Sir Joscerame de Hellesby Knight

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information. ⁷¹³
Sir Joserame de Dellesby, knight & lord of Hellesby was living during the reign of Henry II. He was Sheriff of Cheshire sometime during the reign of John. He is mentioned in Coucher Book of Whalley Abbey. He was a Crusader, and died sometime about 1232. He married Agatha, daughter of Hamon de Masci, baron of Dunham-Massey.

The Children of Sir Joscerame and Agatha, according to Ormerod were:
• Sir John de Hellesby, knight, son of Joceralin', lord of Hellesby, knight, and heir to his brother Adam. He is Identical John le Sarjaunt, and first known bearer of the Arms of Hellesby. Sir John married Leuca, daughter a Arden or a Mobberley.
• Adam de Hellesby, eldest son and heir of Hellesby, and died without male heir, sometime around 1247. He gave lands in Acton and Hellesby to Ranulph, his nephew. Mentioned in the Coucher Book of Whalley Abbey.
• Jocelyn de Hellesby, living in 1262
• Roger de Hellesby
• Hamon de Hellesby

~George Ormerod's The History of County Palatine and City of Chester, Vol II, p. 72

Joscerame married Agatha de Mascy, daughter of Hamon Mascy Baron of Dunham-Massy and Agatha de Theray.⁷¹³