Hello Listers, The following article was published in Cheshire Life in 1961, I located a copy in Macclesfield library. Is Your Name Hough Arms of Hough: Argent on a chevron style three crescents of the field. The shield is silver and there are three crescents of the same metals on a black chevron. If so, you may be able to trace your descent from a family living at Hough near Wynchbury in the thirteenth century. Richard Del Hogh had two sons Richard and Hugh. The eldest son is mentioned in deeds of 1316 and 1340, but appears to have died childless. His brother Hugh was Lord of Hough in 1352. He was custodian of Chester Castle and its constable in 1344 and 1345. It seems probable that he married Alice, daughter of Thomas de Aldelyme and left two sons Richard and William. Richard married twice and left two daughters, one whom married Richard de Masey who inherited Hough. William Hough was followed by his son William and the line was continued. Another family of the name were living at Thornton in the Wirral in the fourteenth century. When Richard, brother of Thomas Del Hogh, married the heiress of Roger Thornton of Thornton en le Hogh. Her mother had been heiress of William de Leighton and the Hough's thus acquired extensive estates. Thomas was a member of the jury who held an inquisition after the death of Nicholas de Vernon in 1388. At the commencement of the fifteenth century, Christopher Hough, Lord of Leighton and Thornton, married Margery, daughter and co-heir of David de Malpas of Hampton and Bickerton. His brother, Thomas Hough was serving in the kings forces in Ireland in 1399. William Hough, living in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, married a daughter of Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Sussex. A further branch of the Houghs lived in Chorley in the Macclesfield area, a prominent member being Roger, who was Incumbent of Wilmslow for many years, dying in 1587 at the age of ninety-five. Two members of the family, Henry and John, took part in the Battle of Worcester in 1651. ------------------------------ I was surfing the internet for Hough bits and bobs and located the following items for sale on e-bay, I wondered if they related to the ancestor/s of anyone on this list. Obviously I had just located it in e-bay and you can never be 100% certain that the item/s mentioned are genuine. Therefore read the information by all means but tread carefully, as I personally do not know if it is worth what the seller is asking. http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1033810888 http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1033812166 regards Jim