Robert Hesketh

Personal and Family Information

Robert was born about 1478, the son of Thomas Hesketh and Alice Haworthe / Haward. The place is not known.

He died on 8 FEB 1539. The place is not known.^{[Note 2]}

His wife was Grace Towneley. They were married, but the date and place have not been found. Their five known children were Thomas (c1506-c1588), Robert (c1502->1559), Jane (c1504-?), Helene (c1506-?) and Elynore (c1508-?).

Pedigree Chart (3 generations)

Events

Notes

Note 1

!Source: The National Archives' catalogue https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/33529ea3-e62c-407c-a116-087d3d6aa183

55 - Lancashire Archives

DDTO - Towneley of Towneley

Catalogue description Bargain & Sale: Hen. Kyghley, esq., & Roland Kyghley, clerk, to Robt. Hesketh, esq., £50...

Reference: DDTO O 12/141

Description:

Bargain & Sale: Hen. Kyghley, esq., & Roland Kyghley, clerk, to Robt. Hesketh, esq., £50 in full payment of all the manors, messuages, lands, etc., which late were of Thos. Hesketh of Hoghwik, within counties of Lanc. & York.

Places named:

LANC

YORKS

Date: 1528

Held by: Lancashire Archives, 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.

The landowners of the undivided parish contribut-

ing to the subsidy in 1525 were Robert Hesketh,

Thomas Ashton, Henry Banastre, Edward Beconsaw,

Roger Dalton, Bartholomew Hesketh, Henry

Charnock and William Chorley.*

—

Hugh, his [Richard Shireburne’s] son [1528], had messuages, &c., together

with a close called Newfield, containing

parcel of the manor-place of Longton,

held of Robert Hesketh and Thomas

Ashton; ibid. vi, no. 65. Hugh’s son

Thomas [1536], who had also a windmill

in Longton, held similarly ; ibid. vili, no.

33. Ina later inquiry it was found that

Thomas Shireburne had held of Sir Robert

Hesketh, Thomas Ashton and the Abbot

of Evesham in socage by a rent of 16d. ;

Add. MS. 32108, no. 617.

—

Duchy of Lanc, Plead. Eliz. lx, N. 1.

In 1533 Matthew Clifton sold to Robert

Hesketh certain lands in Mawdesley,

Binastre, who rendered yo. yearly.! In later times

the Banastres of Bank held land in the township of

Lord Mlounteagle*?; Henry

Finch died in 1641 holding

10 acres of Lord Morley? ;

and other land was held of

the lords of Leylandshire.*

—

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.

—

Robert Hesketh, afterwards knighted, thus suc- <<<< Sir Robert Hesketh of Rufford [~1478 - Feb 1539].

ceeded to Rufford, and, after defeating the claim put <<<< Claim is more of Page’s mix-up of the Hesketh and Rufford lines.

forward by the heirs-at-law,’ died in February 1540-1 <<<< Date most likley converted from Julian, thus making it 1540 Gregorian.

—

holding much the same possessions as his father, but

Rufford was now held of the king, ‘by reason of the <<<< about 1538.

surrender of the Abbot of Chester,’ the ancient rent

of gos. being payable.

—

The memorial brass of Sir Robert and

his wife [recently found] gives the date

of his death as Feb. 1539-40, but he was <<<< This could mean 1539-40 as translation to Gregorian from Julian 1539.

certainly living in Oct. 15403 Duchy <<<< But Oct 1540 is the same on either calendar.

Plead. [Rec. Soc. Lancs. and Ches.], ii,

Iqt.

—

About 1540 the

tenants were: Ralph Standish for Clay-

butts, paying 3¢.; Sir Robert Hesketh

and Thomas Standish for the messuages

of Rigby and Catterall, 12d. ; Thomas

Standish for Park Brook, 6d.; Kuerden

MSS. v, fol. 835.

