Family and Education
1st s. of William Hilton, who was bro. and h. of Sir Thomas Hilton, baron of Hilton, by Margaret, da. of Sir James Metcalfe of Nappa in Wensleydale, Yorks. educ. Peterhouse, Camb. 1555. m. 1558, Anne, da. of Sir John York of Gouthwaite, Yorks., 3s. 1da. suc. fa. 1562. Kntd. 1570.Surtees Soc. cxii. 178; W. Hutchinson, Hist. Durham, iii. app. xix-xx; Arch Ael. (ser. 4), xxiii. 106; Vis. Yorks. ed. Foster, 382.
Offices Held
J.p. co. Dur. by 1562, q. by 1583 – c.96; Northumb. 1577, q. by 1583 – c.96; sheriff, co. Dur. 1576 – 77, 1587–?d., commr. musters by 1573.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: Hilton Castle, co. Dur; Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumb.
Volume
Commons 1558-1603
Web Title
HILTON, Sir William (-d.1600)
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Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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