'RZmisc06'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Rigge of Hawkshead, Rosuggan of St. Erme, Ricketts (Baronet), Reygate of Steeton (Steveton), Rimington of Broomhead, Rimington of Carlton

                               
BLG1886 reports that this family was "settled, time out of mind, in the parish of Hawkshead", Lancashire.
Clement Rigge 'of Hawkeshead'
m. Catherine Moore (dau/coheir of Roger Moore of Middleton by Catherine, dau/coheir of Robert Rawlinson of Greenhead & Cark Hall)
1. John Rigge
  A. daughter (dvp unm young)
2. William Rigge 'of Hawkshead'
A. daughter (dvp unm 1762)
3. Roger Rigge (b 1716?, d 1746)
  m. (1736) Mary Fletcher (dau/coheir of John Fletcher of Wood Broughton by Mary, dau of William Knipe of Broughton Hall)
  A. Fletcher Rigge (b 05.01.1743, d 04.1829)
  m. Susanna Saunders (dau of Joseph Saunders of Ealing)
  i. Gray Rigge of Wood Broughton in Carnforth, Lancashire (b 12.02.1783, d 24.07.1857) had issue
m. (08.11.1808) Sarah Moore (dau of Edward Moore of Stockwell)
  ii. Mary Rigge (dsp 06.04.1851)
  m. Francis Bedingfield of Ditchingham Hall
  B. Anne Rigge
  m. John Heys 'of Upper Sunbury' (MD)
  i. Anne Heys
  m. Thomas Swettenham (rector of Swettenham)
  ii. Lucy Louisa Heys (b c1790, d 26.10.1846)
  m. (28.05.1809) Edward Turnour, 3rd Earl Winterton (b 13.06.1784, d 06.01.1833)
  C. Jane Rigge
  m. Edward Moore of Stockwell (d 1792)

 

 

John Rosuggan (or Rossogan)
m. Elizabeth St. Aubyn (dau of Thomas St. Aubyn of Clowance)
1. John Rosuggan of Milledar, St. Stephens in Brannel, Cornwall
  m. Johanna Mohun (dau of John Mohun of Hall)
A. John Rosuggan
  i. John Rosuggan
  ii. Nicholas Rosuggan of St. Earme (St. Erme), Cornwall
  m. Alice Tripconney (heir)
  a. John Rosuggan of St. Earme (St. Erme) (a 1620, d by 1638)
  m. Joane Arscott (bur 23.02.1637, dau of William Arscot of Hillisworthie)
  (1)+ other issue (a 1620) - John (b c1600), Robert, Nicholas, Humphry, Francis, Hester, Rebecka
  b. Digorie Rosuggan of Rederife, near London
  B.+ other issue - George, Regnold, Elizabeth, Margery

 

 

Robert Ricketts of Southamptonshire
BP1870 identifies Robert's wife as Eliza, dau of Rev. Henry Roberts. Visitation (Howard & Crisp, England & Wales, vol 1 (1893), 'Ricketts', p273) & BP1934 ('Ricketts') identify her as ...
m. (1769) Harriot Grace Roberts (dau of Rev. Robert Roberts of Aldford)
1. John Ricketts
2. Sir Robert Tristram Ricketts, 1st Bart (b 1772, d 16.08.1842, Vice Admiral) had issue
  m. (15.5.1802) Rebecca Eliza Gumbleton (b 12.1781, d 08.05.1859, dau of Richard Gumbleton of Castle Richard, sister/coheir of Richard of Glencairn Abbey)
3. Gilbert Ricketts had issue (2 daus)
  m. (Harriet Worsley) Bligh (dau of Admiral Rodney Bligh)
4. Eliza Ricketts
  m. John Ogilvie

 

 

