Sir Willian Felton (died 1367) and English knight and seneschal of Poitou. Took part in Battle of Halidon Hill, 1333 and fought at Crecy in 1346. He was appointed lord justice of all the king's lands in Scotland in 1348. He fought at battle of Poitiers in 1356. He was appointed seneschal of Poitou in 1360. He accompanied the Black Prince on the Spanish campaign in 1367 and was called Felleton Guilliam qui ot cœur de lyon by Chandos Herald. He was killed at the battle of Aríñez a skirmish fought by the vanguard of the Black Prince's army. Biography Felton was the son of Sir William Felton of Northumberland (died c. 1358), and his first wife. He owned the manors of Bodington, West Matsden, Edelyngham, and half of West Milburne, all in Northumberland. Felton held important commands during the Second War of Scottish Independence. He took part in the Battle of Halidon Hill in 1333, and in the subsequent capture of Berwick-on-Tweed. In 1334 he was governor of Bamborough Castle in Northumberland. From 1338 to 1340 he was in command of Roxburgh Castle, which in April of the latter year he defended against an attack of the Scots. In 1340 he was also named a commissioner to attend to the defence of the Scottish marches. Felton was summoned to Edward III's 24th parliament in 1343. In 1348 he was named lord justice of all the king's lands in Scotland. He was appointed sheriff of Northumberland and governor of the town of Newcastle-on-Tyne both in 1342 and 1343. When Edward III sought to detach the Flemings from their allegiance to France, Felton accompanied him to Hainault. During the following year he was at the naval Battle of Sluys (24 June 1340) and at the Siege of Tournay. In the winter of 1343 Felton followed the king to Brittany at the start of War of the Breton Succession, and was at the Siege of Nantes. He was with the expedition which invaded Normandy in 1346, and took part in the battle of Crécy and the subsequent campaign in the north of France. He was with the Black Prince at the Battle of Poitiers. In 1359 Felton was at the siege of Rheims, which the English were forced to raise and retreat to Brittany. While there Felton went to attack the Pontorson Castle, commanded by Bertrand du Guesclin. He was defeated and