EDITED BY WILLIAM PAGE, F.S.A.

VOLUME VII

THE

VICTORIA HISTORY

OF THE COUNTIES
OF ENGLAND

LANCASHIRE

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VOLUME SEVEN

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CONTENTS OF VOLUME SEVEN

PAGE

Dedication ............... y

Contents ............... he

List of Illustrations .............. xi

List of Maps ............... xii

Editorial Note ............... xiii

Topography ...... General descriptions and manorial descents by

W. FARRER, D.Litt., and J. BROWNBILL, M.A.

Architectural descriptions by F. H. CHERTHAM.

Heraldic drawings and blazon by the Rev. E. E.

DORLING, M.A., F.S.A.

Blackburn Hundred (continuation) —

Mitton (Part of) I

Chipping ',"J » 20

Ribchester ............. 36

Amounderness Hundred —

Introduction ............. 68

Preston .............. 72

Kirkham. . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Lytham . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213

Poulton-le-Fylde . . . . . . . . . . . .219

Bispham .............. 242

Lancaster (Part of) . . . . . . . . . . . .251

St. Michael-on-Wyre . . . . . . . . . . .260

Garstang . . . . . . . . . . . . .291

Index to Volumes VI and VII 337

Corrigenda , 435

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Lancaster Castle ..........

Mitton : Cross of St. Paulinas on the Fells, Aighton . . .
,, Stonyhurst : Principal Front .....

„ „ First and Ground Floor Plans .

„ in 1808 »

„ „ South Front )

„ „ The Quadrangle .....

„ „ Gateway Tower .....

„ Shireburne Almshouses ......

Chipping Church from the South )

„ „ The Nave looking East >

„ „ The Font .......

„ Hesketh End : South Front

Thornley with Wheatley : Thornley Hall .....

Ribchester Church : Plan .......

„ „ from the South-east )

„ „ The Nave looking East)

Dutton Hall : South Front

„ ,, The Gateway .......

„ Stidd Chapel : Plan

„ „ „ from the North >
„ „ „ Nave and Chancel)

,, „ „ South Doorway)
„ „ „ The Font >

Preston : South Prospect in 1728
„ Church c. 1829)
„ „ c. 1796)

„ Parish Church from the South-east ....
„ Fishergate with Town Hall in distance >
„ Harris Free Library, Market Place >
Grimsargh and Brockholes : Red Scar, North-west Front
„ „ „ „ South-east Front

11 11 „ 11 The Dining-room

„ „ „ Higher Brockholes)

„ „ „ Lower Brockholes'

Broughton Church : Plan before 1823

,, „ from the North-west)

Barton Cross

Myerscough Lodge : Inscribed Stone over Stable Door )
Kirkham Church from the North-west )

Clifton with Salwick : Lund Church, Roman Altar used as Font .

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Singleton : Mains Hall

Goosnargh : Bulsnape Hall ^ . . . • full-page plate, facing 194
„ Ashes, Old Doorway f
„ Inglewhite Village > „ „ „ 198

Hospital >

202
Church: Plan

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The Nave looking East \

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Whittingham : Chingle Hall, Bridge over Moat .

Dun Cow Rib Farm " 2°'

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Lytham Hall . •

„ Church from the South-east ) ^ full-page plate, facing 226

Poulton-le-Fylde : Stocks and Cross >

Bispham Church : Norman Doorway » »» "

Preesall with Hackinsall : Parrox Hall, North Front ) 25g

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„ „ „ Hackinsall Hall ... „ 260

St. Michael-on-Wyre Church from the North-east >

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Upper Rawcliffe : St. Michael's ViUage

Great Eccleston : Raikes Road ... 277

Woodplumpton Church : Plan ... 289

„ from the South-east ^ ^ full-page plate, facing 290
„ „ The Nave looking East '

Garstang Church : Plan ......••••••• 294

from the North-east | fall-page plate, facing 294
„ „ The Nave looking East )
Nateby : Bowers House . . . . . . • • • • • • .310

Kirkland : Churchtown Cross ^ full-page plate, facing ^

Barnacre with Bonds : Greenhalgh Castle

Claughton Hall „ », »» 3z8

LIST OF MAPS

Index Map to Chipping, Leagram, Aighton and Ribchester . . . . . . .21

„ „ „ Hundred of Amounderness . . . . . . . • .68

„ „ „ Parish of Preston ........... 72

„ „ „ Parishes of Kirkham and Lytham . . . . . . . .143

,, „ „ „ „ Poulton and Bispham . .. . . . . .220

„ „ „ Chapelry of Stalmine . . . . . . . . . .252

„ „ „ Parish of St. Michael-on-Wyre . .261

» >, »> „ „ Garstang 292

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EDITORIAL NOTE

THE Editors desire to acknowledge the assistance and information
given by the Rev. S. E. Collinson, Mr. E. Dickson, Mr. J. T. Fair,
Mr. W. J. Fitzherbert-Brockholes, D.L., J.P., Mr. Joseph Gillow,
Mr. D. Howsin, Mr. A. Jobling, the Rev. J. Keating, Dr. J. A. Laycock,
Mr. E. A. Le Gendre Starkie, J.P., the Rev. E. T. Millard, the Rev. B.
Nightingale, M.A., Mr. James Openshaw, M.A., the Rev. J. F. H.
Parker, Mr. W. Parker, Captain C. B. Petre, the Rev. D. Schofield,
Mr. W. W. Simpson, J.P., Mr. R. Trappes-Lomax, J.P., and Miss
Weld, also the Town Clerks of Blackpool and Preston and the Librarian
of Preston.

They also wish to tender their thanks to Mr. J. P. Rylands,
F.S.A., for revising the heraldry.

For illustrations and information regarding the architecture of the
county the Editors are indebted to Sir George F. Toulmin, M.P., the
Editor and Proprietors of ' Country Life ' (for photographs of Shireburne
Almshouses and Stonyhurst Gateway Tower), the Society of Antiquaries,
Messrs. Austin & Paley, the Rev. W. Bodkin, S.J., Mr. W. Ellison
Fenwicke, and Mr. T. Harrison Myres.

xin

A HISTORY OF
LANCASHIRE

TOPOGRAPHY

THE HUNDRED OF BLACKBURN

(CONTINUATION)

MITTON (PART OF)
AIGHTON, BAILEY AND CHAIGLEY

Acton, Dom. Bk. ; Aghton, 1274; Aighton,
modern. Occasionally an H was prefixed, e.g. Hacton,

1235-

Bailegh, 1257 ; Bayley, 1284 ; Bayleye, 1291.

Cheydeslega, 1246 ; Chaygeslegh, 1331 ; Chaddes-
legh, Chaddesley, 1346 ; Chageley, c. 1440.

This composite township is bounded on the north
and east by the Hodder, which separates it from
Yorkshire, in which county is situated the greater
part of the parish of Mitton. On the south the
Ribble is the boundary. The dominant physical
feature is Longridge Fell, projecting eastward into
the township a little north of the centre. Its highest
point, 1,149 ft., lies Just with'0 the border. From
the ridge the ground falls rapidly to the north and
east, and more gently to the south, many outlying
spurs breaking the surface into hills and cloughs, the
latter often watered by rapid brooks, formerly supply-
ing motive power to numerous bobbin mills. Trees
are abundant, and along the Hodder are many
beautiful views.

Aighton and Bailey lie to the south of the Fell, to
the east and west respectively, being parted by Dean
Brook, while Chaigley or Chaigeley occupies the
north-east slope. Stonyhurst,1 which as the residence
o! the lords of the manor has for centuries been the
dominant house in the township, lies near the centre
of Aighton, with Winkley or Winckley to the south-
east, in the corner formed by the confluence of Hodder
and Ribble, and Woodfields to the north-east. Hurst
Green, the principal hamlet, is about a mile south-
west of Stonyhurst. Chilsey Green is to the north,
under the Fell ; near it are the Shireburne alms-
houses. Morton House lies to the east, while Craw-
shaw and Hudd Lee are near the western border.

In Chaigley, Chadswell and Chapel House are central,
the houses known as the hall and the manor lying
to the east and Wedacre to the west.

The principal road is that from Longridge to
Mitton and Clitheroe, through the southern part of
the township. The portion of this road from Hurst
Green to the lower Hodder bridge was made by
McAdam in 1826, being one of the first attempts to
apply his system.2 The new Hodder bridge, of three
arches, was built at the same time ; the old one, still
standing a few yards to the south, was provided by
Sir Richard Shireburne in 1562.* There is no
bridge across the Ribble,4 but a ferry is maintained
to Hacking on the south bank. The older road from
Longridge is higher up, passing through Chilsey
Green and Stonyhurst, but this is now little used.
North of the Fell is another important road, from
Chipping and Thornley to Clitheroe, crossing the
Hodder by the higher bridge.

The area of the township is 6,300^ acres,5'7
Aighton measuring 2,867 acres, Bailey 1,41 8£ and
Chaigley 2,015. A detached part of Aighton called
Lennox's Farm was in 1883 transferred to Button,
within which township it lay.8 In 1901 the popula-
tion numbered 1,310.

Aighton was in 1066 in the hundred of Amounder-
ness and apparently in the parish of Preston ; its
double transference to the hundred of Blackburn and
to the parish of Mitton was no doubt a consequence
of the early grants to the Lacy and Mitton families
respectively, as narrated below.

To the ancient 'fifteenth' 38^. was contributed,
when the hundred in all paid £37 is. jd.,9 and to
the county lay a proportionate sum.

The township is now governed by a parish council.

1 Two field* near the hall are called
Great and Little Stonyhurst.

* J. Gerard, Stonyhurst Coll. 1 24.

3 Ibid. 57. Sir Richard provided the
stone and paid £70 to the mason. In
the appended note is a statement by the
rector of Mitton in 1331 that the bridge
over the Hodder — probably a wooden one

— was frequently broken down, the river
being liable to floods.

4 An aqueduct carries the Blackburn
Corporation water-pipes across the river,
but there is no public footway by it.

*"7 The Census Rep. of 1901 gives
6,289 >cres, including 108 of inland
water.

8 Transferred under the Divided Parishes
Act, 1882. The land is at the north
end of Dutton. The farm may have
taken its name from a Lynalx, related to
the old lords of Ribchester. A Thomas
Lenox had land in 1524 ; see below.

9 Gregson, Fragments (ed. Harland),
19.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Tumuli at Winkley10 are supposed to mark the
scene of some ancient struggle for the passage of the
river, but the chief historical event is the stay of
Cromwell at Stbnyhurst on two occasions in August
i648.u The Jacobite rising of 1715 caused some
excitement. In Chnigley there are remains of a
barracks in which soldiers were then stationed in order
to quell the country.12

Apart from the Shireburnes the most distinguished
native was Henry Holden, D.D., a Roman Catholic
divine born in 1596 at Chaigley. He took part in
the controversies of the time, and was himself sus-
pected of Jansenism, unjustly as it appears. He lived
abroad for the most part and became vicar-general of
Paris. He died in i66z.13

In 1836, apart from agriculture, the industries
were hand-loom weaving of cotton, wood-bobbin
making, lime burning and stone quarrying.14 At
present little corn is grown, the land being mostly
pasture ; the areas are thus returned for Aighton,
Bailey and Bowland with Leagram : arable land,
32 acres; permanent grass, 7,262^ ; woods and
plantations, 641 £.15 Oxen seem to have been used as
draught animals down to recent times.16

The deer park at Stonyhurst existed till i855-17
There are remains of a number of ancient crosses.18
At Aighton there seems to have been a St. Michael's
Well.19 In Chaigley is St. Chad's Well.

In 1086 4IGHTON, assessed as one
MANORS plough-land, was recorded among the
king's manors in Amounderness which
twenty years earlier had been held by Earl Tostig as
appurtenant to Preston, and after him by Roger of
Poitou.20 Afterwards it belonged, for a time at least,
to Warine Bussel, one of Roger's knights and ancestor
of the lords of Penwortham. Again coming into the
king's hands, it was in 1102 given by Henry I to
Robert de Lacy, and from that time onward formed
part of the great fee or honor of Clitheroe.21

Robert immediately bestowed Aighton, together
with Great Mitton and other manors, upon Ralph le
Rous, who was to hold them by the service of half a
knight's fee.22 This grant was between 1135 and
1 141 confirmed by Ilbert de Lacy, who in his charter
styled Ralph ' my brother.' Ralph was ancestor of
the Mitton family, who retained possession for some
1 50 years, though there is little to record of their
tenure.23 In 1204 Stephen de Hamerton claimed

a plough-land in Aighton against Hugh de Mitton,
but released his right in 1208 on receiving 14 marks
from Hugh.24 Ralph son of Robert de Mitton in
1235 secured from Jordan de Wheatley the acknow-
ledgement of his title to half an oxgang of land in
Aighton,25 and seven years later Ralph was holding
the fourth part of a knight's fee in Aighton, &c.,
being part of the dower of the Countess of Lincoln.-6
He was party to various suits in 1246 respecting
tenements in Aighton,27 and his widow Margery was
claiming dower in certain lands there as late as
1 29 1.28

Before 1300 Aighton was either sold or reverted to
the Earl of Lincoln as lord of Clitheroe, or else a
mesne manor had been created in favour of Margaret
de Holland, whose second husband Robert de Hephale
held of the earl the eighth part of a knight's fee
there.29 Robert granted his manor of Aighton with
various lands to Ralph son of Sir Ralph de Mitton for

CROSS OF ST. PAULINUS ON THE FELLS,
AIGHTON

life.30 It appears that Ralph de Mitton held some
lordship in Aighton as early as 1276 31 ; in 1284 he
claimed a tenement there against Anabil widoA of

10 Lanct. tnd Cket. Antiq. Soc. xii, 30 ;
xiii, 27.

11 Cromwell and his force, hastening
to meet the Duke of Hamilton, on
1 6 Aug. ' came at night to Mr. Shire-
burne'i house called Stonyhurst, about
Hodder Water, •where the general lodged
that night, and his army encamped within
the park. Had a council of war that
night in which it was concluded to fight
the duke if he abode ' ; War in Lanes.
(Chet. Soc.), 65. After his victory over
the Scots he again stayed at Stonyhurst
for a night ; ibid. 67.

There are several allusions to it in
Cromwell's Letters (ed. Carlyle, 63, 64).
He crossed the Hodder probably by the
old higher bridge (predecessor of the pre-
sent one), at which point a council of
war was held ; Gerard, op. cit. 62. The
second stay was probably on 24 Aug.

lz T. C. Smith, Longridge, 31.

Is Diet. Nat. Biog. ; Gillow, Bibl. Diet.

of EngJ. Cath. iii, 332-8 ; Pal. Note Bk.
ii, 56, 127.

14 Baines, Lanes, (ed. 1836), iii, 370.

15 Statistics from Bd. of Agric. (1905).

16 Gerard, op. cit. 98. 17 Ibid. 80.

18 Lanes, and Chet. Antiq. Soc. xviii,
30-4. There are eight ancient crosses
named and several modern ones. The
oldest, perhaps, is that known as St.
Paulinus' Cross, of peculiar form ; it is
placed at Kemple End, high up on the
Fell.

Another ancient socket hss had a new
cross shaft inserted by Mr. W. W. Simp-
son of Winkley.

19 In 1 540 John Gill of ' Aghton '
(? Aighton) was charged with putting his
hemp into St. Michael's Well, near a cer-
tain stream called the Stone Brook. The
place may be Aughton near Ormskirk.

20 V.C.H. Lanes, i, 28 8 b.

n Farrer, Lanes. Fife R. 382 ; five
plough-lands in all were given.

» Ibid. 385.

*3 Whalley Couch. (Chet. Soc.), iii, 680.
The succession — Hugh, d. 1209 -s.
Robert -s. Sir Ralph -s. Jordan, -s. John
— is shown by the Cockersand Chartul.
(Chet. Soc.), ii, 520-3.

u Cur. Reg. R. 33 ; Final Cone.
(Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 34.

25 Ibid, i, 60.

*6 Lanes. Inq. and Extents (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), i, 150.

27 He successfully resisted a claim for
an acre of wood put forward by Osbert de
Daniscoles, while Vitalis de Hope with-
drew a claim against him ; Assize R.
404, m. i, ii.

28 De Banco R. 90, m. 98 d.

39 Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 319. For
Margaret de Holland see the accounts of
Bolton and Chorley and Final Cone, ii,
80.

30 Kuerden MSS. iii, A 3, no. 60.

31 Assize R. 405, m. 3 a.

BLACKBURN HUNDRED

MITTON (PART OF)

Jordan de Mitton,32 and was in 1292 called to warrant
lands.33 In 1304 Ralph gave his manor of Aighton,
Bailey and Chaigley to Margery widow of Robert de
Hephale and received it from her for life.34 Margaret
afterwards married Adam Banastre, who in 1311 was
recorded as holding of the Earl of Lincoln a plough-
land in Aighton by the service of the eighth part of a
knight's fee and a rent of 9</.35 In 1313-14 the
lords of the place were Adam Banastre, Margaret then
his wife, and Denise widow of Ralph de Mitton.36

John son of Richard son of Henry de Clitheroe in
1323-4 claimed common of turbary in Aighton
against Margaret widow of Adam Banastre,37 and
similar claims were put forward by others against her
in conjunction with (her son) John son of Robert
de Hephale, Denise widow of Ralph de Mitton and
Bernard son of Thomas de Gressingham.38 After
Margaret's death her manors were divided among her
daughters — Alice wife of Robert de Shireburne,
Agnes wife (i) of Henry de Lea and (2) of Robert
de HornclifF, but apparently childless, Joan wife of
Thomas (or Robert) de Arderne, who left a son
Thomas, and Katherine wife of John de Harrington.39
The heirs of Margaret Banastre held Aighton in

I346-55-40

Robert de Shireburne appears to have acquired as
owner or tenant the shares of his sisters-in-law, so
becoming lord of the whole manor.41 There are,
however, occasional traces of the other lordships, for
a fourth part of the manor of Aighton was included
in the HornclifF estate in 133 1.42 In July 1352,
when John son of Hugh de Hacking claimed two
messuages, &c., in Aighton against William de
Yarrowdale, the defendant called the representatives
of Margaret Banastre to warrant him — viz. Alice
widow of Robert de Shireburne, John de Harring-
ton the elder and his wife Katherine and Thomas
de Arderne (son of Joan).43 Of these John de
Harrington of Farleton, in right of Katherine his
wife, in 1359 had a rent of 6o/. from tenements in
Aighton held for life by John de Bailey,44 and the

Harrington interest in the manor continued to be
recognized in the inquisitions of the family and their
successors the Mounteagles until 1576, when Sir
Richard Shireburne compounded with Lord Mount-
eagle for the 6o/. free rent which had till then been
paid.45 In 1409 Thomas de Chamber son and heir
of Elizabeth daughter and heir of Joan daughter and
heir of Sir Thomas de Arderne released to John de
Bailey and Robert de Towneley all his title in the
fourth part of the manor of Aighton with lands, &c.,
formerly belonging to Sir Thomas.46

The Shireburne family had had the manor of
Hambleton in Amounderness
from the early part of the
i 3th century.47 Robert son
of John de Shireburne occurs
in I292,48 and later became
seneschal of Clitheroe, being
so described in the attestations
of charters,49 &c. In 1313
he was pardoned for his share
in the execution or murder of
Piers Gaveston, having been
an adherent of the Earl of
Lancaster,50 and about 1326
he was made a knight.51 He

received from Margaret widow of Adam Banastre in
1329 her manor of Aighton,52 and four years later,
in conjunction with Alice his wife, granted a fourth
part of the manor of Aighton, Bailey and Chaigley
to their son Robert.53 Sir Robert and Alice his wife
were living in 133 8,54 but Alice was a widow in
1342 55 ; she in 1353 granted to Sir John Tempest
and Katherine his wife the crops growing on certain
of her lands.56

Sir Robert appears to have been succeeded by his
son Sir John de Shireburne,87 who fought at Crecy and
Calais 58 ; but another son, William, had half the
manor of Aighton in I349,59 an<^ ln ^S1 John
Boteler and others were charged with abducting
Ismania wife of William de Shireburne.60 Sir John

SHIRKBURNK. Argent
a lion rampant vert.

s? Assize R. 1268, m. 12.

33 Ibid. 408, m. 32d.

34 Kuerden, loc. cit. Robert de Shire-
burne was a witness to Margery's charter.

35 De Lacy Inq. (Chet. Soc.), 1 7. At
the same time John de Daniscoles held
20 acres in Paniscoles, paying 6s. rent 5
ibid. 1 8.

36 Assize R. 424, m. 7 d. Adam Banas-
tre alone was defendant in 1312 to a
claim for a messuage and land put for-
ward by Henry son of Robert Atte Hall
of Aighton ; De Banco R. 195, m. 150 d.

37 Assize R. 425, m. i.

38 Ibid. m. 4 d. The plaintiffs were
Roger son of Richard Nowell and Ellen
his wife and Richard son of Gilbert the
Harper. In the following year, as Mar-
garet widow of Robert de Hephale, she
was again defendant ; Assize R. 426,
m. i d. Richard de Hephale was plain-
tiff in 1332 ; De Banco R. 288, m. 334.

In 1334 Sir Richard de Holland
claimed a messuage, mill, two plough-
lands, &c., in Aighton against William
de Livesey, Alice his wife, Adam the son
of William, Avice his wife and Richard
de Bury. The defence was that there
was only one plough-land, and that Sir
Richard had been convicted of felony ;
Coram Rege R. 297, m. 128. This case
incidentally exhibits the custody of the
Assize Rolls at that time.

89 See the account of Chorley.

40 Feud. Aids, iii, 88. They appear
to have been John de Harrington, Thomas
de Arderne and John de Bailey.

41 As in the Inq. p.m. of John de Bailey
cited later.

42 Final Cone, ii, 80.

43 Duchy of Lane. Assize R. 2, m. v d.

44 Inq. p.m. 36 Edw. Ill, pt. i,
no. 99.

45 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 38,
m. 59 ; and the Shireburne Abstract Bk.
at Leagram Hall. This book gives notes
of two payment* in the time of Henry V
and later.

46 Dtp. Keeper's Rep. xxxiii, App. 10.

47 See the account of that township,
Carleton, &c. John de Shireburne occurs
in 1262 (Final Cone, i, 136) ; John and
Eva his wife in 1281 ; De Banco R. 43,
m. 3.

48 Assize R. 408, m. 59 d.

49 E.g. Dods. MSS. cxlix, fol. 37*.

50 Palgrave, Parl. Writs.

61 At the beginning of that year he
was excused knighthood till Whitsuntide ;
ibid.

sa Kuerden MSS. iii, A3, no. 64.

58 Ibid. no. 67. Robert son of Robert
de Shireburne had in 1331 'put in his
claim ' in a settlement of the manors ;
Final Cone, ii, 81. He was probably the
Robert who was knight of the shire in

1335 ; Pink and Beaven, Parl. Repre. of
Lanes. 25. He seems to have died about
that time without issue, and in 1336 John
de Shireburne appears ; ibid.

64 Kuerden MSS. ii, fol. 260.

«s Ibid.

56 Ibid, iii, A3, no. 69.

*' Sir Robert gave lands in Much Hoole
and Formby to his son John in 1338, and
in 1345 Sir John de Shireburne made a
grant of lands in Hoole ; Kuerden MSS.
ii, fol. 260.

In 1343 Sir John de Shireburne and
John de Charnley were charged with
killing a servant of Nicholas Bagot at the
Cartford on Ribble Sand, but were found
not guilty ; Assize R. 430, m. 31 d. (32).

58 Crecy and Calait (Will. Salt Soc.
xviii), 35, 100, &.c.

Sir John had a wife Margaret, who
afterwards married William de Dransfielti
and was living in 1391 ; Final Cone, iii,
38.

59 Kuerden MSS. iii, A3, no. 66 ; the
seal bears a lion rampant. Robert de
Shireburne and William his brother are
mentioned in 1323 ; Coram Rege R. 254,
m. 42.

60 Assize R. 434, m. 2. Ismania may
have been a widow thrn, as she was in
1354, when claiming dower in Hamble-
ton ; Duchy of Lane. Assize R. 3,
m. iij.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

left two sons Robert and Richard ; the former was in
I 349 married to Emma daughter of Sir William de
Plumpton,61 but must have died shortly afterwards, for
in i 35 I, on being betrothed to Alice, sister of Emma,
Richard was described as son of Sir John de Shire-
burne and heir-apparent of Alice widow of Sir Robert
de Shireburne.69 Sir Richard de Shireburne in 1361
granted to Richard de Bailey and others the moiety
of the manor of Aighton lately belonging to his
uncle William.63 He died in or before 1370, when
his widow Alice claimed the custody of his son
Richard.64 Of this son nothing further is known, and
his sisters Joan and Margaret succeeded, the latter
becoming sole heiress. Margaret was by 1377 married
to Richard son of John de Bailey," and her son
adopted Shireburne as his surname.

John de Bailey, ancestor of the later Shireburne or
Sherburne family, was seated at STONTHURST.
This was the name of some land in Aighton granted
before 1209 by Hugh son of Jordan de Mitton to
Ellis son of Alexander de Winkley,66 who obtained a
confirmation from Hugh's son Robert.67 The new
owner probably took Stonyhurst for a surname, several
of the family attesting local charters. About 1290
Henry de Wath and Margaret his wife granted to
Walter son of Jordan de Bailey the land called the
Stonyhurst which they had acquired from Thomas
Loucoks of Stonyhurst 68 ; a fine of 1292 appears to
be in confirmation of it.69 John son of Walter de
Bailey made in 1323 an exchange of lands in Aighton
with William de Winkley,70 and acquired other lands
there in 1330 and later.71 He in 1349 obtained a
moiety of the manor from William de Shireburne,
and this was settled upon him and his male issue in
1 36 1.72 John son of Walter de Bailey was still
living in 1370 and I37I,73 being probably the John

de Bailey the elder who attested a deed in the latter
year.74 He is said to have died in I372.75

John son of John de Bailey appears in 1364 as
making a feoffment of lands in Button received from
John son of Walter de Bailey 76 ; he acquired lands in
Aighton in I36777 and 1^76™ while in 1372 he
obtained licence for an oratory at Stonyhurst.79 At his
death in 1391 John de Bailey held the Shireburne
manor of Aighton, either as trustee for his grandson
Richard or by purchase. One fourth part was said to
be held of the Duke of Lancaster in chief, another
fourth by knight's service, another of Sir Nicholas de
Harrington by a rent of 6o/. and the other of the
heirs of Sir Thomas de Arderne by 6$s. ^.d. a year.80"1

Sir Nicholas de Harrington was the guardian of
Richard de Bailey and Agnes his wife.82 Mabel the
widow of John in 1403 demised her dower lands in
Aighton to Richard son and heir of Richard son and
heir of John de Bailey.83 In 1414 the same Richard
held a fourth part of the manor of Sir Thomas de
Arderne, ' rendering 4 marks a year to John de
Bailey, which yearly rent, together with the rever-
sion of the said fourth part, &c., the aforesaid John
lately had of the gift and grant of William Mountford
and Elizabeth his wife, daughter and heir of Joan
daughter and heir of the said Sir Thomas.' w Richard
was knight of the shire in I42O,85 and died in 1441
holding the manor of Aighton of the king as Earl of
Lincoln in socage ; with manors and lands elsewhere,
as in Hambleton, Poulton, Freckleton, Longton,
Chorley and Bolton-le-Moors.86 By his will he pro-
vided for the inclosing of St. Nicholas' chapel in
Mitton Church,87 to which Agnes his widow, who
died in 1445, was aLo a benefactor.88

His son Richard, as appears from his monumental
inscription,89 had died a few days before him, so that

41 Kuerden MSS. ii, fol. 260.

M Ibid. Hi, A 3, no. 68.

48 Ibid. no. 72 ; the seal shows six
fusils in fesse charged with escallops.

64 De Banco R. 440, m. 20 ; the defen-
dant was Robert son of William de
Clifton. Alice afterwards married Sir
John Boteler, and in 1373 released her
right to dower in lands in Aighton for-
merly belonging to William son of Sir
Robert de Shireburne ; Kuerden MSS.
i.i, A 3, no. 70.

44 Dods. MSS. cliii, fol. 101 ; an in-
denture between Sir John Boteler and
John de Bailey.

44 Stonyhurst Coll. D. ; the bounds,
which at several points were indicated by
oak trees, began at an alder trunk in the
Stonyway by the arable land in Stony-
hurst, went east to Thuvicarr, then north
to a strip of land round Ellis's houses,
and by it to Stony Brook, running west ;
then south and east to the starting-point.

47 Ibid.

48 Robert de Hephale, seneschal of
Blackburnshire, was one of the wit-
nesses.

Jordan de Bailey is named in 1257 ;
Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 204. Jordan
son of Jordan de Bailey was plaintiff in
1292 ; Assize R. 408, m. 4.

Amice widow of Jordan de Bailey,
William de Edisforth and Margaret hit
wife were in 1312 defendants to a claim
by Thomas de Bradhurst in right of his
wife Agnes ; De Banco R. 195, m. 153 d.;
199, m. 60.

69 Final Cone, i, 176 ; a messuage, 8
acres of land, <fcc.

70 Towneley MS. DD, no. 644.

71 Christiana widow of William Pye of
Clitheroe and daughter of Adam son of
Roger de Clitheroe in 1330 released to
him the Aighton lands of Richard son of
William de Edisforth ; deed cited in
Duchy of Lane. Assize R. 7, m. 5 d. In
1 346 John de Bailey claimed messuages
and land in Aighton against Adam son of
Henry Harrison of Aighton, and appears
as plaintiff or defendant two years later ;
De Banco R. 348, m. 194; 354,01. 82 d.;
355, m. 124.

ri Kuerden MSS. iii, A 3, no. 65-6.
In the same year, as stated in the text,
Sir Richard de Shireburne granted a
moiety of the manor to Richard son of
John son of Walter de Bailey, Jordan de
Bailey chaplain and Ralph son of Robert
de Bailey ; ibid. no. 72.

73 Add. MS. 32107, no. 888, 872.

74 DD, no. 658.

74 Gerard, Stonyhurst Coll. 44. The
seal of John de Bailey, 1365, bore an
eagle displayed ; Towneley MS. C 8, 1 3
(Chet. Lib.), 563.

76 Kuerden MSS. ii, fol. 260.

77 Final C»nc. ii, 173 ; from Adam son
of John de Blackburn and Alice his
wife.

78 DD, no. 670 ; Adam de Winkley
granted a toft, &c., adjoining Stonyhurst
to John son of John de Bailey in exchange
for three plats of land and wood called
the Pighle, Hodderford ridding and the
Foxholes adjoining Winkley. The seal
bore an eagle displayed.

79 Gerard, op. cit. 45.

SO"1 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), i, 44.

The last-named rent is probably an error
for 53*. 4</., i.e. 4 marks. John de Bailey
in 1391 made provision for the singing of
300 masses for his soul and the souls of
his parents, &c., by one or more honest
chaplains within two years ; Add. MS.
32106, no. 195.

89 Final Cone, iii, 38.

83 Kuerden MSS. iii, A 3, no. 59.

M Ibid. no. 74. See note 46 above.
Bailey was probably trustee for Richard.

84 Pink and Bcaven, Part. Repre. of
Lanes. 51. In 1423 he acquired from
Richard son of William del Riddings land
at Winkley which had in 1331 been
granted by John del Riddings to his
brother William to be held of the chief
lords by a rent of yd. ; Add. MS. 32305,
no. 1026, 1136. The Shireburne seal
appended to a feoffment of the manor of
Wiswell in 1429 bears quarterly I and 4,
a lion rampant ; 2 and 3, an eagle dis-
played ; Kuerden MSS. iii, A 3, no. 76.

Richard Shireburne and Agnes his wife
in 1421 obtained the pope's licence for a
portable altar ; Col. Papal Letters, vii,
330.

8* Lanes. Rec. Inq. p.m. no. 30, 31 ;
the clear annual value of the manor of
Aighton was £20.

87 Test. Ebor. (Surtees Soc.), ii, 75.
This bequest reads : ' Also I will that a
closet be made honestly at the said altar
of St. Nicholas upon my cost.' He
bequeathed vestments, &c., for the priest
saying mass there and desired to be buried
in the chapel. ** Ibid, ii, 105.

8»Whitaker, Whallcy, ii, 493, refer-
ring to Harl. MS. 804, fol. 99^.

CO

BLACKBURN HUNDRED

MITTON (PART OF)

the heir was a grandson named Robert, son of the
younger Richard by his wife Alice Hamerton,90
and only six years of age. Little is recorded of
Robert's fifty years' tenure of the manor.91 He died
in 1492 holding Aighton of Sir Edward Stanley,
successor of Harrington, by the rent of 6os. ; also
various other manors and lands. Provision had been
made in 1489 for Thomas and Roger, younger sons,
and in 1491 for Anne daughter of Sir Thomas
Talbot, who was to marry Hugh grandson of
Robert. The heir was Robert's son Sir Richard
Shireburne, then thirty years of age.92 He died in
1513 holding the manor as before, and leaving a
son Hugh, thirty years of age, to inherit.93 Hugh's
son Thomas of full age succeeded in I5z8,94 but did
not long continue, dying in I535~6,9i during his
term of office as sheriff.96

Richard the son and heir of Thomas was said to
be ten years old at his father's death.97 He held the
manor for nearly sixty years, and for most of the
time was one of the leading men in the county. In
1544 he was made a knight during the invasion of
Scotland in that year, Edinburgh being captured.98
He was a member of the Parliaments of Mary's time,99
but not later ; nor was he ever sheriff. Religion
probably kept him from these employments after
1559, for such as he was he favoured Roman
Catholicism.100 Towards the end of his life, about
1591, it was reported to the queen's ministers that
Sir Richard and his family * are recusants and do not
go to church, or if they do, stop their ears with wool
lest they should hear ; that he kept a priest in Queen
Mary's time ; had one brought to confess his wife
when ill ; relieves Richard Startevant, who is con-
versant with Dr. Allen and other Jesuits and is

suspected to be a Jesuit, and for that reason he
put Roger Startevant out of the book for payment
of this subsidy ; that he says he could apprehend
massing priests but will disturb no man for his
conscience ; that he threatens revenge, with death,
against those that preferred the articles against him ;
that he has several times, from 1585 to 1588, laid
upon the inhabitants of Lancashire too high taxes for
soldiers, and kept the money in his hands and refuses
to account for it ; that he threatens to hang constables
by martial law unless they collect the sums so taxed ;
that he retains sundry sums due to people on the
end of the last lottery ; that he threatened vengeance
on Simon Haydock, who refused to sell him lands at
Chorley, if he continued in his lieutenancy ; that he
has been guilty of incest and adultery ; and has
never lent the queen money by privy seal, though
worth more than £ i ,000 a year.' 101 He was at
one time a member of the Ecclesiastical Commission
of the North, the object of which was to exterminate
Roman Catholicism.102 He was master forester of
Bowland, a deputy-lieutenant of the county and the
Earl of Derby's lieutenant of the Isle of Man.103 He
married Maud Bold, and had several children by her,
as well as illegitimate offspring by various mistresses ;
one of these he married immediately after his wife's
death in I588.104 Though involved in a great num-
ber of lawsuits 10i he prospered, adding much to the
family wealth 106 ; he rebuilt the Shireburne aisle in
Mitton Church,107 and began a new hall at Stony-
hurst,108 which his son continued.

Sir Richard died 26 July 1594 holding the
manors of Aighton, Wiswell, Dutton, Carleton,
Hambleton, Longton, Bispham, Norcross and
Whittingham ; a moiety of the manor of Chorley, a

90 In 1422 an agreement was made by
which Richard son of Richard Shireburne
was to marry Maud daughter of Lawrence
Hamerton ; Towneley MS. HH, no. 101.

91 Sir John Boteler in 1447 released to
Robert Shireburne the younger all right
in various lands ; Towneley MS. C 8, 13
(Chet. Lib.), 145. In 1467 a covenant
was made that 'an honest secular priest'
should celebrate mass four times a week
at ' the chapel of the manor of Stony-
hurst ' for various persons deceased ;
Foley, Rec. 5. J. v, 401, from the Shire-
burne Abstract Bk. at Leagram.

98 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. iii, no. 92 ;
the tenure of the manor of Aighton seems
to be imperfectly recorded.

A papal dispensation for the marriage
of Richard Shireburne to Joan Langton
was granted in 1472 ; Test. Ebor. iii, 341.

98 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. iv, no. 46
His will (1508) is recited.

Hugh Shireburne was accused of
adultery in 1517; Whallty Act Bk.
(Chet. Soc.), 55, 66.

94 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. vi,
no. 65 ; the tenure of Aighton was
recorded as ' of the king as of his earldom
of Lincoln ' in socage by a rent of yd,
Dower was in 1537 assigned to Anne
widow of Hugh Shireburne ; ibid, viii,
no. 27. For the administration of his
estate see Whalley Act Bk. 1 1 9.

93 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. viii, no. 33;
the manor of Aighton was held of the
king as Earl of Lincoln, a rent of yd.
being due for castle ward. In addition
to the manors and lands in his possession
Thomas Shireburne had the reversion of
others held for life by his uncle Roger

Shireburne in Carleton, &c. ; by Richard
Shireburne in Wiswell, &c. ; by Thomas
bastard son of Sir Richard in Leyland, &c. ;
and by Robert son of Hugh Shireburne
in Aighton.

In 1529-30 Thoma* Shireburne wa»
accused of poaching in the forest of Bow-
land ; C. D. Sherborn, Family of Sherborn,

*5-

98 P.R.O. Litt, 73.

97 The age may have been understated.
Special licence of entry was granted him
in 1544 ; Def. Keeper's Rep. xxxix, App.
559. He was married at Farnworth in
Widnes on 26 Oct. 1539, but his wife't
name is not given ; Reg.

98 Metcalfe, Bk. of Knights, 76.

99 In 1 5 5 3, for the county ; Nov. 1554,
Preston ; 1555, Liverpool; 1557-8,
Preston ; Pink and Beaven, op. cit. 63,
143, 181, 144.

100 He may be the ' Master Shireburne '
of George Marsh's story who was at
Lathom when this Protestant preacher
was examined there by the Earl of Derby
in 1554. He did not argue with Marsh,
professing himself ignorant of the Scrip-
tures, but lamented that ' a well-favoured
young man and one that might have good
living and do good would so foolishly cast
himself away, sticking so hard to such
foolish opinions ' ; Foxe, Acts and Monum.
(ed. Cattley), vii, 43-4.

101 Cal. S. P. Dom. 1591-4, p. 159.
Richard Startevant was a confidential
servant of Cardinal Allen's in 1583 ;
Knox, Douay Diaries, 193. About ten years
later he seems to have begun his studies for
the priesthood ; Foley, Rec. S. /. vi, 194.

102 He was said to use his position to

be 'an intelligencer to the Papists of
Lancashire ' ; Gibson, Lydiate Hall, quot-
ing S. P. Dom. Eliz. ccxl. Dodsworth is
given as authority for the assertion that
Elizabeth winked at his recusancy.

108 M.I. at Mitton ; Whitaker, Craven
(ed. Morant), 24.

10< A pedigree was recorded in 1567 ;
Visit. (Chet. Soc.), 58. The second wife
was Isabel Wood. For the wills of Sir
Richard and Dame Isabel see Raines,
Chantries (Chet. Soc.), 267 ; Wills (Chet.
Soc. new ser.), ii, 179.

Sir Richard's portrait in oils and
several other family pictures are preserved
at Leagram Hall ; Sherborn, op. cit. 35.

105 See Ducatus Lane. (Rec. Com.), ii,
212 (Paradise in Aighton) ; iii, n (Dani-
scoles in Aighton), 102 (Chaigley), &c.

106 The fines show a large number of
purchases made by him in the Aighton
district; for instance, in 1556 he pur-
chased two messuages, &c., in Aighton
and Hambleton from Sir Thomas Hesketh
and Alice his wife ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of
F. bdle. 1 6, m. 15. Lands in Aighton
were held by Thomas Hesketh of Ruffbrd
in 1523, but the tenure was unknown ;
Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. v, no. 16.

A purchase from John Grimshaw of
Clayton is recorded in Add. MS. 32105,
no. 877.

A settlement was made in 1579 ; Pal.
of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 41, m. 199.

107 Whitaker, Craven, quoting Dods.
MSS. v, 41. Sir Richard in his will desired
to be buried 'in the midst of my new
quire.' The same expression occurs in
his sen Richard's will, 1627.

IDS Gerard, op. cit. 53-4.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

fourth part of that of Bolton-le-Moors ; the hundred,
bailiwick and view of frankpledge of Leylandshire ;
with messuages, lands, &c., in Aighton, Chaigley and
Bailey and some thirty other townships ; fisheries in
the Ribble, Hodder, Douglas and Wyre ; also the
manor of Wigglesworth and other estates in York-
shire.109 Richard his son was thirty-seven years of
age on succeeding.110 He was captain of the Isle of
Man for fifteen years,111 and in 1596 obtained from
the Crown a lease of the barony of Bangor Sabell in
Dalby there, which lease was renewed to his des-
cendants.112 Perhaps more compliant in religion than
his father,113 he acted as sheriff in i6i3-i4.114 A
pedigree was recorded about the same time.115 He
added to the family estates and died in 1628, leaving
as heir his son Richard, thirty-seven years of age, the
eldest son Henry having died before his father.116

Richard Shireburne, though lax in his religion at
one time,117 was prepared to suffer for it when he
came into his inheritance, and in 1632 compounded for
the two-thirds of the estates liable to sequestration for
his recusancy by an annual payment of £48 I 3/. 4^.113
He took the king's side in the Civil War,119 and on
his monument is described as ' an eminent sufferer for
his loyal fidelity to King Charles I of ever-blessed
memory.'120 His estates were of course sequestered
by the Parliament, and at last his sufferings broke his
spirit, for there is evidence that he recovered pos-
session by renouncing his religion.121 He lived to
see the Restoration, dying in i667.123 A pedigree
was recorded in i664.123

His son Richard, founder of the Shireburne Alms-
houses and other charities, was under suspicion at
the time of the Gates Plot. He, his wife Isabel and
his sons Richard and Nicholas were indicted as
recusants in l678,124 while Stonyhurst was denounced
as the centre of ' a damnable Jesuit plot.' An account
of it was published in 1679 by Robert Bolron, one
of Lord Shaftesbury's agents, under the title of The
Papist? Bloody Oath of Secrecy. He had been sent

down to search the house, and ' in the chamber of
the chaplain ... he found a copy of the constitu-
tions of the common fund for the Lancashire secular
clergy, a charity still existing for the relief of infirm
and decayed members. This document, written in
Latin, dated 28 February 1675, and bearing the
names of the members and officers,' was denounced as
a plot ' for the destruction of his most sacred Majesty
and the Protestant religion.' 126 At the Revolution
Richard Shireburne was ar-
rested as loyal to James II,
and died in prison at Man-
chester in 1689. 126 His elder
son Richard dying without
issue in l69O127 was succeeded
by the younger son Nicholas,
who had been created a
baronet in l685-6.128 A
settlement of Aighton and
other manors was made by
him on succeeding.129 Sir
Nicholas remained faithful to
the Stuarts and was accused
of complicity in the alleged
' Lancashire Plot ' of 1 694.130
infirm to take part in the rising of 1715, and was
not even charged as an accomplice, though in
November, in readiness for the Jacobite incursion, a
supper party at Stonyhurst spent the night in casting
bullets and next morning took with them four of his
coach horses, with guns and pistols.131 He carried
out his father's charitable designs by building alms-
houses and in other ways ; but his plans for improving
the hall were checked by the sudden death of his
only son Richard Francis in I7O2.132 His other
child Mary in 1709 married Thomas the eighth
Duke of Norfolk. Sir Nicholas registered his estates
as a 'Papist' in 1717, the annual value being set
down as £1,1 5o.133 He died in the same year,134
and his daughter recorded his character as ' a man of

SHIRF.BURNE of Stony-
hurst, baronet. Argent
a lion rampant guardant
•vert.

He was probably too

iM Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xvi, no. 3;
the manor of Aighton was said to be held
of the queen as of the earldom of Lincoln
in socage.

110 Livery was granted on 17 Feb.
1594-5 5 D'p- Keeper's Rep. xxxix, App.
559. A feoffment by Richard Shireburne
in 1597, mentioning his former wife
Katherine and his then wife Anne, is in
Add. MS. 32106, no. 773. The will of
Anne Shireburne may be seen ibid. no.
1043.

111 Whitaker, Whalley, ii, 490, quoting
his epitaph. His wife Katherine Stourton
was niece to Henry Earl of Derby, lord
of Man. She died at Kirkmalee, near
Castle Rushen, leaving three surviving
children, Henry, Richard and Katherine;
four had died ; Shireburne Abstract Bk.

114 Ibid. ; renewals in 1669 and 1698
are recorded.

113 In the epitaph quoted is a prayer for
ihe dead. «« P.R.O. List, 73.

115 Visit, of 1613 (Chet. Soc.), 27.

116 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xxvi, no.4.
His will is in Will* (Chet. Soc. new
sen), ii, 199. He had an illegitimate
daughter ; Cal. S. P. Dom. 1619-23,
pp. 239, 362.

"7 He was godfather to one of Sir
Ralph Assheton's children (a Protestant)
in 1 6 1 7 ; Auhe ton's Journal (Chet. Soc.), 1 6.

118 Trans. Hist. Soc. (new ser.), xxiv,
178.

In 1642 he desired permission ' to go
to the waters of Bourbon ' with his wife,
daughter and servant ; Hist. AfSS. Com.
Rep. v, 63. The journey probably related
to the education of his children on the
Continent, as Richard his son was at
St. Omers in 1643-6 ; Gerard, op. cit. 64.

119 A Mr. Shireburne of Stonyhurst
was taken prisoner at Rowton Heath in
1645 ; Ches. Sheaf (Ser. 3), v, 1 8. This
was perhaps not the head of the family.

120 Whitaker, Whalley, ii, 491.

111 Cal. Com. for Comp. iii, 1996 ; Cal.
Com. for Advancing Money, iii, 1362. It
appeared that Richard Shireburne himself
was not a convicted recusant, but his wife
was ; and ' his children were educated in
popery.' The doubt arises from the
appearance of more than one of the name.
Richard of Stonyhurst had refused to come
and take the oath of abjuration in 1651.

A settlement of his manors of Aighton,
Bailey, Chaigley, Wiswell, Dutton, Ham-
bleton and Longton, with extensive lands,
two water-mills, two windmills, three dove-
cotes, &c., was made by him in 1647 ;
Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 145, m. 4.

128 An abstract of his will is printed by
C. D. Sherborn (op. cit. 45). It records
the alienation of £4,000 from his son's
wife's settlement on account of the alleged
dishonesty of his son Richard.

128 Dugdale, Visit. (Chet. Soc.), 263.

184 Hist. MSS. Com. Rep. xiv, App. iv,

109. Richard the son occurs in a list of
'Papists fled from justice ' in 1680 ; ibid,
xi, App. ii, 240.

125 J. Gillow, Bill. Diet, of Engl. Cath.
iv, 326 ; ' in the document which he prints
the wretched informer has cut out every-
thing which would denote the real object
of the association.' See also Pal. Note Bk.
ii, 8,41.

126 M.I. in Mitton Church. A mortu-
ary list of his time (copied 1724) shows
that the priest at Chipping was ' to cele-
brate three times a week, offering up one
mass for Richard Shireburne of Stony-
hurst, esquire, and Isabel his wife,' &c. ;
Foley, Rec. S. J. v, 339. la7 M.I.

188 G.E.C. Complete Baronetage, iv, 138.
129 Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 452, m. 7.

180 Jacobite Trials (Chet Soc.), 3, &c.

181 Payne, Rec. of Engl. Cath. 145-6.

182 j-{e was oniy eight years old. The
tradition is that he died of eating some
poisonous berries in the garden at Stony-
hurst.

133 Estcourt and Payne, Engl. Cath.
Non-jurors, 114, 200, 309. He had large
estates in Yorkshire and Northumberland
as well as in Lancashire. A catalogue
of the Shireburne deeds, made for him in
1715, is preserved at Leagram Hall. He
compiled a pedigree of his family, now at
Lulworth.

184 M.I. in Mitton Church ; Whitaker,
Whallcy, ii, 491-2.

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MITTON (PART OF)

great humanity, sympathy and concern for the good
of mankind . . . He particularly set his neighbour-
hood a-spinning of Jersey wool and provided a man to
comb the wool and a woman who taught them to
spin, whom he kept in his house and allotted several
rooms he had in one of the courts of Stonyhurst for
them to work in, and the neighbours came to spin
accordingly . . . from April 1699 to August 1701.
When they had all learnt he gave the nearest neigh-
bour each a pound or half a pound of wool ready for
spinning, and wheel, to set up for themselves ; which
did a vast deal of good to that north side of Kibble
in Lancashire.' 135

The Duchess of Norfolk occasionally resided at
Stonyhurst in her husband's lifetime, and it became
her home in her widowhood, 1732 to I754.136 She
held the estates in fee simple and bequeathed them
to the next-of-kin, the issue of her aunt Elizabeth,
sister of Sir Nicholas, who had married William
Weld of Lulworth in Dorset. Their grandson,
Edward Weld, who died in 1761, became lord of
Aighton, but did not reside there,137 and his son
Thomas 138 in 1 794 gave the hall and 44 acres of
land around it to the Jesuits of the Liege Academy,139
the successor of St. Omers, founded in 1592 ; and
they established the school there. Thomas Weld
had been a pupil of the college while it was stationed
at Bruges, 1762 to 1773, and had the satisfaction of
seeing his old school beginning to prosper in the
place he had given ; he died suddenly at Stonyhurst
I August 1 8 10, having travelled thither to be present
at the opening of new buildings.140 His son Thomas
Weld, left a widower, was ordained priest in 1821
and was appointed a cardinal in 1829. He sold
considerable parts of the Aighton estates and died in
i837-141 His trustees and heir sold the manor of
Aighton to the college in 1841, subject to a rent-
charge of £6 for the poor of Leagram.142 The
college also acquired various parts of the estates as
they were sold.

In 1836 courts for Aighton and Chaigley were
held by Cardinal Weld,143 and the Aighton manor
court continued to be held down to 1900 by the
rector of Stonyhurst and the college trustees.144

Situated on the lower slope of Longridge Fell ' the
turrets of princely STONTHURST 148 rise amid a
pleasantly wooded country. Of the house 146 that
existed prior to the time of Sir Richard Shireburne
no portion now remains except a few fragments, here-
after referred to, which have been preserved. There is
enough evidence, however, in old prints and from other
sources to give some idea of the mediaeval mansion,
the principal part of which seems to have stood
somewhere about the north-east corner of the present
quadrangle. On this site there were standing well
into the I9th century a number of quaint and
ancient buildings 147 which when taken down revealed
traces of a structure said to have been of late I4th or
early 15th-century date.148 The destruction of the
buildings known as the old infirmary, or Sparrow's
Hall,149 on the north side of the quadrangle in 1856
brought to light what were thought to be traces of
the chapel for which a licence was obtained in 1372,
including some carved oak spandrels similar in style
to those in the roof of Mitton Church, which date
from the late years of the reign of Edward III,150
and in a further demolition in the kitchen court in 1861
a portion of an old window with moulded oakmullions,
said to have been of late 14th-century date, which
had been hidden by an 18th-century structure put
up in front of it, was discovered.

These fragments, though revealing very little as to
the size or appearance of the mediaeval house, seem
to indicate that a building of some importance
occupied part of the present site some 200 years or
more before the present building was begun by Sir
Richard Shireburne. To these buildings, whatever
they were like, Hugh Shireburne, the grandfather of
the Elizabethan builder, seems to have made con-
siderable additions about the year 1523, some

13S Whitaker, ffhalley, ii, 491-2. Sir
Nicholas and his lady, among their other
charities, used to give ' on All Souls' Day
a considerable deal of money to the poor ;
Lady Shireburne serving them with her
own hands that day."

The 'Stonyhurst Buck Hunt,' an old
ballad naming Sir Nicholas, the Duke of
Norfolk, Mr. Penketh and others, is
printed in N. and Q. (Ser. ij, x, 503.
Many interesting details of Sir Nicholas'
life and character will be found in Gerard,
op. cit. 40, 69-75. A note of Lady
Shireburne's nuncupative will is printed
in Payne's Rec. of Engl. Cath. 26.

186 A settlement of the manors of
Aighton, Bailey, Chaigley, Dutton, Wis-
well, Carleton, Hambleton, Leagram and
Ribchester, with other Shireburne estates,
was made in 1719 by Thomas Duke of
Norfolk and Mary his wife ; Pal. of
Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 284, m. 81. In
1737 there was a recovery by Mary
Dowager Duchess of Norfolk ; Pal. of
Lane. Plea R. 544, m. 13. An estate
map of 1733 showing the Shireburne
lands at that time is now at Stonyhurst.

The duchess married her kinsman the
Hon. Peregrine Widdrington, a Jacobite
who was 'out' in 1715; G.E.C. Com-
plete Peerage, vi, 56.

187 For the later descents see Burke,
Commoners, i, 198-9 and Landed Gentry.

138 Thomas Weld in 1777 was tenant

of the hundred of Leyland ; the manor*
of Aighton, Bailey and Chaigley, Chorley,
Longton, Great Carleton, Hambleton,
Dutton, Ribchester, Wiswell, Howath
and Stidd ; the advowson of Mitton ;
lands, &c. ; Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 625,
m. lod. 16, 40 (recovery).

139 He afterwards gave Hodder Place
and lands there. A formal deed of gift
was executed in 1809. See Gerard, op.
cit. 39, 91, 115, 136.

It appears that Mr. Weld had in 1772
offered it to Bishop William Walton for
a residence, on condition that the Jesuit
chaplain should remain, but the offer was
declined. Afterwards in 1793 he would
have given it to the English students
expelled from Douay by the French
Revolution, again on condition that the
Jesuits should have charge ; Gillow, Bibl.
Diet, of Engl. Cath. iv, 327.

140 Gerard, op. cit. 136.

141 Ibid. 137 (there is a portrait, ibid.
92) ; Diet. Nat. Biog. He had a daughter
Mary Lucy, who married Lord Clifford
of Chudleigh. His brothers were Joseph
Weld of Lulworth and George Weld of
Leagram.

143 End. Char. Rep. for Whalley (White-
well), 1902, p. 3.

143 Baines, Lanes, (ed. i), iii, 371 ; the
dependency on Clitheroe was still recog-
nized.

144 Information of Fr. J. Keating.

145 Grindon, Lanes. 207, 331.

146 In the following account of Stony-
hurst Hall use has been made of the
Rev. John Gerard's Stonyhurst College
Centenary Record, 1894, and also of the
articles by the Rev. C. S. Beauclerk in
the Stonyhurst Mag. 1885. The editors
also wish to put on record their thanks
to the authorities at the college for in-
formation and help most readily given.

147 Gerard, op. cit. 47.

148 ' One of these relics is still to be
seen, though removed from its original
position, in the shape of a round-headed
stone doorway, through which was the
passage from the house to the back pre-
mises. . . . It is now (1894) in the inner
dairy' ; ibid. 48.

149 Sparrow's Hall (so called after
Mr. Sparrow, Mr. Weld's steward, who
resided there) was externally a building
of later and uncertain but probably
16th-century date, of little or no archi-
tectural interest.

iso < When the ceiling was pulled down
an oaken roof was laid bare, the spandrels
of every panel being carved with roses.
At one end of the room was a recess ' ;
record of an eye-witness of the demolition
printed in the Stonyhurst Mag. i, 286.
All these spandrels have disappeared ex-
cept one, which, however, is not carved
with roses; Stonyhurst Mag. (1885),
101.

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portions of which, at the east end of the old south
front, stood until 1 807 and others till as late as 1 86 1 .
The portion taken down in 1807 was entirely of
wood and plaster, but had been refaced in the
1 8th century with stone and sash windows introduced.
Standing to the south-east of the Elizabethan house,
its north side fronted what is now the kitchen court,
and the other fragments of the older house occurring
on the north and north-east side of the present
quadrangle suggest that the whole of the pre-
Elizabethan mansion occupied a site more or less
covered to-day by the buildings, the quadrangle and
the kitchen yard. The minstrels' gallery at the
bottom of the great hall, now the boys' refectory,
constructed in 1857 out of timber from Hugh
Shireburne's buildings, bears the inscription in black-
letter characters ' Quant je puis Hugo Sherburn
Armig . me fieri fecit Ao. Dni. MCCCCCXXIII.
Et sicut fuit sic fiat,' m and the external walling of
Sparrow's Hall, already referred to, may have been
Hugh Shireburne's work. Built into it were a number
of carved stones which are supposed to have come
from Whalley Abbey, but if this were so it would
place the erection of the front after Hugh Shireburne's
death in 1528. The most interesting of these stones
were two corbel angels bearing shields with the
emblems of the Passion and above them an inscription
' Sicut fuerit voluntas in coelo sic fiat Factum est hoc
capellum anno . . .,' not, however, in its original
situation, as the words were misplaced.152 There were
also five stones in this part of the building carved
with devices, two of which were evidently the arms
of the Lacys, the founders and patrons of Whalley
Abbey, viz. a lion rampant, which was their family
cognizance, and three garbs which they bore as
Constables of Chester.183

The exact date when Sir Richard Shireburne com-
menced rebuilding the house is not known, though
it is pretty certain that it was somewhere about the
year 1590. In his will dated 1593 Sir Richard
leaves to his eldest son 'all his iron to build with,
that he may finish the buildings therewith now already
begun, also his lead provided to cover his house now
in building at Stonyhurst, so that he may cover the
same as far as it will go, also all his building stone
and wrought timber at Stonyhurst.' 154 At his death
in the following year the walls of practically the
whole of the Elizabethan part of the house were
probably not far from completion, at any rate as far
as the great drawing-room at the south-east corner,
beginning from the gateway tower. The plaster
chimney-piece in that room, which is now destroyed,
bore the date 1596 together with the initials of
Sir Richard and his son. * If this room was ready for

the plaster work in 1596 it looks as if the building
had well progressed at Sir Richard's death in 1 594,' 158
and there is the further evidence of a stone, now in
the great hall, the original position of which is
uncertain, but which was probably over the fireplace
there when the room was first built, that another
portion of the mansion was completed three years
later.156 The building of the new house may have
started a few years before 1590, but the evidence of
the masons' marks shows that a very large number of
workmen were employed and the progress of the work
would be therefore rapid.157

The new mansion as conceived, and as partly carried
out, by Sir Richard Shireburne was to be built round
a central quadrangle measuring about 8 1 ft. by 90 ft.,
the sides facing approximately south-west, north-east,
south-east and north-west 1£8 ; but in the present
description the south-west or entrance front, following
the custom at Stonyhurst, is termed the west side,
and the south-east or old garden front the south side.
The design is one of considerable merit and of much
regularity both in plan and elevation, and if com-
pleted would have been one of the finest examples
of early Renaissance architecture in the country. As
it is, the existing portions of Sir Richard's buildings,
more especially the great entrance tower on the west
front and the south and east sides of the quadrangle,
are exceedingly good specimens of late 16th-century
work, and merit far more attention than has yet been paid
to them by writers on English domestic architecture.

The building seems to have been begun at the
entrance tower and continued along the west side of
the quadrangle southwards, followed by the south
and east wings as far as a point on the east side about
opposite to where it began, no doubt there abutting
against some of the older buildings already mentioned,
others of which may have been demolished to make
way for it. A considerable portion of the house
(probably the whole of that built about seventy years
before), however, was left standing to the east of the
south wing, and the north side of the quadrangle
was partly occupied, as has been already stated, by
older buildings. No doubt Sir Richard originally
intended them to make way for his completed quad-
rangular mansion, but for some unknown reason the
building was never finished according to what is
supposed to have been the original plan, and the
whole of the north wing and the northern ends of
the east and west wings remained unbuilt. The
gate-house tower, therefore, stood detached on its north
side for something like 250 years, and is so shown in
all old drawings and prints of Stonyhurst.

The plan of the building here reproduced is taken
from one dated i694,159 but whether this is a copy

151 Father Gerard also mentions another
piece of woodwork which bore the inscrip-
tion 'Factum est hoc opus per Hug*
Sherburn Arm. A° Dni MDXIII.' From
this it would appear that Hugh Shireburne
began building operations of some descrip-
tion as soon as he succeeded to the pro-
perty.

IM Stonyhurst Mag. (1885), loo-l,
where a sketch of the angel corbels is
given. They are now, together with the
inscription, built into the walls on the
east side of the quadrangle. The inscrip-
tion is very similar to that of Hugh
Shireburne already mentioned. The form
' capellum ' is unusual.

1M Ibid. 100.

U4 Quoted ibid. 31.

1M Ibid.

ls6 It bears the arms of Shireburne and
the date 1599. Probably the great hall
was completed about this time.

147 The Rev. C. S. Beauclerk has dis-
cussed very fully the question of the
masons' marks at Stonyhurst (ibid. 30-7),
and has noted the marks of over sixty men.
There were probably more, many no doubt
having been lost, parts of the walling
being very much weather-worn and other
parts are hidden or have been destroyed.
Father Beauclerk assumes, therefore, that
Sir Richard started his work with fully

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fifty masons and increased this number to
perhaps seventy as the work progressed.
The evidence of the marks goes to show
that the whole of the building was exe-
cuted at one time. Facsimiles of sixty-one
marks are given ibid. 33. The 'new
choir ' built by Sir Richard at Mitton
Church bears the marks of six men, five
of which correspond with marks at Stony-
hurst.

148 Strictly speaking the entrance front
is W.S.W., the other sides of the house
facing the corresponding points.

159 The copy of this plan at Leagram
Hall bears the name and date, ' Mr. Dudell
1604,' but Father Gerard has pointed out

MITTON : STONYHURST, IN 1808
(From a water-colour drawing by J. Buckler)

MITTON : STONYHURST : SOUTH FRONT
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made in Sir Nicholas Shireburne's time of an older
plan showing the building as originally projected, or
whether it depicts a scheme of Sir Nicholas' own for
completing the unfinished mansion, is uncertain.
There is unfortunately no scale attached to the plan,
and the dimensions of the actual building do not fit
it exactly 16° in every respect ; but generally speaking
it is correct as far as the existing buildings are con-
cerned, the positions of doors and windows being
rightly shown.161

This plan, whatever its original date, is of great
interest as showing the completed plan of the house
as intended, at any rate, in the iyth century. In
what is certainly the original part of the plan the
great hall occupies the larger part of the east wing,
with the dais at the south end flanked by large bay
windows, and the south wing contained the long
gallery. Between these two principal rooms, and
forming a south-east projecting wing, was the great
withdrawing-room, which had a large bay window
facing the east. These rooms are all on the first
floor, the bottom story following the early type and
being cut up into a number of small rooms, the
purpose of which can now only be conjectured. The
great hall was approached directly from the courtyard
by a wide stone staircase opposite the entrance gate-
way, and the entrance itself seems to have been
originally approached by a rather steep incline by
which carriages and horses entered the courtyard.162

The south end of the west wing seems to have
been occupied by the chapel, which went up two
stories, and in the angle between which and the
narrow south wing was a picturesque projecting bay,
with a small room on each floor and a circular stone
staircase. A corresponding but smaller projection in
the opposite angle carried up above the parapet seems
to have contained a flue or ventilating shaft. The
south or garden elevation was therefore very well
broken up, and with the older buildings of Hugh
Shireburne at its east end presented a very picturesque
appearance. It is of course now hidden by the later
school buildings which have been erected in front of
it, and the whole of its eastern end destroyed. The
kitchen and offices of the Elizabethan house would
doubtless be located in the older buildings, the new
mansion terminating at the north-east at the screens
of the great hall or a little beyond.

The north wing as shown in the plan of 1694 was

intended to be more than double the width of the
south or long gallery wing, and is shown divided down
its centre by a thick wall with five passage rooms on
the first floor on the south side and a large central
staircase with two rooms on each side on the north.
This part of the plan has more the appearance of a
late 17th-century design for the completion of the
Elizabethan structure than of an original 16th-century
project, though no positive conclusion can easily be
arrived at.

After Sir Richard Shireburne's death his son con-
tinued and completed the building as far as it had
then gone, the work apparently not being finished till
about the year i6o6.163 It was thus, and remained
till the i gth century, a ' half-house,' 164 the comple-
tion of the quadrangle on something like the plan
originally intended only having been finally carried
out in l856.165 The buildings as completed by
Richard Shireburne the son remained as he had left
them at his death in 1628 till nearly the close of the
century, when Sir Nicholas Shireburne began the
laying out of the grounds and that embellishment of
the fabric which has given it some of its most charac-
teristic features. The great avenue leading up to the
west front, with the ponds or canals on either side,
together with the gardens and summer-houses on the
south, were in course of formation in 1 696, and some
buildings were erected on the north side of what is
now the kitchen court in I7oi.166 Sir Nicholas, if
not exactly a great builder, was lavish in his expendi-
ture on the house and gardens, and he is said to have
resolved to complete the mansion. The idea may
have been abandoned soon after the death of his son
in 1702. He did not, however, cease ' improving '
the house, as in 1703-4 he paved the quadrangle and
refashioned the staircase on its east side leading to the
great hall in a grander manner. The steps were
adorned with lions and figures of eagles and the door-
way at the top with his helm and crest.167 He also
paved the great hall with white marble, put his
escutcheon over the fireplace, and erected the door-
way at the south side of the quadrangle at the bottom
of the bay window. But perhaps the most notable
piece of his work was the erection of the tall cupolas
on the tops of the two staircase turrets, on the east
side of the gateway tower. These were added in
1712. They are covered with domes of oak bricks
and surmounted by lead eagles.168 The gardens came

(op. cit. 53) that this must be an error
for 1694. Sir Nicholas' own accounts
and those of his steward Dalton show
that there was at Stonyhurst in Sept.
1694 a Mr. Duddell who apparently came
from London (Lulworth MSS.). This was
the year that the spouts were put up in
the quadrangle.

160 For example, taking the gateway
tower and the south-west wing as correct,
both measuring about 30 ft. on the west
front, we get the length of the wall
between in the plan as about 45 ft.
instead of 5 1 ft. 6 in., which is its actual
length.

161 There are one or two curious dis-
crepancies. Thus the bay window at the
south-west end of the great hall is not
shown going up to the first floor, though
the evidence of the building seems to
prove that it always went up both stories
as on the other side of the hall. The bay
also in the middle of the south side is
shown to the ground floor only.

163 The present steps to the west
entrance seem to be a later insertion.
Sir Nicholas, when he constructed the
ponds and gardens on the south side of
the house, moved large masses of soil,
which he may have used in altering the
level of the ground on the west side.
See Stonyhunt Mag. (1885), 59.

163 That date, with the arms of James I,
was formerly on the mantelpiece in the
great hall.

164 Cromwell is said to have described
Stonyhurst as 'the finest half-house he
had ever seen.'

165 The conjecture that Thomas Holt
of York was the 'architect' of Stony-
hurst seems to be based on the assumption
that Holt was also the architect of the
schools at Oxford and of Merton and
Wadham Colleges, and also on the state-
ment of Gwilt (Ency. of Archil. 414) that
he ' was the first to introduce the classical
orders in series above each other.' Holt,
however, was reported in the University

of Oxford as aged forty in 1618 (see
Diet. Nat. Biog.\ which would make him
about twelve years old when the work at
Stonyhurst was in progress. Apart from
this, if Holt's claim to be the designer of
the Oxford buildings named is disallowed,
as it now generally is, hit claim fails also
at Stonyhurst.

166 The gabled building which still
stands there bears this date in Roman
numerals. Above one of the doorways is
also the date 1699, but the doorway was
brought to its present position from the
old kennels which stood in the field to the
north-west of the house ; Gerard, op. cit

74-

167 These steps remained in position till
1856, when they were taken away. They
are now in the college grounds.

168 Turner, in his drawing of Stony-
hurst, using the privilege of his imagina-
tion and deeming them more in keeping
with a Jesuit college, put cro»ses in the
place of the eagles.

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right up to the house on the south side, and were in
the then prevalent Dutch style, with yew hedges,
flights of stone steps, labyrinths, fountains and lead
statues. They were entered at the south-west corner
of the building through a great iron gate,169 the stone
piers of which are now in front of the west entrance.
The ponds on the west side were enlarged to their
present dimensions in 1 706, and ' in the centre of
each a group of mythological figures formed foun-
tains.'17° The west entrance probably took its
present form at this time, the steps being then intro-
duced and the carriageway to the quadrangle done
away with. The inner or middle arch, though
replacing an older one in the same position with a
smaller doorway on the left-hand side, bears evidence
of later date, and is most likely Sir Nicholas's work.171

There were in Sir Nicholas's time, though it is not
known when they were erected, large coach-houses to
the north-west of the mansion, on the site of the
present infirmary building.172

As left by Sir Nicholas Shireburne the house re-
mained till its abandonment as a residence, the only
structural alteration of importance being the facing in
stone, already noted, of Hugh Shireburne's building
by the Duchess of Norfolk during the time of her
residence between 1732 and I754.173 After the
duchess's death the house was abandoned, the new
owners never caring to occupy it, and during the
forty years between 1754 and 1794 it fell into such
a state of disrepair that there were serious thoughts of
taking it down altogether.174 From this fate it was
saved by Thomas Weld's action in handing over
the building to the Jesuit refugees from Liege in 1 794,
and since that date the history of Stonyhurst is the
history of the great public school which bears its
name.

When the Jesuit Fathers arrived at Stonyhurst they
found the building in parts roofless and the greater
part of it uninhabitable. They immediately set about
putting the house in repair, but in so doing, while
preserving the building, wrought no little damage to
the gardens, which had suffered less than the house
itself in the lapse of years. Trees were felled, and
the greater number of the lead statues melted down
to provide the new roofs.175 The house, too, suffered
in some degree, the long gallery being divided into
two stories.

The later history of the fabric resolves itself into a
mere list of the various building operations carried
out by the authorities of the College. In 1796 the
great hall was turned into the refectory, in 1797 the
old stables on the south-west of the house were con-
verted into a church, and two years afterwards the

building known as ' Shirk,' which still stands between
the church and the south-east wing, was erected.176
The west front was completed northward by the
erection of a plain building, since removed, in 1800,
and in 1809-10 the old playground front on the
south side, a plain classic building, was set up, the old
great drawing-room and Hugh Shireburne's building
being demolished to make space for it.177 A new
church was built in 1832-5 on the site of that
previously formed out of the stables, and the
infirmary, on the site of the old coach-houses, was
erected in 1842-4. In 1843-4 the present north
end of the west front took the place of the building
erected in 1800, and in 1856 the old pre-Shireburne
buildings on the north side of the quadrangle were
cleared away and the quadrangle completed on that
side, Sir Nicholas Shireburne's carved staircase being
removed at the same time. Many internal alterations
were effected during the middle years of the century,
a new domestic chapel (now part of the library)
being opened in 1857 and the Sodality chapel178'9 in
1859. New kitchens and offices were built in
1 86 1 -2. The present college buildings, replacing
the old playground front, took shape between the
years 1877 and 1889, the west wing being completed
first in 1879, the east wing in 1881 and the middle
block in 1883. The boys' chapel block was begun
in 1884 and completed in 1888, and the Angels'
chapel block, the final block of the new college
buildings, in iSSg.180

It remains to describe briefly those portions of the
Elizabethan mansion which remain. Externally the
west front and the elevations to the quadrangles are
substantially unchanged, but the house inside has
been necessarily very much altered to suit it to its
present requirements. It is of three stories and built
throughout of stone with ashlar facing, with mullioned
and transomed windows, straight parapets and flat
lead roofs. The quadrangle as now completed
measures 79 ft. 6 in. from west to east and 91 ft.
from north to south, the former dimensions being
the width of the original building between its west
and east wings. The present west front is about
195 ft. in length, with the central gateway tower
and end wings each projecting 7 ft. 6 in. The
length of wall between the gateway and the south-
west wing is 5 1 ft. 6 in., but the modern northern
end of the front is 2 ft. longer. The three projecting
blocks each measure about 30 ft. on the face. The
elevation, as already stated, is one of much merit,
combining picturesqueness and dignity, the large wall
spaces between the windows helping materially to
set off" the architectural features of the gateway tower.

189 The 'ieran gates' cost £190 and
were made at Winslow, Bucks. ' For the
two flower-pots, festoons, and cornishes at
the ieran gates, ,£35.'

170 Ibid. 70. The water for the foun-
tains was brought from Longridge Fell
through wooden pipes. The gardens are
said to have been designed by Beaumont,
who was once in the employ of James II,
and who was responsible for the gardens
at Levcns Hall and a portion of those in
Hampton Court ; Gillow, Haydock Papers,
$!•

171 Stonyhurst Mag. (1885), 35.
174 Gerard, op. cit. 74.

173 This part of the house then became
known as the Duchess's Rooms.

174 Rev. Joseph Keating, Stonyhurst
(1909), 14.

175 Father Chas. Wright, the procura-
tor, who was in charge of the reparations,
is described as having been ' not a man of
artistic or aesthetic taste." He laid hands
on any materials he could and when
remonstrated with replied, ' Stuff and
nonsense ! I want the money ' ; Gruggen
and Keating, ibid., 54.

176 The building is described as ' an
extremely ugly but very useful piece of
debased Renaissance ' ; Keating, ibid.
(1909), 14. It was called Shirk, 'as the
ordinary residence of veteran Fathers past
work ' ; Gruggen and Keating, op. cit. 61.

177 Parts of the walls of the old south-

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east wing (demolished in 1808) were,
however, utilized in the new building.

178'9 Designed by Chas. E. Buckler. It is
on the fi rst floor and measures 6 1 ft. by 1 9 ft.

180 The old south front of 1809-10
was 300 ft. in length, the centre and two
wings being each looft. The new front
measures 560 ft. in a straight line, the
end wings projecting each 100 ft., forming
a courtyard open on the south side. The
middle block is 280 ft. long and each
wing 140 ft. The style of the building
is modelled on that of the Elizabethan
mansion, with two towers with cupolas
each 100 ft. high, in the middle block.
The architects were Messrs. Dunn &
Hansom of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

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The tower is of four stories, divided by entablatures
and with a round-headed archway flanked by coupled
Doric columns on the ground floors, and a mullioned
and transomed window of four lights on each of the
floors above flanked by coupled columns of the Ionic,
Corinthian and composite orders, the whole crowned
by an embattled parapet. The detail is refined
and ornament sparingly used ; the columns are set
well back from the angle and are fluted. On the
ground floor stage there is a middle string linable
with the impost moulding of the arch and with the
hood moulds of the windows on either side, and the
spandrels of the arch are occupied by circular
medallions containing heads. There is no keystone
to the arch, but over the cornice is set the escutcheon
of Sir Nicholas Shireburne with helm, crest, mantling
and motto, the arms being those of Shireburne
quartering Bailey. The entrance to the quadrangle
is by a passage-way 18 ft. 3 in. wide, with an inner
or middle doorway, and doors on either side leading
to the house. The inner archway to the quadrangle
is flanked by octagonal staircase turrets rising above
the lines of the parapet and crowned with the tall
17th-century cupolas erected by Sir Nicholas Shire-
burne. From whatever point of view the building is
seen these cupolas now form its most distinctive
feature, and though differing in style from the early
work harmonize very well with it and materially help
the composition by giving it height. The first-floor
windows throughout both to the west and former
south fronts and to the quadrangle, with the excep-
tion of those to the great hall, are tall openings
divided by double transoms and of three or more
lights, those of the ground and second floors being
low and without transoms. All the windows have
hood moulds.

The west wall of the south-west wing was originally
unpierced its full height, and was sometimes known
as the Blind Tower. The effect of this externally
on the west elevation was unusual, but some time in
the 1 8th century the present 14th-century pointed
window, which was brought from the ruins of
Bailey chapel in the neighbourhood, was inserted.
The four upper windows above were inserted in
modern times, the upper pair in 1888.

To the quadrangle the old elevations are somewhat
similar in character to those already described. The
removal of the curved steps on the east side has
deprived the courtyard of one of its most distinctive
features, but the view from the entrance towards the
south-east corner, embracing the great bay of the
hall and the smaller and more elegant one to the
long gallery, is one of much picturesqueness. Both
bays go up the full height of the house, but that to
the long gallery appears to be of later date and
probably belongs to the early years of the 1 7th
century. It is very refined in detail, with pilasters
at the angles, and is further distinguished from the
rest of the buildings round the quadrangle by the
still later pedimented doorway inserted by Sir
Nicholas Shireburne and bearing his cypher. There
are four built-up doorways on the south side of the
quadrangle and a fifth, different in character and
referred to later, in the south-west corner. The

lead down pipes were set up by Sir Nicholas in 1 694
and bear his cypher together with the eagle's and
unicorn's head crests, and various shields of arms on
the ears.

The location of the chief apartments has already
been mentioned. The great hall was 60 ft. long by
27 ft. in breadth and 19 ft. 6 in. high. It was ex-
tended northwards in 1856-7 to its present length of
90 ft., but the other dimensions remain unaltered.
It is lit by a range of mullioned windows with single
transom on the west side towards the quadrangle and
by a bay window I 5 ft. 6 in. wide by 1 2 ft. 6 in.
deep on either side of the dais at the south end.
There were originally windows on the east side to the
north of the fireplace, the mullions of which may be
seen in the store rooms above the kitchens. The old
fireplace opening, 1 1 ft. 6 in. wide, still remains in
the east side, but is now used as an alcove, from which
access is gained to the pantry. Above the segmental
arch is the escutcheon of Sir Nicholas Shireburne carved
in white marble, with helm, crest, mantling and motto,
and bearing the date 1699. The minstrels' gallery
at the north end has already been referred to as being
constructed from timber taken from the demolished
building of Hugh Shireburne. The royal arms of
James I are now placed above it, and underneath is
preserved an oak table on which, according to tradi-
tion, Cromwell slept on the occasion of his visit to
Stonyhurst in 1648. The present white marble pave-
ment replaced that of Sir Nicholas Shireburne in 1 862.
The heraldic stained glass which originally filled
the windows, being much damaged, is said to have
been removed in college times with a view to repair,
and to have been put away and lost.181 The bay
windows are now filled with the coats of arms of past
students.

The long gallery is 88 ft. long by 1 8 ft. wide and
19 ft. high, and was originally lit by windows on both
sides. Those on the south are now blocked by the
later college buildings, the room which is used as a
picture gallery and museum being lit only from the
quadrangle and the west end. At the east end the
gallery originally opened into the great drawing-room,
which occupied the destroyed south-east wing, and
was an apartment 46 ft. long from north to south and
24 ft. 6 in. in width, with a large bay window to the
south-east. A door on its north side communicated
with the dais of the great hall. The chimney-piece
is described as having been ' a large handsome struc-
ture in stucco with the arms of Shireburne and Bailey
quarterly in the centre and the motto " Quant je
puis," and on either side the same arms impaling
Stourton on one side and Kighley on the other, the
two wives of Richard Shireburne, Sir Richard's son and
successor.'182 The fireplace was dated 1596.

There remains the room in the south-west tower
now known as the Bailey room, but probably originally
the chapel. This room presents, several interesting
problems and shows architectural features different
from those in any other part of the building.183 As
shown on the plan of 1 694 the room measures 5 5 ft.
in length from north to south, with a breadth at the
north end of 21 ft. and 29 ft. at the south within the
1 wing ' proper. It was lit by a pointed window of

181 Cent. Rec. 54.

182 Ibid. 53.

1;>s Father Beauclerk has discussed very

fully the problem of the ' Blind Tower ' accepted, are worthy of attention and
in the Stonyhurst Mag. for 1885, pp. 92-99. consideration.
His conclusions, without necessarily being

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A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

five lights and late Perpendicular tracery at the south
end, and by a smaller pointed window of three lights
at the south end of the east wall.184 The northern
end of the room is lit by two of the ordinary square-
headed mullioned windows on the west front. There
was a door at the north-east corner leading to the
quadrangle, and another near the south end of the
east wall leading to a small room 12 ft. by 9 ft. with
a vice in its eastern side giving access to a smaller
room above. Apart from the ' ecclesiastical ' appear-
ance of the two pointed windows,185 the arrangement
and peculiar features of the room certainly suggest
that this was originally meant to be a chapel, though
there are certain difficulties to be faced in accepting
the conclusion, more especially Sir Richard's reason for
constructing a chapel of such importance at this time.1*6
The southern part of the room, that contained in the
south-west wing proper, goes up two stories and was
34 ft. 6 in. in height. The northern end is of one
story only 1 1 ft. high, the floor of the long gallery
being continued over it to the west front. The two
parts are divided by a lofty pointed arch, which still
remains, though built up and partly hidden, which
carried the south wall of the long gallery forward to
the west. This arch is of two chamfered orders, dying
into the wall at the springing, 3 ft. thick and 29 ft. 6 in.
in height, the span being the full width of the north
end of the room. The upper part of the arch, there-
fore, opened into the west end of the long gallery.
Assuming this to have been the chapel, with the altar
below the window at the south end, we have the
somewhat unusual arrangement of part of the long
gallery itself being used as a tribune or gallery for the
family during service, while the servants would occupy
the floor below, entering from the door in the court-
yard. The arch shows no sign of there ever having
been a screen, but the stones cease to be smoothly
faced at a point 3 ft. from the floor of the long gallery,
suggesting that there was originally a balcony or gallery
front of some sort in that position.187 The small room
on the east side would be the sacristy, from which the
vice gave access directly to the long gallery itself, and
from there by a second doorway to the small chamber
over. From the sacristy there was an opening 4 ft.
long by 3 ft. high divided by mullions, which from
the slant of its jambs seems to suggest it was so built
as to afford a direct view of the altar. There is also an
opening from the chamber above. To the north of
the ' chapel,' and between it and the gateway tower,
was a room 21 ft. 6 in. by 21 ft., which has been
termed the ' priests' room,' but with what evidence
to support it is not very apparent. The plan of 1 694
does not show any communication between the two
rooms. The ' chapel ' is now divided into two rooms
below the arch, the so-called « sanctuary ' now forming
what is known as the Bailey room, and internally,

except for the pointed windows, shows no architectural
features of interest.

The formation of the boys' playground in front oi
the new college buildings on its south side has
necessarily meant the loss of a large part of the
17th-century gardens. The playground itself, which
measures 580 ft. by 300 ft., was lowered from the
level of the garden terrace before the new buildings
were begun.188 Such parts of the old gardens as are
left retain all the original charm of clipped yew
hedges and well-ordered design. The two pavilions
erected by Sir Nicholas Shireburne are exceedingly
good examples of the garden architecture of the time.
They are built of stone, and measure 17 ft. square
outside with walls 2 ft. thick, and square-headed
barred sash windows. The roofs form a graceful
curve rising from a strongly-marked cornice, and are
surmounted by gilded eagles in Portland stone. Of
the leaden statues which formerly adorned the grounds
only three remain, one of which, supposed to repre-
sent Regulus under torture by the Carthaginians,
now occupies the centre of the ' Observatory ' pond.

The school was a great institution, formed by a
distinguished history of two centuries, when it settled
here, and, speedily recovering from its temporary mis-
adventures, has added to its fame continually.189 New
buildings have consequently been required, and have
been added from time to time ; the latest block,
as above stated, was added piecemeal from 1877 to
1889. The library is richly stored,190 its nucleus
consisting of books brought over from Liege, which
include a manuscript of St. John's Gospel found in
St. Cuthbert's tomb in 1105, and not improbably
transcribed by the saint himself191 ; also a printed
book of Hours, supposed to have belonged to Mary
Queen of Scots. The tenth Lord Arundell of
Wardour, an 'old boy,' in 1834 ^ his library to
the college,192 and Dr. John Vertue, Bishop of Ports-
mouth (d. 1 900), gave it a collection of early printed
books. The buildings contain a. large collection of
paintings, old prints, medals, stuffed animals and
miscellaneous curiosities.

The Observatory, in the gardens, was begun in
1838 ; a telescope was mounted in 1845, and in the
same year the series of meteorological observations
was begun. An underground chamber for magnetic
observations was added in 1866. In 1865 a new
room had been built for the larger telescope then
mounted, and the station acquired some fame through
the solar observations of Fr. Stephen Perry, who had
charge of the place from 1868 to 1889.

In addition to the college buildings proper, which
include the Jesuit community house, there are a school
for junior boys at Hodder House, some distance away,
and a seminary called St. Mary's Hall, devoted to philo-
sophical studies of members of the Society of Jesus.193

181 It must be remembered that the
expressions « south,' « east,' &c., are here
approximate, following the usual custom
of calling the south-west front ' west.'

185 The window now in the west wall
is of course, as already mentioned, a later
insertion, brought from elsewhere.

186 Beauclerk, Stonyhurst Mag. (1885),
94-

187 Ibid. 97.

88 Keating, Stonyhurtt (1909), 51.
189 For history and description see Foley,
Rec. S. J. vii, p. xxxvi, &c. ; Baines,
Lanes. Dir. 1825, ii, 560; P. Fitzgerald,

Saxonhurst (illustrating the school life
about 1850), and Stonyhurst Memories
(1895); A. Hewitson, Stonyhurst ; A.
Rimmer, Stonyhurst Illut. ; J. Gerard,
Stonyhurst Coll., 1894; G. Gruggen and
J. Keating, Stonyhurst : its Past History and
Life in the Present, 1901. Books of views
have been issued. The Stonyhurst Mag.,
begun in May 1881, contains not only
news of the school, but many articles
upon the history and condition of the
district ; e.g. a description of the fishery
rights, with map ; i, 177.

190 The collections are described in

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Hist. MSS. Com. Rep. ii, 143 ; iii, 334 ;
viii, App. i ; x, App. iv.

191 It was owned by Thomas Allen of
Oxford about 1620 ; N. and Q. (Ser. 6),
vi, 486.

192 His collection includes one volume
of an early i Jth-century MS. of Froissart ;
the other volume is in the B.M.

193 The paragraphs as to present-day
Stonyhurst are derived from a notice pre-
pared for the British Association visit in
1903. Fuller accounts will be found in
Fr. Gerard's Stonyhurst Coll., frequently
quoted in these notes.

MITTON : STONYHURST GATEWAY TOWKR

BLACKBURN HUNDRED

MITTON (PART OF)

The following is a list of the rectors, who have
since 1841 been lords of the manor also: 1794,
Marmaduke Stone; 1808, Nicholas Sewall ; 1813,
John Weld (son of the donor of the site) ; 1 8 1 6,
N. Sewall (2) ; 1817, Charles Plowden ; 1819, Joseph
Tristram; 1827, Richard Norris ; 1832, Richard
Parker; 1836, James Brownbill ; 1839, Francis
Daniel; 1841, Andrew Barrow ; 1845, R. Norris (2) ;
1 846, Henry Walmesley ; 1 847, Richard Sumner ;
1848, Francis dough; 1861, Joseph Johnson;
1868, Charles Henry; 1869, Edward Purbrick ;
1 879, William Eyre ; 1885, Reginald Colley ; 1891,
Herman Walmesley; 1898, Joseph Browne; 1906,
Pedro Gordon ; 1907, William Bodkin.194

WINKLET was part of the Hospitallers' estate in
Aighton and Bailey, which was treated as part of their
manor of Stidd.195 There appear to have been
several families surnamed Winkley. Adam son of
Alexander de Winkley gave lands in Aighton to the
Knights of St. John,196 and Robert de Manneby,
prior of the order in England, gave to Adam son of
Richard de Winkley all the land they had of the
gift of Adam de Winkley and others,197 and the re-
mainder of their land in Winkley they gave to Robert
son of John de Winkley ; each of the grantees was
bound to render zs. a year and the third part of their
chattels at death.198 These estates appear to have
been consolidated later, a rent of 4*. being paid.

The descent can be traced only with uncertainty.
In 1246 Ralph son of Robert de Mitton sued John
de Winkley and his son Robert for 10 acres in
Aighton which they had had from Simon de Green-
hurst,199 and a Richard de Winkley complained that
a roadway had been interfered with by Richard de
Daniscoles, Osbert his son and others.200 Robert de
Winkley was living in 1278, holding land in Aighton
which was claimed by Ralph de Mitton,201 and

possibly it was the same Robert who appears in
I292.202 Richard son of Robert de Winkley and
Amery widow of William de Winkley were concerned
in other pleas of the same year203 ; but Robert was
dead in 1294, when his widow Cecily and his sons
Adam, Richard and Henry were accused of having
disseised Nicholas son of William of messuages, land
and rent in Aighton. Nicholas, a minor, alleged
that his father was Robert's eldest son, but it was
found that the plaintiff was born out of wedlock.204

Adam de Winkley was in 1318 pardoned for his
adhesion to Thomas Earl of Lancaster.205 John de
Winkley in 1321 granted all his manor of Pleasington
and his lands in Aighton to Adam his son and heir
on marriage with Maud daughter of Gilbert de
Scarisbrick.206 Two years later Adam son of John
de Winkley and Maud his wife exchanged a messuage,
&c., in Winkley with John son of Walter de Bailey.207
In 1332 Adam headed the subsidy list in Aighton.208
John son of Adam de Winkley gave land at Stonyhurst
to John de Bailey for life in I352,209 and in 1354,
in conjunction with his son Adam, he had to defend
his title to land in Aighton claimed by his brother
or half-brother Adam, son of Adam de Winkley the
elder by Margery, then deceased.210 Isabel widow of
John in 1371 granted her son Adam the third part
of lands and mill in Aighton.211

Adam de Winkley seems to have been a minor in
1371 but of full age in I373-212 As Adam son of
John son of Adam de Winkley he was party to an
exchange of lands in I376.213 He may have been
the same Adam whose widow Margery in 1436
released her lands in Aighton to John the son and
heir of Adam.214 In the next year John Winkley
granted lands to his son Thomas, who married
Margaret daughter of Henry Holden of Bowland.215
John died in or before I443,216 and in 1447 Thomas

194 Taken from Stonyhurtt Chronology.

195 Plac. de Quo Warr. (Rec. Com.), 375.
A list of the tenants in 1609 has been
preserved by Kuerden (MSS. ii, foL 1 326).
It includes in Aighton Thomas Winkley
paying 41., Edward Loude 6d. ; in
Chaigley, Richard Aughton I2<£ ; in
various places, Richard Shireburne, pay-
ing in. 6d. in all, of which sum 6d, was
for a moiety of Bailey Hall.

196 Winkley Family (1863), by William
Winkley, jun., quoting ' title deeds of
Mr. Weld, 1861.' Ellis son of Alexander
de Winkley, probably Adam's brother, has
been mentioned in the text (at Stony-
hurst) as living before 1209; Adam de
Winkley and John his son are named in the
charter to Ellis. Robert de Mitton early
in the I3th century gave lands to John
and to Adam sons of Adam de Winkley,
viz. to the former all the land of Haracks
(Horrocks) at a rent of izd., the rent
paid in later times for Woodnelds ; and
to the latter land adjoining, Bradhurst
and its brook occurring in each charter,
and Ackhurst clough being named ;
Towneley MS. DD, no. 672, 654.
Geoffrey Dean of Whalley and Robert his
son attested the former charter ; Ralph
rector of Mitton and Jordan his son the
latter.

Eva daughter of Ralph de Aighton
released to Richard son of Adam de
Winkley all her claim in half an oxgang
of land which Ellis son of Alexander had
formerly held ; ibid. no. 651. Among
the witnesses were Jordan son of Ralph
the rector and Nicholas his brother. This

release was probably the close of a long-
standing dispute, for as early as 1231 Eva
daughter of Ralph de Aighton made claims
against Adam de Winkley and others ;
Cal. Pat. 1225-32, pp. 446, 522.

197 DD, no. 656. The bounds began
at the head of Radwell ford, followed the
thread of Ribble as far as the middle of
Longnat, and by various lines to the
starting-point. Land called Thuwes and
Morton brook are named.

Robert de Manneby was prior in 1251
and 1262 ; Dugdale, Man. Angl. vi, 799.

19» DD, no. 655. The bounds began
at Horrockford and went down the
Hodder and Ribble to Longnat, across the
meadow to Blakeayke and the lower head
of Hesceteley, then by the carr and
Simonscroft to Hamelin's land and Raven
ridding as far as the Stony way ; by this
to the Hodder.

199 Assize R. 404, m. 5 d. John de
Winkley (perhaps the son of Adam) gave
lands to his son Robert, the mill on the
Hodder being mentioned ; DD, no. 671.

200 Assize R. 404, m. 5 d. Other
Winkleys are named ibid. m. 2, n, 1 1 d.,
14. The name has many spellings —
Winkedelega, Wynkydele, &c. Winckley
was the usual form of the surname in
the 1 7th century.

201 Assize R. 1238, m. 35 ; also De
Banco R. 31, m. 93.

202 Assize R. 408, m. 32, 94.

203 Ibid. m. 6, 32d. Richard son of
Adam de Winkley is also named ; ibid,
m. 77 d.

204 Assize R. 1299, m. 14 ; Adam had

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been in the service of Robert de la Garde
at Warwick. William's widow was named
Amery. She was plaintiff in 1304 (De
Banco R. 149, m. 63 d.), and against the
widow and daughter of Henry de Winkley
in 13115 ibid. 189, m. 9 d. In 1321
Margaret widow of another William de
Winkley and of Robert Atte Hall claimed
a messuage, &c., against Margaret widow
of Adam Banastre ; ibid. 240, m. 20.
805 Cal. Pat. 1317-21, p. 230.

206 DD, no. 649, 663. Though Adam
was heir of John de Winkley, another
son John succeeded to Pleasington (see
the account of that manor), and in I 344
there was some disputing between the
brothers ; Assize R. 1435, m. 34.

207 DD, no. 644. Adam son of John
de Winkley was defendant in a Great
Mearley claim in 1331 ; Assize R. 1404,
m. 1 8.

208 Exch. Lay Subs. (Rec. Soc. Lanes,
and Ches.), 79.

209 DD, no. 648. In the same year
John de Winkley was defendant in a
Great Mearley claim ; Duchy of Lane.
Assize R. i, m. iij ; 2, m. vj.

210 De Banco R. 3 8 1 , m. 1 1 o d. ; Duchy
of Lane. Assize R. 3, m. ij. William de
Boston, vicar of Mitton, was called to
warrant. 2n DD, no. 658.

212 Cf. De Banco. R. 444, m. 9 d.; 450,
m. 214.

218 DD, no. 670. 2U Ibid. no. 662.

815 Ibid. no. 660-1.

216 Ibid. no. 673 ; his widow Joan
agreed with her son as to dower, Margery,
widow of Adam, being still alive.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

WINKLEY of Wink-
ley. Per pale argent
and gules an eagle dis-
played counterchangcd.

his son and heir made a feoffment of all his lands and

the reversion of those held by his mother Joan.217

Thomas Winkley was still living in 1479, when he

allowed Richard Catterall to

make an attachment (perhaps

for a mill stream) over his

land to the water of Kibble

near its junction with the

Hodder 218 ; but his son and

heir Geoffrey had in 1463

married Isabel daughter of

Alice and Alexander Nowel,219

and was living some time

later, when he demised land

called Horrockfields.220

Next appears Roger Wink-
ley, with Margaret his wife,
in I5o8.221 He lived on till
1556, when by his will he

left his ' capital or manor house called Winkley
Hall ' to his then wife Jane for her life.222 His
son Anthony had in 1546 demised Woodfields in
Aighton to his brother Roger.223 Anthony died
in 1566 seised of the capital messuage called Winkley
Hall in Aighton and 30 acres of land, held of the
queen as of the late monastery of St. John of Jeru-
salem in England by a rent of 4^. for all services ;
also half an oxgang of land and a messuage called
Woodfields, held of Sir Richard Shireburne by the
fortieth part of a knight's fee and \d. rent and by
\^d. rent respectively. Nicholas Winkley the son
and heir was forty years of age.224 A pedigree was
recorded in l6l3,225 but the main line of the family
was extinct by 1 664.226 Roger Winkley, son of Thomas
son of Nicholas, seems to have succeeded to the estates
before 1615, when Toby Archbishop of York gave him
licence to construct a pew in Mitton Church adjoining
the old quire of Richard Shireburne.227 William
Winkley of Winkley, occurring 1641 to 1 65 2, appears
to have been the last of the name in possession.228

Winkley was held in 1696 by Sarah widow of
Thomas Lacy, and she sold it to Sir Nicholas Shire-
burne.229 It descended like Stonyhurst until 1828,
when Thomas Weld sold it to James Wilkinson.
Farms called Jumbles and Boat-house, parts perhaps
of the original Winkley, had become included in the
Walmsley of Dunkenhalgh estate and were in 1827
sold by George Petre to the same James Wilkinson.
His daughter married a Macdonnell, and her son
James in 1879 sold the estate to Mr. William
Walmsley Simpson, the present owner.230

Winkley Hall, now a farm-house, stands in a low
situation on the right bank of the Hodder im-
mediately above its junction with the Ribble, but
is a house of no architectural interest, having been
entirely modernized and altered from its original
appearance. It is a two-story stone building with
thick walls facing east to the river, but its only ancient
features are two windows of 1 7th-century date at the
back, of five and three lights respectively with tran-
soms and hood moulds, and a low one of the same
date in the northern end gable.

CRAWSHAW in Aighton was part of the estate of
the Clitheroes of Bailey.231 It was in the I7th
century tenanted by Richard Holden, younger brother
of John Holden of Chaigley, probably the recusant of
that name who had his lands sequestered by the
Commonwealth ; on his death in 1652 the trustees
for his infant children desired a discharge.232 The
place comes into note through an outrage illustrative
of those days. A priest was beheaded at Chapel House
Farm in Chaigley whilst in the act of saying mass
there. The head was thrown over the fence into an
adjoining field and Mrs. Holden of Crawshaw
gathered it into her apron and took it into her house,
and secured also the objects in the chapel at the time —
missal, altar cloth, vestments, candles, &c. — and they
have been preserved as relics by the family.233

Morton, an early place-name, seems to have been
in Aighton.234 A local family used Aighton itself as

817 Towneley MS. DD, no. 653.

818 Ibid. no. 650. 219 Ibid. no. 763.

220 Ibid. no. 665.

221 Ibid. no. 674, 647. In the re-
corded pedigree Roger is said to have
been a son of Thomas.

222 Winkley Family. The will was
proved in 1557.

233 DD, no. 669.

M4 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xi, no. 28.
A settlement of the manor of Winkley
with various messuages and lands, a
water-mill and a free fishery in the Hodder
and Ribble was made by Nicholas Winkley
in 1567 ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 29,
m. 12. Only a year later a similar settle-
ment was made by Thomas Winkley the
younger (son of Nicholas, according to the
pedigree), with remainders to his uncles
Henry and Thomas ; ibid. bdle. 30,
m. 146. Another was made in 1586, the
deforciants being Thomas Winkley, Cecily
his wife, Henry Winkley, Jane his wife,
and Nicholas son and heir of Henry ;
ibid. bdle. 48, m. 114.

In 1589 Anthony Isherwood of Chaig-
ley and Anne his wife, a daughter of
Nicholas Winkley, complained that the
legacy due to her was withheld by Henry
Winkley and other feoffees ; Duchy of
Lane. Plead. Eliz., cl., I i.

The will of Henry Winkley (of Wood-
fields), dated 1589 and proved 1590, is
printed in Win^ley Family, no. 3.

225 Visit, of 1613 (Chet. Soc.), 38;
deeds are referred to in the margin. Roger
Winkley, the son and heir of Thomas,
was thirty-eight years old.

226 Dugdale, Visit. (Chet. Soc.), 334.

227 Winkley Family.

•2S He was a creditor of Gabriel Hes-
keth of Goosnargh ; Royalist Comp. Papers
(Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), iii, 188.
According to a pedigree in the Shireburne
Abstract Bk., Roger Winkley, living in
1649, had a granddaughter Martha
(daughter of his son Roger) and a nephew
William Winkley of Billington, no doubt
the William named in the text.

329 Shireburne Abstract Bk. ; the brief
details given do not show how she came
to own it. She had a son John Mitchell
by another husband, and Thomas Lacy
had a son Roger.

230 Information of Mr. Simpson and
his solicitor, Mr. S. Sandeman.

Myles Macdonnell occurs (either as
purchaser or trustee) in 1836, while in
1843 Miss Wilkinson was the daughter
and representative of James ; End. Char.
Rep. Her children in 1875 were James
Macdonnell and Mary Jane Nelson,
widow.

231 Robert de Clitheroe, clerk, granted
a pasture called Crawshaw in Bailey to
Richard son of Henry de Clitheroe and
John his son ; Shireburne Abstract Bk.

832 Royalist Comp. Papers iii, 236. George

Holden, killed at Usk, when in the king's
service in the war, is supposed to have
been of this family ; Gillow, Bibl. Diet, of
Engl. Cath. iii, 330, 340. Richard
Holden, a descendant, registered an estate
in 1717 as a 'Papist'; Estcourt and
Payne, op. cit. 102.

2SS Pal. Notc-bk. ii, 127 ; from family
traditions. It is not known who the
priest was. The relics were kept with
great secrecy at Crawshaw until the
establishment of the Jesuits at Stonyhurst,
when they began to be shown. They
were in 1887 in possession of the Holdens
of Hill House in Woodplumpton, and an
elaborate description is printed in the
Stonyhurst Mag. of that year (Nov.). A
stained altar-cloth has the initials E H
(or P H) embroidered on it. One of the
chasubles is inscribed : ' Orate pro ani-
mabus Oliveri Wastlei et Ellene uxoris
ejus.' The missal (1570) once belonged
to Dr. Henry Holden ; it bears the
words : ' Dieses geh5rt unserm Marter
und unserm lieben Pfilp.' The Wastleys
appear to have been a Chorley family.

234 Almarica daughter of Siward de
Morton complained in 1276 of disseisin
of her free tenement in Morton and
Aighton by Godith de Riddings and
others ; Assize R. 405, m. 4 ; 1238,
m. 31 d. ; De Banco R. 27, m. 26 d. As
heir of her aunt Sibyl daughter of Gamel
de Morton she in 1284 claimed 2 acres in

BLACKBURN HUNDRED

MITTON (PART OF)

a surname.235 The Reads v/cre long connected with
this part of the township.236

CH4IGLEr\vas originally included in the manor
of Aighton, the lords of the latter holding it.237
Thus in 1347 Roger son of John de Mitton claimed
five messuages, &c., in Chaigley against Sir John de
Harrington, Katherine his wife, Sir Thomas deArderne,
Agnes widow of Sir Robert de Horncliff, Robert
son of Robert de Shireburne, Robert de Morley and
Hugh de Bradford. It appeared that Margaret
Banastre was formerly in possession and that her four
daughters had succeeded, viz. Katherine, Alice, Agnes
and Joan ; also that one Thomas Talbot had held a
moiety of the property in dispute, but had died.
The estate included rents of two pairs of white gloves
and two barbed arrows.238

The principal family was that of Holden,239 and
their estate was regarded as a manor. Amabel widow
of Jordan de Mitton granted lands in Aighton to her
daughter Cecily, the rent being a pair of white
gloves and the bounds extending to Longridge on
the west.240 John son of Jordan de Mitton con-
firmed to the said Cecily his sister the lands of his
mother's gift, they being described as in Chaigley in
Aighton.241 Cecily married Henry de Holden,242
but the descent cannot be clearly traced. The above
Roger de Mitton in 1347 claimed various messuages
and lands in Aighton against Henry de Blackburn,
Mary his wife, Ralph de Holden and John his son.243
In 1 365 the feoffees granted certain lands to Ralph de
Holden and Maud his daughter, with remainder to
John his son,244 while John soon afterwards released
to his father and sister lands in Bailey near the
Daniscoles.245

Elizabeth daughter of John de Holden and heir of
her brother, another John, occurs in 1379 anc^ as

widow in 1393; she afterwards married a Richard de
Holden, by whom she had sons John, Henry and
Geoffrey and three daughters, settlements being made
in 1405 and I4zo.246 Richard Holden of Witton
in 1445 released to John Holden all right to lands
in Aighton, Bailey and Chaigley formerly owned by
Ralph de Holden and Maud his daughter.247 John
Holden the elder248 occurs in various deeds from
1468 to 1491 ; in the latter year he set apart lands
for the use of Elizabeth daughter of Lawrence
Asshaw, who was to marry Thomas son and heir of
John Holden the younger.249

Thomas's heir in 1514 was his brother John,
rector of St. Mary's, Cricklade, who granted lands to
his brother and heir Ralph husband of Elizabeth
daughter of Richard Hancock.250 Ralph in 1522-3
made a settlement on his son John's marriage with
Alice daughter of Thomas Grimshaw,251 and Ralph
and his son John occur again as late as 1557, when
they granted an annuity of 2O/. to Henry and
William, other sons of Ralph.252 John Holden
succeeded soon afterwards, selling land in Aighton
and Bailey to Sir Richard Shireburne in I56o253 and
in the next year arranging for the marriage of his son
Richard.254

Richard Holden, Jane his then wife and Richard
his son and heir in 1596 agreed to the levying
of a fine of certain lands in Aighton, Bailey and
Chaigley 255 ; Richard Holden was a freeholder in
l6oo.256 John Holden of Chaigley, son and heir of
Richard and Isabel his wife, in 1623 sold Clough
House alias Grubbe Hall in Grindleton to Richard
Shireburne of Stonyhurst.257 John died in 1637
holding a capital messuage in Chaigley and other
lands, &c., of the heirs of Amabel de Mitton in
socage by the rent of a pair of white gloves. Mary

Aighton against William son of William
atte Hall, and he called Ralph de Morton
to warrant him ; Assize R. 1265, m. 4 d.
She afterwards married Robert de Spend-
low of Morton, and they were engaged in
various suits in 1292 ; Assize R. 408,
m. 21 d., 32 d. From one it appears
that her brother was Jordan de Aighton ;
ibid. m. 67.

236 Ralph son of Nicholas de Aighton
was plaintiff in 1253 ; Cur. Reg. R. 148,
m. 44. Maud the widow and Thomas
the ion of Ellis de Aighton claimed dower
and land in Aighton in 1274 against Ralph
de Mitton; Assize R. 1341, m. 6 d., 5.
John son of Alan de Aighton summoned
Ralph de Mitton to warrant a charter in
1292 ; Assize R. 408, m. 32 d.

236 In 1292 John de Read of Aighton
claimed common of pasture against Henry
son of Robert del Ash, but it was shown
that Margery widow of Ralph de Mitton
held part in dower, and plaintiff was non-
suited ; Assize R. 408, m. 35 d.

Robert Read died in 1610 holding
lands in Aighton and Bailey of Richard
Shireburne by a rent of 41. ; Lanes. Inq,
p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 176.
His son and heir Richard, then aged
twelve, died in 1638, leaving a son Robert,
sixteen years old, to inherit ; Towneley
MS. C8, 13 (Chet. Lib.), 1000.

237 Ralph de Mitton in 1246 had
20 acres in Chaigley, claimed by Jordan
ton of Ralph ; Assize R. 404, m. 5 d.
After 1290 Ralph son of John de Mitton
confirmed to Thomas le Sureys (Southron)
various lands in Chaigley for life ; Dods.

MSS. xci, fol. 161. Henry de Holden
was a witness.

Robert de Shireburne, Robert de Horn-
cliff, John de Harrington the younger
and Thomas de Arderne were plaintiffs
against various persons in 1331, a house
in Chaigley having been broken into ;
De Banco R. 286, m. 159.

138 Assize R. 1435, m. 18.

139 A collection of Holden deeds is
preserved in Towneley MS. C 8, 1 3 (Chet.
Lib.), 562-78. Some of the family deeds
are in the possession of Mr. Fitzherbert-
Brockholes of Claughton.

140 Ibid. 875. The « land of William
Loud ' is named.

841 Ibid. ; Robert and Adam de Holden
were witnesses. Amabel was living in
1284 and 1291 ; Assize R. 1268, m. 12.

242 De Banco R. 91, m. 34 d. ; 92, m.
67. *« Ibid. R. 351, m. 23d.

*»C8, 13, p. 573-

2« Ibid. 563.

246 Ibid. 563-6. Geoffrey, bastard son
of the younger John, is named. The
1420 deed names ' Loud's lands,' Green-
gore in Bailey and Harrelegh in Aighton.
Some Loud family deeds may be seen
ibid. 798 and Add. MS. 32106, no. 1190.

Elizabeth's husband may have been the
Richard son of Richard de Holden who
made a feoffment of his lands in 1383 ;
C 8, 13, p. 562. Adam son of Randle
de Bailey in 1412 gave to trustees lands
which he had had of the feoffment of
John son of John son of Randle (Ralph)
de Holden ; ibid. 144.

w Ibid. 566. John Holden of Aigh-

15

ton occurs in 1443 and 1465 ; Pal. of
Lane. Plea R. 5, m. 6b ; 27, m. 22.

848 In 1468 Robert Shireburne the
younger of Stonyhurst regranted to John
Holden the elder lands in Aighton, &c.;
C 8, 13, p. 567. Four years later John
son of Richard Holden and Margaret his
wife (daughter of Richard Loud) granted
Mickle Greengore to John Holden the
elder ; ibid. John Holden the elder in
1488 confirmed Little Greengore in .
Bailey to Robert, Henry, Richard, Wil-
liam, Thomas and Katherine, children of
Richard Holden lately deceased; ibid. 568.

849 Ibid. 569. ^Ibid. 570.
»« Ibid. a*8 Ibid. 575.

258 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 22,
m. in.

254 C 8, 13, p. 571 ; Richard was to
marry Anne daughter of Roger Nowell
of Read. John Holden, Margaret his
then wife and Richard his son occur in
1584 ; ibid. 575. Thomas was a younger
son ; ibid. 576.

255 Ibid. 578 ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F.
bdle. 59, m. 233. Jane afterwards mar-
ried John Shireburne of Bailey ; C 8, 13,
p. 577. Richard the father made a lease
of land in Stonyhurst Park to younger
sons Thomas and John, but they resigned
to their brother Richard in 1598 ; ibid.

574-

856 Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.),
i, 236. Richard had three sons — John
the heir, named in the text, Henry the
theologian and Richard of Crawshaw ;
W. A. Abram in Preston Guardian, Oct.
1874. 2S7C8, 13, p. 577.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

WINSTANLEY of

Chaigley.

his daughter and heir was fifteen years of age.258

She married Thomas Brockholes of Claughton, and

Chaigley was sold to Richard Shireburne in i655.269

From that time it descended

like Stonyhurst till about 1 840,

when it was sold to William

Winstanley. It has descended

to his grandson, Mr. William

Alfred Winstanley, who is

called lord of the manor of

Chaigley.260

Overholme in Chaigley is
named in is83261 and Kyt-
ridding in i6oo.262

BAILEY also was properly

a member of Aighton, as

r i i j azure in chief thr

appears from charters already cntmft /„.
quoted, but it had greater in-
dependence than Chaigley and

was accounted a manor. It gave a name to one or
more families, probably descendants of the Mittons,263
including that which, as has been seen, took Shire-
burne as a surname. It is not possible to trace the
minor families.264

Henry de Clayton 265 acquired land in Bailey in
1284 from Adam de Edieles and Christiana his wife;
it was to be held by the render of a clove gillyflower
yearly to Christiana or her heirs.266 He then ex-
changed it for a messuage, land and the moiety of a
water-mill held by William de Winkley and Amery
his wife.267 Henry was in 1290 summoned to
warrant the tenant of certain land in which dower

was claimed by Alice widow of John de Bailey.26*
Philip de Clayton in 1338 made a settlement of a
messuage and land in Bailey and Button ; the re-
mainder was to his son Robert, who had married
Isabel.269 Isabel, as widow of Robert, was plaintiff

in I345.270

The Knights Hospitallers had, as already noted,271
an estate in this part of the township. About 1300
it was acquired by Robert de Clitheroe, one of the
king's clerks and rector of Wigan I3O3~34.272 Sir
Adam de Clitheroe, apparently in consequence of
some dispute, carried off a large quantity of cattle,
provisions, furnishings and books from the manor-
house of Bailey in I332.273 When in 1330 Robert
desired to give his ' manor of Bailey ' to Cockersand
Abbey it was found that the said manor was held of
the Prior of St. John in England by the service of
1 8 d. yearly ; the prior held it in perpetual alms of
the Lady Isabel, queen of England, as of the honor
of Clitheroe, she holding of the king by knight's
service. The yearly value was £6 1 3_r. 4</.274 This
benefaction was not carried through, the chantry
being founded instead. Robert, who had many
disputes concerning his lands,276 in 1334 gave his
manor of Bailey to Henry de Clitheroe.276

In 1350 the feoffee of Henry de Clitheroe granted
to Edmund the son of Henry and his wife Eleanor
daughter of Sir Nicholas Boteler certain lands in
Bailey, with remainders to Hugh son of Sir Adam de
Clitheroe, Nicholas son of Sir Roger de Clitheroe and
Richard son of Thomas de Knowle.277 The next in
possession, about 1378, was Nicholas de Clitheroe278 ;

248 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xxx,
no. 73.

859 Shireburne Abstract Bk.

260 Family monuments are in Preston
Unitarian Church ; Hewitson, Preston,
517. There is a pedigree in Burke's
Landed Gentry.

261 Lanci. and Ches. Rec. (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), ii, 260.

142 Ducatus Lane. (Rec. Com.), iii, 458.

2«» Whalley Couch. (Chet. Soc.), iii, 680.

*** The following notes may be of use.
Otes de Bailey and Walter his son attested
a charter in the early part of the ijth
century ; Towneley MS. DD, no. 654.
Ralph son of Walter de Bailey granted
2 acres in the vill of Bailey to Alexander
son of William de Elland, the grant being
attested by Walter de Bailey and John
his son ; Add. MS. 32107, no. 921, 875.
John son of Walter de Bailey granted
liberty of mill to Adam ' Wittandefot,'
and John de Bailey, probably the same
person, gave land to Adam son of Adam
4 Waltandefot," his charter naming the
4 land of Otes my brother.'

In 1284 inquiry was made as to whether
Otes de Bailey had had a rent of 91. 3</.
from Aighton claimed by his son John
(a minor) by Amice de Bradley ; Assize
R. 1265, m. 21 d. The occupiers' names
are given. In 1291 John son of Otes de
Bailey had a dispute as to inheritance
with Henry son of Robert the Miller ;
Assize R. 1294, m. n d. In the follow-
ing year Cecily daughter of Otes de Bailey
claimed chattels to the value of 48*.
from his executors — John son of Avice
(? Amice) de Hayhurst and Ralph de
Bailey; Assize R. 408, m. 10.

In 1292 also Richard Pleyndamours
and Alice his wife demanded the third
part of messuages, mill, land and rent in
Aighton against Avice formerly the wife

of Otes (Eudo) de Bailey and John her
son (a minor), &c. Alice had been wife
of John de Bailey, but had left him to
live with Richard ; having returned and
been reconciled to her husband before his
death her claim was allowed; ibid. m. 56 d.
The same Richard and Alice were defen-
dants to a claim by Adam son of Richard
son of John de Bailey ; ibid. m. 10.
Robert son of John de Bailey was plain-
tiff in 1285 and 1291 ; Assize R. 1271,
m. 1 1 d. ; 1 294, m. 9.

265 See the account of Button.

266 Final Cone, i, 1 6 1.

167 Ibid, i, 162. In 1292 Amery widow
of William de Winkley claimed a mes-
suage and land in Aighton as daughter
and heir of John de Bailey. The defen-
dants were Thomas de Greengore and
Maud his wife ; Assize R. 408, m. 6.

268 De Banco R. 82, m. 52 d. Henry
de Clayton was defendant in 1291 ; ibid.
89, m. 28. a69 Final Cone, ii, 109.

270 De Banco R. 343, m. 102.

271 See Winkley.

872 In 1299 Robert was plaintiff
respecting lands in Aighton and Bailey,
the defendants being Jordan Moody and
Jordan de Bailey; De Banco R. 126, m.
130 d. In 1301 he purchased messuages
and land in Bailey and Clitheroe from
John son of Roger de Bolton and Cecily
his wife, soon afterwards securing an
oxgang and a half of land, &c., from
William son of Nicholas de Mitton ;
Final Cone, i, 198. Another acquisition
was from Edmund Talbot ; Shireburne
Abstract Bk.

8?8 Coram Rege R. 293, m. 52 d. A
detailed list is given of the goods carried
off, including cattle, horse, barley, oats,
salt beef and fish, brass pots, a ' wyndon
shete and canevace ' for winnowing corn,
frying pan and roast iron, carpets, cushions,

16

' canevaces ' for the lord's bed, cross-bow
with sixteen quarrels, wagon, hammers,
saw, 4 resting wimbel,' a ' grouell,' pitch-
fork, &c. ; valuable resins called ' le
Rose,' 4 ipomadon,' ' athis and prophilias,'
' isope," ' luodarie,' 4 troye ' and ' breton ' ;
a psalter glossed, missal, legendary, grayle,
vestment, altar towels, censer, phials,
cross of latten, and other things in the
chapel.

274 Inq. p.m. 4 Edw. Ill (2nd nos.),
no. 106.

275 In 1327 Robert complained that
Margaret widow of Adam Banastre had
impounded his plough cattle ; De Banco
R. 272, m. 79. For minor disputes see
ibid. 199, m. 462 d. ; Coram Rege R.
292, m. 17. In 1334 it was alleged that
Sir Adam de Clitheroe, then dead, had
retained John de Bailey and others to
make claims against him, but John was
able to show a pardon from the king
dated at Berwick 26 July 1333 ; ibid.
297, Rex m. 20.

Sir Adam had claimed the 4 manor of
Bailey' from Robert in 1332, the defence
being that Bailey was in Aighton and not
in Clitheroe. Adam was the son of
Hugh de Clitheroe, who was stated to have
had possession in the time of Edward I ;
De Banco R. 290, m. 116 ; 291, m. 149.
John son of Adam de Clitheroe in the
same year claimed a messuage, &c.,
in Aighton against Robert de Clitheroe
and many others. The defence was
noteworthy — that there was no vill in
Lancashire called 4 Aghton ' without an
adjunct ; Assize R. 1411, m. 12.

276 Shireburne Abstract Bk.

277 Dods. MSS. cliii, fol. loib. Edmund
de Clitheroe granted a lease in 1351 ;
Shireburne Abstract Bk.

2(8 Isabel widow of Henry de Clitheroe
released her dower to him.

BLACKBURN HUNDRED

MITTON (PART OF)

he was son of Edmund.279 He occurs down to
I43O,280 and was succeeded by a son Robert,281 who
in 1443 was summoned to answer Robert Shireburne
and Alice his wife, widow of Sir William Hoghton,
as to a bond dated 1432 for the marriage of Richard
his son and heir to Margaret Hoghton, daughter of
Alice. Richard had by inheritance lands in Cumber-
halgh and Preston, formerly John de Singleton's.282
Richard son of Robert Clitheroe and Alice his wife
made a feoffment in I459~6o.283

Thomas Clitheroe was in possession in 1468 when
he presented to Bailey Chapel ; in 1474 he in con-
junction with Elizabeth his wife received from feoffees
the manor of Bailey.284 He made a settlement of
his estates in I5O4~5,285 and was within two years
succeeded by his son Robert, who then granted Bailey
Hall to his mother Ellen.286 Ralph son of Richard
Clitheroe was in possession by I544287 ; he died in
August 1556 holding Crawshaw, Welshman's Croft in
Bailey, &c., of Sir Richard Shireburne by a rent of
5/. id. ; also lands in Goosnargh and Whittingham.
His heirs were his father's three sisters or their repre-
sentatives, viz. Isabel wife of John Halstead, aged
seventy, aunt ; Joan daughter of John Blakeden,
thirty, cousin ; and George son of Mary Franks,
thirty, cousin.288 Ralph had, however, just before
his death sold all his lands to Sir Richard Shire-
burne,289 who appears to have made arrangements
with members of the family and others.290

This manor descended with Stonyhurst until 1831,
when it was sold by Cardinal Weld to Joseph

Fenton.291 It has since descended with Button.
No courts are held.

A family named Ash had for several centuries an
estate in Bailey and Aighton.292 Ralph de Bailey
granted land in Bailey to Robert son of John de Ash,
to be held by 6d. rent,293 and Ralph de Mitton
made another grant to Robert de Ash and Henry
his son at zs. rent.294 These rents were still payable
in the i jth century, but there is not material avail-
able to show the descent completely.295 Hugh Ash
died in 1554 seised of messuages and lands in Button,
Ribchester, Aighton and Bailey, those in the last-
named township being held of the king and queen as
of their manor of Clitheroe. George, the son and
heir, was only a year old.296 Edward Ash of Clough
Bank died in 1609 holding lands in Aighton and
Bailey of Richard Shireburne by rents of 2s. and 6d.
respectively ; his heir, his son Robert, was fifty-eight
years old.297

A younger branch of the Shireburnes was designated
'of Bailey.' Richard Shireburne of Bailey Hall —
probably lessee — was a younger son of the Hugh
Shireburne of Stonyhurst who died in 1528; he
died about I58o.298 A descendant, also named
Richard, was outlawed for high treason in 1715,
having taken part in the Jacobite rising.299 Sir Edward
Sherburne, the poet (1618-1702), is usually supposed
to have been of the Bailey line.300

An early place-name was Greengore in the northern
half of Bailey.301 In 1 3 14 Thomas del Greengore
confirmed to Adam his son certain land in Bailey,

379 See note 281 below.

280 He presented to Bailey chantry in
1421. He gave leases of Bailey Hall in
1407 and 1430 ; Gerard, op. cit. 49, 50
(from Leagram and Stonyhurst D.). In
1403 he entailed hit lands in the
counties of Nottingham, York and
Lancaster ; Shireburne Abstract Bk.
The chief residence of the family appears
to have been at Auckley, to the east of
Doncaster, on the border of Notts.

Robert de Hoghton in 1407 held 4
acres in Aighton of Nicholas Clitheroe of
Bailey by \d. rent ; Inq. a.q.d. file 438,
no. 26. Among the Hoghton deeds are
grants of land in Bailey and Aighton
from Richard son of John de Bailey to
Adam de Hoghton, &c. ; Dods. MSS.
czlii, fol. 6o/>, 55.

281 Robert son and heir of Nicholas
Clitheroe and grandson of Edmund
occurs in 1444 ; Towneley MS. C 8, 13,
p. 282. He married Margaret daughter
of John de Singleton ; Shireburne Ab-
stract Bk.

*M Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 5, m. 15.
Robert Clitheroe in 1447-8 gave Bailey
Hall on lease to Richard Crombleholme j
Shireburne Abstract Bk.

188 Ibid. Richard was living in 1466
and Alice his widow 1473 ; ibid.

284 Ibid.

285 Ibid. The will of Thomas Clitheroe
(wrongly described as incumbent of
Mitton) is given in Baines' Lanes, (ed.
1870), ii, 101.

286 Ibid. Robert presented to Bailey
Chapel in 1517 and was living in 1521.

Robert Rushton of Walsall claimed
the manor called Bailey Hall in right of
his wife Ellen in 1518 ; Duchy of Lane.
Plead. Hen. VIII, iii, R i. From a
plea of 1531 it appears that Henry
Alston had demised the manor of Bailey
Hall to Edward Halstead for the life of

Ellen Rishton, widow, who had a rent of
£6 i6s. 8</. from it; Pal. of Lane.
Plea R. 153, m. 15 d.

187 Shireburne Abstract Bk.

288 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. x, no. 26.
A moiety of the manor of Bailey was

in 1549 granted to Robert Low by Ralph
Clitheroe, together with lands in Bailey
and Goosnargh ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F.
bdle. 13, m. 102.

