LINEAGE to William HATTON
Adrian Channing
Christopher Hatton has been mentioned previously, you should be able to
find it in the archives.
The following is the first couple of pages from Sir Harris Nicolas's
"Memoirs of the Life & Times of Sir C. Hatton", 1847 (no mention of
Hatton's illegitimate daughter Elizabeth in the index)
LIKE so many men who have risen to the highest
stations in England, SIR CHRISTOPHOR HATTON owed
little besides the rank of gentleman to his birth. He
was the third son of William Hatton, of Holdenby in
Northamptonshire, by Alice, daughter of Lawrence
Saunders, of Harrington in that county. The pedigree
of Hatton is traced beyond records, and
consequently to an apocryphal source. Ivo, a nobleman of
Normandy, the supposed ancestor of the Fitz-Nigells
Barons of Hatton, and of other families in Cheshire, is
said to have had a sixth son, Wolfaith, Lord of Hatton
in that county, from whom descended, through a long
series of Knights and Esquires of some local but of
little general fame, Piers or Peter Hatton, of Quisty
Birches in Cheshire, whose third son, Henry Hatton,
founded a new line by marrying, in the reign of Henry
the Seventh, Elizabeth, the sister and eventually sole
heiress of William Holden, of Holdenby in Northamptonshire,
Esq. Their eldest son, John Hatton, settled
at Holdenby, and had three sons, William, the eldest;
John Hatton, of Gravesend in Kent, ancestor of the
Viscounts Hatton, now represented by the Earl of Winchelsea
and Nottingham; and Christopher. William
Hatton, the eldest son, had, by Alice Saunders, an only
daughter, Dorothy, who married John Newport, of Horningham
in Warwickshire, Esquire, and three sons, viz.
Francis and Thomas, who both died young and unmarried;
and CHRISTOPHER, who, as heir to his brothers,
succeeded to the estates at Holdenby and made
the name of Hatton historical, if not imperishable.
CHRISTOPHER HATTON was born at Holdenby in
1540, and was left an orphan at the age of six years,
by the death of his father in August 1546. It does
not appear how long he enjoyed a mother's care; nor
can it be ascertained precisely when, by the deaths of
his two elder brothers, he succeeded to the family inheritance,
but probably before he became of age. There
is some reason to believe that his maternal uncle, William
Saunders, superintended his education; but nothing
of his early life is known until he entered as
a Gentleman Commoner at St. Mary's Hall, Oxford,
when he was probably about fifteen or sixteen years
old. He quitted the University without a degree, and
became a member of the Inner Temple on the 26th
of May 1560,....
Adrian (Surrey, UK) ACha...@CompuServe.Com
Ernest wrote,
> Does anyone have the lineage to William HATTON, father of Christopher
> HATTON b.1540. It has also been said that Christopher had a child named
> Elizabeth, who then had an illegitimate child by Sir John Perrot, Deputy
> of Ireland.
> What lines where established to William, the father, was it from the de
> Hattons of the 1100s? Since these lines where most definitely
> established, where can they be found?
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>
Robert O'Connor
ancestry, the direct line of runs as follow:
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ROBERT SAUNDERS, of Harington, Northants., Living c. 1437. He had issue:
HSP Warw, p 49
JOHN SAUNDERS, of Harington, Northants., He had issue: HSP Warw, p 49
EDWARD SAUNDERS., of Harington, & Welford, Northants., Born c. 1455. M
Joan. Died 1514. Will Proved at P.C.C., 1514. He had issue: HSP North
1564, p 45 Will
LAURENCE SAUNDERS, of Harrington, Northants., Born c. 1480. M Alice, d.
of Robert Brokesby, of Shoby, Leics., & his wife Alice, d. of John Shirley,
of Lower Ettington, Warw., & Shirley, Derbys. (See BROKESBY). Will Proved
at P.C.C., 1544. He had issue: Metcalfe, p 199 Nichols, III, p 306 Paget
Alice Saunders, M William Hatton, of Holdenby, Northants. (d 1547). She
had issue:
Sir Christopher Hatton, K.G., of Holdenby, Northants., Born 1540.
Admitted to the Inner Temple, 1560. A handsome & accomplished man & a good
dancer he soon became a prime favourite of Elizabeth I. Made Captain of
her Bodyguard, 1572, Vice Chamberlain of her Household & a Privy
Councillor, 1577. Appointed Lord Chancellor of England, 1587. Made a
Knight of the Garter, 1588. Died 20 Nov 1591. Bur. St. Paul's Cathedral.
St. John Brookes, pp 27 & 57 EB, XI, p 251 Foss, p 329
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If you are interested in the Brokesby and Shirley families, then I can post
these also. Through the Shirley connection Hatton's ancestry may be traced
to the medieval aristocracy and eventually royalty. Let me know if you
require details.
--
Robert O'Connor
roco...@es.co.nz
Christchurch
New Zealand
John Steele Gordon
> The following is the first couple of pages from Sir Harris Nicolas's
> "Memoirs of the Life & Times of Sir C. Hatton", 1847 (no mention of
> Hatton's illegitimate daughter Elizabeth in the index)
>
> LIKE so many men who have risen to the highest
> stations in England, SIR CHRISTOPHOR HATTON owed
> little besides the rank of gentleman to his birth. He
> was the third son of William Hatton, of Holdenby in
> Northamptonshire, by Alice, daughter of Lawrence
> Saunders, of Harrington in that county. [snip]
> Esquires of some local but of
> little general fame, Piers or Peter Hatton, of Quisty
> Birches in Cheshire, whose third son, Henry Hatton,
> founded a new line by marrying, in the reign of Henry
> the Seventh, Elizabeth, the sister and eventually sole
> heiress of William Holden, of Holdenby in Northamptonshire,
> Esq. Their eldest son, John Hatton, settled
> at Holdenby, and had three sons, William, the eldest;
> John Hatton, of Gravesend in Kent, ancestor of the
> Viscounts Hatton, now represented by the Earl of Winchelsea
> and Nottingham; and Christopher. [snip]
Would anyone be able to comment on the following line (in which I have
no great faith)?
