Richard de Hoghton , MP, Sir Knight 
Richard de was born about 1279 in Mollington, Banastre, Cheshire, England. Richard de's father was Adam de Hoghton , Sir and his mother was Agnes. His paternal grandparents were Adam de Hoghton and Aurelia Howick. He was an only child. He died after 1345 in Lea Hall, Preston, Lancashire, England.General Notes
Sir Richard de Hoghton; MP Lancs 1322, 1326-7 and 1337. [Burke's Peerage]
-----From "The Pedigree of de Hoghton of Hoghton Tower"------
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General Statement of Hoghton family pedigree: The de Hoghtons are of ancient lineage, descended from Harvey de Walter, one of the companions of William the Conqueror, and through the female line from the Lady Godiva of Coventry, wife of Leofric III the Great, Earl of Mercia. After the third generation from the Norman Conquest, Richard and William de Hoghton 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 Parliaments of 1322-27-37. Married Sybilla de Lea, direct descendant of the Lady Godiva, whose lands in Lea still form part of the Hoghton Estates. Warden of the Ports, knighted by Edward III in 1336 and given permission to empark in 1327. It was from Lea Hall (his private residence), that Thomas Hoghton went into exile in 1569, having re-built Hoghton Tower 1560-1565.
Note: There is a Master Richard de Hoghton 1290-1316, Sheriff of Lancaster 1282, 1291 & 1301 mentioned in the brochure as a predecessor of this Richard. May have been an uncle.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 1125 in Hoghton, Lancashire, England
- b.~ 1150 in Hoghton, Lancashire, England d.> 1203
- b.1192 in Hoghton, Lancashire, England
- b.~ 1108 in Manor of Panwortham, England d.~ 1150
- b.< 1150 in Manor of Panwortham, England
- b.1225 in Hoghton, Lancashire, England
- b.1196 in England
- b.~ 1254 in Hoghton, Lancashire, England d.~ 1290
- b.1223 in Sefton, Lancashire, England
- b.~ 1279 in Mollington, Banastre, Cheshire, England d.> 1345 in Lea Hall, Preston, Lancashire, England
- b.~ 1260 in England
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‌Richard de and Sibilla de were married in a religious ceremony in 1st wife. They had a son and two daughters, named Adam de, Sibyl de and Katherine de.
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Children
Sibyl de Hoghton
Sibyl de was born in 1308 in Lea Hall, Preston, Lancashire, England. She died at the age of 80 in 1388 in Mollington, Banastre, Cheshire, England.
Adam de Hoghton , MP
Adam de was born about 1315 in Molington, Banastre, Cheshire, England. He died in 1385 in Lea Hall, Preston, Lancashire, England.
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