This well-researched reference work on the Worthington families of England
between the years 1200 and 1600 will make fascinating reading for anyone of
Worthington descent.
Containing the results of more than thirty years of research, it has chapters
on families living at Worthington, Blainscough, Turton, Shevington, Crawshaw and
Latham in Lancashire, and on families in Essex, Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire and
Nottinghamshire.
There are biographies of 120 Worthingtons including very full accounts of
such notable characters at Dr Thomas Worthington, D.D., who was exiled by Queens
Elizabeth and became president of Douai College in France, and Sir William
Worthington who fought in the Irish wars and served at the courts of Queens
Elizabeth I and King James I.
In his detailed but very readable text the author deals with all aspects of
the medieval Worthingtons - the origin of the name itself, the legal, social and
economic systems in which they prospered, their estates, homes and records, the
relationships between branches, and their armorial bearings. Completed by a
sequence of pedigree charts, and an index, the work offers a mine of information
to all with genealogical interest in Worthingtons as well as a wealth of
valuable new material for other family and local historians working in the
medieval period.
Contents:
List of Illustrations
List of Pedigrees
Foreword
Preface
1. The Times
- Feudal land tenure
- Law of succession
- Military organisation
- The church
- The legal system
- Money and taxation
2. Worthington Families and Institutions
- The name
- The families
- Collier's historical dictionary
- Armorial bearings
- Worthington in Lancashire
- Blainscough
- Shevington
- Crawshaw
- Standish Church
- Family deeds
3. The Worthingtons of Worthington in Lancashire
- Robert
- Second generation, son on of Robert: Thomas
- Third generation, family of Thomas: William & Thomas
- Fourth generation, family of William & Ellen: Hugh, Henry, John & Adam
- Fifth generation, son of Hugh & Dionis: William
- Sixth generation, family of William & Alice: William, Hugh, Henry & John
- Seventh generation, family of William & Mabel: William & Alice
- Eighth generation, son of Hugh: Hugh & Alice
- Ninth generation, family of William: William & John
- Tenth generation, family of William & Isabell: Hugh (armiger), Gilbert
(rector of Holborn), Ralph, Walter, Cecily, Alice & Anne
- Eleventh generation, son of William & Elizabeth: Richards
- Twelfth generation, family of Hugh: William & John
- Thirteenth generation, family of Richard: Thomas, Elizabeth, Eleanor
- Fourteenth generation, family of Thomas & Anne: Edward, Agnes & Dorothy
4. The Worthingtons of Essex
- William, gentleman pensioner
- Second generation, family of William & Ann: Sir William (of
Springfield), Ann & Elizabeth)
- Third generation, family of William & Mary: Margaret, Frances, Mary &
Ann
5. The Lancashire Line of Henry de Worthington
- Henry
- Second generation, family of Henry & Mabel: Alan & William
- Third generation, son of Alan: Henry
6. The Worthingtons of Blainscough in Lancashire
- William
- Second generation, family of William & Isabel: Thomas & Nicholas
- Third generation, family of Thomas & Marjorie: Ralph & Thomas
- Fourth generation, family of Ralph & Joan: Richard, Gilbert, Edward,
Elener & James
- Fifth generation, son of Richard & Alice: Henry
- Sixth generation, son of Henry & Katherine: Peter
- Seventh generation, family of Peter & Joan: Richard, Edward (& Alice his
daughter), John, Margaret & Jane
- Eighth generation, family of Richard & Agnes: Peter, William & Margaret
- Ninth generation, family of Peter & Isabel: Richard, James, William, Dr
Thomas Worthington, Anne, Isabel, Alice, Agnes & Helen
7. The Worthingtons of Turton in Lancashire
- William
- Second generation, son of William & Alice: Christopher
- Third generation, son of Christopher: John
8. The Worthingtons of Shevinton in Lancashire
- The early Worthingtons
- William
- Second generation, son of William & Amera: Nicholas
- Third generation, family of Nicholas & Jane: Alexander, Augustine (& his
4 daughters), Anne, Katherine, Laura & Grace
- Fourth generation, son of Alexander & Amelia: Nicholas
- Fifth generation, heiress of Nicholas & Agnes: Margaret
9. The Worthingtons of Crawshaw in Lancashire
- The early Worthingtons
- Christopher
- Second generation, son of Christopher & Joan: Laurence
- Third generation, son of Laurence: Christopher
- Fourth generation, family of Christopher & Alice: Laurence & Gilbert
10. The Worthingtons of Lincolnshire
- William
- Second generation, family of William & Margaret: William, Thomas &
Richard
- Third generation, son of William: William
- Third generation, family of Richard & Margaret: Francis & Margaret
11. The Worthingtons of Lathom in Lancashire
- Hugh
- Lawrence
- Second generation, family of Hugh & Elizabeth: Richard, Hugh, Edward,
Margaret (& her sister)
12. Miscellany
- Worthingtons in Leicestershire
- The murder of Nicholas de Wigan
- The great host of armed men
- Ortho, and the barony of Say
- The Worthingtons of Preston in Lancashire
- The Worthingtons of Northamptonshire
- Worthingtons in Cambridgeshire
- Worthingtons of Yorkshire
- Richard Workthington, Canon of Wells
- Worthingtons of Nottinghamshire
- Robert, the Londoner
- Other Worthingtons
Appendix A. Table of Money Values
Appendix B. Calendar of the Worthington Manor Deeds
Appendix C. The Woods of Sir William Worthington
Appendix D. Abstract of the Blainscough Deed
Appendix E. References
Appendix F. Glossary
Appendix G. Index
