Isabel Harington

- 1441

• Name	Isabel Harington  [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	22 May 1441  [2]
  Person ID	I13479	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of TSW
  Last Modified	10 Sep 2021

  
  

  Father	William Harington,   b. of Farleton in Melling, Lancashire, England d. 22 Feb 1440
  Mother	Margaret Neville   d. 1450
  Marriage	Bef 17 Apr 1401  [2]
  Family ID	F8460	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Boteler,   b. 26 Feb 1403, Bewsey in Warrington, Lancashire, England d. 12 Sep 1430 (Age 27 years)
  Marriage	12 Nov 1411  [2, 3]
  Children	+ 1. Ellen Boteler,   b. Abt 1423
  Family ID	F8451	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Sep 2021

  
  

• Notes

  "In 1437 Isabel, widow of John Butler, was peaceably living with her children at Bewsey, when in the early morning of 22 July her house was broken into by William Poole, of Wirrall, gent., younger brother of John Poole, of Poole Hall, kt., who violated her and carried her away naked save for her kirtle and smock to Birkenhead, whence on the following day he took her to Bidston church and by menaces compelled her to marry him. Subsequently he led her into the wild and desolate parts of Wales, and at length brought her back to Birkenhead, where she was found by Sir Thomas Stanley, of Hooton. She subsequently petitioned Parliament for redress, but her ravisher does not appear to have ever surrendered himself to justice. She died in 1441, when an inquest was taken after her death." [VCH Lancaster (citation details below), volume 1, ed. William Farrer and J. Brownbill]

  
  

• Sources

  [S812] The Victoria County History of Lancaster. Portions online, linked from medievalgenealogy.org.uk. [S142] Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families by Douglas Richardson. Salt Lake City, 2013. [S812] The Victoria County History of Lancaster. Portions online, linked from medievalgenealogy.org.uk., year only.