289 Shireburne Abstract Bk.

290 In 1557 Sir Richard purchased a
moiety of nine messuages, &c., in Aighton
and Bailey from Robert Clitheroe ; Pal.
of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 17, m. 21. In
1574 he purchased nine messuages, &c.,
from George Green ; ibid. bdle. 36, m.
280. In the following year he obtained
a considerable estate in Aighton, Bailey
and Whittingham from John Hopwood ;
ibid. bdle. 37, m. 57. A further purchase
was made in 1590 from John Halstead
in Aighton, Bailey, Winkley, Haighton
and Goosnargh; ibid. bdle. 52, m. 51.
Also a smaller one in 1593 from John
Burgoyne esquire in Aighton, Chaigley and
Bailey; ibid. bdle. 55, m. 153. The
'manor' of Bailey is not mentioned
subsequently, except as part of the
Shireburne estate.

391 Baines, Lanes, (ed. 1836), iii, 371.
292 Deeds are in Add. MS. 32107, no.

874-930-

298 Ibid. no. 930. Ralph de Bailey
also granted land in the vill of Bailey to
Robert son of John de Ash, who married
Cecily daughter of Roger de Heyhurst
(in Dutton) ; ibid. no. 883, 899.

294 Ibid. no. 925.

295 Adam son of Adam Walkandfot in
1292 claimed a tenement in Bailey and
Dutton against Richard son of Robert de
Ash; Assize R. 408, m. 42. In 1304
Robert de Clitheroe claimed account
against Richard de Ash, his bailiff, and

in 1327 against two of the name, the
elder and younger; De Banco R. 152,
m. 181 d. ; 268, m. 34.

Richard de Ashes the elder was
defendant in a claim for land in Aighton
put forward by Ralph son of Jordan
Moody in 1334 ; Coram Regc R. 297,
m. i6d. In 1338 Richard de Ash gave
land in Bailey to his son Robert ; Add.
MS. 32107, no. 898. Robert is described
as 'of Dutton' in 1341 (ibid. no. 896)
and in 1 346 he obtained land in Aighton
from William de Wormstall and Margaret
his wife ; ibid. no. 882. It appears
William and Margaret (in her right) held
an oxgang of land in Aighton which they
sold in 1335 to Henry son of Robert del
Hall ; Final Cone, ii, 98.

John de Ash seems to have followed
about the time of Richard II. His son
Richard married Margery daughter of
Thomas del Ridding, and she in 1439,
as widow of John de Whalley, had held
lands of Richard de Shireburne by a
rent of 2s. Thomas Ridding was her
brother and heir ; Add. MS. 32107, no.
874, 895, 886. For the Whalley family
see Final Cone, iii, 75.

Thomas Ash in 1456 had a tenement
called Hurst in Aighton ; Add. MS.
32107, no. 894.

298 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. x, no. 35.

297 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes,
and Ches.), i, 165.

198 His will of that date is printed by
C. D. Sherborn, op. cit. 71, and an
account of the family follows. Some
other wills are printed in Wills (Chet.
Soc. new sen), ii, 159, 179.

29J See further in the account of
Dutton and Stidd.

800 See Sherborn, op. cit. 84 ; Gerard,
Stony hunt Coll. 82 ; Diet. Nat. Biog.

801 See the account of the Holden
family.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

excepting the Greengore.302 John son of Thomas de
Greengore in 1364 released land in Claughton to
Ralph de Holden ; while in 1388 Adam de Green-
gore, brother and heir of John, confirmed to John
son of John son of Ralph de Holden the land called
Greengore in Bailey.303

The freeholders recorded in 1600, in addition to
Shireburne, Winkley and Holden, were Richard
Goodshaw, Thomas Loud, Robert Read and John
Tomlinson of Aighton ; also Richard Aighton of
Chaigley.304 Some of these have already been
named.

In 1568 there was a dispute as to Hill House in
Chaigley between John Loud and Joan his wife on
the one part and William Loud, &c., on the other.305
Sir Richard Shireburne in 1 546 purchased a messuage
and land in Aighton from James Loud and Isabel his
wife.306 Thomas Loud in 1632 compounded for his
recusancy by an annual payment of j£2.307 William
son and heir of James Loud held land in 169 1.308

Thomas Johnson alias Tomlinson held land in
Bailey in 1546, with remainder to Richard Tomlin-
son.309 John Tomlinson died in 1624 holding land
in Chaigley, with common of pasture in Bailey, of
Richard Shireburne as of his manor of Aighton ;
Thurstan his son and heir was fifty years of age.310
John Tomlinson, apparently another son, died in
1633 holding land in Chaigley and Clitheroe of the
king ; his brother Thurstan was heir.311

Richard ' Haghton ' and Alice his wife procured
a messuage called Armetridding, &c., in Chaigley
from Sir Richard Shireburne and Maud his wife in
1546, apparently in exchange for a tenement in
Aighton.312 A settlement of four messuages, dovecote,
lands, &c., was in I 548 made by Richard and Alice
Haghton, the remainders being to sons John and
Roger, and to heirs male of John father of Richard
Haghton.313

Hugh de Hacking in 1311 acquired a messuage
and land in Aighton from Thomas de Broadhurst and
Agnes his wife.314 This was probably the estate of
Henry de Shuttleworth and Agnes his wife in 1 366.315
Broadhurst and other lands in Aighton were in 1644
held by Nicholas Grimshaw of Clayton.316

Thomas Bradley of Thornley in 1564 held mes-
suages, &c., in Chaigley partly of the queen and
partly of someone unknown.317 Roger brother of
Richard Bradley of Bailey (deceased) in 1653 peti-
tioned for the restoration of a moiety of the estate,
which had been sequestered for the recusancy of

Elizabeth, Richard's widow ; she was then dead.
Roger himself was ' conformable ' to the Parliament,
' ever a dutiful and constant good Churchman,' and
had two sons in the army.318

Mary Dewhurst alias Osbaldeston died in 1638
holding a messuage, &c., in Bailey of the king as of
the honor of Clitheroe ; Robert her son and heir was
thirty years of age.319 Robert Dewhurst as a ' de-
linquent ' had his lands sequestered by the Parlia-
ment, and in 1654 his son James petitioned for
restoration.320

A few particulars about non-resident holders are
found in the inquisitions.321

A considerable number of landowners contributed
to the subsidy of 1524, the principal being Hugh
Shireburne. The others were : Robert Ash, the
wife of Thomas Clitheroe, Thomas Gooday, John
Halghton, Ralph Holden, Thomas Lenox, Robert
Waddington and Roger Winckley.322 The names
in the 1543 subsidy list are: Richard Shireburne,
Robert Shireburne, Robert Waddington, Ralph
Holden, John Gooday, the widow of John Halghton,
Anthony Winckley, John Hayhurst and Thomas
Johnson.323 In 1597 the following contributed for
their lands : Richard Shireburne (self and wife),
Richard Holden, John Shireburne (for wife), Richard
Haughton, John Tomlinson, Bartholomew Gooday,
Robert Read, Thomas Lowde, Henry Heyhurst.324
In 1626 Richard Shireburne, Roger Winckley,
Richard Haighton, Thurstan Tomlinson, Richard
Holden, Richard Crombleholme (for wife), Bartho-
lomew Gooday, Richard Read, John Whitaker
and Henry Hayhurst ; the wife of Richard Shire-
burne and a large number of others paid as non-
communicants.325

In the Commonwealth time Anne Watson, a re-
cusant, had had her estates sequestered, but was
dead in i654.326 The hearth tax return of 1666
shows that at Aighton there were eighty-two hearths
liable, of which Stonyhurst had twenty-three, the
house of Anne Winckley widow had five, that of
James Loud five, and four houses had three. At
Bailey there were thirty-eight hearths, Mrs. Elizabeth
Rishton's house having five. At Chaigley there were
forty-two hearths, but only two dwellings had as many
as three.327 In addition to Sir Nicholas Shireburne
a number of 'Papists' registered estates in 1717. 328
The land t.ix return of 1787 shows that Thomas
Weld held nearly all the land ; the Earl of Derby
had a part of Chaigley.329

02 Towneley MS. C 8, 13, p. 475.

303 Ibid. The Greengore charters are
in the possession of Mr. Fitzherbert-
Brockholes of Claughton.

804 Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.),
', 234-7-

801 Ducatus Lane. (Rec. Com. ), ii, 348 ;
iii, 8.

808 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 12,
m. 226, 259 ; the Louds had Ridding,
Lawcroft, &c. Edmund Loud had a
messuage and land in 1587 ; ibid. bdle.
49, m. 102.

307 Trans. Hist. Soc. (new ser.), xxiv,
178.

108 Exch. of Pleas, Mich. 3 Will, and
Mary, m. 40.

808 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 12,
m. 232.

810 Towneley MS. C 8, 13, p.

""Ibid. 1181.

Sla Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 12,
m. 296, 223.

813 Ibid. bdle. 1 3, m. 143 ; see also
bdle. 52 (1590), m. 75 ; 58 (1597), m.

173-

114 Final Cone, ii, 10.

816 Ibid, ii, 171. See also Ducatus
Lane, iii, 518.

816 Add. MS. 32105, no. 901.

317 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xi,
no. 37.

118 Royalist Comf. Papers (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), i, 217-20.

319 Towneley MS. C 8, 13, p. 340.

880 Royalist Comf. Papers, ii, 244-51.

381 Sir William Leyland of Morleys in
i 547 held land in Aighton and Chaigley
of the king by the fortieth part of a
knight's fee ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. pan.
ix, no. 43.

Richard Crombleholme in 1588 held

18

land in Huntingdon (Dutton) and Bailey
of the queen by the hundredth part of a
knight's fee ; ibid, xiv, no. 40. See also
Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 28, m. 206.

James Livesey of Livesey in 1620 held
land in Chaigley, but the tenure was not
recorded ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), ii, 278.

822 Subs. R. Lanes, bdle. 130, no. 82.

828 Ibid. no. 125.

824 Ibid. bdle. 131, no. 274.

325 Ibid. no. 317.

326 Cal. Com. for Comf. v, 3218.

M' Lay Subs. Lanes, bdle. 250, no. 9.

828 They were Edward Bradley, James
Dilworth, John Hill and Samson Raw-
cliffe of Aighton ; John Merrick of
Bailey and Christopher Hudson of
Chaigley ; Estcourt and Payne, Engl.
Cath. Non-jurors, 102, 1 06, &C.

829 Returns at Preston.

A chapel of St. John the Baptist was
CHURCH built in Bailey by Robert de Clitheroe,
and he obtained the royal licence to
grant it with the endowment he provided to Cocker-
sand Abbey ; the canons were to provide two
chaplains.330 This intention does not seem to have
been carried into effect, for in 1338 Henry de
Clitheroe obtained a fresh licence from the king
authorizing him to alienate two messuages, 40 acres
of land, &c., in Ribchester and Button for the
endowment of a chaplain who should celebrate daily
for the souls of Robert de Clitheroe and others.331
In 1548 it was found that the incumbent 'celebrated
there accordingly and did minister the Blessed
Sacrament to the inhabitants adjoining at such times
as the curates of the parish church cannot repair to
them for the floods.' 332 Most of the chaplains' names
are known, as follows 333 : —

1334 William de Preston
oc. 1338 Thomas 334
oc. 1403-21 Richard Bradley
oc. 1421-62 William Bradley335

BLACKBURN HUNDRED MITTON (PART OF,

Nowell and Richard Holden had obtained certain
deeds respecting the same, which he ought to
have.346

For the Church of England St. John the Evan-
gelist's was built in 1838, near Hurst Green, but
within Bailey ; a burial-ground is attached. A

1468
1498

John Bradley
William Barker

oc,

oc. 1500-17 Lawrence Towneley 338'7
1517 Robert Taylor 338

In 1535 the income was returned as £$ los. i</.339
The endowment was confiscated on the general sup-
pression of chantries, the lands being sold in 1549 *°
William Eggleston and others,340 and no attempt was
made, so far as appears, to maintain service in the
chapel. The building gradually fell into ruin, and
the last remains of it were destroyed in i83O.341 The
east window had been removed to Stonyhurst and
placed in its present position there, in a room then
used as a chapel.342 The Priest's House, or Merrick's
Hall, now standing in Bailey, is thought to have been
the chantry priest's residence. It contains some
wood carving : ' Robertus Taylor cantorista hanc
fabricam fieri fecit A. Dni M.D.xxiii.' 343

In Chaigley there was a chantry of St. Chad, but
nothing definite is known of its history. It is stated
to have been by the roadside opposite a farm now
called Chapel House.344 The Chapel-stead in
Chaigley is named in a deed of I378-9.345 Richard
Shireburne of Stonyhurst in 1 600 was seised of ' the
late dissolved chantry of St. Chad in Chaigley and
the chantry lands lying in the manors of Aighton,
Bailey and Chaigley,' and complained that Roger

district was assigned to it in i87O.347 It is in the
diocese of Ripon. The vicars are presented by the
vicars of Mitton.

The Congregationalists have a small endowed
school-chapel at Walker Fold in Chaigley, founded in
1 792. Over the doorway is the inscription : 'Chaidg-
ley Charity School, Established by Miss Ellin
Haighton And endowed by Miss Ann Haighton, only
daughter of Mr. Richd. Haighton, all of London.
The ground bought of Mr. Richd. Haighton of
Chaidgley, I792.'348

From the account of the Shireburne family it may
be gathered that the practice of the rites of the Roman
Catholic religion was maintained in the district with
more or less regularity during the whole period of the
penal laws.349 Henry Long, a secular priest educated
at Rome,350 the chaplain at the hall from 1666 to
1679, was drawn into a controversy with the vicar of
Mitton, who had a dispute concerning his revenues
with Richard Shireburne, * the sacrilegious popish
patron ' of Mitton, as the vicar styled him.351 The
secular clergy were succeeded by Jesuits about 1 7OO,352
but from 1741 to 1752 the Duchess of Norfolk had
a Carmelite for chaplain.353 On the establishment
of the college in 1 794 a larger chapel in the house
became necessary. In 1 797 part of the old stabling was
fitted up for public use, and this was replaced in
1835 by the present church of St. Peter adjoining
the college. It is a pleasing example of the early
Gothic revival, the architect being J. J. Scoles.354
It has in course of time become richly decorated, a
tasteful high altar having been given in 1893. The
sacristy contains a number of valuable relics, in-
cluding the cap and seal of B. Thomas More, mon-
strances and other church furniture ; also rich vest-
ments, including a chasuble and cope, part of a gift
by Henry VII to Westminster Abbey, and a more
ancient chasuble of English make called the Lucca
vestment.355 Mass is also said once a week at St.
Joseph's Schools, Hurst Green.

The principal endowment356 is

CHARITIES that of £80 a year for the Shireburne

almshouses.367 In addition about £10

a year is distributed to the poor from the gift of

380 Cal. Pat. 1330-4, p. 9. It is
possible that there had been an earlier
chapel there.

331 Ibid. 1338-40, p. 30; the chapel
is described as ' lately built by Robert de
Clitheroe.'

334 Raines, Chantries (Chet. Soc.),
211-13.

333 The list is derived from Whitaker's
Craven (ed. Morant, 29), his reference
being to ' the registers of York ' and from
the Shireburne Abstract Bk.

334 Towneley MS. OO, no. 1430.

335 William Bradley, chaplain of the
chantry of Bailey, in 1430-1 made an
exchange of lands with the patron,
Nicholas Clitheroe ; ibid. no. 1221, 1223.

He had a son John named in some of
the deeds in the Shireburne Abstract. Bk.

330"7 He occurs in 1500 ; OO, no. 1457.
He resigned in 1517 »nd Taylor succeeded.

339 Taylor was still chaplain in 1 548,
being sixty-nine years old ; Raines, loc. cit.
339 Valor Eccl (Rec. Com.), v, 144.
"o Pat. 3 Edw. VI, pt. iii.
541 Notitia Cestr. (Chet. Soc.), ii, 474.
341 Whitaker, loc. cit.

343 Gerard, op. cit. 99.

344 A 'chapel house" existed in 1725 ;
Walkden'i Diary, 1 1 (quoted by Nightin-
gale). See also Stonyhurtt Mag. Nov.
1887 and the account of Crawshaw.

345 Shireburne Abstract Bk.

846 Duchy of Lane. Plead. Eliz. cxcv,

Sl2.

347 Land. Cast. 25 Feb. 1870.

S48 Nightingale, Lanes. Nonconf. ii, 217-
22. An account of the foundation and
endowments is given in End. Char. Rep.
1899.

3« The hiding-places in the hall itself
are described in Gerard, op. cit. 78.

19

350 Foley, Ret. S. J. vi, 398.

341 Gillow, Bill. Diet, of Engl. Cath.
iv, 326.

3M Foley, Ret. S. J. v, 400. There
was also a chapel at Bailey Hall.

353 Zimmerman, Carmel in England, 372.

354 Gerard, op. cit. 100.

355 Ibid. 245-58 ; views of some are
given.

356 An official inquiry was made in
1898; the report, issued in 1899, in-
cludes a reprint of that of 1826. The
details here given are derived from it.

357 Richard 'Scireburne' had in 1686
intended to found an ' almshouse or
maison de Dieu ' for twenty aged persons,
and his- son Sir Nicholas in 1706 carried
the project into execution. Each of the
almspeople was to have £4 a year and
twelve places were appropriated to the
township of Aighton, Bailey and Chaigley.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Richard Pickering,358 and other sums from those of
John Richmond359 and James Standford.360 The
schools at Chaigley and Hurst Green have endow-
ments.

SHI RE BURN 'E 4LMSHOUSES.— Above Stony-
hurst, at the east end of Longridge Fell, at a height
of 800 ft. above sea level, stand the Shireburne Alms-
houses, a picturesque stone building now neglected 36
and in the first stages of decay, erected in the early
years of the i8th century by Sir Nicholas Shire-
burne. The plan is an adaptation of that of the
usual courtyard type employed in such institutions
combined with the E-shaped house plan, the wings
projecting only 28 ft. in front of the main block.362
The ' courtyard ' in reality forms a terrace 69 ft. 6 in.
by 28 ft., raised about 8 ft. above the ground, and
approached by a semicircular flight of sixteen steps,
47 ft. 6 in. in diameter, forming a most effective
architectural feature. The design of the whole
building is thoughtful and refined, and has an in-
stinctive fitness and charm, emphasized perhaps by
its present forsaken condition. It is a good example
of simple Renaissance work, in which full advantage
has been taken of the nature of the site on the slope

of the hillside. The walls are of wrought stone with
ashlar dressings and plain architraves to all the
windows, and the roofs are covered with stone slates
with overhanging eaves. The end wings are 19 ft.
in width, the whole of the south front being about
107 ft. 6 in. in length, which is increased by high
stone walls and gates connecting a small stone out-
building on each side with the main structure. The
building is of one story, except in the projecting centre,
which rises above the roofs on either side and is sur-
mounted by a pedimented gable with stone vase orna-
ments. In the pediment are the arms of Shireburne
with crest and supporters, and below in large letters the
words ' Shireburn Almshouses,' and over the middle
entrance is a large blank stucco panel, evidently
added later, on which probably there was a painted
inscription which has completely disappeared. The
tenements of the inmates are arranged in ten small
double rooms in the middle and side wings, five on
each side of the ' chapel, ' with the names of the
different townships over the doors.363 From the
terrace, which is inclosed by a stone balustrade with
turned balusters, there is a fine view to the south
over the Kibble Valley.

CHIPPING

CHIPPING
THORNLEY WITH WHEATLEY

This secluded parish,1 still uncrossed by a railway
line, lies in the hilly country between Longridge
Fell on the south and Parlick and Fairsnape Fell on
the north ; the principal stream is the Loud, dividing
the two townships as it flows north-east to join the
Hodder. The area is 8,8544 acres, and the popula-
tion in 1901 numbered 1,133.

The district was called Chippingdale ; but this
term covered a somewhat wider area than the present
parish.

Few antiquities have been found, but a Roman
road crossed part of Thornley.

The transference of the parish from its original
hundred of Amounderness to that of Blackburn was
probably a consequence of the grant of the manor to
the lords of Clitheroe. Ecclesiastically it remained in
the deanery of Amounderness.

It was one of the parishes laid waste by the Scots
in 1322, but apart from this its story has been as
peaceful and uneventful as from its out-of-the-way
situation might be expected.

To the tax called the fifteenth Chipping paid
28/. and Thornley with Wheatley ijs. 6J., when
the hundred paid £37 I/, fd? To the county lay
of 1624 the two portions paid respectively £z iqs. 6et.
and £ I 1 7/. zd. towards £ i oo levied on the hundred.3

In 1666 the East End of Chipping had seventy-
one hearths liable to be taxed and the West End
forty-five, but no house had more than four hearths.
In Thornley Alexander Osbaldeston's house had seven
hearths and Henry Shireburne's the same ; no other
dwelling had more than three.4

The agricultural land is thus classified : arable
land, 46 acres ; permanent grass, 6,721 ; woods and
plantations, 75-4a

The church of ST. BARTHQLO-
CHURCH MEW stands on rising ground at the
north-west side of the village and consists
of chancel and nave with north and south aisles, south
porch, west tower and a modern vestry at the north-
east corner of the north aisle. The chancel and nave
are without structural division and under one roof,

The pensions are still paid, but the bene-
ficiaries have for a long time preferred to
live in their own villages, as the alms-
houses are in an out-of-the-way spot on
the side of Longridge. It has been pro-
posed to take the buildings down and re-
erect them on a more accessible site. The
Stonyhurst trustees are liable for re-
pairs.

Two each of the almspeople were to be
chosen from Dutton, Ribchester, Wiswell
and Mitton.

Sir Nicholas also intended to give 401.
a year to the boatman at Hacking boat,
but there is no evidence that this was
ever paid. He desired that ';;IS tenants
and other inhabitants shaflfld have a free
passage. OthercJ^Snties were directed
for Leagram, ^GJfiorlejr and Hambleton in

Jr

Lancashire and for some places in York-
shire.

358 He gave his land in Ded Banks in
Clayton-le-Dale for the benefit of poor
housekeepers of Aighton, Bailey and
Chaigley. The rent is £10, which is
distributed annually in small money
doles.

359 By his will of 1769 he left the
residue of his personal estate (£50) for
clothing poor children and relieving old
people of the township. The capital is
now invested in consols, and the interest,
291. a year, is distributed in money doles
to the sick and other poor persons by the
vitar of Hurst Green.

•16° See the account of Ribchester chari-
tIC8A The share of Bailey amounted in
189$ to £•$ 2J. ioJ., distributed through

the rector of Stonyhurst in money doles
to poor cottagers.

361 The last occupant of the houses,
who had lived there some time alone,
died in 1910.

362 The middle part of the main block,
which projects 2 ft., was probably intended
for a chapel, but has never been so used.

363 Chaigley, Bailey and Aighton occur
each twice.

1 Sixty years ago the people were de-
scribed as 'plain, homespun, dialectal,
retiring, home-loving dwellers, having
little and needing less ' ; Parkinson, Old
Church Clock (ed. Evans), xvi.

a Gregson, Fragments (ed. Harland), 19.

3 Ibid. 23.

4 Lay Subs. Lanes, bdle. 250, no. 9.

43 Statistics from Bd. of Agric. (1905).

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INDEX MAP OF CHIPPING, LEAGRAM, AIGHTON AND RIBCHESTER

21

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

very sfigkt Tkere was a partial u.ni*akm of tke

_7$iL,and 1909.

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wiucms 15 ft. wide, B indosed nortk and sontk far stood in fine wkk tkc second pier kas Juappiawed,8

a Iengtkof7ft.br a blank wail, and tke asks, wkkk and tke ckaace) is now only omfeentialed from tke

are nmeonal in widtk, are conrmned tke fnl kngtk nare by tke : raising of tke ioor and tke anangement

of tke ckancd, tke cast wal of tke bmUing being of tke seating. Tke ea* window, tke mnPionsof

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tkat of tke nare, bnt tke nave roof is condnwd oier tracery. Tke ijtk-cemmy piscina in tke sontk wal

at a sngkdy latter phck. Botk roofi kasa trefai1edkead,edge^ol momm^andnaaVncni

covered witk stone mm* ami ka*e overkanging ornament, bnt its bowl B gone. In tke nonm wal is

.and tke waBs are cmntncted of fceal rnbbk a recess wkk pointed bead, 16 in. wide, originaiy an

witkont pfiatk, bnt witk knttMMts of two stages and opening bnt now bmk op and med as a credence,

diagonal ones at tke angles. Tke roofc and iuingt of tkc ckancd together wkk

TV ifcmifc ii Imylj m tm\j ififk rmtnrr rr tbose of die rest of tke ekmik are modem, tke

ftnoloWedince,wmxKjn%mgfiomtne cjpne stalk being erected in 1909. Tke
ide and tke pocina in tke ckancel, seems to

karebesnof I3tk-<entniy date. Ikde ornotking, Tke nortk arcade kas frre poaled arckes of two

an be said witk certzmty abont tke ptaa ckanuered otdeu sprnsging from oriignnil PKR,

of tk» en% bnnmnn> » *e later reran- i ft. 9 in. in dboBKCer and 6ft. in kejgkttotke top

kas nnde tke aickkectnnl endence ntker of tke caps. Tke arckes mar be tke original

box tke plan iny,i m tkat Ac ckvck kad istk-centnry ones and some parts of tke caps, as

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it was intended to adapt tke nortk arcade. In tke fowled lower •ntnuxr. One of tkeni B onile

end oft nortk arcade, kowever, pcrkaps becanse tt plain, bnt tke otkcr two are cjivul m tke neck

was m a better state of presenatnn, was lett nwce or win, far tke most put, vcry dementtiy patterns

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rr:r-ir | ikntHy ;•- -; .r; i.".; ;~^ .T :~.± ."? ~-^-i;T^. zn~i^~~ ;: i :~<

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•a cne snort jengtn ot tne present cnaaoei wail B nwinons mxetsecong m tne neau, ano. on tne same

probabfy' not m ib anginal position, bnt if it is, tken cap a dragon abo ocean. It scents finely, kowever,

it is possUK tiac tke 1 3db-<CBtaij' ckiaxk consisted of tkat afl tkis nuk is of one date, tke new < j|ataK

a nare extending onh- as sir as tke ^ad pier of dte being carved bj a worknun of eclectic tastes kaving

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CHIPPING CHURCH FROM THE SOUTH

CHIPPING CHURCH : THE NAVE, LOOKING EAST

BLACKBURN HUNDRED

opposite side. The north aisle is 70 ft. 6 in. long by
1 5 ft. 4 in. wide, and is lit by three square-headed
windows of four trefoiled lights in the rebuilt north
wall, with a modern window of three trefoiled lights
at the east and an old one of four lights at the west
end. The aisle extends 6 ft. 6 in. west of the arcade
and formerly possessed, ' near the east end of the north
wall,' a low side window about I 8 in. high, 8 in. wide,
and 2 ft. from the ground,9 which was done away
with in the restoration of 1872-3, when a small vestry
was erected at the north end of the aisle on the north
side. The organ now occupies the east end. The
south aisle is 68ft. gin. long and 1 1 ft. 4 in. wide,
and is lit by four square-headed windows of three
trefoiled lights in the new south wall, and by an
original window of similar type at the east end, the
mullions of which have been renewed. The east end
of the aisle was formerly the Shireburne chapel, com-
monly known as the Wolfhouse quire from the name
of the residence of its possessor,10 and was separated
from the rest of the church by a low wooden par-
tition. In the restoration of 1872 a stoup was
found in the wall.11 There is a priest's door oppo-
site the second bay from the east, the principal
entrance being at the west end opposite the fifth bay.
West of the door in the south wall is built a plain
piscina without bowl, and there is another similar one
in the west wall between the window and the arcade.
The porch is of stone with gabled roof, the eaves of
which come close to the ground. In its east wall is
a small arched recess built into the wall. At the east
end of the nave roof on the south side is a dormer
window of five lights, rebuilt in 1873, with stone
mullions and timber gable.

The font, which stands at the west end of the south
aisle near the door, is of gritstone, octagonal in shape
and of 16th-century date. On each face is a shield,
three of which are carved with emblems of the
Passion, and the others with the sacred monogram,
the initials j. B. and other devices, one side only
being blank. The stem has eight hollowed sides, and
on the foot is a series of devices in Gothic letters
which have been interpreted as A M G + PDT
(Ave Maria Gratia Plena Dominus Tecum).12

The tower is 1 3 ft. square internally with diagonal
buttresses of five stages and a vice in the south-west
corner. The stages are unmarked externally by any
string course and the character of the whole is very
plain, the walls being of rubble and terminating in
an embattled parapet with continuous moulding to
merlons and embrasures and with angle pinnacles.
The belfry windows are of two trefoiled lights with
stone louvres but without hood moulds. On the
north and south sides the walls below the belfry
windows are quite plain except for a small square
opening on the north and a clock on the south side,

CHIPPING

but on the west side are a pointed door with moulded
jambs and head and a traceried window of three
trefoiled lights and external hood mould. The
tower arch is of two chamfered orders springing from
moulded imposts and was opened out in 1873, the
bells being rung from the floor of the church.

A modern stone pulpit replaces one of wood
which had a massive canopy and was inscribed with
the initials of the Rev. Thomas Clarkson, vicar, and
the date 1723.

In the restoration of 1872-3 during the removal
of the whitewash several painted texts were brought
to light,13 but these, with an inscription on the east
face of the central pier of the north arcade,14 have
been lost.

On the face of the east respond of the south arcade
is a brass 15 to the ' two wyves of Robert Parkinson of
Fayresnape,' Marie daughter of Jerome Asheton, died
1 6 1 1 , and Anne daughter of George Singleton of
Stayninge, died 1623. At the bottom of the
inscription are a skull and cross-bones and these
lines : —

' Theire p^rtes theire persons and theire vertvovs lyfe
Now rest in peace freed from the bond of wyfe.'

There is a tablet on the south wall of the chancel,
where he is buried, to the Rev. John Milner, vicar
1739 to 1777, but the other monuments are all
modern. They include a brass to the fifteenth Earl
of Derby, who died in 1893.

There is a ring of six bells cast by Thomas Mears
in 1793.

The plate consists of a chalice of 1601—2 inscribed
round the rim ' The Comvnion cupp of ye Churche
of Chyping in ye County of Lancaster 1602,' with
the maker's mark R.B. ; and a paten of 1876 by
Elkington inscribed ' St. Bartholomew's Church,
Chipping, Easter 1 876.' There is also a bread-holder.

The registers begin in 1559. The first two
volumes (1559-1694) have been printed.16 The
churchwardens' accounts begin in 1809. Plans of
the seating 1635 to 1818 have been preserved.17

The churchyard, which lies principally on the
south side of the church and is approached from the
road by a broad flight of stone steps, was enlarged in
1863. It contains an old yew tree and a stone
sundial dated 1 708, inscribed with the initials of the
churchwardens. The plate bears the name of Jas.
Hunter, maker, Wappin, London. The oldest
decipherable dated stone is 1754.

Originally the church may have
dDFOWSON been a chapel of Preston, the rector
of which place claimed the presen-
tation in 1 240 18 ; but the right of the lord of
Clitheroe, to whom the manor had been given, seems
in later times to have been admitted without question,

9 T. C. Smith, History of Chipping,
69. The illustration, there given of
the east end of the church, however,
shows this window in the east wall of
the aisle. The illustration is presumably
correct.

10 Cf. T. C. Smith, Chipping, 73 (quoting
Derby MS3.).

11 Smith, op. cit. 74.

12 The shields and inscription on the
font are given, Gent. Mag. 1772, p. 588 ;
but the shields are placed wrong side up,
and the small letters of the inscription are
placed close together instead of being

separate, and are made larger than the
shields. For corrections see Baines' Lanes.
(Croston's edition), iv, 76, and T. C.
Smith, op. cit. 73.

13 T. C. Smith, op. cit 70.

14 It consisted of the name ' Rich.
Singl(e)ton.'

15 Formerly on a flag in the floor of
the central aisle ; Hewitson, Our Country
Churches, 537.

16 Lanes. Parish Reg. Soc. vol. xiv
(1903). Transcribed by Alice Brier-
ley.

17 T. C. Smith, Chipping, 76 ; the lists

23

1635, 1739, 1769 and 1818 are printed
in full.

18 The church being then vacant the
king claimed to present as guardian of
the lands and heir of John de Lacy. The
Prior of Lancaster claimed, but withdrew
absolutely ; the rector of Preston (Amcry
des Roches), who alleged that Chipping
was only a chapel belonging to his church,
withdrew his claim for a time, until the
heir should be of age, it being acknow-
ledged that the lord of Clitheroe had
presented the last incumbent ; Abbrev.
Plac. (Rec. Com.), no, in.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

and he and his successors in title presented to Chip-
ping.19 Soon after the foundation of the see of Chester
by Henry VIII this rectory was in 1546-7 given to
the bishop by the king in exchange for certain lands,20
and from about that time the bishop enjoyed the
profits of the rectory,21 appointing a vicar. After the
establishment of the see of Manchester the patronage
was transferred from Chester, and the Bishop of Man-
chester now collates. The income of the rectory goes
to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners.

At the end of the I3th century the benefice was
valued at £10 I p. \d. a year,22 but forty years later,
after the invasion, of the Scots, at only £$.™ In
1341 this was still the estimate, Chipping being

responsible for 50*. and Thornley for the other
5O/. 24 ; but by 1535 the estimated value had risen to
£2$ is. 8</.25 The tithes in 1650 were valued at
£85 5-f. a year, and there were other profits bringing
the total value to over £126 'before the wars,' of
which £ I o went to the vicar ; the officiating
minister in 1650 had £60 out of the whole.26
After the restoration of episcopacy the minister's
stipend would be reduced to its old amount, but
in 1720 his income was certified as £36 13*. \d. ;
the vicar had also the use of the mansion or
parsonage-house.27 Grants from Queen Anne's
Bounty were obtained in 1768 and later.28 The
value of the vicarage is now stated as £285.

The following have been rectors and vicars : —

RECTORS
Name Patron

Robert 29

Peter the Physician 30 The King . .

William Lawrence31 „ .

Ralph de Aldburne 3a

Roger 33

Instituted

c. 1230 . .
29 Nov. 1240
5 Nov. 1241
oc. 1279

Cause of Vacancy

res. P. the Physician

1 6 Mar. 1326-7 Robert de Langton Queen Isabel ; .

oc. 1348-58 Gilbert de Marsden 34

15 Mar. 1368-9 Thomas le Wise 38 Duke of Lancaster .

oc. 1391 . John Exton 36

II June 1393 . William Whitewell , Duke of Lancaster .

I July 1394 . Robert Marshford • „ . ..

Robert Gowe

Dec. 1399 . John Maryden 37 The King . . .

17 July 1421 . John Caton 38 ' „ ...

28 Jan. 1441-2 . Lawrence Caton 39 „ . . .

d. Roger

res. W. Whitewell

res. Rt. Gowe

res. John Caton

19 In 1361 it was found that Henry
Duke of Lancaster had held the advow-
son ; Whitaker, Whalley, ii, 480, quoting
Chan. Inq. p.m. 35 Edw. Ill, no. 122.

*° Pat. 38 Hen. VIII, pt. v, quoted in
Ormerod'g Ches. (ed. Helsby), i, 97.

81 The bishop appears as rector in the
visitation list of 1554. He came into
possession on the death of the last rector
in that year.

n Pope Nich. Tax. (Rec. Com.), 307.
This 'old taxation' was made in 1292.

35 Ibid. 327 ; the date in the heading
is 1334.

*4 Inq. Nonarum (Rec. Com.), 38. The
reason given for the reduction, in addition
to the havoc caused by the Scots, was
that in the ' new taxation ' the value of
the glebe and certain tithes, oblations and
altarage dues had not been reckoned.

K Valor Eccl. (Rec. Com.), v, 262.
The mansion-house and glebe were worth
Si. a year, the tithe of grain £13, other
tithes ,£3 10.5., Easter offerings, &c.,

£8 3*- W-

86 Commonw. Ch. Surv. (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), 169, 196, where are
given particulars of a lease made by the
Bishop of Chester in 1598 at the rent
of £25 is. 8</. There were 'a fair
parsonage house and about 5 acres of
glebe (great measure), with liberty to get
turbary, all which is valued to be worth
£7 per annum.' Of the rent named
,^10 was paid to the vicar, to whom
in 1647 the Committee of Plundered
Ministers ordered £50 a year more to
be paid out of the profits of the rectory,
it being sequestered from Christopher
Harris, 'a Papist in arms,' who enjoyed
the lease in right of his wife.

It it not clear that the increase in the

vicar's stipend was maintained ; Plund.
Mins. Accts. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.),
ii, 288.

27 Gastrell, Notitia Cestr. (Chet. Soc.),
ii, 401. The vicar's stipend was made
up of £10, the old allowance from the
bishop, and £21 131. 4<f. from the lessee ;
surplice fees amounted to ^5.

23 For particulars see T. C. Smith,
Chipping, 63, &c. ; lands were bought in
Dutton and Whittingham. Terriers of
both rectory and vicarage are printed ibid.

29 Parson of Chippingdale ; Lane. Ch.
(Chet. Soc.), i, 165.

80 Cal. Pat. 1232-47, p. 239. The
king presented in right of the heir of
John de Lacy, his ward.

31 Ibid. 265. 'William the clerk of
Chipping ' attested a grant to Sawley ;
Harl. MS. 112, fol. 72^. Also another
in Dilworth ; Add. MS. 32106, fol. 3 1 1£.
These may be earlier than 1241.

** In 1 279—80 Cecily widow of William
de la Sale claimed dower in certain
messuages and lands in Chipping against
Ralph the parson and other people of the
place ; De Banco R. 28, m. 64 d. ; 36,
m. 45 d. In 1281 Pope Martin IV
notified to the Archbishop of York that
he had taken under his protection Ralph
de Aldburne, priest, who had taken the
cross and intended to go to the assistance
of the Holy Land. In the margin of the
register Ralph is described as ' former
rector of Chipping ' ; Wick-wane's Reg.
(Surtees Soc.), izi.

Adam son of Thurstan the chaplain in
1292 claimed a tenement in Chipping
held by Simon de Beforton, but was non-
suited ; Assize R. 408, m. 42. There is
nothing to show Thurstan's position.

88 This and some later names are from

24

Torre's list of rectors ; Archdeaconry of
Richmond, 1825.

84 Gilbert was the son of Richard de
Merclesden or Marsden. He occurs as
plaintiff or defendant from 1348 onwards ;
De Banco R. 354, m. 399 ; 360, m. 37 ;
Sec. He was in 1350 charged with the
abduction of William son and heir of
John de Marsden ; ibid. 363, m. 78 d.

85 The date of presentation is from
Raines MSS. (Chet. Lib.), xxii, 387.
Thomas le Wise, rector of Chipping, is
mentioned in a pleading of 1 3 7 3 ; De Banco
R. 452, m. 113. Also in a fine of 1375 j
Final Cone. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.),
ii, 188-9. Again in the following year
he was charged with detaining a box con-
taining charters ; De Banco R. 462, m. 136.

36 He had a dispensation from illegiti-
macy, enabling him to be ordained and hold
a benefice, and this was extended by Boni-
face IX in 1391 to enable hi m to hold three
benefices, &c. ; Cal. Papal Letters, iv, 387.

37 Raines MSS. xxii, 395. The king
presented as Duke of Lancaster. It may
be noted that a Robert Gowe, king's clerk,
was in 1399 presented to the rectory of
Wigston and in the following year to a
canonry at Windsor; Cal. Pi.t. 1399-
1401, pp. 154, 356. Torre gives his
successor's name as Marmyon.

38 Raines MSS. xxii, 397.

89 Ibid. 409. The feoffees of King
Henry (as Duke of Lancaster) presented.
John Caton resigned Chipping for the
vicarage of Longford (dio. Lichfield), which
Lawrence Caton vacated.

Two 'chaplains' occur in the 1 5th cen-
tury, viz. Thomas Mawdesley in 1427
and Richard Smethes in 1447 ; Cal. Pat.
1422-9, p. 365 ; Pal. of Lane. Plea R.
10, m. 42.

CHIPPING CHURCH : THE FONT

Instituted

oc. 1472-80
oc. 1481

30 Apr. 1523 .
4 Aug. 1530 .
12 Feb. 1531

oc. 1562
8 Feb. 1589-90
5 Oct. 1616
c. 1622 .
1 6 Oct. 1672
12 Aug. 1692
23 Dec. 1701
19 Aug. 1721
29 May 1738
19 Feb. 1738-9 .
ii Mar. 1778 .
3 Aug. 1779 .
21 Nov. 1786
10 May 1807
28 Nov. 1816 .
8 Nov. 1864 .
21 Dec. 1886 .

Name

Thomas Swift40. . .
James Straitbarrell 41
Thomas Mawdesley42 .
Thomas Westby 43 . .
George Wolset, LL.D.44

Patron

VICARS

John Marsden45

Richard Parker 46 Bp. of Chester .

William Armitstead 47 „

JohnKing^

Richard White, M.A.49 ....

Humphrey Briscoe, B.A.5 ' ... „ .

Thomas Atherton, M.A.51. ... „ . .

Thomas Clarkson, M.A.5-. ... „ . .

William Rawstorne 53 „ .

John Milner, M.A.54

Thomas Pearce, M.A.55 .... „ . .

William Stockdale 56 . . . . .^ „

John Carlisle 57 „ . .

James Penny, M.A.58 .... -. „ . .

Edmund Wilkinson 59 „ .

Richard Robinson, B.A.60 .... Bp. of Manchester

John Birch Jones, B.D.61 .... „

CHIPPING

Cause of Vacancy

d. J. King
res. R. White
d. H. Briscoe
res. T. Atherton
d. T. Clarkson
res. W. Rawstorne
d. J. Milner
res. T. Pearce
d. W. Stockdale

d. J. Penny
d. E. Wilkinson
res. R. Robinson

40 He was in 1472 tummoned to answer
Hugh Radcliffe regarding a claim for
£8 1 3*. 4<£ ; Pal. of Lane. Writs Proton.
I Aug. 12 Edw. IV. In 1480 the Abbot
of Whalley claimed ,£40 from him ; Add.
MS. 32108, no. 1464.

41 Acting as trustee he was described
as 'chaplain' in 1479 and as 'rector of
Chipping' in 1481 ; Kuerden MSS. iii,
H 3. He held various other benefices,
including the rectory of St. Mary-by-the-
Castle, Chester, 1506-23 ; Earwaker,
St. Mary's, 79.

There are full accounts of the rectors
and vicars from this time in T. C. Smith's
Chipping, 84-108. Several particulars in
the following notes have been taken from
that work.

The next presentation to the rectory
was in 1515 granted to James Worsley ;
L. and P. Hen. Fill, ii (i), 1157.

43 There was formerly an inscription
on one of the church windows, asking
for prayers for the soul of Master Thomas
Mawdesley, founder of the chantry, and
his parents, dated 1530; Ducatus Lane.
(Rec. Com.), ii, 132.

43 He held various other benefices and
was one of the king's chaplains (Smith),
and became Archdeacon of York 1540-3 ;
Le Neve, Fasti, iii, 134.

44 This name may be Wolfet or
Wolflet ; he is noticed further under
Ribchester, of which parish he became
rector in 1543.

At the visitation of 1554 the bishop
was recorded as parson, and a ' Thomas
Manstem ' (?), beneficed elsewhere, seems
to have been in charge.

45 Alias Marston. Little is known of
this vicar, recorded at the visitation of
1562, when he appeared but did not sub-
scribe. He may be identical with the
above-named 'T. Manstem.' The will
of ' Sir John Marsden, clerk, vicar of
Chipping,' was proved at Chester in 1588.
An abstract is given by T. C. Smith
(op. cit.) ; it names 'John Parker alias
Marsden, my bastard son.'

46 Act Bk. at Chester, fol. i8£. No
first-fruits were paid by the vicars, but
the institutions have, when possible, been
compared with those in the Institution

Books (P.R.O.), as printed in Lanes, and
Ches. Antiq. Notes. See also Baines,
Lanes, (ed. Croston), iv, 79.

Richard Parker, son of Reynold Parker
of Greystonelee in Bowland, copied the
early volume of the registers, in which
his own baptism (1563) is recorded. He
was Dean of Amounderness, but was
described as ' no preacher ' in 1590, and
again about 1610 ; S. P. Dom. Eliz.
xxxi, 47 ; Hist. MSS. Com. Rep. xiv,
App. iv, 9.

In 1610 it was returned that Richard
Parker, vicar, had ' but one benefice of
401. by year, and no vicarage house ' ;
Chester Consistory Ct. Papers.

47 Act Bk. at Chester, fol. 63. The
name is otherwise given as Armitsdale.
Nothing seems to be known of him, but
the baptism of Margaret daughter of
William Armistead is recorded 8 Apr.
1628.

48 His name occurs in the registers
from 1625. His burial on 23 Sept.
1672 is thus recorded: 'John King,
clerk, minister of God's word at Chip-
ping for fifty years last past departed this
life September the twenty-second Anno
Dom. 1672 and was buried in the south
side of the chancel in the parish church
of Chipping aforesaid.'

In 1624 John King paid £4 %s. to the
clerical subsidy for Chipping, possibly as
agent of the Bishop of Chester ; Misc.
(Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 81.

He accepted the Presbyterian discipline
without hesitation, for in 1646 he was a
member of the third classis ; Baines,
Lanes, (ed. 1868), i, 227. In 1650 he
was commended as 'an able, orthodox
divine'; Common*. Ch. Surv. 170.
He seems to have conformed as readily
in 1662, remaining at Chipping till his
death.

The inventory of his goods (Smith,
op. cit. 91—2) shows a considerable farm-
ing stock, but no books.

49 Educated at Emmanuel Coll., Camb. ;
M.A. 1675. Was appointed to Whalley
in 1694, and died in 1703.

40 Educated at Jesus Coll., Camb. ;
B.A. 1689. His will was proved at
Richmond in 1702.

25

41 Educated at Trin. Coll., Camb. ;
M.A. 1698. He was promoted to the
rectory of Aughton near Ormskirk in
1721 (q.v.)

53 Educated at Queen's Coll., Oxf. ;
M.A. 1714. He became rector of Hey-
sham in 1735. At Chipping he had
quarrels with his parishioners. He
published some books, one being a
treatise on confirmation. He seems
to be the 'Mr. Kelly, High Church
parson,' of a local squib of which a full
account is printed in Smith's Chipping,
171-8.

58 Resigned on being promoted to the
rectory of Badsworth, Yorks.

44 Educated at Jesus Coll., Camb. ;
M.A. 1745. He was a friend and fellow
worker of John Wesley, and frequently
mentioned in his diaries. He was also
one of the king's preachers in Lanca-
shire.

55 Educated at Oriel Coll., Oxf. ;
M.A. 1771 ; D.D. 1793 ; Foster,
Alumni. He became prebendary of
Chester, rector of Coddington, and then
of West Kirby, and sub-dean of the
Chapel Royal.

54 He was also curate of Samlesbury,
where he resided. He was a king's
preacher.

47 He was also master of Brabin's
School and king's preacher. In 1790
there were ' three Sacrament days '
yearly ; T. C. Smith, op. cit. 66.

58 Educated at Brasenose and Hertford
Colls., Oxf.; M.A. 1784; Foster,
Alumni. In 1809 he was appointed
vicar of Preston (q.v.), and retained both
benefices till death.

59 ' A man of considerable power and
influence, an able preacher, and deservedly
esteemed by his parishioners ' ; Croston
in Baines' Lanes, iv, 81. He was also
master of the free school from 1817 to
1837.

60 Educated at St. Bees ; B.A. at
Trinity Coll., Dublin, 1867. Preferred
to the vicarage of Carlton on Trent in
1886.

81 Educated at Lampeter ; B.D. 1889.
Exchanged Chipping for AH Saints',
West Gorton, in 1891,

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Instituted
1891

1 1 Oct. 1 904

Name

George Burwell, M.A.62.
Walter Hudson, M.A.63

Patron
Bp. of Manchester

Cause of Vacancy
exch. J. B. Jones
res. G. Burwell

A chantry, St. Mary's, was founded by Thomas
Mawdesley, rector 1 523~3O,64 and its priest was Ralph
Parker in I535-68 Its altar was on the north side of
the church.

The free school was established under the will of
John Brabin, dated i683.66

There does not seem to be any record of the normal
staff of clergy in this parish before the Reformation.67
At each of the visitations of 1548 and 1554 two
names are given, but probably only one was resident,
and he may have been a domestic chaplain.68 The
chantry endowment had perhaps been intended partly
to secure at least one resident priest. After the rectory
was appropriated to the bishopric it may be presumed
that the Bishops of Chester usually took care that their
vicar should reside, but there is little on record about
the parish. The vicar of the Commonwealth period
held the benefice during all the changes ; and another
noteworthy incident is the hostile reception accorded
by many of the people to Wesley, when John Milner,
the vicar, desired him to preach at Chipping. In
June 1752 Wesley and his friend the vicar returned
to Chipping from an evangelizing tour, and were in-
formed that the churchwardens and some others were
consulting as to the means of preventing Wesley from
preaching. After an interview they were pacified, and
Wesley preached in the church without disturbance.
Next year, however, several of those present stopped
Wesley by force from officiating ; but a large part of
the congregation followed him into the vicarage after
prayers, and he preached to them.69

The churchwardens at the visitation of 1753 pre-
sented the vicar ' for disorderly behaviour in the church
on Sunday the 4th of March in the time of divine
service ; also for absenting himself on several holydays
and at divers times neglecting to read prayers as usual ;
likewise for introducing strange and unlicensed preachers
into his pulpit, contrary to the canon.'

62 Educated at St. John's Coll., Camb. ;
M.A. 1874. Previously rector of All
Saints', Gorton.

68 Educated at Exeter Coll., Oxf. ;
M.A. 1898. Previously rector of St.
Cyprian's, Ordsall.

64 Ducatus Lane. (Rec. Com.), ii, 1 3 1-2.

65 Valor Eccl. (Rec. Com.), v, 263.
The revenue was only 38$. $d. There
seem to have been disputes later regard-
ing the lands, between Hoghton and Shire-
burne ; Ducatus, loc. cit. ; i, 152. This
chantry is not mentioned by Raines,
who gives Ralph Parker as chantry priest
at Singleton Chapel in 1547.

The lands of the chantry were sold to
Sir John Parrott in 1555-6 ; Pat. 2 & 3
Phil, and Mary, pt. viii.

66 End. Char. Rep. (1902). For the
founder and his family see Smith, op. cit.
140. 'James Remington late school-
master at Chipping ' was buried there
15 Sept. 1675.

67 The rector of Chipping was ad-
monished for not residing in 1444 ;
Raines MSS. xxii, 373, 375.

68 Visit, returns at Chester.

69 Wesley's Journal, quoted in Baines'
Lanes, (ed. Croston), iv, 80.

70 Visit. Returns.

71 It was printed in 1902, the report
of 1826 being re-issued with it. The
following details are derived from it.

In 1755 it was stated that there were in the parish
136 families of Protestants and 38 of Dissenters.70

An inquiry into the charities was
CHARITIES made in I9OI.71 John Brabin, the
founder of the schools, also established
almshouses, for which there is now an income of
£ioj 5/., but only part of this is spent upon the six
almswomen.72 Edward Helme in 1691 gave land
now producing ^35 a year for the general benefit of
the poor.73 This sum and £16 los. from another
foundation 74 are distributed in money doles in the
township of Chipping. For Thornley with Wheatley
there is an endowment of £9 1 8/. a year, distributed
in sheets and flannel and skirts.76

CHIPPING

Chipinden, Dom. Bk. ; Chipping, 1242 ; Chepin,
1246 ; Chipindale, 1258 ; Chipin, 1258 ; the final
g seldom occurs till xvi cent. Schepin and similar
forms are found occasionally, 1292 and later.

The northern boundary at Fairsnape Fell attains
a height of 1,700 ft. ; thence a spur shoots south,
terminating in Parlick, 1,416 ft. high. Saddle Fell
is a minor eminence to the east. From Parlick the
ground slopes rapidly to the east and south, but land
over 600 ft. high projects south-east, and on the eastern
slope of this, close to the boundary, are Chipping
village and church, beside a brook running south to
join the sluggish Loud, which rises on Parlick and
bounds the township on the west (for part of the
way) and south, curling round a hill 500 ft. high,
Elmridge. Core is in the north-west corner, and
Wolfhall, formerly Wolfhouse, in the north. The
area of the township is 5,634 acres,1 and it had a
population of 820 in 1901.

The principal road is that from Thornley to Chip-
ping village, going north. Many smaller roads branch
oft" from it, crossing the township in all directions.

7S John Brabin in 1683 bequeathed to
trustees messuages called Goose Lane
House and Waller tenement for his
charities, and in the following year the
trustees bought land called Brow Spring
and there built the school and alms-
houses. Woodstow House was bought in
1686 as part of the endowment and
Woodscales in Thornley in 1690. The
school was for the poor children of Chip-
ping, Thornley and Leagram ; the poor
to be assisted from the other funds were
those of Chipping, Thornley and Bleas-
dale. The present gross income of the
combined charities is ,£259, but most
goes to the school.

The almshouses consist of a two-
storied stone building divided into three
tenements, each of which is occupied by
two women, appointed by the trustees.
Each woman receives £2 8j. a quarter
and as much coal as she requires. No
doles have recently been given to poor
housekeepers. 'The population of Chip-
ping is decreasing and there are practically
no poor in the township.'

78 The estate was the messuage and
land he had on Helmeridge (Elm-
ridge), now known as Richmond's
Farm.

74 Edward Harrison in 1671 left £30,
the interest to be distributed to poor
people in the parish of Chipping Church

26

on 21 December in each year. Richard
Lund alias Cragg in 1676 left another
£30 for like uses, and Henry Barnes in
1696 bequeathed the residue of his per-
sonal estate (£37 5*.) likewise. Lund's
gift was for the parish of Chipping, the
others for the township only. Thomas
Walbanck in 1732 left £10 for an annual
sermon at Chipping Church, and £15
each for such poor of Chipping and
Leagram as should attend the sermon.
Marsden's tenement was purchased with
the combined fund in 1767. The pro-
perty now owned by the charity consists
of the Malt-kiln estate, five cottages which
used to be the workhouse, and a cottage
and smithy; the gross rent is £17. A
sum of lOi. is paid to the vicar for the
annual sermon, and the rest is distributed
in doles of from is. to 25*.

Alice Webster in 1742 left £18 for
poor householders of Chipping and Lea-
gram, and her brother James added £2.
This was lost between 1826 and 1862,
by the bankruptcy of a trustee, as it was
supposed.

75 A fund of £220 existed in 1812,
chiefly derived from gifts by William
Wright (1711), £160, and Richard Lund
(as above), £7 los. The capital is in
Lord Derby's hands.

1 5,631, including 4 of inland water;
Census Rep. 1901.

BLACKBURN HUNDRED

' Within living memory the district was rich in
fine ancestral timber ; the oak, the ash, the elm, the
sycamore, the hazel and the holly find congenial soil ;
and . . . the alder grows in great abundance in
" carrs and marshes," although surface draining has in
recent years much reduced the growth.' 2

'Teanleas fires' used to be lighted on I May,
24 June, 3 1 August and i November.3

The township is governed by a parish council.

Among the trades recorded in the parish registers
of the i /th century are those of gold-beater, glover,
hat-maker and linen-weaver. In 1825 there were
cotton-spinners, roller maker and spindle maker.
More recently lime-burning, iron-working and chair-
making were the principal industries. The last-named
continues, but the iron-turning mill was disused about
twenty years ago. The land is mostly in grazing.4
The soil is clay and calcareous earth.

In 1833 there were cattle fairs on Easter Tuesday
and 24 August. The fairs are now held on 23 April
and the first Wednesday in October.

Ground for a camp and rifle range was acquired
by the government in 1892.

In 1066 CHIPPING, assessed as three
MANORS plough-lands, was a member of Earl
Tostig's fee of Preston.5 After the
Conquest it was granted to Roger of Poitou, and
became part of the possession of the Bussels of Pen-
wortham for a time. Henry I in 1102 gave it to

CHIPPING

Robert de Lacy,6 and from that time it continued to
form a member of the honor of Clitheroe.7

The land appears to have been divided among a
number of holders, but it is not possible to trace the
origin or descent of these tenements. The most
important were those of Hoghton of Hoghton, Knoll
of Wolfhouse or Wolfhall, and the Hospitallers,
each of them apparently being regarded at one time
or another as a ' manor.'

The Hoghton tenement can be traced back to
1292, when Adam de Hoghton complained that
Richard le Surreys (Sothron) and others had made
forcible entry into his several pasture in Chipping.
The jury, however, found that the defendants had a
right to common in 20 acres of moor and other land
which Adam had inclosed by a dyke, and gave a
verdict for them.8 In 1313 only the twelfth part
of the manor is named in a Hoghton settlement,9 but
in later times the ' manor ' is spoken of absolutely.10
In 1425 the manor was stated to be held of the king
by a rent of 2/.n ; in the 1 6th century the service
was unknown.12 In 1552-6 there were disputes
between Hoghton and Shireburne of Wolfhouse as
to the lordship, the command of the waste being of
importance. It appears that the Hoghton manor-
house was Black Hall, about half a mile west of the
church. 12a This manor was sold to trustees for
Charlotte wife of Lord Strange about i63O.13 It
does not appear much later.14

1 T. C. Smith, Hist, of Chipping, 3.

3 Ibid. 6. For 'Mischief night,' the
eve of May Day, see ibid. 52.

4 In 1843 about a fourth of the land
was arable, though little wheat was grown ;
T. C. Smith, Longridge, 202.

5 V.C.H. Lanes, i, 288^. • Chipinden '
or Chippingdale then probably included
Leagram and Little Bowland, and perhaps
part of Thornley.

' Farrer, Lanes. Pipe R. 382 ; see also
the account of Aighton.

1 In the account of the lands of John
de Lacy in 1241-2 is found a sum of i is.
from Chipping, and it occurs again in
1258 ; Lanes. Inq. and Extents (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), i, 156, 217.

In 1302 John son of Robert del Hall
held land of the Earl of Lincoln by the
fortieth part of a knight's fee ; ibid, i,
319. From later inquisitions it appears
that this was in Chipping ; Baines, Lanes.
(ed. 1870), ii, 693, from the Lansdowne
Feodary. In 1311 Joppe of the Hall
held a plat of the earl, rendering id.
yearly, and Thomas son of Kutte did suit
for his tenement to the court of Clitheroe;
De Lacy Inq. (Chet. Soc.), i 8, 19.

Later there are but few tokens of the
dependency on Clitheroe ; see Lanes. Ct.
R. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), 48, 62.
In 13563 number of suitors of the courts
of Clitheroe are named, among them being
Adam de Hoghton and Adam son of William
for tenements in Chipping, Richard son of
Thomas de Knoll for Thornley and John
de Bailey for Aighton ; Duchy of Lane.
Assize R. 5, m. 10 d. In a survey made
in 1445-6 Chipping was stated to be held
of the king as of his duchy in socage for
100 solidates of land ; Duchy of Lane.
Knights' Fees, bdle. 2, no. 20.

8 Assize R. 408, m. 53. Earlier than
this may be a release by the widow of
William de Moton to Adam de Hoghton
of her right in the Wetridding, received
from John de Chipping for a third part
of the mill ; Add. MS. 32106, no. 1500.

In 1304 Siegrith or Siota widow of
Richard son of Margery de Chipping
claimed dower in lands held by Richard
de Hoghton, Agnes widow of Adam de
Hoghton, William de Southworth, Wil-
liam son of John son of Bimme de Whit-
tingham, Adam son of Isabel de Whit-
tingham and Alice his wife and others ;
also against Robert de Pleasington in
respect of a sixth part of the water-mill ;
De Banco R. 149, m. 52—3 ; 152, m. 38 d.
For his part Richard de Hoghton sum-
moned Roger son of Richard son of Mar-
gery to warrant him ; ibid. 153, m. 124.

8 Final Cone. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches.), ii, 14.

In 1312 Richard son of Adam de
Hoghton gave land in Chipping to his
daughter Margery wife of Thomas de
Hothersall ; Add. MS. 32107, no. 348.

Richard de Hoghton was in 1328 de-
scribed as chief lord when he appeared
among the defendants to a claim for a
messuage and lands put forward by Emma
daughter of William the Ward of Chip-
ping. Her brother Thomas had succeeded,
but had been divorced from his wife
Hawise for consanguinity ; hence his son
Richard was dispossessed. The other de-
fendants were William son of Richard de
Hoghton, William de Greenhulls (Hogh-
ton bailiff) and Richard son of John de
Greenhulls; Assize R. 1400, m. 234 d.

Richard de Hoghton in 1328 granted
his son William the homage of John son
of William de Dodhill ; Towneley MS.
OO, no. 1504.

10 Final Cone, iii, 3, of the year 1377 ;
it was settled on Henry, younger son of
Sir Adam.

11 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), ii, 12 ;
the inquisition after the death of Sir
Henry. In later inquisitions in the same
volume no rent is mentioned nor is a
'manor' claimed ; ibid. 81, 127-9.

A messuage, 7 acres of land and 5 acres
of meadow in Chipping, given in 1407 by
Sir Richard Hoghton to his chantry at

27

Ribchester, were held of Sir Henry de
Conway by a rent of 6d. ; Inq. a.q.d.
file 438, no. 26.

In 1478 Agnes widow of Henry Hogh-
ton claimed dower in twenty-one mes-
suages, &c., in Chipping ; Pal. of Lane.
Writs Proton. 18 Edw. IV.

12 So in that of Alexander Hoghton,
1498, and later; Duchy of Lane. Inq.
p.m. iii, no. 66 ; xiv, no. 26, &c. The
manor of Chipping, with fifty messuages,
water-mill, dovecote, &c., was in 1602
settled on Sir Richard Hoghton and
Katherine his wife ; Pal. of Lane. Feet
of F. bdle. 64, no. 73. This manor was
included in a general settlement in 1616;
ibid. bdle. 89, no. 41.

I2a The bounds of the manor show that
it covered the whole township ; they went
up Chipping Brook, Peacock Brook, Carr
Hey Brook, east to Threapleigh, to Burn
slack, west to the edge of Bleasdale Hill,
Mereclough, Broadhead, down Bleasdale
Brook to the Loud, and back to the
starting-point. The pleadings are printed
by T. C. Smith, Chipping, 16-21.

18 Land in Chipping was held of Richard
Hoghton in 1622 and of Lord Strange in
1633; Towneley MS. C 8, 13 (Chet.
Lib.), 507. In 1626 a court was held by
Richard Hoghton as lord of the manor ;
T. C. Smith, Chipping, 22. It appears
that the manor was purchased out of the
portion of Charlotte de la Tremouille in
1629-30 ; Royalist Comp. Papers (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), ii, 226. It is not
named among the estates of Sir Richard
Hoghton, who died in 1631. In 1642 a
settlement of the manors of Goosnargh
and Chipping was made by William Earl
of Derby, James Lord Strange and Char-
lotte his wife ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F.
bdle. 141, no. 31.

For other references see Lanes, and
Ches. Rec. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.),
ii, 244, 247.

14 It is stated to have been sold as
early as 1641 to James Walmesley and

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

The Knolls of Wolfhouse appear to have been a
branch of those of Thornley, and in the inquisition
of 1628 respecting the estate the manor of Chipping
and the capital messuage called < Wolf house in Shire-
burne,' with various other messuages, water-mill and
lands in Chipping, were stated to be held of the lord
of Thornley by the service of a greyhound, a ' coter,'
and 3/. rent.15 One Adam son of Richard de Knoll
had half an oxgang of land in Chipping in 1280,
when it was claimed by Ralph de Catterall,16 and
the surname appears frequently.17 Wolfhouse de-

scended to John Knoll,18 whose daughter Isabel
married Roger Shireburne, a younger son of Robert
Shireburne of Stonyhurst ; and in 1493 the estate
seems to have been secured by Roger.19 Roger
Shireburne, who built the Wolfhouse chapel in
Chipping Church,20 died in 1543, his son and heir
Robert being then fifty-three years old.21 The family
remained Roman Catholics at the Reformation,22 and
during the Civil War the estate was sequestered by
the Parliament.23 Wolfhouse descended to Alexander
Shireburne, who in 1678 mortgaged or sold it to

others ; and in 1649 Elizabeth Walmesley,
widow, held a court baron ; T. C. Smith,
Chipping, 24, 23.

16 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xxv,
no. 51, after the death of Robert Shire-
burne, gent.

16 De Banco R. 32, m. 24 ; 36, m. 71.
By an inquiry in 1274 it was found that
one Roger Haslinghead, hanged for felony,
had held of Adam de Knoll a messuage
and half an oxgang of land in Chipping,
which had been in the king's hands for a
year and a day ; Lanes. Inq. and Extents,
i, 241. Seisin was accordingly restored
to Adam ; Cat. Close, 1272-9, p. 90.

Adam son of Richard de Knoll held a
tenement in 1292 which was unsuccess-
fully claimed by Bernard de Hacking ;
Assize R. 408, m. 42. Adam seems to
have been living in 1305 ; Assize R. 419,
m. 4 ; 420, m. 8. Alice widow of Adam
de Knoll claimed dower in a messuage,
&c., against Master Richard de Hoghton
and Agnes de Scophamin 1308 ; while in
1312 Richard son of Adam de Knoll
claimed land against Alice widow of
Adam ; De Banco R. 173, m. 185 ; 195,
m. 219 d.

It is said that Robert son of Richard de
Chipping made a grant of land to Richard
son of Lewis de Knoll, to whom Roger de
Whitaker made another gift ; also that
Henry de Thelwall gave land near the
Kirk brigg to Richard de Knoll ; T. C.
Smith, Chipping, 7, 8 (quoting the Derby
MSS.).

17 John de Knoll, Richard le Surreys
and others were in 1292 stated to have
thrown down a dyke to the injury of the
free tenement of William de Whitting-
ham, clerk ; Assize R. 408, m. 61 d.
John de Knoll, Adam his brother and
Richard son of John were in 1308-9
among the defendants to a claim for a
messuage, &c., made by John son of
Thomas son of Christiana de Chipping, in
virtue of a grant from his father, who was
still living ; Assize R. 423, m. I. This
John appears to be the ancestor of the
Knolls of Thornley, according to the
pedigree in Smith, Chipping, 33.

John son of Richard de Pleasington
appeared in 1355 by his custodee against
Richard son of Richard de Knoll, Ellis de
Whitlydale, and John son of Richard de
• Knoll, who held a tenement in Chipping
claimed by him ; Duchy of Lane. Assize
R. 4, m. 6 d. It was alleged that Robert
de Pleasington, grandfather of plaintiff,
had given the tenement to his son Richard
in the time of Edward II ; for the de-
fence it was stated that part had belonged
to Alice wife of Robert and grandmother
of plaintiff, and that she had given them
to Richard son of Adam de Knoll and to
the said Richard son of Richard ; ibid.
5, m. 27. A grant by Robert de
Pleasington to Richard son of Adam de
Knoll in 1313 is in P.R.O. ; Anct. D.
A 7462. Richard de Knoll of Helme-

field was plaintiff in 1357; Duchy of
Lane. Assize R. 6, m. i.

18 The above-named Richard son of
Adam de Knoll or Knolls (Knowles) had
by his wife Cecily sons named Thomas
and Richard. From a pleading of 1329
it appears that one Richard son of
Christiana (perhaps the Christiana de
Chipping of the note preceding) granted
a messuage and land to Roger de Wed-
acre, free for ten years, but subject to a
rent afterwards. As Roger refused to
pay this rent, the property was demised to
Richard de Knoll and his sons, where-
upon Roger claimed ; Assize R. 427,
m. i.

From a confused statement drawn up
about 1550 (Add. MS. 32106, no. 1086)
it appears that Richard de Knolls, son of
William (sic) and father of Lawrence,
gave Lawrence a moiety of his lordship
of the town of Chipping in 1329, the
other moiety descending to Lawrence at
Richard's death in or before 1 348. In
the same year John de Knolls, also son of
Richard, made a feoffment of his lands,
water-mill, &c., and Emma his widow in
1373, holding in dower, also granted
to feoffees, who afterwards gave to Roger
de Knolls. A release was made to
Lawrence Knolls in 1446-7. 'John
Knowles was the son of Christopher
Knowles and father of Isabel Knowles ;
which Isabel married Roger Shireburne,
and they had issue Robert Shireburne,
which Robert had issue Roger, now
defendant.'

Lawrence son of Richard de Knoll
appears in 1344-7 ; Assize R. 1435, m. 9,
15, 37. Lawrence in 1348 proved his
right to a messuage, <fcc., in Chipping held
by Ralph de Knoll and by Thomas son of
John de Knoll and Richard and John sons
of Thomas ; Assize R. 1444, m. 8.

One Adam de Knoll was in 1360
charged with an assault on Thomas son
of Roger de Knoll at Thornley ; Assize
R. 451, m. 21.

A John son of Richard de Knoll ap-
pears to have forfeited his lands for felony,
as they remained in the king's hands from
1382 to 1409 (Lanes. Inq. p.m. Chet.
Soc. i, 72) ; but Thomas son of Roger
de Knoll alleged that he had purchased
some or all of the lands in Chippingdale
after the king's pardon had been obtained ;
Dep. Keeper's Rep. xxxii, App. 3555 xl,
525.

From inquiry made in 1425 it appears
that certain lands of Thomas son of
Roger son of Lawrence de Knoll had
been given to his wife Katherine, who
afterwards married Geoffrey de Warburton
of Newcroft in Flixton, the reversion
being to Lawrence son of Thomas ; Lanes.
Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), ii, 9-11 ; i, 73.

Richard and Edmund sons of Lawrence
Knoll are mentioned in 1448 ; Pal. of
Lane. Plea R. n, m. 31. Margaret
widow of Richard Knoll claimed dower

28

in 1473 > Pal- °f Lane. Writs Proton.
13 Edw. IV.

19 Final Cone, iii, 143.

20 T. C. Smith, Chipping, 73 (from
Derby MSS.).

al Ibid. 227, from the Inq. p.m. among
the Derby MSS. His estate included
closes called the Knott, Whitacre and
Birchenlee. The mill and lands in Chip-
ping were held of the Earl of Derby (as
of his manor of Thornley) in socaje.
Roger the son and heir of Robert seems
to have been married as early as 1523 to
Margaret daughter of John Bradley.

Sir Richard Shireburne of Stonyhurst
and Roger Shireburne of ' Millhouse ' in
1554 agreed that the latter should not
alienate his estate, and that in default of
male issue by Grace, then Roger's wife, it
should go successively to Hugh and
Henry, Roger's brothers ; Add. MS.
32106, no. 1085. In 1569 there appears
to have been an exchange of lands, &c.,
in Chipping between Roger Shireburne
and Thomas Hoghton ; Pal. of Lane.
Feet of F. bdle. 31, m. 171, 184.

From the pedigree printed in Dugdale's
Visit. (Chet. Soc.), 265, it appears that
the succession was as follows : Roger
-s. Robert -s. Roger -s. Robert. The
last-named died in 1627 holding the
' manor ' as stated in the text, and leaving
as heir his brother Henry, aged twenty-
two ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xxv, no.
51. An agreement between Henry and
Isabel, Robert's widow, was made about
the same time ; Add. MS. 32106, no.
1095. From the same pedigree it appears
that another brother John succeeded and
sold Wolfhouse to his uncle, John Shire-
burne, who had a son Robert and grand-
son Edward, who seems to have died
young.

From a fine of 1638, however, it seems
that the younger John Shireburne trans-
ferred his manor of Chipping, with water-
mill, dovecote, various messuages and
lands, to Richard. Shireburne of Stony-
hurst, perhaps as trustee ; Pal. of Lane.
Feet of F. bdle. 133, no. 27.

Robert Shireburne (father of Edward)
was succeeded by his brother Alexander,
the vendor. Various details of the
descent will be found in Smith, op. cit.
and Sherborn, Fam. of She r born, 59-66.

For the Shireburnes of Knott, a branch
of the Wolfhouse family, see ibid. 114-16.

22 In 1607 the two-thirds part of Roger
Shireburne's estate sequestered for recu-
sancy was granted out by the Crown ; Pat.
5 Jas. I, pt. i.

28 In the composition papers it is stated
that the above-named Isabel widow of
Robert afterwards married Thomas Helme
of Goosnargh, and that Robert's lands
were sold to a William Parker. Parker's
estate was sequestered for ' delinquency,'
and the widow was allowed the ,£15 a
year she claimed in 1651 ; Cal, Com. for
Comp. iv, 2782.

BLACKBURN HUNDRED

Christopher Wilkinson 24 ; six years later it was sold
to William Patten and Thomas Naylor 25 : these
were probably trustees of Thomas Patten of Preston,
from whom this manor of Chipping has descended
through the Stanleys of Bickerstaffe to the Earl of
Derby.26 No courts are held.

The estate of the Hospitallers in Chippingdale goes
back to early times, and is named in 1 29 2. 27 After the
Suppression the manors of Haworth and Chipping were
sold by the Crown to George Whitmore of London,28

CHIPPING

who transferred them to Richard Shireburne of Stony-
hurst 29 ; this is perhaps the origin of the manor
claimed by the family. A court was held by Richard
Shireburne in i69O,30 and as late as 1825 the manor
of Chipping was said to be held by Thomas Weld.31
Sawley Abbey had land in Chipping.32
Of the minor families but little can be stated.
The earlier surnames include Chipping and Chip-
pindale,33 Greenhills 34 — some of whose estate seems
to have passed to Wawne35 and other parts to

About the same time John Shireburne
claimed allowance of his title to the
manor of Chipping, of which Parker was
in possession by conveyance from the said
John in 1641. Parker had granted him
a rent-charge of £10 a year for life and
covenanted to provide him in meat, drink,
apparel and lodging and keeping for a
horse. Robert Shireburne, the son of
John, in 1653 begged allowance of his
title to Chipping Manor, Wolfhall, the
Knotts, &c., conveyed to him by his
father, William Parker having unjustly
intruded thereon. This claim was ad-
mitted and the sequestration discharged
as from 24 Dec. 1649 ; ibid, iii, 2300.

John Shireburne of Staffordshire, pro-
bably the John who sold to his uncle of
the same name, complained that his
estate had been sequestered as to two-
thirds on the supposition that he was a
recusant ; but he ' has been and is con-
formable and was never convicted ' ; ibid.
2301.

The will of Robert (son of John)
Shireburne, dated 1668, bequeathing the
manor of Chipping, Wolfhall, &c., to his
brother Alexander is printed in Smith,
Chipping, 229.

84 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 201,
m. in. The estate is described as the
manor of Chipping, with twenty messu-
ages, &c., and a water-mill in Chipping
and Thornley. Alexander Shireburne was
joined with his wife Frances in the fine.

28 Ibid. bdle. 212, m. 109. The de-
forciants were Christopher Wilkinson,
Ellen his wife, John Shireburne, William
Banks and Anne his wife. William
Patten and Thomas Naylor appear as
trustees for Thomas Patten in a later fine;
ibid. bdle. 213, m. 8.

The date of purchase by Thomas Patten
is given as 6 Feb. 1679-80 in Smith,
Chipping, 226.

Some particulars of the later years of
Alexander Shireburne will be found in the
work above cited — Fan, ofSherborn, 65-7.
He was a recusant in 1680 ; Smith, op.
cit. 30.

36 See the account of Thornley.

87 Plac. de Quo Warr. (Rec. Com.), 375.
About 1535 the knights' bailiff of Chip-
ping had a fee of 331. -jd. ; Valor Eccl.
(Rec. Com.), v, 69. In a rental of 1609
it is recorded that the Hospitallers had
held Highfield, &c., of the king as of his
manor of Chipping by a rent of it.;
Kuerden MSS. ii, fol. 132*.

William Hall, hanged in 1506, had
held lands in Chipping and Button of the
Prior of St. John by a rent of 7*. 6d. ;
Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. iii, no. 19.

28 Pat. 9 Jas. I, pt. xxvii. The manor
was parcel of the preceptory of Newland
in Yorkshire.

89 Kuerden MSS. ii, fol. 132. There
were free rents in many townships, lands
in Claughton and perquisites of courts.

Sir Richard Shireburne of Stonyhurst,
who died in 1594, had held lands in

Chipping, but the tenure was not known ;
Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xvi, no. 3.
After the above-named purchase Richard
Shireburne (1628) was seised of the
manors of Haworth and Chipping, but the
tenure is not stated ; ibid, xxvi, no. 4.

30 T. C. Smith, Chipping, 23.

31 Baines, Lanes. Dir, ii, 633. A
similar statement is made in his later
Hist, of Lanes, (ed. 1836, iii, 362), with
the addition that the Earl of Derby had
recently purchased the manor.

33 Roger de Lacy gave to John de
Dinckley (Dunkekanlega) an oxgang of
land in the vill of Chipping formerly held
by Alexander de Chipping, a rent of izd.
being payable ; Harl. MS. 2077, fol. 324.

John son of Uctred de Dinckley gave
St. Mary of Sawley Haselhurstridding, and,
desiring that it should be held free from
all secular service, charged his oxgang in
Chipping with any such service due from
his gift. Confirmations were granted by
Robert, Gilbert and Alice, the children
of John de Dinckley. Geoffrey son of
Richard le Waleys by the above-named
Alice, who had been tenant of Hasel-
hurstridding, gave part of Coueracres to
the monks, the bounds naming Evisbrook,
Mersyke, Brundeparloc (? Parlick Brow)
and Covihill. These charters, from Harl.
MS. 112, fol. 72^, are printed in Whit-
aker, Whallcy, ii, 483-4.

The Sawley land, called Helhurst in
Chipping, was granted by the Crown to
Sir Arthur Darcy in May 1 538 ; L. and P.
Hen. VIII, xiii (i), g. 1115 (13).

33 Several references to them will be
found in preceding notes.

John de Chipping gave land to William
son of Adam de Aula ; T. C. Smith,
Chipping, 7. In 1280 Cecily widow of
William de la Sale claimed dower against
John de Chipping and others ; De Banco
R. 36, m. 45 d. Siegrith daughter of
Adam de Chippindale was in 1292 non-
suited in her claim for a tenement in the
place held by Thomas de Chippindale and
John Bimmeson of Whittingham ; Assize
R. 408, m. 76. At the same time Alice
widow of Roger son of William de Chip-
ping claimed as dower the third part of
three messuages, 24 acres of land and
8 acres' of meadow held by Robert the son
of Roger ; ibid. m. 64 d.

Emma daughter of Richard son of
Margery de Chipping in 1304 recovered
an oxgang of land, &c., against Roger the
son and heir of Richard and William his
brother, she alleging a grant from their
father ; ibid. 419, m. 2.

John son of John del Hall of Chipping
in 1322 held 10 acres in Chipping by
the fortieth part of a knight's fee ; Lanes.
Inq. and Extents, ii, 134.

In 1336 William son of John de
Chippindale claimed various plats of
land against John de Dudhill, Adam son
of Thomas de Hothersall and Roger le
Sotheryn (Surreys) ; De Banco R. 306,
m. 177.

John son of Adam son of Robert de
Chipping and Cecily widow of Henry the
Wright in 1358 obtained a writ concern-
ing messuages and land in Chipping ;
Dtp. Keeper's Rep, xxxii, App. 337.

Margaret widow of Lawrence del Hall
of Chippingdale in 1402 released her right
in land in Anstehalgh in Ribchester ;
Aid. MS. 32106, no. 353.

In 1506 William Hall held a messuage
and land in Chipping of the king as of
his castle of Clitheroe by a rent of i$d. ;
being convicted of felony in Middlesex
he was imprisoned at Newgate and after-
wards hanged ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m.
iii, no. 19. William son and heir of
Robert Hall enfeoffed his uncle Roger
Hall of Gainsborough of all his lands in
Dutton, Chipping and Chippingdale ;
Add. MS. 32106, no. 181. Roger Hall
was the king's bailiff of Gringley, Notts.

34 Adam son of Richard de Greenhills
granted to Sir Adam dc Hoghton all his
land in Robert's-croft on the eastern side
of Cresswell Syke, just as he had received
it by gift of Adam son of Thurstan ;
Dods. MSS. cxlii, fol. 54.

36 John son of John de Greenhill in
1310 gave to Henry de Dinckley and
Maud his wife land in Chipping, the
bounds of which began on the eastern
side of Mabholm, went down to the
Loud, ascended this stream to Barton
Hey, thence north to the Foul outlane as
far as Diksnape Syke, and southward to
the starting-point ; Ct. of Wards, box
13 A, no. FD 27. The same Henry and
Maud in 1358 obtained land between
Whitacres and Countes Hey and between
the Black Moss and Loud ; ibid. no.
FD 45 ; box 138. These and other
lands in Chipping, Wheatley, Wilpshire
and Dinckley seem to have come to
Richard Hirde and Margaret his wife by
1418-21 ; ibid, box 13 A, no. FD 24, 16,
37, 15, i ; box 136.

In 1455 they were transferred to
William son and heir-apparent of John
Wawne (' Wawan ') of Chippingdale, John
having been son and heir of Margaret
Hirde ; ibid, box 138; 13 A, no. FD 18,
28. William Wawne, Elizabeth his wife
and Thomas his son and heir occur in
1469 ; ibid. FD 1 1.

WilliamWawne son and heir of Thomas
in 1520 gave to feoffees his close or pas-
ture land called Marebonne, occupied £y
Edward Helme, for the use of Grace,
grantor's wife, in accordance with an
agreement between his mother Anne and
one Nicholas Walmesley ; ibid. FD 30.
William Wawne, described as ' of Wheat-
ley,' in 1566 made a feoffment of lands
in Wheatley, Chipping and Ashley (in
Whittingham) for the use of his son and
heir Nicholas; ibid. FD 13. In the
following year Nicholas married Ellen
daughter of Edward Sharpies of Osbaldes-
ton ; ibid, box 138.

Edmund Wawne son of Nicholas died
in or before 1592 holding a meisuage in

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Brown38 — Ravenshaw,37 Surreys38 and Startevant
or Sturtevant,39 with others denoting landowners in
adjacent townships.40 Some deeds of the Halton
family have been preserved by Kuerden.41

HESKETH END was long the estate of the Alston
family, traceable to the time of Edward I.42 The
house known by this name is a two-story stone
building, about l£ miles south-west of Chipping,
the front facing south, with a projecting gabled
wing at the west end. The principal part now
remaining appears to have been built at the end
of the 1 6th century by the Alstons, but the building
was probably originally of greater extent. Some of
the inscribed stones in the east part have apparently
been inserted in a rather haphazard fashion and
suggest the later rebuilding. At the west side is a
large projecting stone chimney, but the exterior of
the house, which has a stone slated roof repaired with
modern blue slates at the back, is chiefly remarkable
for the lengthy and unique inscriptions which run
across the front and on the inner return of the west
wing. These, together with the whole of the front
of the house, were for a long time very much ob-
scured by repeated coatings of whitewash, but ir.
1907 the building was thoroughly restored, the
whitewash carefully removed and much of the stone

work re-chiselled. The main front wall was largely
rebuilt, but the smaller inscribed stones after being
carefully cleaned were put back in the positions they
formerly occupied. The interior is almost wholly
modernized, but there is an inscribed stone in the
chief bedroom and another in the dairy. It is now
a farm-house.

The west wing, which is 17 ft. across, has a
mullioned window of seven lights with hood mould
over on each floor and a two-light window in the
gable, over which is a stone carved with the sacred
monogram. The inscription runs across the front
wall above the ground-floor window in double lines,
and is carved on six separate stones, the wording on
each stone being complete in itself, as follows, except
perhaps in the last two stones :

CESAR CONQVERT AN
GLIA ANTE CHRIST 58

BRVTVS ERECTVS LON
DINV ANTE CHRIST IIO8

SAXONII CONQVERT ANGLIA
ANNO DON 447 EPISCOPAT IB

DANII CONQVERT A
NGLIA ANNO DOI IOl8

ANGLIA IN CO ACER FLODDAN AN 1513

14 • SIVE • SHIRI ANGL RECEP. FIDM AD 179

This is continued on four stones along the return
of the west wing facing east as follows, the end of

Chipping of Robert Shireburne by a rent
of 6d.t and 4 acres improved from the
waste, held of the queen by the hundredth
part of a knight's fee ; also lands in
Wheatley and Ashley ; Duchy of Lane.
Inq. p.m. xv, no. 13. His mother Ellen
is named, and his heir was his younger
brother Thomas, thirteen years of
age.

86 In 1426 a messuage and lands with
common of turbary were settled on John
Brown and Alice his wife, with remainders
to their children Thomas, Richard, Joan
and Agnes, and in default to the right
heirs of Christiana de Greenhills, mother
of Alice ; Final Cone, iii, 91. This Alice
was perhaps the mother of John Formby
named in the account of Studley in
Thornley.

Evan Brown died in 1545 holding a
messuage in Chipping, and his brother
George in 1567 holding of Thomas
Hoghton by id. rent ; Duchy of Lane.
Inq. p.m. vii, no. 24 ; xi, no. 4. James
Brown in 1586 held similarly ; ibid, xiv,
no. 42.

87 Stepheji de Ravenshaw contributed
to a subsidy in 1332 ; Exch. Lay Subs.
(Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), 80. William
son of Stephen de Ravenshaw in 1342
acquired land and wood in Chipping from
William de Ravenshaw the younger and
Alice, his wife; Final Cone, ii, 115.
William was afterwards outlawed for
felony, but in 1360 his lands were released
to the superior lord, Sir Adam de Hoghton;
D(p. Keeper's Rep, xxxii, App. 341.

88 The name either as Surreys or
Sothron occurs frequently in the neigh-
bourhood.

Alice widow of Hugh le Surreys re-
leased to Roger son of Bimme her dower
right in Boothhurst in Chipping, which
Hugh had granted to Roger ; Dods. MSS.
cxlii, fol. 5 6 b. The same Roger, it may
be added, had a grant of Coppedhurst
from Emmota de Meluir ; Add. MS.
32106, no. 1495.

Thomas (son of Hugh) le Surreys in
1288 claimed land in Chipping against
Roger gon of William de Chipping and

John son of Roger ; De Banco R. 72,
m. 40 ; 89, m. 19. Richard le Surreys
was defendant in 1292 and plaintiff in
1301 ; Assize R. 408, m. 64 d. ; 419,
m. 13.

89 Robert Startevant of Chipping in
1304-5 claimed various lands in the
township as son of Robert son of Bimme
the White, averring that his father had
died during a pilgrimage to the Holy
Land ; Assize R. 419, m. 4 ; 420, m. 9,
10. Among the defendants were Master
Richard de Hoghton, Agnes widow of
Adam de Hoghton, William and Thomas
de Helme, Roger son of Richard son of
Margery de Chipping, William son of
John son of Bimme de Whittingham,
John de Greenhill and Richard son of
'John Othegrenehulles.'

With regard to the surname White it
may be added that Robert son of Robert
le Blund in 1246 claimed 6 acres in
Chipping against John son of William ;
ibid. 404, m. 3.

40 Richard de Catterall in 1244 held
lands of the heir of the Earl of Lincoln ;
Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 1 60.

The Bartons of Barton long held a close
called Barton Hey of the Hoghtons, with-
out any known service ; see, for example,
Lancs.Inq.p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.),
i, 8. They occur as early as 1298, in which
year John de Barton called upon Master
Richard de Hoghton (as mesne lord) to
acquit him of service demanded by Henry
de Lacy Earl of Lincoln ; De Banco R. 1 22,
m. 62 d.

Lawrence Starkie died in 1532 holding
land of the king by knight's service ;
Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. ix, no. 21.
Disputes between the heirs occurred in
1540 ; Ducatus Lane, i, 165. The Chip-
pingdale estate seems to have been sold by
one of the co-heirs — Etheldreda wife of
Humphrey Newton — to Sir Richard
Shireburne in 1565 ; Pal. of Lane. Feet
of F. bdle. 27, m. 112.

The tenure of the Chippingdale lands of
George Kirkby of Up Rawcliffe is not re-
corded ; they appear to have been sold by
his brother William to Gabriel Hesketh

30

in 1563 ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xi,
no. 8 ; PaL of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 25,
m. 197. This was perhaps the estate
afterwards held by the Heskeths of Poul-
ton of Shireburne of Wolfhouse by a
rent of zs. ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), iii, 364-6.

Jane Beesley, widow, in 1585 held the
moiety of a messuage called Peacock Hey,
&c., but the tenure is not stated ; Duchy
of Lane. Inq. p.m. xvi, no. 24. Francis
Beesley in 1609 held his lands, &c., in
Chipping of Richard Hoghton ; Lanes. Inq.
p.m. (Rec. Soc.), i, 138-9.

The tenure of Richard Walton's mes-
suage (1594) is not recorded ; Duchy of
Lane. Inq. p.m. xvi, no. 42 ; xvii, no. 48.
That of Joshua Galland (1638) was of the
king by knight's service ; ibid, xxx, no. 17.

John Bairstowe of Brownhurst had
lands in Chipping, 1623-4; Chan. laq.
p.m. ii, Misc. 515-78.

41 Kuerden MSS. iii, H 3. The earliest
deed is a grant by Richard son of John de
Knoll to Adam son of William de Halton
of a messuage in Chipping in 1332. John
Halton appears from 1451—2 to 1479 and
Miles his son and heir (who calls James
Helme 'my uncle') in 1466 and 1477,
in which latter year John, his son and
heir, was espoused to Margaret daughter
of Robert Mason. Miles again occurs in
1481 and 1497-8 ; and James the brother
and heir of John Halton, deceased in
1505-6, was bound to Margaret, the
widow of John, who had married Nicholas
Cotton.

42 The place may have taken a name
from the Heskeths recorded in the last
note but one.

In 1291 Geoffrey son and heir of
Benedict de Chipping claimed land against
Christiana daughter of William the Wain-
wright and John son of William de Alston
of Helme ; it was alleged that Robert son
of Benedict de Chipping had demised the
land to William de Alston; De Banco R. 87,
m. 3 7. There is little record of the family.
William and Robert Alston, yeomen, occur
in 1447 ; Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 10,
m. 42.

K

u

BLACKBURN HUNDRED

the last stone facing the front being carved with the
sacred monogram :

ANNO DOMI 1591 ELIS REGI ROB ART ALSTVN 2$
REG NO ANNI ETATIS NOSTRE RIC ALSTVN 1VNIOR 5

A CREACIONE MVNDI 5553 A CONQVES
TO ANGLIE 524 DEVM TIME REGEM HONOR

Over the door on the return of the west wing
facing east is a stone inscribed

RESPICE FIN EM ET NVNQV
AM PECCABIS PROXIMVM AMA

and to the left of this over a small built-up
window another stone with the name of ' Richarde
Alstun 53.' On the main south front are other
inscribed stones, one with the sacred monogram
between two crosses, another with the fragment
RIC AVLSTV, and a third ALSTVN HATH INHERITED

HERE IB 1 8 YER.

In the bedroom in the east wing an inscribed
stone reads :

DEVM TIME

REGEM HONOR

PROXIMVM AMA

HOC FAC ET VIVE

IN ETERNVM

and a stone in the dairy has * Fear God and love the
right.'

The west wall retains its old rough stone walling
unrestored and has a small square built-up window
with the sacred monogram between two crosses on the
head. Another window has also some ornament in

CHIPPING

the head, and the chimney, which is a good one of
two shafts, has two gargoyles in the angles.

Richard Alston of Chipping died in 1607 holding
a messuage and lands there of the king in socage.
Richard his son and heir was forty years of age.43

HELME, now Elmridge, gave a surname to a family
which spread into neighbouring townships.44 William
Helme died in 1597 holding a messuage, &c., of
Richard Hoghton by a rent of \d. and leaving a
son Richard, aged twenty-two.45 Richard died in
1638 holding of Lord Strange; his son and heir
William was thirty years of age.46 Leonard Helme
died in 1601, but the tenure of his Chipping
property is not recorded.47 Another William Helme
died in 1612, leaving a son James, thirty-nine years
old ; he also held of Richard Hoghton as of his
manor of Chipping.48 James died in 1622, leaving
a son William, aged twenty in 1633, by which time
Lord Strange had succeeded Hoghton.49

CORE was divided. At one time it seems to
have been held by an illegitimate branch of the
Knolls.50 In later times the most important family
was that of Parkinson.51 From them sprang Richard
Parkinson, Canon of Manchester and Principal of
St. Bees College, who was born at Woodgates in

I797-52

One of the most notable estates, on account of the
tenure, was that of the Leylands of Morleys in
Astley,53 who held ' of the heirs of William son of
William son of Maurice ' by a rent of i Sd'.533

The following were freeholders in 1600 : Richard
Austen (Alston), Richard Bolton, Henry Mawdesley
and Thomas Thornley.54 The Subsidy Rolls afford
further information ; thus in 1524 Roger Shireburne

48 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc.), i, 108-9.

Captain Robert Alston, apparently a
Parliamentarian, occurs in 1650; Royalist
Camp. Papers (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.),
ii, 264.

' The Alstons remained owners until
1702, when it passed to the Eccles family;
in 1819 Richard Eccles of Wigan sold it
to Thomas Cardwell, whose descendants
now (1893) possess it'; T. C. Smith,
Chipping, 234, where many particulars as
to the Alston family are given.

44 Ralph de Helme occurs in 1332;
Exch. Lay Subs. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches.), 80.

Lawrence de Helme and Isabel his wife
in 1377 obtained from William del Wood
and Margery his wife a messuage and lands
in Chipping ; Final Cone, iii, 2.

A settlement of two messuages, cottages,
land and wood in Chipping and Helme
was made in 1553 ; the remainders were
to Joan then wife of William Lorimer and
then after her death to Lawrence Helme
and his issue by Joan then his wife ; Pal.
of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 14, m. 36.

For a dispute between Alice Helme,
widow (and others), and Thomas Helrne
see Ducatus Lane, ii, 227.

45 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches.), i, 150.

With regard to the rent of $.d. it may
be noted that one Geoffrey de Whitting-
ham in 1297 held a plat of the waste in
Chippingdale for which he received that
sum ; Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 283.

44 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xxx, no. 76.

47 Ibid, xviii, no. 20.

48 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc.), i, 213.
He had other lands in Thornley, Wheatley
and Lea.

49 Towneley MS. C 8, 13 (Chet. Lib.),
507.

50 John Mauldeson of ' Coure,' a minor,
in 1358 claimed a messuage and land
against Richard and Adam, sons of Thomas
de Knoll, as being son and heir of John
son of Richard de Knoll. It was alleged
that his father (John son of Richard) was
born before espousals ; Duchy of Lane.
Assize R. 6, m. i.

In 1360 John son of Maud de Coure
had livery of a messuage and lands seised
into the duke's hands by reason of the
felony of John (son of Richard) de Knoll ;
Dtp. Keeper's Rep. xxxii, App. 347.

Richard Cover alias Coer, yeoman, is
named in 1448 ; Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 1 1,
m. 42. sl T. C. Smith, Chipping, 247.

A dispute as to lands in Chipping be-
tween Whitaker and Parkinson is referred
to in Lanes, and Ches. Rec. (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), ii, 246.

In 1653 Ralph and Richard Parkinson
of Chipping petitioned to compound for
land sequestered by the Parliament for
the delinquency of their eldest brother
Thomas Parkinson of Infield in Claughton;
Cal. Com. for Comp. iv, 3106.

52 See the account of Manchester Church
and the 1880 edition of his Old Church
Clock. He died in 1858.

53 An estate in Chipping, Thornley,
&c., was given to feoffees by William
Leyland and Anne his wife in 1 509 ; Pal.
of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 1 1, m. 249, 248.
Part of the estate was held for life by
Eleanor Holland, widow, and part by
Robert Thimelby and Margery his wife.

Sir William Leyland died in 1 547, but
the tenure of his Chipping lands is not
recorded ; in the case of Thomas Leyland,

31

his son, it is given as in the text and like-
wise after the death of Edward Tyldesley ;
Duchy of Lane. 7nq. p.m. xi, no. 20 ;
xiv, no. 10. In 1621, however, the tenure
was described as of Sir Richard Hoghton
as of his manor of Chipping in socage ;
Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc.), ii, 269. In
1606-7 a grant of lands in Chipping,
Wheatley and Thornley was made to
Edward Tyldesley of Astley ; Pat. 4
Jas. I, pt. xxx.

It should be added that according to an
old pedigree (Harl. MS. 1408, fol. 159)
William Leyland married Anne daughter
and heir of Alan Singleton, who was the
descendant of the heiress of Adam de
Bury, whose estate in the parish is noticed
under Thornley. The wardship and mar-
riage of Anne daughter and heir of Alan
'Singleton were in 1503 granted to James
Medcalfe ; Dep. Keeper's Rep. xl, App.

543-

5Sa Nothing is known of the origin of the
tenure. William son of Maurice occurs
in the Pipe Roll of 1 2 1 3—1 5, when he owed
401. out of 60*. due apparently for some
encroachment on the forest or other offence
against the forest laws ; Farrer, Lanes.
Pipe R. 251. He also attested a charter
by Roger de Whitacre, who gave lands in
Chipping to Reginald ; Dods. MSS. xci,
fol. 1 6 1. The bounds in this case are of
interest : Along the lache which falls into
Summerford as far as the moor and then
on the west side to the road to the mill
between Chipping and Wheatley, down
the road to the Loud, and along this river
to Summerford.

54 Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i,
235-6. Some references to the Mawdesley
family will be found in Ducatus Lane.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

was the principal landowner contributing to the
subsidy, Robert Alston and Richard Thornley being
the others.85 Thomas Sturtivant, Thomas Bolton,
Robert Alston, Thomas Thornley, Thomas Rodes
and Christopher Mawdesley contributed for their
lands in I543-56 Robert Shireburne, Thomas
Thornley, Henry Mawdesley, Richard Alston, Roger
Sturtivant and Richard Bolton were the landowners
in 1 597." Those in 1626 were : Henry Shireburne,
Richard Thornley, Richard Parkinson, the heirs of
Robert Alston, Thomas Boulton and John Sturtivant ;
James Beesley and a large number of others paid
-specially as non-communicants.58 Several 'Papists'
registered estates in lyiy.69 The land tax return of
1789 shows that the Earl of Derby, Sir H. Main-
waring, and — Blundell were the chief landowners.

An inclosure award was made in l8l2.60

The parish church has been described above.

The Wesleyans made attempts to found a congre-
gation, but abandoned them about i85o.61

The Nonconformists after the Restoration had a
meeting-place62 and in 1705 the chapel in Hesketh
Lane was built.63 It is associated with the name of
Peter Walkden, minister from 1711 to 1738, whose
Diary was published in i866.64 It was closed in
1880 and then sold. The Congregationalists had
another chapel from 1838 to i882.68

In 1604 it was reported to the Bishop of Chester
that an ' old priest ' was harboured in Chipping ; and
' James Bradley, recusant, [was] reported to be a leader
of priests to men's houses.'66 John Bradley, Grace
Fairclough and Richard Singleton, as recusants, com-
pounded for their sequestrations in 1630 onwards by
payment of £z each.67 Little, however, is known
of the story of the proscribed religion there, and
the Roman Catholic church of St. Mary, opened in
1828, seems to be the offspring of the mission long
before worked from the adjacent Leagram Hall. It
was served by the Jesuits until 1857 and since then
by secular priests.68

THORNLEY WITH WHEATLEY

Thorenteleg, 1202 ; Thorndeley, 1258 ; Thorne-
delegh, 1262. The d in the middle occurs to 1350
and later.

Watelei, Dom. Bk. ; Whetelegh, 1227 ; Queteley,
1258 ; Wetteleye, 1302.

This township stretches from south-west to north-
east for over 4 miles along the northern slope of
Longridge Fell, the highest point within the town-
ship being about 1,100 ft. The Loud forms the
north-west boundary ; it falls into the Hodder just
outside the limits. Wheatley, which anciently was
the principal member of the township, is now con-
sidered to be no more than a small area of 55^ acres,
somewhat south of the centre. The whole town-
ship measures 3,220^ acres,1 and in 1901 had a
population of 313.

The principal road is that from Longridge eastward
through the length of the township, which it enters
about half a mile north of Longridge railway station.
Passing Cockleach it descends till it comes to the
Loud, and then for a mile and a half runs near this
stream, passing between Wheatley on the south and
Lee House on the north. At Higher Arbour it
divides, part going north-west, crossing the Loud 2 into
Chipping, and part ascending eastward past Thornley
Hall and Bradley Hall, the latter being near the
boundary of Chaigley. From Thornley Hall a branch
goes north to cross the Hodder.

A Roman road is said to have crossed the township
into Yorkshire, passing near Bradley Hall.

The township is governed by a parish council.

Included in the grant of Chipping-
M4NORS dale in 1102 THORN LET descended
like Clitheroe.3 From later records it
seems that the Osbaldeston family were lords of the
place.4 The immediate lordship was held by a
family using the local name,5 who were about the
beginning of the I4th century succeeded by the

45 Subs. R. Lanes, bdle. 130, no. 82.

56 Ibid. no. 125.

sr Ibid. bdle. 131, no. 274.

58 Ibid. no. 317.

49 James Richmond, Thomas Wilcock,

John Bolton, James Lowde, John Dew-
urst, Bartholomew Dilworth, Thomas
Dobson and James Parker ; Estcourt and
Payne, Engl. Cath. Non-jurors, 103, 127.

60 Lanes, and Ches. Rec. (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), i, 56.

61 T. C. Smith, Chipping, 1 80.

63 During the indulgence granted by
James II a meeting was set up at Chip-
ping ; O. Heywood, Diaries, iii, 228.
Among the « Presbyterian parsons and
their meeting-places' registered in 1689
was Thomas Whalley for Christopher Par-
kinson's house in Chipping ; Hist. MSS.
Com. Rep. xiv, App. iv, 231. This minister
went to Hindley ; O. Heywood, op. cit. iv,
309. Christopher Parkinson was probably
the benefactor of the school.

68 T. C. Smith, Chipping, 165-80 ;
Nightingale, Lanes. Nonconf. ii, 210-17 (a
view is given). James Bolton left £4.0
for a meeting-house, ' but when the door
of liberty is shut ' to poor widows and
orphans 5 Gastrell, Notitia (Chet. Soc.),
»» 4°3-

64 Peter Walkden was born near Man-
chester in 1684 and educated at the school
there. After leaving Hesketh Lane he
went to Holcombe and then to Stockport,

where he died in 1769. An account of
him, with extracts from his diaries and
papers, may be seen in Trans. Hist. Soc.
xxxii, 118 ; xxxvi, 15.

66 Nightingale, op. cit. ii, 220-3.

66 Visit. P. at Chester Dioc. Reg.

67 Trans. Hist. Soc. (new ser.), xxiv,
174, 178. The list of recusants in
1667-8 is printed by T. C. Smith, op. cit.
29. See also Misc. (Cath. Rec. Soc.),
v, 147-9-

68 Foley, Rec. S. J. v, 339 ; Smith, op.
cit. 158-60.

1 3,219 acres, including 3 of inland
water; Census Rep. 1901.

2 In 1635 there is mention of a new
stone bridge built at a place called Loud
Bridge, where was formerly a bridge of
Wood, the highway being a frequented
one ; Cat. S. P. Dom. 1625-49, p. 510 5
1636-7, p. 333.

8 See the account of Chipping. In
1258 rents of 6s. $d. from Wheatley and
2s. 6J. from Thornley were due to Ed-
mund de Lacy ; Lanes. Inq. and Extents
(Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 217.
The rent of js. due from 'Utteley' in
1241-2 probably relates to Wheatley;
ibid, i, 156.

4 There does not seem to be any evi-
dence of the manner in which this family
acquired the mesne lordship. In 1349 it
was found that the heir of Thomas de
Osbaldeston held in service one plough-

32

land in Wheatley and Thornley, where
eight plough-lands made one knight's fee ;
Baines, Lanes, (ed. 1870), ii, 693, quoting
the Lansdowne Feodary.

In 1445-6 Richard Balderston held
Thornley with Wheatley as well as Os-
baldeston ; Duchy of Lane. Kts.' Fees,"
bdle. 2, no. 20.

5 The assignment of dower to Iseult
widow of Robert by Richard son of Robert
in 1 202 gives the names of several under-
tenants, including Jordan (probably of
Wheatley) and Roger de Bradley. The
mill is named ; also clearings called
Braderode and Flaxerode ; Final Cone.
(Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 10.

Ralph son of Adam de Thornley occurs
in 1262 ; ibid. 137. He was living in
1292, being then engaged in several suits.
As chief lord of Thornley common of
pasture was claimed against him by John
son and heir of John de Knoll in respect
of 40 acres of wood, it being alleged that
Ralph had disseised plaintiff's father ;
Assize R. 408, m. 33d. Ralph on his
part alleged that he had a right to grind
his demesne corn at John de Knoll's mill
in Thornley quit of multure ; ibid. m. 53.
At the same time Richard son of William
de Thornley was non-suited in a claim
against Robert son of Thomas de Sales-
bury for a tenement in Thornley ; ibid,
m. 76. Richard de Thornley appears in
1302 ; ibid. 418, m. 13.

BLACKBURN HUNDRED

family of Knoll or Knolls6 ; as early as 1302 John
de Knoll held of the Earl of Lincoln the eighth part
of a knight's fee in Thornley and Wheatley.7 John
shortly afterwards acquired two messuages, 2 oxgangs
of land, &c., in Thornley, which had been granted by
Thomas son of Hugh le Surreys to John son of
Jordan de Mitton.8 In 1319 Thomas son (and heir)
of John de Knoll called upon Thomas de Osbaldeston
as mesne lord to acquit him of the service in respect
of a tenement in Wheatley claimed by the Earl of
Lancaster ; 9 and Osbaldeston claimed the custody of
the manors of Wheatley and Thornley, Thomas de
Knoll being a minor, because John his father had
held by knight's service.10

Thomas de Knoll died between 1350" and 1354,

CHIPPING

his widow Margaret and son Richard having the lord-
ship in the latter year.1* Richard and his brother
Adam were defendants in 1358 against a claim by
John Maudson of Core.13 From later deeds it appears
that Adam ultimately inherited ; he had three sons —
Richard, John and Adam.14 Richard repudiated his
wife and married another, but on trial this was
decreed unlawful and he had to return to his first
spouse. She bore him two sons, Miles and Gerard.15
The former had a daughter Margaret, who married
John Singleton,16 and the latter had a son Richard,
whose son John Knoll was the heir male, when,
about 1500, Thomas first Earl of Derby purchased
the manor of Thornley.17 From the rental of
152 3-4 it appears that a rent of <\.s. \d. was due

Alice wife of John de Sedbergh and
her sisters Christiana and Agnes were
non-suited in 1292 in a claim against
Ralph son of Adam de Thornley ; Ralph's
daughter Avice is named ; ibid. m. 33.
One of the sisters may have been the
Christiana widow of Robert del Town
who in 1304. claimed dower against
Ralph de Thornley; De Banco R. 151,
m. 203 d. Ralph seems to have called
upon John de Knoll for warranty ; ibid.
154, m. 31. Alice widow of William
del Town was defendant in 1351 ; Duchy
of Lane. Assize R. I, m. v d.

In 1316 Margery daughter of Richard
Francey* of Ribchester demised land in
Thornley in Chippingdale to Adam son
of Hugh de Clitheroe ; it had been given
to her for life on her marriage with Adam
son of Ralph de Thornley ; Towneley
MS. DD, no. 1182.

6 Ralph de Mitton made complaint
against Richard de Knoll and others of
the neighbourhood in 1253 ; Curia Regis
R. 150, m. 20 ; 151, m. 22, 25 d.

There were disputes between John de
Knoll and Hugh le Surreys in 1277-8, it
being adjudged in the latter year that John
had thrown down part of Hugh's ditch in
Wheatley (3 rods justly and 6 rods un-
justly), 6d. damage being awarded ; Assize
R. 1235, m. 13 ; 1238, m. 31 d.

A claim by John son of John de Knoll
in 1292 has been mentioned. He also
claimed common of pasture against John
son of Jordan de Mitton, giving his pedi-
gree as son and heir of John, brother and
heir of Richard (s.p.), son and heir of
Richard de Knoll ; Assize R. 408, m. 55 d.
The family therefore held some land in
the township as early as the middle of the
i 3th century.

7 Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 319. The
mesne lord at the time is ignored.

8 The charter from Mitton to Surreys
is in De Banco R. 89 (1291), m. 19, and
has been referred to in the account of
Chipping.

John son of Jordan dc Mitton appears
in Thornley as plaintiff in 1305, the de-
fendants being John and Adam sons of
John de Knoll and others ; Assize R.
420, m. 9 d.

The two messuages and 2 oxgangs of
land seem to have been acquired by John
de Knoll from John de Mitton and Alice
his wife about 1308 ; De Banco R. 171,
m. 23d. In reply to the claim of John
de Mitton in 1308-9 John de Knoll, here
styled 'lord of Wheatley,' averred that
the 2 oxgangs were in Wheatley, and not
in Thornley ; Assize R. 423, m. i d.
Hugh de Salesbury and William son of
Hawise de Livesey were also defendants.

In 1310 Thomas son of Hugh le

Surreys, called to warrant John de Mitton
and Alice in respect of the estate, sum-
moned Henry de Lacy Earl of Lincoln
to warrant him; De Banco R. 183,
m. 374.

The connexion of the Surreys family
is shown in later pleas. Agnes widow of
Thomas le Surreys in 1335 claimed dower
in certain lands in Wheatley in Thornley
against Amabel widow of Thomas de
Osbaldeston, but the defendant produced
a charter of Roger son of John de Mitton
(1332) granting the lands to Thomas and
Amabel for life or eleven years ; ibid.
303, m. 9. Agnes also made claims
against Roger, Hugh and John, sons of
John de Mitton ; in reply Hugh and John
said they held jointly with their wives,
Agnes and Cecily ; ibid. 303, m. 9 d. ;
311, m. 206.

9 Ibid. 229, m. 151. Thomas de Knoll
was doomsman of Wheatley and Thornley
at the court of Clitheroe in 1323 ; Lanes.
Ct. R. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), 48.

10 De Banco R. 230, m. 34 d.

John de Knoll appears to have had
other issue, for in 1347 there was a suit
respecting a messuage and lands in Thorn-
ley which were successfully claimed by
William son of Richard son of Robert le
Walsh and Cecily daughter of Robert de
Hyde of Alston against Richard le Walsh
(the father of William), John (son of
John) de Knoll and William his son.
The plaintiffs alleged a grant by Richard ;
Assize R. 1435, m. i6d.

11 In 1338 Roger son of John de Mitton
granted to Thomas de Knoll part of his
land and waste in Wheatley Wood in the
vill of Thornley ; Towneley MS. OO,
no. 1010. Among the witnesses were
Richard son of Adam de Knoll and
Richard son of John de Knoll. The
land seems to have been exchanged for
Ramscloughgreen ; Kuerden fol. MS.
p. 212, no. 366.

Thomas de Knoll was on the com-
mission of the peace in Blackburn Hun-
dred in 1345 ; Cal. Pat. 1343-5, p. 510.
He was lord of the town of Thornley
in 1350 when Thomas son of Richard de
Bradley claimed common of pasture as to
100 acres of moor against him, Margaret
his wife, Richard his son and John son of
John de Knoll; Assize R. 1444, m. 4 d.

12 At Easter 1354 William son of
Richard son of Robert le Walsh claimed
common of pasture in respect of 161 acres
against Richard son of Thomas de Knoll
and Margaret widow of Thomas, who had
the lordship, also against Adam de Knoll
and Reginald his brother. The claim
succeeded, it being shown that a suffi-
ciency of pasture had not been left ;
Duchy of Lane. Assize R. 3, m. j. It

33

appears from later records that Adam
and Reginald were younger sons of Thomas
de Knoll.

18 Ibid. 6, m. i ; see the account of
Chipping.

14 This account of the descent is taken
from depositions recorded about 1500;
Towneley MS. OO, no. ion.

15 Final Cone, iii, 90, being a fine in
1425 settling the manor of Thornley with
lands and wood in Chipping, Wheatley and
Aighton on Richard Knoll and his sons
Miles and Gerard and male issue. Miles
Knoll was living in 1446 ; Pal. of Lane.
Plea R. 9, m. 33.

16 There was a settlement of the manor
by John son of Christopher Singleton and
Margaret his wife in 1479 ; Final Cone.

ii'» 137-

The claims of Margaret appear to have
met with much opposition. Thus in
1483 Stephen Knoll claimed the manor
against John and Margaret Singleton by
virtue of a settlement on Richard son of
Thomas de Knoll and Joan his wife, with
remainders to Adam and Reginald,
brothers of Richard, in default of male
issue. Reginald had sons John and
William, the latter being succeeded by a
son John and a grandson George, through
whom apparently Stephen claimed ; Pal.
of Lane. Writs Proton, file I Ric. Ill ;
Plea R. 58, m. 6.

John Singleton in 1487—8 demised
Thornley to Sir Alexander Hoghton tor a
year ; Dods. MSS. cxlii, fol. 49^, no. 3.

*7 In 1479 Robert Wilkinson and
Thomas Newton gave a bond to Thomas
Lord Stanley as to the manor of Thorn-
ley ; Towneley MS. OO, no. 1007. It
does not appear how their title came, but
Robert Wilkinson in 1482 released his
title in the manors of Thornley, Wheatley
and Aighton, with various lands, &c.,
late of John Knolles ; ibid. no. 1008.
They were, therefore, probably the heirs
or trustees of one of the John Knolls of
the text. Later still, in 1503 John the
son and heir of John Newton, then of
Towas [?Towcester], Northants, released
his right (by inheritance) in the manor to
Thomas Earl of Derby ; ibid. no. 1006.

The earl's purchase of the manor from
Christopher Singleton, son and heir of
Margaret (widow of John Singleton)
daughter of Miles Knoll, took place in
1499 ; ibid. no. 1003-4. Margaret
Singletoi was living in 1503 and 1504;
Def. Keeper's Rep. xl, App. 544 ; Final
Cone, iii, 154. About the same time
Roger Shireburne and Isabel his wife,
heiress of the Wolfhouse branch of the
Knoll family, appear to have released
their right in the manor and lands ; ibid,
iii, 155.

.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

to the king and izd. to the Prior of St. John of
Jerusalem.18

The manor descended like Knowsley until 1600,
when William the sixth earl sold it to Baptist Hicks
of London,19 who in turn sold it to Michael Doughty
of Lathom,*0 one of the clerks of the kitchen there."
Henry Doughty and his son William took part against
the Parliament in the Civil War, and the estate was
sequestered and afterwards sold.2* As in other cases,
part or the whole was recovered for the family.
John Doughty, the eldest son, who died in or before
1 647,** left two daughters, Mary and Susan.*4 The
former married Thomas Patten of Preston, who died
in 1697, leaving as heir his daughter Elizabeth wife
of Sir Thomas Stanley of BickerstafFe.25 By this
marriage the manor has descended to the present Earl
of Derby in the same way as Bickerstaffe.26 Manor
courts are still held once a year.27

THORNLET HALL, sometimes known as Patten
Hall, stands at the foot of Jeffrey Hill on the north side

of Longridge Fell, and is a plain two-story house very
much modernized, but retaining some ancient features.
Over the doorway is the inscription ' B. O. Michael
Dovghtie 1605,' and in the dining-room over the
mantelpiece is a small cupboard on which are the
initials of Elizabeth and Mary Patten and the date
1709. All the windows are modern sashes and the
house has little architectural interest, but the front
lay-out is effective with balled gate piers, low fence
wall and a tall clipped yew tree close up to the
building rising to the level of the eaves.

WHEATLEY was in 1066 the important part of
the township, being named in Domesday Book as
assessed at one plough-land.*8 In later times it is
sometimes named before Thornley and sometimes
after it, as at present. Occasionally Wheatley appears
to have been regarded as a separate manor.29

BRADLEY was held by the Hospitallers,80 the
tenants being a family assuming that name,31 who had
lands also in Chaigley and neighbouring townships.

18 Rental in the possession of Lord
Lathom. The following tenants paid the
'gressum' due every eighth year : Mar-
garet Alston 19*., Alexander Bradley

-245. 4</., Thomas Burne js., wife of
Thomas Dilworth ioj., Richard Kilworth
8*., Henry Dicconson ios., Richard Eccles
1 31. 4</., Ughtred Huddersall js.t Richard
Marsden 151. lid., Edward Rodes ios.t
Thomas Rodes 8s., Christopher Sower-
butts ioj., John Thornley 14*. <)d., Robert
Wilkinson zos., &c. The rents of free
tenants amounted to 22s. yd., of tenants
at will £22 4-r. iod., the demesne yielded
jCio (to which was added the rent of a
close in Chaigley lately purchased, viz.
ioi. and 6d. instead of a stone of cheese),
the commuted ' works ' of the tenants
1 8*. 6d., the turbary of Withinreap
i8i. iod. The gross return from the
manor was given as ^44 izs. yd., but
many allowances had to be made. No
courts had been held. A payment of q.d.
called 'Juger sylvere ' was made yearly
to the bailiff of Blackburnshire at the
court held at Clitheroe.

19 Towneley MS. OO, no. 1013-16.
In 1602 the earl sold lands, &c., in
Chipping and Bosden in Bowland to
Baptist Hicks, who in 1606 sold the same
to Michael Doughty ; ibid. no. icoi-2.

20 In Feb. 1602-3 Baptist Hicks of
London transferred to Michael Doughty
of Lathom, Cecily his wife and Henry
his eldest son the manor of Thornley, late
the inheritance of Ferdinando Earl of
Derby; OO, no. 1000. From a later
fine, however, it seems that in 1609 Sir
Baptist Hicks acquired the manor of
Thornley and messuages and lands in
Thornley, Chipping and Bosden from
Thomas Lord Jillesmere and Alice his
wife, Countess of Derby (i.e. widow of
Ferdinando) ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F.
bdle. 75, no. 18. For the countess's
right see Ducatus Lane, (Rec. Com.), iii,
323» 352,458.

21 Stanley Papers (Chet. Soc.), ii, 23,
1 06, &c. Michael Doughty represented
Preston in the Parliament of 1589 and
Liverpool in that of 1593; Pink and
Beaven, Parl. Repre. of Lanes. 146, 184.

A pedigree of Doughty of Thornley
will be found in the Visit, of 1613 (Chet.
Soc.), 64. Henry Doughty paid £10 on
refusing knighthood in 1631 ; Misc. (Rec.
Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 217.

22 Royalist Comp. Papers (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), ii, 256-68. It appears

that Henry Doughty the father about Aug.
1648 'took up arms against the Parlia-
ment and fled away with the Scots forces
under Duke Hamilton ' ; ibid. 266. Other
sons, Henry and Michael, are named.

Henry Doughty's estate was sold in
1652 ; Index of Royalists (Index Soc.), 41.

23 Royalist Comp. Papers, ii, 257. His
widow Elizabeth daughter of Serjeant
Robert Callis was claiming under her
marriage settlement of 1641. A mort-
gage by Henry Doughty (the father of
John) of the manor-house of Thornley,
called Thornley Hall, is named. No
' delinquency ' seems to have been alleged
against John Doughty.

24 In a fine respecting the manor of
Thornley, with lands, water-mill, &c., in
Thornley, Chipping, Goosnargh and
Witton in 1684 the plaintiffs were
William Patten and Thomas Naylor and
the defendants Thomas Patten, esq., Mary
his wife and Susan Doughty, spinster ;
Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 213, m. 8.

25 See the account of Bickerstaffe.
Thomas Patten, a barrister, was the
eldest son of William Patten of Preston ;
see pedigree in Gregson's Fragments (ed.
Harland), 185 ; Preston Guild R.

Thomas Patten represented Preston in
the Parliament of 1688 as a Whig ; Pink
and Beaven, op. cit. 156.

26 The manors of Thornley and Chip-
ping were held by successive Earls of
Derby in 1738 and 1776 ; Pal. of Lane.
Plea R. 549, m. 5 ; 623, m. la.

27 T. C. Smith, Chipping, 46-52, ex-
tracts from the old Court Rolls being given.
From a record of the boundaries of the
manor in 1808 they seem to have been
those of the township. On the border of
Dutton were a stone called the White
Stoup and a group of stones called the
Cripple Oak.

28 V.C.H. Lanes, i, 288£. Cf. the tene-
ment of Osbaldeston in 1349 as already
recorded.

A family named Wheatley occurs. Thus
in 1227 Jordan de Wheatley obtained
from Eve widow of William de Edisford an
oxgang of land in Wheatley, which was to
descend to Jordan's heirs by his late wife,
sister of Eve ; Final Cone, i, 50, 60.

29 In 1612 William Helme (see Chip-
ping) was said to have held lands in
Thornley and Wheatley of Edward Tyldes-
ley, as of his manor of Wheatley, by 2s. $d.
rent ; Lanes. Inq.p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches,), i, 213. See also note 8 above.

34

80 i \vheatley ' is named in the list of
the Hospitallers' estates in 1292 ; Plac. de
Quo Warr. (Rec. Com.), 375. In 1 294 the
Prior of St. John complained that John de
Knoll had rescued certain cattle impounded
at Thornley ; De Banco R. 103, m. 26.

In a Stidd rental of 1609 a rent of
zs. lod. ia entered as due from John
Rodes for a tenement in Thornley, and
one of6d. from John Hurst (lately Edmund
Wall or Wawne) in Wheatley ; Kuerden
MSS. ii, fol. 132*.

81 Adam son of Adam de Bury appears
to have held the ' manor of Bradley ' in
1246, when he sold it to Thomas rector
of Slaidburn ; Final Cone, i, 102. The
bounds extended from the Loud to Long-
ridge and from Bradley Syke to Bradley
Brook. This may have been only a feoff-
ment in trust, for in 1262, when Ralph
son of Adam de Thornley acquired from
Robert de Bradley 100 acres of wood in
the township, Adam de Bury * put in his
claim,' as did also the Prior of St. John
of Jerusalem and John de Knoll ; ibid.
137-8. The bounds began at the place
where Bradley Brook fell into the Loud,
went up the brook to the Veu Viver,
thence west to Bradley Syke, down this to
Ramsclough and so down to the Loud.
Hugh le Surreys charged Robert de
Bradley in 1278 with breaking his pound
at Thornley ; De Banco R. 23, m. 37 d.
Thomas le Surreys in 1289 complained
that Robert had cut down trees in Thorn-
ley in contravention of the above agree-
ment ; Abbrei'. Plac. (Rec. Com.), 219.

A Roger de Bradley of 1202 has been
already mentioned. In 1278 Robert de
Bradley had some dispute with Ralph son
of Adam de Thornley; Assize R. 1238,
m. 33d. The same parties appear to
have been again at variance in 1292 ;
Assize R. 408, m. 54.

From Richard son of Robert de Bradley
dower in Thornley, Aighton and Chaigley
was in 1313 claimed by William de
Huyton and Emma his wife, in right of
her former marriage with Thomas de
Bradley ; De Banco R. 201, m-. 69 d. In
1332 Richard and Robert de Bradley con-
tributed to the subsidy ; Exch. Lay Subs.
(Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), 82. Richard
de Bradley, perhaps another of the name,
was one of the chief inhabitants in 1341 ;
Iny. Nonarum (Rec. Com.), 38.

Thomas de Bradley in 1389 acquired a
messuage and land in Thornley from
John son of Thomas son of Roger de

THORNLEY WITH WHEATLEY : THORNLEY HALL

BLACKBURN HUNDRED

A pedigree was recorded in I $6j.32 Thomas Bradley
died in 1564 holding the capital messuage called
Bradley Hall with 60 acres of
land, &c., in Thornley of the
queen as of the late priory of
St. John of Jerusalem in Eng-
land by a rent of 4/.33 John,
his sun and heir, then thirty-
six years of age, died in 1597,
leaving three daughters as co-
heirs, viz. Ellen wife of John
Osbaldeston, Elizabeth widow
of Thomas Talbot and Jane
wife of Francis Ducket, aged
respectively forty, thirty and
twenty-eight years.34 It de-
scended to the heirs of
Alexander Osbaldeston
(i66o),35 and from them
was purchased in 1764 by the Earl of Derby.3

BRADLEY of Bradley.
Sable a Jesse engrailed
argent^ in chief a mullet or
between two crosses formy
Jitchy of the second all
ivithin a bordure en-
grailed of the same.

