William de Hoton
Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Date of Death: about September 1396.
Place of Death: unknown.
The writ “diem clausit extremum” is dated 14 September 1396.
Relationships
Father: Henry de Hoton.
This relationship is recorded in the Rylands Charters, a deed given below, and in William’s inquisition post mortem.
Mother: Isabel Gerard.
Isabel is recorded as Henry’s wife in a deed given by Taylor (p. 187).
Spouse: Katherine Torond.
This relationship is recorded in the Rylands Charters, a deed given below, and in William’s inquisition post mortem.
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)
Margery de Hoton married William de Stanley.
Evidence
from the Rylands Charters:
RYCH/1404
Storeton
n.d. [c. 1307-1377]
Quitclaim by John de Wodebanke to William, son of Henry de Hoton, of a fishpond, called Londelake, in Rouueschoteuyk [Rough Shotwick, or Woodbank]. Witness list: 'Hiis testibus Willelmo de Capenhurst, Rogero de Greuys, Willelmo de Potynton', Roberto Kenyan, Ricardo de Ridley et aliis.'
RYCH/1791
Shotwick
n.d. [c. 1307-1377]
Quitclaim by Hugh, son of John de Wodebanke, to William, son of Henry de Hoton. Witness list: 'Hiis testibus Rogero de Geuys, Willelmo de Capenhurst, Roberto Kenyan', Willelmo de Podynton', Ricardo de Rydlegh' et aliis.'
RYCH/1782
Rouacre
27 Jan 1350
Grant of powers of attorney from Ralph, vicar of Boudon [Bowdon], to Matthew de Waleye to deliver seisin to William, son of Henry de Hoton, and Katherine his wife, daughter of Henry Torant, of lands in Rouaker [Rivacre] and Chorlton.
RYCH/1673
Hooton
10 Jan 1376
Agreement between William de Hoton and William de Stanlegh the elder relating to the marriage of William, son of the latter, and Margery, daughter of the former.
RYCH/1799
Stanley
14 Jan 1376
Grant by William de Stanlegh the elder, to William, his son, and Margery, daughter of William de Hoton.
RYCH/1340
The Wirral
23 Jun 1377
Quitclaim by William, son of William, son of John de Stanley of Wyrhale [Wirral], to William de Hoton [Hooton].
RYCH/1793
Shotwick, Rough
14 Sep 1394
Extract of plea between John Fox of Roghshotewyke [Rough Shotwick] and Thomas de Berneston, plaintiffs, and William de Hoton, defendant, before Thomas, Earl Marshal, at Bacford [Backford].
from the Recognizance Rolls of Chester (DKRP vo. 36):
1392, Aug. 2
A like commission [to arrest all disturbers of the peace] to Robert de Legh, Kt, and Peter de Legh for the hundred of Macclesfield, to Richard de Wynyngton, Kt., and Arthur de Davenport for the hundred of Edesbury, to William de Brereton and David de Malpas for the hundred of Broxon, to Robert le Grosvenor, Kt, and Hugh de Coton for the hundred of Northwich, to John de Mascy, of Podyngton, Kt, and William de Hoton for the hundred of Wyrehale, and to Ralph de Vernon, Kt, and William de Praen for the hundred of Nantwich.
1396, Sept. 14
William de Hooton, writ “diem clausit extremum,” on the death of.
from Taylor (no. XI):
KNOW [all] present and to come that we Thomas de Lauton vicar of the church of Estham and Robert de Thorneton chaplain have given granted and by this our present charter confirmed to William son of Henry de Hoton and Katherine his wife daughter of Henry Torond and to the heirs of the bodies of the aforesaid William and Katherine lawfully begotten eleven messuages six bovates one acre and a half of land with common of pasture and turbary in my wastes and heaths of Hoton housbote and haybote housbolde and haybolde sufficient for the livery of the aforesaid Henry and his heirs to be taken in my woods of Hoton with Robert son of William my bondman and his sequel and with free ingress and egress in the town of Hoton Of which said eleven messuages six bovates one acre & half of land John de Estham lately held one messuage and two Hands; William the Dabber lately held one messuage and half a bovate of land ; Roger son of Robert lately held one messuage and one bovate of land ; Hugh son of Henry lately held one messuage and half a bovate of land; Henry del Wode lately held one messuage and one bovate of land; Adam the Souter lately held one messuage and five selions and three parts of an acre of land; William de Thorneton holds one messuage and half a bovate and one selion of land; Ralph son of Hugh Sperman holds one messuage and half a bovate of land; Margery Bosse lately held one messuage and one selion of land; Adam Cobbler holds one messuage and one bovate of land; Robert son of William bolds one messuage & half a bovate of land— with all their appurtenances to the aforesaid town of Hoton everywhere belonging TO HAVE AND TO HOLD all the lands & tenements aforesaid with all their appurtenances to the aforesaid William and Katherine and the heirs of the bodies of the said William and Katherine lawfully begotten of the chief lords of that fee by the services therefor due and of right accustomed AND if the said Katherine shall die without an heir of the bodies of the said William and Katherine lawfully begotten (which God forbid) then all the lands and tenements aforesaid with all their appurtenances as is aforesaid shall remain to the said William son of Henry de Hoton and the heirs of his body lawfully begotten TO HAVE and to hold of the chief lords of that fee by the services therefor due and of right accustomed AND if the aforesaid William shall die without an heir of his body lawfully