Richard (Allington) Alington (abt. 1525 - 1561)

Born about 1525 in Horseheath, Cambridgeshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Jane (Cordell) Allington — married [date unknown] in Of, Long Melford, Suffolk, England

Descendants

Died 25 Nov 1561 at about age 36 in Long Melford, Sudbury, Suffolk

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Biography

Second son of Giles and Alice Alington. An exact birth date has not been found but Ruth Norrington, in her biography of Lady Alice More, notes that Richard Alington was ten years old when his step-grandfather Thomas More was executed in 1535. ^[1]

Richard Alington was admitted to Lincoln's Inn 24 October 1546.^[2]

'Alington1' Index links to: Lead / Letter Families covered: Alington of Alington (Allington of Allington), Alington (Allington) of Horseheath, Alington of Killard, Alington of Swinhope, Alington of Westley, Alington of Wymondeley

(1) The family name of this family is sometimes spelled with two Ls. Following BP1934 (Alington), BE1883 and TCP (Alington), we use just one L. (2) Reported by BE1883 to have been "Under Marshal to William the Norman at the battle of Hastings" was ... Sir Hildebrand of Alington Castle (a 1066) 1. Sir Alan FitzHildebrand de Alington (a 1100) A. Sir Hugh FitzAlan de Alington this generation omitted by BE1883 i. Sir Solomon de Alington (a temp Henry I who r. 1100-1135) After Solomon BE1883 jumps to Sir William who married Joane Burgh. Visitation provides the intervening generations. a. Ranulph de Alington (1) Ildebert de Alington m. _ Apulderfeild (dau of Thomas Apulderfeild or Apulderford) (A) Hugo de Alington (i) Hugo de Alington (a) Thomas de Alington ((1)) William Alington of Bottesham m. Dionicia Mallett (dau of William Mallett of Horseheath) ((A)) Sir William Alington (d 1446, Treasurer of Normandy and Ireland) - continued below

m. Joane Burgh (dau of Sir William Burgh, Lord Chief Justice)

Sir William Alington (d 1446, Treasurer of Normandy and Ireland) - continued above

m. Joane Burgh (dau of Sir William Burgh of Barningham, Lord Chief Justice) After the above Sir William BE1883 shows 2 generations of Sir Williams (with some difference to what we show) before jumping to 2 generations of Sir Giles before jumping to William, 1st Lord of Killard. We follow Visitation. 1. Sir William Alington of Horseheath and Great Wymondeley, Sheriff of Cambridgeshire & Huntingdonshire (d 1459) the first mentioned by Lipscomb m. Elizabeth Argentine (dau of John de Argentine of Wymondeley)

A. John Alington, Sheriff of Cambridgeshire & Huntingdonshire (d 08.1480) m. Mary Cheney (d 1473, dau of Lawrance Cheney of Fen Ditton)

i. Sir William Alington of Horseheath (d Bosworth 1485) m1. Elizabeth Wentworth (dau of Henry Wentworth)

a. Sir Giles Alington of Horseheath (b c1473, d 03.04.1522) m. Mary Gardner (b c1483, d c1537, dau of Richard Gardner or Gardiner, Lord Mayor of London, by Audre Cotton)

(1) Sir Giles Alington of Horseheath (b c1500, d 22.08.1586) m1. Ursula Drury (dau of Sir Robert Drury of Hampstid)

(A) Robert Alington (dvp 22.05.1552) m. Margaret Coningsby (d 1598, dau of William Coninsgby, widow of Thomas Pledger) (i) Giles Alington of Horseheath (d 1573, 2nd son) m. Margaret Spencer (dau of Sir John Spencer of Althorpe, m2. Edward Eldrington)

(a) Sir Giles Alington of Horseheath, Sheriff of Cambridgeshire & Huntingdonshire (b 1572, d 1638) The Visitation ends with Sir Giles, showing him married to Dorothy Cecil with 3 children, the eldest named James. TCP (Alington) reports that the following William was 4th son & 9th child, but only surviving son, of Sir Giles's first marriage. m1. Dorothy Cecil (d 10.11.1613, dau of Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter)

((1)) William Alington of Horseheath, 1st Lord Alington of Killard (bpt 14.03.1610, bur 25.10.1648) m. Elizabeth Tollemache (bur 14.04.1671, dau of Sir Lionel Tollemache, Bart of Helmingham)

((A)) Giles Alington, 2nd Lord of Killard (bur unm 20.03.1659, 2nd son) ((B)) William Alington, 3rd Lord of Killard, 1st Lord Alington of Wymondeley (b c1634, d 01.02.1684, Major General) m1. Catherine Stanhope (dsp 19.11.1662, dau of Henry, Lord Stanhope)

m2. (30.07.1664) Joanna Noel (bpt 04.02.1646, d 14.09.1667, dau of Baptist Noel, 3rd Viscount Campden)

