Hugh Lowther KB (abt. 1460 - abt. 1511)

Born about 1460 in Lowther, Westmorland, England

Ancestors

Descendants

Died about 1511 at about age 51 in Lowther, Westmorland, England

Biography

Hugh Lowther, son of Hugh and Mabel Lancaster Lowther, born 1460 and died 1511. He married Anne Threlkeld, daughter of Lancelot and Margaret Bromflete Threlkeld. Her mother was the daughter and heir of Henry Bromflete, Lord Vescy and widow of John Clifford, father of Henry, Lord Clifford.

They were the parents of:

1. Sir John
2. Lancelot m Joan, daughter of Hugh Fleming,
3. Robert
4. Mabel m John Leigh
5. Joan m John Fleming.

He was made a Knight of the Bath at the marriage of Prince Arthur, eldest son of Henry VII, and Catherine of Aragon in 1501. ^{[1][2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}

Sources

1. ↑ Shaw, William A. Knights of England, Vol. 1 (1906) p. 147 Internet Archive
2. ↑ Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Transactions, Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society, 2015, Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society, 1948, Series: 2, Volume 48, page 124, ART. VII, The origins and early pedigree of the Lowther family, Rev. C. M. LOWTHER BOUCH http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/cumberland/contents.cfm?vol_id=696
3. ↑ The History and Antiquities of the counties of Westmorland and Cumberland Vol. 1, Joseph Nicolson, etal, 1777, page 431 https://books.google.com/books?id=zeEuAAAAMAAJ&q=threkeld#v=onepage&q=threkeld&f=false
4. ↑ Hutchison,William. The History of the county of Cumberland. Vol II. Carlisle. F Jollie:1794, page 73 https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=E3xbAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA73
5. ↑ Irish Pedigrees, or, The origin and stem of the Irish Nation, John O'Hart, 1892, page 290, http://www.archive.org/stream/irishpedigreesor02byuohar#page/290/mode/1up
6. ↑ Collin's Peerage of England, Egerton Brydges, 1812, page 698 https://books.google.com/books?id=8ONlAAAAcAAJ&dq=lancaster%20of%20westmoreland%2C%20england&pg=PA698#v=onepage&q&f=false
7. ↑ The Peerage, 411948 http://www.thepeerage.com/p41195.htm#i411948