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William Hesketh 1320–1378 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1320

Birth Location: Gawsworth, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England

Death Date: 1378

Death Location: Rufford Manor, Rufford, Lancashire, England

Father: John Hesketh

Mother: Alice Fitton

Spouse(s): Marcella Thweng

Children(s): Agnes Hesketh, Thomas Hesketh, Thomas Hesketh

In 1320, William Hesketh entered the world in Gawsworth, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, born to John Hesketh And Alice Fitton. William Hesketh married Marcella De Thweng, and had children including Agnes De Hesketh, Thomas De Hesketh, Thomas Hesketh. William Hesketh passed away in 1378 in Rufford Manor, Rufford, Lancashire, England.

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Biography

  • In 1320, William Hesketh entered the world in Gawsworth, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, born to John Hesketh And Alice Fitton.
  • William Hesketh married Marcella De Thweng, and had children including Agnes De Hesketh, Thomas De Hesketh, Thomas Hesketh.
  • William Hesketh passed away in 1378 in Rufford Manor, Rufford, Lancashire, England.

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William Hesketh's Ancestors

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William Hesketh
1320–1378
Birth Place: Gawsworth, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England
Parents
John Hesketh
1300–
Rufford, Lancashire, England
Alice Fitton
1305–1360
Rufford, Lancashire, England
Grandparents
Thomas (Hesketh of) Rufford
1270–1304
Rufford, Lancashire, England
Alice Byspham
1275–
Byspham, Lancashire, England
Great-Grandparents
William Hesketh
1240–1288
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Hesketh
1215–1288
Elbora Totleworth
1217–

William Hesketh's Descendants

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William Hesketh (1320–1378) m. Marcella (de) Thweng (1330–1379)
  1. 1. Agnes (De) Hesketh 1378–1442 m. Lawrence (Fitton of) Gawsworth 1365–1456 m. John Fitton 1388–1456
    1. 1. Joan Fitton 1399–1486 m. Robert Grosvenor 1405–1464 m. Ralph Grosvenor 1407–1476
      1. 1. Emma Grosvenor 1432–1465 m. John Leigh 1440–1500
      2. 2. Elizabeth Grosvenor 1429–1469 m. Peter Dutton 1428–1502
        1. 1. Peter Dutton 1444–1502 m. Elisabeth Fouleshurst 1454–1515 m. Elizabeth Fouleshurst 1454–1520
        2. 2. Piers Dutton 1450–1502
      3. 3. Margery Grosvenor 1437–1474
      4. 4. Margaret Grosvenor 1442–1474 m. Thomas Leicester 1444–1526
    2. 2. SIR (KNIGHT Thomas de Fitton the) Elder 1394–1449
    3. 3. Elizabeth Fitton 1395–1413 m. William (del) Mere 1330–
    4. 4. Alice (or Ellen) Fitton 1398–1478 m. Robert Davenport 1398–1435
    5. 5. Margaret Fitton 1398–
    6. 6. John Fyton 1401–
    7. 7. Randle Fitton 1401–
    8. 8. Thomas Fitton 1402–1449 m. Elizabeth Mainwaring 1395–1481
      1. 1. Matilda (Grace) Fitton 1441–1501 m. Thomas (de) Poole 1448–1509
        1. 1. William Poole 1471–1538 m. Margaret Hough 1473–1525
        2. 2. Isabell Peale 1465–1501 m. Humphrey Hurleston 1475–
        3. 3. John Poole 1469–
      2. 2. Elizabeth Fitton 1425–1485 m. Thomas Weaver 1410–1440
        1. 1. Elizabeth Weaver –1513 m. John Doane 1424–1500
      3. 3. Elizabeth Fitton 1420–1445 m. Thomas Weaver 1410–1440
      4. 4. Thomas Fitton 1432–1494 m. Ellen Legh 1432–1481
      5. 5. Joan Fitton 1433–1480 m. Robert Grosvenor 1433–1502
      6. 6. Edward Fitton 1434–1510 m. Emma Sidington 1438–1500
      7. 7. Robert Fitton 1435–1501
      8. 8. William Fitton 1436–
      9. 9. George Fitton 1439–
      10. 10. Randle Fitton 1441–1453
      11. 11. Richard Fitton 1441–
      12. 12. Kathering Fitton 1442– m. Roger (De) Rowe 1445–
      13. 13. Fitton 1446– m. Thomas Massey 1444–
    9. 9. Edward Fitton 1404–1459
    10. 10. Matilda (Mawde) Fitton 1404–1460 m. Sir (William Thomas Hesketh Lord of) Rufford 1407–1459
    11. 11. Lawrence Fitton 1406–1434 m. Clemence (De) Pilkington 1405–
    12. 12. Hugh Fyton 1407–1418
    13. 13. William Fitton 1408–1459
    14. 14. John Fitton 1408–
    15. 15. Richard Fitton 1410–1459 m. Richard Fitton 1412–
    16. 16. Margaret FITTON 1412–
    17. 17. Hugh Fitton 1418–
    18. 18. Ellen Fitton 1420– m. John Fitton 1391–
  2. 2. Thomas Hesketh 1347– m. Margaret Banester 1347–
  3. 3. Thomas (de) Hesketh 1368–

William Hesketh's Timeline

2 Records

1320
1320
Birth of William Hesketh in Gawsworth, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England
Gawsworth, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England
1378
1378
Age 58
Death of William Hesketh in Rufford Manor, Rufford, Lancashire, England
Rufford Manor, Rufford, Lancashire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1320
    Event Place: Gawsworth, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, \i FamilySearch\i0, accessed 16 Sep 2020), entry for William Hesketh, person ID KLBS-JFC.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1378
    Event Place: Rufford Manor, Rufford, Lancashire, England
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, \i FamilySearch\i0, accessed 16 Sep 2020), entry for William Hesketh, person ID KLBS-JFC.

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