[Illustration] Hocton, or Hoghton, appears to have been granted in
marriage by Warin Bussel to one Hamon, called "Pincerna," whose
grandson was the first "Adam de Hocton," who held one carucate of
land in Hocton in the reign of Henry II. His grandson, Sir Adam de
Hoghton, lived in the 50th of Henry III., and was the ancestor of
this family.
See Baines's Lancashire, iii. 348 and 459, for an interesting
account of Hoghton-Tower, long deserted by the family; and Wotton's
Baronetage, i. 15.
ARMS.--_Sable, three bars argent_: borne in the reign of Richard II.
by Mons. Ric. de Hoghton. His son (?) Richard, the same, _with a
label of three points gules_. (Rolls.)
Present Representative, Sir Henry Hoghton, 9th Baronet.