—

In 1908 two brasses, one with the figure of a

knight, 18 in. high, and the other with an inscription

to the memory of Sir Robert Hesketh [d. 1541] and

Dame Grace his wife [d. 1543], were found in the

new hall and were placed in the church.*

—

* Dodsworth in 1620 records the

monument to Thomas Hesketh as ‘a

fair monument of alabaster with the por-

traitures of a man in armour and his

wief.’ He also notices the inscription to

Sir Robert Hesketh and a brass of Robert

Hesketh and his wife. The figure re-

covered in 1908 is probably that of Sir

Robert, but the lady is still missing. The

inscription on the brass reads: ‘Here

lyeth under St Robert Hesketh knight and

dame Grace his wiffe y¢ which sayd Robert

dyed the viii day of ftebruary in the ycare

of our lord God mdxxxix and the fore

sayd Grace dyed the xxviii of May in the

yeare of our lord mdxliii.’

!Source: Visitation of Lancashire by Richard St. George, 1613, page 127. https://johnhoughton.me.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/1613_visitation.pdf

Hesketh.

Latin [mix]:

—

[Harl. MS. 1437, fo.123.]

Jolm Kingsmill on of the Kings Justices of the Common place and Humfry Coningsby on of the

Kings serjaunts at law sendith greting. Whereas for the appeasing of mattres of Controversy

depending betwene Thomas Hesketh Esquire of the on partie & M' William Wall, clerk, and

Richard Dalton & Roger Dalton sonn of the said Richard & of Elizabeth his wife on of the

da: & heires of William Fleming in Croston 24 yeare of H. 7.

—

[Harl. MS. 1437, fo. 122.]

Inq: post Mortem Thome Hesketh 16 die Septemb. A 15 H. 8 ,qui ob. seisitus de manerio de

Rufford ac de divers is aliis terris in Comit. Lancast. et dictus Thomas Hesketh voluit per

ultimam voluntatem suam quod feoffati sui feoffabunt Robertum filium suum bastardum sibi et

heredibus masculis de Corpore suo legitime procreatum in manerio de Rufford et diversis aliis

terris in Comito predicto, citra terrce similiter datre Carolo Hesketh filio bastardo altero suo, et

Juratores dicunt quod Thomas Hesketh obiit apud Rufford 14 die Augusti Ao I5 regis nunc

et ulteriis Juratores dicunt quod Henricus Kighley, ar', Ricardus Aghton ar' Rowlandus

Kighley clericus et Rogerus Nowell filius Johannis Nowell de Rede sunt consanguinei et

proxima heredes predicti Thome Hesketh, videlicet predictus Henricus Kighley, filius Ricardi

filii Margerice unius sororum dicti Thome Hesketh, et predictus Ricardus Aghton filius Matildre

alice sororis dictce Thome Hesketh, et predictus Roulandus Kighley filius Margaretre alire

sororis predicti Thome Hesketh, et predictus Rogerus Nowell filius Dulcire alice sororis ejus-

dem Thome Hesketh, &c.

—

[Harl. MS. 1437, fo. 123.] Jolm Kingsmill on of the Kings Justices of the Common place and Humfry Coningsby on of the

Kings serjaunts at law sentith greting. Whereas for the appeasing of matters of controversy

depending betwene Thomas Hesketh Esquire of the on partie & M' William Wall, clerk, and

Richard Dalton & Roger Dalton sonn of the said Richard & of Elizabeth his wife on of the

da: & heirs of William Fleming in Croston 24 yeare of H. 7. [1508/9]

—

Translation:

[Harl. MS. 1437, fo. 122.] Inq: after the Death of Thomas Hesketh 16 September A 15 H. 8 ,who was seized of the manor of

