Sir
William
Harington
KG
formerly Harrington
Born about in Hornby, Lancashire, England
Ancestors 
Brother of
Isabel (Harrington) Tunstall, James (Harrington) Harington, Agnes (Harrington) Sherburne, Margaret (Harrington) Huddlestone, Nicholas Harrington, Mary (Harrington) Redman and Elizabeth (Harrington) Stanley
Husband of
Margaret (Neville) Harrington
— married
before 17 Apr 1401 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died
at about age 67
in Hornby Castle, Lancashire, England
Profile last modified
| Created 21 Feb 2011
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Biography
High Sheriff of Yorkshire 1408-9, 1413-4, 1422-3, 1428-30
He married before 17 April 1401 (date of fine) Margaret Neville.[1]
William served Henry V while the latter was Prince of Wales, and in 1415 fought at the Battle of Agincourt as the king's standard-bearer. He was elected a knight of the Garter two years later in 1417. He acted again as standard-bearer at the siege of Rouen in 1419 where he was badly wounded. [2]
William and Margaret had one son and four daughters[2]:
- Thomas, son and heir
- Margaret, contracted in marriage as an infant to John, the nine year old son of Sir William Fitz John le Boteler, 11th Baron of Warrington
- Agnes, became the wife of Alexander Radcliffe of Ordsall
- Margaret the younger, married Richard Bradhull
- Ellen, who became the wife of Richard Molyneux of Sefton
Sources
- ↑ Abstracts of Feet of Fines CP 25/1/279/149, number 13. Image of document at AALT
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Croston, James. County Families of Lancashire and Cheshire. United Kingdom: J. Heywood, 1887. pg 253 Google Books
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I'm posting this on both the "William" and "Margaret" profiles since there are a variety of profile managers.
Hopefully somebody has some time and inclination to work these. They aren't my ancestors nor are the Huddlestons, I was doing a favor for somebody but I don't really anticipate working on these lines more at this point.
Margaret Neville, married before 17 April 1401 William Harington, son of Nicholas Harington (or Haverington), by Isabel, daughter of William English. They had three sons, Robert, (living 1436, died before 1440), Thomas, and John, and three daughters, Isabel, Ellen (wife of Richard Molyneux), and Agnes.
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James Harington, born about 1447. He married after 14 Sept. 1459 and before 1465 Isabel Radcliffe, daughter of Alexander Radclifffe, by Agnes, daughter of William Harington. They had one son William, and ten daughters, Agnes (wife of Thomas Ashton), Elizabeth (wife of John Lumley), Alice (wife pf Ralph Standish), Margaret (wife of Christopher Hulton), Isabel (wife of John Tresham), Eleanor (wife of John Leicester), Joan (or Janet) (wife of Edmund Ashton), Anne, Clemence (wife of Henry Norrys), and Katherine (wife of William Mirfield). Isabel died 20 June 1518.
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Margaret Neville, married William Harington. They had three sons, and three daughters, including daughter, Ellen, (wife of Richard Molyneux).
Note: Richardson is spelling Harington with one 'L' .
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