Charles Hesketh

Personal and Family Information

Charles was born about 1480, the son of Thomas Hesketh and Alice Haworthe / Haward. The place is not known.

He died after 1556. The place is not known.

Pedigree Chart (3 generations)

Events

Notes

Note 1

!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]:

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[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. [1508/9]

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

Inq: post Mortem Thome Hesketh 16 die Septemb. A 15 H. 8 [1523/4],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.

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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.

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5 Dugdale, Visit. , 218-

19. See the account of Penwortham.

Nicholas son of George Norris of Tarleton

in 1556 obtained from Charles Hesketh a

lease of a messuage, &c., including

parcels in the town fields of Tarleton ;

Towneley MS. DD, no, 127.

!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.

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.

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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, <<<< Charles

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.

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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.

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

Note: Placing Children with Alice as the erlier visitation, where people might actually remember them, showed them with Alice Haworthe, even though some might belong to Elyza.