CHIPPING

STUDLET is also named in the records, though it
has now disappeared from the map. The Greenhills
and Sowerbutts families were connected with it.37
Studley also occurs as a surname.37*

Apart from these estates there is but little record
of the landowners of former times. As in Chipping,
the Leylands of Morleys and their successors had
lands in Thornley, Wheatley and Studley, held of
the Earl of Derby in socage.38 The Wawne family
held their land in Wheatley of the Crown as of the
dissolved priory of St. John of Jerusalem by a rent of
1 2</.39 ; and Richard Shireburne of Stonyhurst in
acquiring the Hospitallers' manors and lands in Stidd
and Chipping acquired therewith rents and lands in
Thornley, Wheatley, Studley and Cockleach.40 John
Rodes, another landowner, also held of the Hos-
pitallers.41

One or two other names occur.42 John Bradley
and John Rodes contributed to the subsidy of 1524
in respect of their lands.43 The widows of John

Chipping and Cecily his wife ; Final Cone.
iii, 35. In the following year he was a
juror ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), i, 41.
Robert Bradley attested a Thornley deed
in 1441 ; Dods. MSS. cxlii, fol. 53^.
John Bradley of Chipping, Robert son of
John Bradley of Chaigley and Miles the
brother of Robert occur in 1445 ; Pal. of
Lane. Plea R. 8, m. 33. Robert Bradley
was concerned in the manor of Thornley
in 1479 ; Final Cone, iii, 137.

John Bradley of Thornley was con-
cerned in a rescue of impounded cattle
in 1521, which seems to have led to
great disturbance ; Duchy Plead. (Rec.
Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 88-93. Joan
the widow and John the son of John
Bradk-y of Bradley Hall in Thornley were
defendants in a plea of debt in 1538 ;
Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 167, m. 16.

Joan wife of Thomas Crombleholme
and sister of Henry Bradley of Chipping
in 1420 received from the feoffees lands
in Ribchester, Thornley and Wheatley, the
remainders being to, Christopher son of
Thomas and Joan and to Joan' s right heirs ;
Towneley MS. C 8, 13 (Chet. Lib.), 224.

88 Visit. (Chet. Soc.), 38 ; the descent
is thus given : John -s. Thomas -s. John,
who had three daughters. The younger
John had a brother Thomas Bradley, who
acquired part of the manor of Silverdale.

88 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xi, no. 37.

34 Ibid, xvii, no. 28. There is in it
recited an indenture dated 1590 by
which John Bradley granted the rectory
of Warton to feoffees, for the use of
Thomas Talbot and Elizabeth his wife as
to one moiety, and of John Osbaldeston
and Ellen his wife as to the other moiety.
See Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 53,
m. 170.

85 The heir of John and Ellen Osbal-
deston was Edward their son, living in
1613 ; Visit. (Chet. Soc.), 84. In 1611
it was found that Thomas Osbaldeston,
outlawed for murder, had a life annuity
of £20 from Bradley Hall and other
lands of John Bradley, late of Beetham
in Westmorland, recently in the posses-
sion of John Osbaldeston, next of Ellen
his widow, and in 1611 of Edward
Eccleston of Prescot parish ; Lanes. Inq.
p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 179.

The following fines relate to it : 1658,
Anthony Munson and Frances his wife,
deforciants of the manors of Bradley and
Balderston ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle.
162, m. 16. 1726, Nicholas Starkie v.

Alexander Osbaldeston, manors including
Bradley; ibid. bdle. 298, m. 4. 1763,
the manor of Bradley and messuages in
Bradley, Thornley and Chaigley, the plain-
tiff being William Turner and the deforci-
ants David Sturgeon, Jane his wife, Richard
Shuttleworth, William Bartlett and Eliza-
beth his wife ; ibid. bdle. 370, m. 66.

36 Information of Mr. J. J. Hornby.

37 The feoffees in 1441 regranted to
John Formby his lands, &c., in the vill
of Studley, a hamlet of Thornley, with
remainders to his daughters Alice and
Joan in equal shares for life, and then to
Thomas Greenhills the cousin and heir-
apparent of the said John, with remainders
to Margaret and Isabel, sisters of the
said Thomas, and then to Alice, mother
of John Formby ; Dods. MSS. cxlii, fol.
53/>. John in 1444 made a formal affirma-
tion that Thomas Greenhills was the heir of
the land he had from his mother Alice; ibid.
fol. 546 ; Towneley MS. OO, no. 1213.

William Sowerbutts of Studley re-
leased to Thomas Lord Stanley in 1458
certain lands in Studley and Wheatley ;
ibid. no. 1009. Robert Sowerbutts in
1482 released to William son of Henry
Hoghton all his right in certain lands in
Studley and was re-enfeoffed ; Add. MS.
32106, no. 350; Towneley MS. DD,
no. 1869. Richard Sowerbutts was a free-
holder in 1600 ; Misc. (Rec. Soc.), i, 235.

37a In 1357 John de Studley claimed a
messuage and lands in Wheatley against
Henry de Dinckley and William son of
Richard the Smith ; Duchy of Lane.
Assize R. 5, m. 8 d., i d.

38 See the account of the Leyland
tenement in Chipping and the references
there given. In 1621 Edward Tyldesley's
estate was held of Michael Doughty as of
his manor of Thornley ; Lanes. Inq. p.m.
(Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), ii, 261—9.

89 An account of the Wawne or Walne
family has been given under Chipping ;
the tenure recorded is in Duchy of Lane.
Inq. p.m. xv, no. 13. See also the
Hospitallers' rental of 1609 quoted above.

In 1409 Agnes widow of Robert Moton
gave her daughter Alice wife of John
Wawne the elder a tenement in Wheatley,
the bounds of which extended from the
Loud on the north to Studley Brook on
the south, and part of another tenement
between Studley Brook and Longridge,
which had descended to the grantor on
the death of her sister Alice, a daughter
of William the Smith ; Anct. D. (P.R.O.),

35

A 12063. The latter tenement was known
as the Birks in 1525, when it was held
by Robert Wawne, William Sowerbutts
being occupier; ibid. A 13467, 13473.
Lower and Higher Birks are now shown
on the map to the south of Wheatley.

For a dispute between Wawne and
Sowerbutts see Ducatus Lane . (Rec. Com.),
iii, 163, 179.

40 Thornley Hall, &c., as part of Stidd
was included in the grant to George
Whitmore and others ; Pat. 9 Jas. I,
pt. xxvii. It was sold to Shireburne in
1613 ; Kuerden MSS. ii, fol. 132. See
Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xxvi, no. 4.

Sir Richard Shireburne had in 1573
purchased a messuage, &c., in Wheatley
and Thornley from Richard Alston ; Pal.
of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 35, m. 101.
Richard Shireburne in 1586 purchased
messuages and lands in Thornley, Wheat-
ley and Studley from Robert Newsham and
Elizabeth his wife ; ibid. bdle. 48, m. 27.

41 See the rental of 1609 above cited.
John Rodes was a freeholder in 1600 ;
Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 235.
In 1631 the same or a succeeding John
paid ^10 on declining knighthood ; ibid.
217.

For the Rodes family see T. C. Smith,
Chipping, 251-3.

48 John del Woodscholes received lands
in Thornley in 1316-17; Dods. MSS.
cxlix, fol. 58. John son of Robert del
Woodscholes was plaintiff in 1351; Duchy
of Lane. Assize R. i, m. v d. In 1546
Elizabeth Rodes, widow, was plaintiff in
a fine respecting Woodschole howe and
lands, &c., in Thornley, the deforciants
being Thomas Johnson alias Tomlinson
and others ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F.
bdle. 12, m. 293.

In 1574 a settlement was made of a
messuage, &c., in Wheatley and Thornley,
by Robert Aytough, Joan his wife, William
Ambrose, Ellen his wife (to whose heirs it
was to remain), Agnes and Frances Eccles ;
ibid. bdle. 36, m. 121.

Sir Richard Hoghton in 1 630 held land
in Thornley, but the tenure is not stated ;
Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xxvii, no. 13.
Some appears to have been sold by Sir
Henry Hoghton in 1772 ; Pal. of Lane.
Plea R. 615, m. 7 d.

Thomas Shireburne of Heysham in
1635 held land of Henry Doughty as of
his manor of Thornley ; Towneley MS.
C8, 13 (Chet. Lib.), 1083.

43 Subs. R. Lanes, bdle. 130, no. 82.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Bradley and William Rodes so contributed in i 543 44
and John Rodes in 1597, in which year Thomas
Wawne was in ward to the queen.45 John Rodes
and William Wawne paid for their lands in 1626, and
many others paid as non-communicants.46 Thomas
Bourne paid £10 on refusing knighthood in l63i.47

James Bradley 48 and Ellen Wilkinson,49 recusants,
had two-thirds of their estates sequestered during the
Commonwealth. Thomas Eccles of Thornley, as a
'Papist,' registered his estate in 1717, as also did
Stephen Dilworth.50 The land tax return of
1787 shows that the following were chief land-
owners : Lord Derby, Robert Rhodes and Roger
Kenyon.51

Archbishop Sancroft about 1685 purchased farms
in Thornley called New House and West House, and

gave them to augment the stipends of the vicar of
Blackburn and the curates of the chapels of ease.52

A decree concerning the wastes of Thornley,
Wheatley and Studley was made in the time of
James I.53

The only place of worship is St. William's Roman
Catholic church, Lee House, founded by the above-
named Thomas Eccles in I738.54 He gave it to the
English Franciscans, and on their approaching ex-
tinction in 1826 the secular clergy took charge for a
time ; but owing to a dispute between the Rev.
Francis Trappes and the vicar apostolic the chapel
was closed from 1841 to i859-55 Since then it has
been served by the English Benedictines.56 In the
churchyard is the base of an old cross removed from
the road between Chipping and Longridge.57

RIBCHESTER

RIBCHESTER
DILWORTH

Ribchester proper, together with Dutton and Dil-
worth, is in the hundred of Blackburn, but the re-
maining township is in Amounderness. The area of
the whole, including Stidd, is 8,437 acres, and the
population in 1901 was 5,912.

The history of the town goes back to Roman times,
numerous vestiges of its former occupation still re-
maining.1 Camden says that the inhabitants used the
following proverb in his time 2 : —

It is written upon a wall in Rome,

'Ribchester was as rich as any town in Christendom.'

Before the Conquest the whole formed part of Earl
Tottig's Preston fee, and was within the hundred of
Amounderness. During the I2th century one part
seems to have been included in the honor of Clitheroe,
and thus Ribchester, Dilworth and Dutton became
transferred to Blackburn Hundred, the other town-
ships, Alston and Hothersall, remaining in Amounder-
ness.3 Ecclesiastically there was no change ; the parish
was in the diocese of York, archdeaconry of Richmond
and deanery of Amounderness.

The mediaeval history is obscure 4 ; the resident
lords and landowners are scarcely known. Leland
about 1 540 made the following notes : ' Ribchester
is a seven miles above Preston on the further ripe
of Ribble as Preston is. Ribchester is now a poor
thing ; it hath been an ancient town. Great squared

DUTTON

ALSTON WITH HOTHERSALL

stones, vaults, and antique coins be found there : and
there is a place where that the people fable that the
Jews had a temple.' 5 The Reformation left traces in
the prosecution of recusants, some of the gentry and a
large portion of the yeomanry remaining faithful to
the Roman Catholic religion.6 Thomas Cottam, a
native of the parish, was executed for his priesthood
in 1582. Though the Civil War passed over with
few sequestrations, the Jacobite rising of 1715 re-
ceived much support. Thomas Hothersall of Hother-
sall was outlawed for his part in it, as were Robert
Daniell and another ; while Jonathan Winckley and
Thomas Shuttleworth, both of Alston, were executed.
In more recent times the parish has remained
comparatively isolated. The manufactures are small ;
wood-turning, cotton-weaving and quarrying employ
the people. The agricultural land is employed
almost entirely for pasture, as the following return 6a
shows : —

Arable
land
ac.

Permanent

grass

ac.

Woods and

plantations

ac.

Ribchester, Dutton,

Hothersall
Longridge, Alston,

Dilworth .

3
36

39

82

7,059^ 422^

44 Subs. R. Lanes, bdle. 130, no. 125.
•** Ibid. bdle. 131, no. 274.

46 Ibid. no. 317.

47 Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.),
i, 217. 48 Royalist Camp. Papers, i, 217.

49 Cal. Com. for Comp. v, 3200. The
guardians of John Wilkinson, the heir,
procured a discharge, the sequestration
having been made in error. John was
grandson of Ellen Bradley.

50 Estcourt and Payne, Engl. Cath. Non-
jurors, 136, 150. Edward Eccles was a
recusant in 1668 ; Smith, Chipping, 30 ;
also 254-8, and Misc. (Cath. Rec. Soc.),
v, 152.

51 Land tax returns at Preston.

52 Abram, Blackburn, 282 ; End. Char.
Rep. for Blackburn, 1904.

83 Lanes, and Ches. Rec. (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), ii, 276.

54 T. C. Smith, Chipping, 160-5 ;
Thaddeus, Franciscans in Engl. 159. The
first priest-in-charge — Germain Helme
(usually called Holmes) of the Garstang
family — was arrested on suspicion in 1745,
during the Young Pretender's rising, and
died a prisoner in Lancaster Castle the
following year ; Gillow, Bibl. Diet, of Engl.
Cath. iii, 259—64.

65 Misc. (Cath. Rec. Soc.), iii, 139.
The disputes were carried to the Roman
courts and decided in favour of Fr. Trappes.

S6 Trans. Hist. Soc. (new jer.), xiii, 169.

47 T. C. Smith, Longridge, 200.

1 The Chester brook or Castel brook
named in some of the local charters pro-
bably commemorates the Roman citadel ;
see l-'.C.H. Lanes, ii, 519; also Watkin,
Roman Lanes. ; Shortt in T. C. Smith,
Ribchester ; Garstang, Roman Ribchester ;

36

Trans. Hist. Soc. (new ser.), xvii, 189;
xviii, 197 ; Lanes, and Ches. Antiq. Soc,
vii, 229 ; xvii, 235.

2 Britannia (ed. 1695), 750.

3 About 1350 'the Sigrop clough be-
tween Ribchester and Hothersall ' was
' the division between Amounderness and
Blackburnshire ' ; Farrer, Lanes. Pipe R.
425.

4 In the time of pestilence 1349-50
the Archdeacon of Richmond alleged that
100 men and women had died in the
parish of Ribchester, and he was allowed
probate dues amounting to 335. q.d. ;
Engl. Hist. Re-v. v, 529.

8 I tin. iv (i), 22.

6 T. C. Smith, Ribchester, 60-5, gives
details and lists of names for the I7th
century.

6a Statistics from Bd. of Agric. (1905).

BLACKBURN HUNDRED

The last perambulation of the parish took place in
l829.7

To the county lay of 1624, founded on the old
fifteenth, when Blackburn Hundred paid £100, Rib-
chester and Dilworth paid ^3 i \s. ^d. and Dutton
£i i is. i ojr/., while Alston and Hothersall in Amoun-
derness paid £l 3/. ii-Jrf1. — a total of £6 los. if</.
from the whole parish.8

The government was formerly in the hands of ' the
gentlemen and Twenty-four,' the records going back
to i638.9 At present Ribchester and Dutton have
each a parish council ; Alston and Dilworth form the
urban district of Longridge.

The hearth tax returns of 1666 show that Rib-
chester and Dilworth together had 124 hearths liable;
the largest house was Ellis Cottam's with five hearths,
one house had four and three had three. Mr. Richard
Townley's house at Dutton had five hearths, another
had four, and there was a total of sixty-one in that
township.10

Thomas Pennant in his journey to Alston Moor
in 1773 visited this place to see the antiquities. He
says : ' We crossed the New Bridge, an elegant struc-
ture of three elliptical arches. A quarter of a mile
beyond stands Ribchester, a poor village, formerly a
famous Roman station : on its north-east side it is
bounded by a little brook, on the south-east by the
River Ribble, both which annually make great encroach-
ments on the place ; the last especially, which has
crossed from the other side of the vale and threatens
ruin by undermining the banks on which the village
stands : a row of houses and some gardens have already
been swept away.' After describing the Roman re-
mains, and speculating on the possibility of the tide
having once ascended as high as Ribchester, Brock-
holes being at that time its limit, he names some of
the old halls of the neighbourhood, remarking that
'they all stand on the edge of the bank, embosomed
once by thick woods of oak, which flourished greatly
on the steep slope.' n

The church of ST. WILFRID stands
CHURCH on the south side of the town, about
100 yds. from the right bank of the
Ribble, which here, taking a big bend, flows south
for about half a mile below Ribchester Bridge. The
building consists of chancel with small north vestry,
nave with south aisle and north chapel, south porch
and west tower, and occupies part of the site of the
Roman station, the line of the north wall of which
passes through the churchyard on the north side.

The building belongs substantially to the I 3th cen-
tury, and has many points of resemblance to the church
of Whalley, which was erected about the same time,
though the dimensions are smaller and there is no north
aisle to the nave. The work would probably be in
progress during the middle of the first half of the
century, when the building would assume its present
shape, with the exception of the north chapel, porch
and tower. It probably then terminated with a gable
at the west end surmounted by a bell-turret, and so
remained till some time in the I4th century, when the
chapel and porch were added. Nothing then seems

to have been done till the end of the I 5th century,
when the west tower was built and the plan assumed
its present shape. Considerable changes, however,
took place in the appearance of the building during
the next century, when the old steep roofs of both
chancel and nave were taken down, the chancel walls
raised and the present roofs erected. The appear-
ance of the aisle was entirely altered by the insertion
of new square-headed windows and the walls probably
raised, and it is even possible that the aisle walls were
entirely rebuilt at this time, though the rough character
of the masonry makes it difficult to be sure of this.
The line of the former steep roof to the nave is still
clearly distinguishable on the east face of the tower,
and its pitch suggests that the original aisle wall must
have been considerably lower than at present or that
the nave and aisle were under one roof. There seems
never to have been a clearstory, the nave originally
having enough light in all probability from the west
end as well as from the north. There are records of
repairs done to the fabric in the I7th and i8th cen-
turies, the two ugly dormer windows on the south
side of the nave roof probably belonging to the former
period. The chief work of repair was done in
1685-6 and in 1711, when the fabric was twice
beautified,12 and in 1736 the west gallery was erected.
After this little seems to have been done to the build-
ing till 1830, when it was repaired and new seats put
in. Two windows in the south aisle were renewed some
thirty years later, but no real restoration took place
till 1 88 1, when the chancel was taken in hand. The
rest of the building remains in a more or less neg-
lected condition, the walls being covered with yellow
wash, obscuring much of the mediaeval detail, which
in other parts is spoilt by paint and varnish.

The chancel, in common with the rest of the church,
is faced with rubble masonry, and the north wall was
partly rebuilt in the restoration of 1881. Its internal
dimensions are 40 ft. in length by 21 ft. in width,
and the floor is 6£ in. below that of the nave, the
east end of the church thus losing something in
dignity when viewed from the west, the sanctuary
being raised by only one step, thus bringing it to the
general level of the floor of the church. The roof is
new with three wood principals, the tie-beam at the
east end cutting awkwardly across the top of the
window. The east wall is faced on the interior with
rough stone, but the other walls are plastered above
the string which goes round the chancel at the height
of the window sills. The east window is the original
13th-century one of three lancet lights I ft. 10 in. in
width, splaying out on the inside to 5 ft. There are
two original lancet lights also in the south wall 1 5 in.
wide, splaying to 4 ft. on the inside and with a depth
of 2 ft. 3 in., and remains of a third may still be seen
from the inside. There have been two similar windows
at the east end of the north wall, one of which still
remains, opening into the vestry, the door to which
is cut in the wall through the lower part of the
second, the head of which may be seen above. West
of these windows the north chancel wall appears to
have been always blank as at present, except for a

7 T. C. Smith, Ribchester, 73.

8 Gregson, Fragments (ed. Harland),

23-

9 Smith, op. cit. 160-73. A petition
for exemption from serving on the

Hothersall in 1639, is printed in Pal.
Note Bk. iii, 43.

10 Lay Subs. Lanes, bdle. 250, no. 9.

11 Downing to Alston Moor, 92-100.

12 Churchwardens' accounts quoted by

Twenty-four, sent in by John Ward of T. C. Smith, Hist, of Ribchester, 92-9.

37

' 1685. For beautifying the church,
£3 i Of. 1686. Pd to ye masons for
hewne work and for waiting and getting
stones, £3 31. lod. 1711. For beauti-
fying the church, £3.'

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

small opening about midway in its length 10 in. wide
by I 5 in. high with a pointed head, and 3 ft. 6 in.
from the floor. The outside of the wall having been
rebuilt no trace of an opening now appears on
the exterior, but the wide splay on the interior
seems to show that it answered the purpose of a
low side window directed on to the altar. In the
1 4th century a good deal of alteration appears to have
taken place on the south side of the chancel, the
sedilia and piscina being of that date, together with
two windows ; one a wide three-light opening near the
east end replaces the second lancet and the other of
two-lights at the west end with low transom forming
a lychnoscope or low side window. The first of these
14th-century windows, the lights of which were low
with cinquefoiled heads under a wide pointed arch
with foliated circular tracery, has been entirely re-
newed, but the original jambs and traceried head of
the western two-light window remain, though the
mullion and transom are modern. The south door-

stone corbel 5 ft. above the floor, probably for an
image, but now unoccupied and broken at the top,
and in the south-west corner is preserved a sepulchral
slab 4 ft. 3 in. long, though imperfect at the top, with
incised ornament and sword. The chancel arch is
pointed and of two chamfered orders, springing from
circular moulded imposts and semicircular shafts below,
with fillet on the face and bases with the water
moulding. The bases, however, have been a good
deal restored, and rest on a plain chamfered plinth
running along the west side of the chancel back to
the north and south walls. The small vestry on the
north side of the chancel and all the fittings are
modern.

Externally the chancel has a plain chamfered
plinth now below the level of the surrounding
ground, and flat buttresses of two stages. The heads
of the east window are quite plain without hood
moulds, and the gable has been repaired at the top
and a modern apex cross erected. The roof is

S CENTURY
14S CENTURY
152 CENTURY
16T4 CENTURY
I] MODERN

SCALE or FEET

PLAN OF ST. WILFRID'S CHURCH, RIBCHESTER

way is the original 13th-century one with a simple
pointed arch with external hood mould springing
from moulded imposts slightly above the level of an
external string course which goes round the chancel.
The sedilia and piscina appear to have been inserted
subsequent to the three-light window, if the present
stonework of the latter exactly represents that which
it displaced, as they break awkwardly in front of the
opening. They are, however, of 14th-century date,
the sedilia being triple with semicircular heads and a
half-semicircular arch at each end dying into a scroll
moulding string course which forms a square head to
the sedilia and piscina. The piscina has a segmental
head and two bowls with floreated sinkings. The
13th-century string which runs the length of the
north and east sides is cut away under the first lancet
on the south side against the returned 14th-century
scroll moulding. In the east wall the string and the
sills of the windows have been renewed. To the
north of the east window is a semicircular moulded

covered with stone slates and has overhanging eaves.
The raising of the walls has greatly injured the
appearance of the chancel on the south side, spoiling
the proportions of the windows by reason of the long
stretch of blank walling above. The line of the
former high-pitched chancel roof, the eaves of which
were level with the top of the windows, can still be
seen on the east wall of the nave.

The nave is 61 ft. by 24 ft. and consists of four
bays, with south arcade of four pointed arches of two
chamfered orders, carried on octagonal piers with
moulded caps and bases, and similar responds at
each end. The floor is flagged and the roof is
divided into eight bays by nine oak principals, the
two end ones against the walls and the middle one
having a tie-beam and short pieces down the walls
carried on corbels. The others are merely collars
with shaped pieces under, and the roof does not seem
to have been at all altered since its erection in the
1 6th century except by the insertion of the two great

R.IBCHESTKR CHURCH FROM THE SoUTH-EAST

RlBCHESTER CHURCH : THE NAVE LOOKING EAST

BLACKBURN HUNDRED

dormer windows on the south side which break into
it awkwardly, the principals being still in front of
each window with a space above the rafters where
the line of the roof is raised. A moulded wall plate
now whitewashed runs round the building, on a por-
tion of which at the north-west corner is the date
1527 in Gothic characters.

The south aisle is 10 ft. 6 in. wide and has three
square-headed windows on the south side, the eastern-
most of which is modern, a three-light modern
pointed window at the east end,13 and a small two-
light window at the west. The south doorway is in
the west bay and is a good piece of 13th-century
work, now unfortunately painted and varnished, with
pointed arch of two moulded orders, square chamfered
inner jamb and outer shafts with moulded capitals
and bases. The door is modern, probably of i8th-
century date. The aisle retains its original 16th-
century oak lean-to roof with shaped wind braces,
and its east end is occupied by what is known as the
' Hoghton choir ' or chapel, inclosed by an oak screen
probably of early 16th-century date but much
restored. It has eleven openings with traceried
heads on the north side and eight on the west, with
an embattled cornice. The chapel is now filled with
square pews.

The porch has a pointed 14th-century arch of two
orders with wave moulding springing from moulded
imposts, and with external hood mould and moulded
jambs. The gable, however, is quite plain above,
and the roof in common with all the roofs of the
church has overhanging eaves and is covered with
stone slates. The walling is of rough stone with
large angle quoins. There is a small • window on
each side and a wood bench on the west side. In
the south-east corner is an altar tomb cut from a solid
block of stone with three shields, one of which bears
the arms of Hoghton.14

On the north side the nave is open, for something
like half its length at the east end, to the north
chapel, but west of this is a built-up doorway
3 ft. 6 in. wide. The rest of the wall is blank,
except for a square-headed three-light window under
the roof inserted in the 1 6th century when the wall
was raised. Externally the north nave wall retains
its two original angle buttresses with gabled heads
and a portion of the former west wall of the building
above the straight joint in the masonry showing
where the north wall was raised when the old steep-
pitched roof was removed.

The north chapel, or ' Dutton choir,' is 34 ft. by
14 ft. and is open to the nave on the south side by
an arcade of two pointed arches of two plain
chamfered orders with hood moulds on each side,
springing from a central pier of three clustered shafts
with large circular moulded cap, and from half-round
responds at each end with moulded caps and bases.
The terminations of the outer chamfer over the pier
on both sides are ornamented with roughly carved
heads, but the arches and shafts, as well as all the
other stonework in the chapel, are much spoiled by
repeated coats of whitewash and paint. The chapel

RIBCHESTER

has a separate gabled roof, and on the western gable
are the remains of a bell-turret. The wall plate on
the south side is carried over the tops of the arches
by four stone brackets, and there is one rough
principal to the roof which is plastered under the
spars. At the east and west ends the chapel is lit
by two good 14th-century windows with moulded
jambs and mullions, traceried heads and external
hood moulds. The north wall has a square-headed
window of three trefoiled lights and a i 3th-century
lancet with inner arch on corbels, probably re-erected
here from the north wall of the nave when the chapel
was built. The piscina which remains at the end of
the south wall has a moulded segmental head and jambs.

The west tower is 13 ft. 6 in. square inside and
has a projecting vice in the south-east corner. The
western buttresses are of seven stages, set square and
finishing just above the sill of the belfry windows.
The tower is faced with rubble masonry with quoins
at the angles and is very plain in character, its stages
being externally unmarked. On the north and south
sides the walls are blank below the belfry except for a
small square-headed window to the bell-ringing stage.
The belfry windows are pointed and of three lights
with tracery in the head, external hood mould and
stone louvres. The walls finish with an embattled
parapet and string course, and there is a clock on the
east side facing the village. The west door has a
pointed arch with continuous moulded jambs and
head, and above is a three-light window similar to
those in the belfry. The tower arch is of two
chamfered orders, the outer one dying into the wall
at the springing, but the lower part is now filled by
a wooden screen with turned balusters at the top
and a modern door. The upper part of the opening
is hidden by the organ, which occupies the west
gallery. This gallery, which is described in the
faculty of 1736 as 'for the use of the Singers of
Psalms/ has a plain 18th-century wood front grained
and varnished, and is approached by a staircase on
the north side within the tower.

The font is of 14th-century date, and stands in its
original position near the south door. It is octagonal
in plan with straight sides and chamfered angle shafts
dying into a splayed plinth, and has a flat wood top.
Like the south door it has unfortunately suffered from
successive coats of paint.

The pulpit is of oak and octagonal in plan, with
pilasters at the angles, richly carved panels and pro-
jecting cornice carried by shaped brackets. On the
door are the date 1636 and the initials of Christopher
Hindle, vicar, and attached to it is an oak reading-
desk, probably of equal date, forming a two-decker.

The seating is composed principally of modern
straight- backed benches, but some of the 1 8th-century
square pews still remain, two in the nave having the
name or initials of Jas. Dewhurst and the date 1761.
Another in the north chapel has the initials RCA and
the date 1729.

There is a little old stained glass in the head of the
east window of the north chapel, but it has been
spoiled with paint on the inside.15

13 These two modern windows hnd been
•recently erected' in 1869; W. A.
Waddington, Sketches on the Calder and
Ribble.

14 This stone is mentioned as being in
the chancel in 1877 (Dobson's Rambles

by the Ribble, ii, 108), but Mr. Smith says
that in 1890 it was 'nowhere visible'

15 In the windows were formerly
memorials of John Talbot and Isabel his

(Hist, of Rite/tester, 205). Canon Raines wife, and of Thomas Lenox (Lynalx)

in 1850 speaks of it as in the north and Elizabeth his wife, together with the

chapel } Notitia Cestr. (Chet. Soc. xxii), Lynalx arms ; Whitaker, Whalley (ed.

472. Nicholls), ii, 459 n.

39

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

There are mural monuments to the Rev. B. T.
Haslewood, rector (d. 1876), Jonathan Openshaw of
Hothersall (d. 1882) and the Rev. F. E. Perrin,
rector (d. 1885).

In the south-east corner of the north chapel is the
base of an old cross. In the north chapel also is an
ancient tombstone now bearing an inscription dated
1689.

There is a ring of six bells by Mears of White-
chapel, all dated 1821, but hung in the following
year. In 1650 the 'curfew' was rung at 4 A.M. and
8 P.M. It is still rung in the evening.16

The plate consists of a chalice of 1777, another of
1815, and a plated flagon and paten made by Richards
of Birmingham, 1826.

The registers begin in 1598. The first volume
(1598-1694) has been printed by the Lancashire
Parish Register Society.17 The churchwardens'
accounts begin in i65O.18 There was formerly a
parish library, dating from 1684, but it was dispersed
more than fifty years ago.19

The churchyard lies principally on the north, south
and west sides of the church, and is entered through
gates, near the south-east corner, from the village.
It was enlarged in 1870 when the old burial-ground
was closed. To the south of the chancel is a stone
sundial raised on six square steps, the plate of which
is missing, but the shaft, which is probably of 17th-
century date, forms a very picturesque feature in the
exterior view of the building. The oldest dated
gravestone is 1696.

A church has existed here at least
ADVOWSON from the end of the i 2th century.20
Like the manor, the advowson be-
longed to the Lacys, lords of Clitheroe,21 and descended
to the Earls and Dukes of Lancaster, and so to the
Crown. In 1546 the rectory was granted to the
newly-created bishopric of Chester, in part exchange
for other lands,22 and a vicarage was ordained to
which the bishop collated.23 The rectory is now in
the hands of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, and the
Bishop of Manchester collates to the vicarage.24

In 1292 the value of the rectory was taxed as
£22 a year,25 but owing mainly to an incursion of
the Scots it decreased within the next thirty years to
j£i2,26 at which it remained in I34I.2" In 1535
the income was estimated at £39 I 5/. 6d., including
the value of the rectory-house and glebe.28 The Par-
liamentary Commissioners in 1650 found that the
Bishop of Chester had leased the tithes to the inhabit-
ants for the nominal value of the rectory, out of
which he had paid 20 marks to the vicar.29 This
stipend was greatly increased soon afterwards, out of
the sequestered revenues of the bishopric of Chester,30
but after the Restoration the vicar's income would
return to its former level. However, about 1718
Bishop Gastrell found that the vicar had nearly £39
a year 31 and that there was also £5 6s. $>d. reserved
* for a priest serving within the church of Rib-
chester.' 32 The vicars have for forty years been
styled rectors.33 The income is now returned as

The following have been rectors and vicars : —

RECTORS

Instituted
C. 1200 . .
c. 1240

Richard 35
Drogo 36

Name

Patron

Cause of Vacancy

25 Feb. 1243-4 • Guy de Russelon 37 The King

16 T. C. Smith, Ribchester, 104. The
clock was placed in the tower in 1813,
but one had been there from 1650 or
earlier.

17 Vol. xxvi, 1906. Transcribed and
edited by J. Arrowsmith.

18 Many items are extracted by T. C.
Smith, Ribchester.

19 Gastrell, Notitia Cestr. (Chet. Soc.),
ii, 471 ; Smith, op. cit. z 14-1 9, who
states that the founder, Bradley Hayhurst
of Button, was curate of Macclesfield
1671-82 (Earwaker, East Ches. ii, 505),
and died about 1685.

20 In a grant of the moiety of Rib-
chester made by Robert deiLacy before
1193 the 'gift of the church.' of the same
town ' was expressly reserved to the
grantor ; Final Cone. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches.), ii, 185.

31 See the account of the rectors.

88 Pat. 38 Hen. VIII, pt. v 5 Ormerod,
Ches. (ed. Helsby), i, 97.

28 The vicar's stipend was 20 marks.

*4 The patronage was transferred to the
Bishop of Manchester in 1859; Lond.
Gam. 5 Aug.

35 Pope Nich. Tax. (Rec. Com.), 307.

36 Ibid. 3Z7.

n Inq. Nonarum (Rec. Com.), 38.
The township of Ribchester contributed
,£4 i6s. 8</., Alston the same, and Button
jCz 6s. &d. The apparent decrease of
value was attributed in part to the
omission of the tithe of hay, &c., and
other dues belonging to the altarage of
the church, £4 in all, but chiefly to the

destruction caused by the Scots, owing to
which ten fewer ploughs were used in the
parish.

28 Valor Eccl. (Rec. Com.), v, 262.
The house and glebe accounted for
£8 51. io</., the tithes of corn ,£20,
other tithes £2 i6i., Easter dues, &c.,
£8 13$. 8<f. The outgoings came to 6s.
only, for procurations and synodals.

29 Commonly. Ch. Sur-v. (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), 168. A detailed
survey of the house and glebe lands is
printed ibid. 197-202. Some more
profitable arrangement seems to have
been made, for in 1656 an allowance of
£70 a year out of the tithes was ordered
to be made to the incumbent ; Plund.
Mins. Accts. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.),
ii, 130, 152, 207.

30 In 1659 it was ordered that £60
should be paid to the vicar out of the
tithes ; ibid, ii, 288.

81 Notitia Cesir. (Chet. Soc.), ii, 471.
The sum was made up of the 20 marks
paid by the bishop, the Button tithes
£13, small tithes £9 121., and surplice
fees £3.

There were five churchwardens, one
chosen by the vicar out of three nominated
to him, and the other four by the
'Twenty-four men' of their respective
quarters. The clerk was chosen by the
heir of Hoghton Tower.

A list of Easter dues and surplice fees
in 1682 is printed in Smith, op. cit. 90-1.

In a lease of the rectory granted by
Bishop Gastrell in 1724 it is stated that

40

the tithes of Button were reserved towards
the maintenance of the vicar of Rib-
chester ; Chester Consistory Ct. Rec.

32 Notitia, loc. cit.

38 The benefice was declared a rectory
in 1867 ; Lond. Gay,, i Mar. The usual
style of the incumbent is ' rector of Rib-
chester and vicar of Stidd.'

84 Manch. Dioc. Dir.

35 He attested an early grant of part of
Hothersall ; Add. MS. 32106, no. 19
Hud.

Ellis the clerk of Ribchester occurs
early in the 1 3th century ; Whalley Couch.
(Chet. Soc.), iii, 870 ; Final Cone, i, 51.

36 In 1246 it was recorded that Brogo
rector of Ribchester had been drowned
from a horse in the Ribble, accidentally,
as was supposed. The horse was drowned
also, and i8i/., the value of its hide, must
be paid to the sheriff; Assize R. 404,
m. 20.

In 1243, perhaps after the death of
Brogo, the king (in right of his ward,
Edmund de Lacy) claimed the right to
present to the church of Ribchester, then
vacant, the other claimants being the
' Prior of Button ' and Walter Moton.
The prior, no doubt the master of Stidd,
said he claimed nothing in the advowson ;
Cur. Reg. R. 131, m. 18, 17.

37 Cal. Pat. 1232-47, p. 420. He was
a relative of the king's, who presented in
right of his ward, and had many pre-
ferments ; see the account of Preston
Church and Cal. Papal Letters, i, 224.
He was in minor orders only ; ibid. 242.

Instituted

i Aug. 1246 .
c. 1290 .
23 Nov. 1325 .

oc. 1333 .
10 Nov. 1337 .

7 Oct. 1343 .
5 Feb. 1349-50

I Mar. 1364-5
1 8 Dec. 1374 •
21 Jan. 1374-5

8 Nov. 1395

oc. 1408

5 Apr. 1419

3 Dec. 1419

14 Dec. 1468

BLACKBURN HUNDRED

Name Patron

Humbert de Ascitiis 38 The King . . .

Robert de Pocklington 39 . . . .

Robert de Brustwick 40 . ... . . .

Thomas Trayley 41

Matthew Palmer 42 Queen Isabella

Mr. Walter de Woodhouse 43 . ,

William de Wakefield 44 . . . . Queen Isabella

William de Hornby 45

John de Lincoln 46

John de Yerdeburgh Duke of Lancaster

Lambert de Thirkingham 47 . „

William de Bolton 48
John Farmer49 . .
John Moor 50

RIBCHESTER

Cause of Vacancy

. res. G. de Russelon

res. R. de Pockling-
ton

. exch. T. Trayley

. exch. W. de Wood-
house

exch. W. de Wake-
field

exch. Jo. de Lincoln
. res. Jo. de Yerde-
burgh

. res. W. de Bolton

Richard Coventry 61 The King . .

John Elswick 52 „ . .

William Talbot, D.Decr. 53 . . . E. and R. Talbot

. d. John Moor
. res. R. Coventry
. res. J. Elswick

38 Cal. Pat. 1232-47, p. 484. In
1246 the advowson was in the king's
hands by reason of the wardship of Ed-
mund de Lacy, and was worth 40 marks
yearly ; Assize R. 404, m. 20 d. The
rector is named as ' Imbert.'

Josce the clerk of Ribchester occurs in
1258-9 ; Originalia, 43 Hen. Ill, m. 6.
He is several times mentioned in local
charters. Hawise, his widow, claimed
an oxgang of land in the vill in 1282 ;
De Banco R. 45, m. 70 d.

89 Robert de Pocklington, parson of the
church of Ribchester, claimed land in
Dilworth in 1292 ; Assize R. 408, m. 63,
1 8 d. Letters of protection were given
him in 1294; Cal. Pat. 1292-1301,
p. 123. In 1305 he claimed land against
Robert Moton ; De Banco R. 153,
m. 3 1 7 d. Robert, rector of the church
of Ribchester, attested a local deed ; Add.
MS. 32106, no. 275.

40 Cal. Pat. 1324-7, p. 204. The
name is also spelt Burstwick. The king
presented by reason of the forfeiture of
Thomas Earl of Lancaster. The new
rector was one of the king's clerks.
Henry de Haydock, another king's clerk,
was pic-sented in 1331, but Robert de
Brustwick showed that he had been duly
presented by Edward II, and was allowed
to retain the benefice; ibid. 1330-4,
pp. 82, 1 02.

41 At Michaelmas 1333 Robert de
Brustwick, rector of Lamley, claimed a
sum of money from Thomas Trayley,
rector of Ribchester. The latter was also
sued by Simon de Westhalum, chaplain ;
De Banco R. 296, m. 402 d. There had
perhaps been an exchange of benefices.
In 1336 Thomas Trayley received pardon
for an outlawry; Cal. Pat. 1334-8,
p. 197.

42 Ibid. p. 550. The new rector had
been rector of Little Canfield (Essex),
in the diocese of London, Trayley
taking his place there. The lordship of
Clitheroe was held by Queen Isabella, and
Palmer was one of her clerks. He re-
ceived in 1333 a papal provision of a
canonry and prebend at Bosham ; Cal.
Papal Letters, ii, 387-8.

43 He was a pfebendary of York in
I347~95 Le Neve, Fasti, iii, 217,

I9Z.

44 Cal. Pat. 1343-5, p. 128 ; the new

rector had had Kippax, in the diocese of
York, which Woodhouse took. The
date given is that of presentation ; Wake-
field is said to have been instituted on
10 Nov.; Smith, Ribchester, 139. In
1331, at the request of Joan queen of
Scotland, whose clerk he was, the pope
provided him to a canonry at Lichfield,
but he was to resign Kippax. The pro-
vision was renewed in 1332 ; Cal. Papal
Letters, ii, 350, 356.

As William de Wakefield, rector of the
church of Ribchester, he granted to John
de Osbaldeston, chaplain, a part of his
land in the vill, lying in the lower part
of the croft he had received from John
Banastre ; Add. MS. 32106, no. 261.

46 Cal. Pat. 1348-50, p. 469. The
new rector, one of the king's clerks,
exchanged the rectory of Wootton, Lincoln
diocese, for Ribchester. He was after-
wards rector of St. Michael's-on-Wyre,
and receiver for the Duke of Lancaster.
He occurs as rector of Ribchester down
to Jan. 1364-5, so that there is no break
in the succession at this point ; De Banco
R. 419, m. 1 80.

46 Raines MSS. (Chet. Lib.), xxii, 387.
One of this name was prebendary of
York and Lincoln later in the century ;
Le Neve.

47 John de Lincoln in 1374 exchanged
Ribchester for Long Leadenham, in Lin-
coln diocese, with John de Yerdeburgh,
who was presented to Ribchester on
18 Dec. 1374 ; Duchy of Lane. Misc.
Bks. xiii, fol. 47. It is unlikely that he
was instituted, for he almost immediately
accepted Stoke, in Staffordshire, and
Lambert de Thirkingham was presented
on 21 Jan. 1374-5 ; ibid.

« In Whitaker's Whalley (ii, 462)
William de Bolton is said to have been
instituted on 27 Feb. 1367, but there
must be some mistake in the date.

49 Raines MSS. (Chet. Lib.) xxii, 393 ;
the Archdeacon of Richmond was to have
£12 as first-fruits. Henry IV in Dec.
1399 ratified the estate of John Farmer,
king's clerk, in the rectory of Ribchester ;
Cal. Pat. 1399-1401, p. 101. The name
is also spelt Fermer.

Boniface IX in 1397 appointed John
Farmer, rector of Ribchester, to the
prebend of Frees, in Lichfield Cathedral,
if he should be found fit ; Cal. Papal

41

Letters, v, 84. In 1405 Innocent VII
extended an indult granted to Rector
Farmer the year before ; while he should
be serving the Bishop of Norwich (whose
registrar he was), studying at the
university, or residing at the Roman
court, he might farm out his benefices,
&c. ; ibid, vi, 8, 285. John 'Fermer'
was prebendary of Wolvey, in Lichfield
Cathedral, in 1398, probably in exchange
for Frees ; Le Neve, Fasti, i, 640.

so John Moor, rector, was the feoffee
of Sibyl widow of Sir Roger de Fulthorp
in Aug. 1408 ; Towneley MS. DD, no.
2025. He seems to have been resident,
as he is similarly mentioned several
times ; e.g. Final Cone, iii, 84 ; Towneley
MS. C8, 13, p. 602 (1415).

81 Raines MSS. xxii, 395.

In 1420 Richard Coventry was rector
of Benefield (Northants), in the diocese
of Lincoln, and obtained a plenary in-
dulgence ; Cal. Papal Letters, vii, 336,
340.

52 Raines MSS. loc. cit. This rector
seems to have been resident, as his name
frequently occurs in local deeds, &c. ; e.g.
Final Cone, iii, 112.

He and William Clifton in 1429
claimed a debt against Richard Walmsley
of Ribchester ; Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 2,
m. gb. John Elswick, rector of Rib-
chester, was a feoffee of lands in Chaigley
in Apr. 1468 ; Add. MS. 32108, T

336-

6J In 1468 there was an inquiry as to
the patronage, which was claimed by
Edmund and Richard Talbot under a
grant from the Crown in reward of services
rendered to Richard Earl of Salisbury.
The king had presented the last rector,
to whom a pension of £20 was allowed
on account of his decrepitude ; Raines
MSS. xxii, 385 (from registers of Archd.
of Richmond). In an act of resumption
in 1467 the grant to the Talbots was
specially reserved ; Parl. R. v, 599.

William Talbot graduated in the canon
law at Cambridge, bachelor in 1470 and
doctor in 1475-6 ; Grace Book A (Luard
Mem.), 83, in. He obtained a prebend
at York in 1480 and another at South-
well in 1485 ; he was buried at the latter
church in 1498, his monument still
remaining; Le Neve, Fasti, iii, 189,
448.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Instituted

1 6 Mar. 1496-7
31 July 1527 .

21 Dec. 1532 .
9 June 1542 .

oc. 1562 .

22 Mar. 1571-2

9 Mar. 1573-4

17 Dec. 1616 .

5 Feb. 1617-18

1656 .

6 Oct. 1681 .
3 Aug. 1706 .

26 Feb. 1738-9

Name

Robert Crombleholme 54 . .
William Clayton, D.Can.L. 5

Thomas Thirlby, LL.D. 5G .
George Wolset, LL.D. 57 . .

Patron
The King .

Cause of Vacanrr

The King

res. R. Cromble-
holme

d. W. Clayton
res. T. Thirlby

VICARS

James Lingard s8

Christopher Alsop r9

Henry Norcross 60 John Whitaker

Richard Learoyd 61 Bp. of Chester .

Christopher Hindley c . .
William Ingham 63 . . .
George Ogden, B.D. 64 .
Thomas Johnson, B.A. 6r> .
John Heber 66 . . . .

res. last incumbent
depr. of H. Nor-
cross
res. R. Learoyd

Bp. of Chester

64 Smith, op. cit. 141. Crombleholme
resigned the rectory on a pension, but
died soon afterwards, intestate, when his
administrators began a suit against the
Abbot of Whalley ; Duchy Plead. (Rec.
Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 201. The abbot
was liable as surety for William Clayton,
the succeeding rector, and alleged that
the covenants had been fulfilled.

55 The king in 1520 granted the next
presentation to John Veysey (Bishop of
Exeter) and Sir Edward Belknap ; Duchy
of Lane. Misc. Bks. xxii, 229 d. On
Crombleholme's resignation the bishop,
as surviving trustee, presented one
Thomas Brerewood, and complained that
William Clayton unjustly hindered his
obtaining possession ; Pal. of Lane.
Plea R. 142, m. 2 d.

The new rector (D. Can. Law, 1528 ;
Foster, Alumni Oxon.) held various
benefices and dignities, including Winder-
mere, Doncaster and Bromfield Churches,
and canonries at Lichfield and York ; Le
Neve, Fasti, i, 627 ; iii, 193 ; L. and P.
Hen. PHI, v, 608, 700. He died 14
Oct. 1532, and it appears that Edmund
Bonner was recommended as his successor
at Ribchester ; ibid, v, 604, 687. A
letter from Clayton to Cromwell is at
the P.R.O. ; ibid, iv, 2248.

66 Thomas Thirlby (Trinity Hall,
Cambridge, LL.D. 1528) had many
preferments, becoming successively Bishop
of Westminster (1540), Norwich (1550)
and Ely (1554) j Le Neve, Fasti. He
had complied with the religious changes
of the time, but in 1559 refused to
abandon Roman communion and was
deprived by Elizabeth. Thenceforward
he lived a prisoner with Archbishop
Parker, dying at Lambeth in 1570. See
Diet. Nat. Biog. ; Cooper, Athen. Cantab.
i, 287-90.

He had a dispute with his lessees of
the rectory of Ribchester in 1542 ; Duchy
Plead, ii, 160.

57 Act Bk. at Chester 1502-76, fol.
1 2 b. He was also rector of Chipping.
His name is uncertain, being given also
as Wolfet or Wolflet. He was educated
at Oxford (M.A. 1512, as Welsett or
Wylsett ; Foster, Alumni), was rector of
St. Olave, Hart Street, London, in 1518
to 1528, and became clerk of the king's
closet in 1537 ; he had other benefices
and was a canon of Salisbury ; see the
account by T. C. Smith, Chipping, 85-6.
Hi» will, dated 1553, was proved at
York in 1554; an abstract is given by
Raine*, Chantries (Chet. Soc.), 195-6.

Gilbert Wicks obtained a presentation
to the rectory in 1540, but it does not
appear to have been acted upon ; L. and P.
Hen. Fill, xv, g. 1027 (20).

88 No first-fruits were paid by the
vicars. James Lingard's name appears
in the visitation list of 1562 and again
in 1570. He was one of the old clergy,
having been ordained in 1546-7 ; Chester
Ordin. Bk. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.),

73. 77-

59 Smith, Ribchester, 143. Some later
dates are taken from the same work,
which contains a full account of the
vicars. Alsop's name occurs in Jan.
'573-45 Raines MSS. (Chet. Lib.),
xxii, 56.

60 Act Bk. at Chester. The Bishop of
Chester had in 1572 granted the next
presentation to Bernard Anderton, his
servant, and another, who transferred it
to John Whitaker. In Raines MSS.
xxii, p. 350, will be found a record of the
proceedings against Norcross in 1614-15.
He was charged with having obtruded
himself into the ' parish ' of Stidd, and
with being a drunkard, ale-house keeper,
gambler, &c. He was deprived or
degraded, but continued to live at Rib-
chester, being buried there 14 Aug. 1623.
In 1590 he was described as 'no
preacher ' ; S. P. Dom. Eliz. xxxi, 47.

61 Act Bk. at Chester 1579-1676, fol.
64^. He became one of the chaplains
or curates at the Collegiate Church, Man-
chester, and was buried there 22 Aug.
1623. From the presentments at one
of the visitations it appears that he was
unable to obtain possession of the vicarage-
house at Ribchester.

62 From this time the institutions have
been compared with the Institution Books
P.R.O. as printed in Lanes, and Ches.
Antitj. Notes.

Christopher Hindley (or Hindle —
Hynde in Act Bk.) was of Cowell or
Cowhill in Rishton. At first he ' could
not peaceably enjoy the vicarage,' appa-
rently owing to the opposition of Nor-
cross, who also detained a communion
cup; Visit. P. of 1619 at Chester Dioc.
Reg. Though not a member of the
classis, he continued to minister at Rib-
chester after the establishment of Presby-
terianism, until violently ejected from
his pulpit in 1649 while denouncing the
execution of Charles I. He then retired
to Cowhill, where he died in 1657 ; Loc.
Glean. Lanes, and Ches. i, 34, &c.

It was probably the execution of
Charles I which roused the vicar to

d. W. Ingham
d. G. Ogden
d. T. Johnson

resistance, for in 1646 the Parliamentary
Committee ordered an increase of £40 in
his stipend, and as late as May 1649
directed payment of arrears ; but in the
following month the increase was sus-
pended on account of accusations of
' notorious misdemeanours ' ; Plund. Mins.
Accts. i, 70, 72. In 1650 it was found that
' the present incumbent, Mr. Christopher
Hindley,' had been ' lately suspended by
order from the provincial assembly of
divines for this county, but for what
cause the presenters know not'; Common-w.
Ch. Sur-v. 169. Thus he had not then
been deprived.

63 William Ingham, who was considered
a ' diligent, painful minister,' occurs at
Church (1646), Goosnargh (1650) and
Shireshead (1652) ; Common-w. Ch.
Surf. 155 ; Plund. Mins. Accts. i, 119.
He was not recommended as ' settled
minister' of Ribchester until 1656, so
that the account of his conduct given by
his Royalist successor has no doubt been
exaggerated; ibid, ii, 151. The first
baptism by him was on 23 Nov. 1656 ;
Reg. He seems to have been a Presby-
terian and signed the ' Harmonious Con-
sent' in 1648, but conformed at the
Restoration, retaining the benefice till his
death in 1681. For his will see Smith,
op. cit. 150.

64 Educated at Jesus Coll., Camb.; M.A.
1668. His epitaph describes him as
'fellow' of his college and B.D. ; the
former statement is erroneous. He built
a vicarage-house in 1682. He was elected
fellow of Manchester in 1 68 1 and retained
this with his vicarage till his death in
1706 at Manchester. In 1692 the
Bishop of Chester (Stratford) wrote to
him asking whether he intended to reside
at Ribchester or to resign it ; see Loc.
Glean. Lanes, and Ches. ii, 4 and the
account of him in Raines, Fello-ws of
Manch. (Chet. Soc.), 183-8. At Rib-
chester he collected the antiquities found
there.

65 Educated at Brasenose Coll., Oxf. ;
B.A. 1692; Foster, Alumni. He was
non-resident in 1734, but was buried at
Ribchester in 1738.

60 Educated at University Coll., Oxf.,
but did not graduate ; Foster, Alumni.
He was rector of Marton, a family living,
1728 to 1775, and did not reside at Rib-
chester ; Whitaker, Cra-ven (ed. Morant),
95. In 1739 the vicar was also 'chap-
lain to his Majesty's invalids at Ports-
mouth ' ; Visit. Returns. Reginald Heber,
the poet, was his nephew.

BLACKBURN HUNDRED

RIBCHESTER

Instituted Name

zg Aug. 1775 . . John Griffiths, B.A

37 July 1776 . . John Atkinson67'8

II July 1798 . . Isaac Relph 69

23 Apr. 1800 . . James Quartley, M.A. 70 . . . .

14 Apr. 1829 . . Boulby Thomas Haslewood, B.A.71 .

RECTORS

. Frederick Eugene Perrin, M.A.72 .
Francis John Dickson, M.A.73
Evan Harries 74

. John William Brooker

Patron

Bp. of Chester

Cause of Vacancy

d. J. Heber

1876 .

1 8 Aug. 1885 .

1 1 May 1892 .
7 Jan. 1908

The early rectors were often officials of the Earls of
Lancaster or the kings, holding Ribchester as one of
numerous preferments and resigning it after a brief
tenure for some more lucrative benefice. It is
unlikely that many of them were resident, and pro-
bably for this reason they seldom occur in local deeds.
After the rectory came into the possession of the
Bishops of Chester the vicars appointed were usually
resident, but the stipend was small, and the position
of the incumbents was probably no better than that
of the former curates of the absentee rectors. Some
of the vicars held other preferments. Before the
Reformation there were probably three or four
resident priests,75 the parish church with its chantry
and the chapels at Longridge and Stidd having to
be served. The visitation list of 1548 gives four
names, including the rector's, but Stidd had no
doubt ceased to be used.76 The church goods taken
away by the commissioners of Edward VI in 155 2—3
were a pix of silver gilt, a cross, a cope and five
vestments.77 In 1554, when the Bishop of Chester
was rector, only one name appears,78 and the same

Bp. of Manchester

d. J. Atkinson
d. I. Relph
d. J. Quartley

d. B. T. Haslewood
d. F. E. Perrin

res. E. Harries

is the case in 1 562.79 A single minister appears thence-
forward to have sufficed for the parish until about
I7oo,80 though during the Commonwealth period
there was a second one at Longridge.81 Mr. Ogden,
vicar at the end of the 1 7th century, had a resident
curate.82 In 1731 the churchwardens notified to the
Bishop of Chester the existence of Quakers, Popish
and Presbyterian Dissenters and Anabaptists.83

The priest of St. Mary in Ribchester Church
appears to have been an established institution before
1349, w^en a rent-charge of zs. on lands in Dutton
was made in his favour by Henry de Clayton.84 Ten
years later a small sum was left to the priest singing
at St. Mary's altar.85 This was no doubt the altar
on the south side of the church. In 1407 Sir Richard
Hoghton obtained the royal licence to refound or at
least to endow a chantry at her altar on the north
side of the church.86 The endowment, derived from
lands in Ribchester, Dutton, Chipping and Goosnargh,
was unusually liberal, the net income of the chantry
priest in 1547 being £10 ijs. 4^.87 Robert
Whittingham was the first priest, I4O988; Ellis

*7'8 He was appointed one of the king's
preachers in Lancashire in 1786. He was
also curate of Walton-le-Dale, where
there is a tablet to his memory.

69 He had been curate of Ribchester for
twenty-two years before being appointed
vicar. He is said to have been drowned
in the Ribble ; Smith, op. cit. 156.

70 Baines, Lanes, (ed. Croston), iv, 103.

71 Educated at Peterhouse, Camb. ;
B.A. 1818. On his appointment, he
being ' an Evangelical and active clergy-
man,' the Congregationalists gave up their
services ; Nightingale, Lanes. Nonconf.
ii, 113. He 'was in many respects
a model parson, and was highly esteemed
by his parishioners, although it is to be
regretted that the old parish library was
allowed to become gradually dispersed,
and the numerous Roman antiquities dis-
covered during his incumbency to be irre-
coverably scattered" ; Smith, op. cit. 157.

72 Educated at Trinity Coll., Dublin ;
M.A. 1848. 'He succeeded in accomplish-
ing many urgently needed reforms ' ; ibid.

73 Educated at Trinity Coll., Camb. ;
M.A. 1873. Rector of Bispham 1876-85.

74 Educated at St. Bees. Vicar of Christ
Church, Pendlebury, 1881-92.

75 In a purely local deed of 1423
William Wile and Robert Whittingham,
chaplains, were trustees, while John Els-
wick, the rector, and Thomas Sedill,
chaplain, were witnesses ; Towneley MS.
DD, no. 1234.

76 The details given are from the viii-
tuion lists at Chester.

77 Augm. Off. Misc. Bks. clxxx, m. 22.
?B James Moor ; he had been there in

1548 also. 79 Viz. the vicar's name.

80 There is, for instance, no sign of an

assistant — either lecturer or schoolmaster
— in the clerical subsidy lists, 1620-39,
in Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i,
55, &c. 81 See the account of Longridge.

83 Ogden himself and several other
vicars were non-resident, but from 1682
there seems usually to have been a resi-
dent curate at Ribchester and another at
Longridge from about 1700. There is a
list in Smith, op. cit. 158-9. William
Felgate, the curate in 1689, was 'con-
formable ' to the government ; Hist. MSS.
Com. Rep. xiv, App. iv, 230.

88 Visit. Returns.

84 Add. MS. 32106, no. 175.

85 John del Lee, smith, gave a rent of
6</., charged on his lands, to God, St.
Mary of Ribchester and all Saints and to
the chaplain perpetually singing at the
altar of our said Lady St. Mary in the
church of Ribchester. Should the rent
fall into arrears the 'governor or parochial
chaplain or procurator ' of the church
might distrain ; ibid. no. 317.

Among the Shireburne deeds was a
bond sealed in 1545 in the parish church
of Ribchester before our Lady's altar ;
Shireburne Abstract Bk.

88 The writ of Inq. a.q.d. was issued
in July 1406, but the inquiry did not take
place till a year later. It was then
reported that it was not to the king's loss
that Sir Richard Hoghton should assign
to the chaplain of the perpetual chantry
in honour of the B. V. Mary in a certain
chapel on the north side of the parish
church of Ribchester various messuages,
lands and rents in Ribchester, Chipping,
Goosnargh, Hothersall and Aighton, in
part satisfaction of £10 granted by Sir
Richard to the chaplain in virtue of the

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king's licence. In Ribchester nine mes-
suages, 41 acres, &c., were held of
Katherine Lynalx by a rent of 1 7 £</., and
7 acres of pasture were held of Robert
Townley by zs. rent ; Inq. a.q.d. file 438,
no. 26.

The royal licence referred to was given
in May 1406 ; the chaplain was to cele-
brate for the good estate of the king and
Sir Richard Hoghton, for the souls of
their ancestors and others (including John
de Osbaldeston and William Moton,
chaplains) ; Add. MS. 32106, no. 364.
The grant of the lands by Katherine
widow of William Lynalx, lady of Rib-
chester, is in Kuerden's fol. MS. p. 247.

The lands of the chantry seem at a
little earlier date (1397) to have been held
by the above-named William Moton ;
Add. MS. 32106, no. 455 (fol. 323).

87 Raines, Chantries (Chet. Soc.), 196-9.
There was no plate. The field-names
recorded include Hichough, Bankheys,
Stonyfurlong, Withinlache, Priestmeadow,
Orley, Atough, the pasture called Eyerley
and Avergate. The quit-rents payable
for Ribchester lands were i6d. to Sir
Richard Hoghton for Atough and is. 6d.
to Robert Lynalx for the third part of
another tenement.

It should be noticed that in 1535 the
gross income was returned as ^4 131. 4^.
only ; 31. yd. was due to the king for
puture ; Valor Eccl. (Kec. Com.), v, 263.

88 Add. MS. 32106, no. 365. Sir
Richard Hoghton appointed, and the right
of presentation remained with his descen-
dants. The advowson of the chantry of
Dutton at Ribchester was one of the
rights of Alexander Hoghton in 1498 ;
Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. iii, no. 66.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Crombleholme was appointed in I46789 and was
still there in 1 496 90 ; James Schlacter, chaplain,
held it in i5O490a; James Tarleton appears in
I 5 2 5 91 and was still celebrating according to his
foundation in IS47,92 when the chantry was sup-
pressed. The confiscated estates were in 155°
granted by the Crown to Thomas Reeve and others.93

Land had also been given for the maintenance of a
light in the church.94

Cecily the Recluse is mentioned in izgz.95

A school was founded in I793~7'96

Apart from the school and religious
CHARITIES endowments there are several bene-
factions for the benefit of the poor.

An official inquiry was held in 1898, and the report,
printed the following year, contains a reprint of that
of i8z6.97 For the township of Ribchester about
£54 is distributed annually in money doles, of which
over £4.2 is derived from a bequest by Mrs. Elizabeth
Dewhurst in i842.98 In addition for Ribchester and
Stidd is a sum of over £10 yearly, with ' preference
for poor Catholics ' " and almshouses with an income
of j£53 1 1/. a*/.100 In Dilworth £12 is given in
money doles 101 and another endowment has been
lost.102 In Dutton calico is distributed to the value
of j£7.103 For Alston over £16 is available, distri-
buted in gifts of money 104 ; and some benefactions
for this township 105 and Hothersall have been lost.100

Robert Whittingham was still chaplain in
1443 ; Add. MS. 32106, no. 341.

89 Raines MSS. xxii, 399 ; Henry
Hoghton presented.

90 In 1487 John son and heir of Thomas
Blackburn released to Ellis Crombleholme,
chaplain of the perpetual chantry of
B. Mary on the north side of Ribchester
Church, all right in certain lands, part
lying between the house of St. Saviour at
Stidd and Chester Brook and part in Rib-
chester Eyes, called the Crookedroyds ;
Add. MS. 32106, no. 310. This grant
was followed by an arbitration ; ibid. no.
419, fol. 316. John Boyes of Ribchester
in 1496 granted to the same chantry a
part of his land in the corner of the south
side of Bernard Park, inclosed by a new
ditch ; ibid. no. 471, fol. 326.

903 He was described in 1504 as 'pos-
sessor of the chantry of Dutton founded
in the church of Ribchester ' ; Kuerden
MSS. iv, P 121, no. 74.

91 In 1527 it was recorded that he had
been chantry priest for two years, having
been presented by Sir Richard Hoghton.
He is again named as priest in 1535 ;
Valor Ecd. (Rec. Com.), v, 263.

92 Raines, Chantries, 1 94. From a note
on p. 195 it seems that the rector (George
Wolset) had in 1543 procured the next
presentation for himself.

98 Pat. 4 Edw. VI, pt. vii. Part was
soon afterwards sold to James son of
William Jenkinson, innkeeper of Rib-
chester, the occupier ; Towneley MS.
OO, no. 1229-30. The chapel seems to
have been acquired by the Townleys of
Dutton, but it had previously been known
as Dutton chapel. The Hoghton chapel,
on the south side of the church, does not
seem to have had an endowed chantry.

94 Raines, op. cit. 253 ; the yearly
value was js.

as Assize R. 408, m. 18 ; there is a
further notice of her land in Assize R.
1 2 9 9, m. 1 6 d. D iana, the Anker maiden,
possibly servant of another recluse, is
named in a deed of 1349; Add. MS.
32106, fol. 322.

96 The master began teaching in 1793
and a schoolhouse was erected on the
waste in 1797 ; End. Char. Rep. for Rib-
chester (1899), 2> 1I«

97 The details in the following notes are
taken from these reports.

In 1624 an inquiry was made as to £50
bequeathed to the parish by Robert Jen-
kinson, citizen and merchant tailor of
London in 1616, the sum being supposed
to be in danger ; and John Dewhurst and
Thomas Waring, executors of Robert
Dewhurst, were ordered to pay the £50
to James Norcross, churchwarden, who
wag to give security for its safe trans-
mission to succeeding wardens ; Harl. MS.

2176, fol. 32^, 33&. From what follows
it appears that the capital sum was
divided among the townships, and that all
has been lost except the £10 appropriated
to Ribchester.

98 This is called the Waterworth Dole.
The capital sum is £1,300, invested in
Preston Corporation stock. The distri-
bution takes place at Christmas time,
there being about 1 80 recipients.

William Norcross left £20 towards
binding poor apprentices and Robert
Jenkinson jTio for the poor. These sums
were in 1732 invested in a house and land,
known as Dods HalL The property was
in 1871 sold for £379 and the money
invested in consols in the name of the
official trustees ; the annual income is
£11 51. The portion which should be
applied to apprenticing children is £7 I Of.,
but no such use has been made of it for
sixty years, the whole income being dis-
tributed in small doles (is. to 21.) on
St. Thomas's Day. Another sum of £40
was lent to the township, as was supposed,
but the poor law auditor having disallowed
the 361. formerly paid out of the rates as
interest, this charity has been lost.

Miss Harriett Jane Quartley in 1878
bequeathed £19 191. to the vicar of
Ribchester for the poor. This is invested
in consols and produces an income of i is.,
distributed among six poor and aged
persons at Christmas.

99 This was founded by James Stand-
ford in 1695, he bequeathing £150 for the
poor of Stidd, Bailey and Ribchester, and
£300 for ' other purposes.' The money was
invested in land near Skipton and the gross
income is now £41 2s. The net income
is paid to the Roman Catholic priest at
Stidd, who reserves two-thirds to his own
use (for the ' other purposes ') and distri-
butes the rest in small money doles, Pro-
testants being among the recipients.

100 These almshouses were founded
under the will of John Shireburne of
Bailey and Sheffield, who died in 1726,
as will be seen in the account of Stidd
below. The connexion of the Walmsley
family with them seems to have been that
of trustees. In 1728 the churchwardens
of Ribchester made the following present-
ment to the Bishop of Chester : ' We
have an almshouse erecting, but whether
the revenues be according to law we know
not ' ; Visit. Returns. ' Alice Worthing-
ton, widow, pauper from the hospital at
Stidd,' was buried 24 May 1732 ; Church
Reg. There are six sets of rooms, one of
which is occupied by the schoolmistress
and the others by the five almswomen
who are appointed by the priest. Stidd
Manor Farm was in 1867 transferred by
Thomas George Walmsley to the use of
the Rt. Rev. William Turner, Bishop of

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Salford, and others as an endowment for
the almshouses. The income, after pro-
viding for repairs and £10 worth of coals
for the inmates, is divided equally among
these.

101 Frances Roades in 1696 bequeathed
her house and land for the benefit of poor
distressed housekeepers of Dilworth for all
eternity.' The yearly rent is now £12,
of which between £8 and £10 is distri-
buted annually on St. Thomas's Day in
sums of is. to 5*.

102 Henry Townley in 1 776 left personal
estate amounting to £100 for 'poor
necessitous persons." The money was
applied in 1824 to the building of a work-
house, interest being paid out of the rates
until 1862, when the poor law auditor
disallowed it.

Bishop Gastrell mentions a gift of £20
by Hugh Shireburne to Ribchester and
Dilworth, and another of £10 by Grace
Ward to Dilworth ; Notitia Ccstr. ii, 474.

103 Henry Townley, Ann his wife and
their descendants Jennet Ward and Town-
ley Ward between 1747 and 1790 gave
sums amounting to £125 to be laid out
in cloth. The capital, with accumulations,
is now represented by £255 consols, pro-
ducing £j a year. The distribution of
calico is made about the end of January,
some thirty families receiving doles of 7 to
24 yds.

104 Richard Hoghton in 1613 left a close
called Wood Crook in Whittingham
charged with various sums for the poor,
including £i los. to be distributed ' at
the cross near Longridge Chapel in Alston.'
The whole income of the land (now sold)
was applied to the charity, and Alston now
has £6 in. lod. from the endowment.
Alston also has a share (a sixth) of the
income of the charity founded by Thomas
Hoghton of Woodplumpton in 1649 ; it
now amounts to £9 izs.

105 For ' Jenkinson's charity ' 8*. a
year was paid out of the rates in 1826,
but nothing is now known of it.

Thomas Gregson in 1742 and Thomas
Eccles in 1777 left sums for the poor, but
these had been lost before 1826.

James Berry of Alston was stated to
have given Seth Eccles £200 with a
verbal injunction to distribute the interest
to the poor. Seth died in 1822, but his
son Thomas continued an annual distribu-
tion of £8. This gift has, however, long
ceased.

106 In 1826 there was paid yearly from
the rates 91. or loj. for the poor, distri-
buted in small doles about Christmas, the
endowment being attributed to Robert
Jenkinson. Nothing has been paid for a
long time, and the cottages supposed to
have been built for the poor are now
claimed as private property.

BLACKBURN HUNDRED

RIBCHESTER

Ribelcastre, Dom. Bk. ; Ribbecestre, 1202 ; Ribbel-
cestre, 1227 ; Rybchestre, 1292. The forms Rib-
and Ribbel- occur together till about I 360, when the
former prevailed.

The little town takes its name from the Roman
station founded by the Ribble. The township has
an area of ^,^\\\ acres,1 and in 1901 there was a
population of 1,237. The general slope of the
surface is down from north to south, the greatest
height on the side of Longridge Fell being nearly
900 ft. above the ordnance datum. Boyce's Brook
flows south-east through the township to join the
Ribble.

Roads branch out from the town eastward to
reach the bridge across the river about a mile away,
northward to join the road from Longridge to
Mitton, near the hamlet of Knowl Green, and north-
westward to join the same road nearer Longridge.
Buckley is central.

Few relics of the Roman occupation remain in
the town. In the main street, forming a portico to
the ' White Bull Inn,' are four columns with debased
capitals, said to have been taken out of the river.
They rudely resemble the Roman Doric in appear-
ance and are 6 ft. 7 in. high ; their dressing also
admits the possibility of their Roman origin. In
the rectory grounds are three Roman vases, said to
have been dug up in the churchyard, and there is a
fourth at Lower Alston Farm. At the rectory there
is preserved also a Roman altar, without inscription
and focus, which was found in 1888 built into a
cottage wall.la

There are some 17th-century houses remaining,
one with an interesting stone door-head dated 1680,
and in the main street is a block of two houses of
some architectural merit, the lead rain-water heads
of which are dated 1745. The building, which is

RIBCHESTER

of brick, with moulded stone architraves to the
windows and a stone cornice, is well proportioned
and simple in design.

Three fairs used to be held in Ribchester, but
have been discontinued.2

The stocks were used as late as i829.3

There was till recently some hand-loom weaving.
There are two small weaving-mills and two bobbin-
works.

The Preston Union Workhouse is situated here.

In 1066 RIBCHESTER, assessed as
M4NOR two plough-lands, was a member of the
Preston fee held by Earl Tostig 4 ; it then
probably included Dutton also. After the Conquest
it was given to Roger of Poitou,8 and later is found,
together with Dilworth and Dutton, as a member of
the honor of Clitheroe.6 Through the Lacys the
manor descended to the Earls and Dukes of Lan-
caster, and thus to the Crown.

Robert de Lacy gave a moiety of Ribchester to
Robert son of Henry in or before 1 193-7 John Con-
stable of Chester early in the 1 3th century granted to
Walter Moton a moiety of the vill of Ribchester with all
its wood and the mill, just as the grantor's father and
brother had held it, two gloves or \d. being payable
at Michaelmas.8 About the same time Alan de
Windle granted all his land of Ribchester and of
Dilworth to Walter Moton in free marriage with
Amabel his daughter,9 and John de Lacy gave Walter
all the farm, aid and service which had been due
from Alan de Windle for the same rent as for the
above-named moiety.10 Thenceforward the whole
manor was held by the Moton family.

Walter Moton was a benefactor to Stanlaw Abbey u
and also to the hospital at Stidd.12 He died in or
before 1 246, when his widow Amabel, who had
married Robert de Ribchester, was suing his son
William Moton in respect of her dower.13 This son
also was a benefactor of Stanlaw,14 and gave land to

1 2,224 acres, including 21 of inland
water 5 Census Rep. 1901.

la J. Garstang, Roman Ribchester, 5.
(Report of Ribch. Excavations, 1898.)

a T. C. Smith, Ribchester, 71.

•Ibid. 72. In 1599 the people of
Ribchester were fined 3*. ^.d. because there
was no cuck-stool ; Clitheroe Ct. R.

« V.C.H. Uncs. i, 288*.

5 Ibid.

6 There is no record of the gift of
Ribchester and Dilworth as there is of
Dutton. It is doubtful whether the fine
of 1187 recording the acquisition of the
vill of Ribbec' refers to Ribchester or not ;
Final Cone. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.),
i, i ; ii, 185. If it does, it shows that
Robert de Lacy purchased it from William
son of Rosselin or else confirmed it to
him.

7 Ibid, ii, 185, quoting an abstract
found at Pontefract in 1325 ; Duchy of
Lane. Misc. cxxx, fol. 20 d. The moiety
was to be held in thegnage by a rent of
Js. The advowson of the church and
'the forest of buck and doe, wild boar
and sow' were reserved. One Robert
son of Henry was lord of Lathom about
that time.

In 1 202 Alan de Windle and Agnes
his wife made grants of portions of Rib-
chester ; Final Cone, i, 13, 21. The
plaintiffs in these fines — Henry son of
Bernard anct John son of Robert — claimed
by inheritance. Agnes may have been

the daughter of the Robert son of Henry
named in the text.

8 Kuerden fol. MS. (Chet. Lib.), 77.
John de Lacy became constable of
Chester in 1211 and Earl of Lincoln in
1232 ; he died in 1240. It is not clear
whether this is the other moiety of Rib-
chester or a new and more complete
grant of the same moiety.

9 Dods. MSS. liii, fol. 17. The sur-
name is spelt in many ways — Mutun,
Motoun, &c. ; sometimes a de is pre-
fixed. It may be derived from Mitton,
though this spelling rarely occurs.

10 Ibid. fol. 23. There was among the
Stonyhurst deeds a grant by John de
Lacy to Walter Mutton of the manor of
Ribchester and Dilworth for the same
service as Alan de Windhull and his
predecessors had rendered — viz. a pair of
gloves or ^.d. ; Shireburne Abstract Bk.
at Leagram. In accordance with these
charters it was found in 1258 that Rib-
chester rendered 2s. and one pair of gloves
(or 4<£) to Edmund de Lacy ; Lanes. Inq.
and Extents (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.),
i, 217.

Walter Moton in 1219 acquired an
oxgang of land in Ribchester from Sieg-
rith, Wynniva and Maud, daughters of
Godwin ; Final Cone, i, 40.

11 He gave the monks Hulliley (or
Hilliley), from the Stonyway on the east
to Godrichley Croft on the west, and from
a syke on the south to an oak cross-

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marked on the north, also 3 acrei of
wood. He desired their prayers espe-
cially for the soul of that venerable man
his lord Roger de Lacy ; Whalley Couch.
(Chet. Soc.), iii, 868. He also gave
them the mill with its rights, reserving
multure of his own house, desiring that
he might be buried at Stanlaw ; ibid. 869.
Amabel daughter of Alan de Windle and
widow of Walter Moton confirmed the
gifts, and her second husband released
any right he might have in the same ;
ibid. 870-2.

To Roger de Hurst he gave part of
his land in Ribchester in Turnley, the
bounds commencing at a stone house,
and including (in part) Chester Brook ;
Add. MS. 32106, no. 493 (fol. 330).

1J His gift of land in Godrichley in
Ribchester to the hospital of St. Saviour
at Stidd is mentioned in a charter in
Towneley's MS. DD, no. 889. He also
gave land in Shipenley, adjoining Turnley
at one point, confirmed by his son
William ; Dugdale, Man, Angl. vi, 687.

13 Assize R. 404, m. 3 d. She and
her husband also claimed certain land
and a moiety of the mill against the
Abbot of Stanlaw ; ibid. m. 2 d. This
suit affords an approximate date for their
charters already quoted.

14 Whalley Couch, iii, 872-4. William
son of Walter Moton confirmed his
father's gifts and added land between
Lauediley Clough and Godrich Clough,

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Sawley15; others of his charters are known.16 He
was described as lord of the whole vill.17 He died
about lajS,18 and in 1282 and again in 1292 his
widow Edusa or Edith appears in the records.19 He
seems to have left several sons.20 Robert Moton,

a son or grandson, succeeded to Ribchester,21 but
in 1305 Robert's son William occurs.22 The exact
succession at this point is obscure. Henry son of
William Moton in 1317 gave a release to the Abbot of
Whalley.23 William Moton, son of Robert, and Isabel

"Harl. MS. 112, fol. 8iA.

16 To Henry son of Helewise he gave
land, the bounds of which went north up
the clough of Godrichley to Hullilcy,
thence east to Stonygate, south to the
land of Robert the Kirkman, and then
west to the starting-point. A rent of
izd. was to be paid ; Kuerden MSS. iii,
R. 9. The seal bore a fleur de lis and
the legend SIGILL : WILL : DE : MVTVN.

By another charter he gave Robert the
Skinner part of his waste within bounds
which went down Crinsil Brook to its
junction with Chastel or Castel Brook,
and up the latter brook to Ruddegate,
&c. ; ibid. Josce the clerk was a witness,
and the seal was the same as before.

William de Singleton and Alan his son
granted a rent of 3$. from Dilworth to
William son of Walter Moton and Edith
his wife ; Dods. MSS. Ixx, fol. 157.

To Josce the clerk William son of
Walter Moton gave half an oxgang of
land in Ribchester at a rent of \zd. ;
Add. MS. 32106, no. 271. To Richard
son of Robert Boys (de Bosco) he gave
land in Nutbrook strinds, at a rent of
four barbed arrows ; ibid. no. 3 14. In
1268-9 he gave Sir Adam de Hoghton
the homage of Robert for Ametehalit in
Ribchester, with the rent of zs. due
therefrom ; Dods. MSS. cxlii, fol. 20.

17 He was so described in a gift by
Beatrix de Kuerden, referring to his
charter made to her father Richard son
of John de Kuerden ; Add. MS. 32109,
no. 14 (Edw. Ill), no. 54 (s.d.).

18 He was living in 1278, when toge-
ther with Roger de Chippenley and
Richard son of Hugh de Ribchester he
was found to have disseised Adam de
' Mutton ' of his free tenement in Rib-
chester. Adam had been over sea and was
reported dead ; Assize R. 1238, m. 33.

19 In 1282 Edusa as widow claimed
dower in various tenements in Ribchester
held by Richard son of William son of
William Moton and Denise his mother,
Richard son of Adam and Richard his
son, Richard son of Ellis and Henry his
son and Richard son of Ellis ; De Banco
R. 47, m. 4 d. A Richard son of William
Moton gave an acre in Ribchester to
Richard de Hurst ; Add. MS. 32106, no.
867.

In 1292 Edusa, then wife of Richard
le Sothron, claimed in right of her former
marriage with William Moton dower in
a messuage and land held by Alice de
Lacy ; Assize R. 408, m. 62.

20 The pedigree at this point is inde-
terminate, but from the charters preserved
by Towneley and Kuerden it is obvious
that there were several branches of the
family having estates in Ribchester and
Dutton. William Moton, William his
son and Robert Moton attested an un-
dated charter ; Add. MS. 32106, no. 265.
In 1332 Robert, Richard and Henry
Moton contributed to the subsidy in Rib-
chester and William Moton in Dutton ;
Exch. Lay Subs. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches.), 86-7.

21 The uncertainty arises from the
possibility of two Williams. In 1302
Robert Moton, lord of Ribchester, de-
mised to Walter de Lofthouse, chaplain,

a part of his waste in Ribchester between
the close of land called Beteleyfield, be-
longing to St. Saviour's, and the Nut-
brook ; Towneley MS. DD, no. 985.
Henry and Adam Moton attested this
charter ; from another deed it appears
they were Robert's brothers ; Add. MS.
32106, no. 273.

Robert son of William Moton released
to Master Richard de Hoghton in 1298
his right in lands held in Ametehalgh in
Ribchester; ibid. no. 233. In 1309
Robert son of William Moton gave his
brother Adam land called the Berridding
Bank, bounded on one side by the high
way to Ribchester Church ; ibid. no. 272.
From the plea of 1282 above cited it
would seem that a Richard Moton was
the heir ; perhaps he died and Robert, a
younger brother or else an uncle, suc-
ceeded. There was an escheat to the
chief lord, or a guardianship, for in 1292
Robert Moton claimed two-thirds of a
messuage and lands in Ribchester and
5 markates of rent against Alice widow
of Edmund de Lacy, and the other third
against Edith widow of William Moton ;
Assize R. 408, m. 73, 4 d. In 1293
— de Lacy released to Robert Moton a
capital messuage and a moiety of the
rents, services, &c., which had come into
his hands by the death of William Moton
father of Robert ; Shireburne Abstract Bk.
Robert Moton was lord of Ribchester in
1302 ; Towneley MS. DD, no. 985.

Uncertainty is created by the appear-
ance of Robert and William sons of Adam
Moton in other suits of 1292 (Assize
R. 408, m. 36 d., 36), and by the claim
of Thomas son of Orm de Ribchester
against Richard son of William Moton,
Cecily daughter of Robert Moton and the
above-named Edusa wife of Richard le
Sothron, the last-named holding in dower;
ibid. m. 31.

Robert son of Adam Moton and Richard
his brother frequently occur in the Rib-
chester deeds in Add. MS. 32106. Adam
son of Roger son of William de Ribchester
gave lands to Robert son of Adam Moton
in free marriage with Alice his sister ;
ibid. no. 239.

22 Robert was probably living at that
time, for in 1309 Robert son of William
Moton agreed with his brother Adam re-
specting certain land which Robert was to
grant from his waste ; Add. MS. 32106,
no. 496, fol. 330^. Henry Moton was a
witness. In 1313 Beatrix de Kuerden
successfully claimed certain pasture in
Ribchester against the representatives of
Hugh de Dilworth, whose son Richard
had had a grant of it from Robert son of
William Moton, lord of Ribchester ;
Assize R. 424, m. 3. Richard was then
dead, and Robert also, Henry Moton
appearing for the defendants.

William son of Robert Moton (Mittun)
and Alice his wife in 1305 claimed
a tenement against Avice daughter of
Richard son of William de Ribchester ;
De Banco R. 153, m. 29. At the same
time Robert Moton was defendant ; ibid.
m. 317 d.

In 1317 William son of Robert Moton,
with the consent of Alice his wife, de-
mised six butts of land to Henry Moton

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for the term of Alice's life ; Add. MS.
32106, no. 308. Alice widow of William
was in 1331 the wife of William Bisset,
as appears by a pleading cited below.

William son of Robert Moton of Rib-
chester confirmed to Robert his brother a
place in his waste lying on the west side
of Fallonwelhalgh ; ibid. no. 452, fol.
322.

Alice widow of Robert (? William)
Moton had dower in 1330; Shireburne
Abstract Bk.

23 Whalley Couch, iii, 874. Robert son
of John de Hilliley granted to Henry son
of William Moton all his lands in Rib-
chester, with the homages of various
tenants; Towneley MS. C 8, 13 (Chet.
Lib.), H 285. About 1300 Henry Moton
had from Adam de Blackburn the homage
of Richard de Hurst and the rent of
lot/, for his lands ; Add. MS. 32106, no.
244. Henry also obtained a small grant
from Simon son of Richard son of
Ellis de Ribchester ; Kuerden MSS. iv,
R 14.

From the release to Whalley and from
the fact that Henry's name is almost
invariably placed before those of others of
the family in local deeds of the latter part
of the reign of Edward II, it appears that
he was the head of the family or at least
its senior member. William son of Henry
Moton and Agnes his wife were in 1334
accused of having, so far back as
1320, struck a woman at Dutton so
that she died ; Coram Rege R. 298, Rex
m. 1 8.

Henry had several sons. As 'Henry
de Moton of Ribchester the elder* he
granted his son Walter land in the Hagh,
with meadow, buildings, &c., in 1328;
Kuerden MSS. iii, R 9. Walter son of
Henry Moton in 1359 made a feoffment
of lands he had had from his brother
Henry; Towneley MS. C 8, 13 (Chet.
Lib.), M 77. Henry son of Henry Moton
leased some of his land to William son of
Henry Moton in 1329 ; Add. MS. 32106,
no. 291. In the same year a grant was
made to Henry son of Henry Moton and
Nicholas his brother ; ibid. no. 482, fol.
328. Henry Moton in 1337 gave half
an acre in Erley in Ribchester, William
Moton, Robert his brother and Robert
son of Adam Moton being witnesses ;
ibid. no. 264. In 1346 Henry Moton
released a rent he had received from
Erley, Robert son of Robert Moton and
Robert son of Adam Moton being the
first witnesses; ibid. no. 470, fol. 325.
Nicholas Moton occurs again in Dutton ;
ibid. no. 288. He was living in 1360,
when he and his wife Cecily obtained a
quitclaim from Richard son of Adam le
Seinturc of Aighton respecting lands of
Richard's mother Diota, formerly belong-
ing to Richard Willison de Ribchester ;
Duchy of Lane. Assize R. 8, m. 1 20 ;
Add. MS. 32106, no. 254. The same
lands were in 1369 released by Cecily
widow of Nicholas Moton and Alice her
sister ; ibid. no. 302.

In 1329 various acres in Ribchester
were claimed against Henry Moton the
younger, William Moton, Richard Moton
and Nicholas son of Henry Moton ; De
Banco R. 279, m. 405 d.

BLACKBURN HUNDRED

his wife occur in 1 3 3 1 .24 William died in or before
i 342, in which year his widow Isabel was suing Robert
Moton his brother for two-thirds of the manor of Rib-
chester.25 In 1337 Robert Moton, perhaps the same
or else son of William, was stated to hold the manor
of Isabella Queen of England by the service of $s.
yearly.26 Robert was again in 1346 called chief lord
of Ribchester.27 Katherine, the heiress in 1361, was
apparently his daughter, or perhaps a granddaughter.28

RIBCHESTER

In or before 1 373 she married William de Lynalx,29
and was living, a widow, in 1407, being then de-
scribed as lady of Ribchester.30 Their son John
Lynalx succeeded 31 ; but though the family retained
the lordship till 1581, when Robert Lynalx sold it to
Hugh Shireburne, second son of Sir Richard Shire-
burne of Stonyhurst,32 practically nothing is known
of their history.33 From Hugh the manor passed to
Sir Richard Shireburne,34 and descended in the

24 William as lord of Ribchcster at-
tested a charter in 1329 ; Add. MS.
32107, no. 1497.

The manor of Ribchester was given to
William Moton and Isabel his wife in
1331 by Robert Ragh, chaplain; Robert
son of Adam Moton was a witness ;
Towneley MS. OO, no. 1195. In the
same year Adam de Clitheroe appeared
against William Moton concerning the
manor of Ribchester and against William
Bisset and Alice his wife concerning 16
acres of land in the township ; De Banco
R. 287, m. 380 d. ; 290, m. 77 d. The
latter suit was prosecuted in the following
year, when William Moton appeared and
stated that the 1 6 acres were part of his
inheritance, held by Alice in dower, while
the plaintiff alleged that they had be-
longed to his father Hugh de Clitheroe
until Robert Moton had disseised him ;
ibid. 292, m. 98 d.

William Moton was styled 'lord of
Ribchester' in 1338 and 1341, according
to the Towneley transcripts ; Add. MS.
32106, no. 245, 301, 463, fol. 324.
William and Robert his brother attested
Ribchester charters in 1338 and 1342 ;
ibid. no. 230, 300.

25 De Banco R. 332, m. 30. The de-
fendant is called Robert Moton of Rib-
chester. Isabel continued her suit in
1344 against Robert for two-thirds of the
manor (except a messuage and 10^ acres),
and against some others ; ibid. 340,
m. 5 5 7 d. Two years later Robert Moton
summoned Robert son of William Moton
to warrant him as to the two-thirds of
the manor ; ibid. 348, m. 427. In
1347 Isabel widow of William Moton
came to an agreement with Robert son
of Robert Moton ; Shireburne Abstract Bk.

26 In an inquiry as to the proposed en-
dowment of Bailey Chapel ; Inq. p.m.
10 Edw. II (2nd nos.), no. 10.

Robert son of Adam Moton is fre-
quently named. He is probably the
Robert Moton who, with his sons Adam
and William, was in 1334 alleged to hold
5 acres wrongfully, by Amery widow of
Roger at Kirkstyle ; De Banco R. 300,
m. 13.

27 Add. MS. 32106, no. 249. By a
charter of the same year Robert son of
Henry son of Walter Moton, chief lord of
Ribchester, reduced the free rent due from
certain tenements from 2s. to zod.; ibid,
no. 242. A William Moton attested this
deed. The descent here stated is not
otherwise known, but it is clear there were
many Roberts as contemporaries. The
date may have been copied wrongly.

In 1349 Robert son of Robert Moton
was lord of Ribchester ; Add. MS. 32106,
no. 450 (fol. 322). This deed was a
grant by Robert son of Adam Moton to
his sons William and Thomas ; a witness
was Robert son and heir of Robert son of
Adam Moton. In the same year Robert
son of Robert Moton granted a messuage
and land called Falwelshalgh, Walter
Moton being a witness ; ibid. no. 293.
On the other hand in 1355 Robert son

of William Moton granted his manor of
Ribchester to William de Whalley (no
doubt as trustee), with all homages,
services and rents ; Kuerden fol. MS.
250.

Not long before (in 1353) Richard
Moton of Ribchester had settled his lands
on his daughter Agnes and her issue, with
remainder to William son of Robert
Moton, chaplain ; ibid. no. 299. William
Moton was a subdeacon in 1350; ibid,
no. 253. In 1361 his brother Robert,
here styled Robert son of Robert de Rib-
chester, released all his claim in the estate
of the above-named Richard Moton ; ibid,
no. 262. William was still living in 1408
(ibid. no. 256), and seems to have been
one of the chief promoters of the chantry
at the north side of the church, even if he
were not the true founder, and he was
specially named as one of those to be
prayed for; ibid. no. 364.

28 Katherine widow of Robert Moton
in 1361 released her claim for dower
against Katherine daughter of Robert
Moton ; Shireburne Abstract Bk.

39 Final Cone, ii, 185 ; the manor was
settled on William de Lynalx and Kathe-
rine his wife, with remainders to the issue
of Katherine, and in default to Richard
son of Alexander de Lynalx and his issue.
William de Lynalx occurs at Ribchester in
1369 ; Towneley MS. DD, no. 512. In
1386 he was to go to Ireland on the
king's service, but the protection was re-
voked as he did not go ; Cal. Pat. 1385—9}
pp. 156, 274.

A release of lands which had belonged
to Robert Moton was made to William de
Lynalx and Katherine his wife in 1395-6;
Shireburne Abstract Bk.

The Lynalx family occurs in Pember-
ton. The name is spelt in many ways ;
e.g. Linales, Lennox, &c.

80 Kuerden fol. MS. 247. As widow
she had made a feoffment of her lands in
1402 ; Shireburne Abstract Bk. She gave
all her lands to John her son in 1405 ;
ibid.

81 John son of William Lynalx made
Thomas Lynalx his attorney to receive
from his mother Katherine certain lands
in Ribchester; Towneley MS. C 8, 13,
L 259. It appears that Thomas was also
a son of William Lynalx, receiving from
his father land in Mayridding, &c., in Rib-
chester ; Towneley MS. DD, no. 516.
Richard son of John Bradley of Dodhill
was in 1408 pardoned for the death of
Thomas Lynalx of Ribchester ; Pal. of
Lane. Chan. Misc. 1/9, m. 33.

The next in possession was Thurstan
Lynalx, named in 1416 (Shireburne Ab-
stract Bk.) and in 1418, when a certain
William Hill, an idiot, was found to have
held of him land called Sprodpoolhey by a
rent of zzd.\ Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.),
i, 130 ; Dep. Keeper's Rep. xxxiii, App. 14.
In 1421 Thurstan granted a messuage
in Ribchester to Christopher Hoghton ;
Towneley MS. DD, no. 1552.

John Lynalx occurs from 1430 on-
wards, and Richard Lynalx from about

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1470. Thus in 1432 Thomas Southworth
held land in Ribchester of John Lynalx ;
Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), ii, 46. Again
in 1449 John regranted Richard Towneley
a parcel of land in Ribchester ; Add. MS.
32104, no. 1117. He was styled lord of
Ribchester in 1456 ; Shireburne Abstract
Bk.

Richard Lynalx in 1469 gave a lease to
Ellis and Edward Cottam, Cecily widow
of Thurstan Lynalx being apparently still
living ; ibid. Richard attested a deed in
1472 ; Add. MS. 32106, no. 485, fol. 328.
In 1491-2 he and Thomas his son and
heir-apparent were also witnesses ; Add.
MS. 32107, no. 1006. Richard, who in
1512-13 married Elizabeth widow of John
Elston of Ribbleton (Shireburne Ab-
stracts), occurs in inquisitions, &c., down
to about 1522. In 1516 he made a feoff-
ment of his messuages and lands in
Ribchester and Dilworth ; Kuerden fol.
MS. 246.

From various inquisitions (Robert Sin-
gleton and others) it appears that Thomas
Lynalx was lord in 1525, John Lynalx his
son (Shireburne Abstracts) in 1 5 30-40 and
Robert Lynalx in 1547 onwards. Isabel
widow of Thomas Lynalx had dower in
1536 ; Shireburne Abstract Bk. Robert
Lynalx in 1548 was one of the defendants
in a plea respecting chantry lands in Rib-
chester ; Ducatus Lane. (Rec. Com.), i,
225. In 1575 Robert is called son and
heir of John Lynalx when claiming Hall
heys, &c., in the manor of Ribchester
against John Talbot and Robert his bastard
son ; ibid, ii, 328 ; iii, 23, 29.

32 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 43,
m. 155. The Lynalx family do not appear
to have retained the whole manor, for in
1588 Hugh Shireburne purchased the
manor, with messuages, free fishery, &c.,
from John Talbot and his bastard son
Robert, whose wife Elizabeth also agreed ;
ibid. bdle. 50, m. 87. Two years later
still Hugh purchased the manor, with
messuages in Ribchester and Dilworth,
fishery in the Ribble, and the advowson of
the church, from John Squire ; ibid,
bdle. 52, m. 31. It does not appear how
these manors originated ; the latter vendor
may have had some claim through the
Lynalx family by purchase or descent.
The Talbot ' manor ' is named in Ducatus
Lane. (Rec. Com.), i, 304 ; iii, 228.

88 Neither pedigree nor inquisition is
known. They were styled 'gent.' not
' esq.' Their arms are given in Whitaker,
Whalley (ed. Nicholls), ii, 459 n.

84 Hugh Shireburne of Esholt in York-
shire left no sons, and in his purchase of
Ribchester may have been acting for his
father ; Sherborn, Family of Sherborn,
102-3.

Sir Richard Shireburne died in 1594
holding the manor, with messuages, water-
mill, &c., in conjunction with Hugh Shire-
burne ; the tenure was unknown ; Duchy
of Lane. Inq. p.m. xvi, no. 3. The Shire-
burnes seem to have had a tenement in
Ribchester much earlier than this ; sec
ibid, viii, no. 27.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

same way as Stonyhurst 35 until 1831, when it was
sold to Joseph Fenton of Rochdale, and it has since
descended with Dutton.36

A manor of Ribchester is named among the
Osbaldeston estates in l6z5.37

A number of the neighbouring landowners had

estates in Ribchester, including Hoghton,38 Single-
ton,39 Southworth,40 and Talbot.41 Of the minor
families some used the local surname,42 but the most
noteworthy was that of Boys, which can be traced
back to the I3th century.43 John Boys died in
July 1551 holding three messuages and various lands

84 In 1593 the manor was settled on
Richard Shireburne (ton of Sir Richard)
and his heirs male, and as his son Henry
died without issue it went to his second
son Richard, aged thirty-seven, in 1628 ;
Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xxvi, no. 4.
The tenure was unknown. The manor
is again named among the estates of
Thomas Duke of Norfolk and Mary his
wife in 1719 ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F.
bdle. 284, m. 81. Also in later re-
coveries— 1737 and 1777 (Weld).

36 Baines, Lanes, (ed. 1836), iii, 382.
Courts used then to be held twice a year,
in May and October. The court rolls
arc extant from 1821 only.

»7 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 107,
m. 36. Sir Edward Osbaldeston, John
his ion and heir, and others were de-
forciants. No ' manor,' however, was
claimed at the death of Sir Edward or
of his son John, but only a messuage
called the Boathousefield in Ribchester,
the tenure of which is not stated ; Duchy
of Lane. Inq. p.m. xxvii, no. 15, 40.

88 This family's holding was of ancient
date, and some of their charters have been
cited in the account of the Moton family.

Sir Henry Hoghton in 1424 held lands
in Ribchester of the king as duke ; Lanes.
Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), ii, 45. William
Hoghton held lands in 1500 of the king
by services unknown ; ibid, ii, 127. This,
or ' in socage by fealty,' was the usual
record in the later inquisitions.

89 Robert Singleton of Brockholes died
in 1525 holding a messuage, &c., in
Ribchester of Thomas Lynalx by a rent
of i$d. ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. vi,
no. 64. His son William held it in 1573
of Robert Lynalx by a rent of i6d. ; ibid.
xii, no. 34.

John Singleton of Chingle Hall held a
messuage of John Lynalx in 1530 ; ibid,
vi, no. 32. John Singleton held the
same of Robert Lynalx in 1571 ; ibid,
xiii, no. 1 6.

40 Thomas Southworth of Samlesbury
in 1432 held a messuage of John Lynalx ;
Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), ii, 46.
In 1502 it was found that the tenement
was held of Richard Lynalx by a rent of
id. ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. iii,
no. 41.

41 The Talbots may have succeeded the
Clithcroe family. Henry de Clitheroe
claimed land in 1292 as brother and heir
of Alice who had been wife of Adam de
Blackburn ; Assize R. 408, m. 1 8, 3 1 d.

Disputes afterwards arose between the
Blackburn and Clitheroe families ; Assize
R. 1299, m. 1 6 d. ; De Banco R. 152, m.
89. See also Final Cone, ii, 64 ; Lanes.
Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), ii, 42.

Sir John Talbot of Salesbury held land
in Ribchester of Richard Lynalx in 1511 ;
ibid. 144. John Talbot in 1588 held
lands of the Crown, formerly the Hos-
pitallers ; ibid. 161. John Talbot had
made several purchases ; Pal. of Lane.
Feet of F. bdles. 37, m. 64 ; 39, m. 72 540,
m. 106.

42 The Ribchester family or families
have occurred in former notes. One of
the earliest named is Ellis, a clerk ; Final
Cone, i, 51. Richard de Turnley granted

part of his land in Turnley to William
»on of Adam son of Ellis de Ribchester ;
Add. MS. 32106, no. 546. Richard son
of Ellis complained in 1292 that Master
Henry de Clayton was detaining a charter ;
Assize R. 408, m. 94. He claimed
reasonable estovers in the wood against
Thomas de Singleton ; ibid. m. 54 d. He
was perhaps the Richard de Ribchester,
clerk, who was non-suited in his claim
for a tenement against Richard son of
Adam de Ribchester and Adam de Lingard ;
ibid. m. 42.

Robert son of Ellis was concerned in
several suits of the same year. He com-
plained that Richard son of William de
Ribchester, Isabel his wife and William
his son had disseised him of a strip of
land, but was non-suited ; ibid. m. 49 d.
In 1313-14 Robert son of William son
of Robert son of Ellis de Ribchester
sought four messuages, 26 acres of land,
&c., against his elder brother Henry (a
minor), William de Livesey and William
son of Robert de Osbaldeston, alleging a
grant from his father, and succeeded ;
Assize R. 424, m. 2 d.

Roger son of William de Ribchester
gave land in Turnley to his son Richard ;
Kuerden MSS. iii, R. 9. Richard son of
Roger Willison in 1331 claimed land (by
grant of one Simon) against John son of
Richard Franceys and Amery his wife
(tenants in right of Amery, who was
sister and heir of Simon), and against
Adam son of Richard Franceys ; Assize
R. 1404, m. 26.

Simon son of Richard son of Ellis de
Ribchester made a grant to Henry Moton ;
Add. MS. 32107, no. 368. Diana widow
of Adam son of Simon released her dower
in certain land to William son of Richard
de Ribchester, who had purchased the
land from her daughters Margery and
Maud ; Kuerden fol. MS. 357. The seal
bore the inscription s' IORDA . . CLERICI.
John son of Richard son of Simon occurs
in 1340, when he gave lands to Roger de
Elston and Amabel his wife for life ;
Kuerden MSS. iii, R. 9. Roger son of
Roger de Elston was plaintiff in 1346,
Robert son of Robert Moton being de-
fendant ; Assize R. 1444, m. 7. The Elston
family occur later ; Kuerden, loc. cit.

Uctred son of Warine de Ribchester
gave land in Shippenley to Adam son of
Ellis de Ribchester ; ibid. Richard son
of Adam de Hurst in 1313 gave a moiety
of his land between Bolingbrook and
Shippenley Clough to William son of
Uctred de Ribchester; Add. MS. 32106,
no. 869. The grantee afterwards (1314)
gave his capital messuage (lying in Rib-
chester between John de Preston's land
and the Brendeyerd) to Henry son of
Beatrice de Kuerden ; ibid. no. 456,
fol. 323. William son of Uctred was
living in 1342 ; ibid. no. 260.

Thomas son of Orm in 1285 sought
a messuage and an oxgang of land against
Robert son of Ellis de Ribchester ; De
Banco R. 60, m. 83 d. The same Thomas
gave to Roger de Turnley a toft near
Shippenley Clough in 1316; Add. MS.
32106, no. 428, fol. 318.

Cecily daughter and heir of Richard

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ion of William Atkokson in 1341 gave
to Henry de Ribchester, chaplain, all her
meadow in Exgangedoles in the Town
meadows; ibid. no. 289. To the same
Henry Roger son of William Atkokson
made a grant in Turnley ; ibid. no. 265.
Alice and Cecily, daughters of William
son of Richard de Ribchester, in the same
year granted to Adam son of Robert son
of Adam Moton a plat called the Fall,
lying between the outlanefrom Cornleyyeth
to Tillycarr and Robert Franceys' lands,
and between the outlane to Hothersall
and land of Robert son of William son of
Nicholas ; ibid. no. 429, fol. 318. John
son of William Atkokson occurs in 1 342 ;
ibid. no. 491 (fol. 329).

Robert son of William Ribchester in
1403 acquired the lands of Agnes wife of
Dawkin de Claughton and sister of Henry
Hodgson ; Kuerden fol. MS. 73. In
1421 Katherine widow of Robert Rib-
chester made a feoffment of the lands,
&c., she had had from her husband ; ibid.
357. Percival Ribchester and Robert his
brother occur in 1443-4 ; ibid. 87. In
1447 Percival gave land in the place called
Shorten to Robert Halgh ; Add. MS.
32106, no. 269. It maybe added that
Robert Halgh gave his lands to John
Talbot of Salesbury as trustee, and that
the latter's son John in 1474 released
them to John Halgh son of Robert ; ibid.
no. 278, 810. Robert son and heir of
John Ribchester occurs in 1539 ; Kuerden
fol. MS. 396.

John Ribchester in 1 542 gave his son
Richard the reversion of a house tenanted
by Robert Ribchester the elder, brother
of grantor ; ibid. 357. From an indenture
of 1588 it appears that Robert Ribchester's
lands, after two transfers, were acquired
by John Dcwhurst ; ibid. 384 ; Pal. of
Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 27, m. 67.

Of the other minor families— some of
whom, as Shippenley, Hilliley, Turnley
and Franceys, have been named — only occa-
sional notices are found. Alice daughter
of Thomas son of Roger de Shippenley and
her son Henry in 1306 claimed a mes-
suage and land against Adam the son and
heir of Thomas and Amabel the widow
of Thomas ; Assize R. 420, m. 5. Alice
daughter of Avice de Shippenley obtained
a judgement in 1358 against Henry de
Kuerden and Eva his wife respecting a
tenement in Ribchester ; Assize R. 438,
m. 3. For the Kuerden estate see Final
Cone, ii, 156. John de Hilliley gave his
son Robert the land of Stanlaw Abbey
except what he had given with Agnes his
daughter to Henry de Dutton ; Kuerden
MSS. iv, R. 14. Cecily widow of William
de Hilliley was complainant in 1358 ;
Duchy of Lane. Assize R. 6, m. 4 d. She
may have been the Cecily who in
1352 was wife of John son of Robert de
Turnley ; ibid. 2, m. I d. Richard le
Franceys was called to warrant William
son of Roger son of William de Ribchestei
in 1303, when Agnes widow of Richard
de Turnlache sought dower in certain
land ; De Banco R. 145, m. 171 d.

43 An early grant to Richard son of
Robert de Boys (Bosco) has been cited
above. A William son of Robert de

BLACKBURN HUNDRED

in Ribchester of Robert Lynalx in socage by a rent of
2s. 3^.44 His daughter Grace, then aged twelve, was
first married to Robert Talbot, but separating from
him wls married to John Dewhurst of Wilpshire,45
and carried the Boys' estate to this family.46

Roger Shireburne of Buckley died in 1605 hold-
ing various lands of the king by knight's service, and
leaving as heir a son Richard, then aged six.47
Buckley Hall, which stood about a mile to the
north-west of the town, was pulled down in 1895.
It was a picturesque gabled stone house with

RIBCHESTER

mullioned windows, but for some time before its
demolition had been spoiled externally by a thick
coating of whitewash. On the front was inscribed :

NEW BUCKLEY IS MY NAME,

RIC SHERBVRNE BVILT THE SAME

ANNO l662, AGED 6z.48

The Walmsleys of Dunkenhalgh 4S and Showley 80
acquired estates, and other owners occur in the
inquisitions.81 The late T. H. Rymer of Calder
Abbey inherited in 1902 a considerable estate here.

Boys had land in Dutton about 1250;
Add. MS. 32106, no. 133. John son of
Alexander de Boys in 1292 claimed a debt
from his brother Jordan ; Assize R. 408,
m. 98. In 1390-1 Cecily widow of
William de Healey and Cecily his
daughter and heir settled certain lands
in Ribchester with remainders to Nicholas
de Boys, Alice his wife, John son of
Robert de Turnley and Alice sister of
John ; Townley MS. C 8, 13 (Chet.
Lib.), R 70. Henry son of Nicholas
Boys was living in 1435 ; ibid. T 128.
John Boys was witness in 1403 ; Kuerden
fol. MS. 73. Robert brother and executor
of John Boys was plaintiffin 1445 ; Pal. of
Lane. Plea R. 8, m. 2. Ellis Boys of Rib-
chester found security for £20 in 1457 ;
Pal. of Lane. Chan. Misc. i/i, no. 50.

Lawrence Cottam of Garstang in 1488
released to John son of the late Henry
Boys his right in the lands, &c., recently
owned by Roger Elston in Ribchester ;
Kuerden fol. MS. 87. In 1520 John
Talbot of Salesbury granted Henry Boys a
messuage on lease (ibid. 397) ; and in
1524 Sir Thomas Southworth exchanged
lands in Ribchester for Henry's lands in
Mellor and Samlesbury ; ibid. 386. Henry
Boys made a feoffment 'of his lands, &c.,
in Ribchester (except Moton House) in
1543 ; Add. MS. 32104, no. 698.

44 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xi, no. 64.
He had also a tenement in Oswaldtwistle.
From later pleadings it appears that John
was the son and heir of Henry Boys.

44 The divorce was granted in or about
1562, because the marriage had taken
place in childhood without the consent of
Grace ; Furnivall, Child Marriages (Early
Engl. Text Soc.), 16. Robert Talbot and
others in 1563 became bound to William
Dewhurst of Wilpshire and John his son
to abide the award of an arbitration con-
cerning Boys House and other lands, &c.,
in Ribchester ; Add. MS. 32104, no. 714.
John Dewhurst and Grace his wife de-
mised a plat of land called Cockcroft to
Richard Watson in 1565 ; Kuerden fol.
MS. 95. They were still living in 1590,
when they made a feoffment of the
capital messuage called Boys House, &c. ;
ibid. Again, in 1599, they made a settle-
ment by fine ; ibid. 94.

There is a pedigree in the 1613 Visit.
(Chet. Soc.), 96 ; see also the account of
Wilpshire, and T. C. Smith, Ribchester,

23S-7-

4* There were a number of suits before
the succession was settled. In 1565
Robert Talbot complained that, whereas
Boys House should be in his possession
in right of his wife Grace, the Dewhursts
had entered, and were cutting down
hedges, destroying ' the great timber
woods and underwoods,' &c. The de-
fendants alleged the divorce and new mar-
riage of Grace to John Dewhurst ; Duchy
of Lane. Plead. Eliz. Ixv, T 5.

In 1576 William Boys of Great FaMag

in Middlesex, son of Edward and grand-
son of Henry Boys, sought to recover
Boys House, the ferry over the Ribble
known as 'the ferry of Osboston,' &c.,
alleging that Grace, the child of his uncle
John Boys, was illegitimate. The de-
fendants stated that John Boys was
divorced from his first wife Anne Dew-
hurst before he was married to Alice
Rodes, and that it had been decided in
court in 1557 that Grace should enjoy the
Boys estate ; Duchy of Lane. Plead.
Eliz. xcix, B 1 8 ; cvi, 615; ccx, D 7.

William Dewhurst, son of John and
Grace, died at Ribchester in 1621 hold-
ing Boys House, &c., of Richard Shire-
burne ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes,
and Ches.), ii, 284. The surname long
remained known in the township.

47 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes,
and Ches.), i, 58-61. The holding was a
composite one. Two messuages with
land called the Hagges were held of the
king as of his duchy of Lancaster by the
2ooth part of a knight'.! fee, a half
rood of land was held by the 3OOth
part of a fee, 2 acres called Sprodspool
by the 2ooth part, and the rest by the
twentieth part of a fee. A settlement is
recited, made by Richard Shireburne, the
father of Roger, in 1589-90, relating to
the capital messuage called Buckley, and
giving the names of fields, lanes, &c. — as
Turnley, Chester gate and Kendal heys.

In the pedigree by Mr. C. D. Sherborn
(Fam. of Sherborn, 104-8) it is stated that
Richard the father was a son of Roger
Shireburne of Wolfhouse in Chipping,
and that Richard the son (who built New
Buckley in 1662) died in 1674 without
issue. It appears, however, that Richard
the father was a brother of Roger of
Wolfhouse (ibid. 57-9), for in 1554 a
settlement of an estate in Ribchester
which seems to be certainly that of Buck-
ley was made by Robert Shireburne and
Margery his wife in favour of their son
Richard. In default of issue the lands
were to go to Richard son of Sir Richard
Shireburne of Stonyhurst ; Pal. of Lane.
Feet of F. bdle. 15, m. 65.

Buckley is named in a 13th-century
grant by William Moton to Thomas son
of Ralph de Ribchester ; Towneley MS.
OO, no. 1210.

In the 1 8th century Buckley Hall was
tenanted by a family named Pye ; Smith,
op. cit. 253-6.

48 Smith, Hist, of Ribchester, 240.

49 Roger de Walmersley in 1360 had
lands in right of his wife Alice, who seems
to have been an Ellel ; Dep. Keeper's Rep.
xxxii, App. 343. Robert de Walmerlegh
alias Walmesleye of Ribchester received a
pardon in 1400-1 ; Pal. of Lane. Chan.
Misc. 1/9, m. 146.

In 1550 or later Alexander Walmsley
of Elston, Margaret his wife and Robert
and Thomas their sons acquired various
Innds, which seem to have passed to the

49

Dewhurst family; Add. MS. 32104,
no. 1128, 693, &c. ; Pal. of Lane. Feet
of F. bdle. 19, m. 64 ; 45, m. 169.

Thomas Walmsley, father of Sir
Thomas and Richard, purchased a mes-
suage, &c., from Richard Singleton and
Alice his wife in 1562; Pal. of Lane.
Feet of F. bdle. 24, m. 10. He added
other lands, more especially for his
younger son 5 but in 1 5 84, in the in-
quisition after his death, the tenure of his
estate in Ribchester is not recorded ;
Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xiv, no. 72.
The son, Sir Thomas Walmsley of
Dunkenhalgh, at his death in 1612 held
his moiety of lands here in socage ; Lanes.
Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i,
249, 252. The tenants' names are given.

In 1653 Dame Anne Lucas of Dunken-
halgh and Thomas son and heir of
Nicholas Walmsley of London sought
allowance of their title to a tenement in
Ribchester leased to Thomas Dewhurst
in 1597. Two-thirds had been seques-
tered for the recusancy of Leonard
Walmsley, deceased, husband of Eliza-
beth Dewhurst (one of the lives) ; Cal.
Com. for Comp. iv, 3 1 *-6.

50 Richard Walmsley of Showley
(brother of Sir Thomas) had part of his
father's lands ; his principal acquisition
was that of the Preston family's estate in
1593 ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 55,
m. 92. He died in 1609 holding Fasten-
fields of the king by knight's service ;
Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc.), i, 149. This
had belonged to the Hospitallers.

At one time the family resided at
Ribchester, Richard Walmsley being
described as 'of Ribchester' when he
registered his estate as a ' Papist ' in
1717; Estcourt and Payne, Eng. Cath.
Non-jurors, loo. Part of their estate was
in 1867 given to the support of the alms-
houses ; End. Char. Rep.

61 In the earlier fines and pleadings
names of owners occur, but these have
usually to be recorded also in other town-
ships ; e.g. Dodhull and Hurst, 1335,
and Hayhurst, 1355 ; Final Cone, ii, 96,
147. Shaw of Elston held land in 1446 ;
ibid, iii, 1 1 2.

A small part of the land given to the
Hoghton chantry in 1407 was held of
Robert Townley by the rent of 2*.; Inq.
a.q.d. file 435, no. 26. Henry son ot"
Robert Townley had lands in Cliviger,
Ribchester and Dutton in 1420 ; Towne-
ley MS. DD, no. 2020. Alice widow of
John Anderton of Ribchester in 1453-4
leased her lands to John Towneley of
Birtwistle and afterwards sold them ;
Towneley MS. C 8, 13 (Chet. Lib.),
A 4 9, 50. Richard Towneley had landi
in the township in 1447 and 1473 ; ibid.
B 297, 301, 304. Richard Townley of
Dutton in 1618 held his lands in Rib-
chester and Dilworth of Richard Shire-
burne by 6d. rent ; Lanes. Inq, p.m. (Rec.
Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), ii, 137.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

In 1524 Robert Walmersley and Henry Boys con-
tributed to the subsidy for their lands in Ribchester
and Dilworth.82 In 1543 Robert Linalx, Henry
Boyes and Robert Walmsley the elder so contri-
buted.63 John Rodes and Richard Ward were free-
holders in i6oo.54 In the 1626 Subsidy Roll no
landowners are named ; John Osbaldeston was a
convicted recusant, and a large number paid as non-
communicants.55 John Ward paid £10 on re-
fusing knighthood in 1 63 1.56 The Civil War does
not seem to have affected any of the resident land-
owners,57 but in 1717 two or three had to register
estates as * Papists.' 58

A rental of the wapentake compiled in l66259
shows that Richard Shireburne paid zs. \d. for the
manor of Ribchester and is. for a house there ;
another Richard Shireburne paid il</. for Buckley,

Richard Ward 6</. for Ward Green, Richard Darwen
is. for Swinglehurst, William Dewhurst "]d. for
Boys House, Richard Dewhurst and Thomas Shaw 3^.
for Idesforth and Edward Walmsley ^d. for' Rodes
Mill. There were other tenants.

In 1354 Adam Bibby demised land in Ribchester
to William de Bradley, ferryman, who was to hold it
by paying I id. rent and ferrying men across the
river. If the men of the place should wish to build
a wood or stone bridge, then the rector of Rib-
chester or the lord of Osbaldeston might sell the lands
and apply the money to the bridge.60 The date of
the building of the bridge is uncertain 61 ; the ferry
continued in use until 1903. The ferryman was
the occupant of Boathouse Farm, about half a mile
south-west of the church and opposite Osbaldeston
Hall on the other side of the Ribble.62

Henry Preston of Preston died in
1549 holding land in Ribchester of the»
king as of the late priory of St. John of
Jerusalem by a rent of 6d. ; Duchy of
Lane. Inq. p.m. ix, no. 19 ; x, no. 10.
The estate, including a fishery in the
Ribble, was sold in 1593 to Richard
Walmsley as above. A Preston family
is of early occurrence, for in 1292 Robert
son of Adam de Preston held the moiety
of a messuage and 40 acres in Ribchester
in right of his wife Margery ; they were
claimed by Margery the infant daughter
of Adam $on of Bernard de Ribchester ;
Assize R. 408, m. 1 5 d. Adam son of
Robert de Preston in 1313-14 claimed
messuages and lands against John de
Preston (apparently his son) and others ;
Assize R. 424, m. 2 d. Robert Preston
was in 1472-82 the feoffee of Alexander
Halgh's estate at Goddisbrook in Rib-
chester ; Add. MS. 32106, no. 270, 1016.

William son of Richard Blackburn was
in 1552 reputed to be an idiot. He had
sold his lands, and his father's heirs,
Roger Salebury and Ellen wife of Henry
Seed, put in a claim as kinsmen and heirs ;
they were aged twenty-six and forty
respectively, and Ellen was William's
sister ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. ix, no.
13 ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 13,
m. 121. Both Blackburn and Seed are
names of long standing in the district.
William Blackburn had land there in
1443 ; Add. MS. 32106, no. 341. Robert
Seed in 1564 held three messuages, &c. ;
Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 26, m. 125.
Robert Seed, senior and junior, were pur-
chasers in 1589 and John Seed in 1590 ;
ibid, bdles. 51, m. 212; 52, m. 40.
Roger Seed sold to William Charnley
'n I577> and the purchaser and his wife
Alice settled their lands in Ribchester and
Dilworth in 1579 ; ibid, bdles. 39, m. 55 ;
41, m. 123.

Hugh Ash's lands in Ribchester were
held of the Crown ; Duchy of Lane. Inq.
p.m. x, no. 35. See the accounts of
Aighton and Dutton. George Ash, the
son, appears to have sold his Ribchester
lands to Richard Walmsley; PaL of
Lane. Feet of F. bdles. 43, m. 143 ; 44,
m. 215.

Hugh Swansey of Chorley in 1566 held
a little land in Ribchester of Robert
Lynalx ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xi, no.
29. John Swansey in 1548 had held
lands, &c., in Ribchester and Mellor, but
they seem to have been sold to John
South worth in 1559 ; Pal. of Lane. Feet
of F. bdles. 13, m. 190 ; 21, m. 96.

William Burley died in 1558 holding

a messuage of the queen by knight's
service and the rent of 21. %d. ; Robert
his son and heir was four years old ;
Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xi, no. 57.
Robert died in 1617 holding as before
and leaving as heir a son William, forty
years of age ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc.),

»i, 77-

George Newsham of Newsham in 1585
held a messuage, &c., in Ribchester of
Hugh Shireburne, younger son of Sir
Richard, by a rent of 6d. ; Duchy of
Lane. Inq. p.m. xiv, no. 88. Henry
Newsham held of Richard Shireburne in

1619 by the same rent ; Thomas his son
and heir was twenty-three years of age ;
Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc.), ii, 123.

Thomas Sowerbutts died in 1594
holding a messuage in Ribchester, for-
merly part of the chantry endowment ;
Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xvi, no. 20.

The Halgh family has been named
several times in former notes. It appears
that Richard Crompton of Bury in 1 545
purchased four messuages and a water-
mill in Ribchester and Hothersall from
Nicholas and George Halgh ; Pal. of
Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 12, m. 199, 211.
The purchaser made a settlement of his
estate in 1556, the remainders being to
George (son of John) Harper of Radcliffe,
and to Richard (son of John) Crompton
of Prestall ; ibid. bdle. 17, m. 134. The
estate is very soon afterwards (1565)
found in possession of Thomas Green-
halgh, Jane his wife and Richard his son ;
ibid. bdle. 27, m. 42. See T. C. Smith,
Ribchester, 53.

Michael Clarkson died in 1615 holding
Whitecarr fall in Ribchester of Richard
Shireburne ; he bequeathed this to a
younger son John. William the son and
heir was only seven years old ; Chan.
Inq. p.m. dxx, 67.

M Subs. R. Lanes, bdle. 130, no. 82.

68 Ibid. no. 125.

54 Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.),
i, 235 ; Smith, op. cit. 244.

John Rodes purchased a messuage from
Henry Preston in 1588 ; Pal. of Lane.
Feet of F. bdle. 50, m. 57. He died in

1 620 owning Halgh House in Ribchester
and other lands there of Richard Shire-
burne by 4$. rent ; also lands in Dutton,
Clayton-le-Dale and Preston ; Lanes.
Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), ii,
216. John his son and heir, then thirty
years of age, died in 1623, leaving two
daughters as co-heirs, viz. Ellen and
Margaret, aged four and three respec-
tively ; ibid, iii, 360. The Jauden House
was part of the estate.

50

Richard Ward was one of the pur-
chasers from William Blackburn the
idiot; Ducatus Lane, ii, 177, 219; iii,
1 20, &c. For the family see Smith,
op. cit. 256.

56 Subs. R. Lanes, bdle. 131, no. 317.
John Osbaldeston, described as of Rib-
chester, compounded for his recusancy in
1630 by paying £2 101. a year; Trans.
Hist. Soc. (new ser.), xxiv, 174.

M Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.),
i, 218.

57 The estates of the Dewhursts,
Walmsleys and Talbots suffered.

58 Estcourt and Payne, op. cit. 91, 92.
They were Richard Traffbrd, brother of
John Traffbrd of Croston, and John
Higgison, miller.

*' In the possession of W. Farrer
(' Honor of Clitheroe ').

60 Towneley MS. OO, no. 1 508 ; the
' Maydya ford of Ribble ' is named.
Adam the Ferryman is known from a
much earlier deed ; he paid a rent of %d.
for his land to William son of Richard de
Dutton, who released it to Adam de
Blackburn ; Towneley MS. DD, no.
141, 1196.

The Bibby family is of frequent
occurrence. Richard son of Bibby was
in 1292 non-suited in a claim against
Robert son of Ellis de Ribchester respect-
ing certain lands ; Assize R. 408, m.
57 d. William son of Richard son of
Bibby attested a charter of about the
same time; Add. MS. 32106, no.
144.

Adam Bibby, no doubt the benefactor,
made claims for common of pasture in
1356 against Sir Adam de Hoghton and
others ; Duchy of Lane. Assize R. 5, m.
10 d. In the same year he granted to
John de Osbaldeston and William Moton,
chaplains, certain lands he had had from
William his father and John his brother,
lying in landoles in the field called Erley ;
Add. MS. 32106, no. 456 (fol. 323).
He had given a messuage to his brother
Thomas in 1354 ; ibid. no. 208.

