Background
Hilliard was the eldest son of Richard Hilliard of Routh, Yorkshire and his wife Jane Thweng, daughter of Marmaduke Thweng of Weaverthorpe.
Hilliard was the eldest son of Richard Hilliard of Routh, Yorkshire and his wife Jane Thweng, daughter of Marmaduke Thweng of Weaverthorpe.
He was educated at Street John"s College, Cambridge in 1584 and entered Inner Temple in 1586.
He was re-elected Member of Parliament for Hedon in 1593 and 1597. He was a Justice of the Peace for the East Riding of Yorkshire by 1601. In 1601 he was re-elected Member of Parliament for Hedon.
He was High Sheriff of Yorkshire from 1612 to 1613.
In 1621 he was elected Member of Parliament for Beverley. He was elected Member of Parliament for Hedon again in 1624 and was re-elected in 1625 1626 and 1628, sitting until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years.
Hilliard died at the age of about 66 and was buried at Winestead on 23 November 1634.
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In 1589, he was elected Member of Parliament for Hedon. He was knighted in 1603 and was a member of the council in the north from July 1603 to November 1634.