Gilbert Hoghton 2nd Baronet 1591-1648

Paternal Family Tree: Gilbert Hoghton 2nd Baronet

Maternal Family Tree: Gilbert Hoghton 2nd Baronet

In or before 1591 [his father] Richard Hoghton 1st Baronet [aged 20] and [his mother] Catherine Gerard Lady Hoghton [aged 21] were married. Catherine Gerard Lady Hoghton by marriage Lady Hoghton of Hoghton Tower in Lancashire. They had five sons and eight daughters.

In 1591 Gilbert Hoghton 2nd Baronet was born to Richard Hoghton 1st Baronet [aged 20] and Catherine Gerard Lady Hoghton [aged 22].

On 21st July 1604 Gilbert Hoghton 2nd Baronet [aged 13] was knighted by King James I [aged 38] at Whitehall Palace [Map].

In 1614 Gilbert Hoghton 2nd Baronet [aged 23] was elected MP Clitheroe.

Around 1616 [his son] Richard Hoghton 3rd Baronet was born to Gilbert Hoghton 2nd Baronet [aged 25]. He married in or before 1644 Sarah Stanhope Lady Hoghton, daughter of Philip Stanhope 1st Earl Chesterfield and Catherine Hastings Countess Chesterfield, and had issue.

On 17th November 1617 [his mother] Catherine Gerard Lady Hoghton [aged 48] died at Houghton Tower, Preston.

In 1621 Gilbert Hoghton 2nd Baronet [aged 30] was elected MP Lancashire which seat he held until 1622.

In 1626 Gilbert Hoghton 2nd Baronet [aged 35] was elected MP Lancashire.

Before 1630 [his father] Richard Hoghton 1st Baronet [aged 59] and Jane Spencer Lady Hoghton were married. She by marriage Lady Hoghton of Hoghton Tower in Lancashire.

In 1630 [his father] Richard Hoghton 1st Baronet [aged 59] died. His succeeded son Gilbert [aged 39] succeeded 2nd Baronet Hoghton of Hoghton Tower in Lancashire.

William of Worcester's Chronicle of England

William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.

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In April 1640 Gilbert Hoghton 2nd Baronet [aged 49] was elected MP Lancashire.

In 1643 Gilbert Hoghton 2nd Baronet [aged 52] was appointed High Sheriff of Lancashire.

In or before 1644 [his son] Richard Hoghton 3rd Baronet [aged 27] and [his daughter-in-law] Sarah Stanhope Lady Hoghton were married. She the daughter of Philip Stanhope 1st Earl Chesterfield [aged 59] and Catherine Hastings Countess Chesterfield.

Before 1647 [his son] Peter Hoghton died.

In April 1648 Gilbert Hoghton 2nd Baronet [aged 57] died. His succeeded son Richard [aged 32] succeeded 3rd Baronet Hoghton of Hoghton Tower in Lancashire. Sarah Stanhope Lady Hoghton by marriage Lady Hoghton of Hoghton Tower in Lancashire.

[his son] Peter Hoghton was born to Gilbert Hoghton 2nd Baronet.