Thurston Hesketh / Heskin

Personal and Family Information

Thurston was born about 1626, the son of Nicholas Hesketh / Heskin but his mother is unknown. The place is not known.

He died about 1704. 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

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By the will of Sir Thomas Hesketh

the hall and demesne lands of Becconsall

were given to his third son Richard ; <<<< Son Richard ~1547 - 1593 of Sir Thomas, so his son probably born after 1567.

Add. MS. 32104, no. 1. Richard after-

wards suffered as a traitor, but in 1628

one Nicholas Hesketh, a convicted recu- <<<< Nicholas died 1640 was likely a grandson of Richard, born about 1587, so Nicholas had Richard’s land.

sant, was the only landowner in the

township contributing to the subsidy ;

Misc. [Rec. Soc. Lancs. and Ches.), i,

165.

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7 Nicholas Hesketh compounded for <<<< Before the first Civil War sequestration ordinancce of 1643 this implies Nicholas was Catholic.

the sed two-thirds of his estate, <<<< Last date mentioned was 1573, so Nicholas is probably born after that.

but no sum is named, William Jump

was to pay £3 6s. 8d. a year. See Trans.

Hist. Soc. [new ser.), xxiv, 177, 179.

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The Heskin family, though of long continuance, have

left little or no record.’ Thurstan Heskin, described <<<< Thurston, likely son of Richard ~1547 - 1593 and father of Nicholas, who later owned Richard’s land. Let’s say born Thurston 1567, died 1591.

as of Wrightington, died in 1591, leaving a son and <<<< Nicholas, son of Thurston born after 1570 to be under 21 in 1591. Let’s say born Nicholas 1587, died 1640.

heir Nicholas under age.'!' Nicholas Heskin, who

died in 1640, held lands in Heskin, Parbold and

Wrightington, to which his son Thurstan, aged <<<< Thurston, son of Nicholas born about 1626

fourteen, was heir.”

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10 Gillow, op. cit. William Dicconson

in 1699 granted to Thurstan Heskin of

Heskin and others the hall of Wrighting-

ton with the demesne lands for ninety-

nine years, they paying £200 a year to

Agnes Dicconson and discharging certain

of William’s debts; Duchy of Lance.

Misc. Bks. xxv, p. 111d.

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2 According to the statements re-

corded above about 1700 Dicconson of

Wrightington held a moiety of the manor

and Hesketh of Rufford a sixth part—the <<<< This likely refers to Thurstan Hesketh [~1626–>1699], active in Wrightington at this time.

only ‘manors’ thenceforward claimed ;

while other fractions were held by Nelson

of Fairhurst, Rigby of MHarrock and

Towneley of Barnside. But sales and

transfers may have been made which have

not been traced.

3 Kuerden MSS. vi, fol. 425.

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The Heskeths of Rufford about 1500 acquired an <<<< See Sir Thomas ~1453 - 1523 of Rufford & Mawdesley, ar.

estate in Wrightington,® but it was not till the

beginning of the 17th century that their ‘ manor’ is <<<< See Thurston ~1626 - > 1699

named.® It is probable that it was the Stopford

manor.’

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Thurston Heskin in 1704 left £20 for

the poor, but it had been lost before 1826.

Thomas Whalley in 1758 left £5, and

5s. a year was given to a poor person as

interest ; this has now been lost also.

!Note: In the context of the English Civil War, sequestration was the legal confiscation of property from those deemed "delinquents"—primarily Royalists and Catholics who supported King Charles I.

1. Implementation: Established by Parliament in 1643, Sequestration Committees were set up in each county to seize land, money, and personal assets to fund the Parliamentarian war effort.

2. Targeting: It applied to anyone supporting the Royalist cause, whether they had actively fought or not.

3. Compounding: To recover their property, "delinquents" had to "compound" for their estates by paying a significant fine to the Committee for Compounding with Delinquents, often calculated as a proportion of their estate's value.

4. Legacy: The policy was a major source of revenue for the Parliamentarian regime, though it caused widespread financial ruin for many gentry families.

Before the war, sequestration was primarily used as a religious penalty rather than a political one:

1. Recusancy Laws: Since the late 16th century [during the reign of Elizabeth I), Catholics who refused to attend Church of England services—known as "recusants"—could have their property sequestered.

2. Forfeiture: Under these penal laws, the state could seize two-thirds of a Catholic's estate. The owner could often recover it only by paying a heavy fine