Sir Thomas Harrington, Kt.

Sir Thomas Harington

• BIRTH unknown
• DEATH 1460
• BURIAL Burial Details Unknown. Specifically: Slain at the Battle of Wakefield
• MEMORIAL ID 135890986

Family Members

Parents
William Harington
1377–1440
Margaret Neville Harington
1386–1443

Siblings
John Harington
unknown–1465
Isabel Harrington
1402–1441
Agnes Harrington Radcliffe
1407–1452

Children
John Harington
unknown–1460

Elizabeth de Dacre (1408) (5) William de Dacre (c1220) (6) Ranulph de Dacre (a1246) (7) William de Dacre (1265) (8) Edmund de Dacre (c1290) (9) Thomas de Dacre (c1320) (10) Thomas de Dacre II (c1350)

She married Thomas Harrington, of Hornby and Brierly, Knight, in 1433 in Aldingham, Lincolnshire and carried Heysham manor to that family. Note that (8) Joan de Dacre, the daughter of Sir William de Dacre and Joan Gernet married John de Harrington.

Thomas Harrington was born in 1400 at Hornby Castle, Lancashire, the son of Sir William Harrington [this was not William 5th Lord Harington] and Margaret Neville, who was herself the daughter of Sir Robet de Neville of Hornby, Sheriff of Yorkshire, and Margaret de la Pole. Thomas and his eldest son, Sir John, were Yorkists and fought at the battle of 1st St. Albans and were killed at the battle of Wakefield on 30 December 1460 during the War of the Roses. Sir Thomas' head was placed on a spike in York in warning to other rebels. Elizabeth Dacre Harrington died on 8 April 1485.

Source: http://shissem.com/Hissem_Dacre.html

Sir Thomas Harrington, Sheriff of Yorkshire1,2,3,4
M, #48295, b. circa 1400, d. 31 December 1460
Father Sir William Harington5 d. 15 Feb 1440
Mother Margaret Neville5 b. c 1365, d. 1450

Sir Thomas Harrington, Sheriff of Yorkshire was born circa 1400 at of Hornby & Farleton, Lancashire, England; Age 40 in 1440.1,4

He married Elizabeth Dacre, daughter of Thomas Dacre and Jane Banastre, circa 13 March 1420;

They had 3 sons (Sir John; Sir James; & Sir Robert) & 5 daughters (Margaret; Joan, wife of John Savile; Anne; Katherine; & Agnes).1,2,3,4 Sir Thomas Harrington, Sheriff of Yorkshire died on 31 December 1460 at Battle of Wakefield, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England; Died of wounds sufffer the previous day at the Battle of Wakefield.1,4

Family

1. Elizabeth Dacre b. c 1405, d. 8 Apr 1485

Children

1. Sir James Harington, Sheriff of Yorkshire, Steward of Bradford, Deputy Steward of Pontefract2,3 b. c 1433
2. Robert Harrington+6 b. c 1435, d. b 2 Jan 1497
3. Alice Harrington+1,7,8 b. c 1438

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http://www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk/fines/abstracts/CP_25_1_281_162...

• CP 25/1/281/162, number 8.
• Link: Image of document at AALT
• County: Yorkshire.
• Place: Westminster.
• Date: The day after Ascension, 3 Edward IV [20 May 1463].
• Parties: William, archbishop of York, and Alexander Radclyff', esquire, querents, and Elizabeth, who was the wife of Thomas Haryngton', knight, deforciant.
• Property: 40 messuages, 500 acres of land, 100 acres of meadow, 1000 acres of pasture and 300 acres of wood in Sedbergh' and a moiety of the manor of Sedber, otherwise called Sedbergh'.
• Action: Plea of covenant.
• Agreement: Elizabeth has acknowledged the tenements and moiety to be the right of the archbishop, as those which the archbishop and Alexander have of her gift.
• Warranty: Warranty by Elizabeth for herself and her heirs.
• For this: The archbishop and Alexander have granted to Elizabeth the tenements and moiety and have rendered them to her in the court, to hold to Elizabeth, without impeachment of waste, of the chief lords for the life of Elizabeth. And after the decease of Elizabeth the tenements and moiety shall remain to James Haryngton', knight, son of the same Elizabeth, and the heirs of his body, to hold of the chief lords for ever. In default of such heirs, successive remainders (1) to Robert Haryngton', brother of the aforesaid James, and the heirs of his body, (2) to Margaret, Joan, Anne, Katherine and Agnes, sisters of the aforesaid James and Robert, and the heirs of their bodies and (3) to the right heirs of the aforesaid Elizabeth.
• Standardised forms of names. (These are tentative suggestions, intended only as a finding aid.)
• Persons: William, archbishop of York, Alexander Radcliffe, Thomas Harrington, Elizabeth Harrington, James Harrington, Robert Harrington, Margaret Harrington, Joan Harrington, Anne Harrington, Katherine Harrington, Agnes Harrington
• Places: Sedbergh

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Source: 'Farleton', in Records Relating To the Barony of Kendale: Volume 2, (Kendal, 1924) pp. 266-273. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/kendale-barony/vol2/pp266-273 [accessed 16 May 2024].

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