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Adam Fitz Hugh de Hindley (deceased)

Also Known As: "Adam de Hindley"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Wigan, Lancashire, England
Death: Peasfurlong, Cheshire, England
Immediate Family:

Son of Hugh de Hindley of Hindley and Beatrice de Hindley
Husband of Elizabeth de Culcheth
Father of Margaret de Radcliffe and Beatrix de Molyneux
Brother of Thomas Fitz Hugh Holcroft; Robert Fitz Hugh Risley and Richard Fitz Hugh Culceth

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About Adam Fitz Hugh de Hindley (aka Adam de Peasfalong)

Biography

https://cybergata.com/roots/8029.htm

Elizabeth married Adam Peasfurlong, son of Hugh de Hindley and Unknown.745 (Adam Peasfurlong was born in Hindley, Wigan, Lancashire, England and died in Peasfurlong, Warrington, Cheshire, England.)

Adam married Elizabeth de Culcheth, daughter of Gilbert de Culcheth and Cecily de Lathom.745

Adam Peasfurlong (son of Hugh de Hindley) and Elizabeth de Culcheth had two daughters: *Margaret who married William Radcyffe and carried the Peasfurlong quarter of the manor to her husband, in whose line it remained until the regn of Henry VIII.

  • Beatrice, Margaret's sister, married Richard de Molyneaux of Crosby, and had a share of the manor of Hendley, her father's portion.

~The book of the Radclyffes, page 17


https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hindley-305

Adam FitzHugh de Hindley (a.k.a Adam de Peasfalong), is one of the four sons of Hugh de Hindley of Hindley, co. Lancs. and his wife Beatrix.[1] He is said to be the only son to carry on the HINDLEY surname.[2]

According to Rylands (1877), Adam "took lands in Peasfalong," and is sometimes referred to as Adam de Peasfalong in charters. Peasfalong came to Adam through his marriage to one of the co-heirs of Gilbert de Culceth of Culceth. His wife's name may have been Beatrix, but this is uncertain.[1]


Cecelia married Gilbert DE CULCHETH [92943] [MRIN: 30994] in 1240 in Lathom House Lathom Lancashire England. Gilbert was born about 1205 in Culcheth Lancashire England and died in 1275 in Culcheth Lancashire England aged about 70.... Children from this marriage were:...

  • 18 F iii. Elizabeth DE CULCHETH [92946] .

Elizabeth married Adam Fitz-Hugh DE HINDLEY [92950] [MRIN: 30997], son of Hugh DE HINDLEY [92957] and Unknown,.

Another name for Adam was Adam Fitz-Hugh DE PEASFURLONG.

General Notes: He was born Richard Fitz-Hugh de Hindley. See the Note for Gilbert de Culcheth....


Origins

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hindley-86

Hugh de Hindley of Hindley, Lancashire, England.[1]

Marriage

Hugh married Beatrix. [1]

Hugh had four sons who married the daughters & coheirs of Gilbert de Culceth of Culceth.[1] These marriages were granted to Hugh by William le Boteler.[2] Three of his sons (Richard, Thomas & Robert FitzHugh de Hindley), assumed different surnames after marriage.[1] His son Adam is said to have carry on the family name.[3]

  1. Richard Culceth (nee FitzHugh de Hindley) married Margaret Culceth.[1]
  2. Thomas Holcroft (nee FitzHugh de Hindley) Thomas assumed the surname HOLCROFT after marriage.[4] He married Joan Culceth.[1]
  3. Adam FitzHugh de Hindley (aka Adam de Peasfalong) married Beatrix? Culceth.[1]
  4. Robert Risley (nee FitzHugh de Hindley)[2] Robert is said to be the fourth son of Hugh de Hindley.[5] He married Ellen Culceth.[1]

From: The Descendants of Sir Dunning De Lathom, 1031-1092

Ancestry & descendants as found -

de Hindley 1080-1246, Wigan, Lancashire, England By Charles S. Lewis November 07, 2010 at 03:50:07

7. Hugh de Hindley Lord of Hindley

  • B: 1210, Hindley, Wigan, Lancashire, England
  • •D: aft 1246, Lancashire, England
  • •Spouse: Beatrice ___?___
Children:
  • • 8. Richard Fitz Hugh de Hindley (Took the land & name Culcheth after marriage). married Margaret de Culcheth 1270-?
  • • 9. Thomas Fitz Hugh de Hindley (Took the land & name de Peasfurlong after marriage). married Joan de Culcheth 1272-?
  • 10. Adam Fitz Hugh de Hindley (Took the land and name de Holcroft after marriage). married Elizabeth de Culcheth 1274-?
  • • 11. Robert Fitz Hugh de Hindley* B: bef? 1264, Lancashire, England married abt 1299, England [-?-] (Took the land and name de Risley after marriage). D: bef 1303, of Risley, Lancashire, England + Ellen de Culcheth 1275-aft 1314 *
  • • 12. Cecilia de Hindley married Richard de Culcheth

Sir William the Great, de Radcliffe, born about 1270, m Margaret De Clucheth and Margaret Peasfurlong, died 1333

http://genforum.genealogy.com/radcliffe/messages/3056.html

WILLIAM DE RADCLIFFE A rich and influential land owner who married Margaret, the daughter and heiress of Adam de Hindley, in the year 1303, He succeeded his father in the year 1324 and included in his wealth the estate of his wife-that of Peasfurlong, a parcel of eleven acres in Culcheth, and some small rents in Little Lever and Longworthe.

As nephew of Sir John Radcliffe he inherited Ordsall Hall.

http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/famhist/families/radsaga.htm


References

  1. WikiTree contributors, "Hugh (Hindley) de Hindley (abt.1210-aft.1256)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hindley-86 : accessed 03 May 2025). cites
    1. Rylands, J.P. (1877). Culcheth of Culcheth, co. Lancs. Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica, 2, p. 209. < Google Books >. Pedigree.
    2. Beamont, W. (1872). "Annals of the Lords Warrington," in Remains historical and literary connected with the Palatine counties of Lancaster and Chester, 86, p. 81. Chetham Society. < Google Books >.
    3. Remains, Historical and Literary, 1876, 98, p. 85. < Google Books >
    4. NEHGR, 1878, 32, p. 368. < Google Books >.
    5. Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, 24-25, p. 94. < GoogleBooks >
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Adam Fitz Hugh de Hindley (aka Adam de Peasfalong)'s Timeline

1270
1270
either Peasfurlong or Warrington, Cheshire, England
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Wigan, Lancashire, England
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Peasfurlong, Cheshire, England