John and Mary Hackworth R4411, VA Line, Widow applied 10 December 1851 in Lawrence Co., OH, aged 96. Soldier lived in Bedford Co., VA at enlistment.
Their home in Floyd Co., KY was burned in 1809. Soldier married Mary Preston in the spring of 1788 in Richmond Co., GA He was a widower with five
children when they married. They lived in GA for one year after they were married, and then moved to near Brushy Mountain (state not given but may have been TN) for two years, then to Bedford Co., VA for several years, then to Floyd Co., KY (now Pike County, KY) and he died there 20 August 1826.
*Source: Internet
Information compiled by Ted Hackworth of Ohio shows that John Hackworth who died in 1826 in Pike Co Ky was first married to Emiley______ and had the following children: 1. Jeremiah born ca 1780 mar Esther born 1790 in Pa; 2. Nancy Elizabeth born 1782 married John Hatcher on 12-13-1803; 3. Susanna born ca 1784 married Benjamin Branham 10-27-1809; 4. Thomas born ca 1786 married Jennie Preece 11-5-1816; 5. George born 11-8-1788 died 10-8-1832 married Elizabeth Franklin, daughter of James Franklin, 1-17-1830, had one son John Franklin Hackworth; John then married Mary Preston and had 6. Joseph born 7-7-1789 died 9-11-1844 married Catherine Saunders 7-1-1819 and had children Elizabeth, Maranda, Susan, Wm Johnson, James Monroe, Mary Ann, Sany Catherine, Amanda, Agnes Helen, and Martha Cordelia. This family moved to Shelby Co Ky; 7. Polly born ca 1790 married Moses Mead 10-4-1809; 8.. John born 1795 married Agnes Davis 11-7-1817 and had John (ancestor of Col David Hackworth), James, Nathan, Levicy, Rhodes, Mead, Nancy, Preston, and Jeremiah (who moved to Mo, had 11 children, five from 1st marriage and six from 2nd marriage to Mary Johnson); 9.. Preston born ca 1797 married Nancy Branham 2-19-1828; 10. Piety born 1800 married William Layne 4-24-1823 and had Elza, Pleasant, Jesse, Sarah.
Her mother Mary lived with them in Ohio in 1850 and was aged 92; 11..
Locky born 1801 married William Witten 10-24-1819 and had Rebecca, Malinda, Nancy J, William, Thomas, and Francis; 12.. Pleasant born 1804 married Rachel Ratliff, daughter of Richard, 4-24-1823 and had Polly, Susan, George W, Lucky, Elizabeth, John, Nancy J, and Martha. This family moved to Ohio; 13.. Tolbert born ca 1805 married Lettie Front 8-31-1826; 14.. Jesse born 1810 married Polly Ratliff 10-17-1830 and had Prudence, Margaret, William, Mary F, James, Charles, Nancy, and Pleasant. Information on John born 1795 supplied by Col David Hackworth. Information on Joseph born 1789 taken from a Bible record, copy at the Ky Historical Society in Frankfort.
*Source: Internet
In mid 1500 Sir John deHardy was Lord Mayor of London. He was descended from Sir John deHardy of Bedfordshire and Lady Margaret, d/o Michael de la Pole, a younger s/o the Earl of Suffolk.
*Source: "Our Fathers' Fields" by James Everett Kibler, 1998 [A Southern Story])
In writing about Gilbert Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury, Collins says: "In 1 Richard II" (that is the first year of the reign of Richard II) "he was in the King's fleet at sea with Michael de la Pole, Admiral for the North."
*Source: Peerage of England, by Thomas Collins, dated 1740-1750, Vol. II, 2nd Edition, 1741, page 45
"William, Lord Ferrers of Groby; who had to wife Margaret, daughter of Michael de la Pole, Earl of Suffolk and by her was father of Hery, Lord Ferrers of Groby."
*Source: Peerage of England, by Thomas Collins, dated 1740-1750, Vol II of the Supplement to the Four Volumes 1750, page 479
The adjoining parishes (sic Suffolk Parish) of Laxfield, Fressingfield, Wingfield, and Ubbeston lie in the north-central part of the county. The chief landholder in the region then was the de la Pole family, first Earls, then Dukes of Suffolk. The land came into their family through the marriage of Katherine, heiress of Sir John de Wingfield, to Michael de la Pole, first Earl of Suffolk. The manor of Ramridge, Hampshire, had also been acquired through the Wingfield marriage.
