William (Allington) de Alington (1340 - 1445)

Born 1340 in Bottisham, Cambridgeshire, England

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Died 19 Oct 1445 at about age 105 in Bottisham, Cambridgeshire, England

Biography

This profile is part of the Alington Name Study.

Horseheath came into the Alington family with the marriage of William Alington to Dionysia Malet, the daughter and heir of William Malet of Horseheath.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, lii, 1959, p.30.

• The Visitation of Cambridge, made in 1575 & 1619" , edited by John W. Clay, F.S.A., London, 1897, pps.14-17.

• "Horseheath Hall and its Owners'" by Catherine E. Parsons, in the Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol.xli, 1943-47, who says that she feels this William Alington was the first at Horseheath.

• Chauncy, Henry. The Historical Antiquities of Hertforshire: With the Original of Counties, Hundred or Wapentakes ... the Foundation and Origin of Monasteries, Churches and Vicarages ... vol. ii, London; London: printed for Ben, Griffin ... 1700. Bishops Stortford, J.M. Mullinger; B.J. Holdsworth, 1826, p.114.