Agnes Hesketh

✓ Agnes, daughter of (Hesketh) of Rufford, Lancs; wife of Sir Laurence Fitton; monument at Gawsworth. Father not named in the chart. TOP - nothing further wired. Source: Ormerod, History of Cheshire (1819), vol. III, p.292 'Fitton of Bollin and Fitton of Gawsworth' (from Sir Peter Leycester's MS pedigree collated with monuments, inquisitions and registers; page image read 2 Nov 2026). [DIRECT ANCESTOR OF THE COMPILER: flag added 2 Nov 2026 by walking the tree from Aynsley, so that this marker is reliable and can be searched.] ||2 Nov 2026 - NOT PLACED|| VCH Lancashire VI 'Rufford' (British History Online) gives the Hesketh descent - William (m. Maud Fitton), Sir John, Sir William (at Crecy), Thomas (m. Sibyl), Nicholas (d. 1416, m. Margaret Ward), Thomas (d. 1458), Robert (d. 1490/1) - but names no daughter Agnes or Fitton marriage. Not wired. Source: VCH Lancashire vol. VI (1911), 'Rufford', via British History Online (node 44935), read 2 Nov 2026.