John Hamerton

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'Wigglesworth Hall' by G.Wigglesworth;
"John, the son of a second Stephen, followed Lord Clifford to the battle of Flodden Field in 1513 and died a month later on 3rd Oct. Describing himself as a Knight Soldier of Wigglesworth in a will made before setting out he sought to be buried 'in the Chapel of the Blessed Virgin Mary, within the church of Preston in Craven, on the south side where the bodies of my ancestors lie'. He bequeathed to his son Stephen 'one alabaster table, a goblet, and a missale, together will all other furnishings etc of the chapel within my manor house at Wigglesworth.' One witness of the will was Robert Sevyl, Priest, perhaps his personal Chaplain".

Burke's "This gentleman m Elizabeth, dau of Sir Geoffrey Middleton, of Middleton, in Westmoreland" ..... "John Hamerton d 6 Henry VIII and was found by inquisition to have been seised in demense as of fee in the manors of Hamerton, Knolsmere, Wigglesworth, Hellifield, Langfield & c. He was s by his eldest son Sir Stephen Hamerton".

John married Elizabeth Middleton.