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Personal data Sir Richard de Hoghton , MP 

• He was born about 1279 in Mollington, Banastre, Cheshire, England.
• He died after 1345 in Lea Hall, Preston, Lancashire, England.Source 1
• A child of Adam Hocton and Aurelia Hourick
• This information was last updated on March 11, 2023.

Household of Sir Richard de Hoghton , MP

He is married to Sibilla Lea.

They got married about 1307 at Lancaster, Lancashite, England.Sources 1, 2

Child(ren):

1. Sibyl de Hoghton  ± 1308-1388 
2. Adam de Hoghton  ± 1315-1385 
3. Katherine de Hoghton  ± 1310-1368 

Notes about Sir Richard de Hoghton , MP

vol 2, pg 574, "The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester" by George Ormerod

vol 3, pg 199, "The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester" by George Ormerod

pg 42, Visitation of Lancashire by Sir William Dugdale, 1664/5

pg 750, Burke's "Extant Peerage etc", 1970 edition

Sir Richard de Hoghton; MP Lancs 1322, 1326-7 and 1337. [Burke's Peerage]

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The following is from "The Pedigree of de Hoghton of Hoghton Tower",
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General Statement of Hoghton family pedigree: The de Hoghtons are ofancient lineage, descended from Harvey de Walter, one of the companionsof William the Conqueror, and through the female line from the LadyGodiva of Coventry, wife of Leofric III the Great, Earl of Mercia. Afterthe third generation from the Norman Conquest, Richard and William deHoghton first assumed the family name around 1150. The great-grandson,Sir Adam de Hoghton, was knighted and died in 1290.

Sir Richard de Hoghton 1316-1345, Knight of the Shire in the Parliamentsof 1322-27-37. Married Sybilla de Lea, direct descendant of the LadyGodiva, whose lands in Lea still form part of the Hoghton Estates. Wardenof the Ports, knighted by Edward III in 1336 and given permission toempark in 1327. It was from Lea Hall (his private residence), thatThomas Hoghton went into exile in 1569, having re-built Hoghton Tower1560-1565.

Note: There is a Master Richard de Hoghton 1290-1316, Sheriff ofLancaster 1282, 1291 & 1301 mentioned in the brochure as a predecessor ofthis Richard. May have been an uncle.

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