Henry Hatton = Elizabeth Holden (see above)
John Hatton = Joan Westby (see above)
John Hatton = Dionis War
John Hatton = Jane Shute (daughter of Robert Shute Justice of the
Queen's Bench)
Sir Christopher Hatton =
Robert Hatton =
Richard Hatton (died in England 1648) = Margaret ----------
1) Mary Hatton = Zachary Wade
Mary Hatton emigrated to Maryland as a child with her mother and her
stepfather, Capt. Richard Banks.
2) Eleanor Hatton (born Apr 3 1642 in England--died 1725 Charles County,
Maryland = Major Thomas Brooke (born Jun 23 1632 in Battel,
Hampshire--died 1676 Brookfield Manor, Calvert County, Maryland).
I descend from both Mary Hatton and Eleanor Hatton. But their supposed
ancestry has all the hallmarks of the-name's-the-same, especially the
fact that it came with no sources whatever.
Many thanks,
John Steele Gordon
John Steele Gordon
I gave would have been a 1st cousin once removed of the Elizabethan
courtier of the same name.
JSG
Adrian Channing
Christopher Hatton [1st Baron], 1st surv. s. and h. of Sir Christopher
Hatton, K.B., sometime of Clay Hall, in Barking, Essex, but afterwards of
Kirby Hall, Northants (being cousin and h. male of the well-known Sir
Christopher Hatton, the Lord Chancellor), by Alice da. of Thomas Fanshawe,
of Ware Park, Herts ..........
If Nicolas and CP are correct that would make the above Sir Christopher
Hatton, KB the s&h of the John of Gravesend mentioned by Nicolas, thus the
two John's in JSG message should only be on generation.
CP does not name any other sons of Sir Christopher Hatton KB of Clay Hall
Note that Burkes ExP, 1883, p 269 states that the Sir Christopher Hatton
who m Alice Fanshaw was the great-great nephew of Lord Chancellor Hatton!!!
Adrian (Surrey, UK) ACha...@CompuServe.Com
I wrote:
> > The following is the first couple of pages from Sir Harris Nicolas's
> > "Memoirs of the Life & Times of Sir C. Hatton", 1847 (no mention of
> > Hatton's illegitimate daughter Elizabeth in the index)
> >
> > LIKE so many men who have risen to the highest
> > stations in England, SIR CHRISTOPHOR HATTON owed
> > little besides the rank of gentleman to his birth. He
> > was the third son of William Hatton, of Holdenby in
> > Northamptonshire, by Alice, daughter of Lawrence
> > Saunders, of Harrington in that county. [snip]
> > Esquires of some local but of
> > little general fame, Piers or Peter Hatton, of Quisty
> > Birches in Cheshire, whose third son, Henry Hatton,
> > founded a new line by marrying, in the reign of Henry
> > the Seventh, Elizabeth, the sister and eventually sole
> > heiress of William Holden, of Holdenby in Northamptonshire,
> > Esq. Their eldest son, John Hatton, settled
> > at Holdenby, and had three sons, William, the eldest;
> > John Hatton, of Gravesend in Kent, ancestor of the
> > Viscounts Hatton, now represented by the Earl of Winchelsea
> > and Nottingham; and Christopher. [snip]
>
John Steele Gordon replied:
> Would anyone be able to comment on the following line (in which I have
> no great faith)?
>
> Henry Hatton = Elizabeth Holden (see above)
> John Hatton = Joan Westby (see above)
> John Hatton = Dionis War
> John Hatton = Jane Shute (daughter of Robert Shute Justice of the
> Queen's Bench)
> Sir Christopher Hatton =
> Robert Hatton =
> Richard Hatton (died in England 1648) = Margaret ----------
> 1) Mary Hatton = Zachary Wade
>
> Mary Hatton emigrated to Maryland as a child with her mother and her
> stepfather, Capt. Richard Banks.
>
> 2) Eleanor Hatton (born Apr 3 1642 in England--died 1725 Charles County,
> Maryland = Major Thomas Brooke (born Jun 23 1632 in Battel,
> Hampshire--died 1676 Brookfield Manor, Calvert County, Maryland).
>
> I descend from both Mary Hatton and Eleanor Hatton. But their supposed
> ancestry has all the hallmarks of the-name's-the-same, especially the
> fact that it came with no sources whatever.
>
and
Adrian Channing
For:
If Nicolas and CP are correct that would make the above Sir Christopher
Hatton, KB the s&h of the John of Gravesend mentioned by Nicolas, thus the
two John's in JSG message should only be on generation.
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If Nicolas and CP are correct that would make the above Sir Christopher
Hatton, KB the s&h of the John of Gravesend mentioned by Nicolas, thus
the2nd and 3rd John's in JSG message should only be on generation.
Adrian (Surrey, UK) ACha...@CompuServe.Com