William de Hesketh II

• Preferred Name: William de Hesketh II^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• FSID: GSBR-D4H
  
• Death: AFT 5 FEB 1318 in Rufford, Lancashire, England at LATI: N3.635 LONG: E2.8158
  
• Birth: um 1248 in Hesketh Bank, Lancashire, England at LATI: N3.705 LONG: E2.8507 with note: calculated
  
• Notes:

  === Discrepancy in published information concerning Sir William Hesketh, his wife Maud Fitton, and their immediate family ===
  In the Visitation of Lancashire, 1613, by Sir Richard Saint George, it is reported that Sir William Hesketh is married to Maud Fitton, daughter of Richard Fitton. Through his wife Maud Fitton, Sir William Hesketh comes into possession of the Manor of Rufford. The Visitation of Lancashire 1613 reports Sir William Hesketh has two brothers, John Hesketh and Adam Hesketh, and William's son and heir is Thomas Hesketh.
  
  However, the British History Online history of the Manor of Rufford, reports that John Hesketh and Adam Hesketh are the sons of Sir William Hesketh, not his brothers, and that John Hesketh is the heir of the Manor of Rufford, having received half of the property from his mother, Maud Fitton, and half of the property from his aunt, Anabil Fitton, sister of Maud Fitton, John Hesketh thus becoming the sole Lord of the Manor of Rufford. The history of the Manor of Rufford further reports that John Hesketh's son and heir is another William Hesketh, Knight, suggesting that Thomas Hesketh, reported as the son of Sir William Hesketh in the Visitation of Lancashire, is likely also a brother of John and Adam Hesketh but did not inherit the Manor of Rufford which went instead to his brother John Hesketh, the oldest brother.
  
  The Visitation of Lancashire, 1613, is a gathering of the information on the Hesketh family from one member of that family living in 1613. The information from the British History Online history of the Manor of Rufford apparently comes from written historical records of the 1300s and is thus likely the most nearly correct and accurate information concerning the Manor of Rufford and who possessed the Manor. The Pedigree of the Hesketh family contained in the Visitation of Lancashire, 1613, follows the line of Thomas Hesekth, son of Sir William Hesketh and Maud Fitton. The Pedigree does not continue the lines of John Hesketh or Adam Hesketh.

1. John Hesketh of Rufford, b. ABT 1276 in Rufford, Lancashire, England     d. 1334 in Gawsworth, Cheshire, England

1. Title: Martholme Manor, House Lancashire, England
   Publication: Name: https://www.foph.co.uk/event/visit-martholme-manor-house/;
   
2. Title: Tenant Agreement for Rufford, Lancashire, Brother Thomas of St Werburge's Abbey and William Hesketh, 1 July 1293
   Publication: Name: https://archive.org/details/recordsocietyfor39reco/page/n197/mode/2up;
   
3. Title: British History Online, Great Harwood and Martholme, Lancashire and the Hesketh Family
   Publication: Name: https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/lancs/vol6/pp337-344;
   
4. Title: Release, 17 October 1318, Adam, Son of William de Hesketh to John his Brother, Tenements in Tottleworth, Rishton, Lancashire, England
   Publication: Name: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/02e05459-9bd0-40ff-a171-4f9476b6fae1;
   
5. Title: John, Son of Edmund Fitton, Quitclaiming Annual Rent, 1 July 1310 from William Hesketh
   Publication: Name: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/a3aff62c-a138-4af3-a63d-0d444d42357e;
   
6. Title: British History Online, Croston, Lancashire, England and the Hesketh Family
   Publication: Name: https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/lancs/vol6/pp81-91;
   
7. Title: British History Onine, Longton, Lancashire, England and the Hesketh Family
   Publication: Name: https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/lancs/vol6/pp69-74;
   
8. Title: Land Grant from Richard Safford and Wife Anabilla to William de Hesketh, 1290
   Publication: Name: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/a882ea4b-8486-49c5-ab45-19e04b3e95be;
   
9. Title: Quitclaim, 14 June 1311, John Fitton to William de Hesketh and his Son, John
   Publication: Name: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/f9c8f182-3aba-4818-a1ab-8f68ba7650bb;
   
10. Title: Juror, William de Hesketh, 27 December 1288, Book 'The Record Society Lancashire and Cheshire Vol XLVIII'
    Publication: Name: https://archive.org/details/lancashireinque01farrgoog/page/n304/mode/2up;
    
11. Title: Manor of Rufford possessed by the Hesketh family from British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/lancs/vol6/pp119-128 [See document in the Memories section]
    Publication: Name: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/lancs/vol6/pp119-128;
    Note: Manor of Rufford possessed by the Hesketh family from British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/lancs/vol6/pp119-128 [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: Manor of Rufford possessed by the Hesketh family from British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/lancs/vol6/pp119-128 [See document in the Memories section]
    
