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b. c.1342, s. and h. of Sir Adam Hoghton (d.1385) of Houghton by his 1st w. Margaret; bro. of Sir Henry. m. Joan, at least 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 1da. Kntd. by Dec. 1386.VCH Lancs. vi. 39, 305; DKR, xxxiii. 21-22; Chetham Soc. xcix. 12-13; Scrope v. Grosvenor, i. 234-5; DL29/738/12100.

Offices Held

Commr. of array, Lancs. Dec. 1368, Feb. 1384, Mar. 1400, Aug. 1402,DKR, xl. 526, 528, 531. June 1405, Apr. 1418;Chetham Soc. n.s. xcvi. 59. inquiry Feb. 1374 (goods of an outlaw), May 1376 (extortions), July 1397 (wastes at Lancaster priory),DKR, xxxiii. 5. Jan. 1401 (goods belonging to the Friars Minor at Lanvas), Jan. 1412 (persons liable for taxation); to make arrests July 1375, June 1410, May 1415; prevent the spread of treasonous rumours May 1402; assemble and lead men against the northern rebels May 1405, against the Welsh Aug. 1405; hold an assize of novel disseisin Jan. 1406.

Escheator, Lancs. 12 Dec. 1374 – 12 Nov. 1375, 10 Dec. 1376 – 28 Feb. 1377, 6 Mar. 1379–8 Apr. 1385.PRO List ‘Escheators’, 77; Somerville, Duchy, i. 465.

J.p. Lancs. Mar. 1385, July 1394, Mar. 1400, Feb. 1402, Feb. 1404, July 1412, Mar. 1418.DKR, xl. 523, 528, 530, 532; Chetham Soc. n.s. xcvi. 56, 59.

Sheriff, Lancs. 30 Sept.-19 Nov. 1399.

Chief steward of the duchy of Lancaster estates, Lancs. 19 Nov. 1399 – 22 Feb. 1417; parker of Leagram in the duchy, Lancs. 21 Apr. 1402–10.DL42/16 (2), f. 46v, 18(2), f. 31v; Somerville, i. 492; Chetham Soc. n.s. xcvi. 89.

Collector of an aid on the marriage of Princess Blanche, Lancs. Jan. 1402.DL42/15, f. 36.

Parlimentarian

HOGHTON, Sir Richard (c.1342-c.1422), of Hoghton, Lancs.

Main residence: Hoghton, Lancs.

Author

C.R.

Volume

Commons 1386-1421

Web Title

HOGHTON, Sir Richard (c.1342-c.1422)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

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Religion

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HOGHTON, Sir Henry (d.1424), of Chipping, Lancs.

Read more about HOGHTON, Sir Henry (d.1424), of Chipping, Lancs.

Family and Education

2nd s. of Sir Adam Hoghton (d.1385) of Hoghton by his 1st w. Margaret; bro. of Sir Richard. m. Oct. 1403, Joan (b.c.1379), da. and h. of Richard Radcliffe (d.1380) of Ordsall by his w. Sibyl (d.1414), da. and h. of Richard Clitheroe (d.1370) of Salesbury and Clayton-le-Dale. 1s. illegit. Kntd. by Feb. 1393.VCH Lancs. vi. 254, 393; vii. 62; CPL, v. 578; Chetham Soc. xcv. 105; xcix. 12-13; Cam. Misc. xxii. 105.

Offices Held

Bailiff of the wapentakes of Staincliffe and Friendless in the duchy of Lancaster, Yorks. bef. Feb. 1399 – 8 May 1421; keeper of the duchy chases of Pendle, Rossendale, Trawden and Bowland, Lancs. by 30 Nov. 1402; steward of the duchy estates in Tottington, Rochdale, Penwortham and Blackburn hundred, Lancs. 22 Aug. 1403 – d.; master forester of Bowland and Blackburn in the duchy 22 Aug. 1403–d.Somerville, Duchy, i. 500, 507, 527.

Commr. to raise and lead men against the northern rebels, Lancs. July 1403; of inquiry, Yorks. Mar. 1406 (defections to the Welsh), July 1415 (escape of a royal prisoner); to make arrests, Lancs. June 1410, 1417;Chetham Soc. n.s. xcvi. 90, 92–93. of array, Yorks. May 1415; to hold a muster, Southampton July 1417;Gesta Hen. V ed. Williams, 268. treat for a royal loan, Lancs. Nov. 1419; levy archers, Lancs., Yorks. May 1421.

J.p. Yorks. 6 July 1415 – Dec. 1416.