Sir John de Chetewinde

John de Chetwynd III, eldest son of Adam of Cublesdon, was of full age when he became mesne-lord of Hilderstone in 1284. We have seen how he gradually got possession of Chetwynd and Weston, and obtained the grant of a Fair and Market from the KING. The last-named was due to the interest of his liege lord, Edmund FitzAlan, Earl of Arundel, and it was a gain to Fitzalan as much as to Chetwynd. Both would be interested in the profits to be derived from the droves of cattle which came that way out of Wales to relieve the famine which was then desolating a great part of England; and both would be glad to set up a rival to Newport, which was fast becoming a thriving town

Sir John left two sons. By his first wife he had Reginald, parson of Chetwynd, whose daughter carried away his estates to the Peshalls. The name of his first wife was Joan

Sir John's second wife was another Joan, daughter of William Ercall, of High Ercall, co Shropshire, the last of that name, and widow of Richard de Caverswall of Caverswall Castle. By his second he had William de Chetwynd of Shaynton, who was in remainder to Chetwynd and Weston in the event of failure of male heirs to Peshall.

Richard was living in 1317-18, indeed he was summoned to Lichfield Assizes in August, 1320, though he failed to put in an appearance. His widow held Caverswall during her son's minority

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