Robert Hesketh

Personal and Family Information

Robert was born about 1415, the son of Thomas Hesketh and Margaret Massye. The place is not known.

He died about 1491. The place is not known.

His wife was Alice Booth. They were married, but the date and place have not been found. Their three known children were Thomas (c1450-?), Hugh (c1452->1511) and Richard (c1454-?).

Pedigree Chart (3 generations)

Events

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.

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Robert, married to Alice daughter <<<< Robert Hesketh de Hesketh [~1424 - ~1491] with wife Alice Booth and son Thomas. Page continues mixing the two Hesketh lines.

of Robert Booth in 1454,’ died in 1491,° leaving a

son Thomas, who, in default of legitimate issue,‘

bequeathed his manors to his natural son Robert, with <<<< Robert Hesketh de Rufford [~1478 - 1539]. Second son Robert, but heir was Thomas. I don’t see a Robert with heir Robert.

remainders to Charles and Ellen, brother and sister <<<< Robert Hesketh de Rufford [~1478 - 1539]. Siblings Charles and Helene.

Thomas Hesketh appears to have added

very largely to the hereditary possessions of his family,

and died at Ruford on 14 August 1523.° <<<< Thomas Hesketh de Rufford ~1453 - ~1523.

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Alice widow of Robert Hesketh and

their sons Hugh and Richard in 1499-1

came to an agreement with Thomas the

heir as to dower, &c. ; Towneley MS.

HE, Hen. VII, no. 3. She died in 1498 <<<< The reason these dates don't conflict is the gravestones show the date purchased in England. It would have been purchased for her husband and then she buried next to him.

and was buried at Rufford.

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The church of ST. M./R? is situated

CHURCH onthe east side of the village and is a

modern building of red brick and stone

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The building having no pretensions to antiquity is

itself uninteresting and architecturally it has little of

the appearance of a village church. It contains,

however, an alabaster slab and other fragments

belonging to the first church and some fittings

from the 18th-century structure. The slab is to

the memory of Thomas Hesketh [d. 1458] and <<<< 1438

Margaret his wife and is 6 ft. long by 3 ft. wide and

6 in. thick. It was until lately in the floor of the

nave lying north and south, in four pieces, but was

removed to the Hesketh chapel in 1907. It has

incised on it the figure of a man in armour with his

lady and underneath the figures of eleven children,

together with the coat of arms of Hesketh. ‘The

inscription runs round the slab, ‘Domine miserere

animabus Thome Hesketh et Margerie | uxoris ejus <<<< Thomas Hesketh de Hesketh

qui quidem Thomas | obijt xviij die mensis Decembris

a? d™ meccclviij: a litera dominicali.” At the

bottom are the names of eleven children—Robert,

William, Margery, Thomas, John, Hugh, William, <<<< Only one daughter?

Geoffrey, Richard, Henry and Nicholas.

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TOTTLEWORTH is first mentioned in a grant

made early in the 13th century by Maud de Praers

to Uctred son of Roger de Rishton ; her gift included

three-fourths of the place, the bounds going from

Oakenholt syke through ‘Tottleworth lache on the

west side of Bentley, and thence by Norden Brook

and Hyndburn to the starting-place.® A rent of

half a mark of silver was to be paid. ‘The descendants

of the new owner probably assumed the local name,

for in 1258 Richard de Tottleworth held 40 acres of

land in Rishton of the lord of Clitheroe, paying half

a mark yearly. The estate descended to an Anabil

daughter of John de Tottleworth,” who about 1290

sold to William de Hesketh.” The estate continued

to descend in the family of Hesketh of Rufford and <<<< No - not of Rufford. This is Henry’s de Hesketh line, so I doubt the remaining references.

Great Harwood. Robert Hesketh died in 1490

holding his land in Tottleworth of Edmund Talbot

by a rent of 65. 84% The Robert who died in

1620 held messuage, land, &c., there of Thomas

Walmsley in socage ; they were part of the jointure

of Jane his wife, afterwards wife of Sir Richard

!Source: Visitation of Lancashire by Richard St. George, 1613, page 22. https://johnhoughton.me.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/1613_visitation.pdf

Hesketh.

[Hart. MS. 1437 fo. 23.]

Entred.

Thomas Hesketh = Margaret, dau. of

of Hesketh, esq' | Hamon Massye

| of Rixton.

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| | | | | |

Robert Hesketh, = Alice, dau. of William Thomas John Hugh William Hesketh, = …. . <<<< Robert

sonne and heire. Sir Robert 2 sonne. 3 sonne. 4 sonne. 5 sonne. 6 sonne. |

Booth. [died 1st] |

_________________________________________________________________________

|

Ann, dau. and = Barthollmew Hesketh. = ........... .

coheire of | | ……….. .

William Clif- | | first wife.

ton, second | _______________

wife. | |

| George Hesketh.

Gabriell Hesketh = Jane, dau. of

of Aughton. | Sir Henry Hal-

| sail of Halsall,

| knt.

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| | | |

Bartholmew Hesketh, = Margaret, dau. Sir Thomas, 2. Cutbert,3. Richard, 4.

sonne and heire. | to Sir John

| Sowthworth,

| knt.

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| |

Gabriell Hesketh = Jane, dau. of Henry, 2.

of Awghton, | Hen. Stanley

sonne and heire, | of BickerslOI1,

living 1613. | esq.

_____________

|

Barthollmew Hesketh, = Ann, dan. of Sir

sonne and heire, ætat. Cuthbert Halsall

II annor. 1613. of Halsall, knt.

[aged 2]

!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 <<<< Robert de Ruffort. I think Alice Booth goes with Robert de Hesketh as those with only Rufford show Grace Phyton.

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.

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| | |

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: esg., 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. |

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

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

both