William (Farrington) of Worden (abt. 1585 - 1657)

Born about 1585 in Lancashire, England

Ancestors

Descendants

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William (Farrington) of Worden is Notable.

William "the Royalist" Farrington, esq. of Worden, co. Lancs. (d. 1657/9), s. & h. of:^[1][2][3]

• Thomas Farrington of Worden, co. Lancs. (d. aft. 1610),^[4] s. & h. of William Farrington of Worden (b. 06 Jan 1537 - d. 1610) & Anne Talbot.^[1][4]
• and Mabell, d. & coh. of George Benson of Hugill, co. Westmorland.^[1]

His parents were married in c. 1581. His mother seems to have remarried to [..] Preston.^[5]

William inherited Worden from his paternal grandfather in 1610, but his estate was sequestered by Parliament.^[6] He served as Sheriff of Lancashire in 1636, and was a Royalist at the start of the English Civil War.^[6][4]

Marriage

m. (1607) Margaret, dau. of Henry Worrall of Wysall, co. Notts.^[1][2][7]

children

• William, esq. of Worden, co. Lancs. (b. c. 1613, age 51 on 20 Sep 1664 - bur. 27 Feb 1672/3).^[8][4][9]

m. Katherine, dau. of Richard Fleetwood, esq. of Penwortham, co. Lancs.^[9]

• Henry, merchant (d. Naples), unmarried.
• George
• Anne (b. c. 1609, age 4 in 1613).^[8]

m. Richard Fleetwood of Penwortham, co. Lancs.

• Elizabeth.^[10]

m.1 Henry Banaster of the Bank, co. Lancs. (d. abt. 1640), son of Henry Banaster (d. 1614) & Ellen, dau. of Ralph Standish of Standish, Lancs.^[10]

m.2 Alexander Standish of Duxbury, co. Lancs. (dsp).

• Mabel

m.1 (1639) Richard Clayton of the Crook, co. Lancs.^[11]

m.2 (as third wife) Sir Peter Brooke of the Meare, co. Chester., MP (c. 1602 – 85) ^[12]

• Alice

m.1 Robert Charnock of Charnock, co. Lancs.

m.2 Edward Oldfield, younger son of [...] Oldfield of Somerford, co. Chester.

Property

• 1617: purchased Leyland manor.

English Civil War

"William was sheriff of the county in 1636 and on the outbreak of the Civil War took the king's side, as an official of the Earl of Derby, and is distinguished from his namesakes as 'the Royalist.' He was at once appointed a commissioner of array and reported by the opposite side as one of 'the most busy and active,' his servant, William Sumner, taking possession of the stock of powder at Preston in 1642. He accompanied Lord Strange to the siege of Manchester in the same year. He was the principal adviser of Lady Derby at the first siege of Lathom in 1644. His name was removed from the list of magistrates and his estates sequestered by the Parliament at the beginning of the war. He was again a prisoner in 1646, after which he compounded for them, taking no further part in the struggle."^[4]

Descendants

"Dying in 1658 he was succeeded by his son William (b. c. 1614, age 50 in 1664 - bur. 27 Feb 1672/3), also a Royalist sufferer,

The younger William was perhaps the 'Captain Farington' captured at Preston in 1643. He took part in the defence of Lathom House in both the sieges. See Civil War Tracts, 73, 184, 212. He had a messuage and lands in Leyland and occupied Shaw Hall. These were sequestered and in 1649 he petitioned for leave to compound; Royalist Comp. Papers, loc. cit. He was fifty years old in 1664, when a pedigree was recorded (Visit. 107), and was buried at Leyland 27 February 1672–3. His will is at Chester.

and he by his son Henry (b. c. 1634, age 30 in 1664)

Aged thirty in 1664. Letters to him as 'Major Farington' are printed in Farington Papers, 176–9. The account of the later generations is based on the pedigrees in Gregson, Fragments (ed. Harland), 256–7; Burke's Commoners, iii, 341–2; Foster's Lancs. Pedigrees; and sheet pedigree, s.d. It should be noticed expressly that the children (and their desc.) attributed in these pedigrees to the Rev. William Farington, rector of Warrington, have now assigned to his younger brother Henry, said to have been a sailor. William is left childless. A settlement of the manors of Penwortham, Leyland and Ulnes Walton was made in 1684 by Henry Farington, Susan his wife and William Farington; Pal. of Lanc. Feet of F. bdle. 213, m. 30. Henry Farington was buried at Leyland 14 March 1691–2.

and grandson William, high sheriff in 1714.