The land for the ferry may be the
Boathouse field named in the Osbaldeston
inquisition already cited.

61 In 1669 an old bridge was replaced
by one destroyed in 1772 by a flood ;
the present one was built two years
later ; Smith, op. cit. 263.

62 Boathouse Farm was purchased from
the Warren heirs (de Tabley) in 1854 by
Jonathan Openshaw ; information of Mr.
James Openshaw, who adds that there
was formerly a ford a little above the
ferry.

BLACKBURN HUNDRED

The Hospitallers 63 and Whalley Abbey had lands
in Ribchester.64

From the land tax return of 1788 it appears that
Mr. Walmsley and esquire Hinks were the chief
landowners.65

An Inclosure Act for Chipping, Mitton and Rib-
chester was passed in l8o8,66 and under it the
boundaries of the manors of Ribchester and Button
were fixed.67

The parish church has been described. There is
a Church of England Evangelical Protestant Mission-
room in the town.

The history of the Congregational cause at Knowl
Green goes back to preaching begun at Lum Mills
in 1814, but afterwards discontinued,68 and the
chapel, 1827-31, owes its rise to the zeal of an
artisan. A new chapel was built in i867.69

Of the persistency of the Roman Catholic religion
in the township and district there are numerous
tokens. Various persons were presented to the Bishop
of Chester in 1622 as 'seducers and harbourers of
seminary priests.' 70 Again in 1635, when trade rivals
sought to check one John Cutler, a Ribchester shop-
keeper, they said he was ' by his confession a con-
victed recusant, an utter enemy of the blessed word
of God both in argument and life,' who ' commonly,
for the most part weekly, used to go to where priests
of his profession [were] harboured to say mass,' and
they wished him to be summoned before the assize
judges and required to take the oath of supremacy, to
discover ' whether there be in him any loyalty to his
majesty or not.' 71

James Standford, the benefactor, in 1695 left
£500

for the maintenance of a good priest for ever at Stidd or Bailey
Hall Chapel, if times permitted that public service could there be
had ; otherwise to be for one who should serve in the country
two miles round about the places of Stidd and Bailey Hall ; and
he desired that the privilege of nominating one to enjoy the
benefice should remain to Mr. Tempest and Mr. Westby and
their families for ever, if they remained in the Catholic faith,
otherwise should redound to some eminent Catholic of good repute
in the said circuit ; provided that he whom they nominated
should be a very exemplary, virtuous, careful, vigilant and
sufficiently learned person, and that he should not be absent
from his flock for above two or three days and that only upon
extraordinary business 5 and he obliged him who enjoyed the
benefice to say four masses every year for him and his family.78

The mission was served from Showley during the
times of proscription. It is worthy of note that in

RIBCHESTER

1706-10 some baptisms and marriages are entered in
the parish church registers as performed by a Roman,
Romish, or Papist priest. The present chapel of
SS. Peter and Paul, situated close to the boundary of
Stidd, was opened in 1789. The priest in charge
acts as chaplain to the adjacent almshouses.73

DILWORTH

Bileuurde (for Dilewrde), Dom. Bk. ; Dileworth,
1227; Dillesworth, 1284; Dilleworth, 1292.

This township lies on the southern and western
slope of Longridge Fell, the altitudes ranging from
300 to 700 ft. above sea level. On the southern
border is a large reservoir of the Preston Waterworks.
The area of the township is 1,248 acres,1 and there
was a population of 2,439 in 190 1.2

The greater part of the little town of Longridge
lies in the extreme west corner of the township,
having a railway station, the terminus of a line from
Preston, opened in l84O,3 and owned by the London
and North Western and Lancashire and Yorkshire
Companies. From the town two main roads branch
off, one to the north-east and east along the northern
side of the Fell, and the other to the east, along the
southern side. An intermediate road, on the same
side of the Fell, but much higher, is not much used.

Written Stone Farm, to the east of Longridge,
takes its name from a long stone inscribed : —

RAVFFE RADCLIFFE LAID THIS
STONE TO LYE FOR EVER. A.fc, ^655.

It is at the entrance to the farmyard. There are
various legends connected with it.4

The Longridge gild day is 10 August.8
Longridge has been governed by a local board
since 1883 ; this has now become an urban district
council of nine members. The area includes the
township of Alston and Dilworth. Gas is supplied
by a local private company and water by the Preston
Corporation, which has several reservoirs in the
township.

Cotton-spinning and manufacture are carried on
to some extent. Nails are made and stone quarries
are worked. It is the stone trade, begun about
1830, which has caused the growth of Longridge.6
A century ago there was a thriving besom trade.7
There are several fairs for cattle, &c. The land is
mostly used for grazing.

68 The rental of 1609 shows that their
lands in Ribchester were then held by
Robert Burley (grandson of Robert, living
1 544), who paid is. %d. rent ; John
Rodes, zs. lid.; John Greenwood,
2s. zd. ; Richard Walmesley, Fastand-
field, u. 6d.j &c. ; Kuerden MSS. ii, fol.
132^. It was in 1544 that Richard
Crombleholme purchased Fastandfield,
land at Boys Bridge and other parts of
the Hospitallers' estate in Ribchester and
Dutton ; Pat. 36 Hen. VIII, pt. xvii.
He sold much of it in parcels.

The lands held by the Holts of
Gristlehurst perhaps included both
Hospitallers' and Whalley lands ; Duchy
of Lane. Inq. p.m. xxvi, no. 25.

64 The grants have been recited above.
In 1365 Robert de Kendal claimed from
Alice daughter of John Wilcockson, John
de Turnley and Cecily his wife acquit-
tance of the services demanded by the
Abbot of Whalley ; De Banco R. 421,
m. 157 ; 424, m. 266 d.

About 1 540 Geoffrey Dewhurst held
land in Ribchester at a rent of zs. id. ;
Whalley Couch, iv, 1242.

65 Returns at Preston.

6(5 48 Geo. Ill, cap. 79.

67 T. C. Smith, Ribchester, 70-1 ;
Lanes, and Ches. Rec. (Rec. Soc. Lanes,
and Ches.), i, 56 (award dated 1812)

68 Nightingale, Lanes. Nonconf. ii,
"3-

6» Ibid. 115-17.

An Anabaptist was living at Dilworth
in 1699, as appears by an entry in the
church registers.

70 Visit. P. at Chester Dioc. Reg.

71 Smith, Ribchester, 56. For the con-
victed recusants in Ribchester and Dutton
c. 1670 see Misc. (Cath. Rec. Soc.), v,
155-6.

73 End. Char. Rep. (Ribchester), 12.
His first trustees were Stephen Tempest
of Broughton and John Westby of Alston.
The bequest, at that time illegal, was
faithfully observed, though part of the

51

capital was lost. In 1844 Sir Charles
Robert Tempest claimed the right to
nominate a priest to serve Stidd Chapel,
and withheld the endowment from the
Bishop of Salford's nominees, until advised
by counsel that he had no right to do so.
' The trusteeship of the charity having
thus proved to involve no privilege,' the
legal estate was in 1884 transferred
to the Bishop of Salford and other
trustees.

73 Smith, op. cit. 210-13.

1 Including 33 acres of inland water.

2 Including Crumpax.

3 T. C. Smith, Longridgc, 42. It was
originally worked by horses, the first loco-
motive being used in 1848.

4 Ibid. op. cit. 27-30.

5 Ibid. 34. About 1 800 the festival
occupied two days, on one of which was a
horse race and on the other a foot race ;
ibid. 40.

6 Ibid. 44.

7 Ibid. 40.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

In 1066 DILWORTH was a member
M4NOR of Earl Tostig's Preston fee, and was
afterwards given to Count Roger of
Poitou.8 Its two plough-lands probably then in-
cluded Alston and Hothersall. It is not known how
Dilworth proper became not only separate but
merged in Ribchester, so as to be accounted merely a
hamlet of the central township and part of the
honor of Clitheroe.9

From the scanty notices of the place it may be
gathered that it was held by Alan de Singleton about
1 200, and of him in moieties by the lord of
Ribchester and a local family or families.10 The

former moiety was granted by William Moton of
Ribchester to Richard son of Alan de Singleton,11
and seems to have become part of the main family
estate, being held in demesne. The lordship de-
scended regularly from Singleton to Banastre of
Bretherton,12 Balderston and Harrington 13 and
Osbaldeston,14 but was usually considered only a
moiety of the manor.15 The second moiety was
acquired from Osbert de Dilworth by Adam de
Hoghton,16 descending like Hoghton.17 In 1566
Thomas Hoghton acquired the Osbaldeston estate in
Dilworth,18 and thus became lord of the undivided
manor.19 In 1772 it was sold by Sir Henry

* V.C.H. Lanes, i,

9 It was probably acquired by the Lacys
together with Ribchester, perhaps in 1 187,
but the manner is not certainly known.

10 This is inferred from the account of
Sir William Banastre's estate in a subse-
quent note.

11 William de Mutun granted to Richard
son of Alan de Singleton the whole moiety
of land and wood, hawks, honey and mill,
the bounds beginning opposite the Strid-
thorn by Thornley, down Longshaw
Brook to Dilworthsed Brook, up this to
the upper head of Dilworth, across to
Hothersall ; then by the boundaries of
Hothersall, Alston, Whittingham, Wheat-
ley and Thornley to the starting-point.
The grantor reserved to himself certain
easements, including mast fall, within
these bounds, as well as a rent of four
barbed arrows ; Kuerden MSS. iv, R 9.
Sir Robert de Lathom was the first
witness ; the others included Alan de
Singleton, William his son and Hugh de
Osbaldeston.

A Richard de Singleton is soon after-
wards (1246) found to be brother of some
religious house — probably Cockersand ;
Final Cone. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.),
i, 103, 150.

This may be a grant of half the lord-
ship, but it was not the first acquisition
by the Singleton family, for Alan son of
Richard — father of the above Richard —
confirmed to Jordan le Blund (Albus)
half an oxgang of land in Dilworth, which
Adam de Stiholmes had formerly held of
Alan ; Add. MS. 32106, no. 395 (fol.
311). The same Alan granted to the
canons of Cockersand 4 acres and a toft
from his land in Dilworth, between Wite-
kerbrook and Cronkeshaw Brook, with
easements of his fee in the vill aforesaid,
for the souls of Robert and Roger de Lacy,
&c. ; Cockersand Chartul. (Chet. Soc.), i,
227.

In 1246 William de Hawksworth suc-
cessfully claimed land in Dilworth against
Richard son of Alan ; Assize R. 404,
m. 4 d. Richard son of Alan de Singleton
gave Richard son of Alexander de Pen-
wortham, chaplain, a toft in Dilworth, of
i perch in extent, on the west side of
Adam de Cartmel's house, at a rent of a
pair of white gloves ; Add. MS. 32106,
no. 100. As Richard de Singleton he
granted land touching Cronkeshaw Brook
to Adam son of Adam de Hoghton ; ibid,
no. 119. Bernard the clerk was a witness.

William son of Alan de Singleton
granted half an oxgang of land to Hugh
son of Siegrith daughter of Jordan le
Blund (Albus) of Dilworth, at a rent of
31. ; Towneley MS. DD, no. 1534.

12 The Singleton heiress Joan widow of
Thomas Banastre made a settlement of
her estate in 1303 ; Final Cone. (Rec.

Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 201. In 1306
she allowed the beasts of Robert de Dil-
worth within her wood and pasture in
return for a rent of 6d. to be levied on all
Robert's tenements within Ribchester ;
Add. MS. 32106, no. 122.

Sir William Banastre in 1311 held one
plough-land in Dilworth of the heir of
Henry de Lacy by the rent of 2s. payable
on St. Giles's Day ; De Lacy Inq. (Chet.
Soc.), 17. Again in 1324 it was found
that William Banastre had died seised of
the hamlet of Dilworth, held of Thomas
Earl of Lancaster and Alice his wife by a
rent of zs. ; one half was in demesne and
the other in service ; Inq. p.m. 17 Ed w. II,
no. 45.

Sir Adam Banastre gave Adam de Yor-
drawes a messuage with curtilage abutting
on Longridge, another parcel on the High-
field, and another on the Greenhurst, all
in Dilworth ; Add. MS. 32106, no. 125.
This was probably the origin of the estate
of two messuages, &c., in Ribchester held
by Thomas de Yordrawes and Margery his
wife in 1383 ; Final Cone, iii, 17. Adam
Banastre in 1336 granted to Henry de
Kuerden of Ribchester and Alice daughter
cf Henry for life the lands in Whiteley
Fall in Dilworth they had had from John
and Nicholas sons of Sir Thomas Banastre;
Add. MS. 32106, no. 123, 679.

Lands in Dilworth were included in
Edward Banastre's estate in 1385 ; Lanes.
Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), i, 16.

18 Dilworth occurs among the Balders-
ton manors ; Kuerden MSS. iii, B 3-7.
For the descent see the account of Bal-
derston ; also Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.),
ii, 71. It was probably in right of this
descent that Sir William Harrington in
1466 granted lands in Ribchester to Roger
son of Nicholas Elston ; Kuerden MSS. iii,
R9.

Dilworth was among the manors granted
to Thomas first Earl of Derby after the
Harrington forfeiture 5 Lanes, and Ches.
Rec. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), ii, 309.

In right of the Balderston inheritance
lands in Dilworth are named in the in-
quisitions of Thomas Earl of Derby,
Edmund Dudley, Osbaldeston, Radcliffe
of Winmarleigh and Gerard, but the
tenure is not separately recorded.

14 On the partition of the Balderston
manors in 1565 Dilworth was allotted to
John Osbaldeston ; Pal. of Lane. Plea R.
216, m. 10.

16 This is evident from the grants to
Ravenshaw quoted below.

16 This is inferred from the tenure as
recorded later. Osbert would hold of
Singleton and he of the Earl of Lincoln.
One grant has been preserved by which
Osbert de Dilworth gave Adam de Hogh-
ton land within bounds, beginning at the
Sandy way and including the Carr, Hurst,

Greenlache and High Way ; to be held by
a rent of it,d. and a pair of white gloves ;
Add. MS. 32106, no. 1 20. Richard le
Boteler, then sheriff (? 1243), was a
witness. Osbert le Blund (Albus) after-
wards released to Adam the service speci-
fied ; ibid. no. 313.

Adam son of Adam de Hoghton about
the same time released to Alan de Single-
ton the lands formerly Osbert le Blund's
(Blundi) ; ibid. no. 116.

In 1227 a partition was made of an
oxgang of land and three-quarters between
Avice widow of William Brun, Robert
Plumb and Cecily his wife on one side
and Robert son of Ulfy on the other,
whereby the last named obtained a moiety
to be held of Avice and Cecily and their
heirs at a rent of zzd. at St. Giles's Day,
of which zid. was due to the chief lord ;
Final Cone, i, 53. Maud daughter of
Robert Plumb and Cecily his wife released
to Adam de Hoghton any claim she might
have in Adam's land in Dilworth ; Add.
MS. 32106, no. 118.

William son of Richard de Singleton
released to Adam de Hoghton all claim in
his father's lands within Dilworth ; ibid,
no. 279.

Thomas de Singleton and Adam de
Hoghton in 1291, as lords of the vill and
soil of Dilworth, complained of encroach-
ments by Robert son of Ellis de Ribchester,
Richard Franceys, Robert de Anyetehalgh,
Robert the Eyre and others, and recovered ;
Assize R. 407, m. i d. There were some
counterclaims the following year ; ibid.
408, m. 12 d. The same lords, in con-
junction with Katherine widow of Alan
de Singleton (father of Thomas) and then
wife of Thomas de Clifton, and Agnes
widow of Adam de Hoghton were in 1292
sued by Robert de Pocklington, rector of
Ribchester, for having disseised him of an
eighth part of certain wood, moor and
heath in Dilworth ; ibid. m. 63, i8d. It
would seem from this that the rector of
Ribchester held i oxgang of land in
Dilworth.

Sir Henry Hoghton was in 1425 found
to have held a moiety of the manor of
Dilworth of the heirs of Osbert de Dil-
worth ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.),
ii, 12.

17 The later Hoghton inquisitions
merely state that the lands in Dilworth
were held of the king as duke by services
unknown or in socage ; e.g. Duchy of
Lane. Inq. p.m. iii, no. 66 ; xxvii, no. 13.

is Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 28,
m. 1 86. The ' manor ' is not named, the
estate being described as twenty messuages
and various lands in Dilworth and
Haighton.

19 The manor of Dilworth is named in a
Hoghton settlement of 1585 ; ibid. bdle.
57, m. 178.

BLACKBURN HUNDRED

Hoghton and Frances his wife to William Shaw the
younger.80 The present lord is stated to be Mr.
William Cross of Red Scar in Grimsargh.

In 1357 the tenants of Dilworth and those of
Ribchester arrived at a settlement of various disputes
as to the wastes and common rights.21

Few of the minor landowners' names occur, but
some of those in Ribchester seem to have held in this
township also. The Knights Hospitallers had some
land.28 Dilworth23 and Moton,24 Catterall'5 and
Ravenshaw,26 have left some record of themselves.17
Later the Cottam family, who seem to have had the
mill, became prominent.28 Of this family was the
B. Thomas Cottam executed for his priesthood

RIBCHESTER

in I58z.29 Whitacre is named as if it were a
hamlet.80

In 1788 the principal owners were John Cottam,
double assessed for his religion, Margaret Wharton
and William Bowen.

Longridge Church is in Alston ; it has a chapel of
ease in Dilworth, St. Paul's, built in 1890.

The Wesleyan Methodists opened their first chapel
in 1836. It was called Mount Zion, and situated on
the Alston side of the boundary. The present chapel
was built in 1884-5." The Particular Baptists had a
Sunday service in l888.M The Congregationalists
began to hold meetings in 1860, the minister of
Knowl Green leading ; the chapel was built in

20 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 387,
m. 114.

21 Add. MS. 32106, no. 763. Sir
Adam de Hoghton, Thomas son of Sir
Adam Banastre, William de Hornby,
rector of Ribchester, Robert de Singleton
the elder, Richard de Catterall and Richard
de Knoll are the tenants of Dilworth
named ; those of Ribchester including
William de Whalley, Adam Bibby, Henry
de Kuerden, Robert Moton, Simon de
Preston. Ribchester is called a vill and
Dilworth a hamlet.

22 Alan son of Richard de Singleton
confirmed his father's gift of 4 acres to
the hospital of St. Saviour under Long-
ridge and the brethren there serving God.
The land was between Cronkshaw Brook
and Whitacre Brook ; Dugdale, Man.
Angl. vi, 686. See the account of Stidd.

23 In 1284 it was found that Juliana
widow of Hugh de Dilworth had died
seised of two-thirds of a messuage and
land in Dilworth, tenanted by Margery
daughter of Hugh. Richard son of Hugh
and Juliana seems to have been the plain-
tiff. The tenant called the Prior of St.
John to warrant her; Assize R. 1265,
m. 4.

Uctred de Dilworth granted to his son
William lands held of Sir Adam de
Hoghton; Add. MS. 32106, no. 109.
A rent of 6d. was due to the Hospitallers.

Margery daughter of Adam de Dilworth
gave lands to Sir Richard de Hoghton in
1339 ; ibid. no. 113.

24 This seems to have been a junior
branch of the Moton of Ribchester family.
In 1344-5 Thomas son of Gilbert son of
Alan de Singleton claimed portions of
land in Dilworth against Robert son
of Adam Moton and Henry and William
his sons, against Adam de Dilworth the
younger and Margery his wife, and
against Henry son of Beatrix de Kuerden ;
De Banco R. 339, m. 109 ; 344, m. 162.
The plaintiff was a minor.

Sir Adam Banastre had in 1331 given
the third part of his approvement in
Hesmundehalgh to Henry son of Robert
Moton of Ribchester and William his
brother ; Add. MS. 32106, no. 87.

25 Richard de Catterall of Whittingham
and Isabel his wife gave lands in Dil-
worth, &c., to their son Alan in 1369 ;
Add. MS. 32106, no. 96-7.

26 Adam de Eller in 1327 gave all his
land in Osbern riding to Adam Chyry of
Ribchester; Add. MS. 32106, no. 102.
William son of Adam Chyry gave it to
John son of John de Ravenshaw in 1355;
ibid. no. 86. From this deed it appears
that the land had earlier been granted by
Alan son of William de Singleton to his
daughter Agnes.

William son of Hugh son of Hugh
de Dilworth granted land to Randle de

Singleton and Mabel his wife in 1343 ;
ibid. no. 99. Margaret widow of Thomas
de Knoll and daughter of Randle de
Singleton in 1358 granted her land in
the high field of Dilworth together with
half a messuage to the above John son of
John de Ravenshaw ; ibid. no. 126, 106.
The same John and Ellen his wife in
1376 obtained other grants from the lords
of the manor, Sir Adam de Hoghton and
Sir Thomas Banastre ; ibid. no. 90, &c.
In 1386 Ellen de Ravenshaw his widow
held his lands, with remainders to his
daughters Agnes, Christiana, Isabel and
Margaret ; ibid. no. 83.

27 Edward Radcliffe in 1617 had lands
in Dilworth and Alston, held of Sir
Richard Hoghton ; Henry, his son and
heir, was of full age ; Lanes. Inq. p.m.
(Rec. Soc.), ii, 52. Ralph Radcliffe of
the ' Written Stone ' was probably a
successor.

28 In 1466 Henry son of Sir Richard
Hoghton granted to William Cottam of
Alston and his sons Ellis and Edmund
certain land in Dilworth for their lives,
the lease to begin at his father's death ;
Add. MS. 32106, no. 94. Uctred
Cottam appears in 1483 ; ibid. no. 98.
Uctred and Robert his son and heir made
a feoffment of their messuages, lands and
water-mill in the same year ; ibid.no. 92.
Uctred's wife Ellen, perhaps a second
wife, appears in the same year ; ibid.
no. 103. Their lands seem to have been
given to Lawrence son of Edmund Cottam
in 1503 and 1511 ; ibid. no. 105, 107,
&c. From Lawrence Cottam Sir Richard
Hoghton purchased in 1529, and Robert
cousin and heir of Uctred Cottam
(perhaps a grandson) released his right at
the same time ; ibid. no. 89, 101.

One branch of the family recorded a
short pedigree in 1613 ; Visit. (Chet.
Soc.), 100.

Lawrence Cottam, Dorothy his wife
and Thomas his son made a settlement
in 1605 ; Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 296,
m. 2 d. Lawrence died in 1619 holding
a messuage and land of Sir Richard
Hoghton by a rent of 21. ; Lanes. Inq.
p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), ii, 115.
Thomas his son and heir, then thirty
years of age, died two years later holding
the same estate and leaving as heir his
son Thomas, aged fifteen ; ibid, ii, 232.
These Cottams were of High House ; some
further particulars of them will be found
in Smith's Ribchester, 242—3, from which
it appears that Lawrence Cottam, who
was fined for recusancy in 1667 and 1680,
died in 1682. His son and heir, also
Lawrence, registered his estate as a
' Papist ' in 1717; he had a leasehold
house valued at £27 a year ; Estcourt
and Payne, Engl. Cath. Non-jurors, 106.

The Cottams of Knowl Green had a

53

house at one time called Dilworth Hall
and now the manor-house ; for an account
of them see Smith, op. cit. 243. John
Cottam of Ribchester paid ^10 on refusing
knighthood in 1631 ; Misc. (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), i, 218. The lands of
Richard Cottam of Dilworth were ordered
to be sold by the Parliament in 1652 ;
Index of Royalists (Index Soc.), 42. A
later John Cottam (son of Ellis), as a
' Papist,' registered his small estate at
Ribchester, Dilworth and Wrightington
in 1717 ; Estcourt and Payne, op. cit. 91.

John Walmsley also registered a small
estate ; ibid. 104.

29 Thomas Cottam, brought up as a
Protestant, was educated at Brasenose
Coll., Oxf. (M.A. 1572), and taught a
school in London. Here he was recon-
ciled to the Roman Church and then
went abroad, his desire being to preach
the Gospel in the East Indies. Being
rejected by the Jesuits on account of ill-
health, he returned to the seminary at
Rheims, was ordained priest and sent on
the English mission in 1580. On land-
ing at Dover he was recognized from the
report of a spy, arrested and imprisoned.
He was racked and tortured in the Tower,
b'ut remaining constant was at last exe-
cuted at Tyburn 30 May 1582, together
with four other priests. One of these
was B. Lawrence Richardson or Johnson
of Great Crosby. Cottam was allowed to
hang till he was dead. His beatification
was allowed by Leo XIII in 1886. See
Gillow, Bill. Diet, of Engl. Cath. i, 5 74 ;
Pollen, Acts of Martyrs, 280, 373 ;
Challoner, Miss. Priests, no. 15. He is
claimed as a Jesuit in Foley, Rec. S. /. vii,
174 (portrait).

80 Adam son of Adam de Morca of
Euxton and Ellen his wife in 1309
granted Isabel daughter of Jordan de
Dutton clerk all their land in Whitacre
in the hamlet of Dilworth ; Add. MS.
32106, no. 91. Roger son of Thomas
Topping and John son of Roger de Bolton
in 1318 granted land in Whitacre to
William the Tailor, son of Henry Moton ;
ibid. no. 84, 95. Six years afterwards
Henry Moton in exchange for this land
gave his son William the Newhey in
Ribchester, obtained from Robert Moton ;
ibid. no. 85.

In 1357 Richard son of Adam de Rib-
chester acquired a messuage and land in
Whitacre and Dilworth from John de
Turnley and Cecily his wife ; Final Cone.
ii, 152.

81 T. C. Smith, Longridge, 80 ;
A. Hewitson, Our Country Churches, 103
— the old chapel.

82 Smith, ibid.

33 Ibid. 78 ; Nightingale, La»«. Nonconf.
ii, 117, where it is recorded that efforts
had been made to establish a church in

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

The Roman Catholic church of St. Wilfrid was
opened in 1886 ; it had been preceded by a smaller
building, now the school, in 1869. The mission
was an offshoot from Alston Lane. The church
possesses the head of an old processional cross, found
in the neighbourhood about i83O.84

BUTTON

Dutton, 1258 and usually. Ditton is found very
rarely. Dunton occurs 1289.

This township includes the extra-parochial place or
chapelry of Stidd, formerly belonging to the Knights
of St. John of Jerusalem. The area of the whole is
1,898^ acres,1 of which Stidd has 752. The popu-
lation in 1901 numbered 229.

The land slopes down from nearly the highest point
of Longridge Fell, over i, I oo ft., to the Kibble, i oo ft.
above the ordnance datum, the length in this direction,
from north to south, exceeding 3 miles. Starling
Brook, on the east, divides it from Aighton, and Stidd
Brook, on the west, from Ribchester, while Dutton
Brook flows south through a wooded valley in the
centre to join the Ribble. Stidd proper is in the
south-west corner of the township, and its district
stretches north along the western border for some

distance, St. John's Well being nearly a mile to the
north ; then it extends across the township as far as
the eastern border, and returns to the west. There
are four small detached portions at the south end of
Dutton and one in the north end. In the north end
also is a detached part of Aighton, Bailey and
Chaigley, known as Lennox's Farm. In recent times
these anomalous boundaries have been removed for
local government purposes.

Ribchester Bridge is in this township ; it provides
a passage between Longridge and Ribchester on the
north and Blackburn on the south. Another road
from Ribchester turns to the north through the
township, passing Dutton Hall and Pan Stones, to
join the road from Longridge to Mitton. It continues
north through Huntingdon to join the higher road
between the same places.

In 1066 DUTTON was probably a
MANORS part of Ribchester, not having a separate
record in Domesday Book, but in 1102
it was given, as one plough-land, to Robert de Lacy by
Henry I.* From that time it became a member of
the honor of Clitheroe, and the land was held by a
number of tenants. The immediate lordship of the
manor seems to have been held by a family using the
local surname,3 from whom it passed to a younger
branch of the Claytons of Clayton-le-Dale about 1 2 go.4

Longridge in 1816 and again in 1830.
Also Hewitson, op. cit. 101.

34 Smith, op. cit. 73. While an old
house was being pulled down a boy play-
ing about found the cross and some other
religious objects on a ledge. The church
also possesses a carved oak chair made
for John Towers, Bishop of Peter-
borough, 1631. See also Hewitson, op.
cit. 99.

1 1,908 acres, including 24 of inland
water; Census Rep. 1901. The addition
of Lennox's Farm accounts for the differ-
ence of area.

* Farrer, Lanes. Pipe R. 382. It was
given together with Aighton and Chip-
pingdale. There is but little evidence of
the dependency upon Clitheroe, but in
1258, after the death of Edmund de Lacy,
it was found that Dutton paid 5.1. to the
lord ; Lanes. Inq. and Extents (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), i, 217.

8 As the deeds of the Dutton and
Clayton families do not seem to be known,
and as few references occur in the
pleadings, only a very imperfect account
can be given of the descent of the
manor.

Uctred de Dutton granted land to Ellis
son of Leising within bounds including
Netherhalgh, Overhalgh, the Crook and
Wilmescroft ; Add. MS. 32106, no. 172.
Swain de Hothersall and Benedict de
Dutton were among the witnesses.

Richard son of Uctred de Dutton gave
lands to Lambert de Anderton and his
heirs by Avice de Cundecliffe, the bounds
of which name Horsegate and Rakedenes-
cliff? ibid. no. 133. It may be added
here that Lambert's son Thomas was
surnamed 'de Dutton,' and acquired
various lands in the township ; he was
living in 1292 ; ibid. no. 132, 153, 188.
Richard de Dutton occurs in 1241 ; Final
Cone. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 79.
In 1249 Hugh Gogard claimed 2 oxgangs
of land in Dutton against Richard de
Dutton and another oxgang against
Richard son of Vivian, but all three were
acknowledged to be the right of Richard

de Dutton ; ibid, i, 97. Richard son of
Uctred de Dutton and Alice his wife
granted lands to Sawley Abbey ; the
bounds of one portion name Redisnape,
Huuerbeleisick and Huntingdon Brook ;
the other portion was in his wood, near
'the great stonyway' ; Harl. MS. H2,
fol. 78^. Other grants by Richard son
of Uctred are in Kuerden MSS. ii, fol. 217;
Add. MS. 32107, no. 1476-7.

Richard de Dutton and William his
son were among the witnesses to a grant
of land in Withinlache in the upper head
of Dutton Holme, made by Adam son of
Henry de Blackburn in 1256-7 to Robert
de Cunliffe; Towneley MS. DD, no.

J793-

William son of Richard de Dutton
confirmed his father's gifts to Sawley ;
Harl. MS. 112, fol. 78*. As William
de Dutton he granted to Jordan the
Clerk son of William de Stainburgh,
clerk, these lands : A piece the bounds
of which began at the outlane (via
exitus\ followed the new ditch which
Geoffrey son of Godith made, as far as
Dodhill Brook, with all holmes (holmis) ;
part of Broadridding, on the east side of
the high road to Lancaster ; and the toft
which had belonged to Robert son of
Ellis de Ribchester ; to be held by a rent
of 3^. ; ibid. no. 173. Jordan the Clerk
occurs down to about 1320. To him
Robert son of William de Dutton con-
firmed the 'old garden' given by his
father ; ibid. no. 144. The same Robert
gave Jordan de Dutton, clerk, and Emma
his wife five ridges in the Heys between
land of Henry de Clayton and land held
in dower by the grantor's mother, Emma
widow of William de Dutton ; ibid,
no. 167. Further, in 1309 he released
his right in the land to Jordan and his
heirs by Emma formerly his wife ; ibid.
no. 142. It may be added that Jordan
had a son Thomas and a daughter Avice
or Alice ; to the son in 1321 he gave the
Old Orchard and land in Stonyfurlong ;
ibid. no. i6<;. About the same time he,
his son and his daughter made various

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grants to Richard son of Amery and Alice
his wife ; ibid. no. 163, 166, 148.
Richard son of Ellis de Ribchester com-
plained in 1290 that Jordan the Clerk of
Dutton had disseised him of a tenement
in the township ; Assize R. 1288, m.
12.

It appears that Robert de Dutton was
living in 1316 ; Add. MS. 32106, no. 149.
His son William seems to have been in
possession a year later; ibid. no. 141.
There was another son Thomas ; ibid.
no. 1 34. William son of Robert de
Dutton in 1321 claimed a tenement in
Dutton against William son of William
de Dutton ; De Banco R. 237, m. 72 d. ;
240, m. 261.

The elder William de Dutton (father
of Robert) was defendant in 1279 ; De
Banco R. 30, m. 33d. He was perhaps
living in 1292, when Adam son of Richard
de Entwisle recovered seisin of certain
land against William de Dutton and
Robert son of Robert de Halghton ;
Assize R. 408, m. 52. It appeared that
William had enfeoffed one Alimun, whose
daughters Avice and Agnes married re-
spectively Roger de Ribchester and John
de Whittingham, and forfeited the tene-
ment to Robert de Halghton. William
son of William de Dutton occurs down
to 1340; he had a son Thomas; Add.
MS. 32106, no. 140, 156.

4 The alienation of the manor was made
by William de Dutton, for his son Robert
released to Henry de Clayton all right in
the vill of Dutton, 'which my father gave
to the said Henry'; Add. MS. 32106,
no. 129.

Henry was probably the son of Ralph
de Clayton who together with his father
attested a Dutton charter about 1250;
ibid. no. 133. In 1292 he released to
Jordan the Clerk 8</. out of the gd. rent
due from land on Broadridding, and
the meadow which Jordan had by the
grant of Adam de Blackburn ; ibid. no.
161.

Henry's sons appear to have had Dutton,
but the Huddleston family, who succeeded

Q
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BLACKBURN HUNDRED

The inquisition after the death of Ralph de Clayton
(1324) was taken in 1329, when it was found that
he had held lands in Button of the honor of the
castle of Clitheroe by the service of 5/. yearly ; there
were a capital messuage worth \zd. a year ; 30 acres
of land, worth 6d. each ; a pasture, zs. 6d. ; an acre
of meadow, I zd. ; rents of free tenants amounted to
6s, 6d. Henry the son and heir of Ralph was thirty
years of age and more.43

In the Clayton family the manor descended regu-
larly,41" coming about 1400 to the Belfields of Clegg
in Rochdale.8 From their heirs the manor was
acquired in or about 1578 by Sir Richard Shireburne
of Stonyhurst,6 and descended in due course to

RIBCHESTER

Thomas Weld, who became a cardinal in 1829, and
in 1831 sold Button to Joseph Fenton of Bamford
Hall, a manufacturer and banker of Rochdale.7 Mr.
Fenton, who also purchased the adjacent manors of
Bailey and Ribchester, died in 1 840,8 and was suc-
ceeded by his son James, who in turn at his death in
1857 was succeeded by his eldest son, also named
James. He died in 1902, the present lord of the
manor of Button being his eldest surviving son,
Mr. Robert Kay Fenton, born in 1853. No courts
have been held for a long time.

After the decay of the Claytons the principal family
in the township was that of Townley, appearing about
I38o.9 Their estate is of uncertain origin. John

to Clayton-le-Dale, also had rights in
Button, as appears by various pleadings ;
De Banco R. 272, m. 20, &c. In 1314
Adam de Huddleston, lord of Billington,
made an exchange of lands in the Halgh
with Jordan the Clerk ; Add. MS. 32106,
no. 187.

Henry de Clayton left sons Ralph and
Philip, of whom the former was living in
1322 and the latter in 1340 ; ibid. no. 138,
158. Henry gave to Philip his son
Hordischale or Longridge in Ribchester,
Milnholme in Dutton, Colicroft, and the
service (13^.) of John de Huntingdon ;
Towneley MS. DD, no. 1 178. Ralph de
Clayton in 1308 granted to William son
of William de Dutton a plat of his waste ;
Add. MS. 32106, no. 174. In 1311 it
was found that Ralph held his tenement
as of the dower of the Countess of Lincoln,
doing suit to the court of Clitheroe from
three weeks to three weeks ; De Lacy Inq.
(Chet. Soc.), 1 8.

Philip gave some land in Hayhurst in
1297 to Robert de Clitheroe, clerk;
Towneley MS. OO, no. 1 206. In 1 3 1 8-1 9
he granted land in Seedcroft to Richard
•on of Amery and Alice his wife ; Add.
MS. 32106, no. 989. In 1338 four
messuages with land, meadow, and
wood in Dutton and Bailey were settled
upon Philip de Clayton, Isabel his wife
and Robert their son ; Final Cone, ii,
109. See the account of Towneley for
the Clayton-Towneley connexion.

In 1321 William son of Robert de
Dutton appears to have made an attempt
to regain his grandfather's lands, at least
in part. Against Ralph de Clayton and
Sarah his wife he claimed 20 acres of
land, &c., and 10*. o\d. rent in Dutton,
which William de Dutton gave to Robert
de Dutton, Agnes his wife and their issue ;
De Banco R. 24.0, m. 138 d. He made
other claims against John son of William
de Greenhill, Agnes his wife and Margery
widow of Adam de Greenhill, also against
Jordan the Clerk; ibid. m. n5d. He
was eventually (1324) non-suited; ibid.
250, m. 2.

** Inq. p.m. 3 Edw. Ill (ist nos.),
no. 39.

Ralph de Clayton died during 1324,
for in Trinity term in that year Henry de
Osbaldeston and Isabel his wife claimed
the fulfilment of an agreement made with
him in 1320 concerning a messuage and
lands in Dutton. Ralph had died and
Henry his son had entered into possession.
Henry appeared, alleging a grant from
Henry de Clayton to his son Ralph and
Alice his wife, their son and heir being
Henry the defendant ; ibid. 252, m.
158 d. The dispute went on some little
time (Assize R. 426, m. 2 d.), but was
concluded in 1328 by an agreement be-

tween Henry de Clayton and Margery his
wife with Henry de Osbaldeston and
Isabel; Add. MS. 32106, no. 191.

4b One of Henry de Clayton's early acts
(1330) was to make a release to the free
tenants of Dutton Huntingdon, of com-
mon of pasture in the vill ; Add. MS.
32107, no. 1497. Henry was in 1337
called lord of Dutton, being said to hold
the whole vill of the Lady Isabella, queen
of England, mother of the king, as of her
manor of Clitheroe, by the service of 4*.
yearly ; Inq. p.m. 1 1 Edw. Ill (2nd nos.),
no. 10. The tenure was stated a little
differently in 1362, when Henry held it of
the Earl of Lancaster by thegnage service
and 5*. yearly ; Inq. p.m. 36 Edw. Ill,
pt. ii (2nd nos.), no. 45.

Henry de Clayton seems to have lived
for a few years after this, being named in
1366. Cecily widow of Adam de Clitheroe
in 1346 made a claim against Henry and
Ralph his son, and there were cposs-suits ;
Assize R. 1435, m. 31, 15. In 1349
Henry granted his son Adam a house and
garden formerly held by Alice daughter of
Ralph de Clayton, and five ridges in
Dutton Heghes, with remainders to other
sons — John, Hamlet and Ralph ; Add.
MS. 32106, no. 175. In 1357 Henry's
feoffees regranted him his lands and manor
in Dutton ; ibid. no. 162. Again in
13643 similar refeofi'ment was made to
Henry son of Ralph de Clayton of the
manor of Dutton, with the services of all
the free tenants (except for lands of Cecily
widow of Nicholas Moton), with re-
rminder to Henry son of John de Clayton ;
ibid. no. 194.

This Henry son of John was no doubt
the grandson of the elder Henry. In 1376
he granted his right in a plat of meadow
between land formerly belonging to Philip
He Clayton and to Nicholas Moton ; ibid.
no. 150. Five years later he released his
right in a moiety of land called Hayre-
wasbank, Highacre and Stubbing ; ibid.
no. 177.

Thomas son of Henry de Clayton was
in possession in 1388, when he granted
land in the Milncroft ; ibid. no. 139.
Thomas died in 1393 holding a messuage
and lands in Dutton of the Duke of Lan-
caster by the service of t,s. yearly at the
feast of St. Giles. Ellen his daughter and
heir was only five years old ; Lanes. Rec.
Inq. p.m. no. i, 2.

5 The descent in the I5th century is
unknown. In 1445-6 the heir of Ellen de
Clayton held the manor in socage ; Duchy
of Lane. Knights' Fees, bdle. 2, no. 20.
The manor does not seem to be mentioned
again until 1572, when it was part of the
inheritance of the Belfields of Clegg ; Pal.
of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 34, m. 98 ;
38, m. 40. See the account of Clegg

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in Butterworth, and Fishwick, Rochdale,
353-

6 The manor of Dutton was included in
a Shireburne settlement in 1579 ; Pal. of
Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 41, m. 199. Earlier
Shireburnes were stated to hold lands in
Dutton of the Abbot of Whalley in socage;
Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. iv, no. 46, &c.
Their ancestor John de Bailey had held of
the heir of Henry de Clayton in 1391 ;
Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), i, 44.

In a dispute as to closes called Hich-
haugh and Stonyfurlong in Dutton in 1 550
Richard Shireburne claimed them as heir
of Hugh, who had demised them to James
Tarleton, chantry priest of Ribchester
deceased. John Talbot of Salesbury, on
the other hand, asserted that they had
belonged to the chantry endowment and
were included in the lease made by Erf-
ward VI; Duchy of Lane. Plead. Edw. VL
xxvii, T 9. The lands are named in the
chantry endowment in Raines' Chantrits
(Chet. Soc.), 196, and seem to have b«en
regarded as within Ribchester.

In 1565 Sir Richard Shireburne pur-
chased a messuage, &c., from Christopher
Wilkinson, and another in 1581 from John
Woodcock ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle.
27, m- 55 ! 43, m- !9°- In 1583 a
messuage, &c., in Dutton was settled on
Sir Richard Shireburne ; ibid. bdle. 45,
m. 172. At Sir Richard's death it was not
known of whom or by what tenure the
manor of Dutton and other lands there
were held ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xvi,
no. 3 ; xxvi, no. 4.

The manor continued to be named in
Shireburne and Weld settlements down to
1777; Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 625, m. lod.
(16).

7 Information of Mr. R. K. Fenton
through Messrs. Greenall & Co.

8 The particulars of the descent are
taken from Burke, Landed Gentry.

9 An account of the family by W. A.
Abram is printed in Lanes, and Ches.
Antiq. Notes, i, 182-190. Gilbert de
Legh, Richard de Towneley and John de
Towneley attested Dutton deeds in the
time of Edward III and later. They
belong to the principal family, and held
land in Dutton, Ribchester and Hother-
sall ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), ii,
59. The lands were held of the Hogh-
tons ; ibid, ii, 112.

Of the local line Robert de Townley in
1379-80 granted land in Huntingdon to
Richard Woodroff for life; Add. MS.
32107, no. 926. He was a witness to
Dutton charters in 1406-7 ; Add. MS.
32106, no. 179, 131. Henry son of
Robert Townley in 1420 enfeoffed John
White, vicar of Preston, of lands in
Cliviger, Ribchester and Dutton ; Towne-
ley MS. DD, no. 2020. Henry Towniejr

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Townley in 1562 described the tenure of his estate
as socage or in the nature of socage.10 Richard
Townley of Dutton in 1 6 1 8
held his lands in Dutton of
Richard Shireburne of Stony-
hurst by the service of a red
rose yearly ; he also held lands
in Ribchester, Dilworth and
Hothersall.11 A pedigree was
recorded in l66$.12 The
estates descended to Abraham
Townley, who died in 1701,
leaving two sons, Henry and
Richard, the latter of whom
is noticed in the account of
Belfield in Rochdale. Henry
Townley died in 1731, leav-
ing three daughters as co-
heirs. The eldest, Jane,
married Edward Entwisle of
Ribchester, and by a partition

in 1738 the Dutton estate descended to their
children.13 'In 1805 Mr. W. Joule purchased
the estate, and in 1823 sold it to Mr. James
Rothwell, whose nephew, the late Marquis de
Rothwell, of Bolton, was the owner till his death '

FENTON of Dutton.
Per pale argent and sable
a cross dovetailed, in the
first and fourth quarters
afieur de Us and in the
second and third a tre-
foil slipped all counter-
changed.

DUTTON HALL is a picturesque two-story stone
house, with balled gables and mullioned windows,
finely situated on the southern slope of Longridge
Fell, and commanding a magnificent view to the south
over the Ribble Valley. The house is said to have
been erected by Richard Townley about i67o-8o,18
but there is no date or inscription anywhere on the
building itself. It is now used as a farm-house, and
the west wing is unoccupied. The front, facing
south, is 63 ft. in length, and consists of two end
gabled wings with a recessed middle part containing
the hall, the plan being a later adaptation of the
general type of the preceding century. The doorway,

however, is in the east wing, and the principal feature
of the front elevation is the great square bay window
of the hall, which occupies nearly the whole of the
space between the wings in the west angle. The bay
is externally 14 ft. wide with a projection of 6ft., and
goes up both stories, terminating as a kind of tower
with lead flat and balustraded parapet, forming an
exceedingly picturesque feature. It has a large
mullioned and transomed window of seven lights
placed at the angle with three lights on the return,
and the rest of the windows of the house being low
and without transoms a good effect is produced by
the contrast. The windows of the disused west
wing retain their original leaded lights in good
geometrical patterns. The walling is generally of
large gritstone blocks, but the east wing is faced
with rough coursed sandstone pieces and gritstone
quoins, and may be a rebuilding. The roofs are
covered with modern blue slates. In the recess
between the great bay window and the east wing
is a wooden bell-turret containing a bell. The
interior is somewhat modernized, but the arrange-
ment of the hall and staircase is interesting, and
in the upper room over the bay is a good plaster
panel over the fireplace, with conventional floral
ornament within a moulded border. The hall is
flagged diagonally and has a wide open fireplace, and
woodwork of late I7th or early 18th-century date.
The porch is an open one with four-centred arch,
and a stone seat on one side. The lay-out of
the garden on the south side has been effective ;
it is inclosed on either side by outbuildings, giving
something of the appearance of a forecourt, and
the two tall stone gate piers, with balls and
original wooden gates, surmounted by quaintly
carved lions, form a very picturesque foreground.
The grass plots, however, have been planted as an
orchard, and the trees now almost completely hide
the front of the house.

Among the older landowners were the families

of Dutton had variance with Richard
Towneley in 1452 respecting boundaries
in Cliviger ; W. A. Abram, loc. cit.

Richard Townley of Dutton in 1531
married Joan daughter of Roger Winkley
of Winkley ; DD, no. 668. Shortly after-
wards he and his wife gave to trustees a
part of 'my hall of Townley ' and certain
lands in Dutton ; ibid. no. 64.6.

10 From his will, printed in Richmond
Wills (Surtees Soc.), 151. He gave
various lands to his wife Katherine for
twenty-one years and £10 to Jane his
daughter. To James Lingard, vicar of
Ribchester, he left 131. 4^., and to two
other priests 101. each. In 1537 John
son and heir-apparent of Richard Townley
had disputes with Richard Crombleholme
and others respecting land called Carling-
hur»t in Dutton ; Ducatus Lane. (Rec.
Com.), ii, 60. It was probably the same
John Townley who was plaintiff in 1 549 ;
ibid, i, 246. According to the pedigree,
however, Richard was succeeded by a son
Henry Townley, probably the same who
in 1583 held eight messuages, a dovecote
and various lands in Dutton, Ribchester,
Hothersall and Dilworth, of which he
cnfeoffed John and Edward, sons of
Edmund Shireburne ; Pal. of Lane. Feet
of F. bdle. 45, m. 184. Henry Townley
of Dutton had a dispute with Robert
Lynalx in 1582 respecting a right of way ;

T. C. Smith, Ribchester, 54. He was
among the freeholders in 1600 ; Misc.
(Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 234. He
was living in 1608 ; Lanes. Inq. p.m.
(Rec. Soc.), i, 89.

The estate was in 1595 secured by
Henry Townley from John Townley by
a fine, the meaning of which is not clear ;
Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 57,
m. 17.

11 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes,
and Ches.), ii, 137. Richard's wife
(Anne), brothers and children are named ;
the heir was his son Henry, aged fourteen.

Henry Townley of Dutton married
Alice Coulthurst (Burnley) at Ribchester,
26 June 1626 ; Reg. He paid ^10 in
1631 on refusing knighthood ; Misc.
(Rec. Soc.), i, 217.

12Dugdale, Vis.it. (Chet. Soc.), 310.
Richard the son of Henry Townley was
thirty-four years old. He died in 1670
and was succeeded by his brother Abra-
ham.

13 This part of the descent is from
W. A. Abram, loc. cit. The younger
daughters of Henry Townley were Janet,
who married the Rev. Henry Ward of
Ingatestone, and Margaret, who married
Lawrence Wall of Preston. The family
were benefactors of the poor.

The deforciants in a fine respecting the
Townley estate in Dutton, Ribchester,

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Bailey and Burnley (1739) were Edward
Entwisle, Jane his wife, Henry Ward, Janet
his wife, Margaret Townley, John Nock
and Anne his wife ; Pal. of Lane. Feet
of F. bdle. 320, m. 133. Anne was the
widow of Henry Townley. Richard hi*
brother had lands in Ribchester in 1 744 ;
ibid. bdle. 330, m. 124.

Edward Entwisle died in 1776 and
was buried at Ribchester ; his wife died
at the end of 1799. Their eldest son,
Townley Entwisle, a surgeon, had died in
1779, leaving three daughters. A younger
son, Edward Entwisle, died at Ribchester
in 1828. See T. C. Smith, Ribchester,
252-3.

It may be added that this surname
occurs early, for William de Dutton in
the 1 3th century granted to Adam son of
Richard de Entwisle land in Dutton, the
bounds of which name Ormsclough and
Rakedanclough where Bailisti falls into
it ; Towneley MS. DD, no. 1 149. Henry
son of Robert Franceys in i 342 gave land
at Whitecarfall (or Quittarfall) in Rib-
chester to John de Entwisle, afterwards
held by Adam del Hull of Clayton ; Add.
MS. 32107, no. 1028, 1105.

14 T. C. Smith, op. cit. 232. For the
Rothwell family see the accounts of Hoole
and Sharpies.

15 Ibid. ; an illustration of the house is
given.

BLACKBURN HUNDRED

of Blackburn,16 Clitheroe,17 Talbot 18 of Salesbury,
Moton,19 and Hoghton of Hoghton.*0 Others

16 Adam de Blackburn gave his son
Richard lands in Button and Hayhurst,
part of them being held of St. Saviour's,
for the rent of a pair of white gloves ;
Towneley MS. OO, no. 1191. Amabel
widow of Adam de Blackburn claimed
dower in 1291 in two messuages, &c., in
Hayhurst and Dutton against William de
Blackburn ; De Banco R. 90, m. 87.

Adam de Blackburn and others were
accused of assault in 1292 by Jordan the
Clerk of Dutton (son of Emma) ; Assize
R. 408, m. 95 d. In the same year Adam
son of Master Adam de Blackburn re-
leased an annual rent which Jordan owed
him for land and meadow in the vill of
Dutton ; Add. MS. 32106, no. 176. Six
years later he demised to Adam de
Huddleston for a term Whitworth in
Dutton and two-thirds of a culture called
the Coltepark ; Towneley MS. DD, no.
2061.

Robert de Cofhill granted land in the
Hough and the Berecroft in Dutton to
Adam de Blackburn, a rent of 6d. being
payable to St. Saviour's ; Towneley MS.
DD, no. 2131. Adam son of Robert de
Cofhill in 1297-8 claimed certain land
against William de Blackburn, who replied
that he (William) was a villein of Thomas
le Surreys and held the said land in
villeinage ; De Banco R. 116, m. H7d. ;
122, m. 48 d. William, however, gave
to Adam de Cofhill land in Hayhurst
between the brook running from Cunuyld
Wall to the Ribble and Wyarde Burn ;
Towneley MS. OO, no. 1207, 1193. A
little earlier William son of Adam de
Blackburn had obtained land from Adam
son of Adam de Blackburn ; De Banco
R. 114, m. 86 ; 115, m. i79d. Robert
de Clitheroe, clerk, obtained land from
William de Blackburn in 1304; Assize
R. 419, m. ii. Adam de Clitheroe in
1327 complained that William and others
had cut down his trees in Dutton ; De
Banco R. 269, m. 70 d.

The above-named Richard son of Adam
de Blackburn seems to have been the
founder of the family of Blackburn of
Shevington and Dutton ; their deeds are
in Add. MS. 32107, no. 1462, &c.
Richard son of Adam obtained lands
from Henry de Cunliffe and also from
William son of Richard de Dutton ; the
latter grant included parts of Middes-
holme, Bradridding and Dodhill (under
the Stanrays) ; ibid. no. 1485, 1489.
Richard also had from Richard de Dutton
his part within the fields of Dodhill per-
taining to 2 oxgangs of land in Dutton ;
and from William de Dutton land in
Dodhill, the bounds of which touched
Karkesti ; ibid. no. 1506, 1510. Richard
de Blackburn gave his son Thomas land
in Dutton to the east of Dodhill Brook ;
ibid. no. 1475. Thomas obtained other
grants; ibid.no. 1496, 1501.

17 Ralph de Clayton gave Hugh de
Clitheroe a moiety of the mill on the
Ribble in a place called Harewas in
Dutton; Towneley MS. DD, no. 1177.
William de Blackburn exchanged land on
the Hough for another piece in Hayhurst
with Hugh de Clitheroe ; ibid. no. 1157.
Adam son of William de Dutton gave
Roger de Clitheroe all his land in Dutton ;
ibid. no. 2063. In 1316-17 Alice daughter
of Geoffrey son of Godith de Dutton
granted all her land in the township to
Adam son of Hugh de Clitheroe ; ibid,
no. 2069.

RIBCHESTER

took their names from places within Dutton,
as Ash/1 Dodhill,32 Hayhurst 8J and Hunting-

In 1335 Cecily widow of Adam de
Clitheroe recovered dower in land in
Dutton against Philip de Clayton ; De
Banco R. 304, m. 23 5 d. Some years
later (1349) an agreement as to pasture
was made between Henry de Clayton of
Dutton on the one side and on the other
Cecily widow of Adam de Clitheroe,
William de Rilston and Sibyl his wife,
Robert son and heir of Robert de
Clitheroe and Adam de Blackburn ; DD,
no. 2138.

18 This family inherited the Clitheroe
estate and made other purchases.

Isabel daughter of Richard brother of
Sir Robert de Clitheroe, who married John
Talbot, had lands in Dutton and Rib-
chester ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), ii,
42, 55. Later the lands in Dutton are
stated to be held of the Abbot of Whalley ;
ibid, ii, 144, 161.

19 William son of William de Dutton
demised for his life to William son of
Henry Moton a moiety of his land in
Balbanridding at a rent of 2s. gd. ; Add.
MS. 32106, no. 1 80. Jordan de Dutton,
clerk, gave William the Tailor, son of
Henry Moton, land in Mossiley Carr in
1317; ibid. no. 147. In the same col-
lection will be found other grants of land
in Old Carr and New Carr, &c., to the
same William son of Henry ; some of
them were made by Richard son of
Amery and Thomas his son. In 1361
William Moton of Dutton and Cecily
widow of Nicholas Moton appear to have
sold their lands to Henry de Clayton ;
ibid. no. 183, 178, 156.

Richard son of William Moton was
defendant in 1360, the plaintiffs being
Richard son of Simon Ball of Farington,
Alice his wife, Henry del Scholes- of
Cuerdale and Maud his wife ; Duchy of
Lane . Assize R. 8, m. 8 d.

90 From the charters it appears that the
Moton lands came into the possession of
Sir Richard Hoghton about 1407 ; Add.
MS. 32106, no. 129, &c. Sir Richard
also acquired the lands of Hitche
(Richard) son of Amery, which have
been mentioned previously; ibid. no. 145.
One or two further references may be
added : William son of William son of
Maud de Ulnes Walton, together with
Margery (his wife) and Hawise, daughters
and heirs of William Baskit, in 1316—17
granted the reversion of a toft in Dutton
to Richard son of Amery (fern.) de Brad-
hill and Alice his wife ; ibid. no. 244.
From another charter it appears that the
grantors were the heirs of Adam son of
Alice de Wheatley ; ibid. no. 138. Roger
de Wheatley son of Richard the Smith of
Chipping a little later gave them the right
he had in a certain toft after the death of
Alice his wife; ibid. no. 130. In 1330
Richard son of Amery gave his lands in
Dutton and Ribchester to his son Thomas,
with remainders to other sons William and
John ; ibid. no. 484 (fol. 329). Thomas
son of Richard made a feoffment or sale
of his lands and the rent of yd. due from
the land of William son of Robert de
Ribchester in 1372 ; ibid. no. 171.

Land in Dutton was held by Sir Henry
Hoghton in 1424 ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet.
Soc.), ii, 43. The tenure of the Hoghton
lands in Dutton was unknown in the
1 6th century ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m.
xiv, no. 26 ; xv, no. 39.

21 Deeds of this family are in Add.
MS. 32107, no. 874, &c., and reference

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may be made to the account of Aighton
and Bailey already given.

Alexander del Ash (de Fraxino) demised
land in Dutton to Richard del Ash for a
term of years ; ibid. no. 901. Henry de
Clayton gave the same Richard Roughfall
in Hayhurst ; no. 890. Richard also
obtained other lands in the same part of
the township ; no. 880, 900. Richard del
Ash made the following grants : In
1320-1 to John his son a messuage in
Hayhurst ^0.913); in 1335 to Hugh
his son Willeriddings in Dutton, which
Richard del Ash the younger seems to
have confirmed (no. 911, 914); and in
1336 to Robert his son Roughfall
(no. 907). Hugh son of Richard del Ash
in 1361 granted all his land in Dutton to
Robert de Bailey ; no. 887. In the same
year Margery daughter and heir of Robert
de Hayhurst by Emota his wife released
all her right in Dutton to Robert del Ash ;
no. 876.

Robert son of Richard del Ashes in
1347 recovered a messuage and lands in
Dutton and Aighton against his brother
Richard and others; Assize R. 1435,
m. 33d. Robert del Ash in 1360 claimed
messuages, &c., in Dutton against Hugh
del Ash ; it appeared that Richard del
Ash had in the time of Edward II granted
them to John del Ash and to William and
Robert, the brothers of John, and that
John and William had died without issue ;
Duchy of Lane. Assize R. 7, m. 5 ; 8,
m. 6. Robert del Ash in 1366 claimed land
against Robert de Leyland and Katherine
his wife ; De Banco R. 425, m. 504.

The descent cannot be traced accurately.
Richard son of Robert in 1378-9 married
Ellen de Aighton ; Add. MS. 32107,
no. 878. Richard appears to have had
sons John and Thomas ; ibid. no. 886,
919. Robert son and heir of Thomas
Ash in the time of Edward IV married
Elizabeth Crumbleholme ; ibid. no. 912.

Hugh Ash died in Sept. 1554 hold-
ing messuages in Dutton of the king
and queen in chief by knight's service ;
his son George was a year old ; Duchy of
Lane. Inq. p.m. x, no. 35. George Ash
appears in 1583 ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F.
bdle. 45, m. 172.

Edward Ash in 1609 held Clough Bank
of the lord of Dutton ; Lanes. Inq. p.m.
(Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 165.
Edward Ash of Dutton in 1630 com-
pounded for his recusancy by paying ^3
yearly ; Trans. Hist. Soc. (new ser.), xxiv,
174.

Robert Ash of Dutton in 1652 desired
confirmation of a house and land seques-
tered for the recusancy of John Talbot of
Dinckley ; Cal. Com. for Comp. ii, 1449.

M This family appears from an early
time, and some references to it will be
found in deeds already quoted. Thomas
de Bradhurst of Dutton granted a toft to
John son of Thomas de Dudhill in
1316-17; Add. MS. 32107, no. 1525.
Richard de Dudhill in 1 342 granted land
in Ribchester to Adam son of Richard
Award de Dutton ; Towneley MS. OO,
no. 1198. Thomas son of William de
Dudhill made grants of land in Hunting-
don in 1364 and 1375 ; Add. MS. 32107,
no. 1524, 1462.

Part at least of the Dudhill lands ap-
pears to have descended to the Bradleys
mentioned later.

23 Deeds of this family are contained
in Towneley's MS. OO, no. 1191, &c.

8

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

don.34 A few additional owners, as Bradley,25
Harrison 26 and Thorpe,27 are also known.

The abbeys of Whalley 28 and Sawley 29 and the
hospital of St. Leonard at York 30 had land in the
township.

For their lands the following contributed to the
subsidy of 1 524 : Edmund Bradley, Robert Goodshaw,
John Hayhurst and Richard Townley.31 Similarly to
that of 1543 Richard Townley and Robert Ash the
elder.32 To that of 1597 Thomas Holt, Henry
Townley, Edward Ash, John Hayhurst and Richard

Goodshaw.33 To that of 1626 Henry Townley,
John Hayhurst, Edward Ash and Robert Good-
shaw ; various non-communicants are entered on
this list.34

Richard Duckett of Dutton paid ^10 in 1631 on
declining knighthood.35

The land tax return of 1787 shows that Thomas
Weld, Sir George Warren, Lord Petre and Mrs.
Jane Entwisle were then the chief landowners.

The manor of ST1DD 36 was acquired by the
Hospitallers about 1265 from a more ancient

A noteworthy grant wa» one by the
prior of the Hospitallers to Richard son
of Adam Award de Dutton of lands called
Canfall (by Dodhill Moss), Hichetleys,
by the Stonebridge, Codec, Bernardacre
and four butts in landoles ; a rent of
61. 6d. was to be paid, and half a mark
at death; ibid. no. 1196. In 1508
accordingly 6s. %d. was paid for the
'obit' of Henry father of John Hayhurst ;
ibid. no. 1217.

Robert son of William de Dutton
granted land in Hayhurst belonging to
the vill of Dutton to Otes son of John
son of Roger de Hayhurst. The bounds
name Ash House, Wyardburn to Ribble,
down the Ribble to land held of St.
Leonard; ibid. no. 1192. Otes de
Hayhurst and Margery his wife appear in
1335 ; no. 1215, 1 202. Margery was
a widow in 1338, and there were several
sons, William, Richard and John being
named; no. 1455, 1430, 1432, 1440.
John son of Otes de Hayhurst and Alice
his wife are mentioned from 1348 to
1372, and Alice was a widow in 1379 ;
no. 1216, 1205, 1 200. Alice was
probably one of the three sisters and
heirs of an Adam Award and had a son
John ; no. 1212, 1197, 1476. John son
and heir of Otes Hayhurst in 1401 gave
lands in Dutton to William son of
Richard Hayhurst ; no. 1435-6. See
also an undated testimony as to the
possessions of William Hayhurst ; no.
1476. Oliver son and heir of Robert
Hayhurst had land in Dutton in 1446-7 ;
no. 1 1 94. The will of Perci val Hayhurst,
1499-1 500 names his son and heir John ;
no. 1457. John ton and heir of John
Hayhurst did homage for his lands (in
Bailey) at the court of Aighton in 1549 ;
no. 1441. Jenet widow and executrix of
Henry Hayhurst of Hayhurst in 1574
became bound to John, the son and heir,
an executor; no. 1226.

Thomas son of Robert son of William
de Hayhurst in 1364 claimed a messuage,
&c., in Dutton against John de Hayhurst ;
De Banco R. 417, m. 214; 419, m.

212d.

John Hayhurst died in 1619 holding
Hayhurst, Furtherhouse and Hough-
wellfall of the heirs of Richard de
Dutton by a rent of $d. His heir was
his son Henry, aged forty-two ; Lanes.
Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.),
ii, 121. For Hough wellfall cf. Fallwel-
halgh in the account of Ribchester.

The Hayhursts were Puritans ; one of
them was vicar of Leigh 1646-62, and
founded the library at Ribchester. See
the account of the family in T. C. Smith,
Ribchester, 232-4. On the opposite side
Lawrence Hayhurst of Dutton, yeoman,
registered his house and land in 1717 as
a ' Papist ' ; Ettcourt and Payne, Engl.
Cath, Non-jurors, 104.

84 In 1277 Robert de Huntingdon, liv-
ing it the abbey of Selby, came to Dutton

and buried his son Roger, and then entered
upon half his land, whereupon Beatrix
widow of Roger, Robert her son, Richard
de Wulnesbooth, John le Surreys, Hugh
the Clerk and Henry de Blackburn made
complaint ; Assize R. 1235, m. 12.

It may be added that Thomas son of
Richard de Ulvesbooths and Jordan his
son, a clerk, attested a local charter ;
Towneley MS. DD, no. 1137.

25 In 1466 William Bradley, chaplain,
granted to John son of Henry Bradley
lands in Dutton inherited from his
mother; Add. MS. 32107, no. 1464.
From a feoffment of 1370 it would seem
that this land had belonged to John son
of Adam de Bradley in right of his
marriage with Beatrice daughter of John
de Dudhill ; ibid. no. 1518.

Edmund Bradley died in 1529 holding
a messuage in Dutton of the king aa
duke by the hundredth part of a knight's
fee and the rent of id. or a pair of white
gauntlets. The heir was hi» grandson
John Bradley (son of John), aged seven-
teen years in 1539, and an idiot ; he had
sisters Anne and Alice, aged nineteen and
fifteen. James Sharpies was the uncle
and guardian of the said John ; Duchy of
Lane. Inq. p.m. viii, no. 22. From a
later pleading it appears that John
Bradley died in 1545 ; Anne married
Alexander Bimson and Alice Thomas
Wynhart, and a division was made in
15505 Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 184, m.
4 d. ; 190, m. 2. See also Ducatus Lane.
ii, 220, for a claim to a moiety of
Dudhill by the Bimsons. In 1609 a
fourth part of Dudhill was held of the
Crown (as of the Hospitallers) by Richard
Thornley and John Bimson, and the
remainder by John Bimson, by a total
rent of 2s. ; Kuerden MSS. ii, fol. 133^.

26 The estate was known as Smithy-
bottom. Richard Harrison, who died in
Oct. 1587, had made a settlement in
1578 in favour of his son Richard (aged
twenty-four in 1589), and afterwards,
his daughter Jane marrying one Thomas
Jones, he granted them a third part of
the messuage for twenty-one years. The
whole was held of the queen by the
2Ooth part of a knight's fee and a
rent of 35. -jd. ; Duchy of Lane. Inq.
p.m. xv, no. 57. For fines relating to
the estate see Pal. of Lane. Feet of F.
bdles. 49, m. 142; 56, m. 54 ; 59, m. 218.

From the Ducatus Lane, it appears that
a number of disputes soon afterwards
broke out ; op. cit. iii, 215, &c. Richard
Harrison in 1594 complained that
Thomas Jones, his brother-in-law,
Richard Goodshaw and others retained
possession of Smithybottom and its lands.
At his father's death he said he had been
a minor, T. Jones being his guardian ;
Duchy of Lane. Plead. Eliz. clxiv,
H 12. John Lynalx or Lennox after-
wards claimed a third part ; Ducatus Lane.
'»» 399. 44*-

58

Edward Houghton died 30 June 1621
holding a messuage and land called
' Smeathbottom ' by the 6ooth part
of a knight's fee and the third part
of a rent of 3*. -jd. Edward his son and
heir was twenty-nine years old ; Lanes.
Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.),
ii, 276.

27 John Thorpe died in 1588, leaving a
son and heir John, aged fifty-six ; Duchy
of Lane. Inq. p.m. xv, no. 52.

The Walmsleys purchased lands in
Dutton as well as in Ribchester, and
Thomas Walmsley was in 1584 found
to have held land in Dutton ; ibid, xiv,
no. 72.

Robert Reade of Aighton held land in
Dutton in 1610 ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec.
Soc.), i, 177.

Bartholomew Barker of Salesbury was
a landowner in 1641 ; Duchy of Lane.
Inq. p.m. xxx, no. n.

In these cases the tenure is not
recorded.

28 The land at Harrows Banks in
Dutton produced a rent of £z 5*. about
1540. The tenants at will were Dew-
hurst, Green and Bolton ; Whalley
Couch. (Chet. Soc.), iv, 1219. From a
preceding note it is known that the
Shireburnes of Stonyhurst had also part
of the abbey land. In 1557-8 Kenning-
field and Harrows Banks in Dutton and
Clayton, lately belonging to Whalley
Abbey, were sold by the Crown to Richard
Shireburne ; Pat. 4 & 5 Phil, and Mary,
pt. viii. Dutton Lee, &c., were in 1564
granted to Charles Jackson and William
Mason ; Pat. 6 Eliz. pt. x.

29 The grants by the Dutton family
have been recorded above. Thomas
Sowerbutts died in 1594 holding Reedy-
snape, part of the lands of Sawley
acquired by Sir Arthur Darcy in 1538 ;
it was held by the 2Ooth part of a
knight's fee ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m.
xvi, no. 20. His grandson Thomas (son
of Robert) died in 1623 holding the same
lands and leaving a son Robert, under
age ; ibid, xxv, no. 37.

80 The 'land of St. Leonard ' has been
named in a Hayhurst charter already,
quoted. In 1299 the master of the
Hospital of St. Leonard of York
recovered lands in Dutton against
Richard son of Robert del He* of
Hayhurst, John son of Avice and Otes
son of John ; there was some suspicion
of fraud or evasion of the statute ; De
Banco R. 130, m. 243.

81 Subs. R. Lanes, bdle. 130, no.
82.

82 Ibid. no. 125.

88 Ibid. bdle. 131, no. 274.

84 Ibid. no. 317.

85 Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lane*, and Ches.),
i, 217.

86 The old spelling was some form of
Stede ; ' Le Styde,' 1343. Stydd is a
common form at present.

BUTTON HALL : THE GATEWAY

BLACKBURN HUNDRED

hospital.37 Grants which have been preserved indicate
that there had been an organized community there
for at least fifty years,38 the endowments being given
' to God and B. Mary the Virgin and the hospital of
St. Saviour under Longridge and to the master and
brethren serving God there.' 39 Some of the masters
or wardens granted or attested 1 3th-century charters.40
In 1338 it was reported that the camera of St. Saviour
called the Stidd, under the preceptory of Nevvland in
Yorkshire, was demised to farm at 10 marks yearly,
but the farmer was bound to pay a chaplain singing
there.41 From this it may be assumed that divine
service was maintained down to the Reformation.42

RIBCHESTER

Nothing definite, however, is known, for the manor
was extra-parochial.

After the Suppression the manor was given to
Thomas Holt of Gristlehurst 43 and remained in his
family for more than a century. It may have been
acquired later by Shireburne of Bailey, founder of the
Stidd Almshouses.44 In 1609, however, an independent
grant was made to George Whitmore and others,45
who in 1613 sold to Richard Shireburne of Stony-
hurst.46 Apart from these manors the Crown had
sold various lands to Richard Crombleholme 47 and
others.48 The manor was in later times claimed by
the Shireburnes and their representatives.49

s7 In 1292 it was found that the
Knights Hospitallers had acquired from
a certain Adam, chaplain-warden of the
house of St. Saviour at Dutton, two
plough-lands, with wood and moor, and
401. rent in Dutton, Ribchester and
Aighton during the minority of Henry de
Lacy and with the assent of Alice de
Lacy ; Plac. de Quo Warr. (Rec. Com.),
376. The date must lie between 1258
and 1271. See B.M. Add. Charters,
no. 7364.

88 The earliest part of the chapel may
be dated about 1 1 90.

89 Charters of land in Ribchester and
Dilworth have been quoted in the accounts
of those townships ; see also Dugdale,
Man. Angl, vi, 686-7.

40 Alexander the Chaplain, master of
the hospital of St. Saviour, and the
brethren of the same place made a grant
early in the 1 3th century regarding land
in Salesbury ; Towneley MS. DD, no.
202 1. Land in Hothersall was held of
the hospital by Richard de Ametehalgh
and to one of the deeds regarding it the
first witnesses were ' Brother Alexander,
rector of the hospital of St." Saviour ;
brother Adam of the same place ' ; Add.
MS. 32106, no. 5 (fol. 241). Brother
Alexander the prior and Adam the chap-
lain also occur 5 note by Mr. Weld.

A somewhat later deed was attested by
Adam de Blackburn and John his son,
master of St. Saviour; Add. MS. 32106,
no. 119.

In 1269-70 Richard son of the master
of the Stidd, or son of Alexander de la
Stidd, was defendant ; Cur. Reg. R.
199, m. 27 d. ; 202, m. 26 d. It does
not appear that Alexander was then
living, so that he may be identical with
Alexander the chaplain.

Adam Prior of St. Saviour occurs as
witness to a Dutton charter which men-
tions land in Hayhurst belonging to the
house of St. Saviour ; Add. MS. 32106,
no. 170.

The hospital may not have become
extinct on its transference to the Knights
of St. John, for Walter the Chaplain,
warden of the house of St. Saviour in
Dutton, was the first witness to a local
charter in 1314; Add. MS. 32106, no.
187. In 1339 Walter de Lofthousum,
warden of St. Saviour's by Ribchester,
was one of the defendants in a dispute
about land in Ribchester involving several
Dutton people. The chief plaintiffs were
Hugh son of John de Huntingdon and
Joan his wife ; Assize R. 427, m. 2 d., 3 d.

41 Hosfitallers in Engl. (Camd. Soc.),
in. In 1351 the Prior of St. John
granted the manor of St. Saviour called
the Stidd to Richard Tomelay (? Townley)
for life. The lessee was to maintain the
buildings and the chantry and pay ^T8 a
year to the treasury at Clerkenwell

(Fontis clericorum). A mark was to be
paid at death as obit. When the pre-
ceptor or warden of Ribston should come
(not more than once a year) to hold the
prior's court, provision for men and horses
was to be made by the lessee ; MSS. Var,
Coll. (Hist. MSS. Com.), ii, 228.

In 1292 Robert Spendloue and Amery
his wife were non-suited in a claim against
the Prior of the Hospitallers as to a tene-
ment in Dutton ; Assize R. 408, m. 22.
In 1337 the prior did not prosecute his
claim against Thomas de Dudhill of
Dutton ; Assize R. 1424, m. 1 1 d.

William Hall (see Chipping) in 1506
held a messuage, &c., in Dutton of the
Prior of St. John of Jerusalem by a rent
of 71. 6./. ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. iii,
no. 19.

42 In 1501 Nicholas Talbot appointed
a priest to sing for twelve months at
Stidd, 'where father and mother are
buried '; Whitaker, Whalley (ed. Nicholls),
ii, 465. In 1535 Thomas Bradley was
chaplain at Stidd ; Valor Eccl. (Rec. Com.),
v, 68. The bailiff there was John Talbot ;
he had a fee of 30*. ; ibid. 69.

48 Pat. 35 Hen. VIII, pt. iv. The
manor, with many other estates, was held
by the thirtieth part of a knight's fee ;
Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xi, no. 46. It
is regularly named in settlements and
inquisitions ; e.g. Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec.
Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 158; ii, 81 ;
iii, 371.

44 An estate called Stidd in Dutton
belonged in 1716 to John Shireburne,
younger brother of Richard Shireburne
of Bailey ; Payne, Engl. Cath. Rec. 144.
In 1725 John Shireburne of Sheffield —
where he was agent to the Duke of Nor-
folk— was engaged to marry Margaret
Nelson of Fairhurst, ,£40 being settled
on her from ' the capital messuage called
Stidd, and demesne lands in Stidd, Rib-
chester and Blackburn ' 5 Piccope MSS.
(Chet. Lib.), iii, 228, from roll 1 1 of Geo. I
at Preston. Next year John Shireburne
made his will. To Elizabeth widow of
his brother Richard he gave £15 a year
out of Bailey Hall ; to his cousin Richard
Walmsley of Showley (who was one of
the residuary legatees) £10 for the poor
of Bailey, Stidd, &c., and £10 for a piece
of plate. His executors were to build a
good almshouse on his estate at Stidd for
five poor persons to live separately therein,
and to endow it with ^30 a year, viz.
j£5 for each inmate and ^5 for repairs.
He died in Dec. 1726. See C. D. Sher-
born, Shcrborn Fam. 73-6.

4* Pat. 9 Jas. I, pt. xxvii. At the
same time an extent was made ; Kuerden
MSS. ii, fol. 132^—3^. It appears that
Stidd was occupied by Robert Goodshaw,
who paid 45. rent. There was a consider-
able number of farms, &c., in Dutton and
the adjoining townships.

59

This second manor may have been due
to a regrant to the Hospitallers by Queen
Mary of Stidd with numerous dependen-
cies ; Pat. 4 & 5 Phil, and Mary, pt. iv.

46 Kuerden MSS. ii, fol. 132. The
sale included the manor of Stidd, formerly
belonging to the Knights of St. John of
Jerusalem, with customary rents in
Chipping, Barbing, Thornley, Chaigley,
Aighton, Bailey and Belingfield, &c.,
together with perquisites of the court of
Stidd ; but a rent of £4. los. o\d. for
Stidd, Forton and Cunscough was to be
paid to the Crown.

In 1 543 Sir Alexander Osbaldeston had
a lease of ' the manor or capital messuage
of the Stidd,' by purchase from John
Cowell, who had it from the Crown at a
rent of £5 u. 8</. ; Add. MS. 32106,
no. 1076.

47 The grant to Richard Crombleholme
in Dutton, Huntingdon, Milneclough, Ac.,
appears to have been from part of the
Hospitallers' possessions ; Pat. 38 Hen.
VIII, pt. xvii. In the extent of 1609,
above referred to, Richard Crombleholme
is stated to have held Huntingdon and
' Bailey in Dutton ' by the twentieth part
of a knight's fee and 31. id. rent, and to
have granted out many portions of the
lands.

Richard Crombleholme the elder held
a messuage 'in Huntingdon in Bailey in
the township of Dutton ' and various
lands, and made a settlement of part
thereof in 1576. His son William hav-
ing died before him, he was succeeded by
a grandson Richard the younger (son of
William), who died at Dutton in 1588
holding Huntingdon, &c., of the queen by
the hundredth part of a knight's fee, and
other land in Dutton of Sir Richard
Shireburne as of his manor of Dutton.
Richard, the son and heir of the younger
Richard, was seven years old ; Duchy of
Lane. Inq. p.m. xiv, no. 40. See further
in T. C. Smith, op. cit. 238-9.

William Crombleholme of Dutton was
arrested in 1584 on his way to the Con-
tinent to be educated for the priesthood
and was imprisoned in the Tower for some
time; Misc. (Cath. Rec. Soc.), iii, 17;
Gillow, Bibl. Diet, of Engl. Cath. iii, 410
(quoting Bridgewater's Concertatio). He
is supposed to have become a missionary
priest in Lancashire.

Huntingdon is now the property of
Mr. Holt of Stubby Lee in Spotland.

48 Carlinghurst was in 1560 granted to
Thomas Reeve and Richard Pynde ; Pat.
2 Eliz. pt. iii. Afterwards it was held
by the Shireburnes.

49 In a fine of 1 686 respecting the manor
of Stidd and various messuages, lands, &c.,
in Stidd, Ribchester and Blackburn the
plaintiff was Edward Burdett and the
deforciants were James Stamford Richard
Chorley, Richard Husband, Richard

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

After the Reformation an allowance
CHAPEL of 4-O.r. was ordered from the manor estate
towards the stipend of a chaplain at
Stidd,50 but this became merely a perquisite of the
vicar of Ribchester,51 who held a service in the
dilapidated chapel several times a year.52 The
extra-parochial district has now been formally united
to the parish of Ribchester, and service is performed
once a month and more frequently in the summer.

The chapel of ST. SAVIOUR at Stidd53 stands
amongst fields in a pleasant situation about half a mile
to the north-east of Ribchester. It is an exceedingly
interesting and rather picturesque54 building sub-
stantially of late 1 2th-century date, with subsequent
alterations, in plan a plain rectangle 46 ft. 6 in. long
internally by 20 ft. 6 in. wide, and with a small
south porch. The walls, which are 3 ft. thick, are
faced with rubble masonry, but at a later date,
probably in the 1 3th century, square buttresses of
two stages have been added at each angle, built with
dressed stone and with chamfered plinths. The north
wall retains all its original 12th-century features
unaltered, having two narrow semicircular-headed
labelled windows, with Q-in. lights splaying on

1 12S CENTURY
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dl MODERN
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SCALE or!

PLAN OF ST. SAVIOUR'S CHAPEL, STIDD

the inside to 3 ft. 10 in., and between them a door-
way, 2 ft. 4 in. wide, now built up, with semi-

circular head, chamfered jambs, and hood mould
with plain zigzag ornament. On the south side a
single 12th-century window remains, similar in
character to those on the north, but of greater height
and widened out in its lower half to a width of 1 2 in.
The other windows on the south side are of 15th-
century date, each of three lights under a square
head. They, however, differ in detail, and were
probably not inserted at the same time, that at
the eastern end, which is the earlier, having no
hood mould but with cusped heads to the lights,
the opening going right up under the eaves.
The other is slightly lower, with external hood
mould and without cuspings, and may be of 16th-
century date. The lower part of both windows is
now built up. The south doorway is at the western
end of the wall, and is a good example of early 13th-
century work, probably inserted soon after the original
building was finished. It has a pointed arch of two
moulded orders springing from moulded imposts, and
angle shafts with carved caps. The detail of the
carving is transitional in character, but the appearance
of the doorway has been spoiled by successive coats
of whitewash. On the east side the detached outer
shaft has gone. The door is the original oak nail-
studded one. A plain open porch 6 ft. 6 in. square
has been built at a later date in front of the doorway,
consisting simply of two rough stone walls with stone
lintel and rubble gable.

The east window is a modern pointed one of three
lights, the mullions crossing in the head, but internally
it has a segmental arched head. The gable above is
quite plain, and below the window is a dwarf buttress.
The east wall, unlike those on the north and south,
has a plinth suggesting its entire reconstruction at
the time the angle buttresses were added. On the
south wall below the easternmost window is a portion
of a string 13 ft. in length, detached at each end,
between the buttress and the I zth-century window.

At the west end, high up in the wall, is a late
two-light pointed window, the sill of which is 10 ft.
above the floor of the chapel, and in the south-west
corner a pointed doorway, the threshold of which is
8 ft. 6 in. above the floor. On the outside, where
the ground has probably risen all round, the height
of the door from the ground is only 6 ft. 6 in. Both

Shireburne, John Shireburne, Richard
Walmsley and John Walmsley ; Pal. of
Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 216, m. 38. The
Shireburnes here named were those of
Bailey Hall, and the ' manor ' may be
that of the Holt family.

On the other hand the manor of Stidd
is named among the Shireburne of Stony-
hurst possessions in 1737 and 1777 ; Pal.
of Lane. Plea R. 544, m. 13 ; 625, m.
10 d. (16).

50 This was directed in the sale to
Thomas Holt. The tithes of the district
seem also to have been paid by custom to
the chaplain, but by compositions they
became very trifling in amount.

51 At first there seems to have been a
separate chaplain, for one John Moss was
there in 1 574. He gave a certificate that
Edward Ash had received the communion
from him at Stidd Church in Passion
week that year. Ash had been sum-
moned before the Bishop of Chester for
his omission in that matter 5 Chester
Consistory Ct. Rec.

About 1 6 10 Stidd was described as 'a

donative from the Lord Archbishop of
Canterbury ' ; there was ' no minister
there resident ' ; Hist. MSS. Com. Rep.
xiv, App. iv, 9. On 21 Jan. 1616-17
Richard Learoyd, B.A., was admitted to
the church of Stidd on the presentation of
Francis Holt; Act Bk. at Chester, 1579-
1676, fol. 65. The vicars of Ribchester
were therefore in charge, and the con-
venient custom remained in force. The
right of patronage or donation was exercised
by Francis Holt, but on the decay of this
family and the apparent extinction of the
manor the vicar of Ribchester seems to
have been regarded as the patron, Stidd
thus becoming a curacy. In 1650 it was
regarded as Mr. Holt's donative, and was
worth £6 131. 4</., this sum being paid
'to the minister at Ribche.ter, being
accounted parson at Stidd.' There were
only seventeen families in the parish ;
Common-w. Ch. Surv. (Rec. Soc. Lanes,
and Ches.), 170.

About 1717 Bishop Gastrell found the
income to be ^3 19.5. id., being ^2 from
Stidd Hall, from three other estates 51.,

60

tithes (by composition) £1 141. id. In
1690 the 'vicar of Ribchester [?was]
instituted to Stidd and invested with all
the rights belonging to it.' The ancient
burial-ground was in use ; Notitia Cestr.
(Chet. Soc.), ii, 476-8.

52 In Gastrell's time it was ' served by
the vicar on New Year's Day, Good
Friday and some other Sundays in sum-
mer time ' ; ibid, i, 478. A century
later Whitaker wrote that divine service
was performed ' only twice a year ' ; ' nc
reading desk was ever erected and prayers
are read out of the pulpit ' ; Whalley (ed.
Nicholls), ii, 465.

58 A monograph entitled ' The History
of Stydd Chapel and Preceptory near Rib-
chester, Lancashire,' by George Latham,
architect, was published in 1853. It
contains fourteen plates, mostly measured
drawings. The letterpress is of little
value.

54 Its 'picturesque beauty' in 1801 is
noticed in Whitaker's Whalley, loc. cit.
A view of the building is given by T. C.
Smith, Longridge, 166.

BUTTON : STIDD CHAPEL FROM THE NORTH

DUTTON : STIDD CHAPEL : NAVE AND CHANCEL

BLACKBURN HUNDRED

RIBCHESTER

window and door are now built up, and the south
buttress at the west end is broken at the top. The
doorway was probably the means of access from the
formerly existing buildings of the hospital to a gallery
at the west end of the chapel, the condition of the
external masonry at the south-west angle of the
building indicating a structural connexion at this
point.

The roof, which is covered with stone slates, is for
the most part ancient, though patched and mended,
and consists of simple tie-beam trusses without king
posts, but with a species of very small collar and king
post close to the top. One of the tie-beams has the
sacred monogram carved on its underside, and another
has a floreated ornament, and the space between the
spars is plastered. The floor is flagged, and the
interior is generally in a rather neglected condition.
The walls are plastered and whitewashed, and there
being no means of heating the building, which is
little used but in the summer months, it has naturally
suffered in the course of years. The piscina remains
at the east end of the south wall, and has a trefoiled
head, but the bowl has gone. The sanctuary is still
marked by a late iyth or early 18th-century oak
screen standing I 3 ft. from the east wall, now in a
very dilapidated condition, the framework with some
turned balusters along the top being all that is left.
The screen is 5 ft. 1 1 in. high, and finishes at the
south end against the pulpit, which stands against the
south wall immediately to the east of the 1 2th-century
window. It is of oak, with nine sides, and stands
on a rough stone base 3 ft. 3 in. high, with stone
steps on the west side, the topmost one of which is
level with the sill of the window. The pulpit is
probably of late 17th-century date, and is 4 ft. high
with plain panelled sides. It appears to have formerly
had a suspended canopy, the chain of which with
turned oak spindle still remains. The font is in-
teresting, ajid belongs to the first half of the i6th
century. It is of dark gritstone, octagonal in shape,
each side with a shield bearing sacred, heraldic and
other devices, some of which have been differently
interpreted.58 Against the north end of the screen
facing the nave is a long oak seat with panelled back,
and there is a square oak pew in the north-east corner
of the sanctuary. The altar table is of oak, and is
probably the one given in ijc^.56 There are no
communion rails, and the seats in the church are
modern benches without backs.

The floor of the sanctuary is slightly raised round
the table and along the north side. Below the table
is a 14th-century double sepulchral stone, 3 ft. 9 in.
square, with two floreated crosses marking the burial-

place of Sir Adam and Lady Alicia de Clitheroe.
The inscription, which is very much worn and
defaced, is read as : ' AMEN, me JACET DOMINVS ADA

DE CLIDEROV M(lLEs) (p)ROPICIETVR DEVS HIC JACET

. . . ADE. CVIVS A1E PROPICIETVR DEVS.' 57 On

the south side of the sanctuary are two other
sepulchral slabs, one 6 ft. long with an incised cross,
broken at the top, and the other 5 ft. 9 in. long
with raised floreated cross within a circle. In the
floor close by, now partly hidden by seating, is the
tombstone with Latin inscription of Bishop Petre,
vicar apostolic of the northern district, who died in
1775 at Showley Hall.

A scheme for the restoration of the chapel in 1888
was abandoned.58 There is a small cemetery on
three sides of the building, and a public path through
the fields passes it on the west side. On the south
side is the base of an old cross.

ALSTON WITH HOTHERSALL

Alston, 1292 ; occasionally an h is prefixed.

Hudereshale, 1199; Hudersale, 1212; Huddres-
hal, 1254; Hordeshal, 1256; Hudersale, Huderis-
hale, Hodereshale, 1292 ; Hothersall, xvi cent.

This township is within the hundred of Amounder-
ness. Its area is 3,078^ acres, of which Alston has
2,040 and Hothersall 1,038^.' The population in
1901 numbered 2,007.2 The two portions, Hother-
sall being to the east and Alston to the west, are now
considered independent townships. Norcross is in
the south-west of Hothersall. The surface is hilly,
the general slope being from north to south, and
many brooks flow southwards through wooded valleys
to join the Ribble. In the bends of this river lie
areas of level land. There are no villages or note-
worthy hamlets in the greater part of the area, but
on the extreme northern edge lies a part of Long-
ridge.

The principal road is one from Preston to Long-
ridge, and there is another near the northern border
from this town to Ribchester. The Preston and
Longridge line of the London and North Western
and Lancashire and Yorkshire Companies' railways
runs along the north-western boundary.

At Hothersall Hall ' a demon is supposed to be
" laid " under a laurel tree until he can spin a rope
from the sands of the River Ribble, which runs near
the house.' 3

Before the Conquest it is supposed
MANORS that Alston was a part of Dilworth.
Afterwards, when Dilworth proper be-
came part of the honor of Clitheroe, Alston and

»° See Smith, Rochester, 134-5,
where illustrations of the font and the
carved shields are given. The shields,
beginning at the west, are as follows :
(i) I • H • C ; (z) the sacred heart, hinds
and feet ; (3) the initial* T. P. ; (4.1 a
quatrefoil, on a chief a cross ; (5) arms
of Clitheroe of Salesbury ; (6) arms of
Hothersall of Hothersall ; (7) five bulls'
heads caboshed in cross ; (8) arms of
Newport of Salop. ' Every effort has
been made to identify nos. 4 and 7, but
without success.' It has been suggested
that the initials T. P. refer to the name
of the donor, that P. stands for Prior and
that the letters stand for Turcopolier, one
of the official titles in the Order of St.

John. Smith suggests they are the initials
of Sir Thomas Pemberton, preceptor of
Newland, under which Stidd was a camera
and that the font was a gift from the
Preceptory. Whitaker assigns no. 4 to
the Knights Hospitallers, but gives no
explanation of the other arms. Smith
acknowledges indebtedness in his inter-
pretations to Sir Henry Diyden, bart.,
F.S.A., and to Mr. Joseph Gillow.

56 'Dec. i 1703. This day Mr. Ogden,
vicar of Ribchester, gave ye communion
table at Stid Church and caused the long
seat in the church to be fixt under the
south window ' 5 Church Book quoted by
Smith, Ribchester, 132.

61

87 Smith, op. cit. 136. There is an
illustration in Cutts's Sepulchral Slabs,
plate Ixiv.

58 A report on the state of the structure
with suggestions for its repair, a copy of
which has been communicated by the
present rector, was made in that year.
Some portions of it are quoted by Smith,
op. cit. 132—3.

1 Alston, 2,037 acres ; Hothersall,
1,056 ; including 46 and 24 acres of
inland water respectively ; Census Rep.
1901.

2 Of these 1,865 were 'n Alston, in-
cluding Longridge.

8 Harland and Wilkinson, Legends and
Traditions, 240.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Hothersall remained in the king's hands, being held
of him in thegnage.

In the survey of 1 2 1 2 it was found that Thomas
de Burnhull held half a plough-land in chief by the
service of 4/.4 This was ALSTON. It did not
descend like Brindle, but became divided between
the lords of Samlesbury and Lathom, each holding
nominally a moiety, but the former paying 3*. rent
and the latter u.5 The original partition was pro-
bably in the ratio of the thegnage rents — into 3
oxgangs of land and l oxgang— for William son of
Roger de Samlesbury about 1230 granted 3 oxgangs

of land in Alston to Adam de Hoghton.6 From
this time onwards the Hoghtons of Hoghton were
the immediate lords of a moiety of the manor,7
the mesne lordship of Samlesbury being frequently
ignored 8 ; while the other moiety descended, like
Lathom, to the Stanleys, Earls of Derby.9 There are
at Walton-le-Dale Court Rolls of Alston from 1672 to
1690. The Hoghton manor was in 1772 sold to
William Shaw the younger,10 and is now said to be
held by Mr. William Cross of Red Scar.

In the 1 3th and I4th centuries one or more
families are found bearing the local name.11 The

4 Lanes. Inq. and Extents (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), i, 50. Peter de
Burnhull paid 45. for half a plough-land
in Alston held in thegnage in 1226 ;
ibid, i, 139. The 4*. rent was paid to
the Earl of Lancaster in 1297, but the
tenants' names are not recorded ; ibid.
289.

* In 1324 Nicholas D'Ewyas and
Robert de Holland held a moiety of the
manor of Alston by the service of 31.
yearly ; the other moiety was held by
Robert de Lathom, who rendered izd. ;
Dods. MSS. cxxxi, fol. 39.

Again in 1346 Gilbert de Southworth,
in right of his wife, and Robert de Holland,
held the fourth part of a plough-land in
Alston by a rent of 31., and Thomas de
Lathom also held the fourth part of a
plough-land by a rent of 12 d. \ Survey of
1346 (Chet. Soc.), 48.

A century later Richard Hoghton was
said to hold the fourth part of a plough-
land by a rent of I2</. (for 3*.), and
Sir Thomas Stanley similarly by izd.
rent ; Extent of 1445-6 in Duchy of
Lane. Knights' Fees, bdle. 2, no. 20. In
the former case the intermediate lordship
has been ignored.

6 Add. MS. 32106, no. 226. A rent
of 3.1. C)d. was to be paid to the grantor
and his heirs. The witnesses included
Sir William le Boteler (who died in or
before 1233) and Emery his son.

In 1282 William son of Jordan de
Preston and Alice his wife claimed the
latter's dower in half an oxgang of land
in Alston against Adam de Hoghton ;
De Banco R. 47, m. 49.

7 In addition to the manor the Hoghtons
purchased other lands in Alston. William
de Bury released to Richard son of Adam
de Hoghton all claim in Alston and in
Elmetridding in Chipping and Goos-
nargh, and Richard de Bury, brother of
William, in 1306 undertook to see that
the sale was carried through when William
should come of age ; Add. MS. 32106,
no. 218, 225. Other acquisitions are
noticed later.

In 1312 Richard son of Adam de
Hoghton granted to Richard his son his
manors of Alston, Hothersall and Dil-
worth, together with the services of all
the free tenants ; ibid. no. 708. At the
same time he notified the free tenants
concerning this gift; ibid. no. 721. A
year later, by fine, a moiety of the manors
of Alston, Hothersall and Dilworth was
settled upon Richard son of Richard de
Hoghton by Richard son of Adam de
Hoghton ; Final Cone. (Rec. Soc. Lanes,
and Ches.), ii, 14. Thomas son of Sir
Adam de Hoghton in 1316 released to
Richard son of his brother Richard de
Hoghton all his claim to the manor of
Alston and lands in Hothersall, Dilworth,
Goosnargh, &c. ; ibid. no. 710.

John son of William Jonesson de

Alston in 1 349 made a feoffment of
3 acres lying together in the western part
of his field ; the bounds began at Sir Adam
de Hoghton's land and went across the
grantor's field towards the east ' until
3 acres of land were fully complete ' ;
ibid. no. 217.

Agnes wife of Adam de Bowland in
1350 gave 2 acres of arable land and an
orchard to her husband for his life ; ibid.
no. 196. Afterwards (1362) she gave
him all the land descending to her after
the death of John son of William son of
John ; ibid. no. 222. Two years later
Adam and Agnes granted the whole to
Sir Adam de Hoghton ; ibid. no. 213.

In 1377 Sir Adam de Hoghton and
Ellen his wife made a settlement of a
moiety of the manors of Alston, Dilworth
and Hothersall ; the remainder was to
Sir Henry, son of Sir Adam, and his
heirs male ; Final Cone, iii, 3. The free
tenants in Alston appear to have been
Robert de Alston, William Albyn, Adam
de Ellel and John son of Adam de Ellel.
The settlement was probably varied, for
in 1386 Sir Adam de Hoghton released
his manors to the feoffees ; Add. MS.
32106, no. 720. Sir Henry de Hoghton
does not seem to have had anything in
Alston (Lanes. Inq. p.m. [Chet. Soc.], ii,
43), but Sir Richard (son of Sir Adam)
de Hoghton gave to the feoffees his
manors, specially naming the moiety of
the manor of Alston ; Add. MS. 32106,
no. 718. Again in 1415 Sir Gilbert de
Kighley and Ellen his wife (formerly wife
of Sir Henry de Conway and Sir Adam de
Hoghton) granted Sir Richard de Hoghton
their manor of Alston ; ibid. no. 206.
Sir Richard held half the manor in 1422
by the rent of 31. ; Lanes. Inq. p.m.
(Chet. Soc.), i, 146. In 1433 his suc-
cessor Sir Richard granted John Elswick,
rector of Ribchester, a parcel of his waste
in the vill of Alston ; Add. MS. 32106,
no. 220.

8 This moiety is supposed to be that
settled upon Fromund de Norhampton
and Hawise his wife in 1321 ; Final Cone.
ii, 42.

In 1363 Edmund Maunsell released
his right in a moiety of the manor of
Alston to Sir William de Windsor ; Hist.
MSS. Com. Rep. x, App. iv, 226.

The Samlesbury lordship was recognized
in 1499 and 1519, when it was found
that Alexander and William Hoghton
had held a moiety of the manor of Alston
of Thomas Earl of Derby and John
(Thomas) Southworth by a rent of "j\d. ;
Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. iii, no. 66 ;
v, no. 66. IB the later inquisitions (1559
onward) this moiety of the manor was
stated to be held of the sovereign as Duke
of Lancaster in socage ; ibid, xi, no. 2, &c.

Bridget Brown, widow, held certain
land in Alston of the queen (the owner,
Thomas Hoghton, being a fugitive), pnd

also had a boat in the Ribble at Alston,
and gave to her nephew George Clarkson ;
but at her death in 1578 or 1579 one
George Cawvell (Cowell) took possession,
claiming by grant of Thomas Hoghton ;
Duchy of Lane. Plead. Eliz. ex, C i ;
cxxi, C 12.

The younger Thomas Hoghton in Aug.
1581 granted to Elizabeth widow of
Alexander Hoghton, among other things,
the capital messuage called Alston Hal)
for her life ; Add. MS. 32106, no. 878.

9 The tenure of this moiety of the
manor as recorded after the death of
Thomas de Lathom (1370) is singular,
but throws light on the second para-
graph of the last note. It was stated
that he had held it of Thomas la Warr
by knight's service and a rent of 41., and
that William de Windsor held it of him
by the same service ; Duchy of Lane. Inq.
p.m. ii, no. 7.

The moiety of Alston is named in the
inquisition after the death of Thomas,
second earl, in 1521. In right of
Samlesbury the Earls of Derby had also a
share in the superior lordship of the other
moiety of the manor of Alston.

The rental compiled in 1522 (in the
possession of the Earl of Lathom) shows
that the free tenants paid us. n^d.
rent ; there are named Roger Elston
(formerly Richard Ellel), Christopher
Norcross, Ellis Ellel, John Alston and
Henry Hoghton (is.) ; the Abbot of
Sawley paid 31. \d. for leading the water
from the Ribble to his mill near Sunder-
land Grange. The tenants at will (twelve
tenements) paid ^12 6s. $d. The manor,
demesne lands and water-mills had been
demised to John Cowell at a rent of
£7 4*. ; a close in the demesne, called
Roberhagh, was demised to Robert Ellel
at 8j. rent. There were some small
rents also from improvements of the
waste. No courts had been held, nor
had any heriots or gressums been paid
during that year. The free rent of i id.
due to the king lor the manor had been
duly paid to the bailiff of Blackburnshire.

After the forfeiture of James, the
seventh earl, some of his messuages and
lands in Alston were sold by the Parlia-
ment in 1652 ; Royalist Comp. Papers
(Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), ii, 238.

The manor of Alston is named in a
recovery of the Earl of Derby's estates as
late as 1776 ; PaL of Lane. Plea R. 623,
m. la.

10 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 387,
m. 114. The deforciants were Sir Henry
Hoghton and Frances his wife.

About 1830 the Alston Hall estate
was owned by the Riddells of Cheesburn ;
T. C. Smith, Chipping, 161.

11 Robert lord of Alston granted an acre
in Alston to Robert son of William de
Whittingham at a rent of 4</.; Add. MS.
32106, no. 223. Mabot daughter of

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Hothersalls had a share of Alston also, and this seems
to have been acquired by the Hoghtons.12 Later
some of the neighbouring landowners had estates in
this part of the township,13 but few other records of
Alston occur.14 Thomas Cutler died in 1604 holding
a messuage, &c., of the Earl of Derby and Sir Richard
Hoghton by a rent of 6s.15 During the Common-
wealth period two-thirds of the estate of Benjamin
Eccles at Colland Banks was sequestered for his
recusancy,16 and Thomas Grimshaw suffered for the
same cause.17 Thomas Gregson and several others
registered estates as 'Papists' in lyry.18

The family of Norcross of Ribchester and Alston

was formerly of some note.19 A branch of the Dew-
hursts registered a pedigree in 1665, being described
as < of Alston.' 20

HOTHERSALL in 1212 was held by Swain son of
Robert, to whom it had been granted by King John
first when Count of Mortain and afterwards on coming
to the throne in 1 1 99. 2I It was assessed as 2 oxgangs
of land, and a thegnage rent of 5/. was rendered.22
Swain, living in 1226, was followed by a son
Thomas de Hothersall, who died in 1256 or 1257
holding the 2 oxgangs of land in Hothersall and an
oxgang and a half in Alston ; Robert his son and
heir was of full age.23 The descent cannot be clearly

Robert de Alston, a widow, released to
her brother Robert ' land with which she
had been freely married ' to William son
of Walter de Penwortham ; Dods. MSS.
Ixx, fol. 155.

Roger son of Richard de Alston ex-
changed his part of Croneberihall in Eccles-
ton for land in Alston with Adam de
Hoghton ; to this Roger Gernet, Benedict
his son, Vivian Gernet and Thomas
de Beetham were witnesses ; Add. MS.
32106, no. 208. About 1247 Roger dc
Alston granted land to Walter son of
Richard son of Uctred at a rent of izd.;
ibid. no. 348. The date is fixed by one
of the witnesses, Matthew de Redmayn,
being described as ' then sheriff.' By
another charter John de Alston gave his
three daughters (joan, Maud and Kathe-
rine) all his land in Alston, a rent of i zd.
being due to Walter de Alston ; ibid,
no. 202.

Roger de Alston and Richard his son
occur as witnesses ; ibid. no. 197. Richard
de Alston was lord in 1257 ; Lanes. Inq.
p.m. i, 204.

In 1292 Grimbald de Alston was the
principal owner. William son of William
de Alston claimed the sixteenth part of
certain land and wood in Alston against
Grimbald, who had entry through Roger
de Alston, the grantee of Richard de
Alston ; Assize R. 408, m. 68. William
son of Robert atte Yate also claimed the
sixteenth part of the same land ; ibid,
m. 70 d. The jury rejected these claims,
as also a further one by William son of
William ; ibid. m. 8 d.

Anabel widow of William de Porta
(atte Yate) released to Richard de Alston
her dower right in land which Richard and
Amery his wife had recovered by suit at
Lancaster ; William «on of William the
Clerk of Alston was a witness ; Add. MS.
32106, no. 20 1 ; Assize R. 408, m. 3 i d.
Adam de Alston obtained land from Adam
son of Gerard de Hothersall in Hehefield,
Whitecross, Brerecroft and Whitecarr ;
Add. MS. 32106, no. 224. Robert son of
Swain de Hothersall gave Amery his
daughter and her issue all his land in
Alstonfield and 2 acres in Alstonholme ;
ibid. no. 198. Then the above-named
William son of Robert de Porta gave
Richard son of Adam de Alston and
Amery his wife all his land in ' Lymwel-
ridding ' in the vill of Alston ; Grimbald
de Alston was a witness ; ibid. no. 204.
Then Amery widow of Richard granted to
Richard her son all her land in ' Lamewel-
ridding' in 1321 ; ibid. no. 207. Richard
son of Hitchcock de Alston in 1325 sold
his land in Alstonholme to Sir Richard de
Hoghton ; ibid. no. 199.

Alice widow of Grimbald de Alston
claimed dower in the manor of Alston in
1308 against Henry de Rimington and

Amery his wife; De Banco R. 170,
m. 200 d.

Swain de Hothersall gave Robert his
son the half oxgang of land in Alston which
Waltheof had held ; a rent of \d. was to
be paid ; Add. MS. 32106, no. 197.
Robert son of Swain afterwards granted
Sir Adam de Hoghton all his land in the
Hokefield and in the Brerecroft, receiving
2Os. in return ; ibid. no. 21$.

Adam son of Gerard de Hothersall gave
Robert son of Stephen de Hothersall and
Roger son of Roger of the same 3 acres in
Whitecarr, they releasing to him all their
right in i J oxgangs of land in Alston ;
ibid. no. 20$. William ton of Adam de
Hothersall granted half an oxgang of land
in Alston (formerly held by Richard son
of Adam de Hoghton) to Adam son of
Adam and Amery de Hoghton ; ibid,
no. 211. William le Boteler, 'then
sheriff,' was a witness, so that the date was
about 1260.

In 1373 William son of Henry de
Dutton purchased a messuage and land in
Alston from Richard son of John de
Hothersall and Emma his wife ; Final
Cone, ii, 187 ; Add. MS. 32107, no. 203.

u The Shireburnes of Stonyhurst had
land in Alston, but the tenure it not
recorded.

Edward Radcliffe of Dilworth in 1617
held land in Alston of Sir Richard Hogh-
ton ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes,
and Ches.), ii, 152.

14 In 1382 William Albyn of Alston
and Joan his wife held a third part of two
messuages and certain land in Alston ;
Final Cone, iii, 14.

u Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches.), i, 107. Thomas Cutler, son and
heir of Thomas, was twenty-six years of
age.

16 Royalist Camp. Papers (Rec. Soc. Lanes,
and Ches.), ii, 270-4. Benjamin Eccles
grandson of Thomat had in 1587 a lease
from the Earl of Derby. Samuel King
claimed the land in 1654, after the death
of Ecclet, alleging that his father had
purchased from the earl. The seques-
tered two-thirds had been let in 1652 to
Thomat Gregson.

17 Ibid, iii, 133-5. Thomas Grim-
shaw's right was derived from hit wife
Jane, who at widow of one Thomat
Duddell had a capital messuage in Altton
and landt in Thornley. Jane having died
the property wat in 1651 claimed by Roger
Sudell, in right of his wife Grace, daughter
of William Duddell, heir of Thomas.

William Sanderson, another recusant,
desired in 1654 to be allowed to contract
for his estate ; Cat. Com. for Camp, v,
3194.

18 Estcourt and Payne, Engl. Cath. Non-
jurors, 102, 137, 140, 150. The other
names were : Anne Hothersall, widow,

Robert Tomlinson, John Duckworth
(Duckett) and Anne hit wife and William
Walmesley.

lrT. C. Smith, Ribchester, 249. James
Norcross 'of Dilworth' in 1631 paid £10
on refusing knighthood ; Misc. (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), i, 218.

20 Dugdale, Viiit. (Chet. Soc.), 97.

11 Chart. R. (Rec. Com.), 27.

M Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 50. Swain's
name occurt again in 1226 ; ibid, i, 139 ;
and the payment of the 51. rent it re-
corded among the Earl of Lancaster's
receiptt in 1297 ; ibid, i, 289. A charter
of Swain ton of Robert it cited below
(note 41).

Swain had teveral tont. His grant to
Robert, one of them, has been cited
above ; also a grant by Robert in Altton.
William Moton granted land in Rib-
chester to Richard ton of Swain de
Hothertall ; Add. MS. 32106, no. 284.
Alan ton of Roger ton of Swain de
Hothersall granted all his land to Adam
de Hoghton ; ibid. no. 24, fol. 244.

There were other families taking a
surname from the place, but their con-
nexion with Swain cannot be traced. For
instance, Adam son of Gerard, Robert
ton of Stephen, Roger and Hugh occur
between 1250 and 1260 ; Lanes. Inq. and
Extents, i, 183, &c. Robert ton of
Stephen de Hothertall confirmed part of
hit land to Henry ton of Geoffrey de
Ribchester; Add. MS. 32106, no. 23,
fol. 244. Adam son of Gerard de Hother-
tall gave his cousin Robert ton of Stephen
parcels of land in Scalecroft and other
placet in the field of Hothertall ; ibid.
no. i. The tame Adam granted hit
titter Godith't ton William 5 acres in
the vill of Hothertall ; ibid. no. 14.

Hugh ton of William de Hothersall
gave hit daughter Agnet various lands,
Roughley, Frendesforth, Oldfieldhalgh,
Brerefurlong, Crocland and Great Hold
being named. Hugh had a brother and
a ton each named Roger ; ibid. no. 4.
Roger ton of Roger exchanged with
William ton of Hugh certain lands, the
place-names including Oldfield, Rese-
ditch, Bradleybone ; ibid. no. 55. To
this deed Robert son of Stephen, Alan
his ton, Thomas, Adam and Robert hit
son, all ' de Hothertall,' were witnetset.
Other chartert of Roger dc Hothertall son
of Roger are in the tame collection,
no. 20, 41, 51, 52. 'Thomas son of
Swain ' it named in teveral of them.

28 Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 204.
Thomat it no doubt the Thomas too
of Swain of the preceding note. Again,
Thomas de Hothertall and Richard hi«
brother attested a Dilworth grant (Add.
MS. 32106, no. 313), and Richard't
parentage hat been shown. Robert the
ton and heir of Thomat paid 51. at relief

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traced, but Thomas de Hothersall held the manor
in I32424 and his son Robert in 1346 by the 5/.
rent.25 In 1445-6 the 2 oxgangs of land were held
by the heir of Adam Hothersall by the same rent.26

Robert Hothersall died in 1558 holding the manor,
i.e. the capital messuage of Hothersall with other
messuages, lands, &c., of the queen as of her duchy
of Lancaster by free thegnage and a rent of 5-f.27
John his son and heir was fifty-four years of age in
1577. John Hothersall was in 1576 reported to the
Privy Council by the Bishop of Chester as one of
those 'of longest obstinacy against religion,' whose
resistance had encouraged many others to refrain from
' embracing the queen's majesty's proceedings.' 2ii He
made a settlement of his estate in I579-29 His suc-

cessor seems to have been Richard Hothersall, who
was a freeholder in i6oo,so and died in 1 6 10, leaving
a son John, aged twenty-five.31 John was in 1632
succeeded by his brother Thomas,32 who recorded a
pedigree in 1665, being then about eighty years of
age.33 John, his eldest son, had been killed at the
siege of Greenhalgh Castle in 1645, and George,
another son, lost his life at Liverpool in 1644, both
fighting for the royal cause.34

John's eldest son Thomas succeeded to Hother-
sall.35 He had several children. The eldest son,
John, took part in the Jacobite rising of 1715, and
was captured at Preston ; escaping, he managed to
elude recapture, and lived secretly with his sister
Anne, wife of William Leckonby.36 This sister and

on succeeding ; Originalia R. 41 Hen. Ill,
m. 2.

Adam de Hothersall and Richard his
brother gave half a mark for a writ in
1258-9 ; ibid. m. 6. They seem to have
been sons of Thomas.

Robert chief lord of Hothersall about
1280 granted Adam de Gouldebrough a
plat on the eastern side of Bradley, the
bounds beginning at Bolkin (or Bolin)
Brook and descending Ayothalgh, and
thence by lands of Sir Adam de Hoghton
and Richard de Bradley to the starting-
point ; ibid. no. 47, fol. 248.

Robert son of Thomas de Hothersall,
Richard de Byron and Margery his wife,
Robert son of Stephen and William son
of Roger de Hothersall allowed Sir Adam
de Hoghton to make a mill on the Kibble ;
ibid. no. 36. Margery was probably one
of the sisters Margery and Isabel, daughters
of Robert son of Stephen, who made a
grant in 1288 to Robert Ward of Hother-
sall and Mabel his wife ; ibid. no. 38.

In 1292 the various disputes which had
arisen between Robert de Hothersall and
Adam son of Adam de Hoghton were
referred to the judgement of six men of
the district ; ibid. no. 40.

In the same year Simon son of Agnes
de Ribchester and grandson of Henry son
of Hawise de Ribchester claimed various
messuages and lands against Thomas son
of Robert de Hothersall, against Robert and
William other sons, and against Adam
and John, other sons of Robert, but the
jury decided against him ; Assize R. 408,
m. 35. Edusa daughter of Thomas de
Hothersall and widow of Adam de Dutton
formally acknowledged that she had re-
leased to Adam son of Thomas de Hother-
sall her right to certain land in the place ;
ibid. m. 20. Edusa seems afterwards
(1308) to have denied her charter ; De
Banco R. 173, m. 418 d.

2« Dods. MSS. cxxxi, fol. 39. Thomas's
parentage is shown by a claim made in
1 308-9 by Robert le Ward of Hothersall
respecting the eighth part of certain lands ;
the defendants were Master Richard de
Hoghton and Thomas son of Robert dc
Hothersall, whose widow Ellen was joined
in the defence ; Assize R. 428, m. i.
The father may be the Robert son of
Robert of 1292.

Richard son of Adam de Hoghton gave
Thomai son of Robert de Hothersall, in
free marriage with his daughter Margery,
lands in Eastwood, Uckemonsriddings, &c.,
in 1311; Add. MS. 32107, no. 349.
In 1339 Sir Richard de Hoghton, Thomas
son of Robert de Hothersall and Robert
le Ward claimed a tenement against John
son of Hugh de Stapleton ; Assize R. 427,
m. 3 d.

« Sur-v. of 1346 (Chet. Soc.), 58. In
the preceding year Adam son of Sir
Richard de Hoghton, as feoffee, granted
to Robert de Hothersall and Maud his
wife various lands and services and the
reversion of those held as dower by Mar-
gery widow of Thomas de Hothersall ;
Add. MS. 32107, no. 349^. That
Robert was the son of Thomas appears
from a suit in 1348; Assize R. 1444,
m. 8. He had a brother Richard living
in 1349 (Add. MS. 32106, no. 293), and
to Richard son of Thomas de Hothersall
had in 1331 been granted by Agnes
widow of Richard de Turnley 2 acres in
the vill of Hothersall ; ibid. 32107, no.
382. Another brother was Roger, to
whom in 1340 Robert de Hothersall
granted land in a place called the Leigh ;
ibid. no. 378.

36 Duchy of Lane. Knights' Fees,
bdle. 2, no. 20.

In 1362 Adam de Threlfall, Silicia his
wife, Adam son of Robert de Hothersall,
Joan his wife and various others had a
dispute with Sir Adam de Hoghton re-
specting tenements in Hothersall ; Add.
MS. 32107, no. 352 ; 32106, no. 39
(fol. 246).

In 1394 Adam de Hothersall made a
feoffment of all his lands, &c., in Alston ;
Add. MS. 32107, no. 356. Adam in
1406 allowed Sir Richard de Hoghton to
alienate land for the endowment of the
new chantry in Ribchester Church ; Add.
MS. 32106, no. 290. In 1414 Adam
»on of Robert Hothersall granted Aspel-
carr in Ribchester to his son Richard ;
Kuerden MSS. iv, R 14. Adam was still
living in 1427, when he gave land called
the Intakes in Alston and Hothersall to
Ughtred Hothersall and Joan his wife,
daughter of John Catterall ; Add. MS.
32107, no. 365. At the same time Adam
and Ughtred made a feoffment of lands in
Alston, Hothersall and Ribchester ; ibid.
no. 373.

Ughtred was probably a grandson of
Adam. He was living in 1458 (Add.
MS. 32106, no. 295) and had a son and
heir Robert, named several times in the
reign of Edward IV ; Add. MS. 32107,
no. 361, 376. Bernard was another son
(ibid. no. 383), who occurs in 1447 ; Pal.
of Lane. Plea R. 10, m. 42. Katherine
wife of Ughtred Hothersall gave a receipt
to Ellen widow of Richard Catterall in
1468 ; Add. MS. 32107, no. 386. Ugh-
tred in 1470 released to William Cottam
of Alston various lands in Hothersall in
Alston which had belonged to Thomas
Hothersall ; ibid. no. 366.

In 1479 Richard Towneley complained
that Ughtred, Robert and Gilbert Hother-
sall had broken into his close at Hother-

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sail and cut down trees to the value
of 401. ; Pal. of Lane. Writs Proton.
19 Edw. IV. Robert Hothersall seems
to have been the head of the family in
1487; Add. MS. 32106, no. 310. In
1493 J°hn Towneley complained of
trespass by Robert Hothersall, Richard
Hothersall the elder and Richard the
younger 5 Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 77, m. 2.
At this point the succession is un-
certain, but in 1533 John son of Robert,
son and heir of Richard Hothersall, was
contracted to marry Anne daughter of
John Talbot of Salesbury ; Shireburne
Abstract Bk. at Leagram.

27 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xii, no. 21.
The inquisition was not made until 1577.
No land in Alston is recorded, but he had
held i£ acres in Ribchester of Robert
Lynalx.

Robert Hothersall was involved in
tithe disputes in 1536-41 ; Ducatus Lane.
(Rec. Com.), i, 155, 160.

28 Gillow, Bibl. Diet, of Engl. Cath. Hi,
410.

George Hothersall, a son of John, was
educated for the priesthood at Rheims
and Valladolid (1585-93); he returned
to England on the mission, but was
arrested and exiled, becoming a monk at
Douay in 1615. It is believed that he
returned to England and died in Lancashire
in 1633 ; ibid.

29 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 41,
m. 182.

30 Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.),
i, 232.

31 Lanes, and Ches. Inj. p.m. (Rec. Soc
Lanes, and Ches.), i, 166. 'Shuffling
John Hothersall ' is mentioned by the
Puritan Nicholas Assheton in 1618 ;
Journal (Chet. Soc.), 99.

32 Towneley MS. C 8, 13 (Chet. Lib.),
505. Thomas Hothersall is described as
thirty years of age and more.

33 Dugdale, Visit. (Chet. Soc.), 153.
84 Gillow, op. cit. iii, 408.

35 A settlement of the manor of
Hothersall and lands there and in Alston
was made in 1673, Thomas Hothersall
being the plaintiff in the fine and William
Hothersall, with his son and heir Thomas,
the deforciants ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F.
bdle. 190, m. 70. William would be the
uncle of the former Thomas. William
Hothersall, Grace his wife and Thomas
Hothersall were among the recusants of
Alston in 1667 ; T. C. Smith, Ribchester,
62. Thomas was outlawed for the same
in 1679-80 ; ibid. 63.

86 Smith, op. cit. 227. As the father,
Thomas Hothersall, was living the estates
were not forfeited, but were left to the
daughters. The father died in 1720. His
will is in the Piccope MSS. (Chet. Lib.),

BLACKBURN HUNDRED

RIBCHESTER

another, Margery wife of Edward Winstanley, after-
wards divided the estates, the manor of Hothersall fall-
ing to the former and descending to her son Richard
Leckonby. On his becoming bankrupt in 1763
the manor was offered for sale,37 but seems to have
been retained in the family till the end of the cen-
tury.38 The Hothersall Hall estate was purchased in
1852 by Jonathan Openshaw, and has since been
much augmented. It is now the property of Mr.
Frederick Openshaw.39 The Hall was rebuilt in
1856 in a plain modern Gothic style on the site of
the old house 39a in a low situation close to the right
bank of the Ribble. No part of the former house
remains,. with the exception of a carved stone built

into the wall of one of the outbuildings on which
are the arms of Hothersall, together with the initials
T-H- and the date i695.39b

A moiety of the manor was held by the Hoghton
family.40 It seems to have been a composite estate,
formed by purchasing various portions.41 The tenure
is not stated in the inquisitions, and the 5/. thegnage
rent was always paid by the Hothersalls. In 1 6 1 o it
was purchased by John Dewhurst from Sir Richard
Hoghton and Katherine his wife,42 and in 1621
William Dewhurst was found to have held messuages
and lands in Hothersall of the king in socage.43

An ancient estate in this part of the township was
i that of the Bradleys of Thornley,44 descending to the

iii, 204, from znd-jrd Roll of Geo. I at
Preston. By it he left Hothersall Hall to
Alexander Osbaldeston, as trustee for the
testator's daughters. See also ibid, iii,
380, from Roll 5 of Geo. III.

37 Pedigree in Piccope MSS. ii, 233 ;
Gillow, op. cit. iv, 284. The descent is
thus given : William Leckonby of Eccles-
ton in the Fylde m. Anne Hothersall
-s. Richard m. Mary daughter and heir
of William Hawthornthwaite of Stony-
hurst and heir also of the Liveseys of
Button -s. William -da. Mary m. (1799)
T. H. Hele-Phipps of Wiltshire.

38 In 1801 Thomas Ingilby was plaintiff
and William Rigby deforciant in a fine
respecting the manor of Hothersall and
tenements there ; Pal. of Lane. Lent
Assizes 41 Geo. III.

Robert Parker was residing at the
hall in 1825 (Lanes. Dir.) and — Martin
was owner about 1836 ; Raines, Lanes.
(ed. i), iii, 387.

89 The estate, ' after passing through
several hands, became the property of the
late Jonathan Openshaw esq. of Bury, to
whose nephew, Frederick Openshaw, esq.
J.P., it now [1890] belongs'; T. C.
Smith, op. cit. 227. Particulars are
given of a family picture of the Leckon-
bys. The same writer gives the legend
of the laying of the Hothersall Hall
devil ; ibid. 73. For an account of the
Openshaw family »ee T. C. Smith,
Longridge, 139.

39a The old house is described as having
been in a 'dilapidated state' when pulled
down ; T. C. Smith, Longridge, 139.
39b The 8tone is illustrated ibid. 132.
40 The Hoghton family's estate has
been referred to in preceding notes.
Adam son and heir of Adam de Hoghton
warranted to Agnes, his father's widow,
a messuage and land in Hothersall claimed
by John de Church and Alice his wife.
Alice was the sister and heir of William
and John de Hothersall, from whom
Adam de Hoghton the elder had had the
land ; Assize R. 408, m. 50.

The estate was described as a moiety
of the manor in 1377 ; Final Cone, iii, 3.
Usually, however, no 'manor* is named
in the inquisitions, and the messuages,
lands, &c., are stated to be held of the
king as duke by services unknown ;
Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chct. Soc.), ii, 127 ;
Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. iii, no. 66. In
1590 the estate is again called a manor,
but the service was unknown ; ibid, xv,
no. 39.

41 Many of the Hoghton charters have
already been cited from Add. MS. 32106,
fol. 241 on ; 32107, no. 290, &c.

Swain son of Robert granted Octe-
pranus son of Ughtred an eighth part of
the vill of Hothersall, to be held in free

thegnage by a rent of jfad. ; Add. MS.
32106, no. 19, fol. 243. This was pro-
bably the eighth part of the vill which
John son of Roger de Hothersall after-
wards gave to Sir Adam de Hoghton ;
ibid. no. 22. Sir Adam granted certain
easements in the eighth part of the vill ;
ibid. no. 34.

