Katherine de Hoghton

Family/Spouse: Hugh de Venables. Hugh (son of Hugh de Venables and Agatha de Vernon) was born in of Kinderton cum Hulme, Northwich, Cheshire, England; died between 1367 and 1368. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Joan de Venables was born about 1330 in Kinderton cum Hulme, Northwich, Cheshire, England; died after 18 Aug 1397.
2. Hugh de Venables was born before 1347 in of Kinderton cum Hulme, Northwich, Cheshire, England; died in 1379.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 1340
• Alternate death: Abt 1341
• Alternate death: 1349

Notes:

A knight be 1321. Commissioner of array for Lancashire to lead 3000 men to Carlisle against the Scots, 1322, and to lead 1000 footmen to Newcastle against the Scots, 1323. Knight of the shire for Lancaster, 1322, 1326 and 1327.


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The following nonsense is from "The Pedigree of de Hoghton of Hoghton Tower", Visitors Information Brochure:

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 rebuilt Hoghton Tower 1560-1565.

[Needless to say, "Harvey de Walter" is not one of the fifteen proven companions of William the Conqueror. And any connection to the mostly-mythical "Lady Godiva" is unknown to us. --PNH]

Richard married Sybil de Lea in 1309. Sybil (daughter of William de Lea and Clemence Banastre) was born in of Mollington Banastre, Cheshire, England; died before 1334. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Possibly a sister, rather than a daughter, of Sir William de Lea. But probably his daughter.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Aft 1300

Notes:

Sheriff of Lancashire 1282, 1291, 1300. The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz states that he was under-sheriff of Lancashire in 1298-1301. "Townships: Hoghton" in volume 6 of VCH Lancaster (citation details below) says he was "sheriff of the county" in 1298, and that he "seems to have held the office for three years."

Richard married Christiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: of Lea, Lancashire, England
• Alternate death: Bef 7 Jul 1307

William married Clemence Banastre. Clemence (daughter of Robert Banastre and Alice de Grendon) was born in of Mollington Banastre, Cheshire, England; died before 8 Feb 1290. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Called in the chartulary of Cockersand Abbey (ed. William Farrer) "Clarence daughter and heiress of Robert Banastre".

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Bef 1307

Adam married Avicia de Howick. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Also spelled de Hoghwic.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Aft 20 Nov 1288
• Alternate death: 1289

Notes:

Sheriff of Lancaster 1282, 1283, 1285. King's bailiff in 1256.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Bef 20 Nov 1292

Notes:

Ormerod has him born "about 1242 in Cheshire".

Robert married Alice de Grendon in 1269. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Not Alice Woodcock.