Robert Hesketh

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Personal and Family Information

Robert was born about 1598, the son of John Hesketh and UNKNOWN Haydock. The place is not known.

He died in 1651. The place is not known.

His wife is not known. They were married, but the date and place have not been found. Their only known child was Thomas (c1617-?).

Pedigree Chart (3 generations)


 

Robert Hesketh
(c1598-1651)

 

John Hesketh
(c1580-?)

 

Robert Hesketh
(c1545->1620)

 

Thomas Hesketh
(c1506-c1588)

+
  

Alice Holcrafte
(c1511-?)

 
  

Mary Stanley
(c1545->1586)

 

George Stanley
(c1500->1567)

 
  

Isabell Duckinfeilde
(c1500-?)

 
  

UNKNOWN Haydock
(c1580-?)

  
 
  
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
  
 
 
   
 
 

Events

EventDateDetailsSourceMultimediaNotes
BirthABT 1598
Death1651

Notes

Note 1

!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.

The Folds MSS. afford the following

rental of Clitheroe in 1617: Robert

Hesketh, 26s. 8¢.; Thomas Walmsley,

1os.; Richard Shuttleworth, 1 acre, 1s. ;

Richard Greenacres, 10s. 6d.; Richard

Dawson, 75. 6d. ; John Charleton, 1s.

6 Robert Hesketh of Rufford in 1623

held a sixth part of the manor, with

messuages, lands, &c., of Edward Mosley

as of his lordship of Manchester, by

fealty only ; Lancs. Ing. p.m. , iii, 356. See also

Pal. of Lanc. Feet of F. bdle. 237, m. 52

, and later.

In 1623 the Hesketh moieties of

Croston and Mawdesley were stated to be

held of the lords of Leylandshire ; Lancs, <<<< Sold during or before this Robert.

Ing. p.m. [Rec. Soc. Lancs. and Ches.], iii,

56. : 3 Baines, Lancs. [ed. 1836], iii, 397.

The manor of Croston had been regularly

named in Hesketh settlements ; e.g. Pal.

of Lanc, Feet of F. bdle. 237, m. 52

[1696].

An agreement

as to partition then made is in Add. MS.

32108, no. 661. Richard Farington of

Longton in the time of James I granted

lands, &c., to Robert Hesketh ; ibid. L 6, 7.

Hugh Farington of Ribbleton died in

1637 holding land in Longton of the heir

of Robert Hesketh of Rufford ; Towneley

MS. C 8, 13 [Chet. Lib.], 423-4.

Robert Hesketh, who died in 1641,

owned two messuages, &c., in Tarleton,

held of the king ‘by reason of the sur-

render of the Abbot of Cockersand’ ;

Duchy of Lanc. Ing. p.m, vil, no. 14.

!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.

Richard Heskayth. Richard de Stafford.

= =

| |

William de Heskaith = Annabell, dau. and

| heir of Rich:

___________|

|

Robert Heskaith. = ….. Richard, de Totleworth, = Isabell, dau. and coheir

| in right of his wife. | of Rich: Lo: of

| | Totleworth.

_________| ________________________________|

| |

William Hesketh = Elbora, dau. and sole heire

| of Rich: and Isabell.

|

>>>>>

>>>>> Note: The [above] earlier part of this visitation chart [before Sir William & Maude] appears to have been based on actual names of earlier Hesekth records,

>>>>> but without any knownledge of how they were actually related. Also the wives in that portion don’t appear to have been real.

>>>>>

| Rich: Fitton, = ….

| lord of |

| Great Har- |

| wood and |

| Martholme. |

________________|_________________ ___________________ |_______________________

| | | | | |

John Adam de Sir William Heskayth, = Mawde, dau. and Elyza., dau. and Anabyll, dau. and

Heskaith. Heskaith. knt., lo. of Heskayth | co heire of coheire, wife to coh: wife to

and Betonsaw, | Rich: Fytton. Roger Nowell, Edmond Leghe,

4 Ed. 1.[1275/6] | Lo. of Read. Lo: of Croston.

|__________________

|

Thomas de Heskayth. = Alice, dau. of ...

Come chose soit a totez gentz per ceste En- | Warren de Byspham,

denture qe de debatez qe furent Entre John de ___________| Lo. of Byspham.

Heskaith et Adam Nowell des tentz en graunt |

Harwod qe furent apres Ie Mort William Fitton Sir John de Heskaith, = Alice, sole dau. and

de sou heritage despartez entre sez treiz soeures knt. | heire to Edm: Fytton

et heires et lour barons, et cestasavoir Entre ___________| Lo. of halfe Rufford.

