Thomas Duckett (abt. 1412 - 1469)

Born about 1412 in Grayrigg, Westmorland, England

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 26 Jul 1469 at about age 57 in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England

Biography

Sir Thomas Duckett of Grayrigg (d. 26 Jul 1469), was a Lancastrian during the Wars of the Roses. He died at the Battle of Edgecote during the reign of Henry VI, which took place six miles north of Banbury, Oxfordshire.^[1]

Marriage

He married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Middelton, esq. of Middleton Hall and Isabel Musgrave. They are the parents of:[3]

• Richard Duckett, esq.[Sir Thomas Duckett of Grayrigg (d. Hen VI, Battle of Edgecoat as a Lancastrian).[4]

m. Eleanor, dau. of William Harrington.^[2]

Notes

Ducketts of Westmorland & co. Wilts., descend from John Ducket (temp. Rich. II).^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ see also: Wikipedia: Battle of Edgecote Moor
2. ↑ Harrington owned property in Lancashire and the barony of Kendal.[1]
3. ↑ Duchetiana, 1869, p. 8.[2]

• Burke, J.B. (1865). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire., 27th ed, pp. 361. Google Books.