Richard de Amethalgh and Christiana
his wife gave their daughter Avice the
lands they held of St. Saviour's Hospital.
The bounds began at a broken bank by
the Ribble, upon Hepewell, went north
by Merecliff to Stiropeclough, and so
down again to the Ribble ; ibid. no. 5,
50. Avice married John de Wickles-
worth, and this land was granted to Adam
de Hoghton in or before 1275 ; ibid. no.
6, 48, 53. Alice daughter of Avice de
Hothersall in 1274 gave Maud, her
mother's sister, her right in lands formerly
belonging to her uncle Henry ; ibid,
no. 13.

Richard son of Hugh de Hothersall
granted Adam de Hoghton the homage
and service of Roger his brother and
Adam del Hurst and Agnes his wife,
Roger son of Hugh releasing all his right
in his mother Alice's dower ; ibid. no.
10, 3.

The estate of Robert the Ward was
also acquired by the Hoghtons. Margery
and Isabel daughters of Robert son of
Stephen de Hothersall gave an acre of
land to Robert the Ward of Hothersall
and Mabel his wife in 1288 ; ibid. no. 38.
In 1 292 Robert the Ward claimed common
of pasture against Robert son of Thomas
(de Hothersall) and Adam de Hoghton.
but was non-suited ; Assize R. 408, m.
9 d. It seems probable, from a suit
already cited, that he had an eighth part
of the manor. Robert the Ward and
Mabel his wife acquired other lands down
to 1322 ; Add. MS. 32106, no. 7, 26, 42.
In 1344-5 Sir Richard de Hoghton had
a dispute with Alina widow of Robert
the Ward, who claimed the fourth part of
a moiety of messuages and land in Hother-
sall. She held a fourth part of the town
(or perhaps a fourth of the moiety) in
common with Sir Richard de Hoghton
and Adam de Hoghton, of whom the
former was lord of a third part and the
latter had a moiety of the town ; Assize
R. 1435, m. 37 d., 36. It was found
that Richard, Adam and Alina had
approved the tenements put in view, and
that Richard alone had disseised her.

In 1448 John son of Robert de
Freckleton claimed the eighth part of the
manor of Hothersall against Adam son
of William de Turnley, Margery his wife
and others, including Robert son of
Thomas de Hothersall, Sir Adam de
Hoghton and Mabel widow of Henry de

65

Turnley. Adam de Hoghton said he was
lord of the manor, which was held of
him by knight's service. Adam de Turn-
ley stated that Robert the Ward had had
the tenement settled on himself and his
heirs by Alina his wife, with remainders
to Henry de Turnley, Adam de Turnley
and Sir Adam de Hoghton. The
claimant admitted this, but said that
Henry de Turnley had released his right
to Alina while she was a widow, but the
verdict was against him ; Assize R. 1444,
m. 8. Adam de Turnley then granted to
Sir Adam de Hoghton all his lands, tene-
ments, rents, &c., in the vill of Hother-
sall ; Add. MS. 32106, no. 8.

Sir Adam de Hoghton in 1375 made a
feoffment of his tenement called the
Blackgreve in Hothersall in the vill of
Alston ; ibid. no. 1 1.

43 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 75,
no. 10. John Dewhurst had, in the time
of Elizabeth, purchased the lands in Rib-
chester and Hothersall previously held by
Crompton and Greenhalgh ; see the
account of Ribchester.

43 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes,
and Ches.), ii, 284.

William Dewhurst and Anne his wife
made a settlement of the manor of
Hothersall in 1649 ; Pal. of Lane. Feet
of F. bdle. 146, m. 153. In a later fine
the deforcianti were William Dewhurst,
Anne his wife, Henry Marsden, Janet
his wife and William Dewhurst, the
plaintiff being Lancelot Bolton ; ibid,
bdle. 179, m. 142.

44 Adam de Hurst in 1316 released to
Adam de Bradley his right in certain land
adjoining Sir Richard de Hoghton's ;
Add. MS. 32106, no. 43 (fol. 247).
Richard de Amethalgh gave Thomas de
Bradley two small plats in a field called
' Cromanhalgh ' in 1318; ibid. no. 59.
In 1319-20 Adam de Bradley granted to
John his son and heir all the land in
Hothersall he had had from Richard son
of Adam del Hurst ; Parlington D. He
also gave his son Thomas land which he
had had from his brother Richard ; Add.
MS. 32106, no. 49. Thomas son of
Adam de Bradley gave lands to his
brothers Robert and John about the same
time ; ibid. no. 37, 54. To his brothers
Simon and William he gave land in
' Cronershalgh ' ; Kuerden fol. MS. 55.
John son of Thomas de Bradley of Chip-
pingdale in 1409 received 10 marks from
Nicholas de York, Abbot of Whalley, in
part payment for ' divers transgressions ' ;
ibid.

Thomas Hesketh of Rufford in 1523
held 8 acres in Alston and Hothersall by
services unknown ; Duchy of Lane. Inq.
p.m. v, no. 1 6. In 1556 Thomas
Bradley purchased lands in Aighton and

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Osbaldestons.45 Some smaller estates are known,4'
and the family of Naden is distinguished by the Rev.
Thomas Naden, a benefactor of St. John's College,
Cambridge.47 William Rogerson of Hothersall regis-
tered a small estate in 1 7 1 7 as a ' Papist.' 48

The chapel of ST. LAWRENCE at
CHURCH Longridge is of unknown foundation,
but is named in the rental of the Earl
of Derby's estates in I5Z2.49 A few particulars of
its ' ornaments ' at the time of the Reformation
have been preserved,60 but it does not appear to have
had any endowment. It probably ceased to be used
for a time," but was not destroyed or desecrated,
though even in 1650 there was 'neither minister
nor maintenance.'" One, Timothy Smith, was
appointed in 1657," but ejected in 1662." Various
small endowments were afterwards given to it/5 and
it was rebuilt in 1716. Bishop Gastrell at that time
found that there was an income of £4 I 3/. \d. for
the minister, received by the vicar of Ribchester,
who held service there once a fortnight.46 Grants
from Queen Anne's Bounty were obtained in 1730
and later." The Hoghton family claimed to present,58
but the advowson was purchased in 1829 by the
Hulme Trustees.59

The church stands on the south side of the town

of Longridge. The old chapel was rebuilt in 1716
and again in 1822, the building of the latter year
being rectangular in plan with galleries and two
tiers of windows at each side. A west tower con-
taining two bells was added in 1841. A restora-
tion, which was begun in 1899 and was completed
in 1906, practically took the form of a further re-
building, only the tower and the main walls being
left standing. A chancel and vestry were added, the
galleries done away with,60 and the interior of the
building was entirely remodelled. The churchyard,
which slopes away from the building on the south
side, was enlarged in 1878. It contains some frag-
ments of the 18th-century church. There is a clock,
given in 1892, with dials on the north and west
sides of the tower. The register of births begins
in 1760, that of burials in 1789 and of marriages
in iSsS.60*

A district chapelry was formed for it in i$6i.60b
The present income is ^400. A chapel of ease,
St. Paul's, was built in 1890. The following have
been curates and vicars61 : —
1701 Thomas Felgate
1730 Richard Dixon
1743 John Sharpe
1780 Robert Parkinson "

Hothersall from Sir Thomas Hesketh
and Alice his wife ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of
F. bdle. 1 6, m. 12.

Thomas Bradley of Bradley in Thornley
in 1564 held a messuage, &c., in Hother-
sall of John Hothersall by a rent of I2d.\
Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xi, no. 37 ;
xvii, no. 28.

45 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes,
and Ches.), i, 179.

46 John Seed the elder in 1596 pur-
chased messuages, &c., in Hothersall from
Robert Dobson and Isabel his wife ; Pal.
of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 59, m. 229.
Dying in 1629 John Seed was found to
have held his estate in Hothersall of the
king ; John his son and heir was fifty
years of age ; Towneley MS. C 8, 13
(Chet. Lib.), 1073.

The Kuerdens of Ribchester had lands
in Hothersall, Adam de Hoghton having
granted a parcel in Ravenhacclough to
Richard de Kuerden at a rent of 6d. ;
Add. MS. 32109, fol. 17, no. 57. This
or adjoining land was in 1336 given to
Nicholas son of Thomas de Hothersall ;
Towneley MS. C 8, 1 3 (Chet. Lib.), K 18.
William son of John de Walton, perhaps
as trustee, secured a messuage and land
from Adam son of Roger de Kuerden and
Agnes his wife in 1352 ; Final Cone, ii,
132. The same Adam son of Roger
made an exchange of lands with Sir Adam
de Hoghton in 1383-4; Add. MS. 32109,
fol. 57, no. 29.

Adam de Threlfall has been named
above. In 1425 Adam Hothersall re-
leased to ' his brother ' John Threlfall of
Goosnargh the elder all right in a mes-
suage in the hamlet of Hothersall in the
vill of Alston ; Add. MS. 32108, no. 880.
Edmund Threlfall of Ashes in Threlfall
in 1617 held land of John Hothersall by
a rent of I zd. ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec.
Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), ii, 92.

Richard Towneley of Towneley held
land in Hothersall in 1408-54 ; Lanes.
Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), ii, 59. William
Cottamof Dilworth in 1475 granted land
received from Ughtred Hothersall to
Richard Towneley ; Towneley MS. C 8,
13 (Chet. Lib.), C 108,

47 Smith, op. cit. 250 ; A. F. Torry,
Founders and Benefactors, 68. Thomas
son of Edmund Naden of Hothersall was
admitted to St. John's Coll., Camb., in
1669 ; M.A. 1676. He died in 1714
and bequeathed his lands in Alston and
Hothersall to found an exhibition in the
college for students in divinity. The
lands, known as the College farms, were
sold in 1870 and the money invested in
consols ; the income, about £240 a year,
is given to three ' Naden students."

48 Estcourt and Payne, Engl. Cath.
Non-jurors, 105.

49 There is entered ' ^.d. of new rent of
a parcel of land from the lord's waste near
the chapel of Longerygge, containing
J rood of land, enclosed by Richard Fair-
clough.'

60 Raines, Chantries (Chet. Soc.), 262,
277.

51 Robert Cottam, priest, and John
Tomlinson, church reeve, are named at
Longridge in 1554; yet in Raines' note
Robert Cottam is called a ' deacon only '
in 1556. 'He was grave and chaste,
could play on the musiques, and was no
tippler nor diceman ' ; ibid. 262. His
name is not given in the visitation lists.
It was one of the suspicious points in the
story of John Shireburne, rector of Brindle,
that Robert Cottam, once curate of Long-
ridge, had paid him a visit during an
illness ; see the account of Bury Church.

The chapel is named, without any
account of its use, in 1610 ; Hist. MSS.
Com, Rep. xiv, App. iv, 9.

52 Commoniv. Ch. Surv. (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), 169.

68 Plund. Mini. Accts. (Rec. Soc. Lanes,
and Ches.), ii, 202. He was nominated
by the inhabitants, and a stipend was
provided out of the tithes of Ribchester ;
ibid. 223. He had formerly been stationed
at Rainford.

54 The income would cease at the
Restoration, so that the traditional ' ejec-
tion ' in 1662 was little more than
nominal. Timothy Smith continued to
preach in Longridge Chapel occasionally
till his death in 1679 ; T. C. Smith,
Longridge, 64.

66

From entries in the Ribchester church-
warden's accounts it appears that ' the
king's minister ' and others occasionally
preached at Longridge from 1679 onwards ;
Smith, Ribchester, 108-9.

65 In a dispute as to the liability for
repairs in 1702 it was stated that for
sixty years past it had had ' prayers,
sermons and both sacraments in it.'
Three benefactors had given ^5 a year
to a 'preaching minister,' and for that
Mr. Hargrave (curate of Ribchester)
preached there every fortnight in the
afternoon and had ' a very great congre-
gation ' ; Chester Dioc. Reg.

56 Notitia Cestr. (Chet Soc.), ii, 474.
A rent-charge of 13$. 4^. was given in
1657 for a preaching minister ; ^30 was
given in 1673 and £50 in 1701 and
later.

57 Smith, Longridge, 60. The later
grants were in 1743-5 an^ I75^-

68 They probably gave money to meet
the grants from the Bounty. Sir Henry
Hoghton presented Richard Dixon in

49 Smith, op. cit. 59. Since the
trustees acquired the patronage the vicars
have been Hulmeian Exhibitioners of
Brasenose College, Oxford.

60 The two tiers of windows were re-
tained, though the windows themselves
were modernized.

A description of the church in 1870
is given in A. Hewitson's Our Country
Churches, 93—9.

603 From 1730 baptisms 'at Longridge
Chapel ' are recorded in the Ribchester
registers ; in 1702 there was a burial at
Longridge ; Smith, Ribchester, 198, 2O2.

eob London Gaz. 8 Feb.

61 The list is taken from papers at the
Diocesan Registry, Chester, with additions
from Smith's Longridge, 61-73, where
notices of the incumbents are given.

The curates have been styled vicars
since 1866 ; Land. Gaz. 10 July.

62 His nephew, Canon Parkinson of
Manchester, wrote of him : ' His income
from his living rose during the time of
his incumbency from about £40 a year
to £140, where it stopped. The popula-

BLACKBURN HUNDRED

RIBCHESTER

1829 George Parkin

1831 Frederick Maude, M. A. (Brasenose Coll., Oxf.)
1843 Edward Pigot, M.A.63 (Brasenose Coll., Oxf.)
1847 William Charles Bache, M.A.64 (Brasenose

Coll., Oxf.)
1 877 Fitzherbert Astley Cave-Browne-Cave, M.A.64

(Brasenose Coll., Oxf.)
1894 Thomas Martin Harrison, M.A.66 (Brasenose

Coll., Oxf.)

For the Presbyterians Timothy Smith's house was
licensed in \6j2,67 but no permanent congregation
seems to have resulted. About 1717 there was a
Quakers' meeting-place near Longridge Chapel.68

The Roman Catholic church of SS. Mary and
Michael, Alston Lane, serves a mission which can be
traced back to about ijoo.*9 It was refounded in
1761, and the old church was built in 1765. This
was replaced by the present one in i857.ro

tion in the meantime — of the worst kind
as far as ministerial labour is concerned,
being universally poor, and consisting one
half of Romin Catholics and almost all
poor hand-loom weavers — advanced from
about 400 to 2,000. During his in-
cumbency he enlarged his small chapel,
without any expense to the place, so as
to hold 700 worshippers, and left behind
him what he did not find — a parsonage-
house. Nor was there erected (and this
is a singular exception in that district)
during his incumbency a single Dissenting
place of worship of any kind in his

chapelry ' ; Old Church Clock, 189. There
are monuments in the chapel to him and
his two successors.

68 Rector of Whittington 1857.
64 Rector of Alresford 1877.

«5 Vicar of Horton 1867, of Ellel
1869, and of Padiham 1874.

66 Vicar of Briercliffe 1887-94.

67 Cal. S. P. Dom. 1672, pp. 198, 200.
48 Gastrell, Noeitia, loc. cit.

69 A. Hewitson, op. cit. 88-92. There
were many convicted recusants in the
township in the time of Charles II ;
Misc. (Cath. Rec. Soc.), v, 161-3.

Sir Walter Vavasour, S. J., served there
at the beginning of the i8th century ; Gil-
low, Hay Jock P. 63. At that time there
was also a domestic chapel at Hothersall,
Sir Walter registered his estate as a ' Papist '
in 1717, being described as 'of Alston ' 5
Estcourt and Payne, op. cit. 316. He
was 'a reputed priest' ; Smith, Rib-
chester, 63. A baptism by him in 1705
is recorded in the parish church register ;
ibid. 1 97. He was buried at Stidd, 1 740 ;
ibid. 203.

70 Smith, Longridge, 77 ; a list of
priests in charge ii given.

THE HUNDRED OF AMOUNDERNESS

CONTAINING THE PARISHES OF

PRESTON
KIRKHAM
LYTHAM
POULTON-LE-FYLDE

BISPHAM

ST. MICHAEL-ON-WYRE

GARSTANG

The whole of the above parishes are contained within the hundred or
wapentake of Amounderness,1 which includes in addition the townships of

Alston with Hothersall in Rib-
chester, Forton and Cleveley in
Cockerham, and Fulwood, Myer-
scough, Bleasdale, Preesall and
Stalmine in Lancaster.2 A very
large part of the area is the level
district on the western side known
as The Fylde, once ' the Wheat-
field of Amounderness ' 3 ; the
eastern part is more hilly and
Fairsnape Fell in Bleasdale attains
a height of 1,674 ft. above the
sea. The Ribble forms the
southern boundary; the next
important stream is the Wyre,
which is joined by the Brock,
watering the centre of the hun-
dred, and flowing west and then
north to enter the sea by the
Wyre estuary. Leland writing
about 1535 says that the hundred had formerly been full of wood, the moors
being * replenished with high fir trees,' but he found the seaward portion
' sore destitute of wood.' 4

1 The hundred was defined probably soon after the Conquest. The name has many spellings :
Agemundrenesse, Dom. Bk. ; Almunderness, 1177 ; Agmundernes, 1212 ; Augmonderness, 1226 ;
Aumundernesse, 1242 ; Amunderness, 1244 ; Aumonderness, Aumunderneys, 1297 ; Andreness, 1535-

A pleading in I 300 turned upon the spelling of the word. The plaintiff claimed an acre in Preston in
* Aundernesse ' ; the defendants replied that Preston was within a certain liberty called Aumundernesse and
not Aundernesse ; De Banco R. 134, m. 69.

Camden gives Anderness as the local pronunciation in his time. Leland spells it Aundernesse.

Agamund was a monk of Croyland, and Hagemund occurs locally as a personal name ; Lanes. Inq. and
Extents (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, passim.

2 For convenience the accounts of Fulwood, Myerscough and Bleasdale have been added to Preston,
and those of Preesall and Stalmine to Kirkham.

Fulwood, Myerscough and Bleasdale were the principal parts of the forest of Amounderness ; see Ducatus
Lane. (Rec. Com.), iii, 331.

3 Thornber, Blackpool, 125. Camden remarks : 'This part yieldeth plenty of oats, but [is] not so apt
to bear barley. However, it is full of fresh pastures, especially to the sea side, where it is partly champain
ground' ; Britannia (ed. Gibson), 753. Very little corn is now raised. The district has no definite boundary,
'The Fylde' being a popular term, but a line drawn from Freckleton to Cockerham shows roughly the
eastern limit. * 2 tin. v, 98.

68

AMOUNDERNESS
HUNDEED •

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

More than a century before the Conquest part of Amounderness
was given by Athelstan to St. Peter's Church, York,5 but it does not seem to
have been retained. The district was then more extensive than at present.6
In 1066 it was held by Earl Tostig, the younger brother of King Harold,
slain at Stamford Bridge while taking part in the King of Norway's invasion.
Preston was the head of the whole district, which was in 1086 surveyed as
part of Yorkshire.7 It is not called a hundred or wapentake in Domesday
Book, the name Amounderness being descriptive, like Lonsdale or Furness.

Since the Conquest the lordship has descended in the same way as the
honour of Lancaster, except for a few years at the end of the 1 2th and
beginning of the I3th century. John while Count of Mortain, between
1 190 and 1 193, gave to Theobald Walter the whole of Amounderness, with
the vill of Preston, the forest, all demesne lands, services of knights and
free tenants, &c., with all pleas of wapentake and forest, excepting only the
pleas pertaining to the Crown. For this Theobald was to render the service
of three knights' fees.8 The grant was confirmed or renewed by Richard I
in i I94,8a and, though forfeited on John's accession in 1 199, was restored in
1 202, perhaps for life only.9 Very soon afterwards Amounderness was again
in the possession of the Crown.10

Suit to the three weeks' wapentake court was a usual condition of tenure
of lands.11 The profits of the pleas were estimated at 2os. in i29y.12 The
Court Rolls of 1324-5, which have been printed,13 show that the courts were
usually held at Preston, but sometimes at Ashton, Garstang Church, Poulton
and ' Yolrungegreve.' There are later rolls at the Record Office.14

The bailiwick of the hundred was granted to the ancestor of the
Singleton family,15 and descended regularly to Banastre 16 and Balderston 17 and

4 The charters (dated 930) are printed in Dugdale, Man. vi, 1176; Birch, Cart. Sax. ii, 405.
See also V.C.H. Lanes, i, 271 ; Lanes, and Ches. Antlq. Soc. xviii, 1 10— 1 1. Bispham or Biscopham in the Fylde
has been thought a token of the gift, which was ' of no small extent.'

6 The bounds in the charters referred to are thus given : From the sea by the Cocker up to its source,
thence to the source (?) called Duleshope, and thence by the Hodder and Kibble to the sea. Duleshope may
be Wyresdale. The boundaries also in 1066 were similar, it appearing from Domesday Book that
Amounderness then included all Ribchester, Chippingdale and Aighton (afterwards in Blackburnshire) and
part of Cockerham (afterwards in Lonsdale). 7 V.C.H. Lanes, i, 2884.

8 Cotton MSS. Titus B. xi, fol. 252. The witnesses included Stephen Ridell, 'my Chancellor,' and
William de Wendeuall. The reference is due to Mr. J. H. Round.

8a Farrer, Lanes. Pipe R. 434.

'Ibid. 2H-I2. In 1199 King John granted to the burgesses of Preston the whole toll of the
wapentake ; Cal. Rot. Chart. (Rec. Com.), 26.

10 Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 115, 120, 192. Theobald Walter died in 1205, and in the Pipe Rolls
of 1205-6 and later the sheriff accounted for £29 IO/. \d. of the farm of Amounderness, £4 of perquisites
of the same wapentake and other profits of Theobald's estates ; Farrer, op. cit. 206, 2 1 7, &c.

11 Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 211, 213. lf Ibid. 290.

13 In Lanes. Ct. R. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), 1 14-23.

14 Duchy of Lane. Ct. R. bdle. 79, no. 1032.

15 Little Singleton, which gave a surname to the family, was held by the serjeanty of the wapentake ;
Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 52, 160. The date of the grant is unknown ; see Farrer, op. cit. 34.

William son of Swain, ' then seneschal of Amounderness,' occurs in an early Lytham charter, now at
Durham ; I a, 2 ae, 4 ae, Ebor. no. 37.

16 See the accounts of Broughton in Preston and Balderston.

The serjeanty of Amounderness, formerly William Banastre's, was in 1324-5 in the hands of William de
Tatham and William Lawrence on account of the minority of the heir ; Memo. R. (L.T.R.), 88, m. 6 d. Agnes
widow of Sir Thomas Banastre had a third part as dower in 1392 ; B.M. Add. Chart. 2051 1, 20522.

lr Richard Balderston died in 1456 holding Little Singleton by the office of providing bailiffs for
Amounderness and Blackburnshire; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), ii, 63. There was a dispute as to the
matter in 1462 ; ibid, ii, 71. See B.M. Add. Chart. 20511.

69

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

to the heirs of the last-named.18 On a division in 1564 it was assigned to the
Earl of Derby.19 The duties of the office as held by William Banastre were
thus described in 1323 : ' Making executions of mandates of the king's courts
by writs and summonses and by summons of the king's exchequer by precept
of the sheriff ; also of judgements of the county court of Lancaster and the
wapentake court of Amounderness ; making summonses, attachments and
distraints by precept of the sheriff or keepers of the king's lands, and
executions of the sheriffs tourns.' 20

Complaints were made in 1334 as to the administration of Henry de
Bickerstath, who held the office by grant from John Banastre and Nicholas
his brother (grantees of Adam Banastre), paying them £20 a year. Henry
was alleged to employ too many bailiffs in his circuit of the hundred, thus
laying a needless burden on the tenants. It was stated that Alan de Singleton
had performed his duties in person at his own charges. His son William
did the same, taking nothing from the men of the wapentake except by
their courtesy. His son Alan found it necessary to employ a bailiff, for
many assarts had been made and men had multiplied. This system had
continued, the number of officials gradually increasing. The acting bailiffs
recouped the annual rent they paid to the Singletons by charges on the men
of the wapentake for puture, &c.21

Several outlying members of the barony of Penwortham are found in
this hundred. There are a few references to the hundred in the records22 ;
perhaps the most noteworthy is that, on the requisition of ship-money in
1640, it 'would neither assess nor pay.'23

The three weeks' wapentake court, which survived till recently, had
jurisdiction in personal actions where the debt or damages did not amount to
4OJ. The chief officer was a steward, appointed by the Crown in right of
the duchy.24

About 1580 inquiry was made as to the fisheries of the county, par-
ticularly as to the destruction of salmon and their fry in the Ribble and
Wyre. Sir Richard Shireburne and the other commissioners reported that
they had £ reformed ' unlawful engines and nets, and had viewed all the
weirs, calls and gorses standing on the rivers named. They objected to two,
viz. one called Bessowe call on the Ribble and another recently erected on
the Wyre by William Kirkby of Upper Rawcliffe.25

Amounderness gave name to a deanery in the archdeaconry of Richmond
in the diocese of York. Adam Dean of Amounderness occurs in the Pipe

18 Thomas Radcliffe of Winmarleigh died in 1521 holding a fourth part of Little Singleton by the
serjeanty of being bailiff of the king's wapentake of Amounderness and Blackburnshire ; Duchy of Lane.
Inq. p.m. v, no. 3. Thomas Earl of Derby at the same time held a moiety by the same service ; ibid, v,
no. 68. Alexander Osbaldeston was the other tenant, but no service was recorded in his case.

19 Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 216, m. 10 ; Edward Earl of Derby was to be bailiff of Amounderness.
Hence his grandson Ferdinando held the manor of Little Singleton in 1 594 by that service ; Add. MS. 32104,
fol. 426 (Blackburnshire also is named). The office was held by James Earl of Derby in 1715 ; Pal. of
Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 276, m. 52. lo Lanes. Inq. and Extents, ii, 160.

*l Coram Rege R. 297, Rex, m. 21, 27.

" For example, the appointment of keepers of the peace in 1323 and 1345 ; Cal. Pat. 1321-4,
p. 382 ;' 1343-5, p. 510.

23 Cal. S. P. Dom. 1640, p. 230.

24 Hardwick, Preston, 499. The steward in 1857 was the Duke of Hamilton, and his deputy was
Edmund Robert Harris, the Preston benefactor.

K Duchy of Lane. Special Com. 308.

70

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

Roll of 1 177-8 as paying a mark for some breach of the forest laws26; also
in i i 8 1-2 27 and later.28 He was Dean of Kirkham in 1 I94-29 The deanery
was smaller than it afterwards became, there being also a Dean of Lancaster,
but it had attained its full jurisdiction before 1291, when it included the
parishes of Kirkham, Preston, Ribchester, Chipping, Garstang, Cockerham,
Lancaster, St. Michael's, Poulton (with Bispham) and Lytham.30 The
names of several of the deans have been preserved.31

36 Farrer, op. cit. 38.

ij Ibid. 47 ; he desired to secure the wardship of his nepos and the marriage of the mother.

13 Ibid. 52 ; he married his daughter, who was of the king's donation, to the son of Norman de
Redmayne.

39 Cur. Reg. R. 2, m. 17 d. so Pope Nick. Tax. (Rec..Com.), 307.

sl John de Conisburgh was dean in 1292 ; Assize R. 408, m. 101 d.

John de Ascam was dean in 1334, when he was accused of extortion, demanding fees of 2O/. for
every £20 contained in a testament and 2O</. for every 20*. ; Coram Rege R. 297, Rex m. 22 d.

William Ballard was dean in 1346; Kuerden MSS. iv, K 18. He died of the plague in 1349,
being succeeded by

Adam de Kirkham ; Engl. Hist. Rev. v, 526.

Thomas Catterick, chaplain, was dean in 1388 ; Pal. of Lane. Docquet R. I (12 John of Gaunt).

Richard Cleveland occurs in 1504 ; Add. MS. 32107, no. 219, 233.

Richard Waring was dean in 1517; Hornby Chapel D.

Nicholas Lawrenson was dean in 1561 ; Duchy of Lane. Spec. Com. no. 36.

Richard Parker, vicar of Chipping, was appointed dean in 1592 and again in 1598 ; Dansey, Herat
Dec. Rur. ii, 374, 376.

/

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A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

PRESTON

RIBBLETON

GRIMSARGH and BROCKHOLES

PRESTON

ELSTON

FISHWICK

BROUGHTON

HAIGHTON

BARTON

LEA, ASHTON, INGOL and COTTAM

The parish of Preston lies on the north bank of
the Ribble, and has an area of 16,116 acres, in-
cluding 207^ acres of tidal water. The population
in 1901 was 115,483, mostly within the borough
of Preston. The surface is undulating, with a general
rise towards the north and east.

The history of the parijh is practically that of the
town which has given its name to the whole. The
old portion of the town occupies the centre of a

table-land between two brooks which flow south-west
into the Ribble,1 this navigable river completing the
boundary on the south side. Along eac^ -.ide of the
Ribble are level tracts of low-lying land, but just at
the town the surface rises sharply from the river to
the table-land named. To the west of the town was
the marsh, while a moor extended"-, itself along the
northern boundary. The main street ran from east
to west, being, the continuation of the road from
the south across Ribble Bridge, into which at the
entrance of the town came a road from Ribchester.

The street had a continuation down to the riverside,
but its main line turned to the north-west, and after
passing out of the town divided, part forming the
main road north and part going west to Kirkham.
On the south side of the main street stood the parish
church, while on the opposite side, further west,
just at the turning was the moot hall, with the market
place behind it. These streets and buildings, though
improved and renewed on a grander scale, have
remained predominant features
of the town.

The traces of early history
are but scanty.2 From the
Roman station at Walton-le-
Dale on the south bank of the
Ribble, the north road, cross-
ing the river by a ford, passed
through Preston,3 and as this
place had good communication
westward by water and stood
in the centre of two level and
fruitful districts — The Fylde to
the north-west and Leyland
to the south — it had probably
some importance from an early
time, and may well have been
part of 'the land by Ribble'
granted to St. Wilfrid for the
endowment of his monastery
at Ripon about 670.* On the
other hand it was obviously
exposed to the incursions of
the Norse pirates.

Preston was at that time
within the kingdom of North-
umbria and diocese of York,
and at the Conquest was
fiscally still part of the county
of York. It was in 1066 the
head of a fee or lordship com-
prising the whole district of Amounderness, held by-
Earl Tostig. Afterwards it was granted to Roger
of Poitou,8 who probably created a borough there,
on which the privileges of a guild merchant were
conferred in 1 1 79, the town being then in the
king's hands. There is other evidence of its relative
importance, and it had a market and fair.6 As a
borough Preston sent two burgesses to some of the
early Parliaments— from 1295 to 1331 — but the
burdensome duty fell into abeyance, not being
resumed till 1529 and I545-7 Even in 1601 the

1 The northern brook, the position of
which is marked by Moorbrook Street,
fell into the Ribble at the division between
Preston and Ashton. The southern one,
named Swill Brook, formed the boundary
between Preston and Fishwick, /

2 For the ancient remains see Fish;wick,
Preston, 3-7, and the sections ?f the
present work.

8 The bridge at Walton, emphatically
' Ribble Bridge,' is supposed to be of post-
Conquest erection.

4 See the account of the church.

5 y.C.H. Lana. i, 288*. The
manors within the limits of the
parish were assessed as 18 plough-lands
in all.

72

6 See the account of the borough. The
assizes appear to have been held there in
1226 and 1229; Cal. Pat. 1225-32,
pp. 71, 284.

1 Pink and Beaven, Lanes. Parl. Repre.
135-176, referring to W. Dobson, Preston
Parl. Repre. (1868), and articles in the
Preston Guardian ; L. and P. Hen.
iv (3)> P- z692-

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

PRESTON

election of a member was left to the choice of Sir
Robert Cecil.8

The position of the town in the centre of the
county and on a great road from south to north
has occasioned its being the scene of many stormy
events. On 4 November 1315 Adam Banastre and
his confederates led their force to Preston, and, having
overcome Sir Adam de Huddleston and others sent
to check them, captured the place and made levies
on the townsmen. Later in the same day, however,
they were overthrown by Edmund de Nevill, the
sheriff, who led the main force of the county.9 Some
seven years later the parish was laid waste by the
Scots, who probably burnt the town.10 A minor
disturbance took place in 1338, when John, Nicholas
and William Deuyas, with a number of armed com-
rades, having crossed the Ribble, made sundry assaults
at Ribchester and then went on to Preston. Here
they lay hid in the fields near the Grey Friars' house,
and when Thomas Starkie and others came near
those in ambush set upon them, shooting arrows and
driving them into the Friars' church. The rioters
afterwards went to Kidsnape in Goosnargh.11

In 1332 a total of £<) 4*. j^d. was raised in the
parish by a subsidy, the hundred paying £53 1 8/. ^ \d.
The amounts for the various townships li are much
the same as those fixed for the ' fifteenth ' ls ; while
the county lay of 1624, considered a fair tax at the
time, required the parish to contribute £15 ijs. \\d.
towards j£ioo for Amounderness.14 This shows a
reduction in the relative value of Preston in the
300 years' interval.

About 1340 the borough had not only the parish
church, but an old leper hospital with its chapel and
A house and church of Grey Friars 15 ; the chapel at
Broughton probably existed, and one or two minor
oratories. In the centre of the parish was the forest
district of Fulwood, in which the burgesses had
secured certain rights. The parish suffered from the
plague in 1349—50 ; the Archdeacon of Richmond
in a claim for probate dues alleged that 3,000 men
and women had succumbed to it, and the jury, in
allowing him £10, seem to have estimated the number
of wills proved as about fifty in the period defined,
viz. from 8 September i 349 to 1 1 January following.16
Some trouble with the labourers appears to have
followed the plague.17

The Guild meetings are known to have been held

early in the I4th century, for Kuerden has preserved
certain regulations of a mayor's court held in June
I328,18 in which reference was made to an order
decreed 'in the time of our last Guild Merchant.'
It was agreed that the mayor, bailiffs and burgesses
might ' set a guild merchant at every twenty years,'
if necessary, the fees to 'go whole to the mayor at
the renewing of the guild and refreshing of our
town,' the object being the preservation of the guild,
and therefore of the royal charter, by a regular
purging of the roll and admission of new burgesses.19
The earliest roll extant is that of 1397, and in spite
of the order quoted the Guilds were held at irregular
intervals; from 1542, however, they have been
celebrated every twenty years without a break, the
latest being that of 1902.*° From 1562 the time of
holding the festival has been the Monday after
29 August, the Decollation of St. John Baptist,
patron of the guild. The roll of 1397 gives first
the In Burgesses — ' those who are in the forenamed
guild and whose fathers were in ' it ; then the
Foreign Burgesses — knights and gentry of the county
in many cases " ; and then ' the names of those whose
fathers were not in the forenamed guild and there-
fore made fine.' M The entries afford information
as to the trades practised in the town, for there are
named chaloner, coaler, draper, fleshewer, glover,
mason, mercer, miller, saddler, souter, spicer, tailor,
webster and wright. At the back of the roll are
names of women members, being widows or daughters
of members.13

The class of foreign burgesses was at first very
small, but in the 1 7th century and later ' wholesale
admissions of the neighbouring gentry and others
seeking connexion with Preston as a matter of honour
or social advantage . . . and the promotion of many
Out Burgesses of long standing to the class of In
Burgesses with its larger privileges,' made the number
of non-resident burgesses larger than that of the
townsmen enrolled, and ' it became necessary to check
the process of appropriation of these franchises by
non-residents and strangers.' " An inferior class
named Stallingers first appeared in the roll of 1562 ;
they were permitted to live and trade in the town,
but not admitted to be burgesses. The new borough
created seventy years ago destroyed the political im-
portance of the guild, but it remains in full vigour
as a popular festival.

8 Cecil MSS. (Hist. MSS. Com.), xi,
443-

9 Coram Rege R. 254, m. 52. Adam
de Bury and William the Marshal were
among the townsmen whose goods were
taken by the insurgents.

10 Preston was taken by the Scots in
1322; see V.C.H. Lanes, ii, 199. The
extent of 1346, quoted later, mentions a
house which had been burnt by them.

11 Assize R. 430, m. 22. Thomas
Starkie and others in 1343 terrified the
bailiffs in order to prevent the execution
of writs and caused disturbances ; ibid,
m. 21 d.

12 Preston, 53*. 4^. ; Ribbleton,
I2J. i J</. ; Grimsargh and Brockholes,
H*. lod. ; Elston, 141. Bd. ; Fishwick,
8i. ; Broughton, z6s. %d. ; Haighton, us.;
Barton, 241. ; Lea and Ashton, each
Us. 6d.; Exch. Lay Subs. (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), 54-72.

18 Gregson, F ragments (ed. Harland), 19.
14 Ibid. 23. The townships paid thus:

Preston, £4 us. i\d.; Ribbleton,
£i 2s. i\d. ; Grimsargh and Brockholes,
ijt. \\d. ; Elston, £i 9s. 6d. ; Fishwick,
17*. i \d. ; Broughton, £z 51. -j\d. ;
Haighton, £1 31. nj</. ; Barton,
£1 181. 9j</. ; Lea, 151. z^d. 5 Ashton,
&c., 171. %d. In addition Myerscough
paid £3 is. \\d.

14 Leland (/«'«. iv, 22) states that the
Friars' house was built on ' the soil of a
gentleman named Preston,' and that
several of his family were buried there, as
also some of the Shireburnes and Daltons.

16 Engl. Hist. Rei>. v, 526-7.

17 Ibid, xxi, 534, citing Anct. Indict-
ments, Lane. 54.

18 Kuerden MSS. iv, P 23 ; printed by
Abram, Memorials of the Preston Guilds, 8.

19 It was ordered that ' all manner of
burgess the which is made burgess by
court roll and out of the Guild Merchant,
shall never be mayor nor bailiff nor scr-
jeant ; but only the burgess the which the
name be in the Guild Merchant last

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made before ; for the king give* the free-
dom to the burgesses which are in the
Guild and to none other.'

20 Guilds are known to have been held
in 1397, 1415, 1459 and 1500; this is
believed Ito be a complete list for the
period covered. The rolls of the three
former and those of the guilds from 1542
to 1682 have been printed by the Record
Society of Lancashire and Cheshire( vol. ix).
The originals are preserved at Preston.
The roll of 1500 has been lost, but there
are notes of it in Kuerden MSS. iv, P 36.

21 The 1397 list is headed by Sir
Richard de Hoghton.

22 The fines were of various amounts,
from zs. up to 40*.

23 In 1562 it was ordered that widows
should 'have and enjoy such liberties and
freedoms during their widowhood as their
husbands in lifetime had and enjoyed by
reason of their burgess-ship.'

24 W. A. Abram in introduction to
Guild R.

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A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

The officers of the Guild were the mayor, who
was also mayor of the borough, stewards and alder-
men. The following is a list of mayors: 1328,
Aubred son of Robert ; 1397, William de Erghum
(Arkholme) ; 1415, Henry Johnson ; 1459, Robert
Hoghton ; 1500, William Marshall ; 1 542, Thomas
Tipping; 1562, Thomas Wall; 1582, George
Walton ; 1602, Henry Catterall ; 1622, William
Preston ; 1642, Edmund Werden ; 1662, James
Hodgkinson ; 1682, Roger Sudell ; 1702, Josias
Gregson ; 1722, Edmund Assheton ; 1742, Henry
Farington ; 1762, Robert Parker; 1782, Richard
Atherton ; 1802 and 1822, Nicholas Grimshaw ;
1842, Samuel Horrocks ; 1862, Robert Townley
Parker; 1882, Edmund Birley ; 1902, the Earl of
Derby.*5 The meetings sometimes lasted a fortnight.

To return from this digression, we find that in the
time of Henry Duke of Lancaster (1351-61) the
courts of the duchy were held at Preston,26 and once
at least the parish church served as a court-house.17
Usually they seem to have been held at Lancaster,
but in time of pestilence were transferred to Preston.88
An inquiry as to the obstructions to the passage of
vessels up the Ribble was ordered in 1359.*' ^
matter of this kind may have contributed to the
decline evident in the importance of the town in the
I 5th century. * The burgesses were fewer in number
in 1459 than in 1415. The old freemen, sons of
fathers who had been in the guild, had dwindled
down ... to about ninety persons,' though the
foreign burgesses had slightly increased to forty-five.
The new in burgesses admitted in 1459 numbered
ninety-three, the roll being thus doubled.10

In 1536, during the excitement of the Pilgrimage
of Grace, the Earl of Derby made Preston his head
quarters, but on 30 October was able to publish the
king's proclamation and desire the gentlemen to
go home.31 The Earl of Sussex was there in 1537
on a similar work for the pacification of the north ;
he thought there was ' not a scarcer country both for
horse meat and man's meat in England.' As to his
mission, he expected to leave the people as ' obedient,
faithful, and dreadful subjects ' as any in England."
Leland visited the place about that time, and writes
thus : ' Half a mile beyond Darwen I passed over
the great stone bridge of Ribble, having a v. great

arches. From Ribble Bridge to Preston half a mile.
Preston hath but one parish church. The market
place of the town is fair. Ribble goeth round about
a great piece of the ground about town, yet it
toucheth net the town itself by space of almost half a
mile. ... A mile without Preston I rode over
Savock, a big brook, the which, rising in the hills
a iii. or iv. miles off on the right hand, not very far
off goeth into Ribble.'33

The town and district were hostile to the Reforma-
tion. Even at present, in spite of former penal laws
and the vast changes effected by modern industries
with their new populations, Preston remains a
stronghold of Roman Catholicism. Various inci-
dents recorded in the accounts of the church and
the separate townships give evidence of the state of
affairs in the time of Elizabeth, and a few more may
be added to illustrate a matter of such importance.
Thus the Guild of 1582 was marked by a complaint
from Lawrence Wall, one of the principal burgesses,
that George Walton, the Guild mayor, was promoting
the celebration for his own gain, while he himself
opposed it as ' tending to mere superstition, as may
appear by the view of the ancient records of the
said town concerning the keeping of the old guild
merchant there,34 tending to this effect that the guild
should begin with procession and a mass of the Holy
Ghost — now not tolerable — and divers other super-
stitious rites and ceremonies now abrogated.' Wall
had urged the mayor — but in vain — to execute the
statute against unlawful games and plays, such as the
keeping of common bowling alleys, unlawful playing
at cards and dice. The mayor and his wife had been
ordered by the ecclesiastical commission to receive the
holy communion but had not done so.34

Next year it was the Bishop of Chester who
denounced it and two other places as having a people
' most obstinate and contemptuous ' of the Eliza-
bethan laws on religion ; he desired the government
* to deal severely and roundly with them.' 36

In the autumn of 1600 a priest named Robert
Middleton, a Yorkshireman educated at the English
College at Rome, was arrested near Preston by Sir
Richard Hoghton, and after being examined by him
and Thomas Hesketh 37 was delivered to the mayor
of Preston, who sent him to Lancaster Castle. On

35 Details of the celebrations down to
1882 may be seen in the work already
cited, Abram's Memorials, It contains,
for example, the minute account of the
Guild of 1682 given by Dr. Kuerden.
The Guild sermons on this occasion,
preached by Richard Wroe and Thomas
Gipps, were afterwards printed.

36 Final Cone. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches.), ii, 130, &c.

3~ Assize R. 450, m. 8. There was
probably no other public building in the
town large enough for a court-house.

38 Final Cone, iii, 140 ; this was in
1466. Lancaster retained a monopoly of
the assizes and quarter sessions until a
century ago, but in the lyth century, if
no earlier, the Chancery Court of the
duchy was held at Preston, which became
a lawyers' town.

39 Dtp. Keeper's Rep. xxxii, App. 346.

80 Preston Guild R. xxi.

81 L. and P. Hen. Vlll, xi, 922, 947,
1212 (3).

82 Ibid, xii, 695.

88 Itin. v, 97. Camden's notice of

Preston some fifty years later is but
brief: 'A great and (for those countries)
a fair town, and well inhabited ' ; Britannia
(ed. 1695), 752. Taylor, the Water Poet,
Drayton, in Polyolbion, and ' Drunken
Barnaby ' have verses about it in the first
part of the I7th century.

84 The ' articles and points ' agreed upon
in 1 500 and 1 542 show that the guild was
proclaimed on three preceding market
days, and all burgesses were expected to
attend on the first day, going in proces-
sion from the Maudlands through the
town and hearing mass of the Holy Ghost
in company with the mayor and alder-
men. Afterwards the enrolling began,
when new burgesses could be admitted to
the franchise ; Abram, Memorials,

85 Duchy of Lane. Plead. Eliz. cxxvii,
W ii. From these it appears further
that the mayor, either before or after
Wall's interference, empanelled a jury
who sanctioned a right of way over
certain of the complainant's land in the
Newfield.

About the same time Wall alleged that

74

William Hodgkinson, lately bailiff, had,
4 of a covetous humour," unjustly levied
certain dues ; ibid. W 10.

86 Foley, Rec. S. /., v, 392, quoting
S. P. Dom. Eliz. clxiii, 84.

37 Ibid, viii, 1367, quoting S. P. Dom.
Eliz. cclxxv, 83. 'The priest . . .
had no letters nor any other thing of
importance found upon him saving only a
popish service book.' In reply to his
examiners, ' being demanded whether he
have said mass, christened children,
married any person, or reconciled any to
the Church of Rome he said he had done
so and all other things concerning a priest,
and saith that such as he hath reconciled
he doth instruct them to be Catholic.
Being required to declare whether he
used in his reconciling or otherwise any
persuasion that if the pope should invade
the realm of England for alteration of
religion with force, whether those that
are reconciled to the Catholic Roman
Church should take part with the queen's
majesty against the forces of the pope
coming for such a cause, to that he saith

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the way, near Myerscough, ' they were overtaken by
four horsemen and a man on foot, who demanded
whether the prisoner was a priest and attempted to
rescue him. A desperate affray ensued, in which the
assailants were worsted and Greenlow, one of the
horsemen, was taken prisoner. The party then
returned to Preston, and Greenlow was examined.'
It turned out that he was a seminary priest, a York-
shireman named Thurstan Hunt. In the end both
the priests were condemned as traitors for their
priesthood only, and were executed at Lancaster in
the March following.38

At the Bishop of Chester's visitation in 1605
sixty-eight recusants were presented in Preston town,
and nineteen others in the parish, some being de-
scribed as arch-recusants. Argument was dealt with
after the manner of the time : ' William Urmston,
gentleman, a great seducing Papist, seduceth the
people very much, and sometimes a crafty subtle
lawyer. The churchwardens desire some course may
be taken with him that they be not troubled with
his subtle arguments.' One William Ridley was
' supposed to have many masses said in his house
since the death of the queen, whereunto many
have resorted.' 39

Somewhat later, in 1629 and subsequent years,
the following recusants compounded by annual fines
for the sequestration of two-thirds of their estates :
In Preston — Henry Ashton, £3 6s. 8</. ; Alexander
Rigby, £2 ; James Walton, £6 ; Grace Wilkinson,
£$. In Broughton — Hugh Crook, William Single-
ton and George Wilkinson, £2 each. In Ribbleton
— John Farington, £6 l$s. \d. In Grimsargh —
William Hoghton, £10. The following compounded
for arrears only, having been induced to conform :
Henry Sudell of Preston and Henry Grayson of
Fulwood.40 Richard Hurst, a yeoman of the district,
probably of Broughton, was to be arrested for
recusancy by order of the Bishop of Chester.
The violence of the officers provoked a fight,
and one of them afterwards died. Hurst was
charged with murder, and it is stated that the judge
at the trial, Sir Henry Yelverton, ' informed the
jury that the prisoner was a recusant and had resisted
the bishop's authority ; and told them that he must
be found guilty of murder, as an example.' The
jury returned this verdict, but Hurst on his way to
execution was offered his life if he would take the

oath of allegiance. As it contained anti-Catholic
clauses he refused, and was accordingly executed
29 August i628.41

James I was entertained by the mayor and cor-
poration during his progress from the north to London
in 1617. Arriving at the cross on 15 August he was
received by the mayor and corporation and presented
with a bowl ; after the recorder's speech the king
went to a banquet in the Guildhall.42 A great
pestilence is recorded in 1630—1. The guild order
book of the time states that 1,100 persons and
upwards died within the town and parish of Preston
from the plague, which began about 10 November
1630 and lasted a whole year.43

On the outbreak of the Civil War the people of
the district in general espoused the king's side.44
One of the powder magazines for the county had
been established at Preston in i639.45 Before the
actual outbreak of war Lord Strange in June 1642
summoned a muster of the armed force of the county
on the moor to the north of the town,46 and Preston
itself was garrisoned by Royalists soon afterwards.47
Early in the following year Sir John Seaton led the
Parliament's troops to attack it. They found it to
be defended by a brick wall, but made the assault
with great courage on 9 February 1642-3, and after
two hours' fighting captured the town. The mayor,
Adam Mort, died of his wounds ; he had threatened
to burn the place, beginning with his own dwelling,
rather than suffer it to fall into the power of the
Parliament.48 Mr. Anderton of Clayton, the com-
mandant of the garrison, was taken prisoner with
several other local men of importance, and some
were killed. Various guns and war stores were
captured ' and divers were pillaged to a purpose.' 49
Rosworm, the famous engineer, afterwards re-fortified
the position.

Five weeks later, 20 March, Lord Derby having
learnt that the place was weak because troops had
been drawn away to resist him at Lancaster, hurried
to Preston and recaptured it for the king. The
mayor, Edmund Werden, was in charge of the town,
and refused to surrender it ; but assaults were made
at three points by Captains Chisnall, Radcliffe and
Rawstorne, and after an hour's struggle the place was
taken. There was no general plunder, but Lord
Derby ' gave command that the houses of those who
had betrayed the town before should be responsible

he doth not answer, for he doubteth of it.
And being demanded whether he taketh
the queen's majesty to be lawful Queen
of England, he saith "In temporal
matters," and that he hath done and will
pray that God would make her majesty a
Catholic. And being likewise demanded
whether her majesty ought to be Queen
of England, the pope's excommunication
notwithstanding, to that he saith he will
not answer, nor any more questions.'

88 Gillow, Bibl. Diet, of Engl. Cath. iii,
481 ; v, 13 ; Cal. S. P. Dom. 1598-1601,
p. 485 ; Foley, op. cit. viii, 962. Mid-
dleton was admitted to the Society of
Jesus just before his execution.

The cause of the beatification of both
priests, also of Richard Hurst, hereafter
mentioned, and George Haydock of Cot-
tarn, was allowed to be introduced at Rome
in 1886 ; Pollen, Acts of Martyrs, 379-82.

89 Presentments, Chester Dioc. Reg.

40 Trans, Hist. Soc. (new ser.), xxiv,
175, &c. To the first class of corn-

pounders should be added Thomas
Richardson of Myerscough, £14 101.

41 Gillow, op. cit. iii, 487-9, from a
contemporary account, reprinted 1737.

4* Assheton's Journ. (Chet. Soc.), 36-7.

48 Abram, Memorials of the Guilds, 42 ;
Hist. MSS. Com. Rep. xiv, App. iv, 45 ;
Civil War in Ches. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches.), 6.

44 The Protestation of 1641, which
affords a list of the inhabitants of the parish,
is remarkable as showing that a large
number refused to assent. The names
are printed in Fish wick, op. cit. 425—31.

45 Cal. S. P. Dom. 1638-9, p. 387.
The small stock there in 1642 was seized
by the Royalists ; Hist. MSS. Com. Rep.
v, App. 31, 32.

46 Lord Strange, Lord Molyneux and
many of the gentry were present, the
whole assemblage being estimated to
number 5,000. A large number of them
were in favour of the Parliament ; ibid. ;
Civil War Tracts (Chet. Soc.), 14, 23.

75

47 Civil War Tracts (Chet Soc.),
66.

48 War in Lanes. (Chet. Soc.), 23. The
troops had crossed by Ribble Bridge, and
the main body attacked from the east
side ; but a small force went round to the
house of correction and entered by Friar-
gate Bars. This writer states that the
town was captured on the morning of
8 Feb., but the more detailed account in
Civil War Tracts (p. 74) says it was the
following day.

John Tyldesley of Deane also has given
a description of the event ; he adds : ' So
soon as matters were settled we sang
praises to God in the streets,' and 'the
sun brake forth and shined brightly and
hot, in the time of the exercise, as if it
had been midsummer' ; ibid. 73.

For the importance of the capture see
Broxap, Civil War in Lanes. 63—5.

49 Civil War Tracts, 75. For evidence
of plundering by the Parliament's soldiers
see Cal. Com. for Comp. iv, 2849.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

to his majesty for their masters' treason, whose goods
his lordship ordered to be seized and equally divided
among the soldiers.' 80

Prince Rupert was in the town on 23 June
i644,51 and returned to it about a fortnight later,
having been defeated at Marston Moor. He then
retreated south to Chester, and from that time the
Parliament had command of Preston.52 The meet-
ings of the Sequestration Committee were usually
held there, and there was a Presbyterian classis with
meetings of the Provincial assembly.83 The post
stages arranged at that time show that starting from
London on Saturday morning a dispatch should
reach Manchester on Wednesday night and Preston
the next day at noon.84

After a few years' rest the town had renewed
experience of war, for in August 1648 the army of
Scotch Covenanters under the Duke of Hamilton in
their march southward were joined near Preston by
English Cavaliers under Sir Marmaduke Langdale.
Religious differences prevented the two bodies acting
in harmony, and when Cromwell, hastening unex-
pectedly from Yorkshire, attacked them on 1 7 August
they were overcome. The field of battle was to the
east of the town, from Ribbleton Moor to the river.
The duke's forces were partly to the north of the
Ribble and partly to the south. Langdale's horse
covered their left flank and thus met the first onset
of Cromwell's army. It was imagined that this was
no more than Colonel Assheton and the Lancashire
bands, and so the duke seems to have continued
sending his infantry over the river southwards. The
weakened force, after a hot fight of some four hours,
was driven into Preston itself, where fighting was
witnessed, and then scattered to north and to south ;
many were slain, numerous prisoners were taken, and
the ammunition also.55 The duke was hotly pursued
the next day and finally routed near Winwick. Just
three years later, on 14 August 1651, Prince Charles,
' the King of Scots,' passed through Preston on his
way south, riding through the streets on horseback so
that he might be seen by the people. Lord Derby,
having there assembled what force he could from
the district, followed him to the overthrow at
Worcester.66

The people seem to have welcomed the Restoration,
and the public proclamation of Charles II, on
1 1 May 1 660, was made with the usual signs of

popular approval.57 William Cole, the vicar, preached
a sermon on 24 May, the public thanksgiving day,
and it was printed with a dedication to Sir George
Booth, the leading Presbyterian Royalist.58 By a
singular decision of the House of Commons in 1 66 1
* all the inhabitants ' of the borough were declared
entitled to vote for the members of Parliament ; and
though it does not seem to have been acted upon till
1768 this democratic suffrage was the law till
i832.69 The hearth tax return of i66360 shows
that there were 727 hearths taxable in the town ;
Alexander Rigby had the largest dwelling, with
fifteen hearths.61 Ribbleton had twenty hearths
taxed ; the hall seems to have had six, but was
divided into three tenements. Fishwick had twenty-
five, four being the largest number to one house.
Grimsargh with Brockholes had thirty-six, the
principal houses being those of the two squires, each
with five hearths. Elston had twenty-eight ; three
of the houses had four hearths taxed. Barton had
1 02, all in small houses except the hall, which had
twenty-two hearths, being the largest house in the
parish. Broughton had eighty-two, of which twelve
belonged to the Tower. Lea, Ashton and Cottam
had forty-nine, thirty-two and twenty-seven re-
spectively ; all the houses were small, except Lea
Hall, with thirteen hearths.62 Fulwood had fifty-
one ; the largest house had seven hearths. A
number of tradesmen's tokens were issued about
i666.63

From several descriptions of the town about the
end of the I7th century it seems to have been
prosperous. Kuerden has left two descriptions of its
state in 1680-90. Crossing the Ribble by the
bridge at Walton he entered the town at the Bars.
The Pattens' mansion stood on the right, ' a
sumptuous house.' Proceeding along Church Street
he passed the church and school on the left and
1 many stately houses ' on the right, on which side
also stood the town hall and shambles. Opposite
these last a footpath led down to the Penwortham
ferry boat. Going past the cross, leaving Fishergate
on the left, with its ' many good houses . . .
lately erected,' he went through Cheapside and along
Friargate, where were yet more ' good houses.'
Passing through the Bars he came to the Moorgate
and the common, noticing Alderman Wall's ' fair
house' on the left. He then followed the causey

*° Civil War Tracts, 85-6 ; Stanley P.
(Chet. Soc.), iii, p. Ixxxiv.

51 Col. S. P. Dom. 1644, p. 265. He
it said to have seized the mayor, William
Cottam, and the bailiffs and imprisoned
them at Skipton. They were afterwards
compensated by the corporation.

64 Ibid. 440, 447.

48 Heywood, Diaries, i, 78.

54 The stages were : London to St.
Albans, Newport Pagnell, Northampton,
Leicester, Nottingham, Derby, Manches-
ter, Preston; Cal. S. P. Dom. 1644-5,
p. 170.

5i Civil War Tracts, 257-68 ; Carlyle,
Cromwell's Letters, Ixiii-iv. The victor
wrote that same evening : 'We advanced
with the whole army, and the enemy
being drawn out on a moor betwixt us
and the town the armies on both sides
engaged ; and after a very sharp dispute,
continuing for three or four hours, it
pleased God to enable us to give them a
defeat. ... By this means the enemy is

broken.' He wrote more fully three days
later, describing how the Royalists were
forced back into Preston, 'into which
four troops of my own regiment first
entered ; and being well seconded by
Colonel Harrison's regiment, charged the
enemy in the town and cleared the streets.'
The Duke of Hamilton and his staff
swam the Ribble and so regained the
main body of their foot.

56 Civil War Tracts, 288, 301 ; War
in Lanes. (Chet. Soc.), 70, 73-4.

57 Preston Guardian Sketches, no. 344.
The Royalist party was weak in the cor-
poration, which was 'purged' in 1661 by
the expulsion of Edmund Werden and
seven others for disloyalty ; while
William Banastre (formerly expelled)
was restored; Cal. S. P. Dom. 1670,
p. 663. Even then there were complaints
that the loyal party was too weak ; ibid.
1 66 1-2, p. 93, &c.

68 Preston Guardian, 1 1 Mar. 1876.
There is a copy in the Bodleian Library.

76

The town seems to have maintained
the same loyal disposition, for when
James II visited Chester in 1687 the cor-
poration of Preston sent a deputation
with an address ; Cartwrighfs Diary
(Camd. Soc.), 74.

59 Hard wick, Preston, 329, &c. In
practice 'the right was confined to all the
male inhabitants above twenty-one years
of age who had resided six months in the
town and were untainted with pauperism
or crime.' Religious test* excluded
Roman Catholics.

60 Fishwick, op. cit. 432-6.

61 The next houses in size were those
of Jane Langton with twelve hearths,
William Hodskinson and Joan Banastre
eleven each, William Walmesley and
William Banastre ten each. There were
three of nine, three of eight, four of seven,
thirteen of six and the rest smaller.

62 Edmund Wearden at Ashton had
six hearths ; Cottam Hall had only four.

68 Lanes, and CAes. Antiq. Soc. v, 87—9.

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over the moor to Fulwood and Cadley Moor ; so he
came to Broughton Tower and church and after-
wards to St. Lawrence's Chapel and Barton Hall, and
passed on to Goosnargh.64 Celia Fiennes was pleased
with it : ' Preston (she says) stands on a hill and is a
very good market town. Saturday is their mariker,
which day I was there and saw it was provided with
all sorts of things : leather, corn, coals, butter,
cheese, and fruit and garden things. There is a very
spacious market place and pretty church and several
good houses. . . . The generality of the build-
ings, especially in two or three of the great streets,
were very handsome, better than in most country
towns, and the streets spacious and well pitched.' **
In 1709 it was thought 'a very pretty town with
abundance of gentry in it ; commonly called Proud
Preston.' M As a port it had declined.67

The religious conditions it is difficult to determine.
The corporation was Tory and the vicars of the
parish Whig. There were numerous Dissenters, but
the relative importance of the Roman Catholics had
no doubt declined during the century, and was still
further weakened by the disasters of 1715. M

The invasion of the Scottish Jacobites in that year
penetrated as far south as Preston, and drew many
adherents from the neighbourhood, but 'all Papists.'69
The army was placed under the command of a
lawyer, Thomas Forster of Etherston, member of
Parliament for Northumberland, and it arrived at
Preston on 9-10 November some 1,700 strong/0
James III was proclaimed king in the market place.

On Saturday the izth orders were given that the
whole force was to advance to Manchester, but news
being brought, greatly to their surprise, that General
Wills was advancing from Wigan to attack them, they
resolved to await him. Forster appears to have been
badly advised ; he refused to defend Ribble Bridge
and the fords, so that the royal troops crossed the
river without opposition and at once made a vigorous
attack on the town.71 Some trenches and barricades
had been formed, and the defenders repelled all the
attacks with success, the king's troops suffering
severely. Darkness put a stop to the fighting on
Saturday, but next day Wills received a considerable
accession of strength from General Carpenter, who
came up from the east, and was thus able to surround
the town. The Jacobites found that they must
either cut their way through the king's forces or
surrender, having but slight provision for a sustained
defence. The following day accordingly they laid
down their arms in the market place,72 and the king's
troops took possession of the town ; it is said that
they plundered many of the houses. The prisoners
were confined in the church for a month, and fed
upon bread and water at the cost of the towns-
people.73 Some were executed ; in December four
officers were shot 74 ; the next month some local
volunteers were hanged at Gallows Hill, close to
the present Moor Park : Richard Shuttleworth of
Preston, Roger Muncaster of Garstang, Thomas
Cowpe of Walton-le-Dale, William Butler and
William Arkwright ; and in the following February

64 Local Glean. Lanes, and Ches. i, 217.
A more elaborate description by the same
observer is quoted in Hardwick, Preston,
giving the names of many of the streets
and passages, the ferry and fords, and
particulars of various buildings, including
the 'ample, ancient and yet well beau-
tified town or guild hall or toll booth,' in
which was the council chamber.

The description in Ogilby's Britannia
(1690) calls Preston 'a large and well
frequented town, governed by a mayor,
eight aldermen, four under-aldermen and
twelve common councilmen. . . . Here
are kept the chancery courts, &c., for the
county palatine of Lancaster.'

65 Through England on a Side Saddle,
155. She, too, was specially struck with
the Patten mansion : 'All stone work,
five windows in the front and high built
according to the eastern building near
London. The ascent to the house was
fourteen or fifteen stone steps, large, and
a handsome court with open iron palisades
in the gate and on each side the whole
breadth of the house, which discovered
the gardens on each side of the house.'
Patten House was pulled down in 1835 ;
the gateway was re-erected at Howick
House ; Hardwick, op. cit. 430-1. The
site is marked by Lord's Walk and Derby
Street.

There are said to have been four alms-
houses, viz. in Fishergate near the top of
Mount Street, at the north ends of Friar-
gate and St. John Street, and at the east
end of the town ; Hewitson, Preston Ct.
Leet Rec. 54.

66 Edmund Calamy't Autobiography,
quoted by Fishwick, op. cit. 62. See
N.andQ.(zeT.j], vii, 428 ; viii, 55, 214.

67 In a fishery dispute in 1691-2 a
witness deposed that he had known vessels
and boats, some of 40 tons burthen, sail
op the Ribble as far as Preston Marsh,

and sometimes even as far as Holme.
Some of these vessels went to Bristol
laden with lead ; other* took millstones
to Ireland, and did ' often lie or ride ' at
a place called Old Millstones in A»hton ;
Fishwick, op. cit. 87.

68 In 1687, during a moment of liberty,
Bishop Leyburne confirmed 1,153 at
Preston and Tulketh and 1,099 at Ferny-
halgh ; Gillow, Bill. Diet, of Engl. Cath.
ii, 145.

The vicar of Preston wrote thus to the
Bishop of Chester in 1715 : 'I beg leave
to acquaint your lordship that there are
three townships and part of another in
this parish, which lie three, four and five
miles from the church, and have no other
convenient place of public worship ; that
by this unhappy situation they have still
been exposed to temptations and popery,
which is too prevalent in these parts of
your lordship's diocese, and are thereby
an easier prey to the priests of that com-
munion, we having no less than six of
these men in the one parish. From my
first coming to this place I have wished
for some hopeful remedy against this
growing evil ' ; Notitia Cestr. (Chet.
Soc.), ii, 470. This vicar secured three
new churches — Grimsargh, Barton and
Preston St. George's. This last is a
significant dedication.

In 1717 there were reported to the
Bishop of Chester to be only 643 ' Papists '
in the parish, no doubt very much below
the true number. Fifty years later the
numbers returned to him were: In Preston,
1,043, with a resident priest ; in Broughton
chapelry, 313, with two priests ; in Grims-
argh, 117 ; in Barton, 131 ; "Trans. Hist.
Soc. (new ser.), xviii, 218.

In 1754-5 a religious census was taken,
and the Preston return gives the families
thus : In the town of Preston — Protestants
762, Papists 145, Dissenters 21 ; in Lea,

77

Ashton, &c. — Protestants 47, Papists 30 ;
Ribbleton, Grimsargh, Elston and Fish-
wick—58, 57 ; Broughton— 41, 47 ;
Barton — 52, 19 ; Haighton — 7, 18. No
Dissenters are recorded outside the town ;
Visitation Returns.

69 Robert Patten, chaplain to Mr.
Forster, was an eye-witness of the whole
affair ; he turned king's evidence and
wrote a history of the rebellion, which
passed through several editions. It appears
to be the principal source of other accounts,
e.g. that in Hardwick's Preston, 219-33.
There are many allusions in the Stuart P.
(Hist. MSS. Com.), ii, iii.

70 Two troops of dragoons quartered in
the town retired before them.

71 Two plans of the operations give the
earliest maps of the town. One of them,
'drawn on the spot by P. M., esq.,' is
given in Hewitson, Preston, 23 ; the other
in Fishwick's work, 64. They show the
positions of the barricades across the chief
streets and the disposition of the king's
forces. Several houses in the outskirts
are represented as in names.

78 Patten gives the losses thus : On the
king's side — killed, five officers and over
200 privates ; wounded, sixteen officers,
privates not recorded. On the Jacobite
side — killed seventeen, wounded twenty-
five ; prisoners, seven lords and 1,490
gentlemen, officers and privates, and two
clergymen. There is a note of the
prisoners in Hist. MSS. Com. Rep. xi,
App. iv, 170.

73 On the behaviour of the vicar of
Preston, the inhabitants and the neigh-
bouring gentry, see reports in Payne,
Engl. Cath. Rec. 85-8, 97-9. A list of
residents in the district who were attainted
is printed in Fishwick, op. cit. 66.

74 Major Nairne, Captains Lockhart,
Shaftoe and Erskine. See Hardwick,
op. cit. 235-6.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Richard Chorley of Chorley and six others 75 were
executed in the same way.

Defoe in 1727 found Preston a fine and gay town,
but inferior in population to Liverpool and Man-
chester. It was ' full of attorneys, proctors and
notaries ' employed in the special palatine courts.
There was ' a great deal of good company,' but not
so much ' as was before the late bloody action with
the Northern rebels ; not that the battle hurt many
of the immediate inhabitants, but the consequences
of it so severely affected many families thereabout that
they still retain the remembrance of it.' 76 The
earliest 'prospect' of the town is dated 1728 ; it was
drawn from the south side by S. and N. Buck.77 A
printing press was at work as early as I74O.78 A
verbal description of Preston in 1745 reads thus:
' This town is situated on a clean, delightful eminence,
having handsome streets and variety of company,
which the agreeableness of the place induces to board
here, it being one of the prettiest retirements in
England, and may for its beauty and largeness compare
with most cities, and for the politeness of the
inhabitants none can excel. . . . Here is a hand-
some church and a town hall where the corporation
meet for business and the gentlemen and ladies for
balls and assemblies. Here is likewise a spacious
market place in the midst of which stands a fine
obelisk ; the streets are neatly paved, and the houses
well built of brick and slates. This town being a
great thoroughfare there are many good inns for the
reception of travellers. . . . This town has a pretty
good trade for linen yarn, cloth, cotton, &c.' 79

It was in the winter of 1745 that the Prince
Charles Edward led his army south through Preston
in his attempt to win the crown of England. He
arrived there on 27 November80; the bells were
rung, and a few joined them, including Francis

Towneley, nephew of the squire of Towneley. The
army left next day for Manchester. On its hasty
retreat north the force regained Preston on I 2 Decem-
ber and left for Lancaster the next morning, being
closely followed by Oglethorpe's dragoons and the
Duke of Cumberland himself.

Pococke in 1750 thought the town subsisted
* chiefly by its being a great thoroughfare and by
many families of middling fortune living in it ' ;
hence, he says, ' it is remarkable for old maids, be-
cause these families will not ally with tradesmen and
have not sufficient fortunes for gentlemen.' 81

From that time the history of the parish has been
peaceful, with the exception of election battles —
notably that of I76882 — and industrial disturbances.
These latter conflicts appear to have been less
dangerous here than in other parts of the county,
but there was a threatening demonstration against
power-looms in i8z6.83 In 1797-8 the Royal
Preston Volunteers were raised for the defence of
the county, and a rifle corps also was formed.84 The
modern volunteer movement received due support in
the district, two corps being formed in l859,85 and
Preston is now, under the Territorial system, the head
quarters of a squadron of the Duke of Lancaster's
Own Yeomanry, a battery of the 2nd West Lanca-
shire Brigade Royal Field Artillery, and three com-
panies of the 4th Battalion Loyal North Lancashire
Regiment.

Communications were improved by the turnpiking
of the north road in 1751 86 and the erection of
Penwortham Bridge in 1755-87 The old Ribble
Bridge was rebuilt in I78i,88and in the following
year a new town-hall was erected.89 Stage coaches
began running to Wigan and Warrington about 1771,
and to Liverpool in I774.90 The cotton manufac-
ture was introduced in I777,91 and from that time

75 James Drummond, William Black,
Donald Macdonald, John Howard, Berry
Kennedy and John Rowbottom.

76 Tour Through Great Britain (ed.
1738), Hi, 183.

77 A large reproduction of it forms the
frontispiece to Fishwick's Preston. In the
tame work (p. 417) is an old view of the
market place, showing a large timbered
house on the south side, with a smaller
one adjoining it to the east. An obelisk
or market cross stood in the square.

The large house had the initials i1^
and date 1629 carved over a doorway ;
the builder was John Jenkinson, who by
his will directed its completion, leaving
it to his widow Anne and his daughters
Grace and Elizabeth. Adam Mort, the
mayor, killed in 1643, once occupied it.
It was sold to the corporation in 1822.
The smaller house had the inscription
I. A. 1618, for James Archer. They
were demolished in 1855, when a pamphlet
was printed giving a full history of them ;
Hardwick, op. cit. 432.

78 Local Glean. Lanes. and Chcs. i, 37, 43 ;
Hewitson, op. cit. 341. William Cadman,
a local bookseller, is mentioned some
eighty years earlier 5 Pal. Note Bk. i, 1 3.

79 Ray, Hitt. of the Rebellion.

80 Hardwick, op. cit. 241-52. It was
noticed that on his arrival at Preston
Prince Charles, ' who had hitherto
marched on foot, mounted on horseback
and surveyed the passes and bridges of the
town, taking with him such at had been
there in the year 1715.'

81 Travels through England (Camd.
Soc.), i, 12.

88 This was the election in which the
democratic franchise of 1661 first became
effective. In 1741 the foreign burgesses
were considered to be disqualified as
electors, though resident ; Abram, Me-
morials of the Guilds, 83. In 1768 the
Earl of Derby, in the Whig interest as
opposed to the corporation, called atten-
tion to the franchise, and raised a popular
disturbance, Roman Catholic chapels
being wrecked and other damage done.

The Stanley family for a long time
exercised a preponderating influence in
the elections, but the power of the manu-
facturers began to manifest itself before
1800. The last election before the
Reform Act was a most exciting one, for
on the Hon. E. G. Stanley seeking re-
election on being placed in the ministry
in 1830 he was defeated by Henry Hunt
the Radical by 3,730 to 3,392 votes.
Hunt was defeated in 1832.

For some of the more important con-
tests see Hardwick, op. cit. 330-43.
Long accounts, in which the old poll
books were reprinted and annotated, ap-
peared in the Preston Guardian in 1878
and later.

88 Hardwick, op. cit. 375. There were
notable riots and strikes in 1831, 1836
(a three months' strike), 1842 (riots, five
men mortally wounded), 1853 (eight
months' lock-out), and 1878 ; ibid. 415-
22 ; Hewitson, Preston, 180-4.

84 Hardwick, op. cit. 256. The«e

78

volunteers joined the militia in 1808 ;
ibid. 387. Details of their regulations
and uniforms will be found in Fishwick,
op. cit. 418-19.

85 Hewitson, op. cit. 374-7.

88 Stat. 24 Geo. II, cap. 20. Garstang
Road was formed in 1817, replacing an
old crooked lane. The highway known as
Blackburn New Road was made in 1824 ;
a wooden bridge over the Ribble was built
for it at Lower Brockholes, replaced by a
stone one in 1861.

87 Hardwick, op. cit. 459. An Act of
Parliament was obtained in 1750. This
was the road from Preston to Liverpool,
the river having been crossed by a ford.
The first bridge fell down in 1756, and
a new one was built after a fresh Act had
been obtained.

88 Ibid. 458.

89 A view is given in Fishwick, Preston,
71. The older building fell down in
1780 ; Hewitson, op. cit. 357.

90 Ibid. 198. In Sept. 1823 seventy-
two coaches ran in and out of Preston
every Wednesday ; Hardwick, op. cit.
389. A list of those running in 1825 is
given in Baines" Lanes. Dir. ii, 519-20.
The coaches ceased in 1842.

91 In that year a cotton-mill was built
in Moor Lane by Collinson and Watson.
The practical founder of the industry,
however, was John Horrocks. He was
born at Edgeworth in 1768 of Quaker
parents, and he built a mill in 1791 at
the east end of Church Street (see Fish-
wick, op. cit. 72) ; this was followed by

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

the place has grown in importance and population.
A plan made in I77492 shows that the streets had
remained almost unchanged for a century.93 The
houses extended eastward nearly as far as the present
Deepdale Road and west along Fishergate to the site
of the railway station. Northward the houses did
not go beyond Lord Street, except that they extended
a little further along Tithebarn Street and to the
end of Friargate and Back Lane. There were also a
few blocks of dwellings to the south of Church Street.
The plan of i8z494 shows a great increase in all
directions, more especially on the south side, and
also to the north-west of Fishergate as far as the
Lancaster Canal, which had been constructed in
1798. 95 The first railways were opened in 1838
and i840.96

Of the old townships Preston, Fishwick and
Ashton have become urban in character and Fulwood
is a residential suburb ; the others still remain for
the most part agricultural. The following figures
show the way in which the agricultural land of the
parish is at present utilized. In the whole there are
but 446 acres of arable land, the great bulk, viz.
12,103 acres, being in permanent grass. There are

PRESTON

363 acres of woods and plantations. The details are
thus given 96a : —

Ribbleton .
Grimsargh \
Brockholes [
Elston j
Fishwick
Broughton .
Haighton .
Barton )
Newsham )
Lea
Ashton
Ingol
Cottam
To the above may
Fulwood .
Myerscough

Arable
ac.

• 23
• H7l

• 57
• 5

. >*

. 211

be added :

• 35
. 509

Grass
ac.

555
2,367$
529

2,202^
942

2,753
2,754

1,833
i»977i

Woods
ac.

25I

IO

BJ

*ft

65

24

5
3i

In consequence of changes in the boundaries in
1894, when the township of Preston was extended
to coincide with the municipal borough, Fishwick

another at Spital Moss in 1796 and a
third near Lark Hill in 1797. His
business rapidly increased and in 1802 he
was elected a member of Parliament for
the borough. He died in London in
1804, and was buried at Penwortham.

Other mills quickly followed those of
Horrocks. See Hardwick, op. cit. 366,
660.

93 Hewitson, op. cit. 40. A larger
plan founded on this and the tithe map
is inserted in the same writer's Preston
Ct. Lett Rec. The field-names given
show Cuckstool Pit Meadow near the
present infirmary, Causeway Meadow
west of it, and Platford Dales still further
west. Cockpit Field was opposite the
north end of Friargate, near St. Peter's.
Avenham gave name to a number of
fields on the south of the town. Grim-
shaw Street passes through the old Water
Willows, to the south of which was
Great Albin Hey. Winckley Square has
replaced a Town End Field, but there
were other fields of the name on the east
side of the town. Hepgreave was to the
north of the railway station in Fisher-
gate. Woodholme seems to have been
in the marsh, at the extreme south-west.
The common fields were chiefly on the
north and west sides of the town.

Colley's Garden, to the north of Lord
Street, was afterwards known as the
Orchard. Open-air meetings were held
there.

98 The following references to the
mediaeval streets and districts of the
town may be useful : —

Cecily widow of Adam de Grimshaw
and Henry son of Henry de Rishton and
Margaret his wife in 1394-5 granted on
lease to John de Knoll, tailor, and Maud
his wife a burgage, together with lands in
the Moor Field by the Friars' house, and
a plat in St. John's Weind ; the lessees
were to build a timber house ; Towneley
MS. OO, no. 1054.

In 1363 William son of John de
Walton granted a burgage in Kirkgate to
Grimbald the Tailor; ibid. no. 1103.
Roger de Firewath had in 1 366 a toft in the
road to the rectory of Preston ; Kuerden
MSS. iii, P 7. This road may have

been the Parsonweind occurring in the
same set of deeds, which show that in
1388-9 Ellen del Moor had a burgage
in Preston and a barn in Parsonweind,
and that in 1408 William Winter the
younger had a barn in Parsonweind next
the kiln ; ibid. James son of John
Moor gave James Walton the elder and
Ellen his wife (mother of the grantor) a
burgage in the Kirkstile in 1441—2 ;
ibid. A claim by Emma widow of
Henry del Kirkstile shows that one
Henry del Moor had land in Preston as
early as 1311-12; De Banco R. 190,
m. 195. Kirkstile is a frequently recur-
ring surname ; e.g. Assize R. 405, m. 4.

Lambert Stodagh in 1428-9 granted
to John Moor of Preston a grange in
Frereweind, &c., formerly the property
of Sir Christopher Preston ; Kuerden
MSS. ii, fol. 227.

Alice widow of Ralph Kekilpenny
granted to Robert son of Hugh le Sposage
land on Avenham in the town fields of
Preston next to land of St. Wilfrid ; OO,
no. 1162. Henry son of William Simson
in 1 349 released to Roger Watson a
roodland in the field called Avenham
between land of B. Wilfrid on either
side ; ibid. no. 1157.

The Grethill, where the town's wind-
mill formerly stood, is named in a
Hoghton deed of 1527; Kuerden MSS.
iv, P ii.

Adam son of Adam de Wich in 1335
granted to Robert son of Walter de
Preston and Maud his wife lands including
ij acres on Avenham and ^ acre at
Hepgreve ; OO, no. 1117. Adam son
of Philip de Preston gave land on Ingle-
ridding, next land of the church, to
Roger son of Hugh le Sposage ; ibid,
no. 1143.

Thomas son and heir of John Lussell
had in 1527 closes called Rawmoors in
Preston; ibid. no. mi. John Lussell
and Katherine his wife occur a century
earlier (Final Cone, iii, 95), while Thomas
Lussell, clerk, and Maud his wife, daughter
of Thomas de Howick, had land in the
vill and fields of Preston in 1371 ; OO,
no. 1132.

Lands in Woodholme are mentioned

79

frequently. Robert son of Roger son of
Adam de Preston gave a burgage, &c.,
and land in Woodholme and Platfordale
to Richard de Ribbleton and Helen his
wife; Harl. MS. 2042, fol. 171.
William son of Hugh de Preston gave
land in Woodholme to John the Marshal
in 1320-3 ; Kuerden MSS. ii, fol. 226^.
William de Wigan gave land in the same
place to Roger de Preston in 1337 ;
Towneley MS. C 8, 13 (Chet. Lib.),

W2II.

Adam de Deepdale and Maud his wife
sold land in 1354 ; Final Cone, ii, 145.

94 This plan, in the atlas accompanying
Raines' Directory of 1825, is reproduced
by Fishwick, op. cit.

95 In 1802 a tramroad was constructed
connecting the terminus of this canal
with that of the Leeds and Liverpool
branch to ' Summit,' west of Brindle.
The Ribble was crossed by a slight bridge.
The tram wagons ceased running in
1859; Hardwick, op. cit. 386, 480;
Hewitson, Preston, 198. The bridge is
now used for foot passengers.

96 Hewitson, op. cit. 199-207. The
railway from Preston to Wigan was
opened 31 Oct. 1838 ; this gave access
to Liverpool, Manchester and the south.
Three railways were opened in 1840 —
from Preston to Longridge (i May), to
Lancaster (25 June), and to Fleetwood
(15 July). The line from Bolton to
Chorley was opened in 1841, but owing
to difficulties in construction the con-
tinuation to Euxton was not ready till
1843, when Preston obtained another
route to Manchester.

In 1846 the Fleetwood line opened
branches to Lytham and to Blackpool,
and the Longridge line was continued by
a tunnel to Maudlands. The new line
to Blackburn was opened, also a short
branch line to the quay by the Ribble.
In 1849 the line to Ormskirk and
Liverpool was opened, from which a
branch to Southport was made in 1855.
The West Lancashire Company's direct
route to Southport was opened in Sept.
1882.

963 Statistics from Bd. of Agric.
(1905).

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

ceased to be a township, and the areas of Ribbleton,
Grimsargh and Brockholes, and Lea, Ashton, Ingol
and Cottam were reduced.

Something has been said of Preston as a port. Dr.
Kuerden about 1682 found that a vessel of reason-
able burden might be brought up the river to Preston
by a knowing and well-skilled pilot.97 The Kibble,
however, could only be used by small vessels. A
company was formed in 1806 to improve the naviga-
tion,98 and in 1838 was merged in the Kibble Navi-
gation Company, in which Preston Corporation took
shares.99 The bed of the river was deepened at
Preston, the channel seawards was dredged and sea
walls were built. A dock was made at Lytham in
1841, and in 1843, owing to the increase of trade,
the corporation made a new quay near the border of
Ashton. In 1853 additional powers were obtained
for the reclamation of tide-washed land.

Though there was a considerable coasting trade,100
the navigation of the river continued unsatisfactory.
The corporation purchased the company's under-
taking in i883,101 and began a comprehensive system
of improvement, the river course having since been
straightened below the town, and a large dock formed
in Ashton was opened in 1892. A small change in
the township boundaries followed the alteration of the
stream. The channel is kept open by dredging
and by a system of retaining walls to prevent silting.
The customs port extends from Preston to Hundred
End on the south side of the Kibble and as far as the
mouth on the north, and thence up to Blackpool.102

The parish has not produced many men of distinc-
tion. In view of its present industrial position the
first place may be given to Sir Richard Arkwright,
the inventor, who was born in the town of Preston in
1732. After following the trade of barber and wig-
maker for thirty years or more, living part of the
time at Bolton, he turned his attention to cotton-
spinning machinery. He and his assistant are said to
have set up a trial machine in a large house at Stony-
gate, Preston, but his first mill (1771) was built at
Nottingham and his second near Wirksworth in
Derbyshire. He purchased the manor of Crom-
ford, was made a knight in 1786 and acted as High
Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1786-7. He died in
I792.103

The most distinguished of the natives of the place
in the world of letters was the late Francis Thompson,
a lyrical poet of great genius and splendour of diction.
He was the son of a doctor, and born in 1859. He
was educated for the priesthood at Ushaw, but re-
nounced that calling, desiring to devote himself to

literature. He fell into destitution, but his talents
were recognized and the later years of his life were
fruitful. He died in November 1907 ; in 1910 a
memorial tablet was placed on the house where he
was born.

Lawrence Claxton or Clarkson, born at Preston in
1615, became a prominent sectary of the Common-
wealth times — Presbyterian, Baptist, ' Seeker,' and
Muggletonian in turn. He published various tracts
and died in i667.104

Edward Baynard, M.D., is thought to have been
born at Preston in 1641. In 1719 he published a
poem entitled Health. His daughter Anne was noted
for her learning and piety.106

Josiah Chorley, son of Henry Chorley of Preston,
became the Presbyterian minister at Norwich, 1691,
till his death, about 1719. He published a metrical
index to the Bible.106

Richard Shepherd, born at Kendal, settled at
Preston, where he practised as a physician. He died
in 1761, having bequeathed his library to the town,
together with a sum for a librarian's salary and the
purchase of fresh books. The library, which was to
be strictly for works of reference, is now deposited in
the Harris Free Library.107 The erection of this
building was due to the trustees of Edmund Robert
Harris of Ashton, who was born at Preston in 1804
and died in 1877, he having given them power to
establish an institution of public utility in Preston to
perpetuate the memory of his father and family.108
His father was the Rev. Robert Harris, incumbent of
St. George's, Preston, from 1797 to 1862. In the
Harris Library is preserved also the art collection
bequeathed to the town by another native of it,
Richard Newsham, 1798-1883.

Sir Edward Stanley of Bickerstaffe, who succeeded
to the earldom of Derby in 1736, is stated to have
been born at Preston in 1689 ; he served as mayor
of the town in 1731. His descendant, the late
earl, took the title of Lord Stanley of Preston on
being raised to the peerage in 1886, and was guild
mayor in 1902.

Arthur Devis, born at Preston about 1711, became
a portrait painter, exhibiting at the Free Society of
Artists, 1762-80. He died in I787.109

William Turner, son of a Nonconformist minister,
was born at Preston in 1714, and himself became a
minister at Wakefield. He contributed to Priestley's
Theological Repository. He died in 1 794-110

Edward Crane, born at Preston in 1721, was
educated at Kendal. He became a Nonconformist
minister at Norwich, but died young, in 1 749. m

97 Quoted by Hewitson, Preston, 214,
from which work the details in the text
have for the most part been taken. See
also Hardwick, op. cit. 391-400.

98 Priv. Act, 46 Geo. Ill, cap. izi.
In 1821 the river was used by coasters
from Liverpool, Kirkcudbright, Dublin,
&c., as well as for coal flats and other small
craft. There was a good fishery ; Whittle,
Preston, 26, 27. A list of trading vessels,
the Inrgest being of 130 tons, is given
ibid. 345.

99 The first steamboat on the Ribble
appeared about 1829 ; the second, built
at Preston, in 1834.

100 < jvjot verv long ag0 steamers sailed
regularly between Liverpool and Preston,
carrying grain principally. . . Formerly
considerable quantities of iron were

brought by water to Preston. There
was also a large china-clay traffic up the
river. The outward cargoes of the
vessels consisted mainly of coal from the
Wigan district ' ; Hewitson, op. cit.
(1883), 224.'

101 Loc. Act, 46 & 47 Viet. cap.
115, &c.

102 In 1826 Preston was a creek of
the port of Lancaster ; in 1839 it was
joined with Fleetwood, and became
independent in 1843.

103 Diet. Nat. Biog. In Lancashire he
built a mill near Chorley, but it was
destroyed by the populace in 1779 in
spite of the protection of police and
military.

104 Ibid. A Lawrence Clarkson, son
of Henry, appears among the burgesses

80

of 1622 and 1642 ; Preston Guild R.
(Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), 88, 97.

105 Diet. Nat. Biog.

106 Ibid. ; Preston Guild R. 127.

107 Hewitson, op. cit. 294-6.

108 Tne trustees gave £100,000 in all,
of which £70,000 was for the building
and the rest for books and endowment.
The corporation gave the site. The
trustees also gave £40,000 to found the
Harris Institute, a successor of the Insti-
tution for the Diffusion of Knowledge,
founded in 1849. A third large gift
resulted in the Harris Orphanage in
Fulwood.

109 Diet. Nat. Biog.

110 Ibid. ; Nightingale, Lanes. Nonconf.
i, 10-12.

111 Diet. Nat. Biog.

PRESTON CHURCH c. 1829
(From a drawing by IV. We ' stall ', A.R.A., engraved by Edward Finden}

PRESTON CHURCH c. 1796
(From a drawing by W. Ormc)

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

PRESTON

William Gregory Sharrock, born at Preston in
1742, became a Benedictine monk. He was conse-
crated in 1781 as coadjutor to Bishop Walmesley,
with the title of Bishop of Telmessus, and in 1797
succeeded him as vicar apostolic of the western
district, acting till his death in iSog.111

Thomas Jackson, who took the surname of Calvert
in 1819, was born at Preston in 1775. He became
Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, Norrisian
Professor in the university, and Warden of Man-
chester. He died in iS^o.11*

Charles Hardwick was born at Preston in 1817,
being son of an innkeeper there. He acquired dis-
tinction as an antiquary, and his history of his native
town, issued in 1857, has been frequently quoted in
the present account. He died in iSSg.114

Robert Cornthwaite, born in 1 8 1 8, became (Roman
Catholic) Bishop of Beverley in 1861, and on the
division of the diocese in 1878 was appointed to
the Leeds portion. He died in 1890.

William Dobson, born at Preston in 1820, and
educated at the local grammar school, was editor of
the Preston Chronicle, and wrote on local antiquities.
He died in i884.lls

Robert Gradwell, son of a Preston alderman, was
born in the town in 1825, and after education at
Ushaw became assistant priest at St. Augustine's,
Preston, and from 1860 till his death in 1906 was
stationed at Claughton-on-Brock. He was a domestic
prelate to Leo XIII. He was of antiquarian tastes,
and published a life of St. Patrick and various essays.116

John Samuel Raven, landscape painter, was son of
the Rev. Thomas Raven, minister of Holy Trinity
Church in Preston, and was born in the town in
1829. He was drowned at Harlech, while bathing,
in i877.m

Some other worthies are noticed in the accounts of
the various townships.

The church 118 of ST. JOHN THE
CHURCH DITINE stands in the middle of the
town, on the south side of Church
Street, and is a handsome building in the style of the
1 4th century, erected in 1853-5. The former
church which stood on the same site was a low 16th-
century structure, consisting of chancel, clearstoried
nave of four bays, with north and south aisles, and
west tower, but before its demolition it had under-

gone many changes and alterations. In 1644—5 the
decay of the building was such that a levy of £30,
which had been previously ordered, but a great part
of which had not been paid, was increased by an
additional £20. Pews were erected in the 1 7th
century, and a rough plan of the seating c. 1650,
showing the pulpit in the middle of the nave on the
south side, has been preserved.119 In 1671 the
interior had ' become foule and uncomely,' and efforts
were made to 'adorn and beautify' it, but the
churchwardens were desired to get the work done
'as well and as cheap as they could.' In 1680
four pinnacles were ordered to be set upon the steeple
and ' the weathercock to be placed handsomely in the
middle,' and some time before 1682 a clock and
chimes were placed in the tower. Towards the end
of the 1 7th century Dr. Kuerden describes the build-
ing as * spacious, well-built, or rather re-edifyed,' 1M
but during the 1 8th century the church was allowed
to fall into decay to such an extent m that on
7 February 1770 the entire roof fell in, and in con-
sequence the north and south walls had to be taken
down and the nave rebuilt.1*2 In 1 8 1 1 the tower,
which had for some time been in an unsafe condition,
was pulled down to the level of the church roof, and
was left in that state till 1814, when it was rebuilt.
The chancel was rebuilt by Sir Henry Philip Hoghton
in l8l7.m An account of the building written in
1821 m describes the body or nave as containing three
aisles, with the royal arms where the rood formerly
stood. 'Two chapels exist, the Lea chapel and
Wall's chapel. . . . The mayor has a grand throne
erected on the right corner from the altar. . . . The
galleries are supported by eight Gothic arches, the
pillars of an octagon shape. The front gallery facing
the altar contains a well-tuned organ. . . . The spiral
pulpit and reading desk is finely constructed of solid
oak and supported by four pillars.' A view of the
church about 1845"* shows the walls of chancel,
nave and aisles to have been embattled, with lean-to
roofs to the aisles, those of the chancel and nave being
hidden behind the parapets. The clearstory windows
were square-headed and of three lights, but those in
the aisles had segmental heads, and the chancel was lit
with tall pointed windows of three lights, the mullions
crossing in the heads. The tower was lofty and had
an embattled parapet with clustered angle pinnacles.126

118 Trans. Hist. Soc. (new ser.), xiii,
131. He wrote some tracts.

118 He published sermons ; Diet. Nat.
Biog. ; Wardens of Manch. (Chet. Soc.),
178-83.

114 Diet. Nat. Biog.

118 Ibid.

116 Liverpool Cath. Annual, 1907.

117 Diet. Nat. Biog.

118 See T. C. Smith, Rec. of the Parish
Church of Preston in Amounderness, 1892.
The mediaeval invocation was St. Wilfrid.
The rector of St. Wilfrid's, Preston, was
defendant in 1342; De Banco R. 332,
m. 149. The church was regularly called
St. Wilfrid's, as may be seen by sub-
sequent notes, but in the i6th century and
later the name is found as Winifred.

The change to St. John the Divine is
said to have been made at the end of the
i 6th century.

There was in early times a St. John
the Baptist's Weind or street (vicus),
leading perhaps to lands held by the
Knights Hospitallers ; Cockersand Chartul.

(Chet. Soc.), i, 222, 219 ; Kuerden MSS.
iii, ?7 (1340). 'St. John's Weind' is
said to have been the old name of
Tithebarn Street.

119 It is reproduced in Smith, op. cit.
247, and in Fishwick' s Hist, of Preston,
114. A large space at the south-east
corner of the nave is marked ' The antient
burying place of the Lords of Hoghton
and Lea.' This was usually known as the
Lea chapel. At the time of the demoli-
tion of the old church in 1853 notes were
made of several carvings on the backs of
the pews. They are given in Fishwick,
op. cit. 115, and bear various dates (1626,
1630, 1694) and initials. Many of the
oak panels were elaborately carved. Coats
of arms emblazoned on the windows
of the church about 1580 are recorded
in Trans. Hist. Soc. (new ser.), vi, 271 ;
xiv, 204. These have been imitated in
the windows of the present church.

130 Quoted by Fishwick, op. cit.
116.

131 In Nov. 1769 the church was

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reported to be in imminent danger and
the churchwardens were ordered to con-
tract for its taking down and rebuilding.
The nave roof fell in, however, before
anything was done.

183 At a meeting held 9 Feb. 1770
' the roof and all the pillars on the north
side of the church were reported to have
fallen down and the rubbish was ordered
to be cleared away and a proper person
obtained to inspect the present state
of the church." The rebuilding was
more or less on the old lines ; the esti-
mate of cost was j£i,oo6.

128 Hardwick, Hist, of Preston, 462,
where it is further stated that the quire
was renovated in 1823.

1M peter Whittle, Hist, of Preston, 55,
quoted by Fishwick, op. cit. 117.

135 Drawn by William Physick. Re-
produced in Fishwick, op. cit. 116.

186 Glynne's description, undated, but
probably written about this time, is as
follows : 'A large church originally of plain
Perpendicular work, much modernized

II

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Showing fresh symptoms of decay in the middle of
the I gth century, the whole of the building, with the
exception of the lower part of the tower, was pulled
down in i853,127 and a new church erected on the
old foundations.

The present building,128 which was finished in
1855, consists of chancel with south chapel, clearstoried
nave with north and south aisles and west tower and
spire, with north and south entrances in the angles
between the tower and aisles. The building is a good
example of modern Gothic and is built of Longridge
stone. The church was reseated in i867129 and a
new reredos was erected in 1871. In 1885 an
organ chamber was built in the north side of the
chancel and vestries were added on the south side of
the chapel. There are galleries over the north and
south aisles and at the west end.

All the mural tablets and brasses which were in
the old church in 1853 have been preserved, but with
the exception of the Bushell brass at the west end of
the north aisle they are of little interest and of no
antiquity.130 This brass, to the memory of Seth
Bushell, a woollen draper who died in 1623, was
discovered when the old building was pulled down,
and is in two pieces, one bearing a quaintly drawn
figure and the other the inscription. Both plates fell
into private hands and were not restored to the
church till 1900, when they were fixed in their
present position.131 The Hoghton memorials in the
quire comprise mural monuments to Sir Henry
Hoghton (d. 1768) and his first and third wives,
Mary Boughton (d. February 1719—20) and Susannah
Butterworth (d. 1772), and to Ann Boughton, his
sister-in-law (d. 171 5), 132 who are all there interred,
and there are tablets to the memory of Sir Henry
Bold Hoghton (d. 1862), who is buried at Anglesea,
near Gosport, and Sir Henry de Hoghton (d. 1876),
who is buried in the Bold chapel at Farnworth.

There is a ring of eight bells cast by T. Mears in
1 8 1*}..133 The commissioners of Edward VI reported
that there were four bells,134 besides one lent by
Sir Richard Hoghton, kt. In 1 7 1 1 an order was

given to collect in the parish for a new set of eight bells,
which were afterwards cast by Rudhall. The fourth
bell of an older peal had been recast in 1696, the
seventh was recast in 1737.

The plate 135 consists of a flagon and small paten of
1705, both inscribed 'The gift of the Right Hon.
John, Lord Gower, Baron of Stitnam, 1705 ' ; a
flagon and two large patens of 1708, all inscribed
* The gift of Madame Margery Rawstorne, widdow,
of Preston, to the Church of Preston, 1 708 ' ; a flagon
of 1719, purchased by order of the vestry, inscribed
' Preston Lancsi7i9 ' and round the bottom ' St. John
the Evangelist, Parish of Preston'; a flagon of 1725 pur-
chased by subscription, inscribed at the bottom ' Thos.
Astley, Robert Walsham, churchwardens, 1725 '; and
four chalices, two of 1729 and two of 1785, all
without inscriptions. There is also a wine-strainer
inscribed 'The Parish Church of Preston, 1819.'

The early registers have been lost or destroyed.
Except for two pages dated 1603 the existing registers
begin in October 161 1, and from that date to the end
of 1631 have been printed.136 In 1821 the following
books were chained to the pillars of the tower arch-
way : The Homilies, Bible, Foxis Martyrs and Synopsis
Papismi.™

The churchyard was enlarged in 1804. The
oldest dated stone, of 1619, having become indeci-
pherable has been replaced by an exact copy of the
original. The old churchyard cross is named in a
will dated 1 55 1.138

It is possible that a church at
dDFOWSON Preston was one of those holy places
deserted by the British clergy on the
approach of the destroying English of Northumbria
and about 670 granted with lands by the Ribble and
elsewhere to St. Wilfrid.139 Though its existence may
be implied in the reference to churches in Amounder-
ness in Domesday Book,140 the first express record of it
is that in the grant of Roger of Poitou to the abbey
of Sees in 1094, by which he gave it the church of
Preston with the tithe of his demesne and fishery,
also 2 oxgangs of land and all the tithes of the

and partially rebuilt. It has a lofty west
tower with crocketed pinnacles, nave,
aisles and chancel. The tower and
chancel are modern in imitation of Per-
pendicular work. The nave and aisles are
embattled, the nave divided from each
aisle by four lofty pointed arches rising
from octagonal columns, the capitals of
which are much encroached on by the
side galleries. The clerestory windows
are square-headed of three lights. Those
of the aisles have chiefly depressed arches
and tracery of three lights. The chancel
is tolerably large but rebuilt in poor style.
The interior, though spacious, is as usual
encumbered with galleries, and there are
some poor modern Gothic fittings. The
organ pretty good ' ; Churches of Lanes. 3 8.
Hardwick (Hist, of Preston, 462) says :
'The pretensions of the old church to
architectural beauty or even character
were so ambiguous that it was some-
times quoted in derision as an excellent
specimen of "joiners' Gothic." '

187 Plans and elevations of the old
church as it existed in 1853 are given in
Smith, op. cit. 248-9.

148 Designed by Edward Hugh Shellard.

129 There was a rearrangement of seats
in the quire in 1885.

iso The inscriptions are given in full in

Smith, op. cit. 258-66, and in Fishwick,
op. cit. 121-3.

181 The figure was in the possession of
Mr. T. Harrison Myres and the inscrip-
tion in that of Mr. F. J. Holland, both of
Preston. These gentlemen restored them
to the church. The brass is illustrated in
Thornely, Brasses of Lanes, and Ches. 272,
in Smith, op. cit. 258, and Fishwick,
op. cit. 1 20.

183 There is a small tablet inscribed,
'Sir Henry de Hoghton, bart., in his will
expressed his desire that no person should
be interred under any of the four stones
which cover the remains of Dame Mary,
his first lady, Miss Ann Boughton, her
sister, himself, and Dame Susannah, his
last lady.'

133 The inscriptions (in addition to the
weight and name of maker) are as follows :
(i) 'Venite exultemus Domino.' (2) '4
June 1814, foundation laid by Sir H. P.
Hoghton, bait., lay rector and patron.'
(3) 'June 4, 54 George III, the king's
birthday : Vivat Rex.' (4) ' June 4,
1814, account received of the Treaty of
Peace.' (5) 'The Rev. James Penny,
vicar 5 the Rev. Wm. Towne, curate,
1814.' (6) ' Rich. Newsham, esq., mayor,
1814.' (7) 'Jno. Green, Jno. Fallow-
field, Jno. Grimbaldeston, Hen. Heaton,

82

Jas. Middlehurst, Jno. Harrison, church-
wardens, 1814.' (8) 'Blessed are the
dead that die in the Lord. Resurgant.'

184 In 1602 Thomas Woodruff was
admitted burgess on condition of ringing
the day bell and curfew for the summer
season during his life ; Preston Guild R.
(Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), 64. The
ringing of these bells was maintained till
recent times.

185 The list of church ornaments con-
sidered necessary in 1659 is printed by
Smith, op. cit. 253. It includes two
silver bowls with covers. In 1660 there
were five pewter flagons ' to be used at
the time of the Sacrament.'

186 In Smith's Preston Church, 83-
224. In this work are also contained
extracts from the records of the ' Four
and Twenty Gentlemen 'afterwards (1770)
known as the Select Vestry who governed
the parish. Lists of churchwardens are
also given.

187 T. C. Smith, op. cit. 265.

138 George Crook desired to be buried
'in the south side of the churchyard, nigh
unto the cross ' ; cited by Fishwick, Pnston,
124.

189 Hist. Ch. of Tork (Rolls Ser.), i,
25.

"° V,C,H, Lanes, i, 288*.

PRESTON PARISH CHURCH FROM THE SOUTH-EAST

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

whole parish.141 Together with Roger's other posses-
sions the advowson reverted to the Crown in I ioz.142
It was included in the grant of the hundred to
Theobald Walter about ngi,143 but claimed by the
Abbot of Sees. By a compromise made in 1 1 96 the
advowson was resigned to Theobald, but the rector
was to pay 10 marks yearly to the Prior of Lancaster.144
After King John's accession the advowson reverted to
the Crown,145 and as part of the honour of Lancaster
descended to the earls and dukes.

Thomas Earl of Lancaster in 1316 had leave to
appropriate the rectory,146 but his purpose, whatever
it may have been, does not seem to have been carried
further147; and it was not till July 1400 that an
appropriation was made by Henry IV in favour of
the new collegiate church of St. Mary at Leicester,
known as the college of Newark ; a vicarage was to
be endowed and a sum of money distributed annually
to the poor.148 After the confiscation of such colleges
in 1546-8 the rectory remained in the Crown149
until 1 607, when it was sold to Sir Richard Hoghton,
the advowson of the vicarage being included.150 His
family, retaining the rectory, sold the advowson of
the vicarage in 1828 to Hulme's Trustees,151 the
present patrons.

About 1222—6 the value of the rectory was esti-

PRESTON

mated at 50 marks,153 and in 1297 at double that
sum,153 this agreeing with the Valor of I292.1M
Within thirty years, however, owing to the havoc
wrought by the Scottish invasions, the taxation was
reduced to 3 5 marks.155 The ninth of sheaves, &c.,
assessed in 1341, shows a recovery.156 In 1527 the
rectory was thought to be worth ^42 a year and
the vicarage ^2O,157 and this estimate is almost trie
same as that of the Valor of 1 5 3 5 158 ; it appears,
however, that the vicar had to pay the ancient
10 marks rent to the Abbess of Syon, who had taken
the place of the Abbot of Sees.159 After the sale of
the rectory in 1607, a rent of £45 3*. %d. had to be
paid to the Crown by the lay rector, but in 1650
the value of the tithes was estimated as ^309. 16°

The vicarage about 1620 had an annual value of
j£66.161 In 1650, on account of the 'distracted,
troublesome times,' it was not worth so much, but the
vicar, one of the leading Puritan divines, had £50
from the Committee of Plundered Ministers and
another ^50 from the duchy revenues, as one of the
four itinerant preachers.161 The vicar in 1705
certified that he had £53, but the true value was
nearly double, though part was precarious.163 The
income has greatly increased in modern times and is
now returned as .£802 net.164

141 Farrer, Lanes. Pipe R. 290.

142 This is an inference from the later
history, but the matter is not clear, for
Roger's grant, including Preston, was
confirmed by John when Count of Mor-
tain, i.e. before 1193 ; ibid. 298.

148 Ibid. 434-5. To justify Theobald
Walter's claim Preston must have been in-
cluded among the ' advowson* of churches'
not recorded by name.

144 Final Cone. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches.), i, 6. The monks, described as
tenants, retained the church of Poulton,
but surrendered Preston. Each clerk
presented to the church was to promise
to pay the 10 marks annuity.

145 From the list of rectors it will be
seen that John presented in 1201 and
1202.

146 Cal. Pat. 1313-17, p. 512. He
may have intended to bestow it on
Whalley Abbey. In a later petition from
the abbey to the Archbishop of York the
abbot and monks state that they have
obtained the church, so far as a layman
could give it, from Henry Earl of Lan-
caster, and pray for its appropriation to
their house, undertaking to pay a vicar
£20 a year; Whitaker, Whalley (ed.
Nicholls), i, 168-9. The abbot's initial
is printed as C.

147 In 1354 it was found that it would
not be to the king's injury that the
advowson of the church of Preston — in-
cluding, it would seem, the whole rectory
worth ,£100 — should be appropriated to
St. Mary's Collegiate Church at Leicester ;
Inq. p.m. 28 Edw. Ill (2nd nos.), no. 2.
The scheme was not carried through, as
the Dukes of Lancaster continued to
present to the church.

148 Cal- P^. 1399-1401, p. 341. The
New College (or Newark) was founded in
1355 ; Cal. Papal Letters, iii, 585.

The appropriation was in 1401 con-
firmed by Boniface IX ; ibid, v, 41 1 : vi,
no.

In 11520 the Dean and Chapter of the
New College of our Blessed Lady of
Leicester demised to Richard Hesketh for
twenty-five years the parsonage of Preston
with its demesne and glebe land and the

chapel of Broughton at a rent of £40 and
371. Thomas Hesketh, brother and heir
of Richard, afterwards demised it to Sir
Alexander Osbaldeston at a rent of
£52 31. %d. for the use of Thomas's son
Robert; Towneley MS. DD, no. 231.
Robert Hesketh in 1531 procured afresh
lease from the college for a term of forty
years at the old rent of £40 and 371. ;
ibid. no. 384. Various disputes arising
out of these and other grants are related
in Smith, op. cit. 14-19.

149 Certain possessions of Newark
College at Preston seem to have been
granted with other church property to
Richard Venables and others in 1 549 ;
Pat. 3 Edw. VI, pt. ix. The rectory with
the advowson was probably leased for
short terms, judging from the changes of
patrons. In 1569-70 Christopher Ander-
ton of Lostock transferred to John Bold
of North Meols the advowson of Preston ;
Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 225, m. 7 ; 227,
m. 5 d. Thurstan Anderton in 1592
granted the same to Henry Bold, who in
1596 transferred it to Richard Hoghton ;
De Hoghton D.

lw Pat. 5 Jas. I, pt. xiii. The rectory
of Preston and the advowson of the
vicarage were included in the Hoghton
properties in 1616 ; Pal. of Lane. Plea
R. 317, m. 7.

The De Hoghton D. show that
Thomas Hoghton had in 1587 procured
a lease of the rectory from the Crown.

U1 Smith, op. cit. 6. It appears from
a fine of 1772 that the rectory and
advowson of Preston were in that year
sold or mortgaged to William Shaw, jun.,
by Sir Henry Hoghton ; Pal. of Lane.
Feet of F. bdle. 387, m. 114.

168 Lanes. Inq. and Extents (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), i, 120. 15S Ibid. 298.

1M Pop- Nick. Tax. (Rec. Com.), 307 ;
£66 13*. 4</.

184 Ibid. 327 ; £23 6s. $d. The pension
payable to the Abbot of Sees is not
mentioned.

156 Inq. Nonarum (Rec. Com.), 37.
The inquiry was made at Preston. The
borough, which was excepted, was worth
7 marks and the rest of the parish 28

83

marks and 2od. The several townships
paid as follows : Ashton, £1 i6s. $d. ;
Lea, £2 6s. So1. ; Broughton, £3 13^.4^.;
Barton, £3 6s. %d. ; Haighton, £i %s. $d.\
Grimsargh, £1 ioi. ; Brockholes,
£i is. So1. ; Elston, £1 8j. 4^. ; Ribble-
ton, £i is. $d. ; Fishwick the same ; in
all, £18 15..

The reasons given why the 100 marks
was not reached were that the excepted
revenues were considerable (tithe of hay
,£10, other small tithes 15 marks, obla-
tions, &c., 5 marks, glebe 251.), and that by
the destruction wrought by the Scots and
other insupportable charges daily increas-
ing there were waste lands in the parish
causing a loss of 28 marks to the tax ; in

all» £43 5*.

1&r Duchy of Lane. Rentals, bdle. 5,
no. 15.

15S Valor Eccl. (Rec. Com.), iv, 169 ;
the rent received by Newark College was

£41 17';

59 Ibid, v, 262 ; the net value was
£15 41. The manse and garden were
valued at zs., the vicarial tithes at
£7 u. 4</., and the oblations and Easter
roll at £14 1 6s. $d.

160 Common-w. Ch. Sur-v. (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), 144-5. In 1670 a
rent of £45 was paid to the Crown for
the rectory by Sir Richard Hoghton and
Edward Rigby ; Pat. 22 Chas. II.

161 Commoniu. Ch. Sur-v. 146.

162 Ibid. The endowment of the vicarage
included cottage and barn, with ij acres of
glebe, small tithes of the whole parish,
and the corn tithes also in Ribbleton, but
in some cases a prescriptive rent limited
the amounts payable.

A terrier of the glebe lands of the vicar-
age made in 1663 and a table of Eastei
dues of about the same time are printed
in Smith, op. cit. 12.

168 Gastrell, Notltia Cestr. (Chet. Soc.),
ii, 461. The vicar paid £4 to the curate
of Broughton.

164 Manch. Dioc. Dir. The old vicarage
was in the street so called, off Tithebarn
Street, to the north of the church. The
present house, at Eastcliff, was built in
1846.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Patron

The following is a list of the incumbents : —

RECTORS
Instituted Name

oc. 1153-60 . . William164

c. 1 1 90 . . . Robert 166

c. 1196 . . . Adomar de la Roche 167 .... Theobald Walter

25 Feb. 1200-1 . Ran die de la Tour 168 The King . .

? 8 July 1 202 . Mr. Peter Russinol 169 ,

oc. 121 9-40 . Amery des Roches 17° „ . .

3 July 1243. . William de Haverhill m . . . . „

25 Aug. 1252 . Arnulf17* „ . .

22 May 1256 . Henry de Wingham 17S .... „ . .

20 June 1262 . Walter de Merton m „ . .

oc. 1286-94 . Aubrey de Roseriis 17i

oc. 1306 . . . Eustace de Cottesbach 176 ....

oc. 1312. . . James de Fairford 177

1321 . . . Thurstan de Holland 178 . . .

24 Sept. 1348 . Henry de Walton "a ....

Thomas Earl of Lane.
Henry Earl of Lane. .

Cause of Vacancy

d. P. Russinol

d. W. de Haverhill

d. Arnulf

d. Bp. Wingham

exch. J. de Fairford

166 William the priest of Preston was
first witness to an important charter ;
Farrer, op. cit. 323, 325.

168 Ibid. 361. He is called only Robert
de Preston, but is one of a number of
witnesses, all apparently clergymen. In
another ecclesiastical deed of 1193 he
appears as Master Robert de Preston ;
Lane. Ch. (Chet. Soc.), i, in.

187 After making the settlement with
the Abbot of Sees recorded in the text,
Theobald Walter presented Adomar de la
Roche ; ibid, ii, 519.

188 Cal. Rot. Chart. (Rec. Com.), 101.
The dates in the first column are

often those of presentation, the institu-
tions not being known.

169 Rot. Lit. Pat. (Rec. Com.), 14. He
was precentor of York in 1213 ; Le Neve,
Fasti, iii, I 54. The statement that Peter
was dead in 1222 shows that the Master
Peter de Russinol who occurs later must
be a different person.

170 He was nephew of the Bishop of
Winchester and is said to have been pre-
sented by Henry III ; Lanes. Inq. and
Extents, i, 120 (where he is called Henry).
Americus, rector of Preston, had letters
of protection in 1219 and 1222 ; Cal.
Pat. 1216-25, pp. 199, 336. He occurs
again in 1228, when Herbert the clerk
and other guardians of the church had
letters of protection; ibid. 1225-32,
p. 189. He was still rector in 1240,
when he claimed Chipping as a chapel of
Preston ; Abbre-v. Plac. (Rec. Com.),
no, in.

171 Haverhill was one of the king's
clerks in 1223, as appears by the Patent
Rolls, the calendars containing many
references to him. He became the king'*
treasurer and died in 1252. He was a
canon of St. Paul's ; Le Neve, Fasti, ii,
400. According to T. C. Smith (op. cit.
9, 26) he was presented to Preston
3 July 1 243, referring to Pat. 27 Hen. Ill,
m. 3. The entry does not appear in the
printed calendar, where instead it is re-
corded that on 22 July 1243 Guy de
Russilun (Rousillon) was presented to
Preston ; Cal. Pat. 1232-47, p. 387.
Guy was the king's clerk and kinsman
(Cal. Papal Letters, i, 201) and there are
a number of references to him in the
Patent Rolls.

There is probably some error, for in
1246 the church of Preston was of the
king's presentation. William de Haverhill,
the treasurer, was rector, and it was
worth 140 marks a year ; Assize R. 404,
m. 19 d.

A papal dispensation to hold two addi-
tional benefices was given to William de
Haverhill in 1244 ; Cal. Papal Letters,
i, 2ii.

17a Cal. Pat. 1247-58, p. 149 ; he was
archdeacon of 'Tours' or Thouars.
Matthew Paris, whose description must
be considered that of a hostile partisan,
says that Arnulf was a Poitevin and
chaplain to Geoffrey de Lusignan, the
king's brother, and played the fool to
amuse the king and court, being a dis-
grace to the priesthood ; ' we have seen
him pelting the king, his brother Geoffrey,
and other nobles while walking in the
orchard of St. Albans with turf, stones
and apples, and pressing the juice of
grapes in their eyes, like one devoid of
sense ' ; Chron. Maj. (Rolls Ser.), v, 329.
Such behaviour, though undignified, does
not seem vicious.

Arnulf was also a prebendary of York ;
Cal. Pat. 1247-58, p. 414.

173 Ibid. p. 471. He was an im-
portant public official, becoming keeper
of the great seal 1255-9, ant* held
a number of benefices and dignities, in-
cluding the rectory of Kirkham. He
became Bishop of London m 1259, but
retained Preston, Kirkham and some
other churches till his death in 1262.
See Diet. Nat. Biog. ; Foss, Judges ;
Le Neve, Fasti, ii, 285, &c.

In 1254 Henry de Wingham, sub-
deacon, one of the king's clerks, was
made a papal chaplain ; Cal. Papal
Letters, i, 300. There are several other
privileges and dispensations recorded for
him in the same volume, including per-
mission (in 1259) to hold for five years
all the benefices he had at the time of
his election to the see of London ; ibid.
366.

174 Pat. 46 Hen. Ill, m. 9 (quoted by
Smith, op. cit. 31). This, die most
famous of the rectors of Preston, was
also a great State officer holding many
ecclesiastical preferments. He was Chan-
cellor of England 1261-3 anc' again
1272—4, being made Bishop of Rochester
in 1274. He founded Merton Coll., Oxf.
He was drowned while crossing the
Medway in 1277. See Diet. Nat. Biog. ;
Foss, Judges ; Le Neve, Fasti, ii, 561, &c.

Walter de Merton, chancellor of the
Bishop of Durham, obtained a papal dis-
pensation in 1246 ; Cal. Papal Letters,
i, 225.

175 Protections were granted him in
1286 and 1294; Cal. Pat. 1281—92,
p. 249 ; 1292-1301, p. 121. He occurs

84

also in pleadings of 1292, the surname in
one case being given as De Roseys ;
Assize R. 408, m. 39<i., 99, 24.

He made a gift to Henry de Haydock
of Ashton in return for land in Dobcroft
given to Preston Church ; Kuerden MSS.
iv, C 25.

176 Cal. Pat. 1301-7, p. 457 ; ' Preston '
may be an error for Prescot (q.v.), but
Eustace was defendant in a plea regard-
ing land in Preston in 1305 5 De Banco
R. 153, m. 206 d.

177 The name is also given as Fair-
stead. In Jan. 1311-12 letters dimissory
were granted by the Archbishop of
York to James de Fairford, rector of
Preston in Amounderness ; note by J. P.
Earwaker, Raines MSS. (from the York
records). James de Fairford is named as
the immediate predecessor of Thurstan de
Holland, rector in 1323, in a claim for
tithes by the Prior of Lancaster ; Lane.
Ch. ii, 448.

178 Thurstan de Holland is stated to
have exchanged the rectory of Hanbury
for Preston with James de Fairford ; the
reference given is Add. MS. 6065, fol. 267
(Fishwick, Preston).

As Thurstan is often named in plead-
ings, &c., it is probable that he, unlike
most of the other rectors, was resident.
He when eighteen (about 1314) accepted
the rectory of Hanbury, and obtained
a papal dispensation in 1319 to retain
it, his intercessor being Thomas Earl
of Lancaster ; Cal. Papal Letters, ii, 189.

The Abbot of Sees' claim against
Thurstan for the annuity of 10 marks,
already recorded, occurs in the Plea
Rolls from 1325 onwards ; De Banco R.
258, m. 140 ; 292, m. 257 ; 300, m. 185.

Thurstan de Holland occurs as rector
down to the beginning of 1348 ; ibid. 350,
m. 20 ; 353, m. 302.

179 For the presentations about this
time reference is given to Torre's Re-
gisters of the Archdeacons of Richmond ;
Fishwick's Preston.

Henry de Walton was of the family of
Walton-le-Dale, and became Archdeacou
of Richmond in 1349 by papal provi-
sion, he then holding the church of
Preston and canonries at Salisbury and
York ; Cal. Papal Letters, iii, 290.
There are many other references to him
in the same volume, including dispensa-
tions from residence and for further
benefices, &c. He incurred sentence of
excommunication in 1357, but it was
suspended ; ibid, iii, 584. See also
Le Neve, Fasti, iii, 138, &c.

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

PRESTON

Name

Patron

Instituted

9 Dec. 1359 • Robert de Burton 18° Henry Duke of Lane.

oc. 1369 . . . John de Charneles 181

13 Oct. 1374 . Ralph de Erghum, D.C.L.1S> . . . John Duke of Lane.

? 1 380-99 . John de Yarburgh 183

1399 . , William de Stevington 184 ....

VICARS

? 1400 . . Richard Walton 185

17 Jan. 1418-19 John White186 New Coll., Leicester

26 Apr. 1421 . John York alias Legeard lt7 ... „

6 Mar. 1451-2. Thomas Tunstall m „

9 Sept. 1454 . Robert Cowell 189

oc. 1482-1501 . Thomas Bolton 19°

c. 1 5 1 6 . . . Robert Singleton 191 Sir A. Osbaldeston

oc. 1548-62 . . Nicholas Bradshaw, LL.B.132 .

22 Oct. 1563 . Roger Chorley 193 Thomas Packet

15 Sept. 1566 . Leonard Chorley194 William Chorley .

12 Sept. 1572 . Nicholas Daniel, B.D.195 .... John Bold . . .

15 Sept. 1580 . Thomas Wall196 „ ...

Cause of Vacancy
d. H. de Walton

d. R. Walton
res. J. White
d. J. York
exch. T. Tunstall

d. T. Bolton

d. N. Bradshaw
d. R. Chorley
res. L. Chorley
res. N. Daniel

180 An abstract of the will of Robert
de Burton, rector of Preston, dated at
Leicester Abbey, 16 Jan. 1360, is given
from Gibbon's Early Line, frills, 23,
by T. C. Smith, op. cit. 35. No benefice
or dignity except Preston is named.

Another Robert de Burton had several
preferments ; Cal. Papal Letters, iii,
241, &c.

181 He was rector in 1369, when he
complained that various persons had
broken his close at Preston ; De Banco
R. 435, m. 368.

John de Charneles had canonries at
York and Lichfield, and dispensations for
benefices, &c. ; Cal. Papal Letters, iii, 92
(i 342), &c. He died in 1 374 ; Le Neve,
Fasti, i, 591.

18a Raines MSS. (Chet. Lib.), xxii, 389.

Ralph de Erghum (Arkholme) was
chancellor of John of Gaunt and became
Bishop of Salisbury (1375) and Bath
(1388). He had various canonries, &c.;
Cal. Papal Letters, iv, 167, 215, &c.; Le
Neve, Fasti, ii, 600 ; i, 139, &c.

188 John de Yarburgh became canon of
York in 1385 and exchanged for a canonry
at St. Paul's in 1395, resigning the latter
in 1400 ; ibid, iii, 20$ ; ii, 380. He, being
in his fifty-eighth year and unable from his
infirmities to reside at Preston, received
a papal dispensation for non-residence
there in 1397; Cal. Papal Letters, v,
22. He was a clerk of the Duke of
Lancaster's in 1378 ; Cal. Pat. 1377-81,
p. 262. In 1399 he became one of the
prebendaries of the New College at
Leicester; ibid. 1399-1401, p. 13.

An incident of his time may be re-
corded here. One John Robinson Atkin-
son of Balderston having killed Thomas
Banastre at Preston in May 1395, fled to
the church for safety. Acknowledging his
crime before the king's coroner he was,
about a month later, allowed to go on
abjuring the realm. He was pardoned in
1397; Pal. of Lane. Chan. Misc. 1/3,
no. 80.

184 He resigned in order to allow the
dean and canons to take possession ; Cal.
Papal Letters, vi, no. The date is not
given, but it must have been before 1406
and may have been in 1400.

185 Richard Walton was vicar of Preston
in 1400 if a deed preserved by Kuerden is
rightly dated ; Kuerden MSS. ii, fol. 250,
no. 25. In Harl. MS. 2042 (fol. 168)
what seems to be the same deed bears the
years 3 Hen. IV and 3 Hen. V. He was

a burgess of Preston by hereditary right in
1415 ; Preston Guild R. (Rec. Soc. Lanes,
and Ches.), 7.

In an undated deed (c. 1410) Magota
widow of William Walton of Walton-le-
Dale granted certain lands to her son
Richard Walton, vicar of St. Wilfrid's,
Preston ; Kuerden MSS. iv, P 1 18, no. 26.

186 Raines MSS. xxii, 395.

187 Ibid, xx, 397. He occurs in local
charters and pleadings ; e.g. Add. MS.
32107, no. 2292; Pal. of Lane. Plea
R. 2, m. I ; Dep. Keeper's Rep. xxxiii,
App. 21.

188 Raines MSS. xxii, 379. The vicarage
fell vacant on 1 8 Feb. 1451-2 by the
death of John York alias Legeard, and on
inquiry it was found that the Dean and
Chapter of New College, Leicester, were
patrons. Tunstall is named in a local
deed ; Add. MS. 32107, no. 552, 2953.

