Adam was the eldest son of Adam de Everingham and Clarice la Warre. He was summoned to Scotland and participated in the Siege of Berwick and the Battle of Halidon Hill in 1333. Adam was part of the English forces at the Battle of Sluys and Siege of Tournai in 1340, the Battle of Crecy in 1346 and the Siege of Calais from 1346 until 1347. Summoned to Parliament by Writ in January 1371. He died in 1388.