John Charlton, 3rd Baron Charlton

[2] He was the son of John Charleton, 2nd Baron Cherleton (d. 1360) and his wife, Maud Mortimer, daughter of Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March.

He was also brother-in-law of Ralph de Stafford, who married to Countess Maud of Lancaster, daughter of Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster and Isabel de Beaumont.

She remarried a second time to William I, Duke of Bavaria, a son of Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor, and member of the Royal House of Wittelsbach.

He is reported in the muster rolls for 1372 as being of the rank of Banneret leading 22 archers and men-at-arms on a naval expedition under the leadership of King Edward III.

[3] He had two sons, John and Edward who later became the 4th and 5th lords Cherleton.