189 Raines MSS. xxii, 379. Cowell
had been rector of Thurnby, Line, dioc.,
to which Tunstall went. Robert Cowell
was an in burgess at the guild of 1459 ;
Preston Guild R. 12. His name occurs in
local deeds down to 1473 ; e.g. Kuerden
MSS. iii, W 8 (no. 95), K 2.

i»o Thomas Bolton, vicar, was one of
the witnesses to the will (dated 1482) of
Richard Taylor, who desired his body to be
buried in St. Wilfrid's Church ; Kuerden
fol. MS. fol. 396, T. Thomas 'Berton'
was vicar in 1483-4 ; Kuerden MSS. iv,
R 14. He is again named as Thomas
Bolton in 1486 ; Add. MS. 32107, no. 363.
The king, apparently in 1498, leased to
Thomas Bolton for thirty years the vicarage
of the parish church of Preston ; Duchy
of Lane. Misc. Bks. xxi, 56 a/d. There
is nothing to show how the vicarage had
come into the king's hands. Thomas
Bolton was still rector in 1501 ; Dep.
Keeper's Rep. xl, App. 542.

191 By inquiry made in 1527 it was
found that the church was appropriated
to the college of ' New Work,' Leicester,
and that the vicar was Robert Singleton,
who had held it for eleven years ; Duchy
of Lane. Rentals, bdle. 5, no. 15.

Sir Alexander Osbaldeston in 1494 ob-
tained a grant of the next presentation
from the College of Newark, Leicester,
and presented Robert son of John Single-
ton some time between 1515 and 1522.
The grant was disputed, but on trial
upheld ; Ducatus Lane. (Rec. Com.), i,
195, printed by Smith, op. cit. 15-16. A
writ in this case was issued 8 Oct. 1516,

85

the church being then vacant ; Pal. of
Lane. Writs Proton. 8 Hen. VIII, Lent.
Robert Singleton was vicar in 1535 ;
Valor, v, 262. One of the name became
archpriest of St. Martin's, Dover, in 1535 ;
ibid, i, 95. He was a correspondent of
Cromwell's ; L. and P. Hen. VIII, x, 612,
640. The same or another graduated at
Oxford (M.A. 1527) and became rector of
Potsgrove, Beds., 1 549 ; Foster, Alumni.

193 Nicholas Bradshaw was in 1535 one
of the canons of the Newark College ;
Valor Eccl. (Rec. Com.), iv, 171. The
inventory of church goods at Preston in
1552, signed by him, shows a fair number
of vestments, &c., remaining. There was
also a ' painted cloth which was about the
sepulchre' ; T. C. Smith, op. cit. 252-3.
The name is given as James Bradshaw in
Chet. Misc. (new ser.), i, 3. He occurs
as vicar of Preston in the Chester visita-
tion lists of 1 548 and 1562. In the latter
it is said he ' appeared and subscribed.'
Mortuus is marked against his name.

198 In the visitation list of 1563 he was
curate of Chorley and vicar of Preston.
He was buried at Chorley 26 July 1566.

The names of patrons and dates of
institution from this period are taken
from papers in the Dioc. Reg. Chester.

194 Compounded for first-fruits 26 Oct.
1566 ; Lanes, and Ches. Rec. (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), ii, 409.

One of this name was B.A. at Oxford
1571, and afterwards (1581) a barrister;
Foster, Alumni. He seems to have become
Recorder of Liverpool 1602-20 ; Picton,
Munic. Rec. i, 112.

195 Nicholas ap Evan Daniel was vicar
of St. Leonard, Shoreditch, 1563-8, be-
ing deprived — for nonconformity, Canon
Raines supposed ; he was also a Fellow of
Manchester and was there accused of un-
sound doctrine ; Raines, Manch. Fellows
(Chet. Soc.), 56-7. He compounded for
his first-fruits at Preston 19 Nov. 1572.
At Preston he preached twice every
Sunday and holiday. He was a married
man.

196 Act Bk. at Chester, 1579-1676,
fol. 3^. Compounded for first-fruits
30 Nov. 1580. An abstract of his will,
dated 18 Aug. 1592, is printed by T. C.
Smith, op. cit. 45. He was in 1591
described as ' an old grave man of simple
persuasion in divinity and one that in his
youth hath used sundry callings and now
at last settled himself in the ministry ' ;
Hist. MSS. Com. Rep. xiv, App. iv, 60 1.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Instituted
21 Dec. 1592

12 Feb. 1603-4
28 May 1621

1 8 Nov.) , ,

, ^ f 1020

1 6 Dec. j

1 1 Nov. ) ,

T-» r 1030
2 Dec. ) 3

Name Patron

„,.... c , , . 1q7 (Henry Bold . . ,

William Sawrey, M.A.197 . . . . Ir.*. A

/J (The Queen. . . ,

John Paler 198 Rt. Parkinson . . ,

Sir Richard Hoghton

( Sir R. Hoghton .

James Martin, M.A.199
Augustine Wildbore, D.D.200 .

Cause of Vacancy

J d. T. Wall

res. W. Sawrey
d. J. Paler

(The King

"»3?

2 July 1657
10 Feb. 1657-8
14 Feb. 1662-3
27 Nov. 1663
12 Dec. 1682
29 May 1700.
14 July 1727

T o i- »/r A 901 (Sir R. Hoghton

James Starfae, M.A.™ | The King . .

Isaac Ambrose, M.A.202 ....

George Thomason 203 Sir R. Hoghton

William Cole, B.A.204 „

Thomas Stanhope, M.A.205 ... „

Seth Bushell, D.D.206

Thomas Birch 207 Sir C. Hoghton

Samuel Peploe, M.A.208 .... „

Samuel Peploe, D.D.209 .... The King . .

res. A. Wildbore

cess. W. Cole
res. T. Stanhope
res. S. Bushell
d. T. Birch
prom. Bp. Peploe

In 1590 it was reported that the vicar,
who was ' no preacher,' had ' by corrup-
tion ' only 20 marks a year out of the
vicarage revenues ; S. P. Dom. Eliz. xxxi,

47-

197 Act Bk. at Chester, fol. 21. He
appears to have had two presentations,
one from the queen and another from
Henry Bold of North Meols ; Smith,
op. cit. 46. He compounded for first-
fruits 5 Feb. 1592—3. He was also rector
of Windermere 1594—1610.

198 Act Bk. at Chester, fol. 37;
'preacher of the Word of God.' Parkin-
ion presented by virtue of a grant from
Richard Hoghton. John Paler was buried
at Preston 16 Apr. 1621, the entry in the
register describing him as ' a notable
labourer in the Lord's vineyard.' An
inventory of his goods (Smith, op. cit. 47)
shows that he had a considerable library,
his books being worth ,£14 ios.

199 Act Bk. at Chester, fol. 72. He
was a king's preacher. Martin paid first-
fruits 29 May 1621. He graduated at
Oxford (M.A. 1611) and Cambridge;
Foster, Alumni. He was deprived for
•imony in 1623. Some ten years later
he made bitter complaint of his treatment,
alleging that his wife and son had starved
to death in the street ; Cal. S. P. Dom.
1633—4, pp. 7, II, 39. His character-
sketch of hig enemies, who were Puritans,
is printed by Fishwick, op. cit. 180—2.
Martin seems to have been regarded as of
unsound mind.

The institutions from this time have
been compared with those recorded at the
P.R.O. as printed in Lanes, and Ches.
Antiq. Notes.

aoo The history of the vicarage from
1623 to 1626 is obscure, the proceedings
concerning Martin causing difficulty. The
records of the Chester registry show that
Alexander Bradley, B.A., was presented
by the king, 'by lapse,' on 21 June 1623,
and John Inskip on 6 July following.
The latter sought institution, but does not
appear to have obtained it ; Act Bk. at
Chester, fol. 736, 76^, and at end of
volume. Augustine Wildbore was pre-
sented by Sir Richard Hoghton on
3 Mar. 1625-6, the vacancy being due to
the ' deprivation of James Martin, last
vicar' ; but on I Dec. following he was
presented by the king, 'patron for this
turn by reason of the outlawry of the
patron or by lapse.' The first-fruits were
paid 20 Feb. 1626-7. Some entries re-
lating to John Inskip, with an abstract of
his will (1632), are printed by T. C.
Smith, op. cit. 51.

Wildbore was educated at Sidney-Sussex

Coll., Camb. (M.A. 1614, D.D. 1633).
He was appointed a king's preacher ;
was vicar of Garstang in 1621, of
Preston in 1626, and of Lancaster
1630, vacating Preston. He was a strong
Royalist and was expelled from his bene-
fices by Parliament in 1643. He died in
1654. See the full account by H. Fish-
wick in Garstang (Chet. Soc.), 149—53.

201 Act Bk. at Chester, fol. 91 b, \i6b.
First-fruits paid 25 Nov. 1630. The
king's nomination was said to be due to
the outlawry of the patron, lapse, or
simony. James Starkie was in 1636 ad-
monished by the High Commission Court,
probably for some nonconformity ; Cal.
S. P. Dom. 1635-6, p. 485. In 1639 he
was promoted to the rectory of North

Meols(q.v.).

202 This noteworthy vicar of Preston
wag the son of Richard Ambrose, vicar
of Ormskirk, where he was baptized
in 1604. He was educated at Brasenose
Coll., Oxf. ; B.A. 1 624, M.A. Camb.
1632 ; Foster, Alumni. Incumbent of
Castleton, Derb., 1627 ; Clapham, 1629 ;
king's preacher in Lancashire, 1631; was a
zealous Presbyterian and member of the
classis 1646, signing the ' Harmonious
Consent ' in 1648 ; became vicar of Gar-
stang in 1654 and was ejected for non-
conformity in 1662. He died in Jan.
1663—4. He published various religious
works, including Looking unto Jesus, 1658.
See Diet. Nat. Stag. ; Wood, Athenae ;
Garstang (Chet. Soc.), 154-176. Am-
brose was still vicar of Preston till 1657,
when he released to Sir Richard Hoghton
all right in the vicarage ; De Hoghton D.
During part of the time (1655 on)
William Brownsword was in charge of the
parish but was not styled vicar ; he was
afterwards of Kendal. See articles by
Rev. B. Nightingale in Preston Guardian,
9-30 Apr. 1910.

204 Plund. Mini. Accts. (Rec. Soc. Lanes,
and Ches.), ii, 189. One of this name
was educated at Oxford ; B.A. 1659 5 an<^
afterwards held various benefices ; Canon
of Lincoln 1683-1712 ; Foster, Alumni,

204 Plund. Mins. Accts. ii, 216, 222.
Educated at Corpus Christi Coll., Camb. ;
B.A. 1640; Fishwick, Preston, 185. In
1662 he was willing to conform to some
extent, but wag ejected from Preston or
left it voluntarily. Next year, however,
he accepted the vicarage of Dedham ;
Smith, op. cit. 59. He had previously
held Kirkby Lonsdale and Newcastle-on-
Tyne.

205 Stanhope was educated at St. John's
Coll., Camb. ; Admissions (ed. Mayor),
i, ill ; M.A. 1660. He is said to have

86

acted afterwards as chaplain at Hoghton
Tower ; Smith, op. cit. 60. His son
George became Dean of Canterbury
1704 to 1728.

206 Educated at Oxford ; M.A. 1654,
D.D. 1672 ; Foster, Alumni. Some
notice of this vicar has been given under
Euxton, of which he was curate in 1650.
Conforming at the Restoration he was
very tolerant of Dissenters, and became
popular at Preston and Lancaster, where
he wag vicar from 1682 till his death in
1684. His epitaph describes him as
devoted to the English Reformed Church,
and faithful to the two Charleses in very
difficult times; Smith, op. cit. 61-3,
where his will is given ; Wood, Athenae ;
Diet. Nat. Biog.

207 Act Bk. at Chester, fol. 158.
Neither vicar nor curate is recorded in
the visitation list of 1691, but James
Bland, curate, was ' conformable ' in
1689 ; Hist. MSS. Com. Rep. xiv, App.
iv, 230. Birch's will is printed in Smith,
op. cit. 68.

He was not liked by some of the more
influential of his parishioners, who com-
plained that he did not reside and that
he disparaged the Prayer Book. Bishop
Stratford made inquiry and wrote to the
mayor, showing that some of the charges
were untrue and other matters would be
reformed. In particular the vicar was
willing to restore the daily prayers in the
church ; Loc. Glean. Lanes, and Ches. ii,
6, 9.

208 The Hoghton family were Noncon-
formists, and from a letter among the
De Hoghton D. it appears that Sir
Charles Hoghton gave the nomination of
Birch's successor to the mayor of Preston
and others. It is not clear, however,
that they selected Peploe, who was a
zealous Whig, afterwards warden of Man-
chester 1718, and Bishop of Chester 1726,
when he resigned Preston. Peploe is
said to have owed these promotions to
his courage in reading the prayers for
King George at the time when the
Jacobite army was actually in possession
of Preston. He was also very energetic
in prosecuting Roman Catholics. See
further in the account of Manchester
Church. He died in 1752.

John Stanley was presented 13 Apr.
1726 by the king, but there does not
seem to be any record that he was insti-
tuted ; he at once accepted a rectory at
Liverpool.

209 Son of Bishop Peploe, whom he
succeeded also as warden of Manchester
in 1738 ; see the account of the church
there. He resigned Preston in 1743 on

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

Randal Andrews, B.A.210 . .
Humphrey Shuttleworth, M.A.2
James Penny, M.A.212 . . .
Roger Carus Wilson, M.A.213 .
John Owen Parr, M.A.214 . .
James Hamer Rawdon, M.A. 15
Hercules Scott Butler, M.A.216

Instituted
30 Apr. 1743
30 Oct. 1782

6 Sept. 1809

I Mar. 1817
14 Apr. 1840
12 July 1877

9 Apr. 1900

The rectory, having been in the patronage of the
kings or lords of the honour of Lancaster, was filled by
a series of royal clerks or busy officials, most of whom
probably never resided, discharging their priestly
duties by curates. Hence it was an advantage to the
church, and no doubt to the parish, when the rectory
was appropriated to the New College at Leicester and
a responsible vicar placed in the cure. In addition
to the chapel at Broughton there seem to have been
two or three others in the parish,*17 and for these and
the chantries there was no doubt a competent staff of
chaplains. A list of twelve clergy was recorded about
l$3°>ns but the visitation list of 1548 names only
the vicar, two chantry priests and three others ; in
1562 there were still the vicar, his curate, the curate
of Broughton and another.219 Nothing seems to be
known of the first Elizabethan vicars, but from the
character of the district the conformity with the
religious legislation of the time was little more than
nominal, and when a convinced Protestant was
appointed in i 572 he was soon 'in great perplexity ' and
' many ways threatened of his life for his well doing,'
i.e. in particular because at Easter he had ' taken the

Patron

William Shaw .
Sir H. Hoghton .
Sir H. P. Hoghton .
W. W. Carus Wilson
Hulme's Trustees .

PRESTON

Cause of Vacancy
res. S. Pcploe
d. R. Andrews
res. H. Shuttleworth
d. J. Penny
d. R. C. Wilson
d. J. O. Parr
res. J. H. Rawdon

names of all such as would not receive the blessed
communion,' 22° and because he had captured a ' false
priest at mass.' m The curate or parish priest whom
he found in charge, a married man of openly evil
life,222 had winked at every abuse and insulted the
vicar, causing the ' bells to be rung for souls ' when
the vicar was preaching and telling him to come down
from the pulpit. The parish clerk was a ' popish
boy,' who never appeared at church except to make
such a noise on the organ on Sunday that no one
could understand the singing.223 The communion
table was formed from an old altar, and * altar stones
and idols' seats ' were still in their places ; even a
'great number of alabaster images' which had been
taken down in accordance with the queen's commands
had been carefully buried in the vicarage garden, but
the vicar had found and destroyed them.

This incumbent stayed but a few years and his
successor, who was ' no preacher,' had tried many
occupations before becoming a minister. His successors,
and in particular John Paler, may have been those
who influenced the Protestant population towards
Puritanism, so that Vicar Martin seems to have been

being collated to Tattenhall in Cheshire.
He died in 1781.

210 William Shaw presented by grant of
Sir Henry Hoghton. The new vicar was
educated at Magdalen Hall, Oxf. ; B.A.
1732 ; Foster, Alumni. He was curate
of St. George's, Preston. Being a Whig
he had many enemies in the town, who
asserted he had paid for the presentation.
He died at the Bull's Head, Manchester,
4 Aug. 1782. His son became vicar of
Ormskirk.

211 Educated at Christ Church, Oxf. ;
M.A. 1760 ; Foster, Alumni. Vicar of
Kirkham, 1771, king's preacher 1790,
Canon of York 1791. He resigned
Preston in 1809, but retained Kirkham
till his death in 1812. He published
Lectures on the Creed of Pius IV and
some anti-Popery tracts. See Fishwick,
Kirkham (Chet. Soc.), 84-5.

212 Educated at Oxf. ; M.A. 1784.
Rector of Chipping (q.v.) 1807-16.

813 Educated at Trinity Coll., Camb. ;
M.A. 1818. A monument to him was
erected in the chancel by public subscrip-
;ion.

214 Educated at Brasenose Coll., Oxf. ;
M.A. 1830; Indian chaplain 1821,
vicar of Durnford 1834, hon. canon
of Manchester 1853. He wa8 a'8° a
county magistrate. There is a monument
to him in the chancel.

815 Educated at Brasenose Coll., Oxf. ;
M.A. 1861 ; incumbent of Shaw 1875,
hon. canon of Manchester 1890, rector
of Yelverton 1900.

216 Educated at Brasenose Coll., Oxf. ;
M.A. 1877 ; vicar of St. Barnabas',
Holbeck, 1883, of Farnworth near Bolton
1894. Hon. canon of Manchester 1908.

217 As at Fernyhalgh and Barton.
Kuerden, about 1680, speaks of a foot
passage 'through the churchyard south-

ward by the public school and ancient
place called Ch :pel of Avenham, over
the Swillbrook,' &c. ; Hardwick, Preston,
210. Nothing else seems known of this
chapel. A John ' de Capella ' occurs
c. 1 240 ; Cockersand Chartul. {,217. A
lease of the rectory made in 1545 (quoted
in a petition of 1572) speaks of 'the
glebe and demesne lands belonging to the
said church and rectory together with the
chapels of Broughton, Ribbleton, Ashton
Bank and Lea, and three burgages in
Preston,' &c. ; but there has probably
been some mistake in quoting ; Duchy
of Lane. Plead. Eliz. xci, F 15.

118 Smith, op. cit. 20, citing ' a subsidy
book in the Record Office.' The names
given fix the date as between 1527 and
1535. In the same work (p. 19) is
given a list of seven names, dated 1525,
from 'the Chapter House Book, B 2/15
(R.O.) ' ; this is incomplete, as it does
not contain Thomas Bostock's name.

219 Visitation lists at Chester. It ap-
pears that another priest (not named)
was in 1 548 paid by the corporation in
accordance with a lease ending in 1560.
This priest, whose name occurs in the
list of 1525, was still ministering in 1561,
though 'somewhat addicted to the ale-
house, and insufficient ' ; Raines, Chan-
tries (Chet. Soc.), 205. He does not
occur in 1562.

It further appears that the old chantry
priest and schoolmaster (not named in
1562) continued to minister ; he was re-
ported to be ' an unlearned priest," and
being a recusant was under surveillance
by the authorities ; Cal. S. P. Dom. Add.

I547-65. P- 523-

220 In the Consistory Court Records at
Chester -is a certificate sent to the vicar
of Preston c. 1575 stating that Arthur
Hoghton of Broughton had received ' the

8?

holy communion at Easter last in the
church of Goosnargh according to the
laws of this our English Church.'

221 The vicar's letter and his curate's
reply are printed in Smith, op. cit. 42—4.

It was only with the greatest difficulty
that the judge and jury could be forced
to convict the priest and others.

222 His name, William Wall, does not
seem to occur in the lists of pre-Reforma-
tion clergy. William Wall, clerk, was
an in burgess at the guild of 1582, and
Thomas son of William Wall, clerk,
deceased, at that of 1602 ; Preston Guild
R. 32,49.

The curate in his reply admitted some
of the serious faults alleged, but said he
had not taken bribes from recusants to
conceal their not coming to church, &c.
He had had a dispute with the vicar about
the burial of unchristened children ; it
had never been the custom to bury them
in the churchyard. The custom of the
Rogation Days is mentioned : ' During the
three days before Ascension Day he (the
curate) went to the cross in the town and
willed the people to pray to God to prosper
the fruits of the earth as is appointed by
the book.'

223 The singers would have 'no Geneva
psalm ' before the sermon. The clerk
in reply admitted 'that he being one
that can sing and play on the organs and
a teacher of children to sing, did never
sing a psalm before the sermon,' but he
had ' no book of psalms.'

From what is said in the text it is clear
that the organ was soon afterwards taken
down. The next was erected in 1 802 in
the west gallery ; Smith, op. cit. 257.
The bequest of Thomas Hoghton, the
exiled lord of Lea, in 1580, for a pair of
organs, &c., may be mentioned here ;
Knox, Life of Card. Allen, 85.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

driven out by this party.224 In 1637 Lancashire was
reported to Archbishop Laud as an extremely Puritan
county ; at Preston and Manchester they called the
surplices ' the rags of Rome,' and suffered no organs
in the churches.225 At the formation of the Presby-
terian classis in 1646 three Preston aldermen became
members of it.226

There is evidence of a somewhat higher type ofchurch-
manship in the town after the Restoration,227 and in the
last century, under modern conditions, a great change
has taken place in Preston, as elsewhere, by the pro-
vision of new churches and schools and a large staff of
clergy, the new movement being due apparently to
the Rev. R. C. Wilson, vicar from 1817 to i839-228

There were two endowed chantries in the parish
church, those at the altars of the Rood or Crucifix of
Jesus and St. Mary. The former is stated to have
been founded by a Sir Richard Hoghton for the souls

of his ancestors, and in 1547 John Shepherd was the
chaplain, and celebrating accordingly. There was no
plate belonging to it, and the endowment, producing
j£5 is. %d. yearly, was derived from burgages, lands,
&c., in Preston.229 In other places William or Richard
Whalley is called the founder of the Crucifix chantry.230
After the confiscation there were numerous disputes
about the property.231 The altar of St. Mary is
mentioned in I349-232 The chantry thereat was said
to have been founded by Ellen widow of Henry
Hoghton for a chaplain to celebrate continually for
her soul and all Christian souls, and to keep a free
grammar school.233 This chantry can be traced back
to 1430, and seems to have been due to contributions
from various sources.234 Nicholas Banaster was the
incumbent in 1547, and 'by report of the inhabi-
tants ' the ordinances of the foundation had been
'well kept and used.' There was no plate, and the

M4 See the accounts of the vicars above.

Evidence of Puritan feeling is given by
the strict prohibition of trading on 'the
Sabbath Day,' passed by the guild of
1602. In 1616 the Council ordered house-
keepers to keep their street doors shut
during service time on Sabbath days and
festivals, and to prevent their children
playing in the streets or sitting in the
street doors on the Sabbath. Ale-houses
were regulated, being ordered to close at
9 p.m. ; Abram, Memorials of the Guilds,

36, 37-

In 1625-8 Henry Banister bequeathed
;£6oo ' towards the maintenance and
settling of a minister or ministers of God's
Word, if (the trustees) should so think
fit, to water the dry and barren places in
the County of Lancaster, where there
should be greatest want of a preaching
ministry, to direct the people to the
glory of God.' With this and other
sums land in Brockholes was purchased,
and of the resulting rent-charge of j£i6 a
moiety has since been paid to the vicar of
Preston ; End. Char. Rep. 1905, p. 742.
The vicar now applies it to the payment
of a deaconess and a Church Army
evangelist.

125 Cal. S. P. Dom. 1637, p. 26.

226 Baines, Lanes, (ed. Harland), i, 228.

M7 See the account of Vicar Birch.
The full clerical staff probably consisted
of the vicar, his curate and the curate of
Broughton. An additional church was
built in 1716 at Grimsargh and another
in 1723 at Preston.

228 T. C. Smith, op. cit. 78.

829 Raines, Chantries (Chet. Soc.),
202-4; Smith, op. cit. 233. It does
not appear which of several Sir Richards
founded this chantry ; it may have been
the founder of one at Ribchester in 1407.

In 1487 it was found that Alexander
Hoghton and Elizabeth his wife had a
chantry in Preston Church, John Trout-
beck being chaplain, and they were bound
to maintain the fabric and supply book,
vestments, &c. ; Raines, loc. cit.

If this altar were at the end of the
south aisle, where the Lea burial-place
was, the crucifix was probably some special
one, and not the chancel rood.

880 In 1495 and 1500 the mayor and
burgesses, being patrons of the chantry
of the Rood of Preston, demised a burgage
in Fishergate and an acre of land for forty
years, rents of los. for each to be paid to
the priest who should say mass, according
to the intent of Richard Whalley, founder
of the same; Kuerden MSS. iv, P 121,

no. 95, 96. In 1507 Thomas Whalley,
chaplain, and another surrendered to the
mayor and others certain lands for the
enlarging or augmentation of the chantry
belonging to the altar before the holy
crucifix within the parish church of St.
Wilfrid the Bishop in Preston, the priest
to pray especially for the soul of William
Whalley, priest, late founder of the same;
ibid. no. 91, 92.

From this it appears that Whalley's
foundation was intended for an additional
priest at the Rood altar. His benefaction
seems to have led to disputes with the
Hoghtons. Thus in 1498 Sir Alexander
Hoghton nominated William Gaiter to
celebrate, and in 1500 and 1507 the cor-
poration named the same priest ; ibid,
iii, H 9 ; and iv, P 121, no. 76, 79, 86.

The agreement with the corporation
was that William Gaiter 'shall say mass
afore the rood in Preston Kirk three
days in a week, that is to say Sunday,
Wednesday and Friday, and he be disposed,
and to pray for the souls of Richard
Whalley and his wifes (sic) and William
Whalley priest his son,' &c. ; and that ' he
shall keep and maintain God's service to
his power as St. Mary's priest does ' ;
and ' be ready to say mass if the mayor
require him'; ibid, iv, Pi I. The
charters are in Duchy of Lane. Misc.
bdle. 2, no. 15.

Richard Hoghton as feoffee of Richard
Whalley nominated James Tarleton to
celebrate in the chantry ; Add. MS.
32106, no. 751.

In 1527 the chantry before the crucifix
was held by Thomas Bostock, who had
been appointed about eleven years before ;
the Hoghton patronage is admitted ; Duchy
of Lane. Rentals, bdle. 5, no. 15. John
Shepherd, named in the text, was the
priest in 1535 ; Valor Eccl. y, 263. The
income was then given as £4 41. 10^. clear.

231 An account of them is given by
T. C. Smith, op. cit. 235. For grants of
the chantry lands see Pat. 5 Jas. I, pt. xx,
and 7 Jas. I, pt. xxxiv.

982 In that year Adam de Brockholes
gave his lands in Brockholes to William
de Elston, charged with a rent of 6s. %d.t
to continue for a hundred years, for the
celebration of masses at the altar of B.
Mary in the church of Preston for the
souls of Adam and his kindred ; Add. MS.
32108, fol. 289.

283 Raines, op. cit. 205—7 5 Smith, op.
cit. 230. Ellen was the wife of Sir
Henry Hoghton, who died in 1479 ; she
may have augmented an older foundation.

88

The altar was probably at the end of
the north aisle, afterwards known as
'Wall's chapel.'

234 In 1430 the feoffees granted to Ellen
Young certain property charged with a
payment of 131. 4^. a year to God and
B. Mary of the church of Preston for a
priest celebrating there for the souls of
John Young and Maud his wife ; Kuer-
den MSS. iv, P 121. Again in 1456 John
Inglesle of Preston gave two small rent-
charges (is. in all) to the wardens (frc-
curatoribus) of B. Mary the Virgin of the
church of St. Wilfrid of Preston for the
souls of himself and Joan his consort ;
ibid. no. 73.

In 1470 Margaret widow of Sir Richard
Hoghton gave burgages on the east side
of Friargate towards paying the priest
before St. Mary's altar ; ibid. no. 37.

Ralph Hoghton son of Margaret, in
accordance with her intention, gave a
charge of izd. for the priest singing
'daily afore our Lady,' the whole tene-
ment to be so devoted after his wife's
death ; ibid. no. 94.

Another deed attributes the endow-
ment in part to Richard Whalley, whose
son William, a chaplain, was to hold cer-
tain lands for life. After his death they
were to remain to Henry Hoghton and
other trustees and to the mayor and bur-
gesses to maintain a chaplain to celebrate
daily (or at least thrice a week) before
the image of the B. V. Mary at her altar
in Preston Parish Church; Add. MS.
32106, no. 848.

The mayor, in defending a suit brought
by Roger Levens, the chantry priest, about
1522 stated that this chantry had been
founded by the corporation about 1440
for ' a priest continually to sing and pray
for the souls of the said persons, and for
the prosperity and welfare of the mayor
and burgesses and other inhabitants of
the town, within the church of Preston ;
and every priest so appointed should keep
a free school within the said town to
teach the scholars there ' ; Smith, op. cit.
232 (from Duchy of Lane. Plead.
Hen. VIII, i, N.D. L 6). It appears that
Levens' predecessor was named George
Hale, and had died in 1518. Roger
Levens was in 1519 admitted to the pos-
session of copyhold lands in Walton-le-
Dale belonging to this chantry ; Kuerden
MSS. iv, P 120, no. 53.

Again in 1527 the mayor and burgesses
were returned as patrons of our Lady's
chantry, of which Henry Coventry was
chaplain, having held the post about four

endowment, derived from burgages and lands in
Preston and Fishwick, was only £3 zs. ^d. a year.235

A school can be traced back to the 1 4th century.236
Its connexion with a chantry threatened its exis-
tence,237 but it seems to have been preserved by the
corporation, and under their care has developed to its
present standing.238

The principal charities 239 are
CHARITIES those for education,240 medical 241 and
religious purposes 242 ; but there are
in addition a considerable number of smaller benefac-
tions for the benefit of the poor by gifts of money,
food, clothing, apprentices' fees, and other ways. None
of them appear to be intended for the whole parish ;
some are restricted to the borough of Preston, and
others to particular townships or groups.243

Catherine Pennington in 1871 left ^1,000 for the
benefit of poor women in the town and neighbour-
hood of Preston, to be distributed by the wardens of
Church of England parishes. The total income is
£29 zs. $d., and it is distributed according to the
founder's wish.244 Margaret Becconsall in 1872 left
money to the New Jerusalem Church, one-seventh

PRESTON

being for poor members ot the congregation ;
£7 9/. 6d. is distributed accordingly among from five
to nine persons. William Edmundson in 1735 left
£$o to buy bread for the prisoners at Lancaster and
Preston ; half the income, £6 los. %d., is given to
assist prisoners discharged from Preston Gaol, usually
by gifts of clothing or travelling expenses. Mary
Cross in 1889 gave £600, now producing £ij 14*.
a year, for the poor of the borough ; the income is
distributed in small money doles. The benefits of
the Harris Orphanage in Fulwood are available for
children whose parents reside within eight miles of
Preston Town Hall. This includes the whole parish
of Preston and large parts of the adjacent parishes.248
For the township of Preston several apprenticing
charities have been absorbed into the grammar school
endowments,246 but the combined gifts of Dorothy
Cosney (1678) 247 and John Dawson (1698) are now
applicable in part for apprenticing and in part for
medical relief, nursing, &C.248 Some gifts, amounting
to £14. 14.;. Afd.y have been combined with the
mayor's dole.249 The almshouses have been pulled
down,250 the bread money has ceased,251 and some

years ; Duchy of Lane. Rentals, bdle. 5,
no. 15. Nicholas Banaster was the
incumbent in 1535 ; Valor Eccl, v, 263.
The revenue was 61 s.

835 The chantry lands were in 1556
granted by Mary to the Savoy Hospital,
which she revived ; Anderton D. (Mr.
Stonor).

286 In a disturbance at St. Mary Mag-
dalene's Chapel in May 1358 John the
Clerk of Broughton, master of the schools
of Preston, was among those incriminated ;
Assize R. 439, m. z,

Raines (Chantries, 206) quotes from
the registers of the Archdeacon of Rich-
mond the appointment of Richard Mar-
shall in 1399 to the grammar schools at
P-reston. Marshall was enrolled as a
burgess in 1415 ; Preston Guild R. 9.

287 The story is given in Fishwick's
Preston, 204-12.

Peter Carter, the schoolmaster who
died in 1590, was author of Annotations
on Seton's Logic ; see Diet. Nat. Biog.

238 See article on ' Schools,' V.C.H.
Lanes, ii, 569, and End. Char. Rep. Pres-
ton, 1905.

839 An official inquiry was made in
Oct. 1904, and the report, published in
1905, includes a reprint of that of 1824.
Some earlier charities are recorded by
Bishop Gastrell, Notitia, ii, 465.

240 The Grammar School, Blue School,
and Harris Institute and Free Library
are the principal of these.

241 The Royal Infirmary has an endow-
ment of £2,148 a year; the Industrial
Institute for the Blind has about £300.
Mary Cross's gift for poor deaf and dumb
children, founded in 1899, produces an
income of £31.

242 The Blue School, founded by Roger
Sudell in 1702 in a cottage in Minspit
Weind, off Fishergate, is now absorbed
in the schools attached to the parish
church. The founder desired the vicar
' to appoint a sober and religious person
for a catechist, of the communion of the
Church of England, to catechize and
teach in the said school the poorest chil-
dren of Preston and of the parish of
Preston, gratis, the true fear and worship
of God, and to teach them to read Eng-
lish, that they might be better enabled to
attain to holiness.'

Maria Holland in 1873—7 gave a capi-
tal fund of nearly £20,000 to found St.
Joseph's Orphanage for destitute female
children and for other charitable pur-
poses, of which £1,106 was devoted to
an institution for the sick poor, providing
an endowment of £38 131. ^d.

There are various smaller endowments
for religious purposes.

148 The details here given are taken
from the report of 1905.

144 A smaller gift of the same kind
was made by William Cooton in 1876,
by which £40 came to the poor of St.
Saviour's, Preston. The interest (281.)
is distributed by the vicar in small doles
of money and provisions.

845 End. Char. Rep. Lane. 1902.

246 George Rogerson in 1619 charged
his lands in Broughton with £13 a year,
payable £9 to the mayor of Preston for
apprenticing and £4 to the mayor of Lan-
caster for the prisoners there. Henry
Banister in 1625 left sums including £200
towards the apprenticing of poor children
of Preston ; this is now represented by the
moiety of a rent-charge of £i 6. Thomas
Winckley in 1710 left £50 for appren-
ticing. Henry Rishton and Eleanor his
wife in 1738 gave £300 for the poor, of
which half the interest was for appren-
ticing poor children. These sums with
various accumulations are intact ; but, as
applications for apprentice fees ceased, no
grants having been made since 1855, the
gross income (about £55) is applied to
scholarships at the grammar school.

247 Her main gift was £100 for
'twelve pious men or widows,' but she
added £6, the interest whereof was to be
spent in entertaining the trustees at the
' Hind ' or elsewhere. The Hind Inn
is mentioned by John Taylor the ' Water
Poet' in 1618.

248 His gift was £100 for the poor and
for apprenticing in alternate years.

The combined charity, represented by
a rent-charge of £10 los. on the 'Three
Legs of Man ' in Preston, with accumula-
tions of £289, is administered under a
scheme of the Charity Commissioners
made in 1 904. The gross income is
£18 i2j. 4-d., of which £8 is for
nursing, subscriptions to dispensaries,
supply of clothes, &c., and the residue

89

primarily for apprenticing, and then
(should there be any balance) for outfit on
entering a trade, or on passage money or
outfit of emigrants.

J49 Henrietta Rigby in 1741 left £100
to the vicar and the mayor for the benefit
of six poor widows, housekeepers in
Preston. The capital is held by the
corporation ; £z a year is distributed by
the mayor to three poor widows, and £z
likewise by the vicar.

William Rishton in 1729 left £100 to
the mayor and aldermen, the interest to
be given to the poor at Christmas. This
is preserved, the mayor distributing £4
in doles of is. each.

Thomas Hogkinson in 1697 be-
queathed £50 for the poor, and in respect
of it £2 is distributed by the mayor at
Christmas in doles of is, to zs. 6d.

Elizabeth Parker in 1757, acting
according to the desire of her father
Joseph Chorley, gave a rent-charge of £4
on land at Claughton (as the interest of
£100), half to go to the poor of Preston.
This £z is now distributed by the mayor
in gifts of zs. 6d. each.

A moiety of the gift of Henry and
Eleanor Rishton, already named, has
recently been administered by the mayor ;
but this appears to be an irregularity.
The amount is £4 141. 4</.

250 Bartholomew Worthington, a bene-
factor of the grammar school, in 1663
directed his wife to build a small alms-
house on the waste near Fishergate bars.
It was built, but there was no endowment,
and, on its falling into decay, the materials
were sold, and the money, with an
addition, applied to build an almshouse
at the east end of the town. Here there
had been a range of almshouses, of un-
known origin, managed by the corpora-
tion, which in 1790 were replaced by six
houses, Worthington's being a seventh.
The corporation nominated the inmates.
There were three other almshouses occu-
pied by poor persons put in by the mayor.
The almshouses were sold in 1835, the
corporation being under no known obli-
gation to maintain them.

351 It was a sum of 301. a year paid
out of the Blue Coat charity fund for
bread for the poor on Sacrament days
It ceased about 1812.

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A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

charities have been lost.252 There remain, however,
a number of others, so that over £30 a year is given
in money doles,253 the gifts of bread having ceased.

The township of Barton has a poor's stock of
unknown origin, represented by £78 5/. 8</. consols.
The interest, 39.;., is divided between poor persons in
the township. In 1904 there were only two, both
imbeciles. Miss Mary Cross of Myerscough in 1889
gave £200 for the poor, and the income is divided
as the preceding charity.

William Daniel of Broughton in 1656 gave land
there to trustees, charging it with 2Os. for the main-
tenance of a grammar school in the township, or in
default for the repair of the church and church
bridges. His widow added £20, and the trustees
were able to purchase the land for the poor. In
1734, after the payment of 2Os. as directed, the rent
was applicable to the purchase of white kersey for
coats for the poor,254 for binding apprentices, buying
Bibles or other orthodox books, a preference being
had to widows, householders and dwellers in Broughton
Row. The charity is still known as the Petticoat
Charity, though for a long time only money has been
given. The land now produces £ij a year gross ;
£1 is paid to the school, and the rest in sums from
5/. to £4 among the aged poor of Broughton, being
Protestants. The fourth part of Thomas Houghton's
charity, already described, is distributed in sums of
money varying from 2s. 6d. to 2$s. A small rent of
is. 6d. from Almond's Croft has been lost, the place
not being known now. Miss Damaris Dixon in 1 895
bequeathed £1,000 for the benefice of Broughton,
£ 1,000 for the benefit of the poor, and £$o for the
repair of her grave in the churchyard there. The money
for the poor, producing £30 a. year, is given to the
sick, partly in money, partly by paying doctors' bills.

The township of Grimsargh has a share in that
fourth part of Thomas Houghton's charity which is
due to Preston. By custom a third of the Preston
share is given, and the money, 26s. %d. in 1903, is
distributed on St. Thomas's Day in money doles.
John Charnley in 1737 charged his land at Pen-
wortham with various sums, including 2Os. yearly for
the poor of Grimsargh. In 1824 the land255 was
owned by the representatives of one Henry Dawson,

who died in 1823, and the money was distributed by
the constable of the township to poor housekeepers.
The payment was discontinued in 1 88 1, no reason
being assigned. A charge of £3 15^. a year for the
use of the poor of Brockholes existed as early as 1650.
The lands charged, known as the Boylton estate,
were purchased by William Cross in 1808. The
charge has been commuted and the capital is repre-
sented by £125 6s. consols, now yielding £3 2s. Id.
a year. This is allowed to accumulate, as there are
no poor persons in the hamlet.

The townships of Elston and Ribbleton benefit
equally by the charity founded by John Farington in
1670. He gave his tenement in Elston to bind
children apprentices or to benefit the poor in other
ways. As early as 1824 there were no cottagers in
Elston, all the poor belonging to it residing elsewhere,
and from two to eight persons sharing the interest.
At Ribbleton the rents of a number of poor persons
were paid and other help given. At the present time
the land gives a rent of £78, and accumulations of
over £10,000 are invested in consols. Of the total
income, £145 ijs. \d. is spent on education, and
£193 8j. 5</. is applicable for the benefit of the poor
in various ways in accordance with an order of the
Charity Commissioners in iSgo.256 For Elston the
charity is scarcely required : for Ribbleton there is
more demand, chiefly for gifts of clothes, food, fuel,
and aid in sickness. Elston by itself receives a third
part of the fourth share of Thomas Houghton's
charity appropriated to Elston and Alston ; the
£i 6s. Sd. received in 1903 was given to Grimsargh.
Ribbleton by itself had two charities : the Luck Field
in Brockholes and a rent-charge of £5 los. out of an
estate in Elston known as Willacy's Tenement. The
former,257 augmented by a share of Ribbleto i Moor,
on inclosure in 1870, was sold in 1873 and the price
(£345) invested in consols, and, as no distribution
was made, the capital increased to £608 by 1892,
when a scheme was made similar to that for the
Farington gift. The income is £19 3/. 4</., but only
a small part is used. The rent-charge, commuted,
with accumulations was in 1869 invested in £307
consols, and the income, ' not being required in the
township,' continued to accumulate ; but in recent

SM These included £zo given by Seth
Bushell, whose memorial brass has been
mentioned, and other sums amounting to
about £290, with rent-charges of 905.
All had been 'lost' before 1824. It is
possible that they had been used to build
the above-mentioned almshouses and to
found ' Brown's Charity.' The bene-
factions were for the poor, for distribu-
tions of bread, and ' for buying Bibles
and Testaments for the poorer sort of
boys who should be taught at the grammar
school.'

258 Thomas Addison in 1729 charged
land called Davil Meadows, near Preston
Marsh, with a rent of £5 for twenty poor
housekeepers. About 1820 the land be-
longed to John Grimshaw, and in 1904 to
T. Coulthard and Co. The rent-charge
is still paid. Thomas Houghton in 1649
gave land in Woodplumpton, now known
as Houghton House Farm, for the poor of
various townships ; the gross rent paid is
,£67, the share of Preston being about
£2 13*. 4-J. Mrs. Smith in 1710 gave
^10 to found a bread charity, and the
money was (with other funds) invested

in land in Whittingham ; the share of
the income due to the Smith charity is
£2 41. 4<f. These three charities are ad-
ministered together. Till recently bread
or tickets for bread were given on St.
Thomas's Day to poor persons, members
of the Church of England ; but money is
now given instead.

What is known as Brown's charity is
the result of various gifts of ancient and
unknown origin, represented by a share
(now £5) of the rent of land in Kirkham,
distributed by the vicar of Preston in
Christmas doles of zs. 6d. each to poor
widows.

Thomas Crooke in 1688 charged lands
called Shaw, in Alston, with various
sums, including £4 for the poor of
Preston, to be distributed on Shrove
Tuesday. Richard Hoghton in 1613
gave land called Woodcrook in Whitting-
ham for charities, including 15$. payable
every Good Friday at the font stone
within the parish church of Preston.
The whole rent of this land is given, and
one fourth is paid to Preston. The
amount, £z igs. n.A, is distributed with

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Crooke's, to poor persons belonging to
the Church of England, in money doles.

Anne Oliver in 1825 bequeathed £300
for the benefit of the poor, to be dis-
tributed by the incumbent of St. George's.
The income is now ,£6 1 5*. %d., and is
distributed by the vicar, partly at Christ-
mas time and partly during the year, in
money doles.

Anne widow of Nicholas Winckley in
1779 gave £100 for the benefit of poor
widows. The interest, £z izs. 4^., is
divided equally among poor widows of
the ecclesiastical parishes of St. Saviour,
Holy Trinity and St. Matthew.

254 The trustees were to have ' a par-
ticular respect to those who should be
most sober, honest and industrious, and
frequenters of the Protestant churches.'

255 It is called Crabby Nook.

256 The money may be applied in sub-
scriptions to hospitals, &c., provident
societies, paying nurses, or providing cost
of outfit, emigrants' passage-money,
clothes, tools, &c., money gifts, or in
other ways.

257 The origin of it is unknown.

years small weekly gifts of groceries, &c., in the
nature of pensions have been given. The capital is
now £6 1 8, producing about £14 6s. a year.

Edmund Robert Harris of Ashton in 1876 left
j£5oo to provide a fund for gifts of clothing, bedding,
&c., to the poor of Ashton, Lea, Ingol and Cottam
on St. Thomas's Day yearly. The income is £i$,
which is now usually given in money doles.

PRESTON
Prestune, Dom. Bk. ; Preston, 1 1 69

Prestone,

1292.

Approached from the south, Preston, in spite of
its factory chimneys, has a pleasing appearance, as
across the broad stream of the Ribble, which forms
the foreground, two well-planted public parks occupy
the ascending bank at the other side. The town
hall, which has a lofty clock-tower,1 is about half a
mile north of the river, and from it the principal
thoroughfare of the town, the wide street called
Fishergate, goes west to the railway station, and then
turning to the south-west descends to the river-
side,1 and bending south3 along the Ribble reaches
Penwortham Bridge. The continuation of Fishergate
east from the town hall is called Church Street,4 the
parish church standing on its south side ; after a short
time it divides into three main branches — to the
south-east and south as Stanley Street 5 and London
Road, crossing Fishwick to reach Ribble Bridge, the
main road southward ; to the east, as Ribbleton
Lane, to Ribchester ; and to the north as Deepdale
Road, in which stands the Infirmary. East from
Stanley Street begins New Hall Lane, which goes
past the cemetery and is continued as the Blackburn
Road. On the north side of the town hall is the
open market place, around which may be seen the
Harris Free Library, the new sessions house,6 com-
pleted in 1903, and the post-office, opened in the
same year.7 An obelisk in the square commemorates
the local men who fell in the Boer War. From this
square Friargate leads north-west for about a quarter
of a mile, when it divides ; Moor Lane leads north,
past Moor Park and then across Fulwood to Garstang
and Lancaster, while the Fylde road goes west to
Kirkham. From Fishergate Lune Street goes north

1 The building was designed by Sir
G. G. Scott. The spire is 150 ft. high.
1 Here it is called Fishergate Hill.

3 Here called Broadgate.

4 Anciently Kirkgate.

5 Formerly Finkale Street.

8 It has a tower 179 ft. high. The
county records are preserved in this build-
ing, having been collected from different
repositories. The borough sessions house
is near.

7 For the development of the local
post office see Hewitson, Preston, 336-41.

8 The area of the county borough, ac-
cording to the Census Report of 1901, is
3,971 acres. It is that of the old town-
ship, together with the whole of Fish-
wick, large parts of Ashton and Ribble-
ton, and bits of Grimsargh and Pen-
wortham ; these were all united into one
township or civil parish in 1894.; Loc.
Govt. Bd. Order 31607. The 3,971
acres include 79 of inland water ; there
are besides 85 acres of tidal water and
14 of foreshore.

9 The population of the larger area of
the county borough was 112,989.

10 The station was on the site of the
existing one. These details are derived
chiefly from A. Hewitson, op. cit. 199,
&c.

11 The station was on the north side
of Fishergate, but was soon afterwards
connected with the station on the south
side, the line being thus made con-
tinuous.

12 The Blackburn terminui occupies
its original position.

18 The Southport (West Lancashire)
line had its terminus in Fishergate Hill.

14 The terminus was in Maudlands.

1& Foot passengers can also cross the
Ribble by the East Lancashire railway
bridge, that to Blackburn, by a side walk.
This bridge had fifty-seven arches in all,
mostly south of the river, but nearly all
have now been covered by an embank-
ment.

16 St. Stephen's cross is named in un-
dated deeds ; Add. MS. 32106, no. 1486,
1543, fol. 308, &c. Fishwick cross,
probably on the boundary, is named in
1339 (ibid. no. 1614) and the Butter
cross •*•• 1562; ibid. no. 847. See also

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PRESTON

to Friargate, and from Church Street Lancaster Road
and North Road run north to join Moor Lane. On
the south side of Fishergate Chapel Street, passing
Winckley Square, goes down to the two parks by
the Ribble, already mentioned, Avenham Park and
Miller Park. In Winckley Square there is a statue
of Sir Robert Peel, erected in 1852, and in Miller
Park one of the fourteenth Earl of Derby, 1873.
In Avenham Park are two of the Russian guns
captured in the Crimea. Cross Street, in which is
the grammar school, begins on the east side of
Winckley Square ; while lower down Avenham Lane,
an old thoroughfare, leads circuitously from the park,
by Stonygate, to the parish church.

The whole township, which has an area of 2,127
acres,8 is covered with a network of streets of dwelling-
houses and shops, among which rise the numerous
great cotton-spinning factories and other works which
produce the town's wealth. There was a population
of 101,297 in 1901.'

The different railways had formerly separate termini,
but now all are made to meet at the large station
in Fishergate. The London and North-Western
Company's main line to Scotland is formed of the
Wigan and Preston Railway, opened in l838,10and
the Preston and Lancaster Railway, 1840." The
Lancashire and Yorkshire Company's system has
amalgamated the lines joining Preston with Black-
burn,1* Bolton, Liverpool and Southport.13 The two
companies together hold the Wyre Railway M and the
Preston and Longridge line, which latter has a station
in Deepdale Road, its original terminus in 1840.
The Lancaster Canal, first formed in 1798, begins
on the north side of Fishergate, near the railway.

The railways have three bridges across the Ribble ;
there is only one bridge for ordinary traffic, that to
Penwortham, and another for foot passengers, viz.
the old tramway bridge at Avenham Park.16

Fairs are held annually in the first week of each
year for horses, on 27 March, 25 August and
7 November for cattle and earthenware, and on the
last Friday of March, June and November for cheese.

Though the town has a pleasant aspect and a long
history, its buildings are all modern. The ancient
crosses and wells have gone.16 In addition to public
buildings there are banks,17 clubs18 and theatres.

Lanes, and Ches. Antiq. Soc. xx, 156-62.
The crosses known were the high cross
in the market-place, afterwards replaced
by an obelisk ; a butter cross in Cheap-
side ; a cross near New Street and another
in Friargate, and one on the Moor. Our
Lady's Well was near the Friary. The
butter cross was taken down in 1739 by
order of the corporation, and the
materials used to repair the market-
place, as appears by the records.

17 The Old Bank was opened in 1776 ;
for a long time the Pedder family were
chief proprietors. It failed in 1861.
See Hewitson, op. cit. 238, where is
given a view of the house (c. 1690) in
which business was done.

The Preston Banking Company,
founded in 1844, had its head office in
Fishergate. It has been absorbed by the
London City and Midland Bank. Four
other banks have branch offices.

The Savings Bank was opened in 1816.

18 These include the Conservative Club,
the Reform Club and the Winckley Club.
In 1824 there were two news-rooms, one
in the coffee-house in Church Street and

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

The earliest theatre of which there is any record was
near Fishergate, and described as 'old in 1762.
The present Theatre Royal in Fishergate was built
in 1802 and the Gaiety or Prince's Theatre in
Tithebarn Street in 1882." The old sports of cock-
fighting, bull-baiting, &c., have been suppressed.20
The old-time punishments of cuckstool, pillory and
stocks have likewise ceased.*1 Archery used to be
practised on the Spital Moss.M

For more than a century the cotton manufacture
has been the staple industry of Preston. There are,
however, a number of minor ones : breweries, iron
and brass foundries and engineering works, soap
manufactories, and others, including one of the few
in England of gold and silver laces and embroideries.

The total abstinence movement found zealous
propagation in Preston, which is popularly known
as ' the birthplace of Teetotalism ' — of the word at
least."

The history of the manor of PRESTON
MANOR is bound up with that of the hundred,
of which it was the head.*4 Its ancient
assessment was six plough-lands. The lords of
Amounderness and subsequently the lords of the
honour of Lancaster were lords of Preston also,25 and
though the manor seems once or twice to have been
granted out,*6 the gift had no permanent result. The
king, therefore, as Duke of Lancaster, became lord of

the manor of Preston, but the corporation, by obtain-
ing a grant of the feudal dues at a fixed rent, became
immediate lords of the manor, which lordship was
finally secured by their purchase of the rent in
1676.

An extent of the manor made in 1244 showed
that if the town had remained in the king's hands it
would have yielded over £20 a year*7; while
another extent a century later showed that in addition
to the fee-farm rent of ^15 paid by the community,
the Earl of Lancaster received only 51^. zd. a year,
derived, it would appear, from tenements which had
escheated to him and been granted out again.*8

The borough may have been created
BOROUGH by Roger of Poitou,29 and there is an
allegation that Henry I granted a
charter inn oo,so but this is probably an error. The
first extant charter is one granted in or about 1179
by Henry II conceding to 'his burgesses of Preston'
— the borough therefore already .existing — all the
liberties and free customs of Newcastle-under-Lyme,
saving the king's right of administering justice.31
John in 1 1 99 confirmed both his father's charter
and one he had himself granted while Count of
Mortain, adding the whole toll of the wapentake,
and a free fair on 1 5 August lasting for a week ; also
the right of pasture in Fulwood and liberty to take
wood for building on view of the forester.3* Henry III

the other adjoining the Town Hall ; the
two, it was then said, connoted ' ancient
and modern Preston ; the coffee room is
the resort of the gentry and men of
leisure, and the Guildhall room affords
its more ample accommodation to com-
mercial gentlemen and tradesmen ' ;
Baines, Lanes. Dir. ii, 499.

19 Hewitson, op. cit. 354.

80 Ibid. 1 1 8. A view of the cock-pit
is given ; it was near the south-west
corner of the parish church.

Horse-races were run on Preston Moor
from 1726 to 1791.

For a Corpus Christi play about 1620
see Lanes, and Ches. Antiq. Notes, ii, 27.
The Easter-egg rolling in 1882 is spoken
of in Pal. Note-bk. ii, 108.

J1 The pillory was last used at Preston
in 1814; Hewitson, Preston, 126. The
stocks, in the churchyard, were in use
till 1825 ; ibid. Ct. Leet Rec. 68.

82 Hewitson, Preston, 126.

23 Ibid. 226-30 ; a facsimile of the
first pledge, I Sept. 1832, is given, with
the signatures of the 'seven men of
Preston,' including that of Joseph Livesey,
the best known of them.

*4 See the account of Amounderness.

25 Thus in 1292 Edmund, brother
of the king, proved that he was lord of
the manor ; Plac. de Quo Warr. (Rec.
Com.), 388. In 1361 Preston was
among the manors of Blanche daughter
of Henry Duke of Lancaster ; Fine
R. 162, m. 17.

86 Soon after the Conquest the manor
was granted to Warine Busscl, who held
it for a time ; Lanes. Inq. and Extentt
(Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 35.

Again in 1254-5 the manor of Preston,
probably in Amounderness, was given by
Prince Edward to Master Richard the
Physician ; Pat. 49 Hen. Ill, m. 82.

In 1400 the king granted 10 marks a
year for life out of the profits of the vill
of Preston ; Duchy of Lane. Misc. Bks.
xv, foL 21.

27 Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 1 5 8-9 ;

the lands to the ploughing of four ploughs
would yield £6, the fisheries the same,
the markets £3 and the mills jTz,
toll and stallages the same, perquisites
of pleas 135. 4</., meadows and pastures
the same ; escheats in the king's hands
produced 6s. 8d.

To various tallages Preston paid as
follows: 1176-7, aid, £ 1 6 IQJ. ; 1205,
tallage, £10 4*. ; 1213-15, pleas of the
forest, £2 6s. Sd. ; 1226, £10 os. 6d. ;
1248-9, £12; 1261, £20 135. 4^.;
Farrer, Lanes. Fife R. 35, 202, 251 ;
Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 135, &c.

As implied above, escheated lands were
the king's. From a house escheated 2s.
was accounted for in 1184-5 5 Farrer,
op. cit. 54. In 1201— 2 Alexander de
Preston recovered a toft of which Roger
de Leicester had disseised him ; ibid. 132.
Again in 1226 the farm of a house which
had been Harvey's (hanged) amounted to
31. 8d. ; Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 138.
In 1256-8 escheats in Preston produced
2 is. gd. during eighteen months ; ibid.
i, 222. These were in part held by
Richard le Boteler, who paid js. 6d. a
year in 1258-62 ; ibid. 230.

38 Add. MS. 32103, fol. 147 ; of 1346.
For escheats William Chapman paid
51. 6d. (an increase of is. 6d.) and John
de Ashton ios., in addition to izd. to the
earl (part of the £15 fee-farm rent) and
<)d. to the Prior of Lytham. This latter
tenement had belonged to Adam Buk-
monger, for whom see Final Cone. (Rec.
Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), ii, 15.

The free tenants were : Nicholas de
Preston, holding i acre for which he paid
izd. ; John Marshal and John Bennet,
in right of their wives — Ellen and
Christiana, daughters of Richard Marshal
— each paying zs. 6d. for half a burgage ;
Robert son of Henry Maggeson, a bur-
gage (once burnt by the Scots), 4*. ;
Nicholas son of Henry Williamson, four
plots of land, by Court Roll, 41. 8</. ;
Thomas de Yomb(er)gh, a messuage
lately belonging to Roger son of John de

92

Wich, 5*. ; Henry Chapman, a messuage,
ioj. ; Albred son of Robert and Alice his
wife, a toft for life, zs. ; an acre in the
hands of the friars (held in alms) had
formerly paid 4.5. ; it was used for the
channel conveying the water to their
house.

a9 This was the opinion of Miss Bate-
son, who discussed the Custumal of the
town in Engl. Hist. Rev. xv, 496-512.

80 Sir Thomas Walmesley about 1600
certified that he had seen a charter to the
burgesses so dated ; Abram, Memorials
of Preston Guilds, i. The charter of
Henry II may have been dated by him
conjecturally i° Hen., for if there was an
earlier one extant it seems unaccountable
that it was not named or included in the
confirmations of the charter of Henry II
by successive kings.

81 Ibid. 2, 3. The charter was given at
Winchester, where the king spent the
Christmas of 1179. The year is not
named in the deed itself, but gathered
from the place and from the names of the
witnesses.

In the Pipe Rolls of 1179-82 it is
recorded that the men of Preston gave
100 marks for the charter ; Farrer, Lanes.
Pipe R. 42, 46. The customs of New-
castle at that date are not known.

82 Abram, op. cit. 3 ; Cal. Rot. Chart.
(Rec. Com.), 26. From the wording of
the confirmation it may be gathered that
the additions of the fair, pasturage, &c.,
had been made by John when Count of
Mortain, 1189-94. The charter is dated
at Le Mans, 18 Oct. 1199.

The burgesses paid 60 marks and four
chaseurs for the grant; Farrer, op. cit. 1 16.
There was a dispute in 1201 as to the
right of gaol ; ibid. 130, 136.

The fairs are mentioned in a charter
of a few years later by which William de
Millom and Avice his wife (see Lanes.
Inq. and Extents, i, 40) gave to Henry son
of William son of Swain the fourth part
of two burgages (in Preston), formerly
tenanted by Norasius and Aldwin, with

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

PRESTON

confirmed all in 1227.** Edward III in 1328 con-
firmed the foregoing acts of his progenitors, adding
liberty of a weekly market on Wednesday and an
annual fair of five days, 27 to 31 October.34 This
charter was granted five months after the holding of
the first recorded guild merchant, at which it was
expressly stated that ' the king gives the freedom to
the burgesses which are in the guild and to none
other.' 35 The guild is not named in any of the
charters, but may be implied in the ' customs of
Newcastle,' which town certainly had a guild in
the time of Henry III.*6 The charters here de-
scribed are known by their recital in later confir-
mations ; only one, that of 1199, is preserved at
Preston.

In 1292 the borough was called upon to show its
authority for the rights of lordship exercised, and the
bailiffs and community replied that their liberties
and fair were granted by charter, except gallows and
infangenthef, which were derived from ancient
custom, this latter being also the origin of their

weekly market.87 The town had a moiety of the
Kibble fihery.38

The Custumal of Preston in its present form may
date from the charter of I328,39 but had probably
originated long before and been augmented from
different sources.40 The need of such a document
had been shown by the proceedings of 1292. The
first clauses, beginning ' Ita quod,' without an intro-
ductory phrase, establish the guild merchant with
exclusive rights of trading, except at the burgesses'
will. It appears that anyone41 could become a
burgess if he liked ; all that was necessary was for
him to pay I ^d. to the ' prefect ' and then the
' pretors ' would assign him a burgage plot, which
must have a frontage of 1 2 ft. at least, and on which,
should there be no dwelling, he must build one
within forty days.41 Various clauses regulate the
procedure in market 43 and court 44 ; a burgess was
expected to attend three port-motes in the year, and
must attend each great port-mote.45 The fines, except
in one or two cases, were not to exceed 1 2<^.46 ; trial

all appurtenances, white gloves being
payable at Preston fairs ; Lytham D. at
Durham, 3 a, 2 ae, 4 ae, Ebor. no. 3. The
grantee was rector of Whittington, and
his son Henry gave the tenement to
Lytham Priory ; ibid. no. 2.

38 Abram, op. cit. ; dated Westminster,
1 6 Mar. 1226-7.

The same king at Windsor, 29 Oct.
1252, allowed that an appropriation of
324 acres which the burgesses had made
under Fulwood belonged to the borough
and not to the king's wood. The boun-
dary reached to Eves Brook from Ribble-
ton Scales to the point where the brook
fell into the Savock, and then along the
Savock to the old dyke which formed the
boundary between Preston and Tulketh.
Thui the land seems to have been what
was later known as Preston Moor. The
burgesses had liberty to cultivate the land
as they pleased, up to within 40 perches
of the cover of Fulwood, and their old
rights of turbary outside and of fencing
wood within Fulwood were admitted 5
CaL Chart. R. 1226-57, p. 406.

In 1227 a five years' grant of dead wood
from Fulwood for burning had been made
to the men of Preston ; CaL Pat. 1225-32,

p. 112.

84 Abram, op. cit. 4 ; dated Westmin-
ster, 27 Nov. 1328. Four charters were
produced — those of Henry II, John, and
Henry III (2). The insfeximus is re-
corded in Chart. R. 2 Edw. Ill, m. i,
no. 6.

35 Abram, op. cit. 8. The first clause
of the Custumal seems to be referred to —
'That they [the burgesses] may have a
guild merchant with hanse and other
customs and liberties appertaining to that
guild.'

86The charter, dated 18 Sept. 1235, is
printed in Farrer, op. cit. 414. It may
have been merely a confirmation of the
liberties referred to in the charter granted
by Henry II to Preston. It allowed a
guild merchant with all its liberties ; the
burgesses might pass through the king's
dominions, trading freely, and quit of
toll, passage, pontage, ulnage, &c., and
themselves have in their borough soc and
sac, toll, infangenthef, and other jurisdic-
tions. Similar liberties for Preston are
recorded in clause 4 of the Custumal.

In 1551 two inhabitants of Preston
complained that they had been compelled

to pay tolls at sundry places in Yorkshire.
For Pontefract it was alleged that the
right to charge dues was earlier than the
exemption claimed ; Duchy of Lane.
Plead. Edw. VI, xxviii, B 2.

y PUc. deQuo Warr. (Rec. Com.), 385.
The charter they alleged was that of King
John (i 199), still extant. They paid £15
a year to the king for their liberties. The
weekly market, nominally held on Wed-
nesday, was actually on Saturday. As the
charter did not specify the liberties, and
as the burgesses were not able to prove
the customs of Newcastle, the town lost
its cause for the moment. The ' gallows '
does not reappear.

88 Ibid. 387. The lord of Penwortham
had the other moiety.

89 The Custumal is printed in Engl.
Hist. Rev. xv, 496-500, with a commen-
tary by Miss Mary Bateson, who divided
the document into forty-eight paragraphs.
She considers that the phrase at the end,
de lege Brctonica, refers to the laws of
Breteuil, on which the statutes of a
number of early English boroughs were
founded ; ibid. 73, 302 — see especially
p. 318, where the phrase lex Britannie
occurs. A reduced facsimile of the Cus-
tumal is given in Fishwick's Preston, 1 6.

The date is inferred from the heading
which Randle Holme prefixes to his
transcript — ' Libertates Gilde Mcrcatorie
confirmate per Edwardum Regem.'

48 Miss Bateson considers that the first
four paragraphs have come from a royal
charter, and that clause 36 was at one
time the ending. Clause 47 is a sentence
from 32, and 35 seems to be included
in 4.

41 Even a ' native ' who obtained ad-
mission to the guild and remained a year
and a day undisturbed became absolutely
free ; clause 3.

In the phrases ' burgensis de curia '
(no. 18, 20, 22) and 'burgensis de villa'
(no. 32) Miss Bateson sees an opposition,
as if the distinction between out and in-
burgesses had already been fixed. The
' burgensis de curia ' of no. 20 may be an
error for ' pretor de curia.'

42 Clauses 5, 6, 16. A curious pro-
vision was that id. was to be paid to the
pretor's servant for his testimony to the
fact of entry. A disputed title was
settled by the oath of the tenant's 'prepo
situs ' and two neighbours at least,

93

affirming that he had held it a year and a
day ; no. 7.

A burgess might sell his burgage, but
the next of kin had a right of pre-emp-
tion. If he had only one burgage he
must on selling pay ^d. for liberty to go ;
no. 30.

Nothing is said of an annual rent to
be paid for the burgage, but this was
probably I2d. In an undated charter
William de Euxton granted a burgage in
Preston to Richard the Smith, a rent of
\i.d. being payable to the lord of the fee ;
Towneley MS. OO, no. 1099.

No plot of land is named in the Cus-
tumal as appurtenant to a burgage, but
from charters and inquisitions it may be
inferred that some land was normally
held with a burgage.

In later times it was customary for a
burgess to pay "jd. on ' renewing his free-
dom ' at each guild celebration ; Abram,
op. cit. 65 (quoting Kuerden).

48 Among other by-laws it was ordained
that if a burgess bought anything and gave
an earnest or instalment the seller might
rescind the bargain on repaying double the
earnest ; but should the purchaser have
handled his purchase he might either
retain it or accept 5*. from the seller
instead ; Custumal, no. 12. A stranger
might not share in any bargain with one
of the burgesses ; no. 29.

44 One rule was that if anyone were
taken and convicted for robbery or breach
of trust (injidelitas') the prosecutor should
'do justice ' on him ; no. 19.

45 Clause 10. A burgess was not to
be compelled to go with his lord on a
military expedition unless he could return
home the same day ; no. 43.

46 Clause 9. If one burgess wounded
another and they desired to agree their
friends might impose a penalty of ^.d. for
each thumb-length of wound in a covered
part of the body and %d. for each in an
open place. The assailant must also
make good any money loss due to the
wound and pay the doctor ; no. 21. The
final clause of the by-law seems to mean
that the wounded man should swear upon
his arms that he had been wounded and
was willing to accept the composition
agreed upon. If a burgess should be fined
nd. three times for breach of the assize of
bread and ale, the fourth time he should
pay a heavier fine, or else go to the cuck-

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

by battle, fire or water was allowed.47 The burgesses
could marry their daughters as they chose,48 and were
free in the matter of milling and malting 49 ; they
had right to common of pasture 80 and to expenses
when travelling on the town's business.51

The titles of prefectus (or prepositus) and pretor for
the chief officers are noteworthy, for the terms 'mayor'
and ' bailiff' were already in use in the time of
Edward II." The community held the town of the
king in fee farm," and one clause of the Custumal
ordains that the ' pretor ' of the court should collect
the king's farm at the four terms, and if a burgess
did not pay at the second demand the door of his
house was to be taken off and might not be replaced
till due payment had been made.54 The reeve had
to account in the farm rent for the goods of a man

who had been found carrying bad money." The
town court was the king's court,66 and the common
fund seems to have been called the king's purse.57

In 1314 began a series of grants of pavage to the
mayor and town of Preston for the improvement of
the ways.68 The charter was confirmed from time
to time,69 but no change of importance was made till
1566, when Elizabeth, confirming the previous
charters, decreed that the mayor and bailiffs should
be assisted in the government of the town by ' twenty-
four men of the more discreet and worthy men ' of
the borough, who should be called the capital
burgesses and form the Common Council, meeting in
the Tollbooth or Moot Hall. The mayor for the time
being was to be the justiciary, coroner and clerk of
the market.60

stool (ad c ukestolam) ; no. 31. Should
anyone carrying false money be captured
the 'prepositus' must account for the
money and send the criminal to the king
for punishment ; those who caught him
should have the clothes ; no. 41.

47 Clauses 18, 22. Should there be
wager of battle between a burgess and a
knight the latter must fight in person ;
no. 45.

In 1184-5 a fine °f 5 marks was levied
by the king because a man had been put
' at the water ' without warrant ; Farrer,
Lana. Pipe R. 55.

48 Clause 23. Succession to property
is regulated by no. 32.

49 Clauses 24, 25.
80 Clause 36.

sl Clause 27.

sa ' Pretors ' occur at Clitheroe also.
Ralph the reeve of Preston occurs about
1 200, together with Roger his son ;
Lanes. Pipe R. 335. Roger, 'pretor' of
Preston, apparently the reeve, attested a
local charter about 1220 ; Kuerden MSS.
iv, C 25*.

Roger reeve of Preston, Ralph his son
and Robert the Clerk of Preston occur
about the same time ; Add. MS. 32106,
no. 378. Baldwin de Preston was reeve
in 1246, and chose the jury of twelve
(including himself) who came from the
borough ; Assize R. 404, m. 1 9^.

There seems to have still been no
'mayor' in 1292, when the bailiff* ap-
pearing for the town were Adam son of
Robert and Robert son of Roger.

To a charter already quoted Roger
Fade, ' then chief bailiff of Preston,' was
a witness ; OO, no. 1099. Local charters
to about 1320 are usually attested by the
two bailiffs of the town ; but in one early
deed Adam brother of Filbard, mayor, and
William and Roger brother of Roger (?),
reeves, were principal witnesses ; ibid.
no. no i. In 1311-12 William son of
Robert the Tailor granted to John del
Wich land in the new field under Ful-
wood, and the witnesses were the mayor,
Robert son of Roger, six bailiffs — Adam
de Bury, William son of Nicholas,
William son of Paulin, Henry Banastre,
Roger Salley, Albred son of Adam — and
the clerk of Preston, William de Wigan ;
Towneley MS. DD, no. 2198. In the
guild of 1328 the mayor and two bailiffs
are named, and the government at that
time was conducted in the name of the
mayor, bailiffs and burgesses.

The community had a common seal as
early as 1250 ; Cockcrsand Chartul. (Chet.
Soc.), i, 220-1. A seal of 1376 is in
the British Museum (Birch, Catalogue,
no- SB'S); It; »hows the Agnus Dei,

statant regardant, with banner flag, and
on the lamb's shoulder a shield bearing
the duchy arms. It is surrounded with
the legend -j- SIGILL* COMVNE BVRGENCIVM
DE PRESTON. The seal of 1415 is the
same, with the addition of three P's

round the lamb, thus: V ™ V- About

the end of the 1 7th century the statant
posture was altered to couchant. The
seals of 1415 and the present time are
shown in Fishwick, op. cit. 36, 37. In
1 349 the king granted a seal for recogni-
zances of debts ; the greater piece was to
remain in charge of the mayor and the
smaller piece with a clerk deputed by the
king ; Cal. Pat. 1 348-50, p. 266. William
Clifton was appointed to be keeper of the
smaller piece in 1423 ; ibid. 1422-9,
p. 101.

The Moot Hall is named in a deed of
1377, by which Thomas de Molyneux of
Cuerdale and Joan his wife gave the
mayor, bailiffs and community of Preston
a small piece of land (12 ft. by 12 ft.) ad-
joining the said hall, at a rent of 6s, ; OO,
no. 1506.

88 This does not seem to be mentioned
in any of the early charters.

The original farm of the town was
£9, but in or before 1179 was increased
by £6 ; Farrer, op. cit. 42, 131. In
1 212 the burgesses held three plough-lands
in Preston by a rent of £15 ; Lanes. Inq.
and Extents (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.),
i, 45, 138, 289. The diminution from
the six plough-lands of Domesday Book is
probably accounted for by the separation
of Fulwood and Ribbleton.

64 Clause ii. " Clause 41.

66 ' Curia nostra ' ; no. 9.

57 If a stranger claimed a debt before
the reeve and the debtor would not pay
the 'pretor' paid it out of the king's
purse, and then seized the debtor's
chattels or took possession of his house ;
no. 33.

68 Cal. Pat. 1313-17, p. 1 86. The
tolls which might be levied are printed
in Fishwick, Preston, 25. Other grants
were made in 1328 (for two years) and
in 1333 (for five years) ; Cal. Pat. 1327—
30, p. 270 ; 1330-4, p. 408. At a trial
in 1334 it was alleged that the men of
Preston had obtained pavage charters for
five and then for three years, and then,
the town being sufficiently paved, pur-
chased another charter to last for five
years, ' to the great oppression of the
people of those parts.' Nicholas de
Preston and three others appeared for the
community to aver that the additional
paving was required, but the decision was
against them, and they had to pay a fine.

94

The pavage dues were stated to amount
to 10 marks a year ; Coram Rege R. 297,
Rex m. 21.

In 1337 an inquiry was made as to
the right of pasture in Fulwood ; Lans-
downe MS. 559, fol. 66/366.

The taxation of the ninth of the borough
of Preston in 1340 has been preserved and
supplies forty-four names of persons
taxed ; Subs. R. bdle. 130, no. 15.

In 1341 a commission was appointed
to inquire into a suspected misappropria-
tion of the pavage money raised ; Cal. Pat.
1340-3, p. 313. Another grant of pavage
was made by Duke Henry in 1356 ;
Dep. Keeper's Rep. xxxii, App. 344.

In 1582 Richard Stirrop was admitted
burgess in consideration of his making
the post-holes in the market stead at the
yearly fairs and repairing the causeway
between Barkhouse Hill and the windmill
at the east end of the town ; Abram,
Mem. of the Guilds, 33.

59 By Richard II in 1379, preserved
at Preston 5 see Cal. Pat. 1377-81,
p. 340. By Henry IV in 1401, also at
Preston ; a new clause was inserted,
allowing the burgesses to use any of the
liberties, &c., granted by former charters,
even if they or their predecessors had not
hitherto fully availed themselves of the
same. By Henry V in 1414. By
Henry VI in 1425, now at Preston. By
Philip and Mary in 1557, at Preston.

For the charters of 1401 and 1414 see
also Charter R. 2 Hen. IV, pt. i, no. 8 ;
i Hen. V, pt. iii, no. 3.

60 The charter probably ratified customs
in the government of the town which had
grown up in the course of time. At the
guild of 1500 it was ordained that the
mayor should nominate two ' ancient,
discreet and honest burgesses,' called
elisors, who in turn were to nominate
twenty-four burgesses, not bearing office
in the town, to choose fit persons to be
mayor, bailiff and sub-bailiff ; the mayor,
after his election, chose a second bailiff
and a Serjeant for the mace ; Abram,
Mem. of the Guilds, 23.

In a writ de quo ivarr. issued in 1487
the corporation were called upon to show
by what title they claimed to elect a
mayor. The £15 a year rent to the
Crown is named ; Pal. of Lane. Writs
Proton. 13 Hen. VII. For part of the
reply see Kuerden MSS. iv, P 10 (the
markets).

In 1527 Sir Richard Hoghton made a
lawless attempt to impose on the town
his own nominees as mayor, bailiff and
Serjeant. It was then the custom to
nominate priests as elisors ; Fishwick,
Preston, 38-42, quoting Duchy of Lane.

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

PRESTON

A dispute as to the right of the aulnager for the
county to seal cloths and levy dues in Preston occurred
in 1571, it being contended that the charter ex-
empted the town and that the goods made there, viz.
' narrow white kerseys,' were not included in the
statute.61 The guild of 1622 endeavoured to protect
the burgesses in another way by keeping ' foreigners '
out of the town, it being found that their living and
trading therein was ' to the great prejudice, loss and
hindrance of the free burgesses.' 62

The records of the court leet have been preserved
from 1653. 63 The ancient fee-farm rent of £1$**
was redeemed by the corporation in 1650 and again
after the Restoration in i6j6.65 The guild of 1662
distinguished itself by drawing up a code of by-laws
from the records of former guilds and thus providing
for the orderly government of the town.66 Imme-
diately afterwards a new charter was procured from
Charles II, substantially the same as that of 1566,
but making some further provisions.67 This was
followed in 1685 by an extended charter, which for
the first time recognized the aldermen, who were to
be seven in number. The mayor was to be assisted
in his office as a justice of the peace by the ex-
mayor, the senior alderman and the recorder. Two

markets were now allowed, on Wednesday and
Saturday, and three fairs, beginning 1 5 August,
27 October and 16 March.68 No other charter was
obtained till 1828, when, as, owing to the growth
of the town, further justices were needed, it was
provided that all the aldermen should act, also that
the mayor, ex-mayor and senior aldermen should be
coroners.69

Only seven years afterwards, in 1835, the Municipal
Corporations Act abolished the old constitution and
the first council election of the reformed corporation
was held on 26 December ; the aldermen were chosen
on 3 I December and the mayor on New Year's Day,
1836. The borough, which included the townships
of Preston and Fishwick, was at first divided into six
wards, and the council consisted of the mayor, twelve
aldermen and thirty-six councillors.70 In consequence
of the growth of the town parts of Ribbleton and
Brockholes on the east and of Ashton on the west
were taken into the municipal borough in 1880 71 and
a further part of Ashton in i888,72 but the number
of wards, though the areas were readjusted, remained
unchanged until 1900, when the enlarged borough
was divided into twelve wards — St. John's, Trinity,
Christ Church and Avenham in the centre or ancient

Pleadings, Hen. VIII, xii, F i ; viii,
W 9 ; vi, W n. Sir Thomas More was
then Chancellor of the duchy ; he rejected
the Hoghton claims and made certain
' ordinances ' for the peace of the town
and the election of mayor ; ibid. 43-4,
quoting Pleadings, vi, W 1 1. Sir Richard
again interfered with the election in
Oct. 1534 ; ibid. 45.

Disputes arose as to the nomination of
both elisors by the mayor, and the charter
of 1566, while confirming the mode of
election of the twenty- four, gave them
the choice of one of the elisors. A three
weeks court for trying causes of debts,
&c. ; the view of frankpledge on the days
' accustomed from ancient times,' the
markets and fairs (with court of pie-
powder), were all expressly ratified by
the charter, to be held by ' the ancient
rent and farm due to the Crown.'

The charter did not allay all the internal
disputes which had been going on respect-
ing the choice of the mayor, who, it will
be seen, had large powers. It gave the
elisors the right to choose an entirely new
body of capital burgesses each year, but
in practice no doubt the same persons
were re-elected, if willing, and in 1598
there is mention of a permanent body of
aldermen, who were eight in number.
It was ordered that ' the whole number
of benchers, commonly called aldermen,'
should stand and remain as they then were
until the next guild merchant, and that
the mayor should be chosen annually from
this body, beginning with the senior
member, and descending yearly according
to seniority ; ibid. 34. This rule was
confirmed by the guild of 1602, which
also decreed that out-burgesses who came
to reside within the town should not be
eligible as mayor or bailiff till they had
resided for seven years ; ibid. 36. In
1642 it was ordered that on an alderman
dying a successor should be appointed
from the members of the common
council ; ibid. 47.

An attempt to disfranchise two bur-
gesses was defeated by their appeal to the
Exchequer Court in or before 1582 ;
Abram, op. cit. 33.

61 Abram, op. cit. 26-8. The decision
seems to have been adverse to the town ;
Lanes, and Ches. Rec. (Rec. Soc. Lanes,
and Ches.), ii, 236,256. An earlier claim
to this immunity was investigated in
1 52 1, when the mayor and burgesses also
claimed all the goods of felons, fugitives,
&c., and view of frankpledge ; Duchy of
Lane. Inq. p.m. v, no. 36.

63 Abram, op. cit. 40. The making
of bricks for sale was likewise forbidden,
»o that the ' wastes ' of the town might
not be impaired.

There are other evidences that at that
time the established guilds or trade com-
panies were jealous of the growth of
independent traders. The rules of the
Preston Company of Drapers, Mercers,
Grocers, Salters, Ironmongers and Haber-
dashers of 1628 prohibited the sale by
any 'stranger' of goods belonging to these
trades ; ibid. 41—2. In 1633 the Society
of Skinners, Whittawers and Glovers in
Preston and other places made a petition
against unlicensed traders ; Cal. S. P. Dom.

1 63 3-4, P- 33°-

M The records from 1653 to 1813 are
preserved in three folio volumes at the
Town Hall. An account of them, with
copious extracts, was published in 1905,
Mr. Anthony Hewitson being editor. The
court leet was held twice a year. The
Inquest, sometimes called the court baron,
sat frequently. The Mayor's Court was
held on the Friday before St. Wilfrid's
Day for the election of mayor, bailiff and
Serjeant ; their inauguration was on the
feast itself. The old procedure is related
in Whittle's Preston (1821), 194-206.
The principal matters in the records relate
to the right to carry on a trade and to
pasture cattle on the marsh. The court
leet became extinct in 1835, having long
ceased to be of any utility in the changed
conditions of the town.

'•* In 1504-5 the sheriff was directed
to call for £45, the rent due to the king
for three years from the mayor and
bailiffs of Preston ; Kuerden MSS. iv,
P 118.

65 Baines, Lanes, (ed. 1870), ii, 448.
The intermediate surrender of the pur-

95

chase in 1660, as evidence to the loyalty
of the corporation, is printed in Munch.
Guard. N. and Q. no. 375.

66 Abram, op. cit. 5 1-5. The guild
meeting was continued for six weeks to
allow of the codification. The orders
were classified under the following titles :
The Sabbath ; the oaths ; the town lands,
rents, and other revenues ; the marsh,
mere and town field ; geese on the marsh ;
swine ; brick and digging of sods ; preser-
vation of the common, &c. ; buying and
selling between foreigners and others, and
the tolls, stallages, pickages, lastages and
other customs due for the same ; house-
holders and their duties ; officers ; manner
of holding a council ; weights and measures ;
foreign burgesses ; restraining of foreign
burgesses ; duties of foreign burgesses ;
alehouse-keeping, tippling and victualling ;
bailiffs and other inferior officers ; office
of a Serjeant ; streets and scavengers.

' About 2,200 burgesses were enrolled
at the guild of 1662, of whom something
less than 900 were foreign burgesses.'

67 Ibid. 56-7.

68 Ibid. 68 ; Duchy of Lane. Misc. Bks.
xxiv, 222.

69 Abram, op. cit. 135. A description
of the old-fashioned way of ' beating the
bounds ' at Preston is given in Hewitson's
Preston, 1 2 1. It is included among the
former sports of the place.

70 Abram, loc. cit. ; Act 2*3
Will. IV, cap. 64. The six wards were :
St. John's, south-east from Church Street
to the Ribble, including part of Fishwick ;
Christ Church, to the west ; St. George's,
to the north-west ; St. Peter's, north of
Maudland ; Trinity, the east central part
of the town (including the Town Hall)
to the northern border ; Fishwick, the
eastern suburb of Preston, and the greater
part of Fishwick township. Changes of
area were made in 1881, and St. George's
and Trinity were re-named Maudland and
Park respectively.

71 Under an Improvement Act of 1880,
43 & 44 Viet. cap. 118.

78 Under the Ribble Navigation Act of
1883, 46 & 47 Viet. cap. 115. The
enlargement came into force in 1889.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

urban area ; Ashton on the west ; Maudland, St.
Peter's, Moor Brook, Park and Deepdale on the
north ; Ribbleton and Fishwick to the east. Each
ward has now an alderman and three councillors, so
that the total membership is unchanged. The town-
ship boundaries were altered in 1894, so that those
of the township or civil parish of Preston coincide
with those of the municipal borough.73 Preston
became a county borough under the Act of 1888.
As a parliamentary borough it has been known since
I295.74 By the Reform Act of 1832 the town
continued to return two members, but Fishwick was
added to the borough. No change was made in the
boundary till 1888, when the enlarged municipal
borough, together with the township of Fulwood,
became the parliamentary borough, there being still
two members.

The borough court, a survival of the old manor
courts, is held every third Friday by the recorder, for
the recovery of small debts. The town has also its
police force and court 75 and a quarter sessions court.76
A county court is held there, as also county quarter
sessions. The county council has its offices and
meetings in Preston, as the most central point for
Lancashire.77 The Preston Rural District Council
also meets in the town.

An artificial water supply, in addition to the wells,
was begun as early as lyzg78; but an efficient
modern supply was not opened until 1832,™ when
a private company made a reservoir at Grimsargh.

In 1853 the works were acquired by the town and
fresh reservoirs have continued to be formed according
to the needs of the district supplied.80

Lamps for lighting the streets on dark nights were
first supplied in 1699, the corporation providing
them.81 Fr. Dunn, a Jesuit stationed at Preston,
having seen gas used at Stonyhurst, advocated its
introduction in Preston, which was thus the first pro-
vincial town in England to be lighted with gas, in
1 8 1 6.82 A private company, formed in 1815 and
incorporated in 1839, supplies it.83 The Electric
Supply Company supplies electric light, with which
the principal streets are lighted.

The first tramways were opened in iS/g84 and
have been greatly extended. They are now owned
by the town and worked by electricity. The corpora-
tion also supplies electric power.

The grammar school seems always to have been
governed by the corporation ; various other educa-
tional institutions and libraries have now been added.
The Free Library was opened in the Town Hall in
iSyg,85 but transferred to the Harris Free Public
Library and Museum in igc^.86 A science and art
school are held in the Harris Institute.87 The
Victoria Jubilee technical school was opened in
I897.88

The corporation has carried out the usual works
for sanitary purposes.89 It has erected a large town
hall,90 a public hall or corn market 91 and a covered
market.92 It owns several parks and recreation

73 Loc. Govt. Bd. Order 31607.

74 See above — introduction.

75 About 1800 the watchmen were pro-
vided by private subscriptions and a
corporation grant. In 1832 a police
station was opened in Avenham Street,
the force numbering six men. A new
station, with magistrates' court, still
used, was opened in Lancaster Road in
1858. The bench of magistrates was
anciently regulated by the charters, as
already described ; since the passing of
the Municipal Reform Act in 1835 the
justices have been appointed by the
Chancellor of the duchy.

There is also a fire brigade, with
station in Tithebarn Street. In 1271
Thurstan de Holland complained that
one Henry son of Mirre had destroyed
one of his houses at Preston ; but it was
shown that there was a fire in the town,
and Thurstan's house and some others
had been destroyed to check the flames ;
Curia Regis R. 201, m. 7 d.

76 The seneschal, later the recorder, is
named in the charters of 1566 and 1663.
He presides at the three weeks court and
the quarter sessions of the borough.

77 The offices, at the west end of
Fishergate, were opened in 1882. The
chief county officials have their offices in
the building.

The prison, at the east end of Church
Street, was erected in 1789 to replace the
old house of correction in the Friary.
A court-house was built in 1829
adjoining. The new county sessions
house, already mentioned, has replaced
it. The county police offices are part of
the new building, in which is also the
County Hall, used for the meetings of
the county council.

78 The town records mention five
principal wells : Mincepitt, near the
gas company's land ; Market-place,
1654 ; Fishergate, 1666 ; Lady Well,

west of Friargate ; Goose Well, outside
Church Street bars. The old ' cistern '
was built in Avenham in 1729, R.
Abbot, a Quaker, was the maker. See
Hewitson, Ct. Leet Rec. ; Hardwick,
Preston, 445. In 1743 a new cistern
was made at Syke Hill, from which
water was distributed through wooden
pipes; see Hewitson, Preston, 378-80.
7» Priv. Act, 2 & 3 Will. IV, cap. 27.

80 1 6 & 17 Viet. cap. 48. See Hewitson,
op. cit. 381-3. Further large reservoirs
have lately been constructed at Longridge.
The works supply not only the borough
but several adjacent townships, north and
south of the Ribble.

81 Ibid. 267.

83 Hardwick, op. cit. m 5 Gerard,
Stonyhurst, 125. The first works were
in Avenham Lane (Glover Street).

88 Act 55 Geo. Ill, cap. 22 ; 2 & 3 Viet,
cap. 3. Additional gasometers have been
erected in North Street and at Ribbleton
and Walton-le-Dale.

84 Hewitson, Preston, 208-9. An
omnibus service to Fulwood began in
1859, superseded by the tramway in
1879. Other tramway lines, from
Ribbleton through the town to Fisher-
gate Hill and to Ashton, were opened in
1882.

85 Ibid. 287 - 98. The new Harris
Library, built for it between 1882 and
1893, was opened in 1894. Dr. Shepherd's
library (1759) is housed with it. The
Law Library, founded in 1831, is a
private subscription one ; the building is
in Chapel Walks, Fishergate.

86 Ibid. 312—14. The museum was at
first (1841) in Cross Street. An
observatory, privately founded, was
acquired by the corporation in 1879 and
anew building erected in 1881 in Deep-
dale Road.

s? The building was erected in 1849
in Avenham Lane as an Institute for the

Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, originally
organized in 1828. Declining in use-
fulness it was re-endowed by the trustees
of E. R. Harris as a Technological and
Science and Art School in 1882;
Hewitson, op. cit. 235, 276.

88 This building, in Corporation Street,
is managed by the council of the In-
stitute, who have acquired the old
buildings of the School for the Blind
(1871), which has been removed to
Fulwood.

89 For example, baths and wash-houses
were opened in 18150 and refuse destruc-
tors in 1887 and 1892.

Formerly there was a public cold water
bath at the western end of the town,
called the Spa Bath. It was closed about
1860; Hewitson, Preston, 242. There
was a spa well there ; ibid. 385.

90 This building was opened in 1867.
See Hewitson, op. cit. 359-66.

91 It was first erected by the corpora-
tion in 1822-4, and after enlargement
was re-opened in 1882. There is accom-
modation for 3,600 auditors It has a
large organ. The corn market is held
there on Saturdays ; at the front are sold
eggs and poultry. The pork market was
formerly held at the rear, but was dis-
continued in 1 88 1 ; Hewitson, op. cit.
254.

93 It is in Lancaster Road, on the site
of the old 'Orchard,' and was built in
1870-5. Fruit and vegetables are sold
there ; Hewitson, op. cit. 308.

In Whittle's Preston (1821), Il6-2O,
is a description of the former markets.
The Old Shambles, a street leading from
the Market Place to Church Street, were
on the east side of the Town Hall. The
Strait Shambles, erected in 1715 by
Thomas Molyneux, went north from
Church Street opposite Avenham Street.
They were pulled down in 1882 to make
room for the Free Library. Separate

96

PRESTON : FISHERGATE WITH TOWN HALL IN DISTANCE

PRESTON : HARRIS FREE LIBRARY, MARKET PLACE

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

grounds.93 The cemetery in Ribbleton was opened
in i855.94 The corporation has also done much to
improve the navigation of the Kibble and make the
town a useful port.95

Preston possesses valuable regalia and plate,
including the great mace presented by the Duke of
Hamilton in 1703, a civic sword and the hanap, or
cup and cover, dated l6l5.96

The corporation built a workhouse in Avenham about
1675 for the unemployed poor, and this was super-
seded in 1788 by a new house on the moor. Under
the Poor Law of 1834 Preston became the head of a
union. A new workhouse at Fulwood was opened in

PRESTON

i868.97 The infirmary is in Deepdale Road.98 In
addition the town has various societies and clubs.
There are two daily and four weekly newspapers.99

In addition to the church and the chantries, the
leper hospital 10° and the Friary,101 the Knights
Hospitallers,102 Lytham 103 and Burscough Priories,104
Whalley,105 Sawley,106 and Cockersand Abbeys 107 had
lands in the town. In resisting a claim to certain
burgages and land Robert Abbot of Cockersand
averred that the tenements were of the manor of
Preston, which was of the ancient demesne of the
Crown of England ; the claimant denied this,
saying that the manor was of the honour of

slaughter-house* were erected in 1818
nearSyke Hill. The fish stones were on
the northern side of the market-place ;
they were removed in 1853.

Whittle further states that then the
market days were Wednesday, Friday
and Saturday. A bell was rung at
9 a.m. when the sale of provisions and
fish began ; it was rung again at 10 a.m.
when ' forestallers, hucksters and badgers '
might purchase to sell again ; and at
ii a.m. when the corn trade began.
' The various markets shall now have
their place as to where they are held
according to ancient usage. The cattle
market in Church Street. The goose
and pork market immediately under the
church wall. The country butchers and
others hold their market on the south
side of Church Street.' The market-
place was apportioned to various kinds of
produce. On the south side butter and
poultry ; at the east corn and peas ; in
the centre earthenware, glass and toys ;
to the north, clothiers ; west of the
obelisk, confectionery, hats, boots, cutlery,
small wares. The cheese market and
fruit stalls on the west side of the
square, with vegetables on both sides of
Cheapside, which leads down to Fisher-
gate.

Still earlier arrangements as described
by Dr. Kuerden about 1680 are printed
in Hardwick's Preston, 209. The cattle
market was in Church Street, swine
were sold opposite the church, and sheep
on the west side of the market-place ;
the horse market was in Fishergate.

98 While the town was still quite
small the corporation in 1696-7 obtained
from Alderman Lemon a piece of ground
on Avenham, used as a walk, and thus
secured it for public use. It was planted
with trees, and forms a conspicuous
object in Buck's 'Prospect' of 1728;
Hewitson, op. cit. 320, 236. Thoresby,
the antiquary, who visited the town at
the 1702 guild, described it as 'a very
curious walk and delicate prospect ' ;
Thoresby, Diaries, i, 389-91.

Avenham Park, to the south-west of
it, occupies 27 acres by the Ribble side.
Between 1843 and 1852 the corporation
purchased the land, and formed it into
an attractive pleasure ground in 1861-7 5
work being thus provided for the factory
workers made idle by the American
Civil War ; ibid. 319-22. Miller Park,
1 1 acres, lies further to the west ; the
land was given by Alderman Thomas
Miller, and, after being laid out, was
opened in 1867 ; ibid. 323. Fine views
of the Ribble Valley can be obtained
from these parks.

The moor to the north of the town
•was inclosed by the corporation in 1834.
From 1786 to 1833 horse-races had been

run there, in opposition to those favoured
by the Earl of Derby on the adjacent
Fulwood Moor. Racing had taken place
much earlier, an ' intended horse course '
being marked in 1695. A park of no
acres has gradually been formed of the
land inclosed. The Marsh, another part
of the old common land, is used as a
recreation ground ; it measures 22 acres.
Haslam Park was presented to the
town in 1908 by Miss Haslam.

94 Hewitson, op. cit. 249.

95 See the introduction.

96 A full description is given in Trant,
Hist. Soc. (new ser.), xiii, 1-47.

v For the history see Hewitson, Preston,
394-410.

98 A dispensary wag established in
Fishergate in 1809 and a house of re-
covery in Great Shaw Street in 1813.
The latter was removed to ' the Moor ' in
1833. The two institutions are com-
bined in the present infirmary, on the
last-named site, opened in 1870 ; Hewit-
son, op. cit. 284.

99 The earliest newspaper, of no long
continuance, was the Journal, 1744. Of
the existing newspapers the Guardian was
established in 1844 and the Herald in
1855.

The daily papers are the Lancashire
Post and Northern Telegraph ; the weekly
ones the Preston Guardian, Preston Herald
(Wednesday and Saturday), Preston Argus,
and Catholic News.

For a full account of the newspapers
up to 1882 see Hewitson, op. cit.
341-4.

100 The site does not seem to be known
exactly. A charter of 1311-12 describes
a piece of land as situated under this
hospital and extending to Swaghwell
Syke ; Hist. MSS. Com. Rep. iv, 580. This
name is probably the same as the Sewalle
Syke of the Cockersand Chartul. i, 217.
Possibly the well was one known later as
Atherton's Well, near the canal bridge on
Fylde Road ; Hewitson, Preston, 385.
Spital Moss was close by.

Charters of the hospital are in the
Duchy Great Coucher, i, fol. 80, &c.

The history of the hospital is narrated
in the account of the religious houses of
the county. After its confiscation by
Edward VI it was in 1549 granted to
John Doddington and William Ward ;
Pat. 3 Edw. VI, pt. vi. They sold it to
Thomas Fleetwood in 1550, and in 1560
Thomas sold the estate to John Fleet-
wood of Penwortham ; D.in Preston Chron.
12 Oct. 1 86 1. Thomas Fleetwood is
here called ' of Hesketh ' ; he was the
brother of John, who died in possession
in 1590 ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xv,
no. 34.

101 See the account of the religious
houses. Part of the building was granted

97

to William Breres of Preston and Oliver
Breres of Chorley in 1539-40, and Oliver
was in possession in 1545 ; L. and P.
Hen. VIH, xv, p. 564 ; Ducatus Lane. (Rec.
Com.), i, 178. In 1540 the whole site
was granted to Thomas Holcroft ; Pat. g2
Hen. VIII, fol. iv. The building was
used as a house of correction from about
1640 to 1789 ; Hewitson, Preston,
281.

102 The Hospitallers' lands in Preston
were in 1544-5 given to Richard Crom-
bleholme ; Pat. 36 Hen. VIII, pt. xvii.

103 Lytham charters at Durham, 3 a,
2 ae, 4 ae Ebor. no. 1-5. These are grants
of rents by the heirs of Richard son of
Roger of Woodplumpton.

104 The tenement seems to have been
known as Tinkler House, and a rent of
2s. was derived from it ; Duchy of Lane.
Rentals bdle. 4, no. 7, 8 ; Mins. Accts.
bdle. 136, no. 2198.

105 Richard de Derbyshire gave land in
Jugeler Ridding and in Woodholm (formerly
Robert son of Stephen's) to Stanlaw
Abbey; Whalley Couch. (Chet. Soc.), ii,
465.

106 Richard Rufus (? Russel) gave half of
a toft in Fishergate to Sawley ; Harl. MS.
112, fol. 74. This as a burgage was
afterwards demised by the abbey to Hugh
le Sposage, at a rent of \^d. to the abbot,
izd. to the king (as chief lord) according
to the use and custom of the vill, and %d.
to the heir of Hugh Fitton. By Adam
son of Hugh le Sposage it was granted to
Roger son of Adam son of Suard, by
whom it was surrendered to the abbey ;
ibid.

Russel was an early surname in
Preston; De Banco R. 195, m. 331 ;
248, m. 44.

107 Cockersand Chartul. (Chet. Soc.), i,
216-25 > iy> 1262-3- The lands seem
for the most part to have been acquired
by Master William de Kirkham and
handed over to the canons. The charters
contain a number of details as to the
people and place-names. The latter in-
clude Sicling Moor, Oldfield, Platfordale,
Sewall Syke, Woodholme, Whitacre,
Dustesahe Field and Gildhouse.

Roger son of Robert Woodward in
1326 granted Thomas Banastre and Joan
his wife land held of the Abbot 01
Cockersand and having a kiln-house upon
it ; Towneley MS. OO, no. 1 1 14.

Alice daughter of Adam de Ruffbrd and
widow of Simon released to the canons
her claim in Thimsacre ; Towneley MS.
DD, no. 10.

In 1281 Amy widow of Robert son of
Cecily claimed dower in two messuages,
4 acres of land and a burgage in Preston
against the Abbot of Cockersand, Adam
de Bury and William son of Adam Albin ;
De Banco R. 42, m. 15.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Lancaster and an escheat of the king, as he was ready
to verify by the ' book of Domusdey ' and in all
other ways.108 Many of the gentry of the county

of the corporation j but often no tenure was re-
corded.109

Of the local families no several took a surname

had burgages and lands in the town. In some cases from the town itself, and Prestons occur constantly
they were stated to hold them of the king, in others in the annals.111 One of these families recorded a

108 Assize R. 408, m. 8. The plaintiff
was Walter son of Jordan de Kirkham,
brother of Master William de Kirkham,
son of Richard. The abbot alleged
bastardy, but an agreement was come to,
and Walter released all his claim in the
tenement.

109 Of the Crown, mostly in free
burgage :

Isabel widow of John Talbot, 1432;
and John Talbot of Salesbury, 1449 ;
Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), ii, 41, 55.

Alexander Hoghton of Hoghton, 1489 ;
Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. iii, no. 66. A
similar statement is made in the later in-
quisitions in the case of this and other
families.

John Singleton of Broughton, 1522 ;
ibid, v, no. 45.

Sir Thomas Boteler of Warrington,
1522 ; ibid, v, no. 13.

Lawrence Starkie, 1532; ibid, ix,
no. 21. One of his daughters married
Humphry Newton ; see note 134.

James Anderton of Euxton, 1552, in
socage ; ibid, ix, no. 14.

James Forshaw of Penwortham, 1563 ;
ibid, xi, no. 41.

Sir Richard Molyneux of Sefton, 1569 ;
ibid, xiii, no. 35.

George Hesketh of Poulton, 1571 ;
ibid, xiii, no. 15.

Richard Greenacres of Worston, 1578 ;
ibid, xiv, no. 16.

Richard Chisnall [see Chisnall], 1587,
3 acres ; ibid, xiv, no. 39.

John Grimshaw of Clayton, 1587 ;
ibid, xiv, no. 53.

Thomas Standish of Duxbury, 1599;
ibid, xvii, no. 54.

Of the Corporation, i.e. the mayor,
bailiffs and burgesses :

John Skillicorne, 1478, four burgages,
by a rent of zs. ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet.
Soc.), ii, 105.

William Farington of Leyland, 1501 ;
Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. iii, no. 67.

Richard Taylor (see Bretherton and
Longton), 1596 ; ibid, xvii, no. 25.
Another of the name died in 1631, leaving
a son Henry, aged sixteen ; ibid, xxvii,
no. 63.

Robert Hankinson (see Newton with
Scales), 1 604 ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), i, 135 ; ii, 123.

John Stopford of Ulnes Walton ; ibid,
i, 169 ; ii, 72.

George Rogerson, 1620, the Water
Willows, &c. ; ibid, ii, 189.

Thomas Shireburne of Heysham,
1635-6 ; Towneley MS. C 8 13 (Chet.
Lib.), 1083.

William Critchlow of Lea, 1637-8 ;
ibid. 252.

Edward Lussell of Osbaldeston, 1637 ;
Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xxx, no. 78.

Other tenures :

Robert Singleton of Broughton, 1501 ;
of St. John of Jerusalem by a rent of 3^. ;
ibid, iii, no. 63.

Robert Singleton of Brockholes, 1525 ;
of the heir of Adam de Brockholes, by
three grains of pepper ; ibid, vi, no. 64.

William Moore of Bank Hall, 1602 ;
of Sir Richard Hoghton ; Lanes. Inq. p.m.
(Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 13.

The unrecorded tenures include those

of Balderston of Balderston, Clifton of
Westby, Harrington of Westleigh, Hesketh
of Rufford, Langton of Walton, Leyland
of Morleys, and Travers of Nateby.

Of the above it may be noticed that
the Moores retained their Preston estate
till 1691 ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F.
bdle. 226, m. 22.

The Feet of Fines give some particulars
of other families. For instance, in the
1 6th cent., Park, bdle. 12, m. 63, 144,
290 ; Newsham, bdle. 20, m. 63 ; Ark-
wright, bdle. 43, m. 200 ; Forshaw, bdle.
49, m. 77 ; 57, m. 1 60 ; Haighton, bdle.
58, m. 173.

The following persons were recorded
as freeholders in Preston in 1 600 : Henry
Ascroft, Thomas Banastre, Richard
Blundell, Richard Cuerdall; Henry, James,
Richard and William Hodgkinson ; Ed-
mund Lemon, — Preston, George Sollom,
Anthony and Thomas Wall, James and
— Walton ; Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches.), i, 233.

110 Kuerden's collections, especially
iv (P) and the folio volume (C, D), con-
tain much relating to the local families.

Numerous Hoghton deeds are in Add.
MS. 32106.

The Guild Rolls also are valuable for
their pedigrees. For the earlier genera-
tions some assistance may be derived from
the witnesses to charters ; e.g. about
1260 there appear Adam brother of
Suard de Preston, Roger and William
his sons ; Add. MS. 32106, no. 451.

111 The following references to the
Plea Rolls, &c., will show that different
families used this surname.

A Gamel son of Gamel was admitted
to the freedom of Preston by a charter of
King John in 1199, confirming one
granted when John was Count of Mor-
tain ; Cal. Rot. Chart. (Rec. Com.), 26.

In 1246 it was recorded that two bur-
gages and 4 acres of land had escheated
to the king. Adam son of Suard held
them at half a mark rent ; Assize R. 404,
m. 19 d. Robert son of Stephen de
Preston unsuccessfully claimed a mes-
suage and 3 acres against various persons ;
ibid. m. 4.

A Henry son of Baldwin de Preston
did fealty on succeeding in 1254;
Excerpta e Rot. Fin. (Rec. Com.), ii, 187.
See also Rot. Lit. Claus. (Rec. Com.), i,
430; Cal. Close, 1279-88, p. 265.

Roger son of Adam de Preston in 1262
acquired a toft, at id. rent, from John de
Balderston and Alice his wife ; Final
Cone, i, 135.

In 1277 Maud widow of Roger son of
Roger de Preston claimed dower in
Preston against Robert son of Adam,
Roger son of Belota, Paulin de Preston,
and others ; De Banco R. 19, m. 14 d.
Two years later Alice widow of Master
William de Preston claimed a messuage,
&c., against William son of Master
William, and land against Nicholas son
of Roger de Preston and Alice his wife ;
ibid. 29, m. 17 ; 31, m. 9.

Agnes widow of Adam de Hoghton in
1290 claimed dower in houses, bake-
house, &c., in Preston against Alice
widow of Roger son of Adam de Preston ;
ibid. 83, m. 127 d.

98

In 1291 Geoffrey son of Roger son of
Adam de Preston and Ellen his wife un-
successfully claimed a messuage and 3 acres
of land in Preston against Maud de
Brockholes, William de Slyne and Eva
his wife. It appeared that Ellen was
daughter of Adam de Brockholes and Eva
daughter of Adam de Preston (who had
enfeoffed her fourteen years, before).
Geoffrey's father Roger is also called 'son
of Avice'j Assize R. 1294, m. 8 d. ;
1299, m. 16. The same Geoffrey and
Ellen sued William the Carpenter of
Preston and Ev« his wife ; Assize R. 407,
m. 4 ; 1294, m. 9. In this claim Eva
daughter of Adam the Clerk of Brockholes
was found to have been born out of wed-
lock ; she had an elder brother William ;
Assize R. 408, m. 7, 9, 38 d.

The following belong to the year 1292 :

Robert de Ribbleton and Cecily his wife
claimed the fourth part of a messuage and
toft against Roger son of Anot de Preston
and Ellen his wife ; it was proved that
Ellen was in seisin before she married
Roger ; Assize R. 408, m. 3, 44 d. Roger
son of Avice de Preston was defendant in
another plea ; ibid. m. 36 d.

Robert son of Adam de Preston com-
plained of a trespass by William the Tailor
of Preston ; ibid. m. 3, 17 d. William
the Tailor was non-suited in a claim for
debt against Hugh and Robert sons of
Adam son of Philip de Preston ; ibid,
m. 3 2. Robert son of Adam son of Siward
held the moiety of a messuage claimed by
Agnes wife of William de la Launde, on
the ground that her mother Maud (sister
of Alice daughter of Ivette) had held it ;
ibid. m. 34. Robert son of Adam de-
fended his title to land in Preston against
Henry le Pestur and Christiana his wife ;
ibid. m. 32. Robert son of Adam son of
Philip also defended his title against
Richard son of Henry del Wra ; ibid. m.
44 d. Robert son of Adam de Preston
was charged with trespass by Alan son of
Master Thomas de Lancaster and others ;
ibid. m. 103. Robert de Preston was
defendant to a claim by Cecily widow of
Jordan de Claughton ; ibid. m. 54 d.
Robert son of Adam de Preston defended
his claim to certain land (claimed by
Nicholas de Burnhull) by saying that he
had received it from Alan de Catherton ;
ibid. m. 49.

Christiana widow of Henry Mirreson
de Preston cUimed dower in various
tenements against Robert son of Adam
de Preston and Alice widow of Adam,
against Adam son of Richard de Preston
and against Paulin de Preston ; ibid. m.
49 d. She also claimed against William
son of Roger, when Robert son of Roger
de Preston warranted William and by
leave rendeicd dower to the claimant ;
ibid. m. 61. William son of Roger de
Preston claimed a debt from William son
of William; ibid. m. 102. William son
of Roger son of Adam de Preston demised
land to Richard the Teinturer, who
refused to pay the balance of the amount
he promised and was ejected ; ibid. m. 54.
Robert son of Roger son of Adam de
Preston was, together with Alice the
widow of Roger, defendant as to a claim
by William the Lister ; ibid. m. 58.

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

PRESTON

pedigree in 1664,"* another acquired lands in
Ireland, and Sir Robert Preston was in 1478 created
Viscount Gormanston,113 a peerage still in existence,

though the title was not recognized from the Revolu-
tion until i8oo.lu Among other more ancient families
may be named by way of example those of Banastre

Hugh son of Wimark de Preston and
Margery his wife claimed small plots of
land against William son of Roger Fitz
Award de Preston and Robert son of
Adam son of Ralph the Barker of Pres-
ton ; ibid. m. 7. Albred another son of
Adam son of Ralph was defendant ; ibid,
m. 43. Hugh son of Hugh de Preston
defended his title against William son of
Pain de Preston ; ibid. m. 44 d. William
son of Hugh de Preston had demised a
messuage and lands to Roger son of
Adam de Preston in consideration of
maintenance, but on this failing he
claimed damages against Alice the widow
of Roger and others, and was allowed 721. ;
ibid. m. 99.

The same Alice was defendant to a
claim for money owing put forward by
Paulin de Preston, and Amota widow of
Richard son of Richard son of Malbe de
Preston ; ibid. m. 103. Adam and
William sons of Paulin de Preston had a
dispute about a charter ; ibid. m. 37 d.

Alice daughter of William son of Ralph
de Preston claimed a tenement against
Alice daughter of Alexander de Preston ;
ibid. m. 24. Another Alice daughter of
Ketel de Preston and wife of Simon son
of Amabil de Ribbleton claimed land ;
ibid.

Roger son of Richard le Pestur of
Preston (alias Richard de Preston)
claimed parcels of land against Robert
the Tailor, Richard son of Uctred de
Preston and Avice his wife, Richard de
Aldware and Robert son of Roger de
Preston ; ibid. m. 41. In another claim
the same plaintiff showed the following
pedigree : Award de Preston -s. Roger
-s. Richard -s. Roger (plaintiff). Award
had given a messuage to Henry de Pen-
wortham and Christiana his wife and
they had died without issue ; ibid. m.
65 d.

Adam son of Agnes de Preston, Amery
his wife, Robert son of Beatrice and Alice
his wife claimed a strip of land (looft.
by i ft.) against William son of Roger de
Preston ; ibid. m. 52 d. Ellen widow of
Adam son of Philip de Preston claimed
against Roger son of Adam Russcl of
Preston and Maud his wife, but was
non-suited; ibid. m. 54 d. Maud daughter
of Fulk de Preston was a plaintiff ; ibid,
m. 9 id. Cecily daughter of Hugh
Asellison claimed a tenement against
Geoffrey son of Roger de Preston ; ibid,
m. 58.

In 1301 Robert son of Adam son of
Philip de Preston was sued for dower by
Amery widow of William Aldeware ; De
Banco R. 136, m. 46. William son of
Roger Mirreson had a dispute in 1305
with Henry son of Robert Attownsend
of Preston ; Assize R. 420, m. 8.

Pleadings of 1308-14 show us Albric
and Avice children of Adam son of Ralph
de Preston contending with Ralph son
of Henry son of Ralph ; Assize R. 423,
m. 5 d. ; 424, m. 5. Adam son of Robert
de Preston gave a release to John son
of Robert son of Adam de Preston re-
specting six messuages and various lands ;
Alberic the brother of John and Nicholas
son of William de Preston are named ;
ibid. m. 2 d. Robert son of William son
of Roger de Preston and William son of
Nicholas de Preston were defendants in
other pleas ; ibid. m. I d., 9. Christiana

widow of William son of Roger de Preston
and Robert son of Roger son of Adam
de Preston were concerned in suits of
1324-5 ; Assize R. 426, m. 9.

Other references might be added, but
the above will show how generally the
surname was used. In the following
cases somewhat fuller details than usual
were alleged : In 1323-4 William de
Wigan claimed against Albred son of
Ralph de Preston and Henry son of
Robert Adcockson certain land which
had been given by Benedict the Clerk to
William son of Adam de Preston in free
marriage with Cecily his daughter, and
which should descend to plaintiff as son
and heir of William son and heir of
Cecily; De Banco R. 252, m. H4d.
The Prior of Burscough claimed against
Robert son of John de Preston a tene-
ment granted by Nicholas the Prior
(temp. Henry III) to Robert son of
Adam de Preston by a rent of iBd. ;
ibid. 340, m. 430 d. Richard son of
Adam son of Margery de Preston claimed
an acre against Albred son of Robert son
of Adam de Preston in 1 346 ; ibid.
345, m. I52d.

In 1352 Alice daughter of John (who
married Margaret) son of Albred son of
Adam son of Ralph de Preston claimed
two messuages, 24 acres, &c., against
Adam Skillington and Alice his wife (in
her right), Geoffrey de Hacconsall and
John son of John son of Albred son of
Adam son of Ralph de Preston (who was
to inherit after the death of Alice
Skillington) ; Duchy of Lane. Assize
R. 2, m. 3 d. (Pent.). Margery daughter
and heir of Adam son of William Mirre-
son claimed against Thomas son of
William Mirreson ; ibid. m. i d. (July).
John son of Geoffrey son of Robert son
of Cecily de Preston did not prosecute a
claim put forward in 1355 against Roger
son of Adam son of Margery de Preston ;
ibid. 4, m. 5 d.

John Preston of Preston had a pardon
in 1391 ; Cal. Pat, 1388-92, p. 369.

George Preston, drover, died in 1602
holding of the corporation in free burgage ;
Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches.), i, 103 (will recited).

111 Dugdale, Vint. (Chet. Soc.), 237 ;
there is a somewhat fuller one in Fish-
wick, op. cit. 222-3. This is perhaps
the family referred to by Kuerden about
1690 in his notice of the former Moly-
neux Square to the north-east of the
market-place : ' Most of which belongs
to that worthy person and purchaser of
the Townend, the ancient estate formerly
belonging to the family of Prestons, but
now in possession of Mr. Rigby, Pater-
noster Row in London' ; Hardwick,
Preston, 210. Townend stood near the
present St. Peter's Church; ibid. zn.
Henry son of Robert Attownend has been
already named in 1305.

Henry Preston, who died in 1549,
married Isabel Argham, widow, and had
for heir a son apparently posthumous.
His principal house was held of the
Hospitallers by a rent of iod., but he
held other lands of the heir of Nicholas
Skillicorn (by i8</. rent), William Stanley
(14^.) and the borough of the vill of
Preston (4-d.) ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m.
ix, no. 19 ; x, no. 10. Henry the son,
whose will is recited, died in 1599 told-

99

ing his father's lands, with the addition
of Arom's house and lands lately acquired
of William Arom, deceased, held of the
mayor and burgesses. William, his son
and heir, was seventeen years old ; ibid,
xviii, no. 45. William died in 1640
holding the same estate and leaving as
heir a son Henry, aged thirty-five ; ibid.
xxix, no. 8. The pedigree states that
Henry died about 1654, leaving a son
William, aged eighteen in 1664. Henry
was a Royalist, and his estate was
sequestered by the Parliament ; Cal. Com.
for Camp, iv, 2822. The arms of Preston
of Preston have the chief gules in
Dugdale's visitation, but its tincture is
sable in the visitation of 1613.

113 An earlier barony of Preston is
said to have been conferred upon the
family, 1360-90. See G.E.C. Complete
Peerage^ iv, 55. The arms of Preston
Viscount Gormanston are Or on a chief
sable three crescents of the field.

114 An outline of the family deeds, as
extant about 1480, is printed in Hist.
MSS. Com. Rep. iv, 574, &c. It is not
possible to compile a clear descent there-
from. The Preston deeds mostly range
from about 1290 to 1350, and refer, it
appears, to two families chiefly, one de-
rived from an Award de Preston -s.
Roger (the Tailor) -s. Robert (the Tailor)
-». Henry -bro. Roger ; and the other
from an Adam de Preston -s. William
-s. Robert. Thus Roger son of Robert
the Tailor of Preston made a grant of
land to William de Preston, burgess
of Drogheda. This family are often
erroneously described as 'lords of Pres-
ton ' ; they were merely burgesses, as
appears from their charters and the Guild
Rolls. In 1397 Christopher son of
Robert de Preston — perhaps there were
two of the name — was admitted as a
burgess, and Christopher and Robert his
son in 1415 ; Preston Guild R. 2, 5, 7.

The folio wing local names occur in the
deeds : Fishwickgate, Fishergate, Aven-
hamends, Broadlache, Broughton Bridge
(1312), Gerelriding, Ingolriding, Quint-
acre, Pepperfield, Newfield under Fulwood,
Platfordale, Moorplat, the Friars' Garden,
Swaghwell Syke near the Magdalene's
Hospital.

In 1458 Thomas Nelson acquired lands
in Longton and Preston from Robert
Preston of Drogheda, and four years later
Matthew Bolton and Margaret his wife
purchased all or part from Thomas Nelson
and Agnes his wife ; Final Cone, iii, 121,
131.

Isabel widow of James Harrington of
Wolfage in 1518 held lands of the heir
of William de Preston in burgage ; Duchy
of Lane. Inq. p.m. v, no. 2.

Ewan Browne of Ribbleton in 1544
held two burgages in Preston of Lord
Gormanston by a rent of izd.t and George
Browne likewise in 1567; but James
Browne in 1586 held of the mayor, &c.,
in socage and by suit of court ; ibid, vii,
no. 24 ; xi, no. 4 ; xiv, no. 42.

Thomas Skinner in 1577 purchased
Christopher Lord Gormanston's estate in
Preston and district ; Pal. of Lane. Feet
of F. bdle. 39, m. 97. Later deeds re-
garding Skinner's estate were enrolled
in the Common Pleas, Trin. 1599, rot.
15 ; Mich. 1599, rot. 27 ; Trin. 1600,
rot. 9.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

of Peel Hall, &c.,m Blundell,116 Burnhull,117 Erghum or Arrom,118 Fishwick,119 Hacconsall,1" Marshall,1

115 Thomas son of Thomas Banastre
claimed 3 acres in Preston in 1292
against Simon the Clerk and Margery his
wife, and it was found that one Richard
Banastre had disseised Thomas Banastre
the father ; Assize R. 408, m. 56. Richard
Banastre then was defendant in another
plea ; ibid. m. 101. Also later, in 1306;
De Banco R. 158, m. 115 d. For others
of the family, ibid. 152, m. 215 d.
Nicholas and Hugh sons of Paulin de
Preston claimed land by inheritance in
1305 against Richard Banastre of Pres-
ton, Henry de Kirkstile and others ;
Assize R. 420, m. 8. Henry son of
Richard Banastre of Preston is named in
1313; Cal.Pat. 1313-17. P- 53-

Ellen widow of William de Southworth
in 1323—4 claimed 20 acres against
Henry Banastre of Preston ; De Banco R.
251, m. n/d. Amery widow of Roger
at Kirkstile claimed dower against Henry
Banastre of Walton and others in 1334 ;
ibid. 300, m. 109 d.

The Banastres of Bretherton had land,
&c., in Preston ; it descended like Bal-
derston, but the tenure is nowhere stated ;
Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), i, 16, &c.

In 1465 Richard Banastre of Preston
the younger received from the mayor,
&c., land on Sicling Moor between the
new intake of John Breton and Brome-
field Bank (that had been Henry Banas-
tre's) ; Kuerden MSS. iv, P 12.

William Banastre and Grace his wife
were defendants in 1494-5 ; Pal. of
Lane. Plea R. 79, m. gd. Lawrence
Banastre of Walton died in 1558 hold ing
a capital messuage in Preston of the mayor
and burgesses in free burgage ; Duchy of
Lane. Inq. p.m. xi, no. 58. Richard
Banastre appears as vendor in 1548 and
later ; he and his wife Isabel in 1570 and
1572 made settlements of messuages and
lands in Preston and Walton ; Pal. of
Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 13, m. 124 ; 27,
m. 148 (water-mill); 32, m. 73; 34,
m. 161.

Among several Banastres at the guilds
of 1562 and 1582 were Richard Banastre
of Peel Hall, with sons Thomas, Law-
rence and George ; Preston Guild R. 20, 32.
See also the Maudlands deeds in Piccope
MSS. (Chet. Lib.), iii, 330-4. Peel Hall
seems to have been near Deepdale Road
station.

116 Collections of the deeds of this
family are in Harl. MS. 2112, fol.
96^/1376 ; 2042, fol. 171. They show
that the estates in Preston and neighbour-
ing townships had been acquired from
various sources.

William son of Adam the White gave
lands to Cockersand Abbey about 1240 ;
Cockersand Chartul. i, 2 1 6. ' White '
may be Blundell. Richard Blundell and
Joan his wife had two burgages in Pres-
ton in 1367; Harl. MS. 2112, fol.
101^/142^. Two years later William son
of Richard Blundell badlands in Cuerden ;
ibid. 100/1/141^. William del Ashes in
1373 complained that Richard Blundell
had been depasturing his land at Preston;
De Banco R. 451, m. 163.

William Rose of Ingol in 1377-8
granted Richard Blundell of Preston land
in Ingol in Ashton formerly belonging to
Robert son of John de Blackburn, and
Richard occurs again the following year ;
Harl. MS. 21 12, fol. 99^/140^, 101^/142^.
In 1387-8 Richard Blundell and John
his son appear; ibid. fol. 98/139. John

married Agnes daughter of John de
Middleton about that time ; Harl. MS.
2042, fol. 171. Agnes was a widow in
1420; Harl. MS. 2112, fol. 98/139.
Richard son of John Blundell made a
feofFment in 1435-6; ibid. In 1454-5
various lands in Preston, Broughton,
Ingol, Brockholes and Lancaster were
granted by the feoffees to John Blundell
(son of Richard son of John) and to
Agnes widow of John Blundell the grand-
father ; ibid. fol. 100^/141^. In the
following year John Blundell and Alice
his wife made a settlement ; ibid. An
assignment of dower was made to Alice
widow of John Blundell in 1493-4; ibid.

The succession is not quite clear. John
seems to have been succeeded by brothers
William and Richard; ibid. In 1511
Alice wife of John Blundell was bound
to stand an award in matters disputed
between her and Richard the brother of
John Blundell; ibid. fol. 98/139. John
Hogson and Elizabeth his wife (daughter
and heir of Richard Blundell) in 1524
gave lands in Preston, Broughton, Haigh-
ton, &c., to Agnes Blundell sister of
Elizabeth ; ibid. fol. 101^/142*. The
heir male seems to have been Richard
son of Robert Blundell, described as
cousin and heir of William Blundell, who
in 1 5 34 gave lands in Preston to Ellen
Blundell, widow ; ibid. fol. 99/140. This
Richard seems to have had a son John,
living in 1546 ; ibid. fol. 100/141. Richard
had also a brother Henry, to whom he
became bound in 1543; ibid. fol. 99^/140/1.
Richard and Henry his brother were both
burgesses of Preston Guild in 1542, and
the latter seems to have been ancestor of
the later Blundells ; Fishwick, Preston,
356. From a fine of 1558 it appears that
Joan daughter of Richard Blundell, de-
ceased, had married Henry Nicholson ;
Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 20, m. 73.
The estate was in Preston, Broughton,
Ingol, Brockholes and Lancaster. Henry
Blundell was in possession in 1560 ; ibid,
bdle. 22, m. 93.