Rufford and of various other lands in the County of Lancaster. and the said Thomas Hesketh desired by his

last will that his feoffees should feoff Robert his bastard son to himself and

to the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten in the manor of Rufford and various other

lands in the aforesaid Earldom, and likewise give this land to Charles Hesketh his other bastard son, and

the Jurors say that Thomas Hesketh died at Rufford on the 14th day of August, A.D. 15 [16 sep 1523] of the present King,

and further the Jurors say that Henry Kighley, ar', Richard Aghton ar' Rowland

Kighley clerk and Roger Nowell son of John Nowell of Rede are the blood relatives and

next heirs of the aforesaid Thomas Hesketh, namely the aforesaid Henry Kighley, son of Richard

son of Margaret, one of the sisters of the aforesaid Thomas Hesketh, and the aforesaid Richard Aghton son of Matilda

Alice sister of the aforesaid Thomas Hesketh, and the aforesaid Rowland Kighley son of Margaret, the other

sister of the aforesaid Thomas Hesketh, and the aforesaid Roger Nowell, son of Dulcire Alice, his sister that

Thomas Hesketh, &c.

!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 <<<< Robert & Grace

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: 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. |

_____________________________________________________________|_______________________

| ||| | | ||

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

Source: Visitation of Lancashire by William Flower, 1567, p. 80. https://johnhoughton.me.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/1567_visitation.pdf

Hesketh of Rufford.

[Hart. MS. fo. 70. Chetham MS. fo. -.]

Arms. - Quarterly o[ five, viz: 1. Argent, on a bend sable, three garbs or; 2. Barry of six, argent and azure, in chief three

lozenges, gules; 3. Argent, a cross flory, sable; 4. Argent, a fess gules; 5. Sable, three mullets, each issuing

from a crescent, argent.

Sir William Heskethe,

knt. |

I

Thomas Heskethe = ... dau. of ...

of Rufforde, ar., | Massy of Rix-

sonne and heire, | ton, co. Lan-

co. Lancaster. | caster, ar.

- |

Robert Heskethe = Grace, dau. of

of Rufforde, | … Phyton of

sonne and heire. | Gawseworthe,

| co. Chester,

| knt.

- |_________________________________________________________________________________________

- | | | | |

Grace, dau. = Thomas Hesketh = Alice, dau. of Richard, William, ... a dau. … , a dau.

of Sir John | of Rufford, ar. | Christopher 2 sonne. third sonne, maryed to maryed to

Towneley of | | Haworthe, bishop of Rich. Awgh- Sir Henry

Towneley, | | second wyf. Man. ton of the Kyghley of

co. Lancas- | | Myles, co. Ingkippe,

ter, knt. | | Lancaster. co. Lancas-

| |______________________________________________________ ter, knt

| | | |

William Hesketh, Sir Robert Hesketh, = Grace, dau. of Charles, Helene, <<<< Robert & Grace

dyed sans yssue. knt., obiit 1539. | Sir John 3 sonne. maryed to

| Towneley of Laurence

| Towneley,knt.; Towneley of

| obiit 21 Maii, Barnshed,

| 1543· co. Ebor., ar.

________________________________________________________________________

| | | |

Sir Thomas Hesketb = Alice, dau. of Robert, Jane, Helene,

of Rufford, co. Lan- | Sir J olm Hol- 2 sonne. maryed to maryed to

caster, knt., sonne and | crafte of Hol- Richard Richard Bar-

heire of Sir Robert. | crafte, co. Asheton of ton of Bar-

| Lancaster, knt. Croston, co. ton Rowe,

Lancaster,ar. co. Lancas-

ter, ar.

__________________________________________________________________

- | | | | |

Robert Heskett = Mary, dau. of Thomas, Richard, Dorothe. Margarett.

of Rufford, esq., Sir George 2 sonne. 3 sonne.

sonne and heire Stanley of

of Sir Thomas. Crossehall, co.

Lancaster, knt.

-

Note: Location Rufford is 4.92 miles from Hesketh Bank, Prston, Lancashire.

Note 2

abt Feb 1540 Gregorian