Harington, Thomas (1400 - 1460)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 1
Properties - 5
Total events naming patron - 2
Troupes - 2
Venues - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 3
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Born / Died

Birth Date: ca. 1400
Death Date: 1460-12-29 (killed at the Battle of Wakefield)

Notes

Attainted after the battle of Bloreheath 23 Sept. 1459; imprisoned at Chester until restored after the Yorkist victory at Northampton 10 July 1460

Siblings

Female

Harington, Isabel ( - 1441)

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Dacre, Elizabeth ( - )
    Type: marriage
    Union began: after 1419
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

From Dacre, Elizabeth ( - )

  1. Male offspring: Harington, John (d. 1460) (patron)
  2. Male offspring: Harington, James (1430 - 1487)
  3. Male offspring: Harington, Robert (1435 - 1487)

Primary Title

Knight

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed By 1448-05-04
    Vacated 1460-12-31

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Steward, Lancashire n.d. n.d. Acted as Deputy to the Earl of Salisbury in the 1440s
MP, Lancashire 1432 n.d.
MP, Lancashire 1437 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1440 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Westmorland 1441 n.d.
MP, Lancashire 1442 n.d.
MP, Lancashire 1447 n.d.
JP, Cumberland 1447/8 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1448 n.d.
MP, Lancashire 1449 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1451/2 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1454 n.d.
Steward, Lancashire 1454 1455
MP, Yorkshire 1455 n.d.
Sheriff, Yorkshire 1455-11-4 1456-11-17
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1456 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1458 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1460 n.d.

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Brierly, Yorkshire: West Riding
  • Hornby Castle, Lancashire
    (Performance Venue)
    Inherited via mother
    Acquired: ca. 1451
    Divested: 1460-12-29

Lands

  • Lancashire: Hornby & Farleton in Lonsdale Manors
    Acquired: 1440
    Divested: 1460
    Patrimony
  • Lancashire: Tatham & Heysham Manors
    Acquired via wife
  • Lincolnshire

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1447-1447 Common Hall, York , York (city-county) in Yorkshire Mr Thomas Harington's Minstrel/s
Performance 1448-1448 Common Hall, York , York (city-county) in Yorkshire Sir Thomas Harington's Minstrels

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Mr Thomas Harington's Minstrel/s Harington, Thomas (1400 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Sir Thomas Harington's Minstrels Harington, Thomas (1400 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Venue Type
Hornby Castle Lancashire Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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Hornyold-Strickland, H. Biographical Sketches of the Members of Parliament of Lancashire (1290–1550). Chetham Society, ns 93. Manchester: Manchester UP, 1935.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)
Wedgwood, Josiah C., and Anne D. Holt. The History of Parliament: Biographies of the Members of the Commons House 1439–1509. London: HMSO, 1936.