Agnes (Rushton) Bolton (aft. 1470 - aft. 1556)

Born after 1470 in Lancashire, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Richard Worthington — married after 1504 in England

Wife of Unknown Holcroft — married before 1504 in England

Wife of Robert Bolton — married after 1526 in England

Descendants

Died after 1556 at about age 86 in Lancashire, England [uncertain]

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Biography

Agnes Rishton was the daughter of Nicholas Rishton and Margaret Radcliffe.^[1] She is also known as Agnes Rushton, however Richardson gives her family name as Rishton. Her date and place of birth are not known, the date and place above are estimated.

Agnes married first to ---- Holcroft,^[1] date and place unknown. Richardson names no known children.

Agnes married second after 1504 to Richard Worthington of Blainscough, Lancashire, son of Peter Worthington, Esq., and Joan Lowde.^[1] They had three children.

• Peter, born 1514, died 19 September 1577, married Isabel Anderton and had nine children^[1]
• William^[1]
• Margaret, wife of Henry Banaster, Gent.^[1]

Richard Worthington died in 1526 and Agnes married third to Robert Bolton of Little Bolton, Lancashire.^[1][2] Richardson names no children from this marriage.

The date of Agnes' death is also unknown, however she was living in 1556 when she made a general release of a yearly rent to her eldest son, Peter Worthington.^[3]

In an 1870 transcript of the 1567 Heraldic Visitation of Lancashire by William Flower, Agnes is listed by the Rushton family of Donkenhagh as the daughter of Nicholas Rusheton and Margaret Ratclif, "first maryed to .... Holcrofte, and after to ... Worthington of Blainsco, and lastly to Robert Bowlton of Boulton, co. Lancaster."^[4] She is additionally named on the pedigree of the Worthington family of Blainscough, as "Agnes, dau. of Henry [sic] Rusheton of Donkenhall, co. Lancaster, gent."^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd Ed., (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011), vol. IV, page 369 WORDEN 12.
2. ↑ Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013), vol. V, pages 396-397.
3. ↑ Worden Family Organization database (with subscription): Agnes Rishton.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Raines, Rev. Francis Robert, ed. The Visitation of the County Palatine of Lancaster, Made in the Year 1567, By William Flower, Esq., Norroy King of Arms. (Manchester, England: Chetham Society 81, 1870). Digital images at Google Books page 40 - Rushton and page 77 - Worthington.

See also:

• Roberts, Gary Boyd. The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2010), online at Ancestry.com (with subscription), page 417.
• Worthington, Philip Michael. The Worthington Families of Medieval England. (Chichester, England: Phillimore & Co., Ltd., 1985). Pages 171-175, 283. Not available online.

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Agnes (Rushton) Bolton appears in Magna Carta Ancestry (vol. IV, pages 368-369 WORDEN) in a Richardson-documented trail between Gateway Ancestor Peter Worden and Magna Carta Surety Baron Robert de Ros. This trail was badged by the Magna Carta Project in 2020 and is set out in the Magna Carta Trails section of Isabel Worthington's profile.

The Magna Carta Project identified this profile in additional trails between Peter Worden and surety barons John de Lacy, Saher de Quincy, Gilbert de Clare, Richard de Clare, and William de Mowbray; however, these trails will remain unbadged until the parents of Christiana de Mowbray are proved.

See Base Camp for more information about Magna Carta trails. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".