William de Heskaith et maude sa femme, Ed- |

mond de Legh et Amabilia sa femme, Roger Sir William de Heskayth, = Marcella, dau. and

Nowell, et Elizabeth sa femme. Lan du raigne knt., anno 29 Ed. 3. | coheire of Thwenge

le roy fitz au tres noble roy Edward disim et [1355/6] | of Kendall,

vint'. ______________| co. Westmerland.

|

Seal of Arms,-a wheatsheaf- Thomas Heskalth, = Margaret, dau. and

Signed, SIGILLVM : IOHANNIS : HESKETH: esq. | coheire of Tho:

| Banester, Baron of

__________________________________________________| Newton.

|

Nicholas Heskayth, = Margaret, dau. and coheire of . . .

esq. | Mynshull, obiit at Rufford, 5 H. 5 [1417/8].

[page 129] |

Sir Thomas Heskaith, = Sibill, dau. and coheire of Sir

knt., obiit 38 H. 6. [1459/60] | Robert Lawrance, knt., 5 H. 5. [1417/8]

_______________|

|

Tho : Heskaith, = Margaret, dau. to

Esq., Lo. of | Hamon Massy

Heskaith. | of Rixton.

____________|

|

Robert Heskaith, = Alice, dau. of Sir Robert Booth knt

Lo. of Heskaith, | lo: of Dunham Massye; after her hus-

obilt. 1490. _| band's death she professed chastitye.

|

Grace, dau. of = Thomas Heskaith, = Elyza., dau. and Drawing of a seal of arms, viz.-

Jo : Townley esq., obiit 1523. | sole heir of a fess engrailed between 3 fla-

of Townley. | William Fleminge, mingos [?J heads erased, ---;

| Baron of Wath, and helmet and mantling surmounted

______| lo. of Croston. by a flamingo's [?J head couped,

| wings erect, for crest.

Sir Robert Heskaith, = Grace, dau. of

knt. | Sir John Townley

| of Townley, knt.

_________________________________|___________________________

| | |

Sir Thomas Heskaith = Alice, dau. of Elynor, wife to Jane

knt. Lo. of Rufford, | Sir John Holcrofte Robert Barton

High Shenff of Lanc., | of Holcrofte, knt. of Barton Row.

anno 5 of Q. Elizab: |

obiit 1587. |_______________

|

Blanche, dau. and = Robert Heskaith, = Marye, dau. of

coheire of Hen: Esq., Lo. of Hes- | Sir George Stanley, knt.,

Twyford of Ken- kaith, Rufford, | Marshall in Ireland

wick, co. Salop, Holmes and | sister and heire to '

2 Wife, s.p. Holmewood Mart- | Hen: Stanlye, esq.,

holme, Great Har- | of the Croshall,

wood, Hougwick | 1 wife.

and Beconsawe, |

now living, 1613. |

_____________________________________________________________|_______________________

| ||| | | ||

John, Robert, 2. Thomas Heskaith, = Susan, dau. of Holcrofte, I dau., Jane, wife to <<<< John & UNKNOWN

mar. the Henry, 3. sonne and heire, Th . .. Powes, wife to Lawrans William Reynalds.

dau. of… George, 4. ætat. 41 annor. co. Salop. Royston, after to

Haydock. 1613. Roger Dodsworth, Mary, wife to Rich:

= Chancelor of Barton, and after to

| York. Thomas Stanley,

Robert. and hath issue by <<<< Robert

both

!Source: Robert Hesketh https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hesketh-419 <<<< The years on this ar wrong, so it is probably not the right Robert.

Born 15 Nov 1628 in Aughton, Lancashire, England

Died Sep 1651 at age 22 in Aughton, Lancashire, England

Robert Hesketh

Son of Robert Hesketh and [mother unknown]

[sibling unknown]

Husband of Lucy Molyneux — married before 1645 in Aughton, Lancashire, England map icon at age 16

Father of Thomas Hesketh , Alexander Hesketh , Lucie Hesketh and Margaret Hesketh

Biography

Robert Hesketh was baptised on the 15 November 1628 in Aughton, Lancashire, England, son of Robert Hesketh and Margaret Standish .[1]

Robert married Lucy Rigby Rigby) before 1645.

