Baron Tibetot Explained

Baron Tibetot (or Tiptoft) is an abeyant title in the Peerage of England. It was created on 10 March 1308 as a barony by writ. It fell into abeyance in 1372. These were the immediate descendants of the crusader Sir Robert de Tiptoft (died 1298) and his wife Eva de Chaworth,^[1] early benefactors of the house of Ipswich Greyfriars.^[2]

Barons Tibetot (1308)

• Payn Tiptoft, 1st Baron Tibetot (1279–1314) (killed at the Battle of Bannockburn)
• John Tiptoft, 2nd Baron Tibetot (1313–1367)
• Robert Tiptoft, 3rd Baron Tibetot (1341–1372)

Barons Tiptoft (1426)

• John Tiptoft, 1st Baron Tiptoft (1426–1443)
• John Tiptoft, 1st Earl of Worcester (1443–1470)
• Edward Tiptoft, 2nd Earl of Worcester (1470–1485)

References

1. 'Chaworth', and 'Tibetot', in W. Dugdale, The Baronage of England 2 vols (Tho. Newcomb, for Abel Roper, Iohn Martin, and Henry Herringman, London 1676), I, pp. 517-18; II, pp. 38-39 (Umich/eebo) - with sources there cited.
2. B.P. Grimsey, 'The Grey-friars Monastery, Ipswich', Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and Natural History Vol. IX Part 3 (1897), pp. 372-78 (Suffolk Institute).