Father : John de Hamerton

Mother : Agnes de Arches

Born : Hamerton Hall, Slaidburn, Yorkshire (1334)

Adam married Katherine de Knoll and had a son, Richard. She brought considerable wealth and influence with her to the family when her father Elias, son of Reginald, transferred the manor of Wigglesworth to the Hammertons. Previously lords of Hammerton, they were now also lords of Knowlesmere, Wigglesworth and Hellifield. They left Hammerton and settled at Wigglesworth Hall and in 1436 Laurence Hamerton was licensed to keep a chaplain to sing Mass in his manor house at 'Wiklesworth'. An arched doorway to an outbuilding, opposite the entrance to the supposed 16th century house, remains today.

Father : Elias de Knoll, Lord of Knolsmere, Wiggleswoth & Hellifield Peel

Mother : Unknown Unknown

Born : Unknown (1336)

Katherine married Adam de Hamerton and had a son, Richard. She brought considerable wealth and influence with her to the family when her father Elias, son of Reginald, transferred the manor of Wigglesworth to the Hammertons. Previously lords of Hammerton, they were now also lords of Knowlesmere, Wigglesworth and Hellifield. They left Hammerton and settled at Wigglesworth Hall and in 1436 Laurence Hamerton was licensed to keep a chaplain to sing Mass in his manor house at 'Wiklesworth'. An arched doorway to an outbuilding, opposite the entrance to the supposed 16th century house, remains today.