Sir Alexander de Pilington; held the Manor of Pilkington temp. John and possibly as early as temp Henry II, also six oxgangs of land in Rivington; one of 17 "trusty Knights" appointed as Commissioners 1212, a juror on the Roll of Eyre 1225; married allegedly Ursula, daughter of Geoffrey de Workedleigh, and died between 1231 and 1242. [Burke's Peerage]