Richard Halsall (1552 - 1608)

Born 1552 in Burscough, Lancashire, England

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Died 11 Jul 1608 at about age 56 in Lancashire, England

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Richard (Henry, Thomas) was born in 1552, son and heir of Henry and grandson of Sir Thomas Halsall of Halsall, Knt., whose wife Jane was daughter and coheiress of Sir John Stanley of Honford Knt. (base son and heir of John Stanley, brother of Thomas 1st Earl of Derby) and of Elizabeth his wife, daughter and coheiress of Sir John Harrington of Hornby Castle, Knt., and of his wife, the daughter and heiress of Sir Robert Nevile of Hornby. In her widowhood Dame Jane Halsall married 2nd Edward VI. John Osbaldeston Esq., and in the same year her daughter Maud married Edward Osbaldeston of Osbaldeston, her husband's son by his 1st wfie Margaret, daughter of George Lord Strange.

The mother of Sir Thomas Halsall was Margaret, daughter of James Stanley, Clerk, and by her husband, Sir Henry Halsall of Halsall, she had issue six sons and three daughters.

On the south side of the chancel of Halsall Church upon an altar tomb ornamented with escutcheons, now defaced, are the full-length figures of a knight of their Halsalls and a lady of the Stanleys. (Baines, vol.iv.p.262.)

Richard Halsall, Esq. succeeded his father Henry (whose Will was proved at Chester 30 Dec 1574) and married c. 1555/7 Ann, daughter of Alexander Barlow of Barlow Esq., M.P.,^[1] the niece of Margaret Countess of Derby and a lady who was a frequent visitor at Knowsley. By this lady he had no surviving issue, and the name of his second wife has not been recorded in the Visit. Lanc., A 1613, c.5, 50 b. in Coll. Arm. She was however, Jane, daughter of William Norres and the mother of Sir Cuthbert Halsall..." ^[2]

He passed away in 1608.

Sources

1. ↑ marriage covenant dated 2, 3 Phil & Mary.

   Barlow of Barlow, (Booker, 1857)

2. ↑ p.143-4; https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=3mJVAAAAcAAJ&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA144

• Source 'The Derby Household Books': Comprising and Account of the Household Regulations and Expenses of Edward & Henry 3rd & 4th Earls of Derby... By William Ffarington; published by The Chetham Society; Vo. XXXI. 'Remains Historical & Literary Connected with the Palatine Counties of Lancaster & Chester. Printed M.DCCC.LIII. https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=3mJVAAAAcAAJ&hl=en&pg=GBS.PP7