James Harington

- 1417

• Name	James Harington
  Birth	of Fishwick, Lancashire, England   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Sep 1417	Caen, Calvados, Normandy, France   [2, 3]
  Alternate death	Bef 1428  [4]
  Person ID	I36067	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Nicholas Harington,   b. Abt 1344, of Farleton in Melling, Lancashire, England d. Between 1397 and 1404 (Age 53 years)
  Mother	Isabel English
  Family ID	F8461	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ellen Urswyck   d. Aft 1 Sep 1432
  Children	+ 1. Richard Harington,   b. 1400, of Drumbeth, Cumberland, England d. 17 Aug 1462 (Age 62 years)
  Family ID	F21208	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2026

  
  

• Notes

  King's esquire. Sheriff of Cumberland. Knight of the shire for Lancashire, Oct 1404. He was fatally wounded in an assault launched just before the fall of Caen in early September 1417.

  
  

• Sources

  [S142] Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families by Douglas Richardson. Salt Lake City, 2013. [S47] The History of Parliament. Some citations point to entries from the printed volumes not yet added to the online site. [S142] Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families by Douglas Richardson. Salt Lake City, 2013., date only. [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.