Family and Education
b. c.1408, 2nd s. and event. h. of Sir William Haryngton (d.1440) of Farleton in Lonsdale by Margaret (d.1451) da. and event. coh. of Sir Robert Neville† (d.1413) of Hornby; nephew of Sir James Haryngton† of Fishwick, Lancs., and cousin of Sir Richard* and Thomas Haryngton II*. m. by Mar. 1420, Elizabeth (c.1405-18 Apr. 1485), C141/6/24. da. and h. of Thomas Dacre (d.1419) of Tatham, Lancs., 3s. inc. Sir James† and Sir Robert†, 5da. CP25(1)/281/162/8; J. Hunter, S. Yorks. ii. 402. Kntd. prob. 30 May 1445. DL37/20/7; VCH Lancs. vii. 194; R. Somerville, Duchy, i. 492.
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Attestor, parlty. elections, Cumb. 1447, Lancs. 1449 (Nov.).

Steward, manor of Hornby for his father 1427 – 28; hundreds of Amounderness and Lonsdale, Lancs. 26 Jan. 1437–22 Feb. 1440 (jt.), 22 Feb. 1440–19 Oct. 1444, 19 Oct. 1444–17 Dec. 1459 (jt.); Somerville, i. 499–500; DL37/12/4. dep. steward of the duchy of Lancaster manor of Ightenhill, Lancs., to Richard Neville, earl of Salisbury, by 26 June 1445–?; Lancs. Deeds, i (Chetham Soc. ser. 2, xci), 107–8. dep. steward and master forester of Bowland, Lancs., to the earl of Salisbury, by 1458. C.E. Arnold, ‘Political Study of the W. Riding 1437–1509’ (Manchester Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1984), ii. 42.

Commr. to distribute allowance on tax, Lancs. May 1437, Mar. 1442; of inquiry, Westmld. Mar. 1439 (complaint of Elizabeth, wid. of Robert Crackenthorpe*), Lancs. June 1446 (malfeasance of Sir John Byron* as sheriff), Yorks. (W. Riding) Aug. 1459 (opprobrious words); arrest, Yorks. July 1441, July, Aug. 1460, Cumb., Westmld. Nov. 1460; oyer and terminer, Westmld. July 1441 (offences against Thomas Baty), Midlands and N. Eng. Dec. 1460; to take assize of novel disseisin, Yorks. July 1444; C66/458, m. 14d. of array, Lancs., Cheshire July 1450; PPC, vi. 95. to assess subsidy, Yorks. (W. Riding) Aug. 1450.

Parker of duchy of Lancaster park of Quernmore, Lancs. 29 Sept. 1440 – 19 Oct. 1444; jt. 19 Oct. 1444–17 Dec. 1459. DL29/115/1790; DL37/12/4.

J.p. Yorks. (W. Riding) 12 Oct. 1440 – Mar. 1442, 4 May 1442 – Dec. 1459, 23 Aug. 1460 – d., Lancs. 15 Feb. 1442–59, Cumb. 12 Feb. 1448 – May 1452.

Conservator of truce with Scotland Nov. 1449, Aug. 1451, May 1455, June 1457, July 1458, Sept. 1459. Rot. Scot. ed. Macpherson etc., ii. 340, 353, 366, 383, 387, 397.

Sheriff, Yorks. 4 Nov. 1455 – 17 Nov. 1456.

Main residences: Farleton in Lonsdale; Hornby, Lancs.
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