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William Hough

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Birthplace: Wirral, Leighton, Cheshire, England
Death: 1585 (52-62)
Leighton Road, Neston, Cheshire West and Chester, England, CH64, United Kingdom
Immediate Family:

Son of Richard Hough and Christina Hough
Husband of Jane Hough
Father of Alice Whitmore
Brother of Thomas Hough; John Hough; Anthony Hough and Henry Hough

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Immediate Family

About William Hough

Jane married William Hough (c. 1527–1585), of Leighton in Wirral, Cheshire, around 1550.[15] William Hough was the son of Richard Hough (1508–73/74) who was Cromwell's agent in Chester from 1534 to 1540.[31][32][33][29] Jane and her husband remained staunch Roman Catholics, who, together with their daughter, Alice, her husband, William Whitmore, and their children, all came to the attention of the authorities as recusants during the reign of Elizabeth I.[34]

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William Hough's Timeline

1527
1527
Wirral, Leighton, Cheshire, England
1560
1560
Leighton, Cheshire, England
1585
1585
Age 58
Leighton Road, Neston, Cheshire West and Chester, England, CH64, United Kingdom