184642. Sir Thomas Harrington & 184643.
Elizabeth Dacre
1391, Thomas Haryngton born in Hornby, Lancanshire, England,
s/o 369284. Sir William Harrington &
369285. Margaret Neville.
1405, Elizabeth born in Lincolnshire, England, d/o 369286. Thomas de Dacre.
12/1/1419, Elizabeth heiress to her father.
1419, Wardship and marriage of Elizabeth Dacre granted to
Sir William de Haryngton. (S) Abs. of IsPM, V99, 1843, P140.
3/13/1420, IPM of Thomas de Dacre: Elizabeth, the wife of
Thomas, son of Sir William Harrington, of Hornby, chivaler, was his daughter
and heir, then aged 15 years and upwards.
8/31/1422, Henry VI (an infant) succeeded Henry V as King of
England.
1427, Thomas seneschal of the Hornby Court.
1/3/1430, Thomas Haryngton esquire, son of William Haryngton
knight, to Cuthbert abbot of Coverham and the convent … Quitclaim with warranty
of the advowson of a mediety of the church of Sedbergh in Lonesdale co. York …
Witnesses: Richard Neville earl of Salisbury, William lord Fitz Hugh, William
Haryngton, Thomas Tunstall knights, … (S) CCRs.
1431, Thomas attended the King on a trip to France.
12/16/1431, King Henry VI, age 9, crowned King of France at
Nortre Dame de Paris.
1432, Thomas M.P. Lancashire.
1433 in Aldingham, Lincolnshire, Thomas married Elizabeth
bringing Heysham manor.
5/7/1436, Commitment to Thomas de Radclyf, knight, and
Thomas de Haryngton, esquire, by mainprise of … Christopher Moresby of the
county of Westmoreland, knight, … of the keeping of the manor and lordship of
Nethirwyresdale, co. Lancaster … (S) CFRs.
1436, Thomas led 130 men to the relief of Calais and Crotoy.
6/15/1437, Roger Tempest of Broghton, …, bound in £400 to
Sir Thomas Haryngton (of Hornby).
8/1/1437, Thomas de Haryngton and Henry de Halsll, the
knights for the said county [palatine of Lancaster] in the said Parliament. (S)
CFRs.
5/2/1438, Grant, for life, to Humphrey, earl of Stafford, …
Thomas Haryngton, esquire, pay to the king … manor of Wiresdale, co. Lancaster,
… (S) CPRs.
2/22/1439, Thomas’ father died.
1439-40, Henry de Radclyf, … Thomas de Haryngton, esq., …,
John Botiller and Elizabeth, his wife, …, Margaret, widow of William Haryngton,
kt., Thomas Haryngton and John Haryngton, sons of the aforesaid William, and
Alexander Radclyf, executors of the will of the said William Haryngton,
otherwise called William de Haryngton, cousin of William, lord Haryngton,
[executors of a cousin of this William] (S) Lancashire Fines, Pt3, 1905.
1440, Thomas of Brierley, age 40, succeeded his father;
holding Horneby by 1 knight’s fee.
1440-41, Indenture: Settlement: Thomas Sayvell knight and
John Sayvell his son and Thomas de Haryngton Esq, Thomas de Haryngton bound to
Thomas Sayvell and John Sayvell in £2000 and Brian son of John Sayvell to take
orders. (S) UKNA, DD/SR/209/111.
7/8/1441, Commission to Henry,
earl of Northumberland, Thomas Percy, knight, Thomas Haryngton, … to arrest
Thomas Malhom of Calton … (S) CPRs.
3/28/1442, William de Haryngton, knight, Thomas de Stanlegh,
knight, Thomas Haryngton of Hornebe ; to distribute £39. 11s. 5d. ; in the county
of Lancaster to the impoverished cities and towns. (S) CFRs.
7/9/1442, Thomas de Stanlegh, knight, and Thomas Haryngton
of Hornebe, the knights for the said county [palatine of Lancaster] in the said
Parliament. (S) CFRs.
