Adam de Hoghton

- 1385

• Name	Adam de Hoghton
  Birth	of Hoghton, Lancashire, England   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1385  [1, 2, 3]
  Alternate death	1386  [4]
  Siblings	1 sibling
  + 1. Katherine de Hoghton ,   b. of Houghton, Lancashire, England d. Aft Nov 1367 ▻ Hugh de Venables + 2. Adam de Hoghton ,   b. of Hoghton, Lancashire, England d. 1385 ▻ Margaret ;  Ellen
  Person ID	I36082	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	12 Sep 2021

  
  

  Father	Richard de Hoghton,   b. of Hoghton, Lancashire, England d. Abt 1337
  Mother	Sybil de Lea,   b. of Mollington Banastre, Cheshire, England d. Bef 1334
  Marriage	1309  [5]
  Family ID	F911	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Margaret   d. Abt 1415
  Children	+ 1. Agnes Hoghton   2. Henry de Hoghton,   b. of Mollington Banastre, Cheshire, England d. Nov 1424 + 3. Richard de Hoghton,   b. Abt 1342, of Hoghton, Lancashire, England d. Bef Jul 1422 (Age ~ 80 years)
  Family ID	F21216	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Sep 2021

  
  

  Family 2	Ellen
  Family ID	F21222	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Sep 2021

  
  

• Notes

  Several times knight of the shire for Lancashire. "Sir Adam Hoghton (who, in 1337, had secured with his father a royal charter permitting them to enclose a park of 500 acres at Hoghton), fought in the French wars of Edward III and, during the latter part of his life, held office for the King’s son, John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster, as master forester of Quernmore, Amounderness, Wyresdale and Myerscough." [History of Parliament, citation details below, entry for his son Richard]

  
  

• Sources

  [S47] The History of Parliament. Some citations point to entries from the printed volumes not yet added to the online site. [S812] The Victoria County History of Lancaster. Portions online, linked from medievalgenealogy.org.uk. [S77] The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester by George Ormerod. Second edition, revised and enlarged by Thomas Helsby. London: George Routledge and Sons, 1882. [S5953] The Houghton Genealogy by John W. Houghton. New York: Frederick H. Hitchcock, 1912. [S554] Parish of Blackburn, County of Lancaster: A History of Blackburn, Town and Parish by W. Alexander Abram. Blackburn, Lancashire: J. G. & J. Toulmin, 1877.