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- Lineage.
“The town of Hamerton,” says Doctor Whitaker,” gives its name to one of the most ancient families in the north of England.” The first member of which upon record,
RICHARD DE HAMERTON, living 12 HENRY II., was lineal ancestor of
ADAM DE HAMERTON, Lord of Hamerton, who flourished towards the close of the reign of EDWARD III. He m. Katherine, dau. of Elias de Knolle, who acquired the manors of Wigglesworth, Knolsmere, and Hellifield. He was s. by his son,
RICHARD DE HAMERTON, Lord of Hamerton, Knolsmere, Wigglesworth, and Hellifield, who augmented his possessions by espousing Elizabeth, dau. and heiress of William de Radcliffe, (and of his wife, Ellen, niece and heiress of Henry de Langfield, of Langfield.) The son and heir of this marriage,
LAURENCE HAMERTON, of Hamerton, Langfield, &c. obtaining, 19 HENRY VI, licence to fortify and embattle his manor of Hellifield, ereceted the mansion of Hellifield-Peel. He m. Isabel, dau. of Sir John Tempest, of Bracewell, and left issue,
RICHARD, (Sir,) his heir.
Isabel, m. 1st, to – Radcliff, of the co. of Lancaster; and 2ndly, to Sir John Mallory, of Studley.
Alice, m. to Richard Sherburne, of Stonyhurst.
Elizabeth, m. 1st, to Thomas Aldwark, of Aldwark; and 2ndly, to John Woodrove, of Wollay.
Jane, m. to – Metcalfe, of Nappey.
Grace, m. to Thomas Pudsay, of Barford.
Katherine, m. to Peter Murfield, of Tong.
source: Burke, John and Bernard Burke. A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 1. London, UK: Henry Colburn, 1847.
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