Hesketh was born about 1302, the son of Stephen Hawkins, Hesketh and UNKNOWN. The place is not known.
He died about 1362. 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 William (c1325-?).
William “Walter” Hawkins, de Northwood, de Hokeswod, de Flegh, Hogekins, Hesketh | John Hawkins [Hotchkiss], de Northwod, de Hoxwode, de Flegh, de Hawkinge | |||||||
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| Event | Date | Details | Source | Multimedia | Notes |
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| Birth | ABT 1302 | ||||
| Death | ABT 1362 |
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.
[summary]
IV. 2. William son of Stephen Hesketh [<1349].
Grants lands in Becconsall and Hesketh.
Active landholder.
Confirms: Stephen -> William -> William succession.
!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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There was, as appears above, a Hesketh
family also in the township, ancestors
probably of the Heskeths of Rufford.
Stephen de Hesketh occurs in 1301 <<<< Stephen appears to be the son of William Hawkins/Hesketh.
[Lancs. [¢7. and Extents, i, 310]; and in
1349 William son of Stephen de Hesketh <<<< This William is Stephen’s son, likely born around 1302.
granted all his messuages and lands in
the vill of Becconsall and Hesketh to
Henry de Beconsaw ; and William son
of William de Hesketh confirmed to <<<< This is Stephen’s grandson, son of William and must be adult in 1349 - born before 1329.
Henry three sclions of his land in the <<<< From context this is Henry de Beconsaw - not Hesketh.
Banktield and a house with curtilage in
the vill at a rent of 4d. ; Towneley MS,
HE, Edw, III, no, 14, 15.
—
It appears, however, that the heir of Sir
William in 1362 was a son William, <<<< Stephen’s Williams are the only William son of William pair with the right age. This would be a grandson of William born between 1341 and 1362. Let’s say 1345.
under age, whose wardship and marriage
were granted by John Duke of Lancaster
to the Abbot of Whalley and Richard de
Towneley ; Duchy of Lanc. Anct. D.
LS 120. It is thus uncertain whether
Thomas was a brother or a son of the
younger William, but probably the former.
—
Soc. Lancs, and Ches.), i, 92.
1718 Bishop Gastrell gave Hesketh Bank as an alias <<<< Naming of village of Hesketh alias Becconsall.
of Becconsall. ‘The parish lies on the west bank of
the Douglas estuary, the Ribble forming the northern
boundary. In ancient times almost the only habit-
able part must have been the elevated patch in the
south-east corner, a continuation of the Tarleton
ridge, Becconsall being at the southern end of this
patch and Hesketh at the north-west. The northern
half of the land has in the main been reclaimed from
the Ribble since 1834, chiefly through the operations
of the Ribble Navigation Company.!? The area is
4,736 acres.!3 In 1go1 there wasa population of got.