Person:Joan Bickerstath (1)

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Joan Bickerstath
 
 
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Name Joan Bickerstath
Alt Name Joan Bickerstaffe
Gender Female
Marriage to Sir Nicholas de Atherton, Kt.
References
  1.   sub 'Townships: Bickerstaffe', in Farrer, William, and John Brownbill. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster. (London: A. Constable, 1906-1914)
    Vol. 3, Pages 276-282.

    Adam de Bickerstath, the last of the principal line. His first appearance is in 1361, when he complained that certain persons, apparently his trustees, had been guilty of waste. He settled his estates in 1377 on his only daughter and heir Joan, who married Nicholas de Atherton.