Hugh Hesketh

Personal and Family Information

Hugh was born about 1390, the son of Nicholas Hesketh and Margaret Ward. The place is not known.

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.

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13 Dodsworth [loc. cit.] states that

Nicholas was the son of Thomas and

Sibyl ; also that he had a brother Gilbert <<<< No. Sibyl was wife of wrong Thomas. Nicholas’ [~1370-1416] mother was Margaret Banester. There was only one Nicholas at this time and no other so far until 1570.

and sons Thomas and Hugh. On the <<<< I have found no other Hugh between ~1310 and ~1457. Thus, Hugh is likely a younger son of Nicholas.

other hand a later note shows that there

was another Nicholas then living,

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In 1378 9 John Nowell granted to

feoftees his manor of Read and lands in

Great Harwood and Church ; Towneley

MS. DD, no. 40. He had the king's

protection in 1386 on going to Ireland

with Sir John Stanley ; Cal. Par. 1385-9,

p- 126.

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On John Nowell’s death the custody of <<<< John Nowell [~1335 - ~1417].

the manor, &c., was granted to Hugh <<<< Hugh Hesketh [~1390 - ?].

Hesketh and Richard ‘Towneley 3 Lanes.

Ing. ut sup. ; Duchy of Lanc. Misc. Bks.

xvill, 32d. His sons Arthur and Ottwell

Nowell were executors of his will; Final

Core. iii, 126.