Sir John Portington, Knt.

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Pedigree
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Sir John Portington, Knt., son of Thomas de Portington and Agnes (…), was born about 1385.1 He died before 30 July 1454, when his widow was veiled.1,2

John married (1) Ellen Sheffield, daughter of John Sherfield;1,2,3 he married (2) Elena Crosse, whose ancestry is unknown (or not traced here).4,5,2

Family 1

Ellen Sheffield d. abt. 1444
Children
  • Robert Portington+5 d. 1488
  • Elizabeth Portington6 d. aft. 1457
  • Isabel Portington6
  • Elena Portington6 d. bef. 1457
  • Maud Portington6
  • Richard Portington6 d. aft. 1481
  • Nicholas Portington6 d. bef. 9 Nov 1501
  • John Portington6 b. bef. 1424, d. bt 1458 - 1464
  • Thomas Portington6 b. abt. 1426, d. aft. 1485

Family 2

Elena Crosse d. bef. 22 Apr 1458
This person was last edited on10 Jul 2025

Citations

  1. [S2729] John G. Hunt, "The Early Portyngtons of Portington," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 116 (Jul 1962): 166-176, at 168, further cited as Hunt, "Early Portingtons."
  2. [S950] Joseph Foster, Pedigrees of the County Families of Yorkshire, Two volumes (London: W. Wilfred Head, 1874), 1:3 (Portington), further cited as Foster, Pedigrees of Yorkshire.
  3. [S2074] Richard Glover and Joseph Foster, editor, The Visitation of Yorkshire, Made in the Years 1584-85 by Richard Glover, Somerset Herald; to Which is Added the Subsequent Visitation Made in 1612, by Richard St. George, Norry King of Arms: With Several Additional Pedigrees (London, England: s.p., 1875), 561, further cited as Glover, The Visitation of Yorkshire.
  4. [S2729] Hunt, "Early Portingtons," 169.
  5. [S2051] J. W. Clay, editor, Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with additions, 3 volumes (Exeter, England: William Pollard & Co., 1899-1917), 2:421, further cited as Clay, Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire.
  6. [S2729] Hunt, "Early Portingtons," 169-70.