P.R.O. List, 74. In 1696 William Farington's name occurs in a list of the justices 'thought fit to be turned out'; Hist. MSS. Com. Rep. xiv, App. iv, 411

The last named William dying in the same year without issue, Worden and the manor of Leyland went to his cousin William Farington of Shaw Hall in Leyland (bur. 24 Jul 1704 Leyland), son of George Farington of Shaw Hall,

William was the son of George Farington of Shaw Hall, who was buried at Leyland 24 July 1704, his widow Elizabeth following on 18 August. In 1715 there was a recovery of the manor of Leyland, &c., William Farington being vouchee; Pal. of Lanc. Plea R. 503, m. 4 d.

whose son George (d. 1742), suc. in 1717, and held the estates till his death.

George Farington via marriage acquired Bradshaw estate in Pennington. Bradshaw Farington, younger son of George, was killed at the battle of Fontenoy, 11 May 1745.

Shaw Hall is now called Worden."^[4]

• James Nowell Farrington or Farington (d. 1848) - last direct male desc.^[6]

Notes

from duplicate:

William was born about 1583. He passed away in 1658. Colonel William Farrington was born in Chorley about 1583 to Thomas Farrington and Margaret Benson He married Margaret Worrall around 1600 and passed away 3 Jan 1659 in Leyland

Name William Farrington Born abt 1583 in Chorley Lancashire Father Thomas Farrington Mother Mabel Benson

• Lancashire, England, Church of England Burials 1538-1812

Name William Farrington Burial Date 29 Jun 1661 Parish Leyland St Andrew Lancashire Phillimore Ecclesiastical Parish Map 4753 Father Thomas Farrington Register Type Parish Register Reference Number PR 2908/1/1

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} "Farrington, Harl MS 1437, fo. 20," in Vis. of Lancs., 1613 by St. George, p. 19. Google Books. Pedigree.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "Farington of Werden," in Vis. of Lancs, 1664/5 by William Dugdale.
3. ↑ Wikipedia: William Farrington (Royalist), died 1659
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5} "Townships: Leyland," in A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 6, ed. William Farrer and J Brownbill (London: Victoria County History, 1911), 10-17. British History Online, accessed July 29, 2020, http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/lancs/vol6/pp10-17.
5. ↑ DDF 1023 - 1051. Thomas Farington to Mabel Preston, (nee Benson), 1581.

   Marriage Settlements with Associated Documents. DDF 1016 - 1156. National Archives. Web.

6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} Pink, W.D. & Beaven, A.B. (1889). "William Farrington of Worden," in The Parliamentary Representation of Lancs., 1258-1885, p. 71. Archive.org. eBook.
7. ↑ DDF 1057 - 1089. William Farington to Maragret Worrall, 1607.

   Marriage Settlements with Associated Documents. DDF 1016 - 1156. National Archives. Web.

8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} "Farington, Harl MS 1437, fo. 20," in Vis. of Lancs., 1613. Archive.org. eBook. (Pedigree signed by William Farington).
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} "Acquittance by William, son and heir of William Farington of Worden, esq., and Katherine his wife, (daughter of Richard Fleetwood of Penwortham, esq., decd.,) for £1000 from W.F., esq. Witn. Richard Sankie, Richard Southworth, William Somner. Seals," (1633, September 20). Ref. DDF 1278. National Archives, citing Lancashire Archives. Web.
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1} Banaster of the Banke, (Vis. of Lancs., 1664/5)
11. ↑ DDF 1107 - 1112. Mabel Farington to Richard Clayton, 1639.

    Marriage Settlements with Associated Documents. DDF 1016 - 1156. National Archives. Web.

12. ↑ Wikipedia: Peter Brooke (17th-century MP)

See Also...

• "Memorandum of grievances of William Farington against Richard Fleetwood of Penwortham, esq.," (1608). Ref. DDF 1370. National Archives, citing Lancs. Archives. Web.
• "Articles of Agreement: Richard Fleetwood of Penwortham, esq., and William Farington of Worden, esq., by mediation of Hughe Heskethe and James Anderton the yonger -- W. F., to lease to R. F., a parcel of ground, part of the king's lands in Penwortham, called the More-heyes, 7ac., for 21 years if W. F., Margarett his wife and Anne their daughter, so long live, at the yearly rent of 15/6, for £15, also a lease of parcels of lands, part of the king's inheritance in Penwortham, now in the occupation of Thomas Asshall, Richard Taylior and Rauffe Worden, R. F., paying 50/- for every acre -- Witn. William Preston, William Forster, John Somner. Seals.," (1615, October 23). Ref. DDF 1451. National Archives, citing Lancs. Archives. Web.

See also:

• Wikipedia: William Farrington (Royalist)
• Wikidata: Item Q8008942