Family and Education
b. 28 Apr. 1496 or 98, 1st s. of William Houghton of Lea and Hoghton by Margaret, da. of Sir John Southworth of Samlesbury. m. (1) c.1514, Alice, da. of Sir Thomas Ashton of Ashton-under-Lyme, 2s. 2da.; (2) Alice, da. of one Morley, 2s. 3da.; (3) Elizabeth, da. of John Grigson, (4) Anne, da. of Roger Browne of Whitney; 5s. 3da. illegit. suc. fa. 18 Aug. 1501. Kntd. 1523.Date of birth given at proof of age (DL7/5/19) where it is said to have been sabbati in festo Sancti Vitalis 11 Hen. VII (1495-6): in 1496 the saint’s feast day fell on a Thursday, in 1498 on a Saturday. G. C. Miller, Hoghton Tower, passim; Vis. Lancs. (Chetham Soc. xcviii). 48-50; Vis. Lancs. (Chetham Soc. lxxxi), 25; J. B. Watson, ‘Lancs. gentry 1529-58’ (London MA thesis 1959), p. 362; Add. 32106, ff; 154v-5.
Offices Held
Dep. steward, duchy of Lancaster, hundred of Amounderness 1523 – 26, jt. (with s. Thomas) steward 1526 – d.; member, council of 3rd Earl of Derby by 1533, commr. for tenths of spiritualities, Lancs. 1535, contribution 1546, goods of churches and fraternities 1552; dep. keeper, Leagram park, Lancs. by 1537; j.p. Lancs. c. 1537; sheriff 1540–1.
Main residences: Lea; Hoghton, Lancs.
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Commons 1509-1558
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HOUGHTON, Sir Richard (1496 o.r 98-1559)
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Oxford 1644
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