He became schoolmaster at Croston, Lancashire. [2]

1647-1672: A marriage settlement was arranged by father Robert Hesketh by way of gifting of land approved by an act of parliament [3]

Marriage Settlement: [4] Robert Hesketh of Holmswood, esq., his wife Margrett [Standish] and son and heir Robert to Ralph Standish of Standish, esq., Thomas Tildesley of Myerscough, esq., Alexander Rigby of Rigby, esq., and his son and heir Alexander, gent. : on marriage of R.H. the son and Lucy, only daughter of A.R. the father -- A.R. the father to pay £500 to Thomas Hesketh of Rufforth, esq., and his wife Jane, and £1000 to R.H. the father, as marriage portion of L.R., R.H. father and son, within 18 months of R.H. the son reaching the age of 21, to convey to R.S., T.T., A.R., the father and son, the manors of Rufforth, Martholme, Harwood, Longton, Croston, Hesketh-cum-Beckonsall, Tarleton-cum-Salom, Mawdesley, Wrightington, Shevington, Houghwicke, and Neither Whittingham, and all property there and in Holmeswood, Tottleworth, Lancaster, Preston, Wigan, Ormeschurgh, Penwortham, Hutton, Much Hoole, Bretherton, Eccleston near Croston, Bispham, Newbrough in Lathom, Parbold, Samlesbury, Newton-with-Scales, Barton, Bickerstaffe, Winstanley and Scarisbricke, to use of T.H. for life; thereafter manors of Neither Whittingham, Harwood and Martholme, and property there and in Wigan, Newbrough, Lathom, Samlesbury, Newton-with-Scales and Tottleworth to use of male heirs of T.H. by his wife Jane; remainder to R.H. the father for life, then to R.H. the son; Beckonsall Hall and demesne lands of £100 annual value to be to use of Jane, wife of T.H., for life after his death, then to R.H. the father and son; Holmeswood Hall and demesne lands in the old and New Parks, two closes called the Spring and the Dale, all other property in Tarleton, tenement in tenure of Robert Abram of 23½d yearly value in Rufforth, to use of R.H. the father and his wife Margrett, remainder to R.H. the son and heir by L.R., then to heirs of R.H. the father, then to George H., brother of R.H. the father; then to Robert H. son of John H. dec'd, brother of R.H. the father; Manor of and all property in Croston to use of L.R. for life, then to R.H. the son, then to R.H. the father, then to Margrett H., then to George H., then to John H., then to Cuthbert H.; property in Houghwick, Hutton and Penwortham to George H. and his wife Jane for lives, then to R.H. the father etc. Witn: Gilbt. Hoghton, Raitcliff Asheton, George Hesketh, Robt. Mawdesley, Urian Rigby, Robert Dandie, Robt. Bamber, Hn. Hindley. 9 Nov. 1641. continued: Endorsed with memorandum of agreement of T.H. that the powers of the settlement be confirmed by Act of Parliament, and of mode of payment of specified sums, etc. Signed by T.H. and his wife Jane. Witn: Alex. Rigbye, Joseph Rigbye, Robt. Hesketh, Robt. Bamber, John Sidgreaves, Hn. Hindley. Consented to further by Alex. Rigbye, Robte. Hesketh, Robert Hesketh. . continued: Endorsements of depositions before Committee of Sequestrations; i. At Wigan, 20 Apr. 1647. ii. At Preston, 27 Aug. 1647. . and iii. In execution of a commission, Preston. 10 Jan. 1671/2. . Date: 1647-1672 Held by: Lancashire Archives, not available at The National Archives Language: English

Their children were:

Thomas Hesketh

Alexander Hesketh

Lucie Hesketh

Margaret Hesketh

Robert died in September, 1651 in Aughton, aged 22.[5] Robt was buried on 31 August 1651 in Croston, Lancashire, England.[6] .

Research Notes

Father Robert leases land to Alexander Rigby father in law : [7]

Sources

↑ Baptism: "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"

FamilySearch Record: NYB6-S24

Robert Hesketh baptism on 15 Nov 1628, son of Robert Hesketh, in Aughton, Lancashire, England.

↑ "FreeReg UK Parish Register database"

Lancashire; Croston; St Michael and All Angels; Other Transcript; File line number: 25

FreeReg Transcription

Robt Hesketh ; Schoolmaster at Croston.

↑ Marriage Settlement Robert Hesketh and Lucy Rigby amongst others

↑ "The National Archives located at Lancashire Archives" Marriage Settlement: Robert Hesketh of Holmswood, esq., Ref: DDHE 106/2

↑ The Peerage; A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe; Person Page - 52861

↑ Burial: "FreeReg UK Parish Register database"

Lancashire; Croston; St Michael and All Angels; Other Transcript; File line number: 25

FreeReg Transcription

Robt Hesketh burial on 31 Aug 1651 in Croston, Lancashire, England.

↑ : for £200 : Alexander Rigby of Rigby in Amounderness, esq. to Robert Hesketh of Holmeswood, esq., Richard Duckenfeild, Hugh Cowper of Ormischurch, gents. -- capital messuage of A.R. in Preston -- Witn: George Hesketh, Robert Dandie

The Visitation of the County Palatine of Lancaster, Made in the Year 1664-5, by Sir William Dugdale 1664-5 Page 133: Hesketh of Hesketh.