vol.5, p.109
  3. ^ 1646 drawing by Daniel King, in Dodsworth Manuscripts, Vol.88, folio 20, quoted in Cokayne, Complete Peerage, new edition, Vol.6, p.315, note (n)
  4. ^ Cokayne, Complete Peerage, new edition, Vol.6, p. 314