8/26/1443, Thomas Neville knight to …, Richard Neville earl
of Salisbury, … Thomas Haryngton … Confirmation
of their estate in all castles, manors, lands, rents, reversions, services,
knights' fees, … which were of Ralph
late earl of Westmerland … (S) CCRs.
10/22/1444, Whereas Henry Percy,
earl of Northumberland, … Thomas Haryngton, esquire, … were enfeoffed by Thomas
Clyfford … of the castle and lordship of Skipton in Creaven, co. York … without
licence … pardoned … (S) CPRs.
8/15/1444, Thomas Haryngton esquire,
son of sir William Haryngton the surviving trustee of the Boteler estates,
granted to Peter Gerrard esquire, … the manor of Crophill-Boteler … which sir
William Haryngton and his feoffees had received by the gifts of sir John
Boteler deceased.
11/3/1444, “Thomas Haryngton, esquier”
named as an overseer of the will of his aunt, Agnes Harrington, wife of Richard
Sherborne.
4/1445, Thomas traveled to France to escourt Margaret of
Anjou back to England.
1445-46, Thomas knighted.
3/19/1446, Between Thomas Haryngton, of Horneby, knight,
Richard Molyneux, knight, …, plaintiffs, and Isabella Shagh and Joan Shagh,
daughters and heirs of John Shagh, deforciants of the manor of Elleston … (S)
Final Concords for Lancashire, Part 3, 1905.
5/11/1446, To Thomas Haryngton’, nobleman, knight, lord of
the castle of Horneby and the manor of Brerley, of the diocese of York, and
Elizabeth his wife, noblewoman. Indult to have mass celebrated before daybreak.
(S) Lateran Regesta, V9, 1912, 431.
1448, Thomas, High Sheriff of Yorkshire.
1448, Thomas taken prisoner by the Scots.
10/30/1449, Thomas Haryngton, knight, Cumberland, on a
commission of peace. (S) CPRs.
6/1/1451, Commitment toThomas Haryngton, knight, … manors of
Cresmere, … co. Westmorland, … (S) CFRs.
1/1/1454, Sir Thomas one of 4 knights summoned to a Great
Council.
1454, Thomas, High Sheriff of Yorkshire.
5/22/1455, Thomas fought with the Yorkists at the 1st
battle of St. Albans, Hertfordshire, considered the 1st battle of the 30-year
War of the Roses. Yorkists against an army of King Henry VI. The Duke of
Somerset, the Earl of Northumberland, Lord Clifford, plus about 50 other
notable Lancastrians, were killed in the fighting.
1455, Sir Thomas witnessed the Foundation Deed of the
Bosvile Chantry, primarily of Thomas Lord Clifford of Westmorland, and Isabella
wife of Henry Langton, Esq.. (S) A Hist. of Cawthorne, Platt, 1882, P140.
11/4/1455, Commitment of the county of York and castle of
York to Thomas Haryngton, knight, so that he answer at the Exchequer as sheriff
and keeper. (S) CFRs. [For 1 year.]
1456-57, Fines paid for writs to the Duchy of Lancaster: … Thomas
Haryngton, kt., and John Haryngton, esq. (S) CCRs.
11/23/1458, Thomas traveled to castle Middleham to meet with
the Earl of Salisbury and other powerful men. They agreed to support the Duke
of York’s claim to the throne. On his return to Hornby, Thomas conveyed his
estates to the Archbishop of York and other influential men; all of the house
of Lancaster. [To prevent the loss of his lands if he was attained.] (S)
Journal of the Architectural, … Historical Society, 1857, P83.
9/14/1459, Thomas wrote his will. (S) Testamenta
Eboracensia, P249 [in Latin].
9/23/1459, Thomas at the Battle of Blore Heath in
Shropshire. Lord Audley led 10,000 royalists as directed by Queen Margaret, and
set up an ambush of 5,000 Yorkists led by the Earl of Salisbury. Lord Audley
was killed and the Yorkist army won a decisive battle.
