Richard HOUGHTON, SIR

Birth:
26 Oct 1570
Hoghton Tower, Lancashire, England
Death:
12 Nov 1630
Marriage:
England
Sources:
Pedigree Resource File
The Houghton Genealogy, p. 69
Internet IGI
Ancestral File - Version 4.19
Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th Ed. Charles Mosley, Editor, 1999
1613 Visitation of Lancashire
1567 Visitation of Lancashire
Ancestry.com
Notes:
                   Houghton Genealogy, pp. 68,69, #34; pp. 33, 34

Sir Richard Hoghton, 1st Baronet of Hoghton Tower, so created 22 May 1611.  He was knighted Jan 1589/90;  he was Sherriff of Lancashire, 1599.

Sir Richard entertained King James I on his return from Scotland at Hoghton Tower in 1617.  During his stay, James liked his loin of beef so well that he took out his sword and "knighted" it, naming it SirLoin (sirloin), which is what it is called today.  Entertaing the King and the 600-800 members of his company was so expensive that Richard was bankrupt after the visit, even though he got some rights to mining interests from the King as a result of the visit.  Apparently entertaining a king or queen was so expensive that some nobles, upon hearing that they had been selected for a royal visit, would burn down part of their manor house as an excuse for not hosting the King, figuring aht it was cheaper to repair the house than to entertain the King and his company for a period.

Note: Alternat birth dates, Aug 1570, and Sep 1570, were also recorded.
Catherine GERARD
Birth:
Abt 1569
of Gerard's Bromley, Stafford, England
Death:
16 Nov 1617
Hoghton Tower, Lancashire, England
Notes:
                   Note: Age 48 at death in 1617
Children
Marriage
1
Gilbert HOUGHTON, SIR
Birth:
1591
Hoghton Tower, Lancashire, England
Death:
Apr 1647
Crawford, Middlesex, England
Margaret ASHTON 
Marr:
of Houghton, Lancashire, Engla 
Notes:
                   SOURCES:
    1. 1613 Visitation of Lancashire

Gilbert became the 2nd Baronet of Hoghton Tower after his father, Richard. He ws knighted at Whitehall 21 July 1606.  He served King James I and King Charles I.
2
Thomas HOUGHTON
Birth:
Abt 1593
Hoghton Tower, Lancashire, England
Death:
Helen HALSTEAD 
Marr:
of Lancashire, England 
Notes:
                   Name: The spelling of Houghton changes in this generation in many records.  It is shown both Houghton and Hoghton.  "Hoghton Tower" is usually seen without the "u."
3
Richard HOUGHTON
Birth:
Abt 1595
Hoghton Tower, Lancashire, England
Death:
 
Marr:
 
4
Ratcliffe HOUGHTON
Birth:
Abt 1597
Hoghton Tower, Lancashire, England
Death:
9 Feb 1643
 
Marr:
 
5
Roger HOUGHTON
Birth:
Abt 1599
Hoghton Tower, Lancashire, England
Death:
Germany
 
Marr:
 
6
Anne HOUGHTON
Birth:
Abt 1599
Hoghton Tower, Lancashire, England
Death:
7
Catherine HOUGHTON
Birth:
Abt 1603
Hoghton Tower, Lancashire, England
Death:
8
Elizabeth HOUGHTON
Birth:
Abt 1605
Hoghton Tower, Lancashire, England
Death:
9
Gillibert HOUGHTON
Birth:
Abt 1607
of Houghton, Lancaster, England
Death:
10
Frances HOUGHTON
Birth:
Abt 1609
of Houghton, Lancaster, England
Death:
 
Marr:
 
11
Alice HOUGHTON
Birth:
Abt 1611
of Houghton, Lancaster, England
Death:
3 Aug 1625
 
Marr:
 
12
Stephen HOUGHTON
Birth:
15 May 1612
Houghton, Lancaster, England
Death:
25 Jun 1614
 
Marr:
 
13
Margaret HOUGHTON
Birth:
Abt 1613
of Houghton, Lancaster, England
Death:
 
Marr:
 
14
Eleanor HOUGHTON
Birth:
Abt 1613
of Houghton, Lancaster, England
Death:
 
Marr:
 
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Richard Houghton, Sir - Catherine Gerard

Richard Houghton, Sir was born at Hoghton Tower, Lancashire, England 26 Oct 1570. His parents were Thomas Houghton and Ann Keighley.

He married Catherine Gerard at England . Catherine Gerard was born at of Gerard's Bromley, Stafford, England Abt 1569 daughter of Gilbert [Sir] Gerard and Anne Ratclyffe .

They were the parents of 14 children:
Gilbert Houghton, Sir born 1591.
Thomas Houghton born Abt 1593.
Richard Houghton born Abt 1595.
Ratcliffe Houghton born Abt 1597.
Roger Houghton born Abt 1599.
Anne Houghton born Abt 1599.
Catherine Houghton born Abt 1603.
Elizabeth Houghton born Abt 1605.
Gillibert Houghton born Abt 1607.
Frances Houghton born Abt 1609.
Alice Houghton born Abt 1611.
Stephen Houghton born 15 May 1612.
Margaret Houghton born Abt 1613.
Eleanor Houghton born Abt 1613.

Richard Houghton, Sir died 12 Nov 1630 .

Catherine Gerard died 16 Nov 1617 at Hoghton Tower, Lancashire, England .