Family and Education
b. c. 1523, 1st s. of Martin Hilliard of Winestead in Holderness by Emma, da. of Sir Robert Rudston of London and Kent; bro. of William. m. Frances (d.1595), da. of Sir John Constable of Burton Constable by Joan, da. and coh. of Ralph Neville of Thornton Bridge, 1s. 1 surv. da. suc. fa. c.1545. Kntd. May 1578.Dugdale, Vis. Yorks. iii. 332; Foster, Yorks. Peds. ii.; CPR, 1549-51, p. 174.
Offices Held
J.p. Yorks. (E. Riding) from c. 1559, (W. and N. Ridings) from c. 1583; sheriff, Yorks. 1570 – 71, 1595 – 96, commr. piracy 1577; member, council in the north from 1582; muster master, Holderness 1584; commr. recusancy, Yorks. 1593.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Winestead, Yorks.
Volume
Commons 1558-1603
Web Title
HILLIARD, Christopher I (c.1523-1602)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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