John Hesketh

Personal and Family Information

John was born about 1308, the son of Adam Hesketh and Maude Fleming. The place is not known.

He died before 1348. The place is not known.

His wife was Alice. They were married, but the date and place have not been found. They had no known children.

Pedigree Chart (3 generations)

Events

Notes

Note 1

!Source: The National Archives' catalogue https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C9704813

C - Records created, acquired, and inherited by Chancery, and also of the Wardrobe, Royal Household, Exchequer and various commissions

Division within C - Records of the Petty Bag Office

C 241 - Chancery: Certificates of Statute Merchant and Statute Staple

C 241/144 - Description available at other catalogue level

Catalogue description Debtor: John, the son of Adam Hesketh [of Lancs.]. Creditor: William, the son of...

Reference: C 241/144/49

Description:

Debtor: John, the son of Adam Hesketh [of Lancs.].

Creditor: William, the son of Robert de Radcliffe [of Lancs.].

Amount: 17m.

Before whom: John Bannister, Mayor of Preston; John de Longleigh, Clerk.

When taken: 17/07/1353

First term: 11/11/1353

Last term: 11/11/1369

Writ to: Sheriff of Lancs

Sent by: Roger del Wyche, Mayor of Preston; John de Longleigh, Clerk.

Endorsement: Lanc' Coram Justic' c's sept' Mich'is.

Date: 1363 Sep 14

Held by: The National Archives, Kew

Legal status: Public Record

Language: Latin

Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

!Source: The National Archives' catalogue https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C9705273

C - Records created, acquired, and inherited by Chancery, and also of the Wardrobe, Royal Household, Exchequer and various commissions

Division within C - Records of the Petty Bag Office

C 241 - Chancery: Certificates of Statute Merchant and Statute Staple

C 241/149 - Description available at other catalogue level

Catalogue description Debtor: John, the son of Adam de Hesketh, lord of Hesketh [Lancs.]. Creditor: William...

Reference: C 241/149/8

Description:

Debtor: John, the son of Adam de Hesketh, lord of Hesketh [Lancs.].

Creditor: William de Ashton [of Wigan, Lancs]

Amount: 4m.

Before whom: William de Ashton, Mayor of Wigan; Henry de Ives,Clerk.

When taken: 10/09/1359

First term: 25/12/1359

Last term: 25/12/1359

Writ to: Sheriff of Lancs

Sent by: Thomas de Haywood, Mayor of Wigan; Thomas, Clerk.

Endorsement: Lanc': retornabile coram Iusticiariis xv Trinitatis.

Date: 1368 Apr 25

Held by: The National Archives, Kew

Legal status: Public Record

Language: Latin

Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

!Source: The National Archives' catalogue https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/fd4ddc8c-fc0a-4920-971d-c2e1c9f76ed3

17 - Cheshire Archives and Local Studies

DLL - LEIGH OF WEST HALL, HIGH LEGH

Catalogue description Bond

Reference: DLL 4/47

Title: Bond

Description:

By John de Hesketh of Dunham Mascy Thomas Frere of same and William Grenehilles of Preston to John de Midelton of Lancaster in £43.10.0. sterling. Dated Monday before the feast of Pentecost 17.Ric.II. - Three Seals.

Date: 1394

Held by: Cheshire Archives and Local Studies, not available at The National Archives

Language: English

!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.

—

Alice widow of Sir John de Hesketh

and Sir William de Hesketh in 1348

granted Bartholomew de Wood Newton,

chaplain, various lands in Rufford , &c., for life, that he might

celebrate mass in the chapel of Rufford

for the souls of their ancestors and others ;

Towneley MS. HE, Edw. III, no. 13.