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He appears in the Testa de Nevill as holding land in Pilkington (in
or about 1195) under Robert de Grelle, fifth Baron Mamecestre.
He appears as a witness to land transfers during the reigns
of Richard I, King John and Henry III.
He is said to have married Ursula.
Children:
In Testa de Nevill given as holding one-fourth part of a knight's fee
in Rumworth [1231-1262]
He executed a quitclaim [September 1247] to the abbot and convent of
Rupe [Roche Abbey, Yorkshire] of lands in Saddleworth.
He was killed with an arrow by Nicholas de Doggewro in
Salford, who, after the death, fled abroad.
[Rot.Placit.Coron.cor.Just.Itin.Co.Lanc., 20 Edw.I (1291-92)]
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Son of Alexander de Pilkington.
He succeeded his father Alexander de Pilkington as lord of
Pilkington manor.
He also held lands in Rivington.
He married Alice.
Children:
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Son and heir of Robert Pilkington.
He married Alice.
It has also been claimed that Alice was the daughter of
Nicholas Savile of New Hall.
To date, the only primary evidence found shows that her name
was Alice
It was said that
Children:
Arthur died 18th June 1537.
His Inquisition Post Mortem is dated 10th June 1539.
Administration of his goods was granted to his widow Alice
[27th November 1537]
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Younger son of Robert Pilkington.
Edward IV granted him the forfeited lands of Richard
Gateford.
He married Elizabeth Gateford.
Child:
Edward illegitimate son
On the orders of his brother, Sir John, he lead at least two
attacks on landowners in Calderdale in the 1470s. [Nat.Arch. KB 9/349]
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Of Sowerby
Son of Robert Pilkington
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When his father died in 1478, Edward, still a child, was put
in the care and protection of Hastings, Lord Chamberlain,
until he reached the age of 16, [see Edward's father's will]
but Lord Hastings was beheaded in June 1483 by the other
executor of Sir John's will, Richard, Duke of
Gloucester.
It is estimated that Edward was aged about 17 when he died on
12th May 1485.
No record remains of his cause of death.
It should perhaps be noted that the bulk of his father's vast
properties then passed to Edward's half brother, Robert
the bastard.
In 1478, Robert had been found guilty of a number of violent
crimes, including murder
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He married Unknown.
Child: John [born c1461] who was studying at Oxford
[1478] and is named in the will of his uncle Sir John Pilkington.
Henry died intestate.
Administration granted 2 February 1472
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He was
Sheriff of Lancashire 1462-3, 1464-7 /
Member of Parliament for the county of York, 1472-5, and 1478.
In 1448, he was living in Sowerby [Coram Rege Rolls].
He was appointed an esquire of the body [17th July 1461].
To gain this high position, a man would normally have to be a son of
a knight or be a knight himself, but John Pilkington was not
knighted until 1471, and while his grandfather and uncle were
knights, his father was not.
In 1465, he became chief forester of the king's chace of
Sowerby
and parker
of the king's park of Erringden.
Created knight bannaret at Tewkesbury in 1471 [Battle of
Tewkesbury, 4th May 1471]
He held
plus other landholdings.
On 12 April 1478, he opposed Sir John Savile of Thornhill and his
grandson John Savile, esq, by supporting the latter's
tenant Richard Elistones who complained that Savile had
enclosed part of his tenement by raising a hedge on his manor at
Elland.
He was a major figure in the Savile-Pilkington Dispute.
Most of the attacks on people and property in Calderdale were
orchestrated by him.
In 1464, he married Joan (Jane) de Baldeston.
Children:
Sir John died in Selby [29th December 1478].
After his death, his widow Joan married Sir Thomas
Wortley.
They were later divorced, and on 10th September
1488, William, Bishop of Dromore, was directed to
veil Joan.
Her will [dated 2nd January 1497] directs that her body be buried in
the Nun's Quire at Monkton, and that her moiety of the
Lancashire estates, under the will of her father, be passed to her
paternal relatives
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He was Lord of Pilkington and Bury, Lancashire.