((i)) Juliana Alington (bpt 30.10.1665, d 10.09.1747) m. (07.1698) Scrope Howe of Langar, 1st Viscount Howe (b 11.1648, d 26.01.1712/3)

m3. (15.07.1675) Diana Russell (d 13.12.1701, dau of William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford)

((ii)) Giles Alington, 2nd Lord of Wymondeley, 4th Lord of Killard (b 04.10.1680, d unm 18.09.1691, 2nd son) ((iii)) Diana Alington (d 1705) m. Sir George Warburton, Bart of Arley (d 29.06.1743)

((iv)) Catherine Alington (b 1677, d 1724) m. (28.08.1694) Sir Nathaniel Napier, Bart of More Crichel (d 24.02.1728)

Their daughter Diana eventually became sole heiress of the Alingtons (and the Napiers) and was ancestress of the later Lords Alington (of a new creation). ((v))+ other issue - Hildebrand (dsp 1682), Argentine (d 1682) ((C)) Hildebrand Alington, 5th Lord of Killard (bpt 03.08.1641, d unm 11.02.1722/3) ((D)) Elizabeth Alington (bur 30.10.1691) m1. (1654) Charles Seymour, 2nd Lord of Trowbridge (b 1621, d 07.08.1665)

m2. Sir John Erneley of Whetham, Chancellor of the Exchequer (d 1697)

((E)) Catherine Alington m. Sir John Jacob, Bart of Gamlinghay (d 1675)

((F)) Diana Alington (d unm) ((2)) Susan Alington probably of this marriage m1. Sir Robert Crane, Bart of Chilton, Sheriff of Suffolk (d 02.1642-3)

m2. Isaac Appleton of Waldingfield ((3)) Mary Alington probably of this marriage m. Sir Thomas Hatton, 1st Bart of Long Stanton (b c1584, d 23.09.1659)

((4)) Katherine Alington (d 1700) apparently of this marriage m. Zouch Tate of Delapre Abbey (b 1606, bur 07.01.1650/1)

((5))+ other issue including James, Giles (b c1601, d 02.1613/4) m2. (02.12.1630) Dorothy Dalton (b c1606, d before 24.09.1638, dau of Michael Dalton) (b) Dorothy Alington possibly of this generation m1. Sir Thomas Leventhorpe, 2nd Bart of Shingey Hall (d 30.04.1636)

m2. _ Holford of Cheshire (c)+ other issue - John, Margaret (d unm) (ii) Alice Alington m1. William Sewster or Brewster of Steepemorden m2. Edward Talkerne or Talkhorne

(iii) Frances Alington m. John Coke or Cooke of Rochford (iv) Ann Alington m. Arthur Breame of Essex (v) Elizabeth Alington m. Thomas Some or Soame of Bradley (b c1543)

(vi) Beatrice Alington m. John Kilingworth or Killingworth The above daughters are shown twice by Visitation, once as sisters of Giles and again as his daughters. A site visitor (GLF, 13.06.08) kindly confirmed that the former is correct. (vii)+ other issue - James, George (B) daughter m. John Spenser of Althrop m2. Alice Midleton (bur 20.09.1563, dau/heir of John Midleton (of London) & sister of Thomas, widow of Thomas Elrington) (C) Richard Alington of Horshed m. Jane Cordall (dau of John Cordall of Long Melford)

(i) Mary Alington m. Sir John Savage (bur 14.07.1615)

Sources

1. ↑ Norrington, Ruth. In the Shadow of a Saint : Lady Alice More. Aylesbury (Darbonne House, High St., Waddesdon, Aylesbury, Bucks): Kylin Press, 1983, p.127.
2. ↑ The Records of the Honorable Society of Lincoln’s Inn. Admissions from AD 1420 to AD 1799. Vol. 1. Lincoln’s Inn, 1896, p56.

• The visitation of Cambridge 1575 and 1619:Full title: Saint-George, Henry, William Camden, John William Clay, and College of Arms (Great Britain). “The Visitation of Cambridge Made in a (1575) Continued and Enlarged with the Vissitation of the County Made by Henery St. George, Richmond Herald, Marshall and Deputy to Willm. Camdem, Clarenceulx, in a 1619, with Many Other Descents Added Therto,” 1897. Complete (Internet Archive) Allington pedigree pp. 14-17.Allington (UKGA)
• The Rolls Chapel, Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records (H.M. Stationery Office, London, 1896) Vol. 57, Page 20.
  • "Richard Alington of Lincoln's Inn, was buried in the Chapel in 1561, his wife being a sister of Sir William Cordell, Master of the Rolls, and she was probably buried in the same vault in 1604."