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Harington, William (1389 - 1457/8)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1389 (possibly born ca. 1392)
Death Date: 1458-03-10 (possibly died 3 March 1457/8)

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Hill, Margaret ( - 1457/8)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1432
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Possibly married by 1423

Siblings

Offspring

Primary Title

  • 5th Baron Harington (or Haverington)

Titles

  • 5th Baron Harington (or Haverington)
    Assumed: 1417/18-02-11
    Vacated: 1457/8-03-10

Details of Offices

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Gleaston Castle, Lancashire
    (Performance Venue)
    Acquired: 1417/18-02
    Divested: 1457/8-03
    Patrimony (via brother)

Lands

  • Cumberland
  • Lancashire: Aldingham Lordship & Manor
  • Lincolnshire
  • Somerset
  • Suffolk
  • Yorkshire

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Common Hall, York, York (city-county) in Yorkshire Lord Harington's Lutenist
Performance - Common Hall, York, York (city-county) in Yorkshire Lord Harington's Minstrels
Performance - Common Hall, York, York (city-county) in Yorkshire Lord Harington's Minstrels

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Harington's Lutenist Harington, William (1389 - 1458) Musicians 1
Lord Harington's Minstrels Harington, William (1389 - 1458) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Harington's Minstrels Harington, William (1389 - 1458) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Gleaston Castle Lancashire Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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  • The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
  • Wedgwood, Josiah C., and Anne D. Holt. The History of Parliament: Biographies of the Members of the Commons House 1439–1509. London: HMSO, 1936