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Birth:          ABT 1326 Dalden Hall, Durham, England

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Dalton le Dale near Seaham, Durham

St. Andrew's at Dalton-le-Dale has been tentatively dated at c.1150, but this was in 
the turbulent reign of King Stephen, 84 years after the Conquest, when a civil war 
over the throne was in progress and the Scots had taken the opportunity of English 
disunity to seize most of the north of England, including County Durham. An earlier or 
later date, when normality prevailed, seems more likely. The doorway is definitely 
Norman in style. The church contains a unique internal sundial and also the ancestral 
tombs of some of the Lords of Dalden. The ruins of their ancient stronghold, Dalden 
Tower, still stand in the dene. Nearby was their home at Dalden Hall. Dalden Tower 
was needed when Robert the Bruce laid waste much of East Durham as far as 
Hartlepool in the years after Bannockburn. In 1337 Robert de Herrington, vicar of 
Dalton, complained to his superiors in Durham that his parish had again been wasted 
and depopulated by the Scots who had taken advantage of the English war with 
France. Previously 15 husbandmen and 15 cottagers paid tithes and now there were 
only five husbandmen and six cottagers - all in a state of near beggary and unable to 
pay him anything. He was then granted 40s. annually for life.

Down the centuries the Tower, Hall and Manor of Dalden passed through the hands of 
the de Dalden, Bowes and Collingwood families. The latter, staunchly Catholic, are 
believed to have abandoned the Tower and Hall in c. 1600 for their more comfortable 
home in the adjacent manor of Seaham which they also owned. Their surname 
features heavily in the early registers from Seaham St. Mary the Virgin which began in 
the Commonwealth era. The Collingwoods sold out the twin estates of Seaham and 
Dalden to the Milbankes in c. 1676/78 and they in turn sold out to the Londonderrys 
in 1821. By then Dalden Hall had been converted to a farmhouse and the Tower had 
long been in ruins.

Parents
DE DALDEN Jordan (ABT 1295 - )
____ Margaret (ABT 1300 - )

Siblings
DE DALDEN Robert (or Jordan) (ABT 1326 - )

Marriage To HERON Idoma (ABT 1334 - )
    m.  

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Parents
HERON William (ABT Nov 1304 - 21 Dec 1379)
DE GREY Isabel (ABT 1315 - AFT 2 Mar 1348)

Children by HERON Idoma ABT 1334 - 
DE DALDEN Maud (ABT 1354 - BEF 29 Apr 1421)

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