Sir Richard Houghton 
Sir Richard was born about 1260 in Lea Hall, Preston, Lancashire, England. Sir Richard's father was Adam Hoghton and his mother was Aurelia Howick. His paternal grandparents were Adam Hoghton and Agnes. He was an only child. He died about 1341.General Notes
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.~ 1084 in Lancaster, England
- b.~ 1110 in Lancaster, England d.1189
- b.~ 1086
- b.~ 1141 in Lancaster, England d.1198
- b.1114 in Lancaster, England
- b.~ 1192 in Lancaster, England d.1283
- b.~ 1225 in Lancaster, England
- b.~ 1200
- b.~ 1260 in Lea Hall, Preston, Lancashire, England d.~ 1341
- b.~ 1233 in Lancaster, England
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Children
Sibyl de Hoghton
Sibyl was born about 1308 in Lea Hall, Preston, Lancashire, England. She died in 1388 in Mollington, Banastre, Cheshire, England.
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