Sir Thomas Mallory (1260-1317)
from Brief History of Knights In the forum post, " Senior medieval Mallory family Line (12th to mid-16th centuries) " on the Mallory surname forum, the author, Hikaru Kitabayashi, stated, "My basic list of heads of Mallory lineages differs very little from what I interpret as P.J.C. Field's modifications of S.V. Mallory Smith's earlier published work. Where I might have something to add is in the frills that make it more in the nature of a gentry history of medieval England rather than a more narrowly focused genealogical work. I have uncovered more names of spouses, children, closely allied families, property transfers, court cases, etc. and have been able to create a tentative chronology of the various heads of households covering roughly a five hundred year period." Under "Generation-8," Kitabayashi recorded, "Sir Thomas Mallory (or Mallore as he and most Mallorys appear in the records of the time) was the first lord of Kirkby Mallory...