He held other lands including Elphabrough Hall, Sowerby.
He is recorded as Sir John junior, even after his father's
death.
Sir John and his father, fought at the Battle of Agincourt
[1415], when he received the honour of a knight bannaret.
His brother-in-law Sir Henry Scarisbrick, husband
of John's sister Katherine, also fought at Agincourt.
He married Elizabeth [14??-1474].
Sir John died without issue [24th February 1451] (aged 58).
His will was dated 12th October 1447.
His Inquisition post mortem was held in Northampton on 4th May 1451
where it was found that Thomas Pilkington, son
of Edmund deceased [the brother of Sir John] was the
next heir and of age of 21 years and more.
Elizabeth married Sir Pet. Legh, Kt,
of Lyme co. Chester.
Elizabeth died at Bradley [4th April 1474]
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Around 1383, he married Margaret [13??-1436].
Margaret died 28 April 1436,
as shown by Inquisition post mortem for co. Suffolk, dated 21
February, 15 Henry VI
Children:
[History of the Battle of Agincourt, by Sir Harris Nicolas, K.H. 2nd
Ed. pp 121, 360, 383].
and
[Harleian MS.782, also MS. M I, College of Arms]
He was appointed Sheriff of Northamptonshire [1419]
Sir John's Inquisition post mortem shows that he died 8th
March 1421
[Duchy of Lanc.Records, class xxv, A 8, No. 100]
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She married (2) Sir Thomas Beaumont
He married Rosamond.
Child:
Thomas
Robert died 24th January 1542.
His Inquisition Post Mortem is dated 2 April 1542.
He was succeeded by his infant son, Thomas
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He held lands in Rochdale.
He was living in Sowerby [1466].
He was involved in the Pilkington-Stansfield feud and
captured Richard Stansfield in 1466.
The above were all involved in attacks on people and property in
Calderdale, either directly or on their orders, but the overall mover
in each case was John Pilkington of Skipton in Craven
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Illegitimate son of Sir John Pilkington;
said to be the son of Elizabeth Lever of Darcy Lever.
He lived in Sowerby [1470s].
He married (1) Alice Burella.
He married (2) Alice Bernard.
Child: Arthur
He and his father were involved in the Savile-Pilkington Feud
and the events on Skircoat Moor.
On the death of his young half brother, Edward, Robert
acquired the bulk of his father's property, but, because he was
illegitimate, he was not able to inherit the royal lands which had
been granted to Sir John and his legitimate heirs.
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In 1565, he and his wife conveyed the Kirklees Estate to John Armytage
Fifth son of Sir John Pilkington.
Robert appears in records as of Bury, gentleman, but he
also resided at Elphabrough Hall while it was still owned by
his older brother John, as we find him [in 1434] as of
Ayrenden, esquire
Later he is given as of Sowerby, co. York, but, in 1459, he
is nuper de Bury [late of Bury].
Founder of the Yorkshire Branch of the family
Steward of Sowerbyshire under Richard Duke of York [1442-3].
He married Joan.
It is probable that she was Joan Rawson, as there is a bequest
of 17 pounds to Richard Rawson, of London, in the will of
Charles Pilkington
Children:
After the death of his mother in 1436 he succeeded to the manor of
Chedburgh, co. Suffolk.
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Son of Sir Alexander de Pilkington, in succession, he became
lord of Pilkington.
He married Alicia.
She was still living in 1383-4.
By this alliance the manor and lordship of Bury was acquired,
together with estates in Whitefield, Underworth, Chetham, Crompton,
Sholger [Sholver] and Wolstenholme
Children:
In 1291, he was granted the right of free warren for ever by the
king, being liberty to hunt over all his estates
[Cal.Rot.Chart.],
confirmed a year later to him and his heirs
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On the death of his father [1347], he became lord of
Pilkington manor, etc, and after the decease of his mother
(Alicia, daughter of Adam de Bury) succeeded to the
manors of Bury and various other estates which were acquired through
her.