9/24/1459, Sir Thomas and Sir John Neville, pursuing
Lancastrians, were captured at the bridge of Acton, Cheshire, by John Done of
Utkinton.
11/1459, ‘The earl of Salisbury with Thomas Neville, John
Neville, knights, sons of the said earl of Salisbury, Thomas Harrington,
knight, … accompanied by a great multitude of people, numbering 5000 or more,
arrayed for war … at Blore in your county of Stafford, … slew James, Lord
Audley, and many other knights and esquires … be reputed, taken, declared,
adjudged, deemed and attainted of high treason, …’ (S) Parliament Rolls, 2005.
1459-60, Sir Thomas escaped captivity.
6/11/1460, If any man aide or comfort those attained … ‘Richard
late duke of York, Edward late erle of March, Richard late erle of Warrewyk,
Richard late erle of Salisbury, Edmond late erle of Rutlond, …, Thomas
Haryngton, …, James Pykeryng, …, Thomas Parre knyghts, John Bourghchier squyer
neveu of the seid duke,… upon payn of forfaiture of his goodes and his body to
prison.’ (S) CCRs.
12/21/1460, Richard of York was joined at the castle of
Sandal by Thomas Harrington, Thomas Parre and James Pickering. A faithful
Edward Fitzwilliam, held nearby Conisbrough Castle.
12/30/1460, Thomas was on the losing side at the Battle of
Wakefield. Thomas was wounded and his heir John was slain. Thomas died the
following day. “Amongst the Yorkist leaders who died was the duke himself, his
nephew Thomas Neville, James Pickering and Thomas Harrington. Tradition has it
the earl of Rutland was killed at Wakefield Bridge by Lord Clifford.” [The Duke
of York’s son became King Edward IV.]
[––Elizabeth––]
6/28/1461, Edward IV crowned at Westminster, beginning the
House of York.
1461, Lady Elizabeth Dacre withdrew to her daughter-in-law,
married to Thomas [who lived in Thornhill, Yorkshire]; her daughter-in-law
Matilda Clifford, d/o Thomas, 8th Lord Clifford and wife of son John
[also killed], remained to administer the estates.
3/11/1462, Elizabeth, widow of Sir Thomas Harrington, made a
settlement of the manors of Tatham and Heysham; they were to descend to James
Harrington, Robert his brother and Margaret, Joan, Anne, Katherine and Agnes,
their sisters.
4/8/1485, Elizabeth died.
(S) Hunter’s South Yorkshire, ii, P402. (S) Testamenta
Eboracensia Or Wills Registered at York, Raine, 1855, P250. (S) Townships:
Hornby, A Hist. of the County of Lancaster: V8, 1914. (S) Annales
Caermoelenses, or Annals of Cartmel, Stockdale, 1872, P484.
Family notes:
·
Robert, 3rd son, attained after the
battle of Bosworth.
·
There is contemporary Thomas de Haryington, s/o
James Haryngton, Knight, of Lancashire.
Children of Thomas
and Elizabeth:
i. John Haryngton, born ? in England.
12/30/1460, John slain at the Battle
of Wakefield. [Leaving 2 daughters as his heirs.]
ii. James Harrington, born ? in England. [2nd son]
3/29/1461, James, a Yorkist, fought at the battle of Towton.
He received many estates from King Edward IV.
12/6/1468, James Haryngton of Hornby co. Lancaster and John
Hodilston of Milum co. Cumberland knights, to the king. Recognisance for £2000.
Condition, … they shall abide and fulfill the award of Richard earl of Warwick
and Salisbury, the arbitrator chosen by them, touching the wardship and
marriage of Anne and Elizabeth daughters and heirs of John Haryngton knight,
and cousins and heirs of Thomas Haryngton knight deceased. (S) CCRs.
1485, James attained by King Henry VII as a supporter of
Richard III.
James died from poisoning.
iii. Joan Harrington (92321), born 1441 in England.
