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WILLIAM HESKETH 1407–1459 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt 1407

Birth Location: Rufford, Lancashire, England

Death Date: 1459

Death Location: England

Father: Nicholas Hesketh

Mother: Margaret Minshull

Spouse(s): Sibyl Lawrence

Children(s): Thomas Hesketh, Thomas Hesketh

WILLIAM HESKETH was born in 1407 in Rufford, Lancashire, England, the child of Nicholas Hesketh And Margaret Minshull. WILLIAM HESKETH married Sibyl Lawrence, and had children including Thomas Hesketh, Thomas Lord Hesketh Rufford Hesketh. WILLIAM HESKETH passed away in 1459 in England.

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Biography

  • WILLIAM HESKETH was born in 1407 in Rufford, Lancashire, England, the child of Nicholas Hesketh And Margaret Minshull.
  • WILLIAM HESKETH married Sibyl Lawrence, and had children including Thomas Hesketh, Thomas Lord Hesketh Rufford Hesketh.
  • WILLIAM HESKETH passed away in 1459 in England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Nicholas Hesketh
1377–1416
Birth Location: Rufford, Lancashire, England
NH
Margaret Minshull
1377–1418
Birth Location: Rufford, Lancashire, England
MM

Spouses(s)

Sibyl Lawrence
1410–1460
Birth Location: Ashton Hall, Lancashire, England
SL

Children(s)

Thomas Hesketh
1420–1458
Birth Location: Rufford, Lancashire, England
TH
Thomas Hesketh
1420–1458
Birth Location: Rufford, Lancashire, England
TH

WILLIAM HESKETH's Ancestors

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WILLIAM HESKETH
1407–1459
Birth Place: Rufford, Lancashire, England
Parents
Nicholas Hesketh
1377–1416
Rufford, Lancashire, England
Margaret Minshull
1377–1418
Rufford, Lancashire, England
Grandparents
Thomas Hesketh
1347–1387
Rufford, Lancashire, England
Margaret Bannester
1347–1377
Lancashire, England
Great-Grandparents
William Hesketh
1317–1355
Marcilla Twenge
1317–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Hesketh
1220–1347

WILLIAM HESKETH's Descendants

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WILLIAM HESKETH (Abt 1407–1459) m. Sibyl Lawrence (1410–1460)
  1. 1. Thomas (Lord Hesketh Rufford) Hesketh 1420–1458 m. Margaret Mascye 1424–1456
    1. 1. Robert Hesketh 1378–1405 m. ALICE BOOTHE 1388–1470
      1. 1. Margaret Hesketh 1405–1425 m. Henry Keighley 1395–1425
        1. 1. Richard Keighley 1425–1443 m. Joan Leigh 1433–1471
        2. 2. Mary Keighley 1440–
    2. 2. Robert Hasketh 1456–1491
    3. 3. Henry Hesketh 1458–
    4. 4. Margaret Hesketh 1461–
    5. 5. Sir (Robert Lord Hesketh Rufford) Hesketh 1449–1490
    6. 6. Robert (Heskaith) Hesketh 1418–1480
  2. 2. Thomas Hesketh 1420–1458

WILLIAM HESKETH's Timeline

2 Records

1407
Abt 1407
Birth of WILLIAM HESKETH in Rufford, Lancashire, England
Rufford, Lancashire, England
1459
1459
Age 52
Death of WILLIAM HESKETH in England
England

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt 1407
    Event Place: Rufford, Lancashire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1459
    Event Place: England
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