Ramridge was held by the first Earl of Suffolk at his death in 1391. The Wingfield estates passed to his eldest son, Michael, who succeeded as Second Earl (d. Sept. 1415), but, importantly, Ramridge was settled on the male heirs of his younger brother, Sir Thomas de la Pole. On Thomas's death (21 Aug. 1420), it passed to his son Thomas, who died seised of 'Ramrugge' on 27 July 1430. Because he died without male issue, Ramridge passed to his cousin, William de la Pole (son of the Second Earl), who was created first Duke of Suffolk.
*Source: Excerpted from "The English Ancestry of Peter Noyes" by Paul C. Reed and Dean Crawford Smith, NEHGR 152:259, July 1998
Pole, English noble family. The first member of importance was William de la Pole,. d. 1366, a rich merchant who became the first mayor of Hull (1332) and a baron of the exchequer (1339). His oldest son, Michael de la Pole, 1st earl of Suffolk,. 1330?–1389, fought in France in the Hundred Years War under Edward the Black Prince. He became the trusted adviser of Richard II, who made him chancellor (1383) and earl of Suffolk (1385). In the Parliament of 1386 his enemies forced his dismissal, and he was impeached and imprisoned. Richard soon released and reinstated him, but when the baronial opposition again demanded his arrest, De la Pole fled (1387) to France. “Appealed” of treason and sentenced to death in the Merciless Parliament of 1388, he died in exile. His grandson, William de la Pole, 4th earl and 1st duke of Suffolk,. 1396–1450, played an active role in the later stages of the Hundred Years War and for a time held the chief command. He arranged the marriage (1445) of Margaret of Anjou to Henry VI and rose to a position of great political authority, reaching the peak of his power in 1448 when he was made duke. His persistent efforts to gain peace with France enabled his enemies to accuse him of treason, especially after disastrous losses in Normandy. His long record of service, his eloquent appeal to Parliament, and even the favor of the king could not save him from impeachment. When setting out for a five-year exile he was abducted from his ship and beheaded in a boat off Dover. His wife was the granddaughter of Geoffrey Chaucer. His son, John de la Pole, 2d duke of Suffolk,. 1443–91, married Edward IV's sister Elizabeth and held offices under that king. He later supported Richard III, yet was favored by Henry VII. Of his sons, the eldest was John de la Pole, earl of Lincoln,. 1464–87, who was recognized by Richard III as his heir presumptive. At first he appeared to accept Henry VII, but he soon joined the rebellion in favor of Lambert Simnel. He led an invading army from Ireland and was killed at the battle of Stoke. The second son, Edmund de la Pole, earl of Suffolk,. 1472?–1513, agreed to the wish of Henry VII that he forego the ducal title in return for some of the property forfeited as a result of his brother's treason. Later he declared his ambition for the throne and tried to get help on the Continent. He was eventually delivered (1506) as a prisoner to Henry VII by the Burgundians. He was imprisoned for years and finally executed by Henry VIII. The fifth son, Richard de la Pole,. d. 1525, took over Edmund's claim to the throne and received intermittent support from the French. He was killed in the battle of Pavia fighting for Francis I of France. He was the last of his line.
*Source: Electronic Library Encyclopedia
LORDS OF THE (MAIN & OLD HALL) MANOR OF WINGFIELD
1362-1388: Michael de la Pole, 1st Earl of Suffolk (wife of Katherine nee Wingfield).
1389-1397: The Crown (King Richard II).
1397-1415: Michael de la Pole, 2nd Earl of Suffolk.
Sep-Oct 1415: Michael de la Pole, 3rd Earl of Suffolk.
1415-1450: William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, K.G.
1450-1487: John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk, K.G. (m. sister of Edward IV & Richard III).