Robert Blundell of Ince died in 1615
holding a messuage in Preston of the
king in socage ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), ii, 28.

117 Sir Thurstan de Holland, perhaps
about 1270, granted a burgage in Preston
to Nicholas de Burnhull ; Dods. MS. liii,
fol. 88 b, Roger son of Adam and Henry
son of Mirre, then bailiffs, attested, and
the appended seal is curious as showing
three bulls' heads with a chief vair, and
the legend -|- s : THVRSTANI : DE : HOLAND.
Robert de Burnhull and Beatrice his wife
purchased a messuage in 1352; Final
Cone, ii, 134.

118 The name appears at the end of the
1 4th century among the mayors and clergy
of the parish church. William de Ergham
(Arkholme) was guild mayor in 1397, and
the name, degenerating to Arrom, appears
down to the I7th century. It has been
shown above that Arom House was sold to
the Preston family ; it is said to have been
acquired later by the Pattens, who on the
site erected their great mansion, afterwards
the town residence of the Earls of Derby;
Fishwick, op. cit. 75.

William Arram and Anne his wife had
a messuage, &c., in Preston in 1583 ;
Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 45, m. 28.

119 Gilbert de Fishwick held a messuage
and ij acres claimed by Roger son of
Baldwin the Kirkman in 1292 ; Assize

IOO

R. 408, m. 39 d. Maud widow of Hugh
de Preston in 1323-4 claimed dower
against John the Marshal and Hugh de
Fishwick ; De Banco R. 248, m. I2od.
Hugh son of Richard Mabbeson of Fish-
wick was defendant in 1333 ; ibid. 294,
m. 1 86 d. William son of Roger de Fish-
wick of Preston was defendant in 1346—7;
ibid. 347, m. I58d. ; 352, m. 338 d.
There was a dispute in 1360 concerning
seven messuages, &c., between William
son of William son of Richard de Ribbleton
and others plaintiffs, and John de Fishwick
and Christiana his wife defendants ; Duchy
of Lane. Assize R. 8, m. ii.

In 1420 Thomas son of Nicholas Fish-
wick acquired a messuage from John
Tyrell ; Final Cone, iii, 78.

120 Geoffrey de Hacconsall and Margery
his wife were among the defendants to a
claim for dower brought in 1339 by Mar-
gery widow of Henry son of Robert de
Preston; De Banco R. 279, m. ig2d.
Geoffrey in 1340 obtained land in Wood-
holme from Albred son of Adam son of
Ralph de Preston ; Duchy of Lane. Assize
R. 2, m. iii d. William the son and Mar-
gery the widow of Geoffrey were defen-
dants in 1356, when Simon de Preston
claimed certain land; ibid. 5, m. 26.
This Simon was son of John son of
Robert son of Adam de Preston, and
brother and heir of Robert son and
heir of John ; Assize R. 435, m. 9. A
claim made by Thomas son of Nicholas
Deuias son of Agnes daughter of William
the Smith shows that this William and
Alice his wife had made a grant to William
son of Geoffrey de Hacconsall. Nicholas
Deuias had died at Calais, leaving Thomas
his son under age in 1353 ; ibid. m. 22.
William the Smith was living in 1338 ;
Kuerden fol. MS. fol. 396.

John the grandson of Geoffrey was out-
lawed and hanged for felony at Berwick,
and in 1406 his heir was found to be his
brother Roger. A pedigree is given, but
the tenure of the burgages, &c., is not
recorded ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), i,
81—3. In 1411 a charter was enrolled by
which Robert Hacconsall gave William
Dutton a house in Fishergate and a rood
of land annexed to the same and 3 acres
in the moor near the highway to Ribble-
ton ; Dep. Keeper s Rep. xxxiii, App. 10.

121 Richard the Marshal of Preston
complained in 1292 that William son of
Paulin de Preston had detained his wife
Milla in prison for a week ; Assize R.
408, m. 20. William the Marshal was a
defendant in 1302; De Banco R. 144,
m. 319. Alan the Marshal occurs in
1329; ibid. 279, m. I92d. John the
Marshal in 1330 received a messuage
from William son of Adam de Tyrel of
Preston ; Kuerden MSS. ii, fol. 224.
Alexander the Marshal in 1347 obtained
a messuage, &c., from William son of
John de Ashton and Alice his wife ;
Final Cone, ii, 124. In 1352 Cecily
widow of Alexander son of William the
Marshal acquired the fourth part of
certain messuages owned by Roger Starkie
and Maud his wife ; ibid. 134.

John the Marshal and Alice his wife in
1376 obtained 2 acres from John Hunt
and Agnes his wife; ibid. 191. It is
possible that Alice was the widow of ,
Roger de Birewath, about whose lands
inquiry was made in 1394-5, when it
was found that Roger had died without
heir and that his widow had married John

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED PRESTON

Leyland."8 Molyneux of Cuerdale,183 Pelle,1" Wall,1'6 descending by an heiress to French, Werden,w and

PRESTON of Preston.
Or on a chief gules three
crescents of the field.

B RE RES. Ermine on
a canton azure a falcon
•volant or.

KUERDEN. Per bend
sinister or and azure a
griffin iegreant counter-
changed.

WINCKLEY. Per pale
argent and gules an eagle
displayed counter changed.

Walton, with lands also in Fishwick and Ashton,"6 Wich "8 ; of these the Walls recorded pedigrees in

le Marshal ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.),
i, 56 ; Dep. Keeper's Rep. xl, App. 527.
Roger was living in 1372 ; Kuerden MSS.
ii, fol. 224.

James Marshall was a burgess in
1459 ; Preston Guild R. n. In 1483 he
held lands in Preston in conjunction with
Grace his wife ; the tenure is not stated ;
Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), ii, 119-20.

From a fine of 1526 it appears that
George Henryson married Grace daughter
of Lawrence Marshall ; Pal. of Lane.
Feet of F. bdle. ii, m. 168.

122 Roger de Leyland and Maud his
wife in 1307 claimed an acre against
Richard son of Adam Russel ; De Banco
R. 162, m. 198. John son of Thomas
de Leyland was plaintiff in 1344 against
John de Leyland of Preston and others ;
Assize R. 1435, m. 43d, Margaret
widow of John de Leyland and Cecily his
daughter and heir, who had married
Henry son of John de Coppull, appear in
1358 ; Assize R. 438, m. 1 3d. Another
John Leyland and Cecily his wife occur
in 1387 and 1422 ; Final Cone, iii, 30, Si.

123 Ibid, ii, 135, 148. This estate
seems to have been afterwards held by
Lord Mounteagle ; Duchy of Lane. Inq.
p.m. v, no. 64. In 1560, however, his
Preston lands were held as part of the
lordship of Hornby ; ibid, xi, no. I.

124 William Pelle son of Adam in 1303
claimed a messuage and I'J acres against
Ismania Pelle, who had entry by Richard
Pelle, to whom Adam had demised when
(so it was alleged) he was of unsound
mind ; De Banco R. 148, m. 43 ; Assize
R. 420, m. 5.

125 A Thomas Wall occurs in the guild
of 1415 ; Preston Guild R. 7. The
family did not attain any prominence till
the first half of the i6th century, when
two brothers Lawrence and Evan Wall
acquired estates ; Add. MS. 32109, fol.
119. Fines of 1556 and later refer to
their possessions ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F.
bdle. 17, m. 126 ; 25, m. 183, &c. At
the guild of 1562 Thomas Wall was
mayor, Evan his brother was a seneschal
and Lawrence clerk of the guild, while
Anthony son of William (apparently
deceased) and heir of Evan Wall was
enrolled ; Preston Guild R . 20. See a
subsequent note.

126 In 1 3 1 9-20 Roger son of Henry son
of Waste de Cuerdale granted half a bur-
gage to John son of Geoffrey de Walton ;
Towneley MS. OO, no. 1096. William
de Walton and Alice his wife made a
settlement in 1386 ; Final Cone, iii, 27.

John de Walton, a mercer, was living
in the time of Richard II, and acquired

messuages, &c., in Preston and Ashton ;
Kuerden MSS. ii, fol. 226. He made a
feoffment of his lands in the townships
just named and in Fishwick in 1407 ;
Harl. MS. 2042, fol. 167^. He occurs
again in the time of Henry V and his
widow Agnes in 1419 ; Kuerden MS. ii,
fol. 224. Henry Walton of Marsden in
1437-8 released his right in the family
estates to Richard son of John Walton of
Preston ; ibid. A little later, in 1444-5,
the feoffees gave lands to John Breton and
Agnes his wife — apparently the widow
above - named — with remainders to
Richard Walton of Preston, &c. ; ibid,
fol. 226.

Various members of the family or
families occur in the pleadings about this
time; Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 8, m. 13,
31^5 9, m. io£, 16, 19^. A William
Walton, spicer, and Joan his wife were
living in 1465 ; Kuerden MSS. iv, P 120,
no. 41.

John Highfield (temp. Edw. IV) made
claims against John the son and Isabel
the widow of Richard Preston and against
John the son and Joan the widow of
William Walton ; Pal. of Lane. Plea R.
23, m. 6.

James son of Richard Walton was a
burgess in 1459 ; Preston Guild R. II.
In 1485-6 the feoffees gave to James son
of Richard Walton certain burgages, &c. ;
Kuerden MSS. ii, fol. 227.

James the son of Richard occurs from
1462 onwards, but was dead in 1499,
when his widow Ellen and son James
are named ; Duchy of Lane. Anct. D.
(P.R.O.), L 1059 (the collection contains
other Walton family deeds).

From pleadings of 1528-32 the latter
James appears to have had two sons
Richard and Thomas, the latter settling
at Bermondsey, while Richard was suc-
ceeded by his son James, called 'the
younger,' and his lands were in part the
rectory lands, held on lease from the Dean
and Chapter of the New College of
Leicester by a rent of 13*. 4^. ; Duchy
Plead. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), ii,
5-8.

The elder and the younger James
Walton were aldermen of the guild of
1542; Preston Guild R. 15. In 1544
James Walton the elder purchased two
messuages or burgages, &c., from John
Stodagh ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle.
12, m. 132.

In 1558 Richard son and heir of James
Walton — ' the younger ' according to the
Guild Roll — gave lands in Preston and
Fishwick to George Walton his brother ;
Kuerden MSS. ii, fol. 227. Grace widow

101

of James Walton and Richard their son
and heir appear in 1564 ; ibid.

Richard Walton died in 1569 holding
certain burgages and a horse-mill of the
queen in socage as of her manor of East
Greenwich ; other burgages and lands, &c.,
in Preston, Fishwick and Ashton of the
queen by a rent of 7*. James, the son
and heir, was only four months old ;
Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xiii, no. 26.
James Walton died in 1598 holding the
same estate, and leaving a son Richard
ten years old ; ibid, xvii, no. 66. Richard
Walton was an alderman of the guild of
1622, and his sons James and William
were then enrolled ; Preston Guild R.
65-6.

James Walton died in 1635 holding
the estate described ; his son and heir
Richard was only two years old ; Duchy
of Lane. Inq. p.m. xxvii, no. 34. Richard
died the same year, leaving an infant
sister Anne as heir ; ibid, xxviii, no. 63.
Anne afterwards married Edward French.

Besides this main line there were other
branches of the family well known in
Preston.

127 Fishwick, op. cit. 274-6.

James Werden, mercer, died in 1607
holding burgages, &c., in Fishergate, Hep-
greave, Cawsey Meadow and Great
Avenham of the king in free burgage by
id. rent ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), i, 97. He left a son
and heir Edmund, aged twelve. His will
is recited in the inquisition.

128 In 1325-6 William son of Paulin
de Preston claimed land against John son
of Roger del Wich and against John son
of Adam del Wich ; De Banco R. 260,
m. 50. John (perhaps the second of
these) in 1328 purchased a messuage in
Preston from Adam Agnesson and Amery
his wife ; Final Cone, ii, 70. Adam son
of Adam del Wich appears in 1335 and
1348; Towneley MS. OO, no. 1117;
Kuerden MSS. iii, P 7. A Roger son of
John de Wich was in 1339 pardoned for
the death of William son of Nicholas de
Preston. He had broken out of prison at
Lancaster and had abjured the realm ;
Cal. Pat. 1338—40, p. 337. John del
Wich was a bailiff of Preston in 1347,
and Roger del Wich was mayor in 1366 ;
OO, no. 1105, 1116.

Alice widow of John del Wich re-
covered a messuage, mill, &c., in July
1351 against Roger son of Roger de
Birewath ; Duchy of Lane. Assize R. i,
m. 4. At the same time Roger del Wich
and Ellen daughter of Adam del Wich
were defendants in a Mirreson suit ; ibid.
The messuage of Roger del Wich escheated

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

1 5 67"" and 1664,"° and Banastre131 and Blun-
dell 131 in the latter year. In 1613 pedigrees were
recorded by two families named Breres,133 one of
them holding the old Friary.1*4 In 1664—5, in
addition to those named, the families of Ashton,1"
Chorley,136 French,137 Hesketh,138 Hodgkinson,139
Johnson,140 Kuerden,141 Law,1" Legh,143 Lemon,144
Mort,145 Pigot,146 Shaw ur and Winckley 148 recorded

their pedigrees as ' of Preston.' Other well-known
names appear in the iyth century — as Addison,14*
Patten,150 ancestors of the Earls of Derby,1503 Pedder,1"
Sudell 15> and Walmesley.143 Many of these were
lawyers. In later times others become prominent,
as manufacturers brought wealth to the town and
increased its population.164

Under the Commonwealth the estates of several of

to the duke for felony, and in 1359 was
regranted to Roger and his heirs at a rent
of 2J. ; Dtp. Keeper's Rep. xxxii, App. 340.
129 Dugdale, Visit. (Chet. Soc.), 49.
Anthony Wall, the grandson and heir of
Evan (already named), terminates the
descent. He acquired Chingle Hall in
Whittingham by his mother, Ann Single-
ton. He died in 1601 holding nine
messuages, a windmill and lands in
Preston (tenure not stated), and lands in
Whittingham and Haighton ; Duchy of
Lane. Inq. p.m. xviii, no. 6. William
his son and heir, then aged eight, died at
Whittingham in 1626, leaving a son
William, eight years of age ; ibid, xxvi,
no. 50.

180 Dugdale, Vhit. (Chet. Soc.), 323.
Their arms are Argent a bend gules
between three boars' heads couped sable
armed argent. For the later descents
see Fishwick, Preston, 241.

In 1664 the Walls of Moor Hall also
recorded a pedigree ; Dugdale, op. cit. 324.
They were descended from the above-
mentioned Lawrence, brother of Evan
Wall. Further descents may be seen in
Fishwick, op. cit. 243-4.

181 Dugdale, Visit. 25. Their arms
were entered as Argent a pair of water-
bougets sable, on a chief of the field three
fleurs de lis of the second. One of the
later members of the family is supposed
to be the ' brave Banastre,' innkeeper,
who entertained ' Drunken Barnaby ' ;
Fishwick, op. cit. 350.

132 Dugdale, op. cit. 40. Blundell of
Preston differenced the arms of Blundell
of Ince by changing their canton into
argent with a squirrel sejant gules.

188 Vhit. (Chet. Soc.), 93, 95. See
also Fishwick, op. cit. 323—7.

184 Oliver Breres purchased a messuage
and land in Preston in 1544 from
Humphrey Newton and Etheldreda his
wife, and made a further purchase in
1564 in conjunction with Elizabeth his
wife, from Richard Greenacres ; Pal. of
Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 12, m. 135 ; 26,
m. 58. Oliver Breres and John his son
and heir were at the guild of 1562 ;
Preston Guild R. 20.

Oliver died in 1572, leaving as heir his
above-named son John, then twenty-seven
years of age, and husband of Elizabeth
daughter of William Lister. The site of
the Grey Friars, the church, belfry, ceme-
tery, &c., was held of the queen by
knight's service ; a kiln house, horse-
mill, windmill, &c., were held of the
mayor and burgesses by free burgage ;
there were also lands in Bowland ; Duchy
of Lane. Inq. p.m. xiii, no. 13. Oliver's
widow Cecily was living in 1592 ; Ex-
chequer Dep. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches.), 7.

In 1608-9 Oliver Breres of Hamerton,
Mary his wife, Thomas his brother and
Bridget his wife conveyed to Roger Langton
of Preston a burgage in the market-place
with ij acres appurtenant, the house of
the Friars Minors or Grey Friars and
lands therewith, with right of turbary in
Penwortham Moss, and a windmill in

Preston ; Piccope MSS. (Chet. Lib.),
xiv, 73. From other deeds (p. 74) it
appears that the burgage referred to was
the Castle Inn. For the Langton family
see the account of Broughton.

185 Dugdale, Visit. 12 ; they were a
branch of the Ashtons of Croston, whose
arms, Argent a cheveron between three
chaplets gules, they differenced with a
crescent.

186 Ibid. 82 ; see also Fishwick, op. cit.
329. They bore the arms of Chorley of
Chorley.

187 Dugdale, Visit. 112. The family
was descended from Matthew French,
rector of North Meols, whose son Edward,
as already stated, married Anne daughter
and heir of James Walton of Preston.
No arms were exemplified.

138 Dugdale, Visit. 137; a branch of
the family of Whitehill in Goosnargh.
They differenced the arms of Hesketh of
Rufford with a canton argent.

189 Ibid. 142. They bore arms Or a
cross quarter-pierced and five cinque-
foils vert. An account of the family,
with pedigree and abstracts of deeds, ap-
peared in the Pal. Note Bk. iv, 163, 188,
221. Among other local names appear
the Rushy heys, the Knoll heys (between
a •venella called Ribbleton Lane on the
south and a road called Daykergate on the
west), Rawmoors and Farthing Hill.

Luke Hodgkinson, who had adhered
'to the forces raised against the Parlia-
ment in the first war,' compounded for
his 'delinquency* in 1649. He had a
horse-mill and some land in Preston ;
Royalist Comp. P. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches.), iii, 231.

Two of the name, Luke and Henry
Hodgkinson, were attainted for taking
part in the rebellion of 1 7 1 5 ; Fishwick,
op. cit. 66 ; Preston Guild R. 169. For a
Lancashire Jesuit named Charles Hodg-
kinson, 1700-70, see Foley, Rec. S. J.
vii, 363.

140 Dugdale, Visit. 164 5 they came
from Welch Whittle and bore arms
Argent a lion passant gules, on a chief or
three acorns vert.

141 Ibid. 167 ; see the account of
Cuerden.

142 Ibid. 178. Their arms were Argent
an eagle double-headed displayed vert.

143 A branch of the family of Legh of
Lyme, whose arms, Gules a cross en-
grailed argent, they differenced with a
canton or ; ibid. 182.

144 Ibid. 184 ; a Walton-le-Dale family.
A continuation of the pedigree may be
seen in Fishwick, op. cit. 234. There is
also printed the inventory of the goods of
Edmund Lemon, 1609, showing the shop
fixtures and household stuff of a prosperous
townsman ; ibid. 226-30. By William
Lemon's will the estates went in 1724 to
his kinsman John Winckley; ibid. 232.
No arms were exemplified in 1664.

145 Dugdale, Visit. 212, where no
arms are given. Adam Mort, mayor,
killed when Preston was captured by
the Parliamentarians in 164.3, ^as ^een
mentioned. The family occurs also in

102

Leigh and Hulton. What became of the
Preston branch is not clear ; Fithwick,
op. cit. 323.

From the Royalist Comp. P. (iv, 196-8)
it appears that Adam Mort of Preston was
the third son of Adam Mort of Tyldesley
and in 1622 married Elizabeth daughter
of Seth Bushell of Preston. The younger
Adam had two children (Seth and Janet),
who petitioned the Sequestration Com-
missioners in 1651, Seth's estate having
been 'secured for acts of delinquency
supposed to have been done by him.'

146 Dugdale, Visit. 233. Their arms are
Ermine three lozenges conjoined in fesse
sable, quartering Kay and Parkinson.

147 Ibid. 259 ; they traced their ancestry
to ' William Shaw of Shaw Hall in Ley-
land,' and bore arms Argent a cheveron
ermine and a canton gules. The pedi-
gree is continued to the present date by
Fishwick, op. cit. 341. A junior branch
acquired the manor of Fishwick (q.v.).

148 Dugdale, Visit. 334. See further in
the account of Brockholes.

149 Thomas Addison, haberdasher, and
his three sons were burgesses in 1582 ;
Preston Guild R. 44. Thomas Batty Addi-
son was recorder of the borough till his
death in 1874.

loo William Patten and his two sons were
members of the guild in 1642 ; ibid. 101.

I50a The inheritance passed by an heiress
to the Stanleys of Bickerstaffe and so to
the Earls of Derby ; see the account of
Thornley in Chipping.

151 Richard and Thomas, sons of Thomas
Pcdder, deceased, were burgesses in 1682;
ibid. 173. The Pedders were bankers and
acquired great wealth and many estates in
the neighbourhood, remaining till the bank
stopped payment in 1861.

Abram (Blackburn, 728) gives the descent
thus: Thomas Pedder, d. 1680 -s. Richard,
d. 1726 -s. Richard, d. 1762 -s. Edward,
d. 1818 -s. Edward of Walton-le-Dale,
d. 1835. The last-named had brothers
Thomas and James. James Pedder of
Ashton Lodge died in 1846.

Colonel Charles Denison Pedder served
in the Crimean War ; Hewitson, Preston,
376. 152 Fishwick, op. cit. 350—3.

159 The Walmesleys seem to have in-
herited the estate of the Walls of Moor
Hall above-mentioned. A fine was made
in 1739-40 concerning thirty-four mes-
suages, lands, &c., in Preston, Fulwood,
Haighton and other places, the deforciants
being Lawrence Wall and Elizabeth his
wife, Nicholas Walmesley, Elizabeth his
wife and Margaret Wall ; Pal. of Lane.
Feet of F. bdle. 322, m. 1 1 8. Four years
later the same estate appears to have been
divided between Nicholas Walmesley and
Elizabeth his wife on one side and John
Hardman and Margaret his wife on the
other; ibid. bdle. 330, m. 63. From the
pedigree in Fishwick (op. cit. 244) it
would seem that Elizabeth and Margaret
were daughters and co-heirs of James Wall,
elder brother of the Lawrence named.

154 John Cross made a purchase of
lands in 1773 ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F.
bdle. 400, m. 150.

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

PRESTON

the townsmen were sequestrated for political or
religious reasons,155 and in 1717 two * Papists '
registered estates in the township.156

The parish church has been described above.
The population remaining comparatively stationary
no other church was needed in the town till 1724,
when St. George's I57 was built as a chapel of ease at
what was then the western edge of the town. A
parish was attached to it in i844.158 The building
was encased in stone in 1845, and almost entirely
rebuilt in 1885. After the lapse of nearly a century
a great effort was made to provide additional accom-
modation, and the following churches have been
built -.—Holy Trinity 1 8 14-1 5,159 St. Peter's i822,160
St. Paul's 1 82 3-5, 161 Christ Church i836-7,16i St.
James's, built by a newly-formed denomination,
acquired in 1838, rebuilt 1870-8 1,163 St. Mary's
I836-8,164 St. Thomas's 1837-9,™ All Saints'
1 846-8. 166 Somewhat later are : — St. Luke's167 and
St. Saviour's i859,168 St. Mark's i863,169 Emmanuel
i87o,170 St. Stephen's, first opened as a chapel of ease
to Christ Church in 1869, the present church being
erected in i888,171 St. Matthew's i88o~3,171 and St.
Jude's i893.173 There are mission rooms connected
with several of the churches. St. Philip's Protestant
Church was opened in l894~6.174

Wesleyan Methodism obtained a standing in the
town about I78i,175 when it is stated that a room in
St. John's Street was used176; in 1787 a small
chapel in Back Lane was erected.177 The church in
Lune Street succeeded it about i8i7,178 and was
practically rebuilt in 1862; Wesley Church, North
Road, originated in l839,179 that at Moor Park in
iS6z,m Marsh Lane in i873,181 and two others.18*
The Primitive Methodists appeared in i8io,183 their
first meeting-place being in a yard off Friargate ;
then they built a chapel in Lawson Street, which
was in 1836—7 abandoned for that in Saul Street.
A mission in Deepdale, begun about 1876, resulted
in the present church there. The United Methodist
Free Church184 has Orchard Chapel, built in 1831
and rebuilt 1862, and Moor Lane, 1873, which has
absorbed the congregation of Parker Street Chapel,
built in 1852.

The Congregationalists date from about ijjz,1**
when, probably on account of the Unitarianism of
the old Nonconformist chapel, a place of worship for
the more Evangelical members was opened in Back
Lane. Lady Huntingdon helped the cause, which
struggled on until in 1790 an Independent chapel
was built in Chapel Street186; it was in 1826
removed to Cannon Street. This church was

Notices of the families of Prichard and
Grimshaw are given in Fishwick, op. cit.

335,.353-

160 Some cases have been already named.
The lands of Thomas Shepherd of Preston
were declared forfeit in 1652 and sold ;
Index of Royalists (Index Soc.), 44 ; Cal.
Com. for Comp. iv, 3134. In 1649
Thomas Vavasour compounded for his
'delinquency ' in taking arms against the
Parliament ' in both wars ' ; ibid, iii,
2012. This surname does not occur in
the Guild Rolls. Two-thirds of the estate
of Grace Wilkinson, deceased, had been
sequestered for her recusancy, and a dis-
charge was granted in 1655 ; ibid. T,
3220. She was perhaps the Grace
Wilkinson named in connexion with land
in Whittingham in 1598 ; Ducatus Lane.
(Rec. Com.), iii, 397.

158 Richard Jackson and Anne Hodg-
kinson ; Estcourt and Payne, Engl. Cath.
Non-jurors, 97, 155.

157 Hewitson, Preston, 471-5, where
the monuments are described. One of
the incumbents, Robert Harris, B.D.,
formerly Fellow of Sidney Sussex Coll.,
Camb., held it for the long period of
sixty-four years, from 1797 to 1862.
The vicar of Preston is patron.

Descriptions of this and other modern
churches with lists of incumbents will be
found in Fishwick, op. cit. 153, &c.

158 Land. Gaz. 20 Feb.

159 The site was formerly known as
Patten Field. The money for it was
raised by subscriptions and the sale of
pews. It had at one time the most
influential congregation in the town ;
Hewitson, op. cit. 475-6.

A parish was assigned to it in 1844 ;
Land. Gaz. 20 Feb. The vicar of Preston
presents.

160 The original cost was defrayed from
' the million grant.' The spire was added
in 1852. A tombstone in the graveyard
commemorates Richard Turner (1846) as
' author of the word Teetotal, as applied
to abstinence from intoxicating liquors ' ;
Hewitson, op. cit. 478. The parish was
formed in 1 844 ; Land. Gaas. 20 Feb.
The vicar of Preston is patron.

161 This church also was built from the
parliamentary grant ; Hewitson, op. cit.
478. The parish was formed in 1844;
Land. Gam. 20 Feb. The vicar of Preston
is patron.

162 Hewitson, op. cit. 481. Themission
room in Savoy Street originally belonged
to the Methodists, but was sold by them
in 1880 ; ibid. The patronage is vested
in trustees.

168 The builders styled themselves the
1 Primitive Episcopal Church ' ; they were
unable to pay for it. It was first a
chapel of ease to the parish church, but
consecrated in 1841 for an independent
parish; Hewitson, op. cit. 485-92. The
vicar of Preston presents. The district
was created in 1844 ; Land. Gaz. 20 Feb.

164 Hewitson, op. cit. 485. The patron-
age is vested in trustees.

165 The cost was defrayed by the Hynd-
man fund, and Miss Hyndman's trustees
are patrons ; ibid. 484.

168 The origin of the church is interest-
ing. A number of poor working men
began subscribing for a new church for a
clergyman who, as curate, had endeared
himself to them ; it was therefore called
the 'poor man's church'; ibid. 492.
The patronage is vested in trustees.

167 Ibid. 493. The parish was formed
in 1860; Land. Gass. 3 Aug. Simeon's
Trustees are patrons.

168 Hewitson, op. cit. 495-7. The
church occupies the site of the old Baptist
chapel, 1783. After being purchased in
1859 it was used for service till 1866 and
then pulled down for the erection of the
present church, opened in 1868. The
parish was formed in 1869 ; Land. Gaz.
1 6 Apr. The vicar of St. James's presents.

169 Hewitson, op. cit. 495. The parish
was formed in 1866 ; Land. Gas;. 2 Jan.
The patronage is exercised alternately by
the vicar of Preston and the trustees of
Christ Church.

170 Hewitson, op. cit. 497. The parish
was formed in 1871 ; Land. Gaz. 4 July.
The vicar of Preston presents alternately
with the incumbent of St. Peter's.

171 Hewitson, op. cit. 483. The Bishop
of Manchester collates.

103

172 Ibid. 498. The parish was formed
in 1885. The Bishop of Manchester
collates.

178 Trustees have the patronage at
present, but it will go to the Bishop of
Manchester eventually.

St. Philip's, 1871, and St. Barnabas's,
1872, were school chapels of ease to St.
Thomas's and St. Paul's, but have been
disused for service since St. Jude's was
opened.

174 It was built by those connected with
St. Philip's chapel of ease, who were dis-
satisfied with St. Jude's Church.

175 Tne Methodist preachers first visited
Preston about 1777 ; Hewitson, op. cit.
519.

176 Preston was included in Colne
circuit in 1776, in Blackburn in 1787,
and became head of a circuit in 1799.
Wesley visited the town in 1780, 1781,
1784 and 1790 ; Fishwick, Preston,
170-1.

177 This was afterwards sold and used
as a warehouse ; Hewitson, op. cit. 520.

178 Ibid. 521 ; lists of ministers are
given.

179 Ibid. 526. In 1868 this church
became the head of a second circuit in
Preston.

180 Ibid. 526.

181 Ibid. 525.

182 In St. Mary Street (1865) and
Acregate Lane. There are also some
mission rooms.

188 Ibid. 536. In addition to those
named in the text there was an
iron chapel in Fylde Road from 1879
onwards.

184 Ibid. 534-5. The congregation
which first built Orchard Chapel were
known as Protestant Wesleyan Metho-
dists ; Hardwick, Preston, 483.

185 B. Nightingale, Lanes. Nonconf. i,
21-47. The author, of whose work great
use has been made in the present history,
has since 1888 been minister of Cannon
Street Church.

186 This building was turned into
offices and shops ; it was at the we«l
era corner of Chapel Street and Fisher-
gate.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

enlarged in 1852 and greatly altered in 1887. A
second church was opened in Grimshaw Street in
i8o8,187 and this was rebuilt in 1859. A third, the
result of a secession from Cannon Street, was built in
Lancaster Road in 1863, a beginning having been
made two years before.188

The Baptist church in Fishergate has sprung from
a small meeting which can be traced back to i/Sz.189
A church was formed in the following year, with the
concurrence of the Particular or Calvinistic Baptist
Church in Prescot Street near the Tower of
London.190 A building was erected in Leeming
Street, now Manchester Road, in I784~5,191 and
services went on there until about 1856 ; the old
building was sold 192 and the present one in Fisher-
gate was opened in i858.193 A division in the
congregation had in 1854 led to the foundation of a
church in Pole Street,194 which had a continuous
history until 1901, about which time the congre-
gation dissolved. The trustees afterwards reopened
the building, known as Carey, the new church being
formed in 1905 or I9o6.198 The General Baptists
had a mission in the town from 1825 till about
1 840 ; they are thought to have used Vauxhall
Chapel. This building, which had had various
uses,196 was acquired about 1845 by a body of
Baptists who clung to Calvinistic tenets when the
denomination in general was relinquishing them 197 ;
in 1853 a division led to the building of a small
chapel, called Zoar, in Regent Street,198 from which
the congregation has migrated to Great Avenham
Street. The Tabernacle, St. George's Road, is
another small Baptist church which has existed for
about thirty years.

The Presbyterian Church of England has a place
of worship in St. Paul's Square, opened in iSyS.199

The Unitarian church in Preston, as in many
other places, represents the old Nonconforming
congregation, which had a more or less secret
existence from the Act of Uniformity of 1662 till
toleration was granted at the Revolution.200 The
chapel, near the east end of Church Street, was built
about 1717 by Sir Henry Hoghton of Hoghton.
The doctrine is said to have been Arian or Unitarian
from an early period of its history.201

The Society of Friends can be traced back to
i68o.202 Their meeting-house between Friargate
and Back Lane was acquired in 1784 and rebuilt in
1797 and 1847. The district and county meetings
of the Society are held in it.203 There is a Free
Gospel church dating from i858,204 and the Salvation
Army has stations. The New Jerusalem Church in
Avenham Road began in i844.205 The Catholic
Apostolic Church, or Irvingites, after meeting in
various rooms acquired in 1882 a small church in
Regent Street 206 originally built by the Particular
Baptists.207 Some minor religious efforts failed to
secure a permanent standing.208 The Mormons also
failed to establish themselves.209

In spite of the large number of faithful adherents
of Roman Catholicism known to have lived in Preston
during the times of persecution there is here, as
elsewhere, the greatest obscurity in the story of their
worship,210 though rooms may have been secretly
used for mass even in the town itself, particularly in
the Friargate district.211 It was here that the first
St. Mary's Chapel was built in 1761. It was
demolished by the mob during the election contest

187 Nightingale, op. cit. i, 48-60. The
first minister, William Manning Walker,
had been the minister of the Unitarian
congregation. Another notable pastor
was Richard Slate, 1826-61, author of a
Life of Oliver Heywood, &c.

188 Nightingale, op. cit. i, 60-66.

189 W. Shaw, Fishergate Baptist Ch.
(Preston, 1883). It is an error to regard
these Baptists as belonging to the
Arminian or General denomination.

190 Some of the Preston Baptists were
members of this congregation, which
dates back to about 1635.

191 The cause appears to have been a
struggling one ; it was ' in a low con-
dition' in 1794 ; Rippon, Reg. 7.

191 St. Saviour's Church stands on the
site of it ; see above. The (Harris)
Institution was used for service pending
the erection of Fishergate Church.

193 The Fishergate congregation was
augmented by a small Scotch Baptist
church formed about 1829. Hardwick
(quoting Baines) calls themSandemanians;
they had a room in Church Street and
from 1845 occupied a small chapel in
Meadow Street.

194 This section acquired a chapel
called St. Mark's, built in 1826 for the
Calvinistic Methodists of Lady Hunting-
don's Connexion, who had previously met
in Cannon Street ; Baines, Lanes. Dir.
1825, ii, 488.

195 This and other information as to the
Baptists is due to the Rev. Dr. Whitley,
minister of the Fishergate Church.

196 It was built originally for the New
Connexion of Methodists about 1814, but
was in 1819 sold to a 'body of semi-
Episcopalians,' and called St. Paul's ; the

service followed the form of the Estab-
lished Church, but the minister was not
ordained ; Baines, op. cit. Afterwards
the Wesleyans had it, then the Baptists
and others.

197 Hardwick (quoting Baines) states
that this congregation sprang up in 1833
and met in Cannon Street.

198 Hardwick, Preston, 482.

199 Hewitson, op. cit. 537.

200 The celebrated Nonconformist, Isaac
Ambrose, formerly vicar, resided in the
town from 1662 till his death in 1664.
There is evidence of other Nonconformists
living and preaching there ; Nightingale,
op. cit. i, 9, 68. In 1689 licences for
two Nonconformist meeting-places were
granted ; Hist. MSS. Com. Rep. xiv, App.
iv, 232.

John Turner, the minister in 1715,
who was ' a Calvinist of the most strict
and rigid form,' actively assisted the
government forces during the Jacobite
occupation of the town, he and his con-
gregation being employed by General
Wills as scouts ; Nightingale, op. cit. i,
II.

301 Hewitson, op. cit. 515-17. Mr.
Nightingale, however, brings evidence to
show that Unitarianism did not prevail
till about 1770 ; op. cit. i, 22-3.

102 A meeting-place was registered in
1689 ; Hist. MSS. Com. Rep. xiv, App. iv,
231. The registers begin in 1660 and
the minutes of the Fylde (now Preston)
monthly meeting in 1700 ; Fishwick, op.
cit. 172. George Fox visited Preston
several times, but it is not recorded that
he preached there.

203 Hewitson, op. cit. 517—19.

204 Ibid. 536.

104

205 Ibid. 535. 208 Ibid. 537.

807 Zoar Chapel, named above.

208 The Countess of Huntingdon's Con-
nexion and the Methodist New Connexion
have been mentioned. Hardwick (op. cit.
483) states that a Primitive Episcopalian
Chapel was built in Gorst Street in 1837
for Mr. Aitkin's New Christian Society.
Nothing is known of this now, and there
may have been some confusion with the
original of St. James's Church.

209 Ibid. 538.

210 Mass appears to have been said at
Cottam, Tulketh, Broughton and Fish-
wick.

211 The story that a chapel existed there
as early as 1605 is not supported by any
definite evidence. It could not have re-
mained in use during the Commonwealth
period.

In 1689, however, we learn that 'the
soldiers unslated the Popish chapel,' so
that one had been opened, perhaps in the
time of James II ; Hewitson, Bellingham
Diary, 73.

The Jesuits served the Preston mission.
'Mr. Gray,' i.e. Gilbert Talbot, after-
wards Earl of Shrewsbury, was in charge
in 1701, with a salary of £10 ; Foley,
Rec. S. J. v, 320. A house at the lower
end of Friargate was used about that time
and is supposed to have been that pur-
chased by Fr. Alexander Leigh in 1733 ;
it was called Greystocks and St. Mary's
is on the site of it. The first chapel of
the name was built in 1761. 'The
greatest caution was used ; the chapel was
built behind the front houses in Friargate
so as to be quite shut out from view.
The mysterious building was carried on in
the name of Mr. Clifton of Lytham, and

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

of 1768, and though the priest in charge managed to
escape across the Ribble he died soon afterwards
from alarm and horror.212 Shortly afterwards another
was built on the site, but was closed when St.
Wilfrid's was opened in 1793 and it became a ware-
house. However, in 1 8 1 5 it was restored to divine
worship as a chapel of ease, its present status, and
served till 1856, when the present St. Mary's was
built on its site.213 It stands back from the street,
being approached from Friargate through an arch-
way. St. Wilfrid's, built, as stated, in 1793, was
rebuilt in i879,214 St. Ignatius' followed in i836,215
and St. Walburge's, with its tall spire, one of the
landmarks of Preston, in i852.216 These churches,
with St. Mary's, are served by Jesuit Fathers. The
secular clergy have St. Augustine's I838-4O,217
St. Joseph's 1 86 2-74 218 and the English Martyrs'
1 863-88. 219 The Sisters of Charity manage St.
Joseph's Institutions, founded in 1872 by Mrs.
Holland. The teaching orders of the Sisters of the
Holy Child Jesus and the Faithful Companions of
Jesus have convents.220 A society formed in 1731,
but of earlier origin, exists for the relief of the poor
and charity towards the dead ; it is called the ' First
Catholic Charitable Society.'

RIBBLETON

Ribleton, 1200 ; Ribbleton, 1202 ; Ribbelton,
1226; Ribilton, 1251 ; Rybelton, 1292.

This township has an area of 757 acres, including
the 1 08 acres of Ribbleton Moor. As the hamlet of
Brockholes in the adjoining township had rights in
the moor, this was formerly regarded as a semi-inde-
pendent district, and its L-shaped form divided
Ribbleton proper into three distinct parts — north-
east (in which is Ribbleton Hall), north-west (Scales),
and south (in which is Farington Hall). A large
part was taken into the borough of Preston in 1880
and has been incorporated with that township since
1894,' so that the present township of Ribbleton,

PRESTON

the eastern part of the historical township, has an
area of only 305 acres. The population of the
reduced township in 1901 numbered 66. 2

The surface is elevated but comparatively level ;
on the south it descends very sharply to a plot of
low-lying ground in a bend of the Ribble. The
principal roads are those from Preston to Blackburn
on the south side and from Preston to Longridge on
the north. The railway between the last-named
places crosses the north-west corner. Preston
cemetery, formed in 1855, lies on the west side of
the township on the Blackburn road. There are
also some pleasure-grounds opened in 1885 ; they
are now called Farington Park. This side is be-
coming residential, being served by the electric
tramways.

The Royal Cross Training School for Deaf and
Dumb Children, opened in 1894, stands on the
Blackburn road.3

There was formerly a cross on the moor and
another in Ribbleton Lane on the Preston boundary.4
The story of the manor of RIBBLE-
M4NOR TON is obscure. Before the Conquest it
seems to have been part of the great
lordship of Preston held by Earl Tostig, and is not
separately named in Domesday Book.5 In later times
its assessment was one plough-land, and it was held
in thegnage, by a rent of 8/. Henry de Ribbleton
died possessed of it in or before 1201, leaving a son,
who was a leper, and a daughter. Henry son of Alan
de Holland of Downholland purchased the wardship
and marriage of the daughter,6 and by 1212 Ribbleton
had become incorporated with the Holland manors
and had been granted out to Roger de Leicester
for an annual service of Ss. and four arrows.7
Roger in turn in 1202 gave it to Henry de Fish-
wick and Maud his wife, a rent of los. being payable,
but the agreement was varied in 1224.8 The mesne
lordship of the Hollands was not long recognized.9

In 1324 Roger de Elston held the vill by the rent
of 8/. and doing suit to the county and wapentake.10

passed by the name of the " New Build-
ing " ' ; ibid, v, 395. In 1750 the priest
in charge had a stipend of ^40 and 520
' customers ' ; the numbers of those con-
firmed and of Easter communicants were
274 and 940 in 1784 and 488 and 1,302
in 1793 ; ibid, v, 321-5.

212 Gillow, Bibl. Diet. o/Engl. Cath. ii,
146 ; Foley, op. cit. viii, 719.

218 Hewitson, op. cit. 501-2. The
chapel, a small plain building, has been
lined with marble.

214 Ibid. 503-6. Joseph Dunn, S.J.
(•vere Earpe), was priest in charge from
1776 till his death in 1827, and won a
high position in the town. The House
of Recovery and the gasworks were due
to him ; Gillow, op. cit. ii, 143-7.

215 Hewitson, op. cit. 507. It was the
first church in Preston which had a spire.
The school for boys was opened in a
buililing erected as a ' hall of science ' by
local Secularists.

216 Ibid. 508. The dedication was due
to a remarkable cure attributed to the use
of St. Walburge's oil ; N. and Q. (Ser. i),
x, 1 86. The church stands, it is believed,
on or near the site of the old Hospital of
St. Mary Magdalene.

317 Hewitson, op. cit. 508. St. Augus-
tine of Canterbury is the patron ; see
Gillow, op. cit. ii, 481-3.

218 Hewitson. op. cit. 515. A school-
chapel served from 1862 till i8'-4.

219 Ibid. 513. The ' Martyrs ' named
are St. Thomas of Canterbury and St.
Alban. A school-chapel was opened in
1865 and the church in 1867, but this
was not completed till 1888.

220 The last-named community occupy
Lark Hill, formerly the residence of
Samuel Horrocks, cotton spinner, M.P.
for Preston 1804-26. The English
Benedictine nuns of Ghent, driven from
their house by the Revolution in 1792,
resided in Chapel Street till 1812, when
they removed to Staffordshire.

1 Loc. Govt. Bd. Order 31607.

2 The Census Report gives as part of
Preston an area of 645 acres (including
9 of inland water), with a population of
936 in 1901. This refers principally to
the part of Ribbleton now in the borough.

8 The founder was Mary Cross, the late
Archdeacon Rawstorne contributing. It
depends partly on voluntary contributions.

4 Lanes, and Ches. Antiq. Soc. xx, 172.

* V.C.H. Lanes, i, 288*.

8 Farrer, Lanes. Pipe R. 132. Henry
(de Holland) gave 10 marks for the ward-
ship, undertaking to provide all neces-
saries for the brother and reasonable
dower for the mother. The daughter's
name is not known.

105

Robert de Preston and Richard his
brother had offered 1001. for the grant,
and promised i6s. instead of the old 8*.
service for the plough-land in Ribbleton ;
Rot. de Oblatii (Rec. Com.), 115, 123.

7 Lanes. Inq. and Extents (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), i, 49. Roger de Leices-
ter was seneschal of Amounderness under
TheobaldWalter; Farrer, op. cit. 143, 169.

8 Final Cone. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches.), i, 21 ; .an assize of mort d'ancestor
had been summoned between them, but
the descent of the parties is not recorded.
Roger de Leicester had a wife Alice ;
ibid, i, 43. In 1224 Maud, described as
'daughter of Henry,' complained that
Roger son of Roger de Leicester had not
kept the agreement made by his father,
and she received 3 oxgangs of land for a
rent of 2$., Roger to warrant her ; oa
the other hand she renounced all claim
to the rest of the plough-land ; ibid, i, 45.

9 Henry de Holland paid the thegnage
rent of 8*. in 1226 ; Lanes. Inq. and
Extents, i, 140. In 1297 the vill paid
8i. to the earl, the tenants not being
named ; ibid, i, 289.

10 Dods. MSS. cxxxi, fol. 39. Some
grants to Roger de Elston are recited in
a later note ; his estate seems to have
been acquired by a number of separate
purchases.

14

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Again in 1346 William de Elston and Roger his
brother were said to hold four plough-lands in Ribble-
ton, Preston and Elston of Henry Earl of Lancaster by
knight's service and 1 8d. for castle ward " ; but in the
same year Thomas Travers and William Lawrence
held between them one plough-land in Ribbleton in
socage, rendering 8j. a year at the four terms.12 The
latter record is confirmed by later testimonies,13 but
nothing is known as to the source of their right.14

The estate was not usually called a manor. The
Travers moiety descended like Nateby 1& until 1579,
when it was sold to John Shireburne.18 The other
moiety " was in 1 524 held by Robert Lawrence, who
died on 27 March holding his part of Ribbleton of
the king in socage by the rent of 4*. His heirs were
two daughters, Margaret and Agnes, aged seventeen
and fourteen respectively.18 The elder daughter

married Hugh Farington of Hutton,19 and their
descendants were seated in Ribbleton for some time,
recording pedigrees at the
visitations of 1567, 1613
and 1665.*° The younger
daughter's share " seems to
have gone to Evan Browne,
who died in 1545 holding a
capital messuage called Rib-
bleton and messuages, lands
and windmill there in socage,
by a free rent of 2/.M His
son and heir Richard *3 dying
without issue, the six sisters
made a partition in 1559 by
which Ribbleton Hall became

FARINGTON. Ar
chevefn gukt

three leopards' faces sable.

the property of Robert Shuttleworth and Jane his

11 Inq. p.m. 20 Edw. Ill (2nd nos.),
no. 62. In 1342 the feoffee granted to
William son of Roger de Elston and
Roger his brother various lands in Ribble-
ton and Brockholes ; Harl. MS. 2042,
fol. 169.

12 Surv. of 1346 (Chet. Soc.), 48. The
same partners also held a moiety of Ash-
ton at the other side of Preston. In
both cases the right seems to have de-
scended through Haydock, as below. In
1331 Thomas son of Lawrence Travers
had lands in Ribbleton ; Kuerden MSS.
iv, G zb.

18 Thomas Travers and Robert Law-
rence in 1415 granted Roger Elston the
younger for his life right of way through
a field called Riddings to Roger's field
called Newhey in Ribbleton ; Add. MS.
32107, no. 2986. In 1445-6 Thomas
Travers and Robert Lawrence held the
plough-land in Ribbleton, rendering 8j.
yearly ; Duchy of Lane. Knights' Fees,
bdle. 2, no. 20.

14 A large number of Ribbleton deeds
(Farington family) are in Piccope MSS.
(Chet. Lib.), iii, 17-29. None are so
early as 1346, and the first relating to
Lawrence is of 1412, as will be seen
below.

ls John Travers was in 1362 found to
have held 36 acres in Ribbleton in socage
by a rent of 4*. ; Inq. p.m. 36 Edw. Ill
(2nd nos.), no. 52.

William Travers died in 1524 holding
lands in Ribbleton of the king as duke
by the annual service of 41. ; Duchy of
Lane. Inq. p.m. v, no. 62. A similar
record was made in 1559 ; ibid, xi, no. 68.

« Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 36,
m. 262. The vendors were Richard
Travers and Grace his wife : the estate
is described as four messuages, &c., in
Ribbleton and Fulwood.

17 In 1354 William Lawrence and
Alice his wife made a settlement of their
estate in Thornton, Great and Little
Layton, a moiety of the manor of
Ribbleton and a fourth part of the
manor of Ashton. The remainders, after
their children (John and others), were,
so far as Ashton was concerned, to the
right heirs of Alice ; and as to Ribbleton
to Joan daughter of Geoffrey de Cuerdale
for life, and then the same as Ashton ;
Final Cone, ii, 141-2. The fine proves
that Lawrence held in right of his wife.
Joan de Cuerdale was then wife of Thomas
de Molyneux, and much of her estate
went to the Osbaldeston family.

John Lawrence died in 1398, having
made a settlement of his estate on his

wife Margaret in 1368. He left a son
William, aged eighteen ; Lanes. Inq. p.m.
(Chet. Soc.), i, 72.

Roger de Elston of Ribbleton in 1412
demised to Robert son of John Lawrence
a messuage in Ribbleton for life, and in
1438 John Elston and William his son
and heir granted land in Ribbleton fields
to Robert Lawrence ; Piccope MSS. iii,
27. Robert Lawrence, as above recorded,
was a partner in the manor in 1445-6
and Edmund, the son and heir of Robert,
in 1448 ; Pal. of Lane. Plea R. n, m. \b.

Robert seems to have been still living in
1459, when John son of Henry Compsty
granted land in Ribbleton to him, while
to Edmund son of Robert Lawrence a
quitclaim was given by William son of
John Compsty in 1475 ; Piccope MSS.
loc. cit.

18 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. v, no. 57.
Robert Lawrence is described as 'of
Claughton in Amounderness ' ; his lands
were in Layton, Ribbleton and Thornton.
A feoffment made in 1513 is recited,
giving the following details : A messuage
in Ribbleton called the Maiden's House,
with closes named the Town Field and
Fishwick Banks, with other closes called
Blackearth, Over and Nether Crooked
Riddings, Oxhey, Wall Banks, Moor
Furlong, Little Furlong, with the orchard,
and the orchard about the hall.

By an award of the same time Isabel
widow of Robert Lawrence and their two
daughters were to pay z6s. Sd. a year to
James Walton of Preston and provide
a man horsed and harnessed for the king's
service ; Piccope MSS. iii, 17.

Richard Walton in 1579 released to
Richard Farington all his interest in lands
in Ribbleton ; ibid. 21.

19 Visit, of 1567 (Chet. Soc.), 45.
Some notes on this family will be found in
the account of Longton in Penwortham.

An inquisition after the death of
Richard Farington was made in 1596.
He held land in Ribbleton of the queen
in socage by a rent of iod., and his heir
was his son Hugh, aged thirty-six ; Piccope
MSS. iii, 29.

Hugh Farington died in 1637 holding
a messuage and land in Ribbleton of the
king. His heir was his son Charles, aged
thirty-seven ; Towneley MS. C 8, 1 3
(Chet. Lib.), 423-4. A settlement was
made by Hugh Farington and Charles his
son in 1620 ; Piccope MSS. iii, 23.

Deeds by Richard Farington, the son
of Charles, may be seen in the same col-
lection ; he appears to have sold or mort-
gaged the estate in 1672 ; ibid. 23, 25.

106

See also p. 206 for a sale to John
Winckley.

20 Printed by the Chetham Soc. : 1567,
P- 45 5 l6l3»P- I03 5 1664-5, p. 106.
The descent from Hugh and Margaret is
thus given : -s. Richard -s. Hugh -s.
Charles (d. c. 1650) -s. Richard -da. Jane.
Jane married a Southworth and was
living in 1695 5 Piccope MSS. iii, 25.

John Farington founded a charity in
1670 for the poor of Elston and Farington,
at the discretion of Richard Farington
of Ribbleton or those who might be owners
of Richard's estate. In 1824 James
Pedder and Thomas Walmesley were
trustees for the charity, their fathers and
grandfathers having acted before them ;
End. Char. Rep.

21 About 1550 a division of the Law-
rence estates was arranged. By this
Margaret, widow of Hugh Farington, and
Richard their son and heir were to have
a moiety of Ribbleton and all the land in
Goosnargh, while Henry Smith, Agnes
his wife and William their son and heir-
apparent were to have lands in Ribbleton
and all the estate in Layton and Stainall ;
Piccope MSS. iii, 1 9. William Smith and
Mary Smith, widow, had this estate in
1593 ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 55,
m. 139.

2' Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. vii, no.
24. Evan Browne probably acquired
Agnes's share by purchase, though the
date in the preceding note causes a diffi-
culty, but he had an estate in Elston by
inheritance. Thus James Browne in
1479 gave land in Ribbleton to the
younger John Elston and his wife on
their daughter's marriage with his son
William Browne; Add. MS. 32108,
fol. 288. (There was a remainder to
William Elston and Catherine his wife,
so that the land may have been part of
the Elston estate.) Then in 1503-4
Ewan or Evan son and heir of William
son and heir of James Browne (living) was
contracted to marry Elizabeth daughter
of John Singleton of Shingle Hall ; ibid.
Evan's widow Elizabeth is named in
the inquisition, and seven daughters
Anne, Alice, Jane, Katherine, Laura,
Ellen and Bridget. Laura does not
occur again. Evan Browne had a numbei
of scattered properties, including two
burgages in Preston and a messuage in
French Lea.

28 Evan Browne, Richard and James
his sons were out-burgesses of the guild
of 1542 ; Preston Guild R. (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), 18. Richard was six
years old at his father's death.

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wife." The Farington estate is said to have been
sold to the Heskeths of Rufford about the end of the
I yth century.*4

John Shireburne, already named, married one of
the daughters and seems to have acquired the shares
of two others.26 His grandson of the same name
recorded a pedigree in 1613," and being a recusant
and Royalist his estates were sequestered under the
rule of the Parliament.88 His son Henry seems to
have removed to Lincolnshire.19 The Shireburne
estate is said to have been sold to Richard King in
1656 ; his descendants sold to Thomas Birchall,
whose son, also Thomas, built the present Ribbleton
Hall not far from the old house.30 The estate is

reported to be owned at present by Mr. R. R.
Rothwell of Sharpies, by bequest of the late Mrs.
Birchall.

The freeholders recorded in 1600 were Hugh
Farington, John Shireburne and Richard Whalley.11
The ' manor ' appears no more in the records.

The Elston family, at one time described as hold-
ing the vill,32 continued to be considerable landowners
there,33 and in 1454 their estate was described as a
manor.34

A Ribbleton family appears at times,35 and the
Haydocks once held a large part 36 ; names of other
landowners are recorded.37 In the 1 8th century a
family named Brewer had Ribbleton Lodge, the

24 Towneley MS. C 8, 13, S 125. Of
the other daughters, Anne married
Richard Shireburne of Bailey ; Alice
(dead in 1559), Hugh Jones ; Katherine,
John Shireburne ; Ellen, Richard Shire-
burne the younger 5 and Bridget, Thomas
Whittingham.

In 1559 a settlement of a sixth part of
the manor of Ribbleton, with dovecote,
windmill, &c., was made by John Shire-
burne and Katherine his wife, the re-
mainder in default of issue being to her
gon (by her first husband) Richard Elston ;
Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 21, m. 3.

Hugh Shireburne in 1594 sold mes-
suages and lands in Ribbleton and Haigh-
ton to George Talbot ; Pal. of Lane. Feet
of F. bdle. 56, m. 48. This was another
part of the Browne estate, George Talbot
being the son of Anne Shireburne by a
first husband ; C. D. Sherborn, Sherborn
Fam. 71. 2i Hewitson, Preston, 388.

96 John Shireburne in 1566 purchased
two messuages, &c., in Ribbleton and
Preston from Thomas Whittingham and
Bridget his wife ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of
F. bdle. 28, m. 63. Next year he bought
a messuage and land from William Wood-
ward and Elizabeth his wife ; ibid. bdle.
29, m. 99. In 1579 he purchased two
messuages, &c., in Ribbleton and Fulwood
from Thomas Jones and Jane his wife
(presumably the heirs of Hugh and Alice
Jones), and followed this in 1585 by
purchasing further lands from them and
the sixth part of the manor of Ribbleton ;
ibid. bdle. 41, m. 99 ; 47, m. 38.

The estate of Richard Shireburne and
Anne his wife (another co-heir) occurs
in 1572 ; ibid. bdle. 34, m. 23.

* Vint. (Chet. Soc.), 109. The descent
is given thus : John (s. of Thomas)
married Katherine Browne — s. Thomas
-s. John (1613) -s. Henry (aged twelve).

K Cal. Com. for Comp. v, 3233 ; John
Shireburne died in 1655, and a claim to
land in Ribbleton put in by Thomas
Parker of Browsholme was allowed.

89 C. D. Sherborn, Sherborn Fam. 87—90.

80 Hewitson, loc. cit.

81 Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.),

'» 233-

Richard Whalley in 1574 purchased a
messuage, &c., from John and Katherine
Shireburne ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F.
bdle. 36, m. 155. Similar estates were
sold to Edward Belshaugh, John Ridley
and Richard Tomlinson ; ibid. m. 178,
184, 259.

M In 1 346 as above. Various Elston
families occur in Brockholes, Ribbleton
and the neighbouring townships. Thus
John de Haighton gave 3 acres in Haigh-
ton to Roger son of William de Elston
and Paulin his brother ; Kuerden MSS.
iii, H 2. Adam son of Roger del Scale*

gave to the same brothers land in the
Scales in Ribbleton; Add. MS. 32107,
no. 2959. Roger de Elston granted
Paulin de Elston land in Haighton and
i acre in Ribbleton Scales ; Kuerden, loc.
cit. John son of William de Haighton
in 1327 gave land in Haighton to William
son of Paulin de Elston ; ibid. Richard
son of Henry de Brockholes gave land in
Ribbleton Scales, descending from his
mother Maud, to Roger de Elston ;
Kuerden fol. MS. fol. 50 B.

Richard son of William Drury gave
Roger de Elston a release of his claim to
lands in Ribbleton, attested by William
and Paulin de Elston, Henry and Simon
de Ribbleton ; Add. MS. 32107, no. 2961.
In 1316—17 Henry de Ribbleton and
Agnes widow of Richard de Brockholes
released to Roger de Elston their rights
in Ribbleton ; ibid. no. 2965, 2967.
The date of the former deed may be
fixed approximately by a claim for dower
in 1269 by Amery widow of William
Drury v. Robert son of Richard Drury ;
Cur. Regi» R. 195, m. 35 d.

William son of Roger de Elston ob-
tained from William de Methop (son of
Robert the Harper) in 1333 a release of
a rent of 2s. yd. from Ribbleton, and in
the same and later years he obtained
further grants and releases from Adam
son of Henry de Ribbleton (1333),
Gilbert de Knaresborough and Alice his
daughter (1336), Adam de Compsy, Alice
his wife, and Robert de Claughton of
Ribbleton (1342) ; Add. MS. 32107,
no. 2968, 2970, 2971-2.

88 John de Elston the younger in 1369
made a grant to William the Tailor ;
ibid. no. 2975. In 1379-80 he obtained
a quitclaim from Robert le Sagher of
Ribbleton ; ibid. no. 2977.

84 Kuerden MSS. vi, fol. 80 ; John
Elston gave his manor of Ribbleton to
feoffees. In 1461 William Elston gave
lands in the same place, &c., to feoffees ;
ibid. foL 74. John Elston of Ribbleton
obtained an exemption from jury service
in 1504-5 ; Dep. Keeper's Ref>. xl, App.

544-

85 Ralph son of William de Ribbleton
released to Henry son of Robert de
Ribbleton his right in all land in the
Musifield in Ribbleton ; Add. MS. 32106,
no. 666. Henry, the grantee, gave all
his land in the same field to John de
Grimsargh and his heirs for the rent of
an arrow ; ibid. no. 678.

Robert de Ribbleton granted land in
Ribbleton and Brockholes in 1325-6 to
Henry de Ribbleton and Agnes his wife ;
Kuerden MSS. iii, B 14. Thomas
Kendal, cousin and heir of William
Ribbleton, had in 1407 lands in Preston
and Ribbleton ; ibid, ii, fol. 224.

107

Tunnock daughter of Robert son of
Vivian de Ribbleton Scales and Adam her
son gr2nted all her land to the west of a
certain hedge to Master William de
Preston, clerk ; Towneley MS. OO,
no. 1095, 1164. In 1303 Robert de
Ribbleton Scales gave land there, received
by the gift of his brother Roger, to Roger
his younger son ; Kuerden MSS. ii, fol.
224.

Robert de Ribble1 on son of Adam de
Ribblescales in 1313-14 granted his son
Robert the moiety of a messuage in
Preston ; ibid, iii, P 7.

86 From the fine of 1224 above cited
it appears that Maud de Ribbleton had
3 oxgangs of land. The other 5 oxgangs
seem to have been held about 1280 by
the Haydock family, for in 1285 Joan
widow of John son of Henry de Haydock
claimed dower in messuages and lands in
Ribbleton, &c., afterwards described as
eleven messuages and 5 oxgangs of land ;
De Banco R. 59, m. 3 ; 64, m. 122.
The defendant was Henry de Haydock,
whose widow Alice in 1290 claimed
against the said Joan and her daughters
Alice and Aline ; ibid. 86, m. 174. It
seems most probable that the Travers
and Lawrence inheritance descended from
these daughters.

87 Forfeited lands of the Yorkist, Sir
James Harrington, probably inherited with
Balderston, were granted to the Earl of
Derby in 1489, but the tenure is not
stated in 1521 ; Duchy of Lane. Inq.
p.m. v, no. 68. Thomas Radcliffe of
Winmarleigh, also through Balderston,
held lands in Ribbleton in 1521, but
the tenure is not separately stated ; they
descended to Sir Gilbert Gerard ; ibid.
v, no. 3 ; xvi, no. 2. Edmund Dudley
had another part of the Balderston
inheritance ; ibid, iv, no. 13. Sir
Alexander Osbaldeston had another part ;
ibid, viii, no. I.

Sir Thomas Boteler of Bewsey in 1 522
held lands in Ribbleton in socage ; ibid.
v, no. 1 3.

John de Elston in 1370 granted 2 acres
in Ribbleton to John de Walton ; Add.
MS. 32107, no. 2976. In i559William
Walton of Preston died holding a mes-
suage, &c., in Ribbleton of Richard
Browne in socage by id. rent, and his
son Richard Walton apparently held the
same in 1593; Duchy of Lane. Inq.
p.m. xi, no. 27 5 xvi, no. 42. But
Richard Walton seems to have mort-
gaged or sold it to Richard Farington in
1579 and to Hugh Farington in 1589,
so that it probably became incorporated
with the Farington estate ; Pal. of Lane.
Feet of F. bdles. 41, m. 35 ; 51, m. 67.

A purchase by John Ridley has been
recorded. He died in 1599 holding a

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

domestic chapel there serving the Roman Catholics
of the district.38 Several ' Papists ' registered estates
in 17 1 7.39

The Knights Hospitallers had some land in Rib-
bleton,40 afterwards owned by the Shireburnes of
Stonyhurst.41

A dispute in 1564 as to the lordship and moor of
Ribbleton gives the bounds on the Fulwood side as
follows : From Jackson Hey and Clough north-east to
the mere hills, five in all, on the south-west side of
a close called the Park Falls in Fulwood." The
moor was inclosed in iS/o.43

In connexion with the Church of England St.
Mary Magdalene was consecrated in 1889 ; a district
had been formed for it in 1883," and services began
about that time. The patronage is in the hands of
trustees.

GRIMSARGH AND BROCKHOLES

Grimesarge, Dom. Bk. ; Grimisharg, 1242 ;
Grimsarche, Grimsharg, 1244; Grimesherg, 1253 ;
Gremesargh, Gremeshargh, Grymesharth, Grymes-
haruth, 1292 ; Grymesargh, 1293 ; Greymesargh,
1301 ; Grymsar, xv cent. This last shows the
pronunciation (/ short).

Brochole, 1212; Brocholes, Brochols, 1290.
Locally pronounced Brockus.

This township consists of two distinct parts con-
nected by a narrow strip of ground beside the Ribble.
A small part was included in the borough of Preston
in 1880 and in the township of Preston in I894-1
Grimsargh, the northern half, has an area of 1,184
acres, stretching from the Ribble to Savock Brook.
It is divided from Elston on the east by a wooded
clough. In the southern corner the land rises
steeply from the river, and here is Red Scar, a mansion
commanding fine views over the valley. The surface
of Grimsargh is comparatively level, but mostly above
200 ft. over sea level.

The principal road is that from Preston to Long-
ridge, going north and then east. The railway
between those towns crosses this part of the town-
ship in a north-easterly direction, and has a station
named Grimsargh, from which a branch line runs
north-west to the asylum at Whittingham.

There are reservoirs of the Preston Waterworks in
the north of the township. Near Red Scar there
was formerly a well reputed to be medicinal ; * it
went by the name of Boilton Spa, and it is said that
its water cured consumption. This well was in the

form of a double trough, 2 yds. long and i ft. broad,
and was approached by about half a dozen descending
steps. The water came out of the breast of Boilton
Wood, and in front of the drain or pipe by which it
entered the well there was a piece of carved work in the
shape of a human head, through the mouth of which
the water ran into the receiving trough. . . The
well was done away with and the water drained off,
about thirty years ago [i.e. about 1850], by the late
Colonel Cross.' a

Brockholes lies in a bend of the Ribble, its
boundary on the east and south, being closed in by
Ribbleton on the other sides. The greater part of
it is low-lying level ground, but on the border of
Ribbleton the surface rapidly rises for nearly 100 ft.
Lower Brockholes and Higher Brockholes are in the
south-west and north-east respectively. Near the
former house the Preston and Blackburn road crosses
the Ribble by a bridge, first erected in 1824, and
then in stone in 1 86 1. It was known as the Half-
penny Bridge, from the toll formerly charged. There
are very few houses in this part of the township,
which has an area of 753^ acres.

The area of the original township is 1,937^ acres,3
and in 1901 there was a population of 453 for the
present reduced township.4

The soil is clay and alluvial, with subsoil various.
The land is chiefly in pasture.

The township is governed by a parish council.

A wayside cross, known as Three Mile Cross,
formerly stood in Grimsargh.5 The line of a Roman
road, called Watling Street, has been traced in
Grimsargh and Elston.

In 1066 GRIMSARGH, then assessed
MANORS as two plough-lands, was a member of
Earl Tostig's Preston lordship.6 Some
time after the Conquest the manor was divided ;
Grimsargh, as half a plough-land, was held in
thegnage ; Brockholes, also half a plough-land, was
given to the baron of Manchester ; and Elston,
the remaining plough-land, to the baron of Pen-
wortham.

Roger son of Augustin de Heaton of Heaton in
Lonsdale had a confirmation of his half plough-land
in Grimsargh in 1 1 89 from John Count of Mortain ;
Roger had obtained the manor from Roger son of
Orm (son of Magnus),7 who held Hutton near Pen-
wortham and Medlar near Kirkham.8 Roger, de
Heaton demised it to Gilbert de Grimsargh.9 His
son Roger de Heaton held it in 1262, the tenant
then being William de Grimsargh, who paid the 3^.

messuage, &c., in Ribbleton of the queen
in socage, and leaving, a son Richard over
fifty years old ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet.
Soc.), ii, 162. This son died four years
afterwards, his son and heir John being
twenty-two ; ibid, ii, 163. John Ridley
died in 1637 holding the same estate ;
his son and heir Richard was twenty-
four years old ; ibid, ii, 165. He was
perhaps the in-burgess of Preston appear-
ing in 1662 and 1682 5 Preston Guild R.

135, 174.

Sir Thomas Walmsley of Dunken-
halgh had land in Ribbleton in 1612 ;
Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches.), i, 250.

38 Gillow, EM. Diet. ofEngl. Cath. i,
291, giving notices of two Benedictines,
members of the family.

89 John Gregson, Richard Bolton (also

at Catterall), John Ridley, Adam Helme,
Thomas Kellet, Richard Kendal, Edward
Parkinson ; Estcourt and Payne, Engl.
Cath. Non-jurors, 91, 138-40.

40 It is named among the Hospitallers'
lands in 1292 ; Plac. de Quo Warr. (Rec.
Com.), 375.

41 Kuerden MSS. ii, fol. 132 ; Duchy
of Lane. Inq. p.m. xxvi, no. 4.

Another part of the Hospitallers' land
was held in 1603 by Thomas Barton of
Barton by 6d. rent ; Lanes. Inq. p.m.
(Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 10.

42 The depositions are printed in Fish-
wick, Preston, 345-6.

43 Stat. 24 & 25 Viet., cap. i. In
the award a parcel of 5^ acres was granted
to the overseers as a recreation ground ;
End. Char. Rep. (Preston 1905), 102.

44 Land. Gaz. 23 Aug. 1883.

108

1 Loc. Govt. Bd. Order 31607. About
192 acres were transferred to Preston.

2 Hewitson, Preston, 388. Boilton is
on the north-west boundary of Brock-
holes, adjoining Ribbleton.

3 1,748, including 53 acres of inland
water; Census Rep. 1901.

4 In addition the part included in
Preston contained 108 persons.

5 Lanes, and Ches. Antiq. Soc. xx, 173.

6 V.C.H. Lanes, i, 288^.

7 Farrer, Lanes. Pipe R. 437. 8 Ibid. 409.
9 So stated in the charter of his grand-
son William de Heaton cited below.

In 1212 Grimsargh is not separately
named among the Heaton lands ; Lanes.
Inq. and Extents (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches.), i, 48. Roger had died in 1204,
leaving a son of the same name, who was
under age.

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thegnage rent due from Roger to the king.10 William
the son and heir of Roger afterwards confirmed the
title of William de Grimsargh,
the rent being unchanged.11
The Earl of Lancaster re-
ceived 3/. from Grimsargh in
1297."

About this time the Hogh-
tons of Hoghton appear to
have acquired lands in the
township,13 and eventually
purchased the lordship from
the Grimsargh family.14 In
1 324 the mesne lord, William
de Heaton, was said to hold
it by the old rent of 3/.,15

but in 1 346 the immediate tenant only was re-
cognized, viz. Adam de Hoghton.16 The manor
descended in this family without noteworthy in-
cident17 until 1772, when it was sold by Sir Henry
Hoghton and Frances his wife to William Shawe
the younger,18 from whom it seems to have passed to
the Cross family, seated at Red Scar in this town-

HOGHTON of Hogh-
ton. Sable three hart
argent.

PRESTON

ship.'9 Mr. William Cross is the present lord of
the manor,20 but lives in Surrey, Red Scar being let.

RED SC.4R 20a stands in a commanding situation
facing south-east above a bend of the River Ribble
on its north bank about three miles north-east of
Preston, and is a picturesque two story gabled building
of timber and plaster, partly dating probably from
Elizabethan times, but so much restored and added
to that few of its original architectural features remain.
It was enlarged and altered in 1798 and again in
1840 when the library was added. The exterior
timber and plaster work is almost wholly imitative
and modern, but a thatched one-story wing at the
north-east end, now used as a dining-room, preserves
to some extent an interesting ancient feature. The
interior contains some oak furniture and carvings
formerly in the old church at Grimsargh.

BROCKHOLES, as already stated, was a member
of the fee of Manchester. It was granted to the
Lathom family,21 and of them held by a tenant
assuming the local surname. The first of them known
by name was one Award de Brockholes,*2 whose son
Roger appears in pleadings of 1246 and otherwise.23

10 Ibid. 231 ; thus Roger had nothing
from Grimsargh except relief and ward-
ship. Roger's heir was his son William.

11 Kuerden MSS. v, fol. 113.

12 Lanes, Inq. and Extents, i, 289.
The tenant is not named.

18 In 1292 Adam de Hoghton held a
messuage and 12 acres in Grimsargh, as
heir of his father, who had purchased
from Richard son of John de Flitchcrofthaw.
The plaintiff, Richard son of Robert son of
John de Goosnargh, said that these Johns
were the same person, but he was non-
suited ; Assize R. 408, m. 22.

At the same time William son of
Robert de Elston claimed the sixth part
of a water-mill in Grimsargh against
Richard de Hoghton and Alexander de
Hyde. The plaintiff, who recovered,
stated that his father had purchased the
mill from Thomas de Grimshagh
(? Grimsargh), but Agnes widow of
Thomas had a third part in dower, which
she had granted to plaintiff till he had
received the cost of repairing the mill ;
ibid. m. 3 d. Again, Roger de Eccleston
(? Elston) complained that Thomas de
Grimsargh and Richard de Hoghton had
obstructed his right of way ; ibid. m.
32 d.

14 The time of purchase does not
appear, but in 1301 Richard de Hoghton
seems to have had a fair estate in
Grimsargh ; Final Cone. (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and dies.), i, 192. Richard son
of Sir Adam de Hoghton granted 9 acres
in Grimsargh to Henry de Eccleshill ;
Dods. MSS. Ixx, fol. 1 6o/>.

In 1325-6 William son of Roger de
Caton granted William de Heaton and
Anilla his wife the service of Sir Richard
de Hoghton for lands in Grimsargh ;

?uoted in Memo. R. (L.T.R.) 128, m. xv
37 Edw. III).

An agreement as to arbitration on
various matters in dispute was made in
1334 between William de Grimsargh and
Sir Richard de Hoghton, two neighbours
and a man of the law being chosen by-
each to view and decide ; Add. MS
32106, no. 318.

The transfer of the manor does not
seem to have been complete until 1362,
when William de Grimsargh granted to
Sir Adam de Hoghton all his messuages,

lands, rents, services, &c., in the vill of
Grimsargh ; ibid. no. 520.

Of the Grimsargh family little is
known. A William de Grimsargh
appears between 1242 and 1262, followed
by a John de Grimsargh in 1293 ; Lanes.
Inq. and Extents, i, 151, 231, 280.
Gilbert son of Thomas de Grimsargh in
1292 claimed common of pasture against
John de Grimsargh and William de
Brockholes, but was non-suited 5 Assize
R. 4'.8, m. 58. To charters of 1284 John
de Grimsargh and Gilbert his brother
were witnesses ; Kuerden fol. MS. fol.
74, 50 (B 5). John de Grimsargh
attested a deed in 1312-13 ; ibid. fol. 74.
William de Grimsargh contributed to the
subsidy in 1332; Exch. Lay Subs. (Rec.
Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), 58.

15 Dods. MSS. cxxxi, fol. 39.

16 Survey of 1 346 (Chet. Soc.), 59.
This shows that the deed of 1362 above
cited was only the completion of. a sale
that had taken place long before.

17 The manor of Grimsargh, as held
by the service of 31., occurs among
Hoghton properties in inquisitions, fines,
&c., but the family do not seem to have
resided there. See Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet.
Soc.), i, 145 (1422) ; Duchy of Lane.
Knights' Fees, bdle. 2, no. 20 (1446) ; Pal.
of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 89, no. 141
(1616), &c.

Grimsargh was held by Elizabeth
Kighley at her death in 1524 by 31. rent,
the reversion being to Sir Richard
Hoghton ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. v,
no. 6 1.

18 ial. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 387,
m. 114.

19 It is stated that the manor was sold
by Sir Henry Philip Hoghton (d. 1835)
to William Cross of Red Scar (Fishwick,
Preston, 93), in which case the apparent
sale to Shawe must have been a mortgage
only.

ao For pedigree see Burke, Landed
Gentry. This gives John Cross, d. 1799
-s. William (of Red Scar), d. 1827-8.
William Assheton, d. 1863 — ». William,
b. 1850.

20a There is an illustration in Twycross,
Lanes. Mansions, ii, 48.

21 In 12 12 Richard son of Robert (de
Lathom) held half a plough-land in

IOQ

Brockholes, part of the Grelley fee, by
the thirteenth part of a knight's fee ;
Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 54.

The dependence upon Manchester,
though merely nominal, continued to be
recorded down to the I7th century.
In 1322 Robert de Lathom held the
thirteenth part of a fee in Brockholes by
John de Brockholes ; Mamecestre (Chet.
Soc.), ii, 379. For sake fee %d. was
paid, also gd. for castle ward, and puture
of the Serjeants was due ; ibid, ii, 288.
In 1473 the wife of Nicholas Singleton
held the lordship of Brockholes by the
Ribble by the same tenure ; ibid, iii,
480.

33 Award de Brockholes attested a
charter by Henry de Lea ; Add. MS.
32106, no. 69.

In the account of Samlesbury has been
mentioned an Edward son of Edward son
of Orm de Brockholes ; the first Edward
(living 1227) may be identical with the
Award of the text.

One Ellis de Brockholes appears in
Yorkshire in 1284; Ca/. Close, 1279-88,
p. 271. There may have been other
placesof the name; Gen.(nev? ser.),xi, 196.

*3 In 1246 Roger de Brockholes re-
covered common of pasture in 4 acres in
Brockholes against Maud de Ribbleton,
Robert and William her sons and Richard
de Ellesley ; Assize R. 404, m. 4. The
first of these defendants was perhaps the
Maud daughter of Henry who unsuccess-
fully claimed 20 acres at the same time
against Roger de Brockholes, Richard d«
Lathom and others; ibid. m. 13. Roger
and his wife Christiana acquired land in
Byrewath in Garstang ; Add. MS. 32106,
no. 1105.

In Dec. 1253 an agreement was made
between Roger de Brockholes and Huard
de Bradshaw as to certain quarrels respect-
ing land in Bradshaw given in free
marriage with Huard's sister Mabel ;
Harl. MS. 2112, fol. 65/107. It appears
that Mabel had married Roger, for
William son of Roger de Brockholes
released his claim (derived from Mabel
his mother) to 4 acres in Bradshaw to
Robert son of Henry son of Huctreil de
Bradshaw ; Kuerden fol. MS. fol. 50 B.

Roger had also a son Richard, who
gave William his brother land in Brock-

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Roger's son Adam de Brockholes21 died in 1290
holding the manor of Brockholes of Sir Robert de
Lathom by the eighth part of a knight's fee ; also
land in Byrewath in Garstang and in Paythorne in

Gisburn.25 His son Roger succeeded, but was still
under age in I292.'26 He married Nichola daughter
and heir of Isolda de Rigmaiden,27 and was succeeded
in or before 1311 by their son John.28 He was

RSD SCAR : THE DINING-ROOM

holes and Old Brockholes ; ibid. William
son of William de Brockholes in 1284
gave his uncle Richard (son of Roger) his
right in an oxgang of land in Ribbleton
called Hysokecroft ; ibid. Another
version of the charter places Hysokecroft
in Brockholes ; Add. MS. 32108, fol.
288. In 1341 William son of William
son of Roger de Brockholes claimed 9
acres in Grimsargh against Richard son
of William son of Roger de Brockholes ;
De Banco R. 328, m. 524 d.

21 In 1280 Adam de Brockholes, as
grandson and heir of Award de Brock-
holes, claimed a messuage and half an
oxgang of land in Brockholes against
Robert Noel, Agnes his wife, and Cecily
(under age) the sister of Agnes, who held
two-thirds, and Henry de Walton and
Agnes his wife, who had one-third ; De
Banco R. 36, m. 70. The claim was
still being prosecuted in 1287 against
Robert son of Adam Nowell of Mearley,
Agnes and Cecily, it being alleged that
Award de Brockholes had demised the
land for a term (then expired) to Uctred
de Brockholes ; ibid. 69, m. 75 d.
About 1284 an exchange seems to have
been made, Robert Nowell and the sisters
taking land in Paythorne ; Kuerden fol.
MS. fol. 273. Robert Nowell and Agnes
his wife claimed common of pasture in
Brockholes in 1288 against Adam de
Brockholes and William his brother ;

Assize R. 1277, m. 31. It may be
added that an Alice daughter ot Roger
son of Uctred de Brockholes released
(c. 1285) to her sister Agnes all her
inheritance in Brockholes; Kuerden MSS.
v, fol. 1 1 8£. Roger son of Agnes de
Brockholes in 1314-15 gave land in the
township to Thomas son of Roger Hyde;
Towneley MS. HH, no. 1875.

Henry son of Robert de Ribbleton
released to Adam son of Roger de Brock-
holes half an oxgang of land in Brockholes
held of Adam ; Add. MS. 32107, no. 996.
The same Adam and Henry made an
exchange of land called Elondes, the
bounds naming the brook which formed
the division between Brockholes and
Ribbleton ; Towneley MS. HH, no. 1877.
Adam gave his brother William a part of
the waste of Brockholes, within certain
bounds ; a field called the Hyles is
named ; ibid. no. 1888.

25 Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 274. Henry
de Haydock and William le Blund were
the executors of the will of Adam de
Brockholes in 1292 ; Assize R. 408,
m. 100. In the same year John de
Rigmaiden claimed a debt — but was
non-suited — against the executors of
Cecily widow of Adam de Brockholes ;
ibid. m. 54 d.

36 Maud widow of William de Clifton
claimed a messuage and half an oxgang of
land in Brockholes against Roger son of

110

Adam de Brockholes, but the trial was
adjourned till Roger should be of age ;
Assize R. 408, m. 5 d.

William de Clifton and Maud his wife
gave all their land in Brockholes with a
messuage there to Robert their son, and
this Robert made an exchange with Adam
de Brockholes about 1284 ; Kuerden fol.
MS. fol. 75, 74.

27 About 1290 Adam son of Richard
de Disteshaw granted all his land in
Brockholes to John de Rigmaiden and
Isolda his wife ; Towneley MS. HH, no.
1867. In 1308-9 Isolda de Rigmaiden
released to Nichola de Brockholes, her
daughter and heir, all right in the same ;
ibid. no. 1868.

In continuation of the last note it may
be added that in 1310-11 Maud widow
of Robert son of William de Clifton
released her dower land to Nichola widow
of Roger de Brockholes, and that Roger
son of Robert de Clifton soon afterwards
granted all his lands in Brockholes to the
same Nichola ; Kuerden fol. MS. fol.

74-5-

28 The last note shows that Nichola
was a widow in 1310-11. In 1316-17
John son of Roger dc Brockholes released
to Nichola his mother a third part of the
manor of Brockholes, &c., as dower ; Kuer-
den MSS. v, fol. 1 1 %b. Nichola afterwards
gave to her son John the rent from the
third part of the manor ; HH, no. 1869.

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PRESTON

followed at Brockholes about ten years later by his
brother Adam "9 ; by what title is not quite clear,
but probably by a. family partition, John's descendants
having the manor of Claughton in Garstang.

Adam de Brockholes, who was living in 1341, had
several children, including Nicholas his heir30 and
Roger.31 Nicholas had at least two sons,32 but the
manor appears to have descended to two daughters
or granddaughters : Margaret, who married Roger

Elston, and another who married — Singleton.33
A partition was afterwards agreed upon, by which
the former had Old or Higher Brockholes and the
latter New or Lower Brockholes.34

The Elston moiety descended regularly 35 to Robert
Elston, who died in 1662.™ After some changes it
was purchased in 1694 by Thomas Winckley of
Preston,37 and descended to Frances Lady Shelley,38
after whose death in 1873 it was sold to Edward

John was still in possession in 1322;
Mamecestre, ii, 379.

A dispute in 1323 between William de
Ribbleton and Roger son of Richard de
Ribbleton concerning 12 acres, &c., in
Brockholes shows that the father had
held of Nichola de Brockholes by knight's
service. John and Adam de Brockholes
and Richard Deuyas and Isolda his wife,
formerly wife of William (?) de Ribbleton,
are named ; Assize R. 425, m. i, 5.
John de Brockholes appeared for Nichola
and the others.

29 Nichola widow of Roger de Brock-
holes in 1319 procured a messuage and
land to be settled on her with remainder
to Adam son of Roger de Brockholes and
Margaret his wife ; Final Cone, ii, 35.
Roger son of Agnes de Brockholes,
already named, in 1324-5 made a release
to Adam de Brockholes ; HH, no. 1890.
In 1329 Adam son of Roger de Brock-
holes made a feoffment of a third part of
the manor, &c. ; ibid. no. 1874.

30 In 1339 Robert du Marreys, clerk,
regranted to Adam son of Roger de
Brockholes and Margaret his wife two-
thirds of the manor of Brockholes, with
the homage and service of the free tenant
William de Brockholes ; with successive
remainders to Nicholas, Adam, John,
Robert and Henry, sons of Adam, and
then to the right heirs of William de
Brockholes ; Kuerden fol. MS. fol. 259.
An Adam de Brockholes son of William
was l:ving in 1349 ; Add. MS. 32108,
fol. 289.

In 1341 Roger son of Roger de Elston
exchanged certain land in Brockholes with
Adam son of Roger de Brockholes and
Margaret his wife ; the remainders were
to Adam's sons Nicholas and John ; HH,
no. 1894.

81 In 1349 Roger son of Adam de
Erockholes released to his brother
Nicholas all right in the manor of
Brockholes ; ibid. no. 1906.

Roger de Singleton of Singleton and
Alice his wife in 1348 granted to
Nicholas de Brockholes all the lands in
Brockholes which had belonged to Adam
de Singleton ; J. Harland's note.

82 The preceding note shows that
Nicholas was in possession in 1 349. In
1355 he granted leave to get turves in
Brockholes; Add. MS. 32108, fol. 289.
In 1358 he received from John de
Preston a release of all the right in
Brockholes which John had had from
Edmund de Brockholes ; Kuerden MSS.
v, fol. n8A. Three years later he made
a feoffment of the manor ; HH, no.
1884. Another feoffment was made in
1396-7 ; Kuerden MSS. iii, B 14. The
seal shews a cheveron between three
brocks (?). Nichola* de Brockholes and
Margaret his wife occur in 1402 ; HH,
no. 1880.

Roger son of Nicholas de Brockholes
in 1377-8 quitclaimed to Nicholas his
father and Margaret his wife all right in
Brockholes; ibid. no. 1558. Thomas

de Bredkirk was in 1387 pardoned for
the death of Geoffrey son of Nicholas de
Brockholes, killed at Preston in 1385 ;
Cal. Pat. 1385-9, p. 284.

In 1378 William del Pole and Margery
his wife had some interest in the Brock-
holes estate ; Final Cone, iii, 5.

88 The deeds preserved (those of Elston
of Brockholes) are not clear on this point.
In 1419 (or perhaps 7 Hen. IV) a moiety
of the manor of Brockholes, held for life
by Margaret widow of Nicholas, was
settled on Roger Elston and Margaret
his wife, the heir of Nicholas, with
remainder to their son John, contracted
to marry Agnes daughter of John
Fleetwood ; Add. MS. 32107, no. 548.

John Elston had a son William, who
as early as 1428-9 was contracted to
marry Ellen daughter of Thomas
Haighton ; Add. MS. 32108, fol. 289*.

According to the pedigree the other
heiress married Thomas Singleton ;
Fishwick, Preston, 288.

34 John Elston was bound in 1437-8
to Nicholas Singleton for the performance
of an agreement as to lands in Brock-
holes ; Kuerden fol. MS. foL 115.
From notes by Kuerden (MSS. vi, fol.
74) it seems that a division was made in
1453-4 and an award relating to it in
1478. In 1458-9 William son of John
Elston granted a lease of Old Brockholes ;
ibid.

Another note of agreement between
Nicholas Singleton and Roger Elston
states that the latter was to have Old
Brockholes for life; Add. MS. 32107,
no. 2987. Again in 1445-6 Roger
Elston, whose son John had granted
Nicholas Singleton the reversion of a
moiety of the manor of Brockholes,
released his own life interest in the
same ; HH, no. 1901. The moiety of
the manor was the subject of a settlement
in 1453-4, when the elder John, son
and heir-apparent of William Elston, was
contracted to marry Agnes daughter of
Nicholas Singleton of Brockholes ; Add.
MS. 32108, fol. 289*. The parties
being near akin a dispensation was
obtained ; Kuerden MSS. vi, fol. 74..
William Elston had a younger son also
named John.

Robert son and heir-apparent of John
Elston, senior, was in 1483-4 married to
Anne daughter of John Singleton of
Withgill; Add. MS. 32108, fol. 28o/>.
In 1515 John Elston agreed with
Margaret daughter of Robert Waddington
as to her marriage with his cousin and
heir Ralph Elston (apparently son of
Robert); ibid. Again in 1553-4
William Elston, who had married
Katherine daughter of Evan Browne,
was to have Brockholes ; ibid. It
appears that he was the younger son of
Ralph Elston ; Richard the elder son
had died.

Ralph Elston and Richard his son
were out-burgesses of the guild of I 542 ;
Preston Guild R. 19. In the same year

III

two messuages, &c., were settled on
Ralph Elston and Richard his son and
heir-apparent ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F.
bdle. 12, m. 81. Ralph Elston occurs as
vendor (or trustee) in 1553 ; ibid. bdle.
14, m. 48.

In 1538-9 Roger Asshaw and Jane
his wife claimed a 'form or kneeling
place ' in Preston Church in right of his
manor of Elston, but Ralph Elston of
Old Brockholes asserted his right to it.
The churchwardens, seeing that ' man-
slaughter, sedition, and great unquietness
were like to have ensued,' took away
the form till a legal decision could be
given ; T. C. Smith, Preston Church,
250-1.

85 Ralph Elston, named above, died
4 Nov. 155^ holding a capital messuage
and lands in Brockholes of the executors
of the will of Lord La Warre in socage
by a rent of 4^. yearly. The kinsman
and heir was Richard Elston, aged five
years ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. x, no.
3. The following field-names, &c., are
given : Grey Bank, Margaret Acre, Boat-
field, Holme, Eases, Oldhouse, Brew-
house, &c.

Richard Elston, a minor, made com-
plaint in 1571 as to invasion of his
grandfather's lands by John Shireburne
and Katherine his wife ; Duchy of Lane.
Plead. Eliz. Ixxxii, E I.

From the Preston Guild R. (p. 27) it
would seem that Richard was the son
and heir of Richard (? William) Elston,
deceased. A settlement of Richard
Elston's estate in Brockholes or Over
Brockholes was made in 1574 ; Pal. of
Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 36, m. 73. He
died in 1592 holding the same estate of
John Lacy (as- of his manor of Man-
chester) by the twenty-sixth part of a
knight's fee and a rent of j\.d. ; Duchy of
Lane. Inq. p.m. xv, no. 14. The service
was that due for a moiety of Brockholes.

William the son and heir was thirteen
years of age. He died in 1636 holding
his Brockholes estate of Edward Mosley
of Manchester by the fourth part of a
knight's fee and \d. rent ; Robert his son
and heir was twenty-eight years of age ;
ibid, xxix, no. i. William Elston, a
scholar and a Puritan, was the author of
a history of his family (Harl. MS. 1727,
fol. 336), under the title of Mundana
Mutabilia : Ethelestophylax. Extracts
from it were printed in the Preston
Guardian of 1 88 1, Feb. 5, 19, &c.

86 Robert Elston's son William died in
1664 without issue, and Robert's six
daughters in the same year sold the estate
to Paul Moreau of Knowsley, who settled
at Brockholes.

37 The vendor was Paul Moreau,
grandson of the purchaser in 1664. Paul
Moreau, James his son and Paul his
grandson, &c., were out-burgesses of the
guild of 1682 ; Preston Guild R. 191.

38 For pedigree see Fishwick, op. cit.
276. Thomas Winckley was son of
John Winckley, curate of Garstang

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Petre in 1^75 ; from him it has come to his son, the
present owner, Mr. Oswald Henry Philip Turville-
Petre, of Husbands Bosworth.39

HIGHER BROCKHOLES, now a farm-house,
stands on low ground near the Kibble below Red
Scar, the river here flowing in a south-easterly direc-
tion on the east side of the house, the front of which
faces south. It is a long, low, two-storied stuccoed
building very much modernized, but retaining for
the most part its grey slated roof and some portions
of its original timber framing.40 The house, how-
ever, is architecturally uninteresting except for a
portion at the east end now disused, which is a good
example of ijth-century black and white work on a
low stone base, with overhanging upper floor and
gable. The work is simple in detail, consisting
mostly of the structural framework filled in with
straight and diagonal pieces and quatrefoils. A
carved oak panel bears the date 1643 and the initials
R E A, probably those of Robert Elston and Ann his
wife. The interior has been almost entirely moder-
nized, but contains old oak stairs and thick oak
doors.41

The Singleton moiety 43 descended to William Sin-
gleton, who died in 1556 without legitimate issue.43
A pedigree was recorded in i6i3.44 The estate was
in i 564 sold to Sir John Southworth of Samlesbury,45

and afterwards changed hands, being at last in 1696
acquired by the above-named Thomas Winckley.46
The two moieties thus reunited have so continued to
the present time.

LOWER BROCKHOLES, now a farm-house,
stands in a low situation close to the bend of the
Ribble near Brockholes Bridge, facing east towards
Samlesbury.47 It is a small two-story bu'lding of
no particular interest architecturally, having been very
much modernized and the exterior covered with rough-
cast. The windows are all modern, but the roof
retains its grey stone slates, and the north wing, which
has a separate gabled roof at right angles to that of
the rest of the house, preserves its old half-timber
construction above the ground floor, though much of
the timber has been renewed. There is a wide open
gabled porch of two stories projecting 9 ft. 6 in. and
measuring 8 ft. square inside, over the archway of
which is a stone dated 1634 with the initials and
arms of Francis Bindloss, the arms with helm, crest
and mantling, and a crescent for difference. The
interior is structurally uninteresting, but a small oak
staircase of good design with turned Jacobean balusters
still remains, and in one of the bedrooms is some oak
panelling forming a dado, on which is the inscrip-
tion, ' Quamlibet expectes horam tibi ducere mortem,
disce mori mundo Christoque resurgere spera, 1630.'

(1637) and of Broughton (1661); he
was registrar of the duchy Chancery
office. He died in 1710 and was
succeeded by his son John, who died in
I7^>7f John's son Thomas left an only
daughter Frances, who married Sir John
Shelley, sixth baronet (d. 1852).

39 Mr. E. H. Petre died in 1902.

40 The timber construction shows
externally at the back.

41 Fishwick, op. cit. 298.

43 Nicholas Singleton, possessor in
the time of Henry VI, has been men-
tioned. There was an arbitration in
1474 between Alice widow of Nicholas
Singleton and the sons — James (the
heir), John, Lawrence and Roger ; HH,
no. 1918. John Singleton of Brockholes
in 1485 granted all his lands to Sir
Alexander Hoghton, apparently as
trustee; ibid. no. 1902. In 1495—6
Robert Singleton, another son of Nicholas,
released all his claim to his brother John ;
no. 189$.

In 1487-8 James Singleton and
Thomas his son became bound to
Richard Singleton of Broughton, en-
gaging to make no alienation of the
inheritance of Nicholas, father of James,
so that it might descend to Richard the
son of James, except as to lands of 20
marks yearly, the dower of Agnes wife of
James and daughter of Richard Hoghton
of the Lawnd in Bowland. Richard was
to occupy the Bank in Broughton ;
Kuerden fol. MS. fol. 389.

Richard Singleton died in 1499, having
been married or betrothed as early as
1458, while his grandfather Nicholas was
living, to Elizabeth his wife, who survived
him. He held the moiety of the manor
of Brockholes of Sir Thomas West Lord
La Warre in socage and other lands in
Bolton-le-Sands, &c. Thomas his son
and heir was twenty-seven years of age ;
Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. iii, no. 52.
Thomas Singleton about two years later
made a feoffment of messuages and lands
in Brockholes called Rishmelfield, Gam-

ridding, a water-mill and a fishing, to
fulfil the marriage covenants of his sons
Robert and Henry with Anne and Aline,
daughters of John Singleton of Shingle
Hall ; Kuerden fol. MS. fol. 381.

Robert Singleton died in 1525, his wife
Anne having died before him, leaving a
son and heir William, only about two
years old. He held one moiety of the
manor of Brockholes and various lands,
&c., in the other moiety of Lord La
Warre, as of his manor of Manchester,
by knight's service. He also held a
burgage and land in Preston of the heir
of Adam Brockholes by the rent of three
grains of pepper, and other tenements in
Broughton, Barton, Ribchester, Whitting-
ham, Bolton-le-Sands, &c. ; Duchy of
Lane. Inq. p.m. vi, no. 64.

43 Ibid, x, no. I, in which his will is
recited as well as various family settle-
ments. To Mary his wife he allowed his
dwelling-house, a close called Gamridding,
with mill and fishing ; to Robert his
bastard son he gave certain closes and
his interest in the tithe of Brockholes.
Brockholes was held of Lord La Warre
by the seventeenth part of a knight's
fee and the rent of 4^. The heir was
his uncle Henry Singleton, chaplain,
aged fifty-five. From later depositions it
appears that Henry had been a friar.
For Robert Brockholes see Exch. Dep.
(Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), 2.

44 Visit. (Chet. Soc.), Si.

45 An indenture concerning the manor
is enrolled in the Common Pleas, Mich.
3 & 4 Phil, and Mary. An account of
the disputes which followed William
Singleton's death will be found, with
copies of depositions, in Fishwick's
Preston, 94-6, 289-93. It appears that
the above Henry Singleton and his
nephew William son of Thomas Single-
ton of Bank Hall in Broughton sold the
estate to John Singleton of Ripley, who
in 1565 sold to Sir John Southworth.
John son of Henry Singleton in 1557
gave his life interest in the Eyes in

112

Brockholes to John Singleton of Ripley ;
Kuerden fol. MS. fol. 389, no. 399.
Fines relating to the settlements at the
same time are Pal. of Lane. Feet of F.
bdles. 17, m. 33, 80 ; 27, m. 171.

After the death of Sir John Southworth
in 1595 his estate in Brockholes, not
called a manor, was said to have been
held of the lord of Manchester by the
three-hundredth part of a knight's fee
and the rent of 4</. A free fishery in
the Ribble was included ; Duchy of Lane.
Inq. p.m. xvii, no. 3.

By Thomas Southworth (son of Sir
John) Brockholes was mortgaged and
then (1620) sold to Edmund Breres of
Preston, and sold again the next year
to Sir Robert Bindloss of Berwick Hall.
It descended to a grandson Francis and
then to his sister Dorothy wife of Sir
Charles Wheler, who in 1668 sold to
Paul Moreau, owner of Higher Brock-
holes, and John Walshman of Preston,
who divided the estate ; Preston Chron.,
May 1862. Fishwick (op. cit. 96) states
that Lower Brockholes was in 1682
the property of Hugh (John) Walshman,
who died in 1694.

48 The Walshman share was sold to
Winckley in 1696 and the Moreau share
in 1698. A full abstract of the title is in
Piccope MSS. (Chet. Lib.), iii, 292-310.

47 Lower Brockholes was formerly
reached from Preston by a roadway
known as Brockall Lane, which now
forms part of the high road from Preston
to Blackburn made in 1824. There was
a direct way between the two towns
previous to that date, but it was a mere
lane, and there was either no bridge or
a very primitive one across the river at
Lower Brockholes. When the road and
bridge were projected the landowners and
farmers petitioned Parliament to refuse
authority for its construction, their con-
tention being that if the new road were
made it would give Samlesbury farmers
the means of competing with them at
Preston ; Preston Guardian, 28 Dec. 1907.

GRIMSARGH AND BROCKHOLES : HIGHER BROCKHOLES

GRIMSARGH AND BROCKHOLES : LOWER BROCKHOLES

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

Apart from the lords of the manor there are few
records of estates in the combined township,48 and in
most cases the owners of them did not reside there.
A branch of the Hoghton family, however, was in the
1 7th century resident in Grimsargh, and in 1653
William Hoghton, a ' delinquent,' whose estate had
been ordered for sale by the Parliament, desired to
compound, but was too late.49 William Elston and
William Hoghton in 1631 paid £10 each, having
refused knighthood.50 Several estates of Grimsargh
' Papists ' were registered in 1 7 1 j.61

In connexion with the Church of England a chapel
was erected at Grimsargh about 1716 by the efforts
of Samuel Peploe, vicar of Preston.52 It was dedi-
cated to St. Michael. It was entirely rebuilt in
1868-9 by the Rev. John Cross, brother of the lord
of the manor.53 It had a separate parish assigned to
it in i875.84 The vicars are presented by the vicar
of Preston.

A Congregational mission was begun in 1903.

St. John's College, Grimsargh, is a private adven-
ture school for boys.85

ELSTON

Etheliston, 1212; Echelyston, 1284; Echilston,
1285 ; Ethelston, 1297 ; Etheleston, 1301 ; Elston,
Elleston xv cent.

This township has an area of 961^- acres,1 and in
1901 there was a population of 59. The Ribble
forms a large part of the boundary, and in a bend of
it there is some low-lying level ground, but the sur-
face in general is elevated, rising quickly till over
200 ft. above sea level is attained. There are woods

PRESTON

overlooking the river at the eastern end, and the
western boundary is formed by a small wooded clough.

The principal road runs south from the Preston and
Longridge road, through the middle of the township,
till it reaches the level tract mentioned ; here is the
hamlet of Elston.

The land is chiefly in pasture. The soil is clay,
loam and alluvial, with subsoil various.

The pipe line of the Manchester water supply from
Thirlmere passes through the township, and thence
through the Ribble into Samlesbury.

The Tnanor of ELSTON, assessed as
M4NOR one plough-land, appears to have been sepa-
rated from Grimsargh after the Conquest
and given to the lord of Penwortham. Warine
Bussel gave it with Heaton in Lonsdale to Hamon Ic
Boteler in free marriage,2 and
Hamon appears to have given
it to the Knights of St. John
of Jerusalem, a gift ratified
by Albert Bussel.3 The
knights gave it to William
son of Hamon, to be held
free of suit to their court of
Amounderness, but paying an
annual rent of 8j. and an
obit of 2 marks.4 This free
rent, representing the lord-
ship of the Hospitallers, was
in 1613 acquired by the
Shireburnes of Stonyhurst.5

The estate of William son of Hamon in Golborne 6
descended to the Hoghton family, but Elston went in

WALMSLEY. Gules
tn a chief ermine two
hurts.

48 Ellis de Knoll and Alice his wife
about 1290 granted Edmund Earl of
Lancaster a piece of land in Grimsargh
lying on the east side of his park of
Hyde ; Great Coucher, i, fol. 62, no. 13.
Matthew de Huyton (? Heaton) and
Maud his wife in 1323-4 claimed land
in Grimsargh against Alice the widow
and Adam the son of Ellis de Knoll ;
Assize R. 425, m. 5 d.

In 1351 Roger de Blackburn acquired
a messuage and land in Grimsargh from
John son of Ralph de Freckleton and
Maud his wife ; Final Cone, ii, 131.

William Pole and Margery his wife in
1378 held two messuages with land and rent
in Grimsargh, Brockholes and Preston ;
ibid, iii, 5. Their tenant Richard de
Smewes was perhaps the Richard who
occurred as defendant in July 1351; Duchy
of Lane. Assize R. I, m. 5.

William Pole was in 1398-9 accused
of felling and carrying away certain trees
belonging to Nicholas de Brockholes ;
Add. MS. 32107, no. 1020. Later
(1454-5) an agreement was made between
John Pole and John son of Roger Elston
as to the bounds of their lands in Brock-
holes ; Kuerden MSS. vi, fol. 74.

John Singleton in 1530 held land in
Grimsargh of Sir Richard Hoghton in
socage ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. vi,
no. 32. In 1541 Gabriel Hesketh pur-
chased from another John Singleton lands
in Claughton and Grimsargh ; Pal. of
Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 12, m. 60. Bar-
tholomew Hesketh of Rufford made a
purchase in 1536-7 ; Pal. of Lane. Plea
R. 162, m. 15. George Hesketh of
Poulton died in 1571 holding land in
Grimsargh of Thomas Hoghton by a
rent of q.d. ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m.

xiii, no. 15. See also Lanes. Inq. p.m.
(Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), iii, 363.

Evan Browne of Ribbleton in 1545
held land in Grimsargh of Richard
Hoghton by a rent of zod. ; Duchy of
Lane. Inq. p.m. vii, no. 24. Thomas
Brockholes in 1567 also held land there
of Thomas Hoghton ; ibid, xi, no. 6.

The Gerards of Brynn had land in
Grimsargh said to be held of the king in
thegnage by a rent of zd. in 1537 ; ibid,
viii, no. 29, 13. William Pemberton in
1575 purchased a messuage and land
there from Sir Thomas Gerard ; Pal.
of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 37, m. 154.
Richard Pemberton died in 1619 holding
of Sir Richard Hoghton by a rent of 6d. ;
Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches.), ii, 224.

Thomas Asshaw in 1564 purchased a
tenement there from the Earl of Derby ;
Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 26, m.
152. This was perhaps the messuage
held in 1627 by Sir John Radcliffe of
Ordsall, the tenure not being stated in
Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xxv, no. 6.

Thomas Shireburne of Heysham held
land in Grimsargh of Hoghton in 1635 ;
Towneley MS. €8,13 (Chet. Lib.), 1083.

49 Royalist Comp. Papers (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), iii, 301 ; Index of
Royalists (Index Soc.), 42. See also Fish-
wick, Preston, 361.

Two husbandmen of Grimsargh,
Thomas and John Cosson, being ' sus-
pected of popery,' were in 1653 summoned
before the committee for compounding.
They did not appear, and the two-thirds
of their estates were sequestered ; Cal.
Com. for Comp. i, 656.

40 Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lane*, and Ches.),

1, 221.

41 Estcourt and Payne, Engl. Cath.
Nonjurors, 95, 136—7. Their names were
Paul Charnley, John Coseney, Robert
Hummer, Richard Fishwick, George
Clarkson, James Rogerson, Gilbert Slater
and Thomas Slater.

52 Gastrcll, Notitia (Chet. Soc.), ii,
470. It was consecrated in 1726.

53 T. C. Smith, Longridge, 210-14 ;
notices of curates in charge and vicars are
given, with a view of the church. See also
Hewitson, Our Country Churches, 85-8.

A ' Capellanus de Brockholes ' attested
an agreement in 1253, but the place-
name may be the surname only ; Harl.
MS. 21 1 2, fol. 65/107.

54 Land. Gaz. 14 May 1875.

55 T. C. Smith, Longridge, 216. The
place was formerly known as The Her-
mitage, the residence of a family named
Chadwick.

1 959 acres, according to the Census
Rep. 1901, including 30 of inland water.

* Lanes. Inq. and Extents (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), i, 30.

3 Ibid. Elston (30 acres) was confirmed
to the Hospitallers by Henry II and
Richard I (1189) ; Cartae Antiquae T 39
and RRi7 (noted by Mr. R. Gladstone,
jun.). It is named among their lands in
1292 ; Plac. de Quo Warr. (Rec. Com.),

4 Lanes. Inq. and Extents, loc. cit. from
Kuerden MSS. v, fol. 82*.

5 Elston is named among Hospitallers'
lands granted in 1611 to George Whit-
more and others ; Pat. 9 Jas. I, pt. xxvii.
It was sold to Richard Shireburne of
Stonyhurst in 1613 ; Kuerden MSS. ii,
fol. 132. It is named in an inquisition ;
Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xxvi, no. 4.

6 Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 74.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

a different way, as the Hoghton holding there appear;
to have been acquired by purchase,7 and was after-
wards said to be held of the Crown in socage by
a rent of i8^.s Several families, possibly younger
branches,9 assumed Elston as a surname, one of them
of long continuance in the neighbouring township of
Brockholes. The immediate lordship seems to have
descended to one John de Elston, living in the
time of Edward III.10 About a century later, in 1 446,
Sir Thomas Harrington and others purchased it from

Isabel and Joan, daughters and heirs of John Shaw.11
On the partition of Sir James Harrington's lands in
1516 Elston fell to the share of his daughter Mar-
garet,12 who married Christopher Hulton, and so it
descended to Asshaw 1S and Radcliffe of Ordsall.14 In
1610-1 1 it was sold to Sir Thomas Walmesley,15 and
after changing hands again was acquired by Thomas
Walmsley,16 in whose family it remained till recently.
The present lord of the manor, it is stated, is
Mr. William Cross of Frensham, Surrey.

7 Alexander son of William de Elston
released to Adam de Hoghton his rights
in waters, mills, fisheries, &c., within the
vill, 2os. being paid, and William son of
Alexander de Elston confirmed to Adam
de Hoghton all his part of the mill, with
mill-stead, &c., for a rent of a pair of
white gloves ; Add. MS. 32106, no. 168,
132.

In 1301 Richard son of William son of
Warine de Elston gave Master Richard de
Hoghton all his right in Elston ; Dods.
MSS. cxlii, fol. 59. In the same year
Elston is named among the Hoghton
estates ; Final Cone. (Rec. Soc. Lanes,
and Ches.), i, 192.

Maud daughter of Paulin de Westacre,
as widow, released to Sir Adam de Hogh-
ton in 1330 all right in her father's lands
in Elston and her right of turbary in
Grimsargh for her life ; Add. MS. 32106,
no. 84, fol. 254. A Henry de Wedacre
was plaintiff respecting land in the town-
ship in 1285 ; Assize R. 1271, m. 12.

8 Sir Richard Hoghton in 1422 was
found to have held a messuage and 40
acres in Elston ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet.
Soc.), i, 146. See also Duchy of Lane.
Inq. p.m. xiv, no. 26, where the rent is
not stated.

9 William de Elston and Roger his
brother were stated in 1346 to hold four
plough-lands in Elston, &c., by knight's
service ; Inq. p.m. 20 Edw. Ill (2nd
nos.), no. 62. To a charter of 1349 the
following were witnesses : John de Elston,
William son of Roger de Elston, William
son of Paulin de Elston and Roger de
Elston; Towneley MS. HH, no. 1906.
John dc Elston of Elston, John de Elston
of Ribbleton and Roger de Elston attested
a charter of the year 1362 ; Piccope MSS.
(Chet. Lib.), iii, 27.

William son of Roger de Elston, Roger
his brother and William son of Paulin de
Elston occur together in 1355 ; Kuerden
fol. MS. fol. 50, B 8.

A deed of about 1280 names Roger son
of William de Elston and Paulin his
brother ; Kuerden MSS. iii, H 2. Henry
de Blackburn and Eve his wife (about
1302) granted their son John their right in
2oJ. rent due from William son of Paulin
de Elston; Add. MS. 32106, no. 309.
Christiana widow of Paulin de Elston and
William her son occur in 1 340 ; Kuerden
MSS. ii, fol. 256*.

The following pleadings show that the
partition between several Elston families
goes back some distance of time. In 1280
James de Elston claimed half a messuage
and oxgang of land against Robert de
Elston and Roger his brother ; William
de Elston was called to warrant ; De
Banco R. 36, m. 69 ; 42, m. 38. In
1284 James de Elston was non-suited in
a claim for land against Robert son of
William de Elston ; Assize R. 1268,
m. 12 d. It seems that James was the son
of a Roger de Elston ; Kuerden fol. MS.
(Chet. Lib.), 906, D 53.

William de Myr of Elston in 1282
sought a messuage and oxgang of land
against Robert de Elston, and the same
against Roger de Elston ; while Robert
son of William de Elston and Roger his
brother sought a small tenement against
John son of Agnes de Elston ; De Banco
R. 47, m. 32, 34 d. Robert de Elston
and Roger his brother attested a charter
c. 1284 ; Kuerden fol. MS. fol. 74.

Again in 1298 Cecily daughter of
Robert de Elston and her sisters Margery,
Elizabeth and Emma claimed goods to the
value of £12 from William son of Ralph,
Alice his wife and Roger de Elston ;
De Banco R. 124, m. 64.

10 The descent seems to be : William
de Elston — s. Robert — s. William -s.
John.

To William de Elston, 'his lord,' the
Alexander son of William son of Arthur
de Elston already mentioned granted land
in Elston; Had. MS. 2042, fol. 171.
He was probably the William called to
warrant in 1280.

Robert son of William de Elston has
been named as defendant in 1284-5. To
his son Richard in 1318 he granted all
his lands in Elston; Add. MS. 32106,
no. 164, fol. 271. The manor, however,
seems to have descended to another son
William, who in 1328 was defendant to
a claim put forward by Roger and Paulin,
sons of William de Elston and Roger son
of Roger ; Assize R. 1400, m. 233.

John de Elston was lord in 1337 ;
Kuerden fol. MS. fol. 150. He (as son
of William) was in that year one defen-
dant to a claim by William son of William
de Elston; Assize R. 1424, m. II. In
1346 Margery daughter of William son
of Richard de Ashley (of Whittingham)
claimed three messuages and a plough-land
in Elston in right of her mother Christiana,
daughter and heir of Nicholas the Clerk,
seised in the time of Edward I. The
defendants were Maud widow of William
de Elston and John the son of William ;
John said that the tenement was only one
messuage and 6 acres of land and that he
held jointly with Maud his wife ; De
Banco R. 342, m. 20 ; 345, m. 21 ; 348,
m. 304. The suit went on for some
years. At Pentecost, 1352, John de
Elston further defended his right by say-
ing that plaintiff's mother had released to
his grandfather Robert all her right in
Elston, but the charter was denied ; Duchy
of Lane. Assize R. 2, m. vij d. In the
end Margery lost her case ; ibid. 6, m. 7 d.

In 1346 John de Elston made a feoff-
ment of his manor of Elston with all its
buildings, homages, services, reliefs, &c. ;
Kuerden fol. MS. fol. in. He made an
exchange of lands in 1358, Roger de
Elston and William son of Paulin de
Elston being witnesses ; Add. MS. 32106,
no. 433.

In 1357 John de Elston purchased 10
acres in Elston from William de Dodhill
and Alice his wife; Final Cone, ii, 154.

114

In 1363 it was found that the tenement
of Joan wife of Gilbert the Tailor in
Elston, taken into the king's hands for
felony, was held of John de Elston the
elder by the rent of 9.1. e,d. ; Inq. p.m. 37
Edw. Ill (tst nos.), no. 23.

In 1369 there were two Johns, but the
John de Elston who attested a Ribbleton
charter granted by John de Elston the
younger was probably the lord of Elston ;
Add. MS. 32107, no. 2975. At the same
time a John son of William de Elston
complained that Alice widow of William
de Elston was causing waste in Elston ;
De Banco R. 433, m. 425 ; see also 447,
m. 189.

In the following year John de Elston
the elder made a settlement of lands in
Elston, Preston and Haighton ; Kuerden
MSS. iv, E 5.

It was perhaps his son who as Roger
son of John de Elston obtained land in
the township from William son of Robert
West of Elston in 1382-3 ; ibid. Roger
de Elston in 1395 purchased three mes-
suages, &c., from John de Shorrock the
younger and Agnes his wife ; Final Cone.
iii, 46. There was, however, a Roger de
Elston of Ribbleton and Brockholes.

11 Ibid. 112. The estate was described
as the manor of Elston, with messuages,
land and wood in Ribchester, Haighton
and Preston and the moiety of a mill in
Haighton. The purchasers were probably
trustees of Harrington of Wolfage.

Sir James Harrington of Brixworth, in
a deed dated at Elston, made a feoffment
of all his lands in Elston, Haighton,
Fishwick, Dinckley and Lancaster ; Add.
MS. 32106, no. 473. Isabel his widow
in 1498 made a release of the same ; ibid,
no. 830. 12 Norris D. (B.M.).

13 Land. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), ii,
171-2.

In 1552 Joan widow of Roger Asshaw
and daughter of Margaret, one of the
daughters and co-heirs of Sir James Har-
rington, gave her son Anthony an annuity
of 4 marks from her lands in Elston,
Haighton, Goosnargh, &c. ; Add. MS.
32105, fol. 214. At the same time she
made a general settlement ; ibid. fol. 213.

14 See the accounts of Heath Charnock
and Salford.

15 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 78,
no. 22 ; 77, no. i, 8.

16 Fishwick, Preston, 93.

In 1625 Robert Randolph leased to
Thomas Heneage the manor of Elston
and a messuage in Preston for five years ;
Cal. S. P. Dom. 1625-6, p. 49. See also
Lanes, and Ches. Rec. (Rec. Soc. Lanes,
and Ches.), ii, 247.

In 1652—3 the manor of Elston, with
messuages, windmill, tithes, &c., and a
free fishery in the Ribble were held by
John Box, Anne his wife, Thomas Ince,
Robert Charnock, esq., Thomas Harrison,
esq., Elizabeth his wife and Hester Char-
nock ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 151,
m. 127,

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

There are but few other details known regarding
estates in this township.17 Henry Gregson paid J~io
in 1631, having declined knighthood.173 Robert
Hothersall 18 and Henry Walmesley 19 had their
estates sequestered under the Commonwealth. Two
or three ' Papists' registered small estates in 17 ij.20

Apart from Mr. Cross's land the principal holding
is that of the Goosnargh Hospital, comprising the
tenements called Marsh House (or Elston Hall),
Salisbury and Moorfields, in all about 220 acres.21

John March's house in Elston was in 1672 licensed
for a Presbyterian meeting.22

FISHWICK

Fiscuic, Dom. Bk. ; Fiswich, 1202; Fiskwic,
1203 ; Fyswic, c. 1220 ; Fischwic, "1 2 2 5 ; Fissewyk,
c. 1250; Fiswike, 1251; Fixwyk, 1297; Fisshe-
wyke, 1302 ; Phisick, xviii cent. This last shows
the local pronunciation.

This township extends from the south-east border
of Preston to the Ribble. A large part of the surface
is low-lying level ground in bends of the river, but in
the west and north the surface rises steeply and
irregularly, a height of about 1506. above sea level
being attained. The hall is in the eastern part of
the township, near the foot of the slope and at the
opening of a small clough. The Swillbrook was the
boundary between Fishwick and Preston ; it has now
disappeared. Frenchwood lies between it and the
Ribble, to the west of the road to Walton. The
area is 69 2 J acres, and the population in 1901 was
4,884.

The ancient highway from Preston to the south,

PRESTON

by way of Walton-le-Dale, passes through Fishwick,
and the bridge across the river there has long been
pre-eminently ' Ribble Bridge.' From the bridge a
minor road leads north-east towards the hall and
thence to Preston, while another road and footpath
lead west towards Avenham Park.

Dwelling-houses have spread over the border from
Preston, with which town Fishwick has been joined
for municipal and parliamentary purposes since the
Reform Acts. In 1894 the township ceased to exist,
being now part of the enlarged township of Preston.1
The manor of F1SHWICK was in
MANOR 1066 a member of the Preston lordship
of Earl Tostig, and was assessed as one
plough-land.2 Some time after the Conquest it was
given to the Forester of Lancaster, as part of his fee,3
and descended in the same way 4 as the Gernet
moiety of Eccleston in Ley-
land, coming into the hands
of Richard Molyneux of Sefton
in I539-5 The manor of
Fishwick and the lands, &c.,
in Fishwick, Ribbleton and
Brockholes were in 1 5 69
found to be held of the queen
in socage by fealty only 6 ;
and this statement of the
tenure was repeated later.7

It does not appear that the
lords of the manor ever re-
sided there, and the chief

interest of the Molyneux possession arises from the
fact that in the 1 7th century the hall became the
centre of a Roman Catholic mission,8 and it was

MOLYNKUX. A«ur
a cross moline or.

Thomas Walmsley of Elston and his
sons Thomas and Richard were burgesses
at the Preston Guild of 1782 ; Abram,
Mem. of the Guilds, 104.

17 Sir Thomas Ashton (i 5 14) purchased
lands in Elston and Haighton from his
father-in-law Sir James Harrington, but
the tenure is not stated ; Duchy of Lane.
Inq. p.m. iv, no. 80.

Ralph Elston's capital messuage in
Brockholes was in 1557 described as 'in
the town of Elston' ; ibid, x, no. 3.

17* Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.),
i, 222.

18 His estate was sequestered for recu-
sancy. In 1650 he settled part on his
wife Katherine, who after his death sold
her interest, and the purchaser in 1654
desired an examination of his title ;
Royalist Comp. Papers (Rec. Soc. Lanes,
and Ches.), iii, 262.

19 Henry Walmsley, husbandman, was
in 1653 'suspected of popery,' and there-
fore summoned before the committee for
compounding. On his refusing to abjure
his religion, two-thirds of his estate was
sequestered ; Cal. Com. for Comp. i, 656.

20 Henry Cumaleach, son-in-law of
John Walmsley ; Alice and Anne Charn-
ley ; Estcourt and Payne, Eng. Cath. No*
jurors, 139, 104.

21 End. Char. Rep. (Kirkham, 1 904), 42,
123. » Cal. S. P. Dom. 1672, p. 200.

1 Loc. Govt. Bd. Order 31607.

» y.C.H. Lanes, i, 28 8 A.

3 Lanes. Inq. and Extents (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), i, 43, 121. In 1252
Roger Gernet held one plough-land in
chief of the king by service of the forest ;
he had all the land except i oxgang
and 60 acres, the moiety of a fishery in

the Ribble, and a mill worth 301. yearly ;
ibid, i, 187-8.

In 1225 an agreement was made
between William and Roger Gernet as
to the manor of Fishwick. It was held
in dower by Cecily widow apparently of
Benedict Gernet, father of Roger and
grandfather of William ; Farrer, Lanes.
Pipe R. 204, &c. Cecily married one
William known as the Villein, and Roger
warranted the manor to them, while
William Gernet renounced all claim to
it on behalf of himself and his heirs in
return for half a plough-land in Crophill.
Roger Gernet's lordship of Fishwick was
therefore undisputed ; Final Cone. (Rec.
Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 46.

4 William de Dacre held Fishwick by
knight's service in 1297 ; at that time
the vill rendered js. Bd. to the Earl of
Lancaster ; Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i,
298, 289. From a return made in 1302
it would appear that the tenure had been
altered from forestry to knight's service ;
ibid, i, 317. The old service of master
forester was, however, recorded in 1 3 24,
Randle de Dacre being lord ; Dods. MSS.
cxxxi, fol. 41^. A further change was
made before 1458, when Sir Thomas
Dacre of Gillesland was found to have
held the manor of Fishwick of the king
as of his Duchy of Lancaster in socage
by the service of a grain of pepper ;
Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), ii, 65.

In 1324 the annual value of the estate
was returned as £j i8j., made up thus :
A messuage with fruit and herbage, 2s. ;
60 acres arable, 301. ; 6 acres meadow,
6s. ; a fishery in the Ribble, 261. 8</. ; a
water-mill, 40*., and 8 oxgangs of land,
held by free tenants who paid 6s. Sd. for

"5

each oxgang — 53*. 4</. ; Inq. p.m. 18
Edw. II, no. 41. Sir William de Dacre
in 1358 complained that Robert son of
Henry de Kuerden and others had taken
hares and pheasants from his free warren
at Fishwick ; Assize R. 438, m. 7. The
clear value of the manor was stated as
10 marks in 1375 ; Inq. p.m. 49
Edw. Ill, pt. i, no. 39.

After the confiscation in 1461 thismanor
was granted for life to Eleanor widow of
Sir Randle Dacre in 1467 as compensa-
tion for dower ; Cal. Pat. 1467-77, p. 26.

Richard Fiennes Lord Dacre in 1486
held the manors of Fishwick and Eccles-
ton by knight's service ; Duchy of Lane.
Inq. p.m. iii, no. 58. His successor
Thomas Fiennes Lord Dacre in 1506
sold them to Edmund Dudley ; ibid, iv,
no. 21 ; Dep. Keeper's Rep. xl, App. 545.
From John Dudley the manors passed to
Sir Thomas Seymer in 1530 and to
Edward Elrington in 1538 ; Pal. of Lane.
Feet of F. bdle. u, m. 113, 16.

5 Ibid. bdle. 12, m. 15. The manor
is named in a Molyneux settlement of
1558 ; ibid. bdle. 20, m. 80.

6 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xiii, no. 35.

7 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches.), iii, 390 ; Duchy of Lane. Inq.
p.m. xxvii, no. 59.

