Romero Anton Montalban-Anderssen, Juris Doctor
Anton Anderssen, The Lord of Hartforth (Richmondshire)
Hartforth is a village in the Richmondshire district of North
Yorkshire, England. It is located in the civil parish of Gilling with Hartforth and Sedbury.
When Ælfgar died in 1062, his son Earl Edwin (Anton's 28th Great Grand Uncle) inherited the Earldom of Mercia along with the many manors including Hartforth. He appears as Earl Edwin (Eduin) in the Domesday Book. Ælfgar's daughter, Ældgyth (Edith) Anton's 28th Great Grand Mother did not inherit from Ælfgar, but she did well by marrying Gruffydd ap Llywelyn The King of Wales, He was beheaded 5 Aug 1063 in battle.
Ældgyth (Edith) Anton's 28th Great Grand Mother then married the last Anglo-Saxon King of England Harold II Godwinson (killed October 14, 1066 in battle).
Richmondshire
Richmondshire (in red) is a local government district of North Yorkshire (in pink) England. The land was once capital of the Honour of Richmond, which was an estate founded and usually held by the Duke of Brittany or his relatives.
The first Earl of Richmond was Anton's 25th Great GrandUncle, Alain Le Roux (c. 1040-1089), known in Latin as Alanus Rufus and in English as Alan the Red. He never married, and had no heirs. At the time of his death, his wealth was noted as £11,000, 7% of the net national income of England. In 2007, that would account for over 117 billion euros or CAN$163 billion dollars. According to Wealthy historical figures 2008, his net worth in 2007 dollars is roughly USD$166.9 Billion. See "Alan the Red, the Brit who makes Bill Gates a pauper" in The Sunday Times - 9 October, 2007. See note 3 below.
Alain Le Roux's brother was Etienne, Count of Tréguier, Brittany and Lamballe (Anton's 25th Great Grandfather). This ancestor is a connection point for both sides of Anton's family. Anton's father is Etienne's descendant through the Lords of Hartland in England, while Anton's mother is Etienne's descendant through Scottish nobility (Alan of Penthièvre 1st Earl of Richmond's line).
King Stephen of England named The Earl of Cornwall Alan of Penthièvre (b.c.1100 – September 15, 1146) (Anton's 24th Great Grandfather, son of Etienne, and nephew of Alain Le Roux) Earl of Richmond in the 2nd creation, since Anton's 25th Great GrandUncle, Alain Le Roux (Earl of Richmond in the 1st creation) had no heirs.
In 1241 Henry III King of England (Anton's 20th Great Grandfather) granted the estates of Richmond to Peter of Savoy (1203-1268), uncle of his queen consort, Eleanor of Provence. Peter was thereafter described as Earl of Richmond by contemporary chroniclers. By his will he left Richmond to his niece, Queen Eleanor of Provence (Anton's 20th Great Grandmother) , who transferred it back to the crown.
Before Anton became Lord of Hartforth, the previous Lords of Hartforth were the Cradock family (1). They bought the Lordship from the estates of the Marquess of Wharton.
The family of the Marquess of Wharton ("Querton" was the earlier Latin spelling of "Wharton") lived in the area, and they were Lords of Hartforth for almost 600 years. They were vassals of The Lord of Westmorland.
In England, ca. 1155, King Henry II gave the manor de Querton to (Anton's 28th Great Grand Uncle) Sir Hugh de Morville, Lord of Westmorland (died c. 1202). Hugh held the title Lord of Westmorland, which he inherited from his father, Hugh de Morville, Lord of Cunningham and Lauderdale, Constable of Scotland (2) Anton's 29th Great Grandfather.
Anton's 28th Great Grand Uncle Sir Hugh de Morville is chiefly infamous as one of the assassins of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury in 1170. Hugh de Morville and three other of King Henry II's knights plotted Thomas Becket's murder after interpreting the king's angry words (supposedly "who will rid me of this meddlesome priest?") as a command. They assassinated the archbishop in Canterbury Cathedral on December 29, 1170. King Henry II advised them thereafter to flee England to Scotland. Hugh's brother, Richard of Moreville (Anton's 28th Great Grand Father) inherited the titles of Lord of Cunningham, Lord of Lauderdale and Constable of Scotland from his father. Since Richard was the constable of Scotland, he was in the position to protect Uncle Hugh from the English.
Whereas Uncle Hugh realized he had to flee to Scotland, he "enfeoffed thereof one Walter son of Durand" the Querton (Wharton) estates. Durand and Walter's descendant Gilbert de Querton took the manor's name as his family name. The Querton/Wharton family hung around for the next 600 years. The estate of the Marquess of Wharton thereafter sold Hartforth to the Craddock family in 1720. The Whartons lost their peerage in 1729 when the last male-line heir was declared an outlaw.
After the Craddock family died out, the Lordship of Hartforth was open for "adoption." Anton,
29th Great Grandson of Ælfgar, Earl of Mercia
also being the 25th Great Grand Nephew of the the first Earl of Richmond, Alain Le Roux,
also being the 24th Great Grandson of The Earl of Cornwall Alan of Penthièvre Earl of Richmond,
also being the 20th Great Grandson of King Henry III Earl of Richmond
(and his wife Queen Eleanor of Provence)
filed for the Lordship and was legally granted the title in 1994. The Lordship of Hartforth is finally back in the name of a descendant of the original Saxon and Norman owners after an 850-year vacation.
Above: Selected ancestors of Anton, The Lord of Hartforth