Blanche Twyford

Personal and Family Information

Blanche was born about 1535, the daughter of Henry Twyford but her mother is unknown. The place is not known.

She died before 1617. The place is not known.

She had two marriages/partners. Her first husband was William Stopford. They were married, but the date and place have not been found. Their only known child was William (c1560-<1611).

Her second husband was Robert Hesketh, who she married in ABT 1588. The place has not been found. They had no known children.

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.

Feoffments were made by William

Stopford [no doubt ‘the younger’] and

Anne his wife in 1587 and 1589 ; ibid.

bdle. 49, m. 80; §1, m.254. In another

fine the estate of William Stopford is in

1598 called a third part of the manor of

Wrightington, together with fifty mes-

suages, &c., there and in Bispham,

Mawdesley, Shevington, Parbold, &c. ;

ibid. bdle. 60, m. 396. Thomas Hesketh

and William Ashhurst were the plaintiffs.

—

Some further particulars may be

gathered from the Plea Rolls. In 1596

John Stopford alias Langley made a

settlement of the capital messuage of

Bispham, the third part of the manor of

Wrightington, with courts, view of

frankpledge, é&c.. with remainders to his

male issue, and to James another son of

William Stopford; Pal. of Lanc. Plea

R. 279, m. 10. William Ashhurst in

1610 gave sos. for leave to concord with

Richard Nelson and William, Ursula,

Dorothy, Blanche and James Stopford as

to messuages,water-mill, &c., in Bispham,

Shevington and other places, and a sixth

part of the manor of Wrightington ;

ibid. 305, m. 6. In the following

year Anne widow of William Stopford

claimed dower in Bispham and Wright-

ington against William Ashhurst. She

—

relied upon a settlement made by William

Stopford [who died in 1584], grandfather

of her deceased husband, with remainder

to the use of his wife Blanche for life

and then to their male issue. Blanche

widow of the elder William afterwards

married Robert Hesketh ; ibid. 307, m.

zod. For Blanche [Twyford] see Dug-

dale, Visit. [Chet. Soc.], 135.

!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 <<<< Robert & Blanche & Grace

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

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