Thomas Harrington

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Sir Thomas Harrington of Hornby ( 1400 - December 30, 1460 ) was an English knight .

Life

Sir Thomas Harrington was an English knight and soldier who fought in the Hundred Years' War and the Wars of the Roses . His career began in 1436 in the English army in Picardy , France.

Sir Thomas was part of the legation that Margaret of Anjou came to England in 1445 for her marriage to Henry VI. accompanied. In 1447 Sir Thomas was Member of Parliament for the County of Lancaster (Lancashire) as Esquire from Thomas Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley , received the accolade in 1449 and in 1451 sat again in Parliament as Sir Thomas.

During the riots in northern England in 1454/55, Sir Thomas and Thomas Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley, were commissioned to arrest the perpetrators, including Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter .

In May 1455 Sir Thomas fought for the House of York at the First Battle of St Albans. In the same year he was called to Parliament as representative of Yorkshire and was High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1455/56 .

Sir Thomas was very closely associated with Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury and fought alongside him in 1459 at the Battle of Blore Heath for York. Together with John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu and Sir Thomas Neville, the two younger sons of the Earl of Salisbury, Sir Thomas Harrington had to flee Blore Heath. However, the three were tracked down the following day and imprisoned at Chester Castle for nine months .

On December 30, 1460, Sir Thomas fell at the Battle of Wakefield .

family

Sir Thomas's parents were Sir William Harrington and Margaret.

marriage

Sir Thomas was married to Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas Dacre.

progeny

  • Margaret
  • Robert Harrington (Sir)
  • John (Sir) who died with his father at Wakefield
  • Jane
  • James (sir)

literature

  • Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd Edition. Douglas Richardson 2011. - ISBN 978-1-461-04513-7
  • The Administration of the County Palatine of Chester 1442-1485. Manchester University Press 1990, by Dorothy J. Clayton - ISBN 978-0-719-01343-0
  • The Richardian: Journal of the Richard III. Society, Issue 112-221. Richard III: Society 1991
  • History of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster, Volume 1, by Edward Baines
  • Three Crisis in Early English History. University Press of America 1998, by Michael van Cleave - ISBN 978-0-761-81188-6
  • The Red Rose and the White: The Wars of the Roses 1453-1487. Routledge 2014, by John Sadler - ISBN 978-1-317-90517-2
  • Harrington Family (per. C. 1300-1512), Magnates. Oxford University Press 2004-2015, by Rosemary Horrox
  • Annales Caermoelenses. Simpkin & Marshall & Co, London 1872, by James Stockdale
  • Richard III and the Death of Chivalry. The History Press 2011, by David Hipshon - ISBN 978-0-752-46915-7
  • Testamenta Eboracensia Part II: A Selection of Wills from the Registry of York. Whittaker & Co London, by George Andrews

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Rosemary Horrox: Harrington Family (per.c. 1300-1512), Magnates, Oxford University Press 2004-2015
  2. ↑ a b c Tudorplace.com
  3. ^ History of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster, Volume 1, by Edward Baines
  4. ^ Towton Battle Society
  5. ↑ Richard III. Foundation, Inc. ( Memento of the original from April 17, 2008 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
personal data
SURNAME Harrington, Thomas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Harrington of Hornby, Sir Thomas (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English knight
DATE OF BIRTH 1400
DATE OF DEATH December 30, 1460