begotten (which God forbid) then all the lands &c. shall remain to David son of Henry de Hoton and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten TO HAVE and to hold &c. (as before) AND if the said David shall die without an heir male of his body lawfully begotten (which God forbid) then all the lands &c. shall remain to Henry lord of Hoton and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten TO HAVE and to hold &c. (as before) AND if the said Henry shall die without an heir male of his body lawfully begotten (which God forbid) then all the lands &c. shall remain to Joan daughter of the said Henry and the heirs male of her body lawfully begotten TO HAVE and to hold &c. AND if the said Joan shall die without an heir male of her body lawfully begotten (which God forbid) then all the lands &c. shall remain to Isabel daughter of Henry de Hoton and the heirs male of her body lawfully begotten TO HAVE &c. AND if the said Isabel shall die without an heir male of her body lawfully begotten (which God forbid) then all the lands &c. shall remain to Robert soil of Robert de Bebynton and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten TO HAVE &c. AND if the said Robert shall die without an heir male of his body lawfully begotten (which God forbid) then all the lands &c. shall remain to Nicholas son of Hamon de Mascy of Tymperleigh and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten TO HAVE &c. AND if the said Nicholas shall die without an heir male of his body lawfully begotten (which God forbid) then all the lands & tenements aforesaid with all their appurtenances shall remain to the right heirs of the aforesaid Henry lord of Hoton for ever TO HAVE and to hold of the chief lords of that fee by the services therefor due and of right accustomed. AND we truly the aforesaid Thomas and Robert and our heirs all the lands and tenements aforesaid with all their appurtenances aforesaid to the aforesaid William and Katherine and to the heirs of the bodies of the said William & Katherine lawfully begotten and to the aforesaid William and to the heirs of his body lawfully begotten and to the aforesaid David and to the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten and to the aforesaid Henry and to the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten and to the aforesaid Joan and to the heirs male of her body lawfully begotten and to the aforesaid Isabel and to the heirs male of her body lawfully begotten and to the aforesaid Robert and to the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten and to the aforesaid Nicholas and to the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten and also to the right heirs of the aforesaid Henry lord of Hoton against all people will warrant acquit aud defend for ever. IN WITNESS whereof to this onr present charter indented we have set our seals. These witnesses: Thomas de Ferrars then Justiciar of Cheshire, Thomas Danyers then sheriff of Cheshire John Donnville, Robert de Pulle, Richard del Hoghe de Thornetone, William de Stanleghe, John de Lasceles, and others. Given at Hoton on Monday next after the feast of Saint Hilary in the twenty-fourth year of the reign of King Edward the third after the Conquest.
from Ormerod (vol. 2, p. 410):
Information from William’s inquisition post mortem (I have integrated Helsby’s corrections):
[William de Hoton] died 20 Ric. II, seized in desmesne as of fee-tail of the manor of Hooton, held from John de Whitemore as heir of Margaret who was the wife of Hamo Le Straunge, by fealty, val. per ann. 40 marks; also the reversion of lands in Childerthornton (held by Richard Drake and Emma his wife for life), settled on “Ran’ de Torond nup’ Vicar’ eccl’ie de Boudon,” and rents in Wich Malb’o; also of lands in Moreton, Upton, Pulton Lancelyn, Wodebonk, Chorleton juxta Bacforde, and Rouacre. He held these manor and lands under a settlement of the feoffees to uses of Henry his father, viz. Thomas de Lauton, vicar of Estham, and Robert de Thorneton, chaplain. These feoffees granted the premises to “Will’ fil’ Henr’ de Hoton & Kat’ine ux’i ejus filie Henr’ Torond,” in tail; with remainders in tail succesively to David the son of Henry, lord of Hoton; Joan and Isabell, daughters of the said Henry; and Robert son of Robert de —ton, the ultimate remainder to the right-heirs of the said Henry.
[The partially missing name is “Bebynton”, and not, as Helsby suggests, “Thorneton”.]
References
Ormerod, George; Peter Leycester; William Smith; William Webb; and Thomas Helsby. The history of the county palatine and city of Chester: compiled from original evidences in public offices, the Harleian and Cottonian mss., parochial registers, private muniments, unpublished ms. collections of successive Cheshire antiquaries, and a personal survey of every township in the county, incorporated with a republication of King's Vale royal and Leycester's Cheshire antiquities. (London: G. Routledge, 1882).
The Rylands Charters indexed at https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/search/archives/29f0299f-5da1-342a-97a8-be3f70529866
Taylor, Henry. “On some early Deeds relating to the families of Hoton of Hooton, and Stanley of Storeton and Hooton” in the Journal of the Architectural, Archaeological and Historic Society for the County and the City of Chester and North Wales, new series vol. vi. (1899).