8 In 1586 Evan Banister, an 'old
priest,' was harboured by Jane Eyves of
Fishwick, widow ; Baines, Lanes, (ed.
Harland), i, 180, from Harl. MS. 360,
fol. 32. 'It is probable that the chapel
within the hall was regularly served before
Dom Bartholomew Gregory Hesketh
took charge of the mission in 1685 and
built the chapel there, wherein were
organs, bells, vestments and a pulpit, at

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

reported to the Government in 1717 that Lord
Molyneux had given the place to the English
Benedictines both as a mission station and an en-
dowment.9 If the report was true proof was
wanting, and the manor was retained by the family
until the sale in 1729.™ It was purchased by Sir
Henry Hoghton in 1731, and from a later Sir Henry
in 1785 by William Shawe of Preston.11 From him
it descended to Thomas Rigby Knowles, who died
in 1901, leaving an infant son. The estate is in
the hands of trustees. No courts have been held for
many years. The hall was parted from the manor,
and in 1731 sold to Thomas Astley of Preston, a
chief rent of 3*. 8</. being then payable to t^e

Forester of Myerscough.1* It was about 1760 pur-
chased by the above-named William Shawe.

Lists of the free tenants in the I3th and 1 4th
centuries have been preserved 13 ; their holdings were
no doubt the basis of the freehold estates of later
times, but no detailed account of them can be given.
Some of the families took the surname of Fishwick,14
and other owners can be traced by the inquisitions
and other records.14

The principal resident family was that of Eyves.
Robert del Eves of Fishwick in 1394 leased to Sir
Richard Hoghton his ' manor ' of Fishwick, from
which there were due rents of £6 $s. \d. to Dacre
and iu. to Langton.16 In 1617 the hall was leased

deposed before the Commissioners of For-
feited Estates in 1718'; ]. Gillow in
Trans. Hist. Soc. (new ser.), xiii, 159.

» Lanes, and CAes. Rec. (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), i, 173-4. The hall
was called Physick Hall. There is an
allusion to the estate in a letter from
Richard Hitchmough ; Payne, Engl. Cath.
Rec. 124.

10 Under the Private Act 2 Geo. II,
cap. 9.

11 Abstract of W. Shawe's title in the
possession of the Knowles Trustees.
The appointment of a gamekeeper by Sir
Henry Hoghton as lord of the manor in
1734 was printed in the Preston Guardian,
24 Apr. 1875.

For a pedigree showing the Shawe
descent see Fishwick's Preston, 343.

13 Piccope MSS. (Chet. Lib.), iii, 242.
For an account of die Astleys see Fish-
wick, op. cit. 308.

13 Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 178—9,
dated 1247—51, and showing the aliena-
tions made, the rents due and the por-
tions of a knight's fee for which service
was to be rendered. The land amounted
to I oxgang and 5 8 acres and the rents to
151. zd., as follows : —

Roger the Clerk of Fishwick, i oxgang
of land and 3 acres, paying 6s. 8J., and
being ordered to render the service due for
the twentieth part of a fee.

Baldwin de Preston, the moiety of mill
and 20 acres of land and wood, 35. zd.
and one-fortieth.

John son of John, 6 acres, 2s. and one-
fiftieth.

Heirs of Roger del Ridding, 22 acres,
is. 6d. and one-fiftieth.

William Watchet, 4 acres ; 6d.

William son of Richard, 3 acres ; q.d.

Benedict Gernet gave an assart to
Robert his clerk, son of Ralph de Preston,
a rent of 6d. being payable ; Kuerden
MSS. ii, fol. 227*.

The above-named Baldwin de Preston
died in 1251 holding in Fishwick an
assart, called Dustescahe, of 18 acres each
worth 4-d. a year, also the moiety of a mill
worth 31.5 he rendered 31. zd. to the
king. His heir was his son Henry, aged
seventeen ; Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i,
183, 192.

The tenancies of 1346 (corrected by

the sheriff's compotus of 1348) were : —

Messuage Acres Rent

s. d.

Alan del Moor . . . i 22 70
William de Fishwick . i 6 08
Adam son of Simon . i 6 20
Geoffrey de Hackinsall J 4^ 07^
Beatrice del Ridding . — 4 \ 07^
Thomas del Ridding .1 9 13
Adam de Bury ... — 4 09
Lawrence Travers . . — 14 25

The summary in the record states that
'they hold 70 acres by being Serjeants of the
forests of Lonsdale, Amounderness and
[West] Derbyshire, rendering 1 5.5. q.d. and
relief ; Survey of 1346 (Chet. Soc.),
48.

Comparing the lists it seems that Alan
del Moor represents Roger the Clerk and
William son of Richard; William de Fish-
wick, William Watchet (2 acres and zd.
rent being added) ; Adam son of Simon,
John son of John ; Adam de Bury and
Lawrence Travers, Baldwin de Preston ;
and the other three the heirs of Roger del
Ridding.

In 1326 Adam de Bury granted mes-
suages, &c., in Preston, Fishwick and
Ashton to Peter de Risley and Maud his
wife, with remainders to Maud's sisters
and to Richard the brother of Adam ;
Final Cone, ii, 63. William de Beconsaw
in 1372 purchased a messuage and land
in Preston and Fishwick from Robert son
of Robert son of Richard de Bury ; ibid,
ii, 184.

Christiana del Ridding gave land in the
Ridding to her son Adam ; Kuerden MSS.
ii, fol. zz6b. In the time of Richard II
and Henry IV these lands were sold to
the Waltons of Preston ; ibid. From one
of the deeds it appears that Ridding Field
was near Fishwick Brook.

14 A charter of 1279 shows that Adam
Woderowe and his wife Amabel (daughter
of Roger de Fishwick) pledged land in
Fishwick field in return for 151. lent
them in their need by Roger son of Roger
son of Alan de Fishwick ; Add. MS.
32106, no. 398. Alexander Woderowe
of Preston gave land of his mother's
in Fishwick to Adam Lussell, clerk ;
Kuerden MSS. ii, fol. 227^.

Simon de Fishwick was in 1284 non-
suited in a claim against Benedict Gernet
concerning land in Fishwick ; Assize R.
1268, m. 12 d. Adam son of Simon de
Fishwick in 1314-15 gave lands in Fish-
wick and Brockholes to his son Simon,
who had married Maud daughter of
Thomas son of David de Kirkham ;
Towneley MS. DD, no. 714. The same
Adam in 1311—12 gave land in Westfield,
next the demesne, to Robert son of Auger;
Kuerden MSS. ii, fol. zz6b. In 1319-20
Adam son of Robert son of Auger de
Fishwick gave land in the Westfield, lying
between lands of the lord of Fishwick, to
Richard son of Dobin and Cecily his wife ;
ibid. fol. zzjb. This land seems after-
wards (c. 1400) to have been the property
of John Lussell of Preston ; ibid.

By a charter dated ' 5 Edw.' Roger
son of Roger son of John de Fishwick
granted a messuage and land in the vill of
Fishwick to Richard son of Roger de
Fishwick ; Add. MS. 32106, no. 95 (fol.

116

257). William son of Richard de Fish-
wick was a witness.

Maud widow of Roger son of Roger
son of John de Fishwick in 1312-13 gave
Richard son of Roger de Fishwick all the
land she held in dower ; Kuerden, loc.
cit. Roger son of John de Fishwick was
a witness.

An Adam Fishwick was tenant of the
hall about 1550. After his death a claim
to it was put forward (1565) by Gregory
Fishwick, the holders being another Adam
Fishwick and Thurstan Southworth. The
depositions are printed by Fishwick, op.
cit. 299-306. Robert Fishwick claimed
land in 1551 ; Ducatus Lane. (Rec. Com.),
ii, 112.

15 Settlements of land in Fishwick were
made by Thomas Nixon and Joan his
wife in 1406 and 1410 ; the remainder
was to Sir James Harrington (apparently
the owner), who granted turbary on
Balderston Moss during the nonage of the
heir of William Balderston ; Add. MS.
32106, no. 967, 91 (fol. 256). Thomas
Nixon made a further purchase in 1416 ;
Final Cone, iii, 73.

A later Sir James Harrington died in
1497 holding lands in Fishwick by ser-
vices unknown ; Duchy of Lane. Inq.
p.m. iii, no. 40. They passed (by pur-
chase or inheritance) to his son-in-law Sir
Thomas Ashton of Ashton-under-Lyne,
who died in 1514 ; ibid, iv, no. 80. His
heir, Thomas Hoghton, held them in
1580 by services unknown, but in 1630
the lands in Fishwick were considered an
appurtenance of the manor of Lea ; ibid.
xiv, no. 26 ; xxvii, no. 13.

Sir Richard Hoghton was concerned in
a plea regarding a messuage, &c., in Fish-
wick in 1 544 ; Ducatus Lane, ii, 77. He
complained that Robert Ainsworth and
others had broken his close ; Pal. of
Lane. Writs Proton. 36 Hen. VIII.

William Walton of Preston died in
1559 holding 6 acres in Fishwick of Sir
Richard Molyneux in socage, by fealty
and suit of court ; ibid, xi, no. 27.
Richard Walton in 1569 held 1 6 acres of
the queen ; ibid, xiii, no. 26. In later
inquisitions the tenure is not stated.

John Singleton in 1530 held lands in
Fishwick of the heir of Lord Dacre ;
ibid, vi, no. 32. A like statement is
made in other inquisitions of the
family.

Thomas Clayton in 1591 held land of
Sir Richard Molyneux ; ibid, xv, no. 3.

The tenure of Richard Walmsley's
lands here in 1609 was unknown ; Lanes.
Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i,
149.

16 Add. MS. 32106, no. 90 (fol. 255).
Eyves — perhaps Ees— was a place in the
township ; Ducatus Lane, i, 238.

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

PRESTON

E Y v E s . Sable a
che-ueron between three
crosslets argent.

to Ralph Eyves and became the family dwelling.'7
The family being recusants and Royalists quickly felt
the displeasure of the Parlia-
ment on the outbreak of the
Civil War, and Richard
Eyves's estate was in 1643
sequestered for the combined
offences.18 Richard Eyves
died in 1644, but his father
Ralph survived, and his estate
was under sequestration for
recusancy.19 Thomas Eyves,
another of the family, had
two-thirds of his leasehold
estate sequestered for the same
reason ; he was eighty years
of age.20 Another Thomas
Eyves, son of Richard, recorded a pedigree in 1665."

The estates of Richard Eyves, Richard Kellet and
Richard Sudell were sold under the Act of 1652."
James Melling, a recusant, in 1654 requested to be
allowed to compound for his sequestered estate.13 In
1717 Alexander Hudson, linen weaver, registered a
small holding as a « Papist.' " The estate called
Frenchwood, formerly owned by Thomas Starkie
(great-grandson of John Starkie of Huntroyde) and
Nicholas his son, was carried by the latter's daughter
and co-heir in 1815 to Colonel Henry Bence
Bence M of Thorington Hall, Suffolk, whose de-
scendant, Mr. P. Bence Trower, is the present
owner.26

Roger the Clerk alienated 4 acres in Fishwick to
Sawley Abbey.17

The tenants of the township had a right of turbary
on Penwortham Moss.18

BROUGHTON

Broctun, Dom. Bk. ; Brocton, 1 200 ; Brecton,
1256 ; Brochton, 1261 ; Broucton, 1262 ; Broghton,
1292 ; Brogton, 1297.

Blundel Brook, running west, forms at first the
northern boundary of this township and then flows
across it. On the north bank stand the church and

Broughton House. Most of the area lies to the
south of the brook ; near the centre was the Tower,
with the hamlet of Sharoe adjacent, Durton or Urton
to the north-east and Fernyhalgh on the eastern
boundary. Lightfoot Green and Ingolhead are on
the west side. A small detached portion lay in
Woodplumpton, to which it was added about 1882.
The area measured 2,367 acres,1 and in 1901 there
was a population of 6 1 6. The surface is compara-
tively flat, the heights above sea level ranging from
100 to 1 80 ft.

The principal road is that going north from
Preston ; it crosses Blundel Brook by a bridge, from
which a road goes eastward to Haighton, with a
branch turning south to Fulwood ; westward a road
goes to Cottam and Lea. The London and North-
Western Company's railway runs north through the
western end of the township.

The land is pasture ; the soil clayey, with varying
subsoil.

There is a parish council.

Remains of a number of ancient crosses are known —
in the churchyard and elsewhere.* There are, or
were, some reputed holy wells.3

In 1066 BROUGHTON, assessed
MANORS as one plough-land, formed part of
Earl Tostig's lordship of Preston or
Amounderness.4 After the Conquest it appears to have
been held in thegnage, perhaps by the old lords and
their descendants. Between 1153 and 1 1 60 William
Count of Boulogne, son of King Stephen, confirmed to
Uctred son of Huck and his heirs 8 oxgangs of land
in Broughton by the service due, viz. 8/. a year.5
Uctred and his family took their surname from Little
Singleton, which they held by serjeanty of the
wapentake of Amounderness.6

Richard son of Uctred succeeded, but was ejected
by Theobald Walter, after whose forfeiture and death
King John detained the manor and it remained in
the hands of Henry III. The township during this
time gave an increased revenue to the Crown.7 In
1261 Henry III, after inquiry, restored it as a matter
of right to William de Singleton, grandson of Richard,
who paid 3 marks of gold.8 William had already in

17 Royalist Comp. Papers (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), ii, 280-1. For pedi-
gree sec Fishwick, op. cit. 332.

18 Royalist Comp. Papers, ii, 285. The
claim recorded was for an annuity of
£10 from Over Hacking in Aughton
(Aighton).

19 Ibid, ii, 279-84. Ralph Eyves was
buried at Preston 30 Aug. 1653, aget
ninety-five ; Reg.

20 Royalist Comp. Papers, iit 286.

21 Dugdale, Visit. (Chet. Soc.), 105.

** Index of Royalists (Index Soc.),
41-3.

Richard Kellet had lands also in Ribble-
ton (Braggar's tenement) and in Preston
(Knowle Hey), the latter by grant of
Richard Savage of Winnington, Staffs.
The estate was sequestered for the ' popery
and delinquency ' of Kcllei, who died
before 1652, when his daughter Mary
Knight petitioned for restoration, she
being 'conformable to the Church of
England ' ; Royalist Comp. Papers, iv, 39.

23 Cal. Com. for Comp. \, 3193.

24 Estcourt and Payne, Eng. Cath. Non-
jurors, 94.

25 Burke, Commoners, i, 651-3.

26 Information of Mr. Trower. The

other daughter of Nicholas Starkie
married — Bacon.

17 Pal. of Lane. Chan. Misc. i, 12
(1389 and 1395). The gift was probably
void. *8 Fishwick, op. cit. 101.

1 The Census Rep. 1901 gives 2,357
acres ; the difference is probably accounted
for by the detached portion within Wood-
plumpton.

* Lanes, and Ches. Antiq. Soc. xx, 1 74-6.
Some have disappeared; those enumerated
are the churchyard cross (steps remain),
Daniel's Cross and Duxen Dean Cross
on the northern boundary (base of latter re-
mains), Durton Lane (now destroyed) and
Durton Green Crosses, and Fernyhalgh.

8 Ibid. ; near Broughton Church and
at Fernyhalgh.

4 V.C.E. Lanes, i, 288*.

5 Farrer, Lanes. Pipe R. 430. Uctred's
' antecessores ' had held Broughton, ap-
parently by the same service. His father
may be Huck the reeve, living 1160—70 ;
Lanes. Inq. and Extents (Rec. Soc. Lanes,
and Ches.), i, 47.

Uctred son of Huck also had land in
Stainall ; ibid. He is mentioned in the
Pipe Rolls of 1171-7; Farrer, op. cit.
24, &c.

117

6 Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 52.

7 Farrer, op. cit. 131;' the increase
of rent from Broughton for the whole
year — 511. 8d.'

8 The story is told Lanes. Inq. and Ex-
tents, i, 192, 226-7. King Henry had
given the manor for life to Master William
the queen's Sauser (Salsarius). The
manor was not liable to tallage.

In 1194-5 Theobald Walter sued
Richard son of Uctred and Robert his
brother for the whole town of Broughton,
one plough-land, as part of his demesne,
having been held by the king or his
father in demesne. Richard said in reply
that the moiety of the town was of his
own demesne, held of the said Theobald
by certain services which he was ready to
perform. Robert had the other moiety ;
Coram Rege R. 5, m. 2 d.

William the Sauser received Broughton
from the king in 1244 ; he had 8 marks
of silver ' of his farm ' from William de
Singleton in 1261 ; Dods. MSS. cxlix,
fol. 50.

Richard and Robert, sons of Uctred,
seem to have succeeded their father as
early as 1185 ; Farrer, op. cit. 56. In
1205 Richard son of Uctred proffered

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

1256 acquired land in Broughton from Geoffrey the
Cook,9 and in 1262 he warranted to Alan de Singleton
a moiety of Broughton.10

William and his son Alan died before 1292, when
Alan's son Thomas was in possession and engaged in
various disputes.11 Soon afterwards Broughton and
the other estates of the family are found in the
possession of Joan wife of Thomas Banastre of
Bretherton, she being the sister and heir of Thomas
de Singleton. Thomas died in 1299 or 1300, Joan
claiming dower in the latter year.12 As a widow in
1303 she made a settlement of the manor of Little
Singleton and various lands in Thornton, Broughton,
Dilworth and Bilsborrow, the remainders being

to William Banastre and Adam his brother." From
the account already given of Bretherton in the parish
of Croston it will be seen that William was the son
of Joan and Thomas. Broughton descended in the
same way as Bretherton,14 and in the i6th century
the Earl of Derby held the manor,15 though the
other heirs of Balderston had estates in Broughton.16
This principal manor of Broughton then disappears
from the records.

What in later times was called the manor was
the estate of BROUGHTON TOWER, held by a
branch of the Singleton family. There are but
fragmentary notices of them.17 James Singleton of
Broughton and Robert his son occur in a feoffment

5 marks for having his scrjeanty (of
Amounderncss and Blackburn), which had
been taken into the king's hands ; ibid.
204. In 1208 he proffered 10 marks for
the restoration of the plough-land in
Broughton ; Abbrev. Plac. (Rec. Com.),
58.

Richard died in or before 1211, when
his son Alan proffered 20 marks for livery
of his father's estates in Singleton and
Broughton, and for confirmation of his
office of bailiff of Amounderness ; Farrer,
op. cit. 237-8. In 1 21 2 Alan is found
in possession of his serjeanties of Amoun-
derness and Blackburn ; but Broughton
•was in the king's hands, rendering 6
marks yearly ; Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i,
52, 134. He also held Bilsborrow in
1226, and portions of Freckleton and
Whittingham in 1242 ; ibid, i, 140, 152.
He died in 1244 holding these offices and
lands, and leaving a son William who
was the heir; ibid, i, 158, 160.

In 1245 Alice widow of Alan de
Singleton came to an agreement with
William de Singleton as to dower ; Final
Cone. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 92.
She was marriageable in 1246, and the
king had granted her marriage to William
de Lancaster ; Assize R. 404, m. 22.

Alan had perhaps a brother John, for

tohn son of Richard de Singleton in 1261
eld 2 oxgangs of land ; Lanes. Inq. and
Extents, i, 228. Alan had a second son
named Richard, who perhaps became a
canon of Cockersand ; Final Cone, i, 103,
150. The family were benefactors of
this house ; see Cockersand Chartul. (Chet.
Soc.), i, 225-8, 264-5.

9 Final Cone, i, 119; concerning 40
acres of land.

10 Ibid, i, 141. Thirty acres were ex-
cepted, and these William warranted to
Thomas de Singleton at the same time.
The plaintiff was Hugh son of Richard
de Stapleford. From other sources it is
known that Alan was the son and heir of
William ; probably Thomas was another
son. William son of Alan de Singleton,
with the consent of Alan his heir, gave
land in Bilsborrow to Cockersand Abbey;
Ctckersand Chartul. i, 268.

In 1297 thevill of Broughton rendered
81. to the Earl of Lancaster, and the
tenants paid a further io*. for having
common in the forest of Fulwood ; Lanes.
Inq. and Extents, i, 289.

" Katherine widow of Alan de Singleton
was in 1292 the wife of Thomas de
Clifton, and claimed dower in lands in
Broughton. One parcel had been granted
to Master Robert de Singleton by William
the father of Alan, and Alan had added
some land in Whittingham ; it was
ordered that Master Robert should hold
hit land in peace, while Katherine should

have an equivalent from the lands of
Thomas the son of Alan ; Assize R. 408,
m. 23. A similar decision in her favour
was given as to land held by Thomas son
of Thomas de Singleton ; ibid. In two
other claims also Thomas the son and
heir of Alan warranted the defendants —
Nicholas son of Alan de Singleton and
William de Singleton — and rendered dower
to Katherine from his own land ; ibid.
m. 3 1 d.

At the same time William de Earlsgate
was non-suited in claims against Thomas
de Clifton and Katherine his wife, and
against Nicholas son of Alan de Single-
ton ; ibid. m. 76. This Nicholas again
appears in 1295 ; De Banco R. 109,
m. 70.

13 Compare De Banco R. 127, m.
119 d. ; 131, m. 1 06 d.

18 Final Cone, i, 201. The descent is
thus recorded in pleadings of 1334:
Alan -s. William -s. Alan -s. Thomas
-sister Joan, who married Thomas Banastre
-s. William -*. Adam ; Coram Rege R.
297, m. 27.

William son of Ellen de Broughton in
1308-9 released all actions, &c., to Sir
William Banastre ; Dods. MSS. cxlix,
fol. 45*.

14 Adam son of William Banastre in
1324 held the manor of Broughton by
the service of 8*., and had pasture in
Fulwood for the cattle of his tenants
(except in time of pannage) by paying
i CM. ; Dods. MSS. cxxxi, fol. 39^.

In 1334 it appeared that the king had
demanded a payment of £4 a year from
the men of Broughton ; Coram Rege R.
297, Rex m. 19 d. This probably referred
to the right of pasture in Fulwood, for
which los. was paid. The men of
Broughton appear to have exceeded their
rights, and in 1336 were fined £13 6s. %d.
for all transgressions ; Whalley Couch.
(Chet. Soc.), ii, 373-4.

Thomas son of Adam Banastre held the
town of Broughton, viz. one plough-land,
in 1346, by the tenth part of a knight's
fee and a rent of lot. ; Survey of 1346
(Chet. Soc.), 50.

Lands in Dilworth, Broughton, Whit-
tingham, Preston and Goosnargh were
held by Edward Banastre in 1382, and
inherited by his daughter Constance ;
Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), i, 1 6.

In 1445-6 Richard de Balderston held
Broughton by the tenth part of a knight's
fee; Duchy of Lane. Knights' Fees, bdle. 2,
no. 20.

15 Broughton was included in the for-
feited Harrington lands given to Thomas
Earl of Derby in 1489 ; Pat. 4 Hen. VII.
In 1513 it was stated that Thomas, late
Earl of Derby, William Knowles, clerk,
and others (apparently trustees) held the

118

manor of Broughton of the king in socage
by the rent of 8j. ; Duchy of Lane. Inq.
p.m. iii, no. 15. On the partition made
in 1564 the manor of Broughton was
assigned to Edward Earl of Derby ; Pal.
of Lane. Plea R. 216, m. 10.

16 See the inquisitions of Edmund
Dudley (1509), Thomas Radcliffe of
Winmarleigh (1521) and his successors,
and Alexander Osbaldeston (1544). The
Balderston manors, &c., are grouped
together, without any statement of the
separate tenures.

17 Adam de Singleton occurs 1254 to
1286; Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 192, 264.

Gilbert de Singleton died in or before
1326 holding lands in Broughton of Adam
son of Sir William Banastre by the service
of a rose and id. yearly. There was a
messuage there, 50 acres of arable land
worth Sd. a year each, a horse-mill (fallen
down) worth only 101. a year, a windmill
(broken) worth the same, a little close
called the Fernyhalgh worth zs. Tenants
at will held 47 acres of arable land paying
6d. an acre ; and 3 acres of meadow ren-
dered u. each. Gilbert had lands also in
Freckleton, Warton and Great Plumpton.
His son and heir Thomas was twenty-six
years old ; Chan. Inq. p.m. 19 Edw. II,
no. 67. Thomas in 1335 claimed the
family manors against John son of Thomas
Banastre as son and heir of Gilbert son of
Alan de Singleton ; De Banco R. 301,
m. 42.

Thomas de Singleton was living in
1 346, when he was called to warrant John
son of Gilbert de Singleton ; De Banco
R. 346, m. ii ; 347, m. 148 d. John
seems to have had a son Thomas ; ibid.
348, m. 427. Thomas son of Gilbert
de Singleton had licence for his oratory at
Broughton in 1349 ; Gillow, Haydock
Papers 57. The same Thomas was a
plaintiff in 1351 ; Duchy of Lane. Assize
R. i, m. iiii d.

Adam de Singleton in 1348 granted to
Robert his son and Joan his wife and
their heirs all the lands which Alice widow
of John de Singleton and mother of the
grantor had allowed Robert and Joan and
a part of Threpmeadow. The remainders
were to Nicholas the brother of Robert,
to Robert and Thomas, grantor's brothers.
Among the witnesses were Thomas son
of Gilbert de Singleton and Richard de
Singleton ; Kuerden fol. MS. fol. 387.
The seal shows a cheveron between three
roundels, with the legend -\- SIGIL. ADE DE
SINGLETON. A Thomas son of Nicholas
de Singleton occurs in 1396-7 ; ibid,
fol. 191. Robert Singleton of Broughton
occurs in 1422 ; ibid. fol. 383.

Sir Thomas Banastre in 1372 granted
Robert son of Adam de Singleton and
Alice his wife the lands, mills, &c., which

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

of I47I.18 Robert Singleton died in August 1501
holding the manor of Broughton with lands, &c., in
Broughton, Sharoe, Durton and Fernyhalgh ; Joan
his wife died in the following January, and Richard
the son and heir succeeded, being twenty-five years
of age.19 He died in September 1504, leaving as
heir a son John, aged seven.20 The manor of
Broughton was in 1513 stated to be held of the Earl
of Derby and others as of their manor of Balderston
by the yearly rent of id.21 John Singleton died in
1522 and his uncle Thomas succeeded,22 holding the
manor till his death in or before 1535, when Robert
his son was found to be his heir.23 In 1557 Robert
was succeeded by his son Richard, the manor and
lands in Broughton being held of the king and queen

PRESTON

by the tenth part of a knight's fee.24 Richard and
Robert his son both died in the course of the same
year 1557, and then Edward Singleton, brother of
Robert the grandfather, inherited ; he was forty -six
years of age.25 He died in 1567, leaving a son and
heir Thomas, only seven years of age.26

Thomas Singleton adhering to the Roman Catholic
religion was punished for his recusancy, and his son
Edward likewise.27 The father and son joined in a
settlement of the manor in i6oo,28 while Edward
seems to have been in possession in 1 604 29 and
another Thomas Singleton, his son, in i6o9.30 The
manor was sold by Thomas Singleton and other
members of the family to Roger Langton in l6l5.31
It descended in this family till 1732, when William

had been held for life by Robert de Single-
ton the elder in Broughton and Whit-
tingham, with the reversion of certain
other lands held by Pernell the grantor's
mother in dower ; Dods. MSS. cxlix,
fol. 47 b.

Nicholas de Singleton the younger in
1377 secured lands in Broughton from
John son of Adam Singleton of (Light)-
worlchouses ; Final Cone, iii, I.

Nicholas son of Gilbert de Singleton
had restored to him in 1405 various lands
in Dilworth, Bilsborrow, Whittingham,
Broughton and Thornton and part of the
manor of Little Singleton, formerly the
possessions of Sir Alan de Singleton,
Nicholas being his next of kin and heir ;
Dods. MSS. cxlix, fol. 38*, 39. Another
Nicholas (son and heir of Thomas) appears
in 1449, being described as 'of Warton ' ;
Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 12, m. 4^.
Nicholas Singleton of Broughton and
Margaret his wife occur in 1454; Kuerden
MSS. iv, B 34.

The Preston Guild Rolls give many
particulars of the families. Thus in 1397
Thomas son of Nicholas de Singleton was
admitted to the freedom, paying 405.; and
in 1459 Nicholas Singleton of Brockholes
and Richard his brother were among those
enrolled by hereditary right ; Preston
Guild R. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), 6,
n. In the latter year James Singleton
of Broughton, William and Brian his
sons and James the son of William were
also enrolled ; ibid. I z.

William Singleton of Broughton had
land called Fernyhalgh in 1483 ; the
remainder was to Robert Singleton ; Add.
MS. 3ZI07, no. 765. William Singleton
died in 1490, leaving a son and heir
Robert, aged thirty-eight ; Towneley MS.
CC (Chet. Lib.), no. 582. Robert and
John Singleton were in the same year
ordered to give reasonable dower to Agnes
widow of William ; Pal. of Lane. Writs
Proton, file 5 Hen. VII ; Plea R. 70,
m. 9. John Singleton was also son of
William, and founder of the Chingle Hall
family ; see Whittingham.

Agnes, the widow of William, died in
or before 1519, when her lands were
granted to Thomas Wrightington during
the minority of John Singleton the heir ;
Duchy of Lane. Misc. Bks. xxii, 47 d.

There was another Singleton family
holding lands in Chipping parish and also
in Broughton Row and Ingol, which
descended to Leyland and Tyldesley of
Morleys in the parish of Leigh. In 1564
Thomas Leyland was found to have held
his lands in Broughton and Ingol of the
heirs of Richard Balderston by id. rent,
and in 1587 Edward Tyldesley held them
by the same rent of Henry Earl of Derby ;

Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xi, no. 20 ;
xiv, no. 10.

18 Towneley MS. HH, no. 1524.

19 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. iii, no.
59, 63. Lands in Broughton had been
held for life by Margaret widow of Nicholas
Singleton and Agnes widow of William
Singleton. One Thomas Singleton had
land in Fernyhalgh. Joan wife of Robert
was one of the daughters of Edmund
Lawrence ; William, Henry and Thomas,
younger sons of Robert and Joan, are
named. The tenure of the manor of
Broughton was (erroneously) said to be
by the twentieth part of a knight's fee of
the king as Earl of Lincoln, a rent of
6s. 8</. being paid. There was probably
a confusion with the tenure of
Warton.

See Dep. Keeper's Rep. xi, App. 542-3.

*° Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. iv, no. 70.
There was a younger son Richard. Jane
the widow married Arthur Standish, who
after her death (1513) continued to take
the profits of the manor, &c. This led to
disputes with the heir ; see Fishwick,
Preston, 251-3, where the depositions are
printed.

J1 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. iii, no. 15.
This was a traverse of former inquisitions,
and corrects the tenure previously recorded.

In 1 508 a certain Robert Singleton
and Margaret his wife, widow of William
Balderston, had an estate in Broughton ;
ibid, iv, no. 13.

M Ibid, v, no. 45. The disposition of
the estates made by John Singleton is
recited in full. It provided for 80 marks
to advance the marriage of his sister
Elizabeth and £20 to be distributed in
deeds of charity. The tenure of the
manor wag recorded as the tenth part of
a knight's fee.

23 Ibid, xxvi, no. 56. Henry Singleton,
brother of Thomas, was still living, hold-
ing a messuage in Sharoe and land in
Durton, given him for life by their father
Robert. Elizabeth widow of Henry
Singleton of Fernyhalgh is named in a
lease of 1594, in which Richard son of
William Singleton of Killinsough is also
named ; Piccope MSS. (Chet. Lib.), xiv,
68.

34 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. x, no. 29.
It recites the provision made for Richard
the son and his wife Joan daughter of
Thomas Cowell ; also for Brian brother
of Robert Singleton.

35 Ibid, x, no. 16.

William Singleton had an estate in
Broughton and Goosnargh in 1563 ; Pal.
of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 25, m. 161.
The will of Anne widow of William
Singleton of Broughton (1565) is printed
in Wills (Chet. Soc. new ser.), iii, 132.

26 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xi, no. 17.

Edward Singleton granted to Andrew, a
younger son, three messuages in Broughton
for life and one in Lightworkhouses in
Broughton, and made provision for other
sons — William, Richard and George. The
place-name Durton is given * alias Urton
alias Overtowne.'

It is possible that two of the song
became priests. Dr. William Singleton,
educated at Douay, was sent on the
English mission in 1590, but was arrested
and banished in 1606. He died in 1620
at Liege. Richard Singleton entered the
English College at Rome in 1583, being
then seventeen years old ; he became 3
Jesuit and died in 1602, having petitioned
to be sent on the English mission. See
Foley, Records S. J. v, 997, 1008. An
undated return of the latter part of
Elizabeth's reign reports ' Mr. Single-
ton, a Jesuit, at Mr. Singleton's of
the Tower ' ; Gillow, Haydock Papers,
59, quoting S. P. Dom. Eliz. clxxxv,
85.

Thomas Singleton made a settlement
of the manor of Broughton and lands in
Broughton, Preston and Warton in 1586 ;
Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 48, m.
295.

"7 Fishwick, Preston, 257-8.

28 Piccope MSS. xiv, 68. A large
number of deeds relating to the estate
are given ibid. 67-75 ; they range from
1583 to 1810. Thomas Singleton,
Edward his son and Thomas son of
Edward were burgesses of the Guild of
1602 ; Preston Guild R. 55.

29 Piccope MSS. xiv, 67 ; a lease by
Edward Singleton of Broughton Tower
to Henry Birches of Cadeley of 4 acres
called Mowbank. From an agreement
of 1598 it appears that Edward married
Grace daughter of Thomas Bradley of
Arnside.

30 Named in Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), i, 137. He was son
of Edward ; see pedigree in Fishwick, op.
cit. 254-5.

31 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 86,
m. 46. The deforciants were Thomas
Singleton, csq., Anne his wife, John
Massye, esq., Thomas Singleton of Scales,
Cuthbert, George and Thomas Singleton
and Grace Singleton, widow. The estate
was the manor of Broughton, with mes-
suages, windmill, dovecote, lands, &c., in
Broughton, Urton alias Durton, Ferny-
halgh, Fulwood, Haighton and Cadeley,
with certain small tithes.

Among the Roman Catholics killed
while fighting for the king in the Civil
War were Captain George Singleton,
Captain Thomas Singleton (Newbury)and
Lieutenant William Singleton (Marston

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Langton bequeathed it to his sister Jane,32 who in
1735 married Lawrence Rawstorne and it became her
husband's property,33 descending by the issue of his
second marriage to his grandson Lawrence Rawstorne,34
who sold the Broughton estate in 1 8 1 o. Broughton
Tower with part of the land was sold to James
Rothwell and has descended like Hoole ; the rest of
the land was purchased by the trustees of Kirkham
Grammar School.35 The Tower was demolished
about 1800.

INGOLHEAD gave a surname to a family dwelling
there,36 whose estate seems to have been acquired by
the Blundells of Preston.37 Some of this land was
sold to William Hoghton in I49O.38 There was
also a family of Singleton of Ingolhead.39

BANK HALL, at one time owned by the Singletons
of Brockholes,40 had a more interesting history. In
the I yth century it was held in moieties, one half
being in trust for the Roman Catholic missionary
priests of the district, for whom it served as a centre.41

Moor) ; Challoner, quoting Castlemain,
Cath. Apology.

In 1666 William Singleton of St. Mar-
tin's-in-the-Fields, son and heir of John
Singleton of York (will 1644), and others
•old to John Farnworth of Euxton and
Ralph Farnworth of Preston tenements
called Church House in Broughton,
Sharoe House, &c. ; Piccope, loc. cit. 69.

32 For deeds see ibid. ; for pedigree,
Fishwick, op. cit. 258-9. Roger Langton
died in 1644. His son William, Recorder
of Liverpool, was a member of the Presby-
terian Classis in 1646, and represented
Preston in Parliament from 1645 to
1653 ; Baines, Lanes, (ed. Harland), i,
228 ; Pink and Beaven, Parl. Repre. of
Lanes. 152. Dying in 1659 he was
succeeded by his son William, who in
1664 recorded a short pedigree ; Dugdale,
Visit. (Chet. Soc.), 173. In 1678, in
conjunction with Elizabeth his wife,
William Langton made provision for his
younger brothers, John, Richard, Roger,
&c. Jane, the father's widow, was living.
A messuage in Sharoe was sold which had
formerly been occupied by Henry Charn-
ley and Elizabeth his wife ; Piccope MSS.
xiv, 70.

William the younger died in 1680 and
his son Roger in 1714. This Roger,
described as of Chester, bequeathed all his
lands in Broughton and Durton to his cousin
William Langton of Liverpool, merchant.
He names his uncles Richard and Thomas,
also William Clayton, his partner in sugar
works; ibid. 74. In 1715 a settlement
of the manor of Broughton, &c., was
made by Richard Langton and William
his son and heir-apparent ; Pal. of Lane.
Feet of F. bdle. 273.

William Langton in 1732 bequeathed
the manor to his sister Jane, and she in
1733 made a new settlement of it, with
lands also in Broughton and Cheethamnear
Manchester, at the same time petitioning
the Lord Chancellor for protection from
the schemes of her niece Mary daughter
of Roger Langton and niece and heir-at-
law of the said William. She stated that
William Langton had in 1732 started for
Scarborough for the benefit of his health,
but died at Ripon, where he made his
will. Mary Langton was waiting till
Jane's death to dispute the will on pre-
text of unsound mind and defect of
evidence for its validity and to claim the
estate ; Piccope MSS. xiv, 71—2. In Mar.
1735 Jane Langton, spinster, acquired a
rent of £10 settled by William Langton
on Mary wife of Stephen Butcher ; Pal.
of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 313, m. 35.

83 It appears that she was seventy
years of age at her marriage ; Fishwick,
op. cit. 260. Lawrence Rawstorne and
Agnes his wife had the manor in 1742 ;
Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 326,
m. 143.

84 See the account of Hutton.

35 Piccope MSS. xiv, 75. Broughton
Tower and 102 acres of land were sold for

,£11,500 to James Rothwell, who also
bought the small tithes, a private chapel
belonging to the estate, and the timber.
The rest of the estate was sold to the
school trustees for ,£14,500.

36 Thomas son of Thomas de Ingolhead
granted to three of his children — Edmund,
Helen and Joan — 40 acres each in
Broughton ; Harl. MS. 2042, fol. 171.

Cecily widow of Thomas de Ingolhead
in 1310-11 claimed dower in Broughton
against Henry the Marler ; De Banco R.
184, m. 107. The heir was Richard son
of Thomas ; ibid. 192, m. 89 d.

Thomas de Hale and Maud his wife in
1352 claimed a messuage, &c., in
Broughton against William de Bolron,
Robert son of Adam de Singleton and
others. Maud was daughter of Joan
(daughter of Thomas) de Ingolhead by
her second husband Matthew de Abram ;
Duchy of Lane. Assize R. 2, m. vi.

37 Richard Blundell of Preston made a
feoffment of 40 acres in Broughton in
1395-6 ; Harl. MS. 2042, fol. 171.
The family continued to hold lands in
the township, and in 1 546 John son
of Richard Blundell granted William
Blundell a rent of 8j. %d. from Ingolhead
and Tulketh Bank; Harl. MS. 2112,
fol. 100/141.

88 Roger Blundell sold (as stated) his
messuages and lands in Ingolhead occupied
by Thomas Eccleston ; Add. MS. 32106,
no. 639. This was confirmed by John
son of William Blundell and cousin and
heir of Roger in 1492 ; ibid. no. 174.
Lands in Broughton are named in later
Hoghton inquisitions, but the tenure is
not recorded ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m.
xiv, no. 26, &c.

89 Richard Singleton of Ingolhead
occurs in 1380; Final Cone. Hi, 7. A
later Richard was burgess in the Guild of
1459, William Singleton and Thomas
his son in that of 1542, Thomas
Singleton and his sons John and Edward
in 1562 ; Preston Guild R. II, 19, 27,
&c.

John Singleton died in 1588 holding
Ingolhead Hall, &c., of the Earl of Derby
by the rent of a pair of white gloves and
id. ; his heir was his son Thomas, aged
thirteen. His will recited in the in-
quisition names his wife Ellen (who
survived him), sons Thomas, Robert,
James and Henry ; brothers Edward and
William, sister Anne, brother-in-law
James Browne ; Duchy of Lane. Inq.
p.m. xvi, no. 48.

One Henry Singleton- died in 1614
holding lands in Broughton of the king,
partly in socage and partly (Fernyhalgh,
Sharoe and Durton) by the hundredth
part of a knight's fee. John his son and
heir was fourteen years old ; Lanes.
Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.),
ii, 9-1 1.

In the Guild Rolls of 1642 and later
appears a family named Beesley of Ingol-
head. See Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m.

120

xxviii, no. 62 ; the tenure ii not

stated.

40 See the account of this family.
After the main portion of the Brockholes
estate had been sold, Bank Hall in
Broughton and some lands in Brockholes,
&c., were retained by the heir male
William son of Thomas Singleton of
Scale, which Thomas was brother of
the Robert who died in 1525. Robert's
estate in Broughton was held of the heir
of Robert Banastre by a rent of $d. ;
Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. vi, no. 64.
In 1556 the Bank Hall estate was held by
the same rent of Edward Earl of Derby,
John Osbaldeston and William Radcliffe ;
ibid, x, no. i.

William Singleton of Bank Hall died
in Dec. 1573 holding the capital
messuage and other lands, &c., in
Broughton of the Earl of Derby by a
rent of 51. His widow Ellen continued
to reside there. The heir was his son
Thomas, two years old. There are also
mentioned Thomas the father of William,
Ellen wife and Richard brother of Thomas
the father. The other estates were in
Brockholes (Littlewoodhey), Whitting-
ham, Ribchester, Newsham, Wood-
plumpton, Scale and Quernmore ; ibid.
xii, no. 34. A later inquisition (xii, no.
30) states the tenure of Bank Hall
differently, viz. of the queen as of her
Duchy of Lancaster by knight's service.
William Singleton adhered to the Roman
Catholic religion and was imprisoned at
Chester under Queen Elizabeth. He
was released in 1570, ordered to conform
and to confine himself to his house at
Brockholes ; Fishwick, Preston, 287
(quoting the Bishop of Chester's Liber
Correct).

Thomas Singleton the son and heir
came of age about 1593, when he in-
herited land in Whittingham and
Brockholes from a kinsman, Thomas
Singleton ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m.
xvi, no. 50.

Bank Hall is said to have been sold
about 1625 (Fishwick, op. cit. 318), but
this branch of the Singleton family con-
tinued to hold Scale.

41 Gillow, Haydock Papers, 60.
Richard Woodcock, who died in 1633,

at Walton-le-Dale, held the moiety of
the Bank Hall in Broughton and lands
there ; his son James was twenty-five
years old ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m.
xxix, no. 63.

Edward French and Anne his wife in
1651 asked for an examination of their
title to Bank Hall, the estate being
sequestered for the recusancy and
delinquency of Woodcock and Crook.
Anne was daughter of James, eldest son
of Richard Walton, who had married
Elizabeth, eldest daughter of William
Garstang of Broughton, which William
had purchased the estate ; Cal. Com. for
Comp, iv, 2909. If true this would carry the
sale of Bank Hall into the i6th century.

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

PRESTON

The other moiety was owned by a recusant family

named Crook," whose representative sold to the late

John William Richard Wilson of Preston in 1834."

The old house was abandoned

and the present Broughton

House built as a residence. Mr.

Wilson died in 1875 and was

succeeded by his son the late

Edward Wilson, and grandson

Mr. Henry Francis Wilson,

the present owner.44

The names of other land-
owners occur in inquisitions.45
Several of the people suffered
sequestration under the Com-
monwealth46 and some
' Papists ' registered estates in
1717."

The Knights Hospitallers
Broughton.48

LANGTON of Brough-
ton Tower. Argent
three cheverons gules and
a canton vair.

had

land

The church of ST. JOHN BAPTIST
CHURCH stands at the south end of the village
on a slightly elevated site to the east of
the high road close to the Blundel Brook, which
forms the boundary of the churchyard on Che south
side. The site is an ancient one, but the oldest part
of the present church is the tower, which dates only
from the l6th century, the rest being modern. The
old building, which was pulled down about 1823,
appears to have been an early 16th-century rebuild-
ing of a 14th-century church, fragments of which
have been discovered,49 and it is probable that at
least two churches stood on the site previous to
the reign of Henry VIII. A plan of the old
church as it existed at the beginning of the last
century 50 shows it to have consisted of a chancel with
a large chapel on the north side separated from it
by an arcade of two arches, and a smaller south chapel
open to the chancel by a single arch, nave of four
bays with north and south aisles, south porch and

In 1654 Thomas Clayton of Chorley
desired to prove his title to a house, &c.,
in Broughton settled by the late William
Singleton on claimant, with reversion to
William Daniel ; two-thirds were still
under sequestration for Singleton's re-
cusancy ; ibid, v, 3201. From the
later history this appears to be Bank
Hall.

A report by Samuel Peploe, vicar of
Preston in 1716, stated that at that time
one moiety was held by the Crook
family, with a charge upon it, so it was
suspected, 'only in trust ... for Romish
priests ' ; ' the other part of Bank Hall
estate is Mr. Thomas (or his son John)
Clayton of Preston. This has been in
lease many years. Mr. Smith, a Romish
priest (whose true name is Edward
Kitchen), lives in that part of the house
at Bank Hall which belongs to this side
of the estate and has occupied and let
the ground from time to time ....
I am told that Mr. John Clayton has
entered on this tenement some days ago,
pretending that he has bought Smith out
of it,' &c. ; Haydoc k Paper j, 60, 61, quoting
P.R.O. Forftd. Estates, Pi 34. See also
Payne, Rec. of Engl. Cath. 155.

The Claytons of Crook and Fulwood
had lands, &c., in Broughton, Fulwood-
shaw and Durton ; Duchy of Lane. Inq.
p.m. xxviii, no. 79.

42 Hugh Crook was living at Bank
Hall in 1632, paying his fines for
recusancy. George Crook, a missionary
priest, succeeded to this moiety, and
served the mission till his death about
1710 ; the estate then descended to his
nephew John Crook, the succession being
thus given : John -s. George — s. John
-s. John -s. John, M.D. (d. 1869);
Haydock Papers, 60— 2.

George Crook of Broughton, who died
in 1653 or 1654, had two-thirds of his
tenement sequestered for recusancy.
His widow Anne and sons George and
John are named ; Royalist Comp. Papers
(Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), ii, 87.
Others of the family, John Crook of
Preston and William Crook of Durton,
also suffered for their religion ; ibid. 88—9.

George Crook was of Bank Hall in
Broughton in 1724; in 1732 he married
Janet Blackburne of Westby, she being
daughter and co-heir of Richard Black-
burne of Upper Rawcliffe. Her son and
heir in 1771 is named as George Crook ;

Piccope MSS. (Chet. Lib.), iii, 286, 246,
390, from rolls at Preston.
48 Fishwick, Preston, 318.

44 Information of the late Mr. Wilson.
Bank Hall is now a farm-house. The Wil-
sons in making alterations in the old hall
' discovered a secret chamber adjoining
the room formerly used as a chapel, in
which were a tabernacle, chalice and
other church furniture. These they
handed over to Dr. Crook ' ; Haydoc^
Papers, 62.

45 Lawrence Starkie, who has occurred
in the account of Chipping, held lands in
Preston, Broughton and Haighton, and
on his death in 1532 was succeeded by
his daughters, Margaret wife of William
Banastre and Etheldreda wife of Humphrey
Newton ; the former died in 1 542, leav-
ing a son Wilfrid, under age ; Duchy of
Lane. Inq. p.m. ix, no. 21. The Newtons
appear to have sold their estate in
Broughton, Sharoe and Urton at various
times ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdles. 12,
m. 123; 20, m. 44 ; 24, m. 40. See
also Ducatus Lane. (Rec. Com.), ii, 353.

Peter Mason of Lathom in 1612 held
land in Broughton of the king by the
hundredth part of a knight's fee ; Lanes.
Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i,
214-15. Robert Blundell of Ince in 1615
held land by the two-hundredth part of a
knight's fee ; ibid, ii, 28. Richard
Ayrie in 1616 held by a like service;
ibid. 43. George Rogerson of Preston
in 1620 held lands in Sharoe and Ingol-
head of Roger Langton as of his manor
of Broughton ; ibid. 189. Thomas
Gregory of Woodplumpton in 1622 held
of the king by knight's service ; ibid, iii,

403-

The following had lands in Durton or
Urton, but the tenure is not recorded :
Richard Dilworth, 1627 (John, son and
heir) ; John Robinson of Whittle, 1628 ;
and Thomas Slater, 1633 (William, son
and heir) ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m.
xxviii, no. 1 1 ; xxvi, no. 20 ; xxvii, no.
47. William Slater was dead in 1654,
and two-thirds of his lands being under
sequestration for his recusancy, the
guardian of his son and heir Thomas
petitioned for leave to prove title ; Cal.
Com. for Comp. v, 3200.

Thomas Shireburne of Heysham held
his land in Broughton of Sir Gilbert
Hoghton ; Towneley MS. C 8, 13 (Chet.
Lib.), 1083.

46 In addition to cases already given are
the following :

Robert Adamson's lands were seques-
tered for recusancy and delinquency. He
held under a lease for three lives from
Thomas Singleton of Broughton Tower,
and the lives having expired in 1651
William Langton claimed possession, as
«on and heir of Roger Langton, who
had purchased from Singleton ; Royalist
Comp. Papers (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches.), i, 10.

Edward Daniel of Durton, recusant, in
1653 petitioned to be allowed to contract
for his sequestered estate ; Cal. Com. for
Comp. iv, 3175.

James Hollinhead and George Wilkin-
son, sequestered recusants, made similar
petitions ; ibid, v, 3186, 3179.

Thomas Glave's estate had been
sequestered for a like reason, and in 1651
Margaret and Anne Glave, widows, with
another widow and three fatherless children,
all ' conformable,' in their poverty desired
restoration ; ibid, iv, 2910.

John Taylor's estate was also under
sequestration for recusancy. He was
dead, and the leaseholders under his son
Christopher desired to show their title.
The claim was allowed, but 'the debts
due to delinquents and two-thirds of those
due to recusants ' were to be paid to the
use of the State ; ibid, v, 3 207.

47 Their names were John Arkwright,
Robert Arkwright, William Arkwright,
William Blakey, Richard Boys of Sharoe,
Richard Cardwell, James Carterof Durton,
John and Thomas Daniell of the same,
Edward Daniell of Catterall, Elizabeth
Gradwell of Fernyhalgh, widow, Thomas
Greenalls, Edward Harrison, Richard
Parkinson and Ellen Walmesley, widow ;
Estcourt and Payne, Engl. Cath. Nonjurors,
95-6, 104, 105, 136 8.

For the Daniel family, already men-
tioned several times, see Gillow, Bibl.
Diet, of Engl. Cath. ii, ii.

48 The prior claimed 4 acres, &c., in
1333 against Richard de Myerscough ;
De Banco R. 293, m. 322.

49 Some early 14th-century fragments
found when the present chancel was erected
are now in the churchyard on the west side
of the tower. This probably indicates a
rebuilding of or alteration to the original
12th-century church.

50 The plan is on the faculty to re-
build. See next page.

16

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

west tower. Both chapels projected beyond the line
of the aisle walls north and south, and were separated
from the chancel by oak screens.61 The chancel
was of the same width as the nave, there being
apparently no structural division. No illustration of
the building remains, though it is said to have been
of a plain late type of Gothic, with low overhanging
eaves and dormer windows.52 From remains still exist-
ing in the east wall of the tower the old nave seems to
have been 15 ft. 6 in. wide,53 with aisles 8 ft. wide,
the total length of the nave and chancel being 79 ft.54
During the I yth and 1 8th centuries little or nothing
seems to have been done to keep the structure in
adequate repair, and shortly before its demolition
Dr. Whitaker wrote that he had seldom seen ' greater
appearances of squalid neglect and approaching decay.' 65
The rebuilding consisted of the present wide aisleless
nave, 69 ft. by 45 ft., in the Gothic style of the
period, and was finished in 1826. To this a chancel,
36 ft. by 22 ft., with north vestries and south organ-
chamber occupying to some extent the position of

Gothic work,58 contrasting sharply with the nave, ,
the windows of which are tall, narrow single lights.
The nave roof is of one span, covered with slate, and
has a flat plaster-panelled ceiling.

The tower, which is I 3 ft. 3 in. square inside and
built of gritstone, has diagonal buttresses of seven
stages, a projecting vice in the south-east corner and
an embattled parapet with the stumps of angle
pinnacles. On the string course below the parapet on
the south side are a four-leafed flower and the date 1533,
which probably gives the year of the building of the
tower, and on the vice the string bears the initials
E.G. The stages are unmarked externally by string
courses, and on the north and south sides the walls
are quite plain except for the belfry windows, which
are of three lights under a pointed head without
tracery, but with external hood mould. The west
doorway, which has moulded jambs and head, was
opened out in 1905—6, and the window above, which
is of three lights with traceried head and hood mould,
was likewise restored, the lower part, which had before

o SOUTH AISIX

PLAN OF BROUGHTON CHURCH BEFORE 1823

the two original chapels, was added in 1905-6, at
which time also the whole of the building was
restored, the tower arch opened out, and benches
substituted for the old square pews.

The chancel and nave being modern are without
antiquarian interest, except that six sculptured stones
from the old church are built into the external wall
of the organ-chamber on the south side.56 These
consist of (i) a boar's head with the initials T.B. ;
(2) arms of Redmayne and initials G.R. ; (3) I.H.C. ;
(4) arms of Singleton and the initials R.S. ; (5) arms
of Barton and initials T.B. ; and (6) clawed foot and
ivy leaf.57 The chancel is a good example of modern

been built up, being opened out. There is a clock on
the west side, and on the north buttress facing east
are the initials T.B. on either side of a shield,59 and
in a similar position on the south buttress a shield
with the Singleton arms. The tower arch is of two
chamfered orders dying into the wall at the springing,
and above it the lower part of the weathering of the
old pointed roof is visible under the modern ceiling.
Until 1905—6 the tower was separated from the nave
by a wall 5 ft. thick, the removal of which revealed
on the south side the half- octagonal respond of the
old nave arcade. In the rebuilding of 1826 the floor
of the church seems to have been considerably raised,

61 The inscriptions and arms in these
screens are given in Fishwick, Preston,

134-5-

51 Information from old inhabitants to
present vicar. It is described as having
been similar to Goosnargh Church, only
lower at the eaves.

53 On the plan it scales less, but the
plan does not appear to be quite accurate,
the dimensions of the tower not strictly
agreeing with those of the actual building.

54 These measurement* are taken from
the plan.

55 Whitaker, Richmondshirc, ii, 433-4.
He says ' a few remnants of a, more
ancient fabric appear in the walls of the
present fabric, which is evidently a work
of the time of Henry VIII, since when
very little attention seems to have
been paid it, excepting to secure the
handsome tower from falling by strong
iron bars.' This was in 1822. On the.

122

oak roof of the chancel was the date

1537-

56 In the 1826 rebuilding they were
placed in the east gable.

57 Four of these are illustrated in Fish-
wick, Preston, 136.

58 The architects were Austin &
Paley of Lancaster.

69 The shield is difficult to decipher,
but probably bore the Barton arms.

BROUGHTON CHURCH FROM THE NORTH-WEST

BARTON CROSS (RESTORED)

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

the floor of the present nave being 2 ft. 4 in. above
that of the tower, from which there is an ascent of
five steps.

The font, which stands in the north-west corner
of the nave, is a massive circular Norman bowl
2 ft. 8£ in. in diameter and 18 in. high, hewn out
of a sandstone boulder, with a half-round moulding
at the bottom. The font was turned out of the
church in 1826 to make way for one of alabaster, but
was discovered at a cottage in Barton in 1889 and
restored to the church. The bowl is supported by
a modern shaft.

There are preserved in the church an old stoup,60 an
octagonal stone mortar, a piece of oak 6 ft. long
carved with the vine pattern belonging to one of the
screens in the old church, a mediaeval chest and a
Jacobean oak communion table, while in the vestry
is a smaller chest dated 1666 with various initials
and fleurs de lis hinges. The organ has a good 1 8th-
century case, and there is a brass chandelier dated
1817. Against the west wall of the nave north of
the tower is a fragment of a memorial stone to Roger
Langton of Broughton Tower, who died at Chester
in 1714, and was buried in the now demolished
church of St. Bridget in that city.61

There is a ring of six bells, cast in 1 884 by Mears &
Stainbank.62

The silver plate consists of two chalices inscribed
' Capellae de Broughton Sacrum 1782 ', and on the
foot ' The gift of the Reverend Samuel Peploe Arch
Deacon of Richmond & Vic. of Preston ', but with-
out other marks than R| thrice repeated ; a set of
two chalices, two patens and a flagon of 1851, pur-
chased by subscription in that year, and a bread-box
of 1906. There are also two pewter flagons given
by Archdeacon Peploe in 1732.

The registers begin in 1653-4.

On the south side of the churchyard are the steps
of the churchyard cross, now surmounted by a modern
sundial, the plate of which is dated 1 8 1 6 and bears
the names of the vicar and churchwardens. The
steps, which are three in number and square on plan,
are of coarse gritstone and are carried on a solid

PRESTON

rubble foundation going down a considerable depth.
The stocks, which stand outside the churchyard wall
near the west entrance, were restored in 1902, one
of the old stone posts being replaced. They are not,
however, in their original position.

Though the building, as stated,
4DVOWSON existed from an early time, there
are few records of it.63'4 In the
1 6th century it was often called a church, its status
being th^t of parochial chapel. Its ornaments and
bells were sold at the Reformation,65 but the building
seems to have been retained in use for service.66 The
patronage descended like that of the vicarage of
Preston until 1867, when Sir Henry de Hoghton
sold it to John Bretherton of Leyland ; the purchaser
gave it to his brother William, who became vicar in
1872, and whose representatives are now the patrons.67
In 1650 the stipend was £40, paid out of sequestra-
tions,68 and therefore ceasing at the Restoration. The
Langtons endowed it with £20, and in 1717 the
income was ^34-69 In 1774 an augmentation was
obtained from Queen Anne's Bounty.70 The present
value is given as £z$o.n A parish was assigned to
it in i878.72 The chapelry was formerly reputed
to include the three townships of Broughton, Barton
and Haighton. The following have been curates
and vicars 73 : —
oc. 1368-96 William de Erlesgate 74

1441 Henry Broughton

1515 Evan Wall 75

1530 Henry Helme 76

i 548-65 Roger Charnock 77
oc. 1597 John Marton 78

oc. 1 6 1 o — Witton 79

oc. 1622 — Lomax 80

1626 Peter Addison, B.A.81

1628 Roger Farrand 82

1650 James Knott 83

1 66 1 John Winckley

oc. 1674-1714 William Wood 84

1721 William Charnley, B.A.85 (St. John's

Coll., Camb.)

1727 John Starkie

60 Found in 1893 in a ditch near the
church.

61 The stone was cast aside when
St. Bridget's was pulled down, but was
recovered in 1888 and placed in Broughton
Church by the late Mr. William Langton
of Manchester.

13 Two of the former bells, which were
used in the casting of the present ring,
bore the dates 1632, and another 1681.
The treble was inscribed ' See. Petre
O P N '. The other bells had « Jesus be
our spede, 1632 '; ' G.W. w.w. i.e. 1681 ' ;
'Gloria in excelsis Deo, 1632 '; Fishwick,
op. cit. 135, but his description is not
very clear.

6S'4 Geoffrey, chaplain of the hermitage
of Broughton, is named in a deed of 1 377,
but he may then have been dead ;
Kuerden fol. MS. fol. 256.

In 1441 the priest at Broughton was
witness to a local charter ; Fishwick,
Preston, 129. In 1460 a sentence of
divorce was read in the church ; ibid.
The chapel of Broughton is named in the
1520 lease of Preston tithes quoted in
the account of the church.

65 Raines, Chantries (Chet. Soc.), 277,
280.

66 The same curate was there from

1 548 to 1565 at least. Nothing i* known
of the next thirty years.

67 Fishwick, op. cit. 140.

68 Commonw. Ch. Sur-v. (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), 146. In 1651, how-
ever, the minister's ' maintenance ' did
not exceed zos. a year, and ^50 was
allowed from the tithes of Leyland,
sequestered from James Anderton, ' papist
and delinquent ' ; Plund. Mini. Accts.
(Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 103, in.

89 Gastrell, Notitia Cestr. (Chet. Soc.),
ii, 467. Richard Cross had given £100,
and the vicar of Preston had usually paid
,£4 a year, but this had been refused by
Vicar Birch. It is now paid by the vicar
of Preston.

70 Fishwick, op. cit. 143.

71 Manch. Dioc. Dir.

73 Loud. Gass. 5 Apr. 1878.

78 This list is taken mainly from Fish-
wick, op. cit. 140—4, where many details
of the incumbents will be found.

74 Towneley MS. DD, no. 1776, 1786.

75 In depositions of 1515-16 he is called
'parish priest' of Broughton; ibid. 253.

76 Named in a Subsidy Roll, c. 1530 ;
T. C. Smith, Preston Ch. 20.

77 Occurs in the Chester visitation lists
of 1548 and 1562, and in 1565 is named

123

in the will of Anne Singleton ; Willt
(Chet. Soc. new ser.), iii, 133.

78 The will of a John Marton, ' curate
of Broughton,' was proved in 1597 ;
Fishwick, Preston, 141.

79 He was ' stipendiary minister,' but
' no preacher ' ; Hist. M.SS. Com. Rep.
xiv, App. iv, 9.

80 Visitation lists at Chester.

81 Act Bk. at Chester.

82 ' Commonly called Sir Roger ' ;
Fishwick, op. cit. 141. This is a late use
of the clerical ' sir.' His name heads the
list of ' Protesters ' at Broughton in 1641.

88 Named in the Ch. Sur-v., Sec., in
1650-1.

84 His initials are on the bells of 1681.
His name is in the Bishop of Chester's
visitation list in 1691, as curate and
schoolmaster, showing letters of orders
*ut in 1674.' He is also named in the
will of Roger Langton, 1714; Piccope
MSS. xiv, 74. According to Fishwick
(op. cit. 142) he was deprived of his
curacy in 1678 but reinstated.

85 He and his two successors were
nominated by the vicar of Preston.
Charnley had spent some time at Trinity
College, Dublin, before he entered St.
John's, Cambridge, in 1718, being then

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

1732 Joseph Cowper, M.A. (T.C.D.)

1761 John Hunter 86

1774 Randal Andrews, M.A.87 (Worcester

Coll., Oxf.)

1801 George Charnley M

1 8 10 Hugh Hodgson

1817 William Dixon

1872 William Bretherton

1886 Samuel Edward Collinson, L.Th.

(Durh.) 88a 0

There was in the ijth century an oratory, St.
Mary's, at Fernyhalgh,89 but this fell into decay, and
was not used after the Reformation.90

A school was founded in 1527 by Lawrence
Stodagh.91

As a large proportion of the people adhered to
the old religion at the Reformation the Roman
Catholic worship survived during the time of
proscription.92 Bank Hall, as above stated, was a
missionary centre for a long time,93 and our Lady's
Well at Fernyhalgh is said to have remained a place of
pilgrimage.94 In 1685 Hugh Charnley gave the site
of the well in trust for the mission there and a house-
chapel was built. This remained in use till 1793,
when the present church of St. Mary was built a
quarter of a mile away.95 The Rev. John Daniel,
last president of the seminary at Douay, was born at
Durton.96

It appears that a school was secretly kept up in
connexion with this mission from about 1650 ;
it was known later as Schola Sanctte Maries ad
fontem.97

The township gives its name to the Broughton
Charitable Society, the annual meeting being held
there.98

HAIGHTON

Halctun, Dom. Bk.1 ; Aulton, 1200; Halicton,
1212 ; Halghton, 1278 and usually ; Alghton, 1292 ;
Halghton, Haughton, Haghton, Haighton, 1560-
1600.

This township, a continuation of Broughton east-
ward, is somewhat more elevated, as most of the
surface is above the 2OO-ft. level. Blundel Brook
forms the northern boundary, while Savock Brook,
flowing through a little valley, cuts off the south-
eastern portion, in which is Cow Hill. The area is
1,078 acres,2 and in 1901 the population num-
bered 273.

The principal road is that going through the
centre of the township, leading eastward from
Broughton through Haighton Green, and then turn-
ing south and east again towards Longridge. There
was formerly a cross on the green.3 To the north of
the road are New Chingle Hall and Haighton Hall,
while Haighton House lies to the south. There is
neither railway nor canal. The township is governed
by a parish council.

The land is almost entirely in pasture.

One plough-land in HJ1GHTON was

MdNOR in 1066 included in Earl Tostig's fee of

Preston.4 After the Conquest it appears

to have been included in the royal demesne,5 but in

1 2 1 2 Gillemichael de Haighton held 2 oxgangs of

twenty-one years of age. He was after-
wards vicar of Bray ton and Selby, 1727-
48 ; R. F. Scott, Admissions, iii, 14, 318.
In 1726 the Sacrament was adminis-
tered four times a year by the vicar of
Preston ; Visit, returns. With Charnley
begin the nominations recorded at the
Chester Diocesan Registry.

88 He became curate of Pilling. He
and his successors were nominated by the
Hoghton family.

87 Vicar of Ormskirk 1780-1800 ; re-
tained Broughton.

83 Master of Broughton School, 1771.

88a Mr. Collinson has afforded con-
siderable assistance to the editors.

89 In 1454 Nicholas Singleton of
Broughton and Margaret his wife had
licence for a chaplain to celebrate divine
service in the chapel of Fernyhalgh and
in the oratory in their manor-house ;
Kuerden MSS. iv, B 34.

There is evidence for its use for mass
in the time of Henry VII, but the roof
is stated to have fallen in by 1515 ;
Fishwick, op. cit. quoting Duchy of Lane.
Plead. Edw. VI, Ixi, R 2 ; Depositions
Hen. VIII, x, S 5. The chapel had land
at Warton.

On the meaning of the word see N:
and Q. (Ser. 4), x, 260.

90 Raines, Chantries, 259, &C. The
chapel had one bell, seized by Edward
VI. William Kenyon, who had a grant
of the lands belonging to it in 1553, made
complaints about various tenants ; Duchy
of Lane. Plead. Edw. VI, xxxii, K 2.

91 Gastrell, Notitia, ii, 468 ; End. Char.
Rep. (Preston, 1905), 18.

9* William Cowell of Preston about
1590 found Edmond Haworth, priest,
' saying mass after the popish manner in

a loft at the east end of the house of one
Dilworth, a widow, in the village of
Broughton, about 10 o'clock in the morn-
ing, attired in massing apparel, wearing a
vestment, alb and stole, and with a mass
book, a super altar, chalice containing
wine and a paten, with other massing
furniture.' The widow, her sons and
daughters and one or two more were
present. The informant, terrified with
cries of ' Strike, strike ! kill, kill ! now
or never ! ' and bribed by a gift of seven
nobles promised to keep silence, restored
the paten and chalice he had ' partly
taken,' but immediately gave informa-
tion to the mayor of Preston and others ;
T. C. Smith, Preston Ch. 21, from Raines
MSS. xxii, 156-8.

93 In 1718 John Crook 'had heard
George Crook, a reputed Romish priest,
say prayers after the Romish way' at
Bank Hall ; Payne, Engl. Cath. Rec. 155.

94 Christopher Tootell, the priest in
charge about 1700 and later, in an account
written in 1723 gives the legend of the
well. A merchant in distress in a storm
in the Irish Sea promised to do some
work of piety if he escaped, and heard a
voice telling him to seek a place called
Fernyhp.lgh and build a chapel by the
spring ; which, after long search for the
place, he performed. Tootell states :
' The ancient devotion of neighbouring
Catholics did not fail with the old chapel,
but . . . continued in their constant
assembling and praying together at the
well on Sundays and Holy Days and
especially on the feasts of Our Lady, even
in the severest times of persecution.'
This was interrupted at the futile Jacobite
rising of 1715 and the severities which
followed it, the chapel being plundered ;

124

but prayers were resumed in 1717. There
is a notice of Chr. Tootell in Gillow,
Blbl. Diet, of Engl. Cath. v, 548.

95 Gillow, Haydock Papers, 58. There
is preserved there an ancient chalice in-
scribed ' Dosus Maguir Rex Fermanne me
fi. fe. MCCCCC xxix,' supposed to have
belonged to the pre-Reformation chapel.

96 When the college was destroyed in
the French Revolution the president was
imprisoned for some time. He returned
to England and was made president of the
new college at Crook Hall, Durham, in
1795, but resigned in order to protect the
interests of the college at Douay, and died
in Paris in 1823. He wrote a short
work on Church history. There are
notices of him in Diet. Nat. Biog. and
Gillow, EM. Diet, of Engl. Cath. ii, 13-15.

97 Ibid, iii, 145-8. In the first half of
the 1 8th century it had a noteworthy
teacher — Alice Harrison of Fulwood.

98 It was founded in 1787, and large
numbers of Lancashire Roman Catholics
are members. Masses are said for them
at death, and a distribution of the surplus
funds is made each year, each member
giving his share to some poor person.

1 It is difficult to distinguish the town-
ships of Haighton, Aighton and Hoghton
in mediaeval deeds, but the first is com-
monly Halghton and the second Aghton.

2 1,077 acres, including 2 of inland
water; Census Rep. 1901.

3 Lanes, and Ches. Antij. Soc. xx, 178.

4 V.C.H. Lanes, i, 28 8a. As will be
seen from the text Haighton was in later
times regarded as 2 oxgangs of land or
else half a plough-land.

5 Farrer, Lanes. Pipe R. 130 ; fl2d. of
the increment of Aulton' for the half-
year.

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

PRESTON

land there in drengage, rendering zs. yearly.6 This
appears to have been the whole service due from the
township, though the land is only a fourth part of the
old assessment, for in 1297 the vill of Haighton was
found to pay zs. yearly to the Earl of Lancaster.7 In
1324 a portion was held by John de Bolton, who paid
it., and the rest by Adam son of William Banastre,
who also paid is.8 In 1346 the whole was held by
Thomas Banastre, as half a plough-land, by the rent of

2J.9 It descended like Balderston, being held by
Richard Balderston in 1445—6 for the twentieth part
of a knight's fee, the land being half a plough-land.10
Haighton does not seem to have been usually regarded
as a separate manor, and in a document of the i6th
century is described as ' in Broughton '.u

A family which took a surname from it can be
traced for some time 12 ; but the land seems to have
been very much divided,13 the Elstons,13a Singletons, 13b

6 Lanct. Inq. and Extents (Rec. Soc.
Lance, and Ches.), i, 51. Richard de
Haighton held the same land by the same
service in 1226 ; ibid, i, 140. He was
living in 1248, but Walter son of Richard
de Haighton appears in 1251 and 1261 ;
ibid, i, 176, 183, 228. Robert son of
William son of Walter de Haighton was
plaintiff in 1334 against Paulin son of
William son of Walter and Gilbert son of
Walter de Haighton, also against William
son of Amry dc Haighton : Assize
R. 1417, m. 7d.

* Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 289. The
Banastre estate may have been derived
in part from Robert son of Walter de
Haighton, who gave all his wood in
Haighton (within certain bounds) to
Thomas Banastre of Bretherton ; Kuer-
den MSS. iv, H 5.

8 Dods. MSS. cxxxi, fol. 39 ; John de
Bolton held a messuage and 40 acres, and
Adam Banastre the whole remainder of
the hamlet of Haighton.

In 1326 it was found that William son
of Ellen de Haighton had held i acre
(worth 6d. a year) in the vill of Haighton
of Adam son and heir of William Banastre,
a minor, by id. rent ; a messuage and
9 acres of Richard de Haighton by 3^.
rent; 12 acres of John de Haighton by
zd. rent ; and 8 acres of Walter de
Haighton by ^d. rent, the annual value
of these 29 acres was %d. each. The
heir was William's son Richard, aged
twenty-four ; Inq. p.m. 19 Edw. II, no. 5 1.

John de Bolton is stated to have
received lands in Haighton, with acquit-
tance of multure in the mill, from John
de Coppull, the remainder being to Robert
son of John de Belton and his heirs by
Joan daughter of Thomas le Waleys ;
the grant was made in 1318. After-
wards Robert sold to Roger de Elston,
living in 1363, and he died without issue
by Joan ; Memo. R. (L.T.R.) 128, m. xxi.
Margaret (then wife of William de
Childers) widow of Robert son of John
de Bolton claimed dower in 1366 ; De
Banco R. 425, m. 234. The surname
Bolton long continued in the township.

9 Sur-v. of 1346 (Chet. Soc.), 50. Sir
Thomas Banastre held in 1379 ; Lanes.
Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), i, 15.

10 Duchy of Lane. Knights' Fees,bdle. 2,
no. 20. In 1456 Richard Balderston held
the manor of Haighton by Goosnargh of
the king as of his duchy in socage by a
rent of 21. ; its clear value was 4 marks
a year ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), ii,
63. Thi-s is one of the rare instances in
which it is called a manor.

Portions of the Balderston estate are
named later in the possessions of Edmund
Dudley (1507), Thomas Radcliffe of
Winmarleigh (1521), Thomas Earl of
Derby (1523) and Sir Alexander Osbal-
deston (1544) ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m.
iy, no. 13 ; y, no. 3, &c. ; v, no. 68 ;
viii, no. i. No particulars of tenure are
given for Haighton.

u The warden* of Broughton Chapel

in 1539 demised to William Singleton of
Chingle Hall a messuage in Haighton in
Broughton at a rent of loj. lod. ;
Towneley MS. HH, no. 1575. This
may only mean ' in the chapelry of
Broughton.'

13 One branch has been named in pre-
ceding notes.

John de Haighton occurs in 1244 ;
Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 159, 160.
Alice daughter of Adam de Blackburn
in 1276-8 complained that John de
Haighton, Ellen his wife and Katherine,
Maud and Joan his daughters had dis-
seised her of her free tenement in the
place, and recovered ; De Banco R. 17,
m. 27; Assize R. 1238, m. 32; 1239,
m. 37. In 1292 Katherine daughter of
John de Haighton withdrew her claim
against John de Haighton ; Assize
R. 408, m. 69 d. Much of the land of
this family appears to have been acquired
by Hoghton of Hoghton, as below.

Godith de Elston and Roger son of
William de Elston agreed with Joan
widow of John de Haighton for a lease
of their lands to her; Add. MS. 32106,
no. 783.

John de Haighton gave his daughters
Joan, Katherine, Maud and Margery his
house of Brunden, lands held by Roger
and Paulin, sons of William de Elston,
and homages and services in the vill of
Haighton, at a rent of izd. ; Kuerden
MSS. iii, H 2. John son of John de
Haighton granted Robert de Whittingham
certain lands, the bounds at one point
following Brunden to the east ; the rent
was a pair of gloves or id. ; ibid. In
1293-4 Katherine and Joan, daughters
of John de Haighton, made claims
against John son of Robert de Singleton
and Alice his wife, and against Master
Richard de Hoghton, in respect of tene-
ments in Haighton ; De Banco R. 101,
m. 100 d. ; 104, m. 81 d.

In 1332 Richard de Haighton granted
some of his land upon Highfield ; Kuerden
fol. MS. fol. 175. Richard made a grant
in 1358 ; ibid. fol. 189. In 1377 Maud
and Margaret, daughters of Richard de
Haighton and Euphemia his wife, had
hereditary lands delivered to them ; ibid,
fol. 256.

Robert Greenacre and others, probably
trustees, in 1416 gave a tenement in
Haighton to Thomas Haighton and his
heirs ; ibid. fol. 87. Ughtred Hothersall
in 1441-2 became bound to William son
and heir of Thomas Haighten for the
fulfilment of contracts ; ibid. fol. 189.
William Haighton was defendant in
1442 ; Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 4, m. i.
William occurs again in 1459 and 1464 ;
Kuerden fol. MS. fol. 88, 63.

13 A fine respecting 'Haighton' in
1311 may refer to some other place of
the name ; Final Cone. (Rec. Soc. Lanes,
and Ches.), ii, 8. In 1317-18 John de
Brockholes claimed land in Haighton
against Richard son of Richard de Fish-
wick and Cecily his wife ; De Banco

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R. 221, m. 210 <J. Eve widow of Henry
de Blackburn in 1336 claimed a mes-
suage there against John de Blackburn ;
ibid. 306, m. 128. Land in Haighton
was among the Clitheroe estates in 1 342 ;
Final Cone, ii, 114. In 1347 Simon
Breton and Joan his wife claimed an
acre of land against William del Hall and
Robert son of Robert del Moor ; the last
named seems to have been the owner ;
Assize R. 1435, m. 16. Isolda widow of
William del Hall had lands in 1372 ;
Kuerden fol. MS. fol. 87. John de
Cottam of Haighton made a feoffment
of his lands in 1389; ibid. fol. 88. A
John son of William de Cottam was
defendant to a claim by Adam son of
Richard de Holmes in 1337 ; De Banco
R. 311, m. I56d. Henry Cottam of
Haighton died in 1592 holding a capital
messuage, &c., of Richard Hoghton by
6d. rent. George his son and heir was
seventeen years old ; Duchy of Lane.
Inq. p.m. xvi, no. 49.

13a In 1329 Roger and Paulin sons of
William de Elston claimed a tenement
in Haighton against Henry de Herrys
and Cecily his wife ; Assize R. 427, m.
3 d. (Henry de Hericy had land in
Wheatcroft from John de Haighton in
1287 ; Add. MS. 32106, no. 649.)
John son of William son of Robert de
Elston in 134$ claimed 40 acres of land
against Robert and Adam sons of Ellis de
Knoll ; De Banco R. 341, m. 226.

Roger de Elston already named and
Anabel his wife had lands in Haighton,
and part of two mills, which were in
1348 settled on Roger son of John de
Elston, Ralph and Thomas his brothers,
and the heirs of Roger de Elston of
Killanshagh ; Kuerden fol. MS. fol. 291.
Robert de Bolton was a witness.
William son of Roger de Elston in 1350
gave his brother Roger land called the
Moss and rents from the tenements of
William son of Paulin de Elston, Roger
son of Ellis de Knoll and Henry son of
William Amricson in Haighton ; ibid,
fol. in.

The feoffees in 1414 granted Margaret
widow of John Elston various lands in
Haighton, with remainders to Thomas
Elston and Nicholas his brother ; Harl.
MS. 21 12, fol. 100/141. In 1429-30
Roger Elston gave lands, formerly
Reginald Elston's, to trustees for Ellen
daughter of Thomas Haighton ; Add.
MS. 32107, no. 2991—2. Some of the
Elston lands probably went to the
Blundells of Preston, for in 1452-3 John
Blundell and Agnes widow of Hugh
Longton granted land in Haighton to
William son of John Blundell ; Harl.
MS. 2112, fol. 100/141.

13b Nicholas son of Gilbert de Singleton
in 1384 had lands in Haighton within
these bounds : Beginning at Falsnape
Cloughhead on the west, following tie
Moss Dyke east to Christopher de Whit-
tingham's land, then north to Brunden,
following this westward to Falsnape

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

and neighbouring owners, as appears from the in-
quisitions and other records,
having estates therein.14 The
Hoghtons of Hoghton in
Leyland held lands here from
the time of Edward 1 14a ;
the estate was once called a
manor. 14b Cockersand Abbey
had a little land.15 In the
1 7th century one residence
was called the Hall, and its
owners, named Wadsworth,
recorded a pedigree in i664.16

WADSWORTH of
Haighton. Gules three
Jleurs de Us argent.

In consequence of their taking the Jacobite side in
1715 the estate was forfeited.17 It was afterwards
held by Edward Pedder, Blacklidge of Wheelton and
Anderton of Euxton.18 Another noteworthy family
was that of Gerard 19 ; their estate was sold to
James Francis Anderton, and is now held by his son
Mr. Wilfrid Francis Anderton of Haighton House.20

George Charnley, Richard Whittingham and Law-
rence Wilkinson, described as of Haighton, in 1631
compounded for refusing knighthood by payments ot
£10 each.21

Two or three estates were sequestered by the Com-
monwealth authorities for delinquency or recusancy,22

Cloughfield and so south to the starting-
point ; Duchy of Lane. Anct. D. L 1061.
The same piece of land apparently (in
Falsnape Wray) had been given (temp.
Henry III) by Richard de Haighton to
Richard son of Roger de Broughton ;
ibid. L 1074.

Nicholas son of William Singleton had
land here in 1471 ; Kuerden fol. MS.
fol. 396. John son of William Singleton
in 1488-9 had land in Haighton, in-
cluding Stubbings, formerly belonging to
Henry Haighton ; Towneley MS. DD,
no. 1289. John Singleton of Shingle
Hall in 1571 granted Thomas Hoghton
of Lea an annuity out of a messuage, &c.,
in Haighton by Fulwood ; Add. MS.
32106, no. 804. Jane daughter of John
Singleton was in 1587 wife of Christopher
Harris, and had land in Haighton and
West Stubbings ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F.
bdle. 49, m. 267.

John Singleton of Shingle Hall was in
1530 said to hold his messuage, &c., in
Haighton in socage of Sir Richard
Hoghton by a rent of lid. and a pair of
gloves, and a similar return was made
after the death of his son William in
1541 ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. vi, no.
32 ; viii, no. 9. Later, however, the
tenure was said to be of the queen by
knight's service ; ibid, xiii, no. 16 ; xiv,
no. 67.

14 Robert Hesketh in 1490 held lands in
Haighton of Nicholas Harrington by the
rent of a grain of pepper ; Duchy of
Lane. Inq. p.m. iii, no. 72 ; v, no. 16.
Sir Thomas Ashton had part of the
Harrington land in Haighton in 1514;
ibid, iv, no. 80. Thomas Bradley in
1556 purchased lands in Haighton and
Hothersall from Sir Thomas Hesketh
«nd Alice his wife ; Pal. of Lane. Feet
of F. bdle. 1 6, m. 12. John Bradley
held in 1597, but the tenure is not
stated ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xvii,
no. 28. The tenement descended to
Osbaldeston ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soe,
Lanes, and Ches.), i, 179.

Lawrence Starkie had lands in
Haighton as well as in Broughton, and
they descended in the same way ; Duchf
of Lane. Inq. p.m. ix, no. 21.

Thomas Dixon in 1597 purchased a
messuage, &c., in Haighton and Whit?
tingham from James Anderton of
Lostock, who seems to have purchased in
1591 from Gabriel Pennington ; Pal. of
Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 58, m. 81 ; 53,
in. 136. Christopher Dixon died in 1605
holding his lands (in the townships
named) of the king by the hundredth and
the thousandth parts of a knight's fee ;
Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches.), i, 40.

Sir Richard Hoghton in 1606 sold to
George Lorimer a messuage, &c., in
Haightuu; Add. MS. 32106, no. 770.

George died in 1638, holding it of ' the
lord of Haighton ' in socage, and leaving
a son John, aged thirty-seven ; Duchy of
Lane. Inq. p.m. xxx, no. 57.

Thomas Preston had lands in
Haighton and Warton in 1591 ; Pal. of
Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 53, m. 178.
George Preston died in 1602 holding
lands in Haighton and Whittingham of
the king by the two-hundredth part of a
knight's fee ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc.),
i, 103.

John Robinson purchased lands from
Bolton and from Singleton in 1596-7 ;
Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 58, m. 46 ;
59, m. 97. Edward Robinson died in
1608 holding lands of the king by the
three-hundredth part of a knight's fee ;
Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc.), i, 114.
John Robinson of Whittle died in 1628
holding land, tenure unstated ; Duchy of
Lane. Inq. p.m. xxvi, no. 20.

John Taylor in 1586 acquired a
messuage from Roger Taylor and Ellen
his wife ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle.
48, m. 257. Christopher Taylor died in
1634 holding a messuage, &c., of 'the
lord of Haighton,' and leaving as heir his
son John, over forty years of age ;
Towneley MS. C 8, 13 (Chet. Lib.),
1190.

Anthony Wall and Margaret his wife
had a messuage, &c., in 1596 ; Pal. of
Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 59, m. 181.
Anthony died at Preston in 1601 holding
three messuages and three-eighths of a
windmill in Whittingham and Haighton,
also messuages, &c., in Preston. His son
and heir William was eight years old ;
Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xviii, no. 6.
William Wall died in 1626 at Whitting-
ham holding the same estate and leaving
as heir his son William, aged eight ; ibid,
xxvi, no. 50.

In the following cases the tenure is
not stated : Sir Richard Shireburne,
Henry Brown, Thomas Beesley and
Thomas Clarkson ; ibid, xvi, no. 3 ;
xviii, no. 23 ; xxviii, no. 62 ; xxx, no.
Si.

Ma The estate has been mentioned in
previous notes. John son of John
de Haighton in the time of Edward I
made a number of grants and quitclaims
to Master Richard de Hoghton ; Add.
MS. 32106, no. 35, 653, 662, &c.
Joan daughter of John de Haighton and
Maud her sister released to Master
Richard their right in the lands he had
acquired from their father ; ibid. no. 624.
Joan widow of John released her dower
right ; ibid. no. 650. Joan, Maud and
Margery daughters of John de Haighton
afterwards released their claim to
Richard son of Richard de Hoghton ;
ibid. no. 654. Robert son of Warine de
Elston and Ellen his wife, daughter of
Roger Mustard (about 1280), granted all

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their lands in Haighton to Master
Richard de Hoghton, excepting a rood
held of the heirs of Richard le Boteler ;
ibid. no. 656. In 1315 Richard son of
Richard de Hoghton granted land to
Paulin de Elston and Christiana his wife
at a rent of 1 31. 4^. yearly ; ibid. no.
714.

Sir Richard Hoghton was in 1422
found to hold a messuage and land in
Haighton of the king as Duke of
Lancaster in socage ; Lanes. Inq. p.m.
(Chet. Soc.), i, 146. Anilla daughter
and heir of Robert Singleton (formerly
of Chipping) in her widowhood gave her
hereditary lands in Haighton to Henry
and Ralph sons of Sir Richard Hoghton ;
Add. MS. 32106, no. 663. John son of
William Blundell and cousin and heir of
Roger Blundell in 1491-2 granted to
William Hoghton the lands in Haighton
which had formerly belonged to Alexander
Blundell ; Dods. MSS. cxlii, foL 556.
Lands in Haighton are mentioned in
later Hoghton inquisitions, &c., but the
tenure is not stated. In 1566 Thomas
Hoghton purchased lands, &c., in
Haighton and Dilworth from John
Osbaldeston and Jane his wife ; Pal. of
Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 28, m. 186.
Richard Hoghton in 1577 purchased a
messuage, &c., from Henry Earl of
Derby ; ibid. bdle. 39, m. 93.

14b See note 22 below.

15 Adam son of Uctred gave all hit
land* in Haighton bounded by Moorsyke,
Thorny Clough, Savock and Cabber Clough
and across the moor to the starting-
point ; Cockersand Chartul. i, 228.

16 Dugdale, Visit. (Chet. Soc.), 322.
The Wadsworths had also the ' manors '
of Fulwood and Cadley ; Exch. Dep. (Rec.
Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), 90.

17 Gillow and Hewitson, Tyldesley
Diary, 62 ; Lanes, and Ches. Rec. (Rec.
Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 171. See al»o
Cal. Exch. Pleas, W 2.

18 Fishwick, Preston, 359.

19 John Gerard died in 1635 holding
lands in Warton, Livesey, Whitton,
Withnell and Haighton. His messuage
in the last-named township was called
Rogerson House. The heir was his son
Evan, aged forty ; Duchy of Lane. Inq.
p.m. xxvii, no. 20. An Evan Gerard
' of Brindle,' skinner, was a burgess at
the Guild of 1622 ; Preston Guild R. 89, 93.

20 Fishwick, op. cit. 357, where a pedi-
gree is given.

21 Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.),

1, 222.

M Richard Charnley died in 1623 hold-
ing messuages and lands in Haighton of
the heirs of Balderston by the rent of a
rose ; his heir was his nephew George
(son of Lawrence) Charnley, aged twenty-
four ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc.), iii,
367. Henry Charnley died in 1637

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

and some small tenements were registered by
'Papists' in 1717."

BARTON

Bartun, Dom. Bk. ; Barton, 1212 and usually ;
Berton, 1226.

The surface is for the most part level or slightly
undulating, but rises a little more sharply in the
north-east corner, a height of about 230 ft. being
attained. Barton Brook, formed by Westfield Brook
and Sparling Brook from east and north-east respec-
tively, runs diagonally across the area from north-
east to south-west, the Old Hall being to the north
of it and a water corn-mill upon it ; Barton Lodge
and Tunsteads lie to the south of it. The township
contains 2,707^ acres and had a population of 315
in 1 90 1.1 The hamlet of Newsham in Goosnargh
was included in the township of Barton in 1894.*

The principal road is that from Preston to Lan-
caster, running along the western boundary ; upon
it, near the centre, is the church. The London and
North-Western Company's main line to the north
crosses the north-west corner.

The land is chiefly meadow and pasture ; the soil
is clayey.

A parish council administers the affairs of the
township.

PRESTON

There are remains of ancient crosses near the
eastern border.3

In 1066 the manor of BJRTON,
M4NOR assessed as four plough-lands, was a member
of the lordship of Preston held by Earl
Tostig.4 It was no doubt larger than the present
township, which in 1212 is found assessed as only
two plough-lands, being then part of ten held of the
king in thegnage by Walter son of Osbert, ancestor
of the Cliftons of Westby, by the service of £2
annually.4

The Cliftons and their heirs retained the mesne
lordship of Barton,6 which in 1212 was held imme-
diately by the heirs of Gilbert dt Barton.7 Of this
family very little is known 8 ; their rent was 8/.,
being the proportion due for two plough-lands. A
mortgage or settlement of the manor of Barton, with
lands in Goosnargh, was made by John de Barton in
I323,9 and another settlement by a later John de
Barton and Denise his wife in I38i.10

Gilbert Barton was in 1496 an outlaw for trespass,11
and was succeeded by another Gilbert, who died in
1516, leaving a son and heir Thomas, only four years
old." The manor was held of Sir William Molyneux
and Elizabeth his wife, in her right, by a rent of 8/.
She was the daughter and heir of Cuthbert Clifton.

Thomas Barton died in 1554 holding the manor
by a like tenure, the mesne lord being Henry Halsall

holding a messuage in Haighton, with
common of pasture for all cattle, of
Gilbert Hoghton, 'as of his manor of
Haighton,' in socage. Hugh, his son and
heir, was seven years of age ; Duchy of
Lane. Inq. p.m. xxx, no. 62. Henry son
of Hugh Charnley in 1653 desired to be
admitted to compound for the two-thirds
of his father's estate sequestered 'for
recusancy only' in 1643 ; Hugh had died
about 1650 ; Royalist Comp. Papers (Rec.
Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), ii, 20—2.

Thomas Beesley of Haighton forfeited
his lands for some delinquency, but on
the petition of his son John in 1653 the
sentence seems to have been reversed ;
Index of Royalists (Index Soc.), 41 ;
Royalist Comp. Papers, i, 171-2.

John Hunt was found to have been
convicted of recusancy and to have com-
pounded for his estate in 1634 ; Cal.
Com. for Comp. iv, 3144.

23 Evan (son of John) Gerard of
Haighton and Brindle, Thomas Rogerson,
James Chester, Anne Sudall, Henry
Sudall, Roger Livesey, John Bolton (or
Bilton), Lawrence Simpson and John
Slater ; Estcourt and Payne, Engl. Cath.
Nonjurors, 105, 137—8.

1 The Census Rep. of 1901 gives an
»rea of 3,055 acres, including 13 of inland

tfater, and a population of 423 ; but in
Jhese figures Newsham in Goosnargh is
included.

2 Loc. Govt. Bd. Order 32199.

3 These are called Barton Cross and
Oak Bank Farm Cross ; Lanes, and Che*.
Antiq. Soc. xx, 179, 1 80. In the former
case a new cross has been placed on the
old pedestal.

4 F.C.H. Lanes, i, 288*.

5 Lanes. Inq. and Extents (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), i, 46, 139.

6 So in the inquest of 1324; Dods.
MSS. cxxxi, i, fol. 39^.

7 Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 46.

8 Walter de Barton occurs in 1244 and
Grimbald de Barton in 1253, both in
Amounderness ; ibid, i, 158, 192. Walter

de Barton and William his son attested a
charter copied in Towneley MS. DD
(no. 1835).

Ralph de Catterall in 1292 claimed
certain land in Barton against John de
Barton, but afterwards said it was in
Goosnargh; Assize R. 408, m. 34d.
John de Barton appears again in 1297
and 1307 ; Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 289 ;
De Banco R. 163, m. 253.

9 Final Cone. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches.), ii, 56. John Travers the plaintiff
(? trustee) received two-thirds of the
manor, with tke reversion of the re-
mainder, then in the possession of Alice
wife of Richard de Bury as her dower.
In 1334 Iseult widow of William son of
John de Barton (and afterwards wife of
Adam the Spinner) claimed dower in
Goosnargh against William son of Richard
de Bury and against Sir Richard de
Hoghton, the latter holding by demise of
John son of John de Barton, to whom her
second husband had granted the messuage,
&c., claimed ; De Banco R. 297, m.
230 d. ; 300, m. 143 d. Alice widow of
John de Barton made a claim in 1342
against Adam de Waley and Iseult his
wife ; ibid. 309, m. 289.

John de Barton was described as a
knight in charters of 1335 and 1348 ;
MS. C 8, 5 (Chet. Lib.), Edw. Ill, no. 17;
Kuerden fol. MS. fol. 387.

Sir John de Barton and John his son
were witnesses in 1340 ; DD, no. 1879.

{Catherine daughter of William de
Barton in 1370 claimed the manors of
Barton and Bilsborrow against Richard
de Catterall ; De Banco R. 438, m.

*53-

10 Final Cone, iii, 10. The remainder
wag to Thomas son of John and Denise.

In 1443 lands of Thomas Barton of
Barton in Amounderness were taken for
debt ; PaL of Lane. Chan. Misc. 1/7,
no. 31.

Christopher Barton, son and heir of
Gilbert, was in 1485 to wed Margaret
daughter of William Singleton and widow

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of — Elston; Kuerden fol. MS. fol. 59.
Christopher Barton was living in 1500 ;
ibid. fol. 63.

11 Duchy Plead. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches.), i, 10.

He was no doubt the Gilbert Barton
the elder who in 1493 made several
grants to his sons and daughters —
Anthony, Lawrence, Richard, Hugh,
Gilbert, Etheldreda and Isabel ; Pal. of
Lane. Plea R. 76, m. 4, 4 d., 5 d., 8.
Holmes, Kirks Place and Stokkolhede in
Barton are named.

This Gilbert died in or before 1508,
for William Ireland, who had married his
widow Clemency, was then claiming her
dower in certain messuages, &c., in Barton,
held by Lawrence Barton ; ibid. 104,
m. 4.

12 There are three inquisitions taken
in this order — Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m.
v, no. 33, iii, no. 7 (both 1520), v, no. 6
(1521). (i) The first of them relates
particularly to lands held by Gilbert's
wife Margaret, who survived her husband
for over two years. It mentions the above-
named Lawrence, Gilbert, Anthony, Hugh,
Constance, Etheldreda, and Isabel Barton
as still living in 1520; also William,
Thomas and Christopher Barton, younger
sons of Christopher Barton, and Gilbert
son of the Gilbert of the inquisition.
Thomas Barton the heir had been in
the custody of Sir John Warren, and
then of his son Lawrence Warren. See
Ducatus Lane. (Rec. Com.), ii, 24. (2)
The second document relates to the
claim to wardship made shortly after-
wards by Sir William Molyneux and
Elizabeth his wife, they alleging that
Barton was held of them by knight's
service, viz. by the tenth part of a
knight's fee and the rent of 8i. (3) The
third inquisition reaffirms the socage
tenure of the manor of Barton. It gives
field-names in the demesne, including
Ovall, Tonstedes, Akame, Flethycrokes
and Alpham, and a number of tenants'
names.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

in right of Anne his wife.18 Richard Barton, the son

and heir, then twenty-two years of age, recorded a

pedigree in I567,14 and died

in 1572, leaving as heir a son

Thomas, aged sixteen.15 This

son lived till 1603, and his

son Richard having died in

1600, Thomas's heir was

Richard's daughter Fleetwood,

born in 1595. The manor

was held of Sir Cuthbert

Halsall in socage by a rent of

BARTON of Barton.
Argent three boars'
heads couped sable armed

When four years old Fleet-
wood Barton was married to
Richard son and heir of Sir
Richard Molyneux 17 ; but

this union was afterwards annulled, and she then
married Richard Shuttleworth of Gawthorpe in
Habergham Eaves near Burnley.18 Barton descended
like Gawthorpe till the death of Robert Shuttleworth
in 1 8 1 6, when — he having divided his estates — Barton
was inherited by the elder son James, the younger,
Robert, having Gawthorpe. James Shuttleworth in
1833 sold the manor to George Jacson of Preston,
a member of the firm of Horrocks, Jacson & Co.,
whose son Charles Roger Jacson succeeded to it.19
Having no issue he directed the manor and lands to
be sold at his death, which took place on 3 October

1893, for the benefit of his nephews and nieces.
Portions have been sold, but the lordship of the
manor is said to be vested in his trustees. Barton
Lodge is the manor-house.20

The Charnley family held an estate in Barton in
141 5. 21 A few other families holding land are known
through the inquisitions.22

Richard Shuttleworth of Barton being a zealous
Parliamentarian and Presbyterian, the township seems
to have escaped the attention of the Commonwealth
authorities ; but William Cardwell, tanner, and some
others registered estates as 'Papists' in i/ij.23

There was probably a chapel at the
CHURCH hall from an early time, but there are no
records of it.24 In 1650 St. Lawrence's
chapel had neither minister nor maintenance.25 In
1723 Richard Shuttleworth, retaining the right of
presentation, made it a semi-public chapel and gave
some endowment, a grant from Queen Anne's Bounty
being apparently obtained.26 It was made parochial
in 1850, and was pulled down and rebuilt in l$<)6.27
The patronage is vested in the Bishop of Manchester
and the representatives of the late Col. Marton
alternately.28 The following have been incum-
bents : —

1832 Thomas Duell

1870 John Denby Harrison, Ph.D. (Rostock)

1905 Herbert James Bardsley, M.A. (Worcester
Coll., Oxf.)

Margaret the widow of Gilbert after-
wards married Francis Morley, and was
claiming dower in Barton in 1518; Pal.
of Lane. Plea R. 123, m. 4.

In 1518, i.e. before the above inquisi-
tions, Thomas Barton had summoned
Lawrence Barton to answer for the
waste, sale and destruction of houses and
woods which Gilbert Barton (grandfather
of Thomas, whose heir he was) had
granted to Lawrence for life ; Pal. of
Lane. Writs Proton. 10 Hen. VIII.

The above statements as to the descent
are difficult to harmonize. According to
the recorded pedigree Gilbert was great-
grandfather of Thomas, which would clear
the matter.

13 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. x, no. 50.
He held the manor, also twelve messu-
ages, a water mill, a windmill, &c., in
Barton, and lands in Goosnargh, Bils-
borrow and Chipping.

14 Visit, of 1567 (Chet. Soc.), 57.
This gives the descent thus : Thomas
Barton -s. Gilbert -s. Christopher -s.
Gilbert -s. Thomas -s. Richard -s.
Thomas.

For a settlement by Thomas Barton ir.
1599 see Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. b/kle.
61, no. 198. S^

15 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xiii, no. 8. ;
the tenure was unchanged. The i

tion names Richard's uncle Gilbe
mother Maud, sister Elizabeth,
Anne, and children John, Andrew and
Maud. His will is recited in it ; his
wife was to hold Barton Hall, the de-
mesne lands, &c., till his son should
attain full age.

For a recovery of the manor in 1573
see Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 233, m. I3d.
For a claim to the manor of ' Barton
Row' in 1575 see Ducatus Lane. (Rec.
Com.), iii, 35.

16 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches.), i, 7-11.

!• Ibid.

Gilbert,^
i, wife \

18 See the account of Gawthorpe. The
outline of the descent is : Richard Shuttle-
worth, d. 1669 — s. Richard, d. 1648 -8.
Sir Richard, d. 1687-8. Richard, d. 1748
-s.James, d. 1773 -s. Robert, d. 1816
-s. James.

A loi\al story relates that ' there was a
large forest hereabouts and it contained a
wild boa^ which played such havoc in
the neighbourhood that Barton the elder
offered in ^marriage his daughter, a rich
heiress, to )£he man who would kill it. A
great hunt followed, and on St. Lawrence's
Day one of the Shuttleworths slew the
animal near the house now known as
the Boar's Head ' ; Hewitson, Our Country
Churches, 65.

A settlement of the manor of Barton
was made: by Richard Shuttleworth and
Fleetwood'»his wife in 1617-18 ; Pal. of
Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 92, m. 9. There
were others1 in 1709 by Richard Shuttle-
worth, and r^i 1742 by the same Richard
and James his eldest son and heir ; Pal.
of Lane. Pie* R. 490, m. 6 ; 557, m. 7.

19 Th-pre is a pedigree in Foster's
Lanes. Fed.

20 Fishwick, Preston, 91, 315. Barton
Hall was sold to Alderman William Smith
of Newsham.

31 Final Cone, iii, 73. William Charn-
ley was plaintiff and his parents, John
Charnley of Erlesgate and Amery his
wife, were deforciants.
1 22 Robert Singleton of Brockholes
(^525) held land in Barton of the heirs
oK Gilbert Barton by the rent of a rose ;
Duahy of Lane. Inq. p.m. vi, no. 64.

Gizorge Medgeall (Midgehalgh) held
messutoges in Barton in 1557 of Richard
Barton y>y a rent of 2s. ; Robert his son
and heirxwas aged thirty-three ; ibid, x,
no. 22. .Robert had a son George who
married Elian Parkinson in 1577 and had
a son Robere ; and this Robert left a son
and heir Gerorge, a minor, who died in
the king's custody without issue in 1626.

> 128

His heir was his uncle Edward Mighall,
brother of Robert ; ibid, xxvi, no. 39.

The tenure of Sir Gilbert Gerard's land
in 1593 is not stated separately.

Thomas Cardwell died in 1633 holding
two messuages, &c., of Richard Shuttle-
worth and Fleetwood his wife in socage
by a rent of us. yd. William his son
and heir was sixteen years of age ; ibid.
xxx, no. $9.

Nicholas Cross had land in 1484 ; Pal.
of Lane. Plea R. 61, m. 7.

28 Estcourt and Payne, Engl. Cath.
Nonjurors, 139, 95. William Cardwell
was a son of Thomas. The other names
are — George Calvert, Richard Arrowsmith
and George Turner.

Among the convicted recusants of the
time of Charles II was a goldsmith, Thomas
Kitchin ; Misc. (Cath. Rec Soc.),v, 165.

24 It is said to be named in 1577 ;
Raines in Notitia Cestr. ii, 469.

John de Barton in 1348 received
licence from the Archbishop of York to
have services in his oratories within the
deanery of Amounderness ; note by Mr.
Earwaker citing Raines MSS.

25 Common-w. Ch. Surv. (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), 146. The inhabi-
tants desired it to be made a parochial
chapel to Broughton. It is not named in
the Plund. Mins. Acctt.

26 Gastrell, Notitia Cestr. loc. cit. ;
'this chapel was built and has been con-
stantly repaired by the family who enjoyed
the estate and lived in the manor-house,
to which this seems to have been a
domestic chapel.'

An advertisement for a chaplain in
1795 shows that he was to be master also
of Bilsborrow School ; Preston Guard.
Sketches, no. 1526.

27 Fishwick, Preston, 145-7. A view
of the old building is given. See also
Hewitson, op. cit. 64-70.

*8 The Bishop of Manchester's right
wa» formerly that of the Jacsons.

LEA, ASHTON, INGOL AND COTTAM

Lea, Dom. Bk. ; Le, 1212 ; Lee, 1297 ; Eng-
leshel[e], 1200; Englisle, 1292; Inglisle, 1301;
Frenkyssele, 1277 ; Franckesleye, 1292 ; Frensshele,

1352-

Estun, Dom. Bk. ; Eston, 1 1 68 ; Estone, 1 20 1 ;
Assheton, 1292.

Ingole, Ingool, c. I 200.

Cotun, 1227; Cottun, 1258; Cotum, 1261;
Colon, 1280 ; Cotom, xv cent.

This composite township lies to the west of Preston.
It is divided into two nearly equal parts by the Savock
or Savick Brook, flowing west to the border, and
then turning south to become itself the boundary at
that point. The Kibble's old course is the boundary
on the south. The river is tidal here, and the land
by it is level, but the surface rises to about 60 or 70 ft.
above the ordnance datum, and then falls again to the
Savock. North of this stream the ground again rises
and over 100 ft. is attained on the border of Wood-
plumpton.

Lea forms the western part of the township. It
was formerly divided by the Savock into French Lea
on the south and English Lea, now Lea Town, on
the north, but the old names have long been forgotten.
On the northern border is Cottam or Gotham, while
Ingol lies in the north-east corner, on the border of
Broughton. Sidgreaves is or was on the boundary
of English Lea and Cottam. South of the Savock
the eastern part of the township is called Ashton, or
Ashton-upon-Ribble, having Tulketh to the north-
east on the border of Preston, and Ashton Bank on
the south-west by the Kibble. Greaves lies between
Ashton and (French) Lea. A large part of Ashton
has now become urban ; the dock of the Preston
Corporation's Kibble navigation scheme is situated
there in what was formerly the bed of the Kibble,1
the course of which stream has been straightened.
The township boundaries also have been altered so as
to include about half of Ashton within the township
of Preston.*

The areas of the several parts are as follows : Lea,
1,776 acres ; Ashton, 828^ ; Ingol, 365 ; Cottam,
518^ ; in all 3,488 acres.8 The population in 1901
was 6,586.*

The principal roads are those from Preston, west

PRESTON

through Ashton, Greaves and Lea towards Lytham,
and north through Ingol to Woodplumpton. From
Greaves on the former road another important one
goes north to Inskip and the Wyre district ; cross-
roads connect it with Cottam, Lea Town and
Clifton. The Preston and Wyre Railway, owned by
the Lancashire and Yorkshire and London and North-
Western companies, runs north-west and west through
the township, with a station called Lea Road. The
Lancaster Canal crosses the Savock from Preston and
then goes west through the township. The Preston
tramway system extends into Ashton, and there are
branch railways to serve the dock.

There are brick and tile works at Ashton and
Cottam. In the other parts of the township agri-
culture remains the only industry.

The present reduced township is governed by a
parish council.

There was formerly a holy well * in Ingol, ' a
walled-in structure reached by a flight of steps.' In
French Lea was St. Catherine's Well.

' Danes Pad ' goes west through Ingol and Cottam ;
it is supposed to mark the line of a Roman road.

In 1066 LEA, assessed as one plough-
MANORS land, and ASHTON as two, were mem-
bers of the fee of Preston or Amoun-
derness held by Earl Tostig.6 After the Conquest
they appear to have been included in the royal
demesne, and were held in thegnage by a number of
tenants, the hamlets being French Lea, English Lea,
Ashton, Tulketh, Ingol, Cottam, Sidgreaves, and per-
haps others. French Lea, as above stated, lay between
the Savock Brook and the Ribble ; in this part the
hall was built ; while English Lea was to the north
of the Savock.7

Henry II granted FRENCH LEA among other
manors to Warine de Lancaster to hold by the
service of falconer,8 and this was confirmed between
1190 and 1 1 94 by John Count of Mortain to
Warine's son Henry de Lea.9 A further confirma-
tion or renewal was granted in 1 1 99 after John had
become king.10 In 1 207 the king obtained Henry's
manors of Liverpool and Uplitherland in exchange
for ENGLISH LEA,11 and the service thenceforward
to be rendered was a payment of zoj. yearly instead
of falconry.11 The two Leas were thus united
under one lordship and have so remained. In 1212

1 The work of altering and deepening
the course of the Ribble and making the
dock was begun in 1884, and the dock
was opened in 1892 as the! Albert Edward
Dock. The entrance is through a dock
basin and two locks. Vessels ofi8-ft.
draught can come up to the dock. Ware-
houses have been built at the side of it.

8 Part of Ashton was included within
the municipal borough in 1880 and a
further part in 1888 ; in 1894 these
part* were included also in the township of
Preston by Loc. Govt. Bd. Order 31607.

3 The Census Rep. of 1901 gives 3,098
acres, including 18 of inland water, as the
area of the present reduced township —
the old name being retained — and 357
acres, including 2 of inland water, as the
area of the part taken into Preston. In
addition there are 22 acres of tidal water
and i 3 of foreshore in the reduced town-
ship ; while the alteration of the Ribble
course and the boundary have made further
changes at the expense of Penwortham,
perhaps 100 acres.

4 Eight-ninths (viz. 5,872 persons) were
within the borough (and new township)
of Preston.

6 Lanes, and Ches. Antiq. Soc. xx,

173-

• V.C.H. Lanes, i, 288*.

7 The positions of the two parts of the
township are shown by various charters.
Thus about 1290 Amphelicia widow of
Richard le Scrivain (scrivener) released
to William de Lea her lord her right to
dower in her husband's lands beyond
Wadebridgegate towards the west in
French Lea, between Ribble and Savock,
and also all the land her son William
had granted in Sidgreaves ; Add. MS.
32106, no. 460. The same William son
of Richard le Scrivain of French Lea
released to William son of Sir Henry de
Lea land within bounds which began
at Wadebridge, followed Wadebridgegate
across to the Ribble, along Ribble to
Savock, and along Savock to Wade-
bridge ; ibid. no. 457. It may be added
that Richard son of Robert Scriftoriut of

129

French Lea occurs in another deed ;
ibid. no. 419.

The two Leas, English and French,
seem also to have been known as Great
and Little Lea.

8 This grant is known only by the
confirmations. Warine the Falconer is
named in the Pipe Roll of 1185-6;
Farrer, Lanes. Pipe R. 60. As Warine
de Lancaster he gave the fourth part of
an oxgang of land in Lea to the abbey of
Cockersand for the soul of King Henry,
&c. ; Cockersand Chartul. (Chet. Soc.), i,
207. Warine probably died about 1191.

9 Farrer, op. cit. 432 ; it mentions a
confirmation previously granted by John
to Warine de Lancaster. Henry son of
Warine gave 20 marks for the charter ;
ibid. 1 1 6.

10 Chart. R. (Rec. Com.), 26.

11 In the Pipe Roll of 1200-1 English
Lea appears as paying an increment of
4J. for the half-year ; Farrer, op. cit.
130.

13 Cat. Rot. Chart. (Rec. Com.), 171.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

accordingly Henry de Lea was recorded as holding in
all six plough-lands by the king's charter and rendering
2O/.13 The two Leas seem then to have been con-
sidered as one plough-land, as in 1066, and 3/. \d.
was the portion of the rent charged on them 14 ; but
in the 1 4th century they are called two plough-
lands.18

Henry de Lea 16 was succeeded by his son Sir
John de Lea, of whom little is known.17 He died
in I z65,18 leaving two sons Sir Henry and Baldwin,

the former being his successor. Sir Henry was a
prominent man in the county 19 and was at one time
sheriff.20 He died in I 288, leaving as heir his son
William de Lea,21 who acquired the manor of Molling-
ton Banastre near Chester by his marriage with
Clemency Banastre.22 Their son Henry,23 taking
part with Adam Banastre in his rebellion in October-
November 1315, was executed 24 ; but his sister Sibyl
was able to secure the inheritance, which she carried
by marriage to Sir Richard de Hoghton of Hoghton.25

*3 Lanes. Inq. and Extents (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), i, 21. The grant to
Cockersand made by Henry's father
Warine is recorded, as also a further gift
by Henry himself.

The six plough-lands seem to have
been made up thus : Ainsdale 2, Ravens-
meols 3, Lea I.

14 The vill of Lea rendered 40^. yearly
to the Earl of Lancaster in 1297 ; ibid.
i, 289. Richard de Hoghton in 1324
held the manor by the service of 31. 4^.
at Michaelmas; Dods. MSS. cxxxi, fol. 39.

15 In 1346 Adam de Hoghton held
both Leas as two plough-lands by the
service of the third part of a knight's fee,
giving relief, and paying 35. $.d. yearly
for castle ward; Sur-v. of 1346 (Chet.
Soc.), 54. The two Leas are again called
two plough-lands in 1445-6 ; Duchy of
Lane. Knights' Fees, bdle. 2, no. 20. They
were then held by the third part of a fee.

16 He confirmed his father's gift to
Cockersand ; Chartul. i, 209. He also
allowed Walter son of Simon to give part
of his land in Lea, by Fulford at the
Savock ; ibid, i, 208. He gave land in
English Lea near the Outlane and Mere-
lich (the boundary between English Lea
and Ashton) to Richard son of Owen ;
Anct. D. (P.R.O.), C 2146. To Uctred
son of Edith he gave a toft and croft in
Lea, with two nets free in the Ribble,
for a rent of izd. ; Add. MS. 32106, no.
50. To Peter son of Geoffrey he gave
land within bounds which name Blake-
mon Syke and Katelaw Syke ; ibid. no.
53. To his son Richard he gave land in
the Spitalfield ; ibid. no. 69.

In English Lea he granted i oxgang
of land to Roger son of Levenot, which
the said Levenot had held ; ibid. no. 55.
A more important grant was made by
him as Henry de Lea son of Warine de
Lancaster about 1230, giving his daughter
Amice the moiety of the whole vill of
English Lea with all its appurtenances
at a rent of 3*. ; ibid. no. 379.

There is a charter of William son of
Henry son of Warine de Lancaster
respecting Sidgreaves, ibid. no. 380.

' Henry de Lancaster son of Warine '
gave a plot of land in Forton to the
monks of Furness in exchange for another
piece for the souls of William de Lan-
caster, Warine de Lancaster and Mabel
his wife, Richard Fitton father of his own
wife Margaret, &c. ; Harl. Chart. (B.M.)
52 I, i. The round seal has a bird with
the inscription -j- SIGILL -^- HENRICI DE
LANCA -J-. William de Lancaster (either
I or II) is called the uncle of Warine ;
Cockersand Chartul. ii, 366. For the
Fittons see the account of Harwood.

17 He attested various charters. William
de Scales son of Gilbert granted Sir John
de Lea a selion in English Lea, lying
between land of Henry son of Roger and
land of Herbert the Clerk, in exchange
for a messuage in the same vill ; Add.
MS. 32106, no. 411. Sir John occurs
several timei between 1244 and 1261 ;

Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 158, 184,
227. 18 Ibid. 234.

19 He gave land in the Millfield in
French Lea to Cockersand Abbey ;
Chartul. i, 210. The seal to this grant
is drawn by Dodsworth (cxlii, fol. 17);
it shows a bend lozengy, with the legend
-J- s. HENRICI DE LEE. A number of
grants to and by him are contained among
the Hoghton deeds in Add. MS. 32106.
Among them may be cited the following :
Henry son of Uctred of English Lea gave
Henry son of John de Lea all his land in
English Lea, about 1230, Henry de Lea
(i.e. the grandfather) being a witness ;
no. 80. Henry son of Adam de Leahead
gave all his land in Leahead to Henry
son of John de Lea, a rent of izd.
to be paid to St. Saviour's in Ribbledale
(i.e. Stidd) ; no. 58. The same grantor
also gave land in the field called Westley
in French Lea ; no. 458. Robert son of
Henry of French Lea gave Henry son of
John de Lea five selions in Leferirley ;
no. 401. Adam son of William Edwin
made an exchange of land in the field
called the Mekes with Sir Henry de Lea ;
no. 433. In 1281 an exchange in the
Crofts and Geoffreyfield was made
between John son of Alan of French Lea
and Sir Henry de Lea ; no. 65. William
the reeve of Lea was a witness.

Henry de Lea appears as the king's
bailiff in 1256 ; Lanes. Inq. and Extents,
i, 205-6. He became tenant of the
Cockersand land in Lea in 1262 ; Final
Cone. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i,
141. He was defendant to a claim for a
tenement in French Lea made by Alice
daughter of Robert de Staining in 1278 ;
Assize R. 1238, m. 31 ; 1239, m. 39.

20 P.R.O. List of Sheriffs, 72.

11 Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 273. In
addition to Lea Sir Henry held Charnock,
part of Wheelton and Ravensmeols. He
held Lea of Edmund Earl of Lancaster
by the service of 40^., having 2 oxgangs
of land in demesne there, each worth
51. a year, and 6 oxgangs in service, each
worth 2s. a year ; also a water-mill,
worth half a mark yearly. William the
son and heir was thirty years old.

*3 Dods. MSS. cxlii, fol. 32*. Clemency
was daughter of Robert Banastre.

As William son of Sir Henry de Lea
he made an exchange of land on the cast
side of Baddebridgegate for land on the
west side thereof with William son of
Roger of French Lea ; Add. MS. 32106,
no. 39. John son of Alan de Lea granted
his lord William de Lea certain land in
French Lea, lying in Merclie, in Gild-
homefield, in Overthemarketgate field,
also selions called Staniggefethir and
Crauthornland ; ibid. no. 44. Roger son
of Mille of English Lea in 1284 gave
William de Lea, his lord, an acre in
English Lea, a candle having to be given
yearly to God and St. Mary ; ibid. no.
47. Richard the Miller of Lea con-
firmed to William his lord two butts of
land in English Lea, lying in the Merst-

130

holme between the Scalebanks and the
new bridge ; no. 308.

In 1292 William de Lea was sum-
moned to prove his title to the manor,
which he did by showing the grants
above cited ; Plac. de Quo Warr. (Rec.
Com.), 380. In 1296 Margery widow
of Alan de Ingol released to her lord
William de Lea all right in lands which she
and Alan had sold to him, which lands
were in the fields called Becanesfurlong
and Eastgreaves in English Lea in Syke
Meadow, in Wadebridgeholme, Wade-
bridge Meadow and Mill Carr ; Add. MS.
32106, no. 388. In 1301 an agreement
was made between William de Lea and
Robert de Haydock ; Dods. MSS. Ixx, fol.
1 54^. William de Lea appears to have
died in April 1302, leaving his son and
heir Henry, a minor ; Mins. Accts. 771,
no. i.

33 In 1311 Sir Henry de Lea granted
to Thomas son of David de Sidgreaves and
Alice his wife 3 acres in the field called
Williamcroft in the vill of Sidgreaves at
a rent of ioj. ; Add. MS. 32106, no. 436.
In 1312 William son and heir of Gilbert
de Ashton released his right in Brookfield
(? in Ashton) to Sir Henry de Lea ; ibid,
no. 485. Roger son of Roger son of
Emma de Sidgreaves in 1313 gave all his
land in Lea to Sir Henry ; ibid. no. 347.

14 The insurgents were defeated on 4
Nov. 1315, and Henry de Lea for a week
or more remained hiding in the moors and
woods, being captured by William de
Holland, and afterwards beheaded by order
of the Earl of Lancaster ; Coram Rege
R. 254, m. 52.

28 Dods. MSS. cxlii, fol. 32*. Henry
de Lea had two brothers (or half brothers),
William and Thomas, mentioned in 1301;
Add. MS. 32106, no. 889. Sir William
de Lea, son of William de Lea, in 1337
released to Sir Richard de Hoghton,
Agnes widow of Sir Henry de Lea, Sir
Adam de Hoghton and others all right in
the manors of English Lea, French Lea,
Ashton by Preston, &c. ; ibid. no. 891.
For Sir William see the account of
Croston.

In 1 3 20 Thomas son of Roger son of
Emma of English Lea released to Sir
Richard de Hoghton and Sibyl his wife
all that land which Sir Henry de Lea,
brother of Sibyl, had had by the gift of
Thomas's brother Roger in English Lea ;
ibid. no. 735. Sir Richard in 1323
acquired from Henry son of John de
Lea land given him by William son of
Sir Henry de Lea ; ibid. no. 52. Later,
in 1327, Avice widow of Richard de
Claughton granted Sir Richard two butts
of her land in the vill of English Lea,
near the tithe barn of Lea and adjoining
the king's way from Preston to Kirkham ;
ibid. no. 43

Adam He Hoghton in 1341 granted
common of pasture in Lea Marsh to
certain tenants of John son of William de
Lea ; ibid. no. 765. Willizm de Dutton,
clerk, apparently the trustee of Thomas

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

From that time Lea has descended in the same way as
Hoghton.26

The family seem to have found Lea a desirable
residence, and were often known as Hoghton of
Lea.27 The most prominent incident of their tenure
was the tragedy of 1589, when a feud between the
Langton and Hoghton families resulted in a night
attack on Lea Hall and the death of Thomas
Hoghton, the lord. The story is thus told28 : —

Thomasine widow of John Singleton of Staining
in right of herself and her daughters claimed certain
oxen feeding in an inclosed pasture adjoining Thomas
Hoghton's manor-house called the Lea on 2 I Novem-
ber 1589 ; these cattle had been removed from
Staining by George Singleton the brother of John.
William Anderton of Anderton Ford, a kinsman of
the widow's, she being a daughter of Roger Anderton,
asked Thomas Langton of Walton-le-Dale to take the
cattle away from the Lea, arguing that it might law-
fully be done. Langton accordingly on 20 Novem-
ber warned a number of his tenants to be ready to
accompany him with their weapons, and asked the
help of Thomas Singleton of Broughton. About
eleven o'clock at night Langton, Anderton, the
Singletons and their aiders, about eighty in all, armed
with pikes, guns, long staves, Welsh hooks on staves,
swords, daggers, bows, arrows, and bills, assembled on
Preston Marsh for the purpose of seizing the cattle,
their watchword being ' The crow is white ! ' They
reached the Lea about an hour after midnight,
dividing themselves into two companies, of which one
passed through the outer court of the manor-house to
reach the cattle inclosure. Thomas Hoghton had

PRESTON

had several hours' warning and had made prepara-
tions to resist. He and a company of friends and
tenants, including William Hulton and his two sons,
to the number of thirty, armed themselves with staves,
a pike, a gun charged with hail shot, two pistols, a
bow and arrows, swords and daggers, and placed
themselves near the inclosure to guard the cattle.
Their cry was ' Black, black ! ' The two companies
met and ' a great affray began between them within
60 yards of the said mansion house.' The first attack
having been repulsed a fresh one was made in which
Thomas Hoghton was killed and one man on the
other side. After this the assailants appear to have
withdrawn.

Complaint was made and an inquiry immediately
ordered, which was held at the beginning of January,
the Earl of Derby and Sir Richard Shireburne stating
that they had taken steps to quell the disturbance
and arrest the offenders as soon as they heard of the
matter. Thomas Langton, sore wounded, was arrested
as he lay in bed at Broughton Tower ; Thomasine
Singleton and others were sent to Lancaster Castle.

Anne the widow of the Thomas Hoghton thus
slain had Lea Hall for her life ; she afterwards married
Richard Shireburne of Stonyhurst.29

A record of the arms displayed at Lea Hall, 1591
to 1636, has been preserved.30

No courts have been held for the manor for many
years, but rolls extending from 1622 to 1774 are
preserved at Walton-le-Dale.31

Several minor families occur taking a surname
from the Leas.32 SIDGRE4VES was at one time
held by Baldwin de Lea, above-named,33 and it also

the Priestsknave of Preston, gave Sir
Adam de Hoghton in 1371 all Thomas's
lands in English Lea; ibid. no. 355.
This charter was dated at French Lea.
Maud widow of William de Freckleton in
1388 granted all her lands in English Lea
to Sir Richard de Hoghton ; ibid. no. 75.
In 1393 John de Whitley and Ellen his
wife granted Sir Richard a messuage and
land in the vill of Lea which Adam son
of William had received from his brother
John ; ibid. no. 464.

Thomas Whiteside of Burscough in
1419 granted to Sir Richard Hoghton all
those lands in French