*Source: Compiled by Jocelyn Wingfield, WFS Historian
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William de la Pole and Robert de Nevill, 1350-1360
A group of five charters from Farnley in the West Riding of Yorkshire, detailing certain agreements made between William de la Pole, mayor of Kingston-upon-Hull and father of Michael de la Pole (the future Lord Chancellor of England and first earl of SuVolk) and his son-in-law Robert de Nevill, son of Sir Robert de Nevill of Hornby (of the Nevill barons of Raby, later earls of Westmorland), who married William's youngest child Margaret. All of these charters are chirographs or "indentures" as they came to be called, since their jagged edges suggest a row of teeth. A chirograph was a useful way of recording agreements made between two people, for it provided each with a copy of the document and in addition acted as a safeguard against forgery or fraud. The text of the agreement was written out twice on a single piece of parchment and between the two the scribe usually put a row of letters: perhaps the word C H I R O G R A P H U M or, more commonly still, the alphabet. Nos. 19 and 23 appear to be alphabetical, while the two halves of Nos. 20 and 21 spell out the word I N D E N T U R A. The parchment would then be cut across with a knife. The half kept by the party of the first part was then sealed by the party of the second part, and vice versa. If a dispute over property arose in the courts, the parties concerned (or their heirs) would be required to produce evidence of their claim. If a chirograph had been drawn up, the two halves could be matched one with the other. It is very rare for both halves of a chirograph to be preserved in the same collection, so these are particularly valuable examples of the process of documentation at this time.
No. 19 is undated, but it is obviously the first of the series, written around 1350. It is the only one written in Latin--the others are in French--and it records the grant by William de la Pole the elder, knight, to Robert son of Robert de Nevill of Hornby, knight, and Margaret his wife of the manor of Farnelay with all its members, appurtenances, free tenements, villein tenements, with the villeins themselves and all their chattels, to hold to them and the heirs of their bodies (that is, in tail) at a yearly rent of Š20, payable at Whitsuntide and Martinmas. The explicit reference to a grant of free and villein tenements with their unfree tenants (villeins) and their chattels is noteworthy. Free tenements were held of a lord by free men, that is, men who were personally free and who paid rent or owed services for their land but whose land nonetheless belonged to them and could be sold or used for whatever purpose they chose. Unfree or villein tenements were the property of the lord--as were, technically, the villeins who worked the land and any goods or animals on the land. However, it was very often the case that no material diVerence could be discerned between "free" peasants working their own land in exchange for rent and "unfree" peasants working their lord's land and owing to him the proceeds from it.14
Nos. 20 and 21, the two halves of a bipartite chirograph dated 14 February, 32 Edward III (1358), are witness to an agreement between Sir William and Sir Robert, to the effect that if the grantees pay the grantor 10 marks (Š6.5.0) a year plus the money arising from the sale of woods at Farnelay and Collyngg "which they have promised to cut within the next four years" until a sum of 200 marks has been paid, the manor shall be discharged of the annual rent of Š20.
No. 22 bears the same date as the chirograph above and repeats the offer made therein, with the stipulation that the monies may be paid either to Sir William or to his executors at Kingston-upon-Hull.
No. 23, another indented agreement between the two parties, dated 29 January, 35 Edward III (1361), rehearses the terms of the other four documents here with a further reWnement: that if Robert and Margaret pay Sir William Š10 yearly for the first five years after the date of this deed and 20 marks in the sixth year, then the said manor of Farnelay shall be discharged and quit forever of the said rent.
Seals of the grantor and grantees. On Nos. 19 and 21 a seal bearing arms and the legend: *SIGILLVM.WILLELM... DE.BARLEGO. On No. 19 a seal bearing composite arms (?) and the legend: *S'.MARGARETE:...EVIL. On Nos. 20, 22, and 23 a seal bearing arms and the legend: SIGILLVM WI...MI DE...
*Source: The ABCs of Written Record, Harvard Law School, Special Exhibitions
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The village of Wingfield lies in the northern part of Suffolk, not far from the Norfolk border. It covers 2442 acres, but the houses are widely scattered and the population is now approximately 300 - in 1844 the population was nearly 700.
During the 14th and 15th centuries it shone and sparkled around two of the greatest and most powerful families in England, the Wingfields and the de la Poles, later to become the Earls and Dukes of Suffolk. The imposing remains of its old castle are reminders of those days.