He was 5 times chosen by the king (Edward III and Richard II) as one
of the knights of the shire for co. Lancaster. (1364-5, 1368, 1377,
1381, 1384)
He married Unknown.
Children:
He died 2 January, 8 Hen. IV (1406-7).
Inquisition post mortem held 12 August, 9 Henry IV [Duchy
Lanc. Records, class xxv, A7, No. 54]
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This & associated entries use material contributed by Joanne BackhousePilkington, Mr Ref 373-412
He lived at
Old Chamber, Erringden
Pilkington, Alexander de Ref 373-824
Lord of the manor of Pilkington.
Ursula was said to be a daughter of Geoffrey de
Workedlegh [Worsley] lord of the manor of Workedlegh
Pilkington, Sir Alexander de Ref 373-813
Living in 1230 & 1291, and (probably) died in 1291.
She was alive in 1301 & 1309
Pilkington, Arthur Ref 373-937
Esquire, of Bradley.
Alice was said to be the daughter of Sir Robert Savile.
In the church at Elland was a monument to his memory, on which were
the arms of Pilkington impaling those of Savile
Pilkington, Charles Ref 373-492
Of Gateford, Nottinghamshire. Lands in Nottinghamshire and
Warwickshire.
Elizabeth was the daughter of John Gateford
Pilkington, Edward Ref 373-1140
Recorded in the 1460s, when
he was living in Sowerby
Pilkington, Edward Ref 373-297
Gentleman.
Pilkington, Edward Ref 373-491
Son and only surviving legitimate heir Sir John Pilkington.
Pilkington, Henry Ref 373-488
Pilkington, Sir John Ref 373-1141
See
Land Seizures in Calderdale and
John Crosseley
Joan was the daughter and co-heiress of William de
Baldeston
Pilkington, Sir John de Ref 373-464
Oldest son and heir of Sir John de Pilkington.
Elizabeth was the daughter of Sir Edmund de Trafford
Pilkington, Sir John de Ref 373-233
Margaret was the daughter of Sir John de Verdon, and
widow of Hugh de Badshagh, by whom she had a son: Sir
William de Bradshagh [Bradshaw] of Blackrod and Westleigh.
Sir John and his son, Sir John junior, fought at the
Battle of Agincourt [1415].
His retinue supplied three esquires, ten lances, 45 archers.
This was a considerable following – Lord Scrope only provided
6 lances and 14 archers.
Pilkington, Mary Ref 373-248
She married (1) Richard Pilkington.
Pilkington, Richard Ref 373-171
He married Mary
Pilkington, Robert Ref 373-567
Son & heir of Arthur Pilkington.
Pilkington, Robert Ref 373-1138
Son of Robert Pilkington.
Pilkington, Robert Ref 373-1056
Appears in the documents as Robert the Bastard.
Alice was the daughter and heiress of James Burella
Alice was the daughter of William Bernard of
Knaresborough
Pilkington, Robert Ref 373-155
He married Alice Savile.
Alice was the daughter of Nicholas Savile
Pilkington, Robert Ref 373-184
[C.P.R. mem 26].
[Rotulorum Parl.,vol.v, 368b.]
Arms: Argent, a cross patonce voided gules
In 1448, she is called Joan, the wife of Robert Pilkington
[Lanc.Plea Rolls II, m.28]
Pilkington, Sir Roger de Ref 373-810
Living prior to 1282 and in 1347.
Alicia was the daughter of Adam de Bury, and heiress to
her brother Henry de Bury
[Deputy Keeper's Report, No. 32; Appendix. pp.348 & 357]
Pilkington, Sir Roger de Ref 373-572
Pilkington, Thomas Ref 373-1057
In 15??, he was sentenced to hang for stealing livestock – including
142 rams – from Isabella Savile.
He claimed benefit of clergy but was challenged as he was said to
have been married more than once which would have annulled his
benefit.
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