Sir John Pilkington, Knight

Sir John de Pilkington was born circa 1363.1 He was the son of Sir Roger de Pilkington.2 He married Margaret de Verdon, daughter of Sir John de Verdon, in 1383.1 He died on 16 February 1420/21.1

Lord of, Pilkington, & Bury, fought at, Agincourt. Roger's son Sir John Pilkington (d. 1421) was granted custody of the manors of Prestwich and Alkrington. He married Margaret (d. 1436), heir of John Verdon of Brixworth, Northamptonshire, soon after the death of her first husband, Hugh Bradshaw of Leigh. Margaret's son from her first marriage, William Bradshaw, died in 1415, leaving a daughter, Elizabeth. In 1430 Margaret settled the manors of her inheritance which included Stagenhoe in Hertfordshire, Clipston, Northamptonshire and Brixworth in Northamptonshire, and Bressingham in Norfolk, on her Pilkington sons, John, Edmund (d. about 1451), and Robert (d. 1457).

Children of Sir John de Pilkington and Margaret de Verdon

1. Edmund Pilkington2
2. Henry Pilkington2
3. Roger Pilkington2
4. Katherine Pilkington2
5. Elizabeth Pilkington2
6. Margaret Pilkington+2
7. Hannah Pilkington2
8. Sir John Pilkington2 b. c 1394, d. 23 Feb 1451
9. Robert Pilkington+2 b. c 1398, d. c 1460

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Links:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilkington_of_Lancashire
• http://thepeerage.com/p51240.htm