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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.
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]
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