Unknown was born about 1463, the son of unknown parents. The place is not known.
His wife was Dulcia Alice Hesketh. They were married, but the date and place have not been found. Their only known child was Roger (c1486-?).
| Event | Date | Details | Source | Multimedia | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birth | ABT 1463 |
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. 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.
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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 <<<< 1523/4
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: 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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* Henry Kighley and the other heirs
named in the inquisition put forward
their claim in 1525. They alleged that
Thomas was brother and heir of Richard
Hesketh, who is not named in the inqui-
sition after the death of Robert Hesketh
[1491], but is said to have been an
official of the Crown; L. and P. Hen.
FIL, i, 1781 5 Dods. loc. cit. Richard is
called a younger brother in 1511;
Kuerden MSS. iii, H 84. Thomas is
again descrited as brother and heir of
Richard Hesketh, deceased, in a grant of
his in 1523; Towneley MS. DD, no.
392. The defendants in 1525 were the <<<< In other words, the Executors of the will won and the supposed heirs lost.
feoffees and executors of the will of
Thomas Hesketh, and showed that they
had due authority for their action ; Duchy
of Lane. Dep. Hen. VIII, xv, K 2.