Robert de Worsley of Booths
- Born: Worsley, Lancashire, England
- Marriage: Ciceley de Bramhall 818
- Died: After 1391, England
General Notes:
Sir William Dugdale's Visitation of the Copunty Palatine of Lancester: Made in the Year 1664/5, p. 339 Worsley of Worsely Booths Pedigree 818
Elias de Workdsley | Richard de Workedsley | Roger de Workesley | Richard de Workesley | Henry de Worsley & second wife, daughter of Schoresworth | Robert de Worseley of Booths and Ciceley, daughter of______ Bramhall | William, John & Helen, wife of Thomas Booth
Noted events in his life were:
• Background Information. 1531 1 Oct 1386 - Westminster Nicholas de Haverinton, Robert de Workesley
Robert de Workesley or Worsley of Booth, in the parish of Eccles. Returned also in 1391. The family of Workesley or Worsley derive from Elias de Workesley, who was seized at the manor of Workdesley, now Worsley, near Manchester, at the Norman Conquest, and where his descendants continued seated until the fourteenth century. The Senor line failed at Worsley Hall with Sir Geoffrey de Worsley, the manor passing by heiresses, first to the Masseys and then the Breretans.
Robert de Workesley, the member for the county in this Parliament was the founder of the line of Worsley of Booths. He was the second son of Henry de Workesley, Lord of Worsley, temp. Edw. II. His father settled upon himthe estae of Booths Hall, where his descendants remained until the seventeenth century.
The Parliamentary Representation of Lancashire, p. 43
Robert married Ciceley de Bramhall.818
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