Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Date of Death: about 1610.
Place of Death: unknown.
Relationships
Father: uncertain.
Mother: unknown.
See the Commentary section.
Spouse: unknown.
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)
Randle Haworth
Richard Haworth (buried 25 February 1605/6 in Bolton, Lancashire)
Ellen Haworth married John Crompton.
Evidence
from the National Archives catalogue (C 3/209/75):
Court of Chancery, 1581.
Short title: Fogge v Haworth.
Plaintiffs: Ellis Fogge and Jane Fogge his wife.
Defendants: Edmund Haworth.
Subject: property in Sharples, Lancashire.
Document type: bill, answer.
Edmund’s 1610 will:
In the name of god amen I Edmond Haworth of Lostocke in the Countie of Lanc husbandman being sicke in bodie but of good & p[er]fect Remembrance thanks & prayses be given to god for the same doe make this my last will & testament in maner & forme following, First I bequeath my soule into the hands of almightie god trusting only by the merits death & passions of my lord & saviour Jesus Christ to be saved, and my bodie to the earth to bee buried in the p[ar]ishe Church yard of Deane And for my goods my buriall expences dischardged I give unto my daughter Ellin Crompton thirtie pounds Itm I give unto Edmond Haworth son of Randle Haworth of Sharples decesed Foure pounds p[ar]cell of the some of eight pounds which I lent to the use of the sayd Edmond Also I giue unto the sayd Edmond one great arke in the nearer barne, one ploughe one peire of ploughe yrons, the better harrowe one great bord in the [...] the best paire of bedstockes, two hooked yokes one head yooke, the dishebord all the lose bords in the house two stone troughes and all the ould troughes & stones about the house Itm I give unto Elizabeth Howarth my grand Chyld two kyne and Fortie shillings Itm I give to Marie Haworth my grand Chyld twoe kyne & Fortie shillings Itm I give to Jane Crompton my grandchyld thirtene pounds sixe shillings eight pence Itm I give to Elizabeth Crompton my grand Chyld thirteene pounds sixe shillings eight pence Itm I give to Richard Greenoughe Fower shillings Itm I giue to Henrie Turner twoe shillings sixe pence Itm to William Scoles seaven shillings which hee hath in his hand. Itm I give to Adam Hastome Fyue shillings Itm I give to Jane the wyfe of James Houlme Fyue shillings Itm I giue to Gorge Seddon Fyve shillings which he hath in his hand I giue to the wyfe of Oliver Stones two shilllings which she hath in hir hands Itm I give towards the maintenance of a preacher at Deane Church twentie shilling to be payd unto what preacher shalbe hyred there by two shillings a yeare and if yt happen the sayd some of twentie shillings or any p[ar]te there of doe remaine ungiven towards the maintenance of the sayd preacher att the end of ten yeares then yt is my will that that remaynder of the sayd twentie shillings shalbe given to such poore in Sharples as my sonn in law John Crompton & two other honest men dwelling in Sharplus shall think mete and convenyent And For the revercon of my goods I give them all to my son in law John Crompton Also I doe constitute ordayne & make my sayd sonn in lawe John Crompton executor of this my last will and testament. And do Intreate Will’m Morris of Heaton in the Countie of Lancaster husbandman & John Harpar of Hallwall in the sayd Countie of Lanc’ husbandman overseers of this my last will as my trust is in them requesting them to see the same truly executed In wittnes whereof I the sayd Edmond Hawarth to these pr[es]ntes have put to my hand & seale the twentie third day of Aprill In the praises of Raygne of our soueraigne Liege Lord James by the grace of god of England France and Ireland Kinge Defender of the Fayth the seventh And of Scotland the three & Fortithe.//
Owing to mee the sayd Edmond at the sealinge hereof these somes by these p[er]sons whose names are here under written
Impr’ Peter Roscowe – viij li xvjs
Itm Alex Walkeden – xli xs
Itm by the sayd Alex – xiij s
Itm by the wyfe of Ric’ Pilleington & John Houlme his sonn in law – iiij li iiijs
Itm by Adam Plat – vij li vij s
Itm by Arthur Smith – iiij li
Itm Alex Ward of the Lieghe – viij s
Itm Will’m Mr Bartons shepher – xvs
Itm Humfrey Stones – xl s
Itm Adam Crompton – iij s iiij d
Itm Randlphe Haworth six pound which if he pay with gentleness I give unto the sayd Ranndlphe – xl s
Itm Fraunchis Hobtie[?] – iiij li
Itm ux Arther Astley – vij s
Itm one tacke[?] of ground in litle Boulton called the foure [///] For [...] yet [...] meane betwene Edward Radclif & me the sayd Edmond Haworth. For which [...] out ten pounds — xli
[The appraisers of the probate inventory were Roger Walkeden of [...]; husbandman John Harper of Hallnwall, husbandman; Peter Rostin of Hallnwall, husbandman; and William Morris of Heaton, bachelor.]
Commentary
The 1574 will of John Haworthe of Bury mentioned his brother and and father, both named Edmund, but it is not clear that the younger Edmund is identical with the Edmund of this page.
References
Will of Edmond Haworthe of Lostock. Proved 1610 in the Consistory Court of Chester.
Will of John Haworthe of Bury. Proved 1574 in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury.
Will of Richard Hawarth of Sharples, webster. Proved 1606 in the Consistory Court of Chester. Digital images on FamilySearch.org, accessed 11 November 2025.