Foster reports that "The name of Reygate is said to be derived from a place in Normandy, and that the family first settled at Reigate, in Surrey, to which place they gave their name, and whence they migrated north to Yorshkire, in the twelfth century."
William de Reygate
1. Henry de Reygate
  A. William de Reygate
  i. John de Reygate
  a. Henry de Reygate of Sotuh Holms, Yorkshire (a 1189, 1199)
  (1) Richard de Reygate of Steveton in Sherburn, West Riding, Yorkshire (d by 1235, judge)
  m. Isabel (a 1235)
  (A) Henry de Reygate of Steveton (a 1235)
  m. Margaret
  (i) John de Reygate of Steveton (a 1272, dsp, escheator)
  (ii) William de Reygate of Steveton
  (a) Sir John de Reygate of Steveton (d before 1314)
  m. Katherine (a 1314)
((1)) Sir Robert de Reygate of Steeton de Reygate (a 1319, d by 1330)
  m. Elizabeth (a 1330)
  ((A)) William de Reygate of Steeton (a 1330, 1367, escheator)
  m. Theophania Funtaynes (a 1352, dau/heir of William de Funtaynes of Killingholme)
  ((i)) James de Reygate of Steeton (dsp 1375)
  ((ii)) Elizabeth de Reygate (a 1389)
  m1. William Clarell of Aldwarke (d before 1380)
  m2. Sir Thomas Leeds (d before 1389)
  ((iii)) Juliana de Reygate (dsp)
  m. William de Gastrick
  ((B)) John de Reygate of Mickefield (a 1330)
  ((C)) Robert de Reygate
  m1. Jane (a 1348)
  m2. Matilda (widow of Sir Robert Ryther)
  ((2)) John de Reygate (a 1320, 1350)
  (iii) Robert de Reygate

 

 

James Rimington of Carlton in Royston, West Riding, Yorkshire
m. Elizabeth Woodhead (dau of George Woodhead of Wightwistle)
1. John Rimington of Carlton (b 1729-30, bur 30.03.1780)
  m. (10.01.1757) Elizabeth Crosland (b 09.04.1738, d 18.04.1797, dau of Thomas Crosland of Cartworth (by Ann, dau of John Matson of Royston) son of Godfrey by Mary, dau of Rev. Charles Wilson of Broomhead)
  A. John Rimington of Hillsborough Hall & Sheffield (bpt 07.07.1760, d 31.01.1821, 2nd son)
  m. (19.06.1784) Mary Wilson (b 27.08.1764, d 22.06.1838, dau of Christopher Wilson of London, sister of Henry of Broomhead)
  i. James Rimington of Broomhead Hall & Newstead Hall, Yorkshire (b 11.11.1786, d 30.09.1839) had issue
  m. (01.09.1817) Sarah Ward (b 17.01.1800, d 05.2.1875, dau of Samuel Broomhead Ward by Hannah, dau of Jonathan Watkinson of Sheffield)
  Their 2nd son inherited Broomhead Hall and assumed the name Rimington-Wilson.
  B. Henry Rimington of Carlton (bpt 20.12.1761, dsp 22.02.1831)
  m. (17.02.1817) Mary Gilberthorpe of Hampole (b c1778, d 01.10.1826)
  C. Elizabeth Rimington (bpt 20.01.1758, d 22.03.1800)
  m. (06.01.1783) Henry Tudor of Tudor Hall (b 1737-8, d 22.01.1803, son of Edward of Welshpool)
  D.+ other issue - James of Sheffield (bpt 20.07.1759, bur 08.11.1785), Thomas of Sheffield and/or Cartworth (bpt 03.06.1763, d 16.09.1809), Crosland (d infant), Godfrey (bpt 21.01.1771, d unm 15.09.1797, Captain), Ann (d infant)

Main source(s):
(1) For Rigge (uploaded 10.06.12) : BLG1886 (Rigge of Wood Broughton), Commoners (vol 2, Rigge of Wood Broughton House)
(2) For Rosuggan (uploaded 02.11.12) : Visitation (J.L. Vivian (1887), Cornwall, 1530+1573+1620+additions, Rosuggan of St. Erme)
(3) For Ricketts (uploaded 23.01.13, reviewed 24.07.24) : BP1870 ('Ricketts')
(4) For Reygate (uploaded 26.07.13) : 'Pedigrees of the County Families of England' (vol 2, Yorkshire - West Riding, 'Reygate of Steveton') by Joseph Foster (1874)
(5) For Rimington (uploaded 16.05.14) : Visitation (Crisp 1906, England & Wales, Notes, volume 6, 'Pedigree of Rimington', p73), BLG1952 (Rimington-Wilson of Broomhead), FMG (vol 2, MS270, 'Woodhead-Rimington', p660)
[The section on 'Richards of Binnerton & Halgarrick' has been moved to Richards3.]
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