Thomas Pilkington (Knight)

Sir Thomas Pilkington of Pilkington (* around 1430 , † after 1486) was an English knight .

Life

Thomas Pilkington was the eldest of three sons of Edmund Pilkington.

He was squire of Pilkington, Bury and Bolton in Lancashire. He served as Sheriff of Lancashire from 1463 to 1465, from 1472 to 1473 and 1482 .

He received from King Edward IV the permission to expand his houses Stand Hall and Bury defensively. Thomas Pilkington was appointed Constable of Manchester and Bailiff of Salford (1473). In the same year he was given the task (English Commission) to confiscate the lands occupied by James and Robert Harrington .

Thomas Pilkington received between 1473 and 1475 the accolade as a Knight Bachelor and was defeated on the Scottish campaign when taking Berwick on July 24, 1482 to the Knight Banneret . According to a source, Sir Thomas is said to have been made Knight of the Bath in 1475 .

He was an uncompromising supporter of the House of York and was one of the inner circle of loyal followers of Richard III. and fought at the Battle of Bosworth and Stoke during the Wars of the Roses .

After the defeat at Bosworth, the victorious Henry VII had Sir Thomas outlawed by parliamentary resolution ( Bill of Attainder ) and his lands and possessions were confiscated and went to Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby . Some sources report that Sir Thomas received pardon in 1485/86, and according to another source, Sir Thomas was not expropriated at all in 1485. Most likely, Sir Thomas fell at the Battle of Stoke in 1487. Only one source says he survived the battle, received pardon in 1506, and died in 1508.

Marriage and offspring

Sir Thomas Pilkington was married to Margaret Harrington.

The couple had at least one son:

• Roger ⚭ Alice, daughter of Sir John Savage

Sir Thomas had another illegitimate son:

• Arthur

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m} John Harland: Genealogy of the Pilkingtons of Lancashire. Charles Simms, Manchester 1875, pp. X, xx, xxi, xxvii, xlviii and xlix.
2. ^ Henry Chauncy: The historical antiquities of Herefordshire. Volume 2, London 1826, p. 210.
3. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} Glynis Cooper: Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in Bolton. Wharncliffe 2005, ISBN 1-78303-552-8 .
4. ^ ^{A b} Edward Baines: History of the County Palatine of Lancaster. Volume 1, Fisher, Son & Co., London 1836, pp. 205/441.
5. ^ Anthony Emery: Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales 1300-1500. Volume 2, Cambridge University Press, 1996, ISBN 0-521-58131-1 , p. 172.
6. ^ ^{A b c} Anthony Goodman: The Wars of the Roses: Military Activity and English Society 1452-1497. Taylor & Francis 1990, ISBN 0-415-05264-5 , pp. 98-99.
7. ^ ^{A b c} Henry Chauncy: The historical antiquities of Herefordshire. Volume 2, London 1826, p. 211.
8. ^ William A. Shaw: The Knights of England. Genealogical Publishing, 1971, ISBN 0-8063-0443-X , p. 20.
9. ↑ www.british-history.ac.uk - entry The parish of Prestwich with Oldham: Pilkington pp. 88-92 - accessed online September 9, 2017
10. ↑ ^{a b c} Terry Breverton: Richard III. The King in the Car Park. Amberley Publishing, ISBN 978-1-4456-2111-1 .
11. ^ ^{A b} Towton Battlefield Society
12. ↑ ^{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. 
13. ^ Caroline Halsted: Richard III as Duke of Gloucester and King. Carey & Hart, Philadelphia 1844, p. 471.
14. ^ ^{A b} David Baldwin: Stoke Field: The Last Battle of the Wars of the Roses. Pen & Sword, 2006, ISBN 1-78159-693-X .
15. ↑ ^{a b} C. R. Markham: Richard III. Cambridge University Press, 2014, ISBN 978-1-108-07145-1 , p. 252.
16. ^ ^{A b} Glenn Foard, Anne Curry: Bosworth 1485: A Battlefield Rediscovered. Oxbow Books, 2013, ISBN 978-1-78297-180-1 , p. 31.
17. ^ Rosemary Horrox: Richard III: A Study in Service. Cambridge University Press, 1991, ISBN 0-521-40726-5 , p. 79.