Elyza was born about 1453, the daughter of William Fleminge but her mother is unknown. The place is not known.
Her husband was Thomas Hesketh, who she married in ABT 1471. The place has not been found. They had no known children.
| Event | Date | Details | Source | Multimedia | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birth | ABT 1453 |
Note 1
!Source: Visitation of Lancashire by Richard St. George, 1613, page 128. https://johnhoughton.me.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/1613_visitation.pdf
Heskayth.
[Harl. MS. 1437, fo. 124 b, 125.].
Arms. — The first twelve quarterings of the shield described at fo. 110.
Entered.
,…,
Grace, dau. of = Thomas Heskaith, = Elyza., dau. and
Jo : Townley esq., obiit 1523. | sole heir of
of Townley. | William Fleminge,
| Baron of Wath, and
______| lo. of Croston.
Note: Placing Children with Alice as the erlier visitation, where people might actually remember them, showed them with Alice Haworthe, even though some might belong to Elyza.
!Source: Visitation of Lancashire by Richard St. George, 1613, page 127. https://johnhoughton.me.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/1613_visitation.pdf
Hesketh.
Latin [mix]:
—
[Harl. MS. 1437, fo.123.]
Jolm Kingsmill on of the Kings Justices of the Common place and Humfry Coningsby on of the
Kings serjaunts at law sendith greting. Whereas for the appeasing of mattres of Controversy
depending betwene Thomas Hesketh Esquire of the on partie & M' William Wall, clerk, and
Richard Dalton & Roger Dalton sonn of the said Richard & of Elizabeth his wife on of the
da: & heires of William Fleming in Croston 24 yeare of H. 7.
—
Translation:
[Harl. MS. 1437, fo. 123.] Jolm Kingsmill on of the Kings Justices of the Common place and Humfry Coningsby on of the
Kings serjaunts at law sentith greting. Whereas for the appeasing of matters of controversy
depending betwene Thomas Hesketh Esquire of the on partie & M' William Wall, clerk, and
Richard Dalton & Roger Dalton sonn of the said Richard & of Elizabeth his wife on of the
da: & heirs of William Fleming in Croston 24 yeare of H. 7. [1508/9]
!Source: Full text of "The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;"
The Victoria history of the Counties of England, EDITED BY WILLIAM PAGE, F.S.A., A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE, VOLUME VI, THE VICTORIA HISTORY
https://archive.org/stream/cu31924088434620/cu31924088434620_djvu.txt#:~:text=k%20[Standish]%2C%20211%20Emmott%20[Whalley]%2C%20525%20Euxton,[p]%20115%2C%20[m]%20115%20Thorp%20[Croston]%2C%20104.
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William son of William Fleming was in possession
in 1468; no. 1433.
the manor of Croston in 1318, the remainder, how-
ever, being to ‘the right heirs of John.’3 This
moiety descended regularly 4 to William Fleming of
Wath, who died about 1470, leaving two daughters
as co-heirs, both named Elizabeth.®
married Richard Dalton, lord of the neighbouring
manor of Bispham, and her fourth part of the manor
of Croston descended like Bispham until 1558, when
it was sold to Sir Thomas Hesketh of Rufford, who
held the other fourth by inheritance.®
Elizabeth had married his ancestor Thomas Hesketh,….
—
“Thomas first [in rg71] married <<<< Likely 1471 from an OCR error.
Elizabeth younger daughter and co-heir
of Wiliam Fleming of Croston; later
she confessed to adultery and a divorce
Was procured, she afterwards marrying
Thurstan Hall. A confirmation of the
divorce was given by Alexander VI in <<<< Alexander VI was pope 1492-1503, meaning proclamation given during the time of that pope, so possibly the date was 1497 with another ocr problem.
14975 Harl. MS. 207-, fol. 28- [im-
Perfect] ; Towneley MS. HE, Edw. IV, <<<< This could just be pointing out the resumption of Edward iv’s reign: Edward IV [r. 1461-1470 and 1471-1483].
no. 4. A portion of the Fleming inherit-
ance was retained by Thomas Hesketh
and his heirs ; ibid. Hen. VII, no. 15.
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*In June 1472 John Wombwell, as
trustee of John Fleming, granted to
Elizabeth late wife of William Fleming
and then wife of Roger Coton various
lands, &c., in Worth, Melton and Cramp-
ton for her life, with remainder to Eliza-
beth and Elizabeth, daughters and heirs
of the said William; Add. MS. 32104,
no. 1503.
® The descent of the manor to Hesketh
and Dalton is stated in the plea of 1472
above cited; Pal. of Lanc. Plea R. 39,
m, 14d.
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In 1477 Richard Dalton and Elizabeth
his wife conceded to John son of William
Fleming an annuity of 46s. 8d. charged
on lands, &c., in Croston and Mawdes-
ley; Towneley MS. BB, no. 1638.
Richard and his wife in 1478 released
to Thomas Hesketh and Elizabeth his
wife all their interest in the lands of
William Fleming; no. 1547. They
made a feoffment of their estate in
1482, with remainder to Roger son of
Richard; no. 1551. Disputes between
Thomas Hesketh and Richard and James
Dalton were in 1489 referred to arbitra-
tion ; Add. MS. 32107, no. 1162.
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Thomas Hesketh
and Elizabeth his wife were tenants of
half the manor of Croston, &c., in 1486 ;
Final Conc. iii, 142. Hugh Hesketh was
the feoffee. In 1487 Thurstan Hall and
Elizabeth his wife, daughter and co-heir of
William Fleming, agreed to abide the
award of Thomas Earl of Derby and others
as to their disputes with Thomas son and
heir-apparent of Robert Hesketh, con-
cerning manors, messuages, lands, &c., in
Wath, Clifton, Rathmell and Dalton in
Yorkshire, also in Croston, Mawdesley
and Longton in Lancashire ; Towneley
MS. RR, no. 622. The wife, as Elizabeth
Fleming, had shortly before this ratified
the estate of Hugh Hesketh son of Robert
and brother of Thomas in the moiety of
the manor of Croston, and lands, &c., in
Croston, Mawdesley and Longton; no. 636.
Hugh Hesketh in 1490 and 1498 re-
leased his right in the same to Thomas
Hesketh 3 no. 621,637. See Final Cone.
iii, 1523 also Dep. Keeper’s Rep. xl, App.
540, 543. The Halls retained the York-
shire manors.