Sir John DE SOUTHWORTH

Male 1478 - 1518  (40 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Sir John DE SOUTHWORTH was born in 1478; died in 1517/18.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Fact: Lord of Samlesbury
    • Fact 1: Sheriff of Lancashire
    • Fact 2: 12 Feb 1503/4, Knighted

    Family/Spouse: Helen DE LANGTON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Sir Thomas DE SOUTHWORTH  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1497; died on 13 Jan 1546.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Sir Thomas DE SOUTHWORTH Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1) was born in 1497; died on 13 Jan 1546.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Fact: Knight
    • Fact 1: 9 Sep 1513, Fought at Flodden Field
    • Fact 2: 1542, High Sheriff of Lancashire
    • Fact 4: 1542-1545, Enlarged Samlesbury Hall

    Thomas married Margery BOTELER about 9 Aug 1518. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 3. Knight John SOUTHWORTH  Descendancy chart to this point died on 3 Nov 1595 in of Samlesbury Hall., co. Lancaster.


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  Knight John SOUTHWORTH Descendancy chart to this point (2.Thomas2, 1.John1) died on 3 Nov 1595 in of Samlesbury Hall., co. Lancaster.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Fact 4: Owned vast estates but was land poor, imprisoned for harboring Catholic priests
    • Fact: 1547, Knighted
    • Military Service: 1557, Commended for valor in Scottish Wars
    • Fact 1: 1562, High Sheriff of Lancashire
    • Fact 2: 1566, Member of Parliament

    John married Mary ASSHETON on 23 Jul 1547 in St. Leonard's Middleton. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 4. Thomas SOUTHWORTH  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1548; died on 30 Nov 1616.


Generation: 4

  1. 4.  Thomas SOUTHWORTH Descendancy chart to this point (3.John3, 2.Thomas2, 1.John1) was born about 1548; died on 30 Nov 1616.

    Notes:

    Name:
    The will of William Lister, probated in 1582, desires that he "be buried according to the Church of England." The will mentions the testator's son-in-law, Thomas Southworth, as the son of Sir John Southworth. With Thomas Southworth, , his son-in-law, the testator left annuities for his four children, including Sir Matthew Lister, physician to King Charles I.

    Thomas Southworth had become a Protestant by 1584,for which reason his father, Sir John, a moderate Catholic, threatened to disinherit him.

    Thomas married Rosamond LISTER in bet. 1563-1571. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 5. Edward SOUTHWORTH  Descendancy chart to this point was born in abt. 1590 in London; died before 1622 in England.