Sir Henry Houghton Knight
- Born: Lancashire, England
- Marriage: Joanna Radcliffe 688
- Died: 1385, Lancashire, England
 Noted events in his life were:
• Web Reference: Sir Richard Hogton from the History of Parliament: The House of Commons. 1174
Sir Henry Hogton was the 2nd son of Sir Adam Hoghton (d.1385) of Hoghton by his 1st wife Margaret; bro. of Sir Richard Hoghton. He married Oct. 1403, Joan (b.c.1379), daughter and heir of Richard Radcliffe (d.1380) of Ordsall by his w. Sibyl (d.1414), daughter and heir of Richard Clitheroe (d.1370) of Salesbury and Clayton-le-Dale. He was Knighted by Feb. 1393.
• Background Information. 688
Sir Henry, was one of the Knights of the Shire for the County of Lancaster in 1408. He married Jeanette, daughter and heir of Sybill Clitherow (daughter of Sir Robert Clitherow), by Richard Radcliff, Esq., or Ordsall.
His son, Richard* , settled in Pendleton Hoghtons, who in had two daughters, Catherine, married to Thomas Hoghton of Hoghton Tower, and Mary, Married first to George Singleton, of Staying, in 1601, and second Livesay Conner in 1602. Richard Hoghton died in 1425.
~The Houghton Genealogy, p. 24
*According A History of Lancaster, Vol 6, this Richard was "a natural" child, meaning illegitimate & not a child of Joan Radcliff.
Henry married Joanna Radcliffe, daughter of Sir Richard de Radcliffe and Sybil Clitheroe.688 (Joanna Radcliffe was born about 1379 in Lancashire, England.)
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