12. Title: Quitclaim, 19 May 1312 Richard of Stafford and Wife Anabilla to William de Hesketh, property in Tottleworth, Rishton, Lancashire, England
    Publication: Name: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/3f4e048a-de64-4060-bfc7-138948eec6f7;
    
13. Title: Agreement concerning service of Adam Noel purchased by William de Hesketh and John his Son from John Fitton, Great Harwood, 12 February 1312
    Publication: Name: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/2edd395f-36ae-47be-a416-28f1f58b797b;
    
14. Title: Property Grant, Tottleworth, Rishton, Lancashire, England, 6 February 1319, William Hesketh to his Son, John
    Publication: Name: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/9359be2f-7f3b-4ad7-8c30-e0a3a9efdfab;
    
15. Title: Martholme, Lancashire, England, Wikipedia
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martholme;
    
16. Title: Court Case, Tenements in Rishton, Lancashire, England, William de Hesketh, Richard de Stafford and Wife Anabilla, 13 October 1304
    Publication: Name: https://archive.org/details/recordsocietyfor39reco/page/n225/mode/2up;
    
17. Title: Marriage, Matilda Fitton and William Hesketh, Book ‘Victoria History of County of Lancaster Vol 6’, Page 120
    Publication: Name: https://archive.org/details/cu31924088434620/page/118/mode/2up;
    
18. Title: Quitclaim, 27 October 1306, from Isobel Tottleworth, Widow, to William de Hesketh
    Publication: Name: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/6a9a2fed-d1ec-4978-98a4-2f5ff2015784;
    
19. Title: British History Online, Rishton and Tottleworth, Lancashire and the Tottleworth
    Publication: Name: https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/lancs/vol6/pp344-348;
    
20. Title: Partition of Tenements of Great Harwood, Lancashire, William de Hesketh and Wife Matilda, Edmund de Lea and Wife Anabilla, Roger Noel and Wife Elizabeth
    Publication: Name: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/77504a90-2128-44ee-a324-e129eaaf0a9f;
    
21. Title: Hesketh Pedigree in the Visitation of Lancashire, 1613 ~https://archive.org/details/visitationofcoun00sainrich/page/128/mode/2up [See document in the Memories section]
    Publication: Name: https://archive.org/details/visitationofcoun00sainrich/page/128/mode/2up;
    Note: Hesketh Pedigree in the Visitation of Lancashire, 1613 ~https://archive.org/details/visitationofcoun00sainrich/page/128/mode/2up [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: Hesketh Pedigree in the Visitation of Lancashire, 1613 ~https://archive.org/details/visitationofcoun00sainrich/page/128/mode/2up [See document in the Memories section]
    
22. Title: Land Record, Manor of Martholme, Great Harwood, Lancashire
    Publication: Name: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/fa2c8cc6-8b06-4c05-802c-6e3e0ab1b777;
    
23. Title: Quitclaim, 25 July 1294, William Fitton to William de Hesketh and Wife Matilda
    Publication: Name: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/57d17148-a82e-41ae-87ec-ea863d50ca2c;
    
24. Title: Land in Longton, Lancashire, England, William de Hesketh, 23 May 1311
    Publication: Name: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/099ef574-0f07-4a45-9482-6e8536cf6fd7;
    
25. Title: Grant from Edmund of Lea and Anabilla Wife to William Hesketh and Wife Matilda, 1281
    Publication: Name: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/e6b8f30a-4ac6-4a64-be93-55052948a044;
    
26. Title: British History Online, Rufford, Lancashire, England the Hesketh Family
    Publication: Name: https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/lancs/vol6/pp119-128;
    
27. Title: Land Grant, 22 June 1310, John, Son of Edmund Fitton to William de Hesketh
    Publication: Name: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/1a884916-fc30-47b8-a9c9-c039b572a755;
    
28. Title: Land Ownership Agreement, Between Matilda Fitton, William Hesketh and Anabilla Fitton, Edmund de Lea, 18 November 1298
    Publication: Name: https://archive.org/details/recordsocietyfor39reco/page/n203/mode/2up;
    
29. Title: Quitclaim, Diana, Widow of Richard, son of Margery Harwood, to William de Hesketh, 25 July 1294
    Publication: Name: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/835d0523-73b7-42df-88b9-656ea5d84e0c;
    
30. Title: Levy Fine, Edmund de Lea and Wife, Anabilla, William de Hesketh and Wife Matilda, Manor of Harwood, Great Harwood, Lancashire, England, 1296
    Publication: Name: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/4cafb6e1-9434-4381-9782-ae13071f0561;
    
31. Title: Knights' Fees, 1302, William de Hesketh, Book 'The Record Society Lancashire and Cheshire Vol XLVIII'
    Publication: Name: https://archive.org/details/lancashireinque01farrgoog/page/n348/mode/2up;