John Pilkington

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Sir John Pilkington of Pilkington († 1478 ) was an English knight .

Life

Sir John Pilkington was a son of Robert Pilkington.

He was a devoted supporter of the House of York and fought for Edward IV in the battles of Mortimer's Cross and Towton in 1461 during the Wars of the Roses .

Sir John received the offices of Esquire of the Kings Body , Chief Forester of Sowerby Chase , Keeper of Erringdon Park , Constable of Chester Castle after the coronation of Edward IV in 1461 in gratitude for his loyalty and was held by the king with a number of estates and possessions in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire , including Aylesthorpe , Edenham , Grimsthorpe Castle , Maltby , Thornton in Crawen and Turnham Hall . The following year he received the title Steward and Bailiff of the Lordship and Liberty of Howden . The office of Sheriff of Lancashire was held by John Pilkington in the years 1464/65.

Sir John fought for his king in the battles of Barnet and Tewkesbury in 1471 and received the knighthood on May 4, 1471 .

Two years later Sir John was named Knight of the Kings Body , Constable of Berkhamsted Castle and Parker of Berkhamsted . He accompanied the king on his French campaign in 1475 and received the titles and offices of Escheator of Lancashire , Seneschal of the Barony of Sherburn and 1477 Chamberlain of the Exchequer .

Sir John had a chapel built in All Saints Church in Wakefield in 1475 . As Justice of Peace in Northamptonshire and West Riding of Yorkshire, he was often entrusted with regulatory tasks and represented Yorkshire in Parliament.

Sir John died on December 29, 1478.

Marriage and offspring

Sir John Pilkington was married twice, first to Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John le Scrope, after her death in second marriage to Joan (Jane), daughter of William Balderston.

His first marriage was childless, and from his second marriage he left behind a son named Edward.

Sir John also had an illegitimate son named Robert.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c d e Towton Battlefield Society
  2. ↑ a b Richard III. Foundation Inc. ( Memento of the original from January 22nd, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.richard111.com
  3. ↑ Alec Reginald Myers: The Household of Edward IV. , Manchester University Press 1959, p. 262
  4. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families 2nd Edition , Douglas Richardson 2011, ISBN 978-1-461-04520-5 , p. 479
  5. ↑ a b c d e f g Norman Davis: The Paston Letters: A Study in Modern Spelling , Oxford University Press 1999, ISBN 978-0-192-83640-3 , p. 195
  6. ↑ a b c d e f John Harland: Genealogy of the Pilkingtons of Lancashire , Charles Simms, Manchester 1875, p. 38, p. 59, S.xi, xliii, xliv, xlv
  7. ↑ a b c d e Rachel Gibbons: Exploring History 1400-1900 , Oxford University Press 2013, ISBN 978-1-847-79258-7
  8. ^ A b Joan Kirby: The Plumpton Letters and Papers , Cambridge University Press 1996, ISBN 978-0-521-57394-8 , p. 53
  9. ^ William A. Shaw: The Knights of England , Genealogical Publishing Com. 1971, ISBN 978-0-806-30443-4 , p. 14
personal data
SURNAME Pilkington, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pilkington, Sir John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English knight
DATE OF BIRTH 14th century or 15th century
DATE OF DEATH December 29, 1478