Sir Nicholas Harrington

Represented Lancashire in Parliament (1372, October 1377, 1379, 1386, 1402)

Sheriff of Lancashire (3 March 1379 - 14 March 1384)

Master forester of Quernmore, Lancashire, for John of Gaunt (21 February 1380)

Justice of the Peace for Lancashire (July 1394, March 1400, February 1402)

Events

Date of Birth: 1345 or 1346.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The date is given by the History of Parliament and by Horrox (ODNB).

Date of Death: in or before 1404.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by the History of Parliament and by Horrox (ODNB).

Relationships

Father: Sir John Harrington.

This relationship is given by the History of Parliament and by Horrox (ODNB).

Mother: Katherine Banastre.

This relationship is given by the History of Parliament and by Horrox (ODNB).

Spouse: Isabel English. Married by September 1369.

This relationship is given by the History of Parliament and by Horrox (ODNB).

Spouse: Joan Venables. Married by August 1397.

This relationship is given by the History of Parliament and by Horrox (ODNB).

Children (by Isabel):

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Whitaker.)

Isabel (Eleanor) Harrington married Sir Thomas Tunstall.

(supposedly) Isabel (Elizabeth) Harrington married John de Stanley.

Sir William Harrington married Margaret Nevile.

Margaret Harrington married Richard Hudleston.

Sir James Harrington

Nicholas Harrington married Margaret Latham.

Agnes Harrington married Richard Sherburne.

Mary Harrington married John Redmayne.

References

“HARYNGTON, Sir Nicholas (c.1344-c.1404), of Farleton in Lonsdale, Lancs. and Farleton in Kendal, Westmld.” in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1386-1421. [accessed 8 September 2014]

“Farleton” in A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 8 (Victoria County Histories, 1914).

Horrox, Rosemary. “Harrington family (per c. 1300-1512)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004).

Whitaker, Thomas Dunham. An history of Richmondshire, in the North riding of the county of York: together with those parts of the Everwicschire of Domesday which from the wapentakes of Lonsdale, Ewecross, and Amunderness, in the counties of York, Lancaster, and Westmorland. (London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Browne, 1823).