There are three significant buildings - St. Andrew`s Church, the College and the Castle.
The Church is magnificent with superb medieval tombs, masterpieces of 14th and 15th century carvings, misericords, an octagonal font and a curious 18th century wooden "sentry box" shelter for ministers at funerals, called a Hud. Referring to the alabaster tomb of John de la Pole, Duke of Suffolk and his wife, Elizabeth Plantagenet, the sister of Edward IV and Richard III, Simon Jenkins in his book The Thousand Best Churches, makes the comment that "This superb work qualifies as virtually a royal tomb. The Duke wears some of the most meticulously carved armour of the period and his rough face, careworn with civil war, is regarded as one of the few Plantagenet effigies that might be a portrait". PHOTO - PHOTO - PHOTO
There are three outstanding tombs to be seen. The earliest one is of Sir John de Wingfield, whose widow Alianore carried out his wishes in 1362 to found a Chantry College and to make Wingfield a Collegiate Church. His tomb is on the north wall to the west of the present Vestry Door. The figure of the knight, which is six feet fives inches in length from the top of the helmet to the point of the feet, is carved in stone and was originally pained. He wears on his head a close-fitting bascinet of the period of the latter part of the 14th century. His head rests on his helmet which is broken and defaced and at his feet is a lion which is now in two pieces.
FIRST TOMB
Sir John was the son of Robert de Wingfield, a weathly man of a family of a family of Norman origin. Sir Robert left his title and lands to his eldest son John who was in the army fighting in France. John was a confidante and financial advisor to the Black Prince, son of Edward III and heir to the throne.
While at Wingfield Castle, Sir John proposed to found a College for secular Chaplins and a Collegiate Church. In 1316, Sir John died of the Black Death leaving a widow Alianore and only child Katherine.
In 1362, in memory of husband, Alianore arranged for the building of Wingfield College together with a large Collegiate Church. It was stated that the church, in order to make is suitable for the College must be constructed "with a belfrv. bells.chapels. at a very great expense. The Chancel was built first and then the chapel to the side with the tomb of the founder. PHOTO-PHOTO-PHOTO
SECOND TOMB
Michael de la Pole - Second Earl of Suffolk, married Katherine de Wingfield, only daughter of Sir John de Wingfield.
The second earl married Katherine, daughter of Hugh, Earl of Stafford. He accompanied Henry V on his expidiction to France but died of a fever at the Siege of Harfleur in 1415 just before the Battle of Agincourt where his eldest son, also Michael, was killed. William, his brother became the 1st Duke of Suffolk.
The effigies are in wood, this is rare and no more wodden effigies were made after the 14th century. Round it are thirteen niches, eight on the south side, four at the west end and one on the north side, some of which formerly contained images of their children. At one time their names could be seen over some of the niches, An, Johane, Alexander, Thompas, Phillipus, but the only one now decipherable is Thoma. Round the monument are the wings of the de la Poles and the Stafford knots. The figures were originally coloured. PHOTO - PHOTO - PHOTO
THIRD TOMB
John, 2nd Duke of Suffolk with his wife, Elizabeth Plantagenet (sister to Edward IV). Eldest son of William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk and his wife Alice, granddaughter of Geoffrey Chaucer. The most beautiful tomb of all, on the north side of the Sanctuary. There are two figures carved in alabaster, those of a knight and his lady.
On the arched canopy over the figures is a rose-en-soleil the badge of the Yorkist dynasty and the portcullis and on the wall aboe the monument is the original titling helmet with the crest, the Saracen's head made of wood on either side of which are supporters.
John became Duke in 1450 while he was still very young. During his early years there were many changes in Royal Circles. In the Wars of the Roses, John, 2nd Duke of Suffolk, supported the Yorkists and married the daughter of the Duke of York and sister of Edward IV and Richard III. John and his wife had four sons and three daughters. His eldest son was given another title, Earl of Lincoln, and at one time it was promised that he would be Richard's heir, so it appeared that a de la Pole could one day become King of England.
For more info on Wingfield and St. Andrews Church, see: http://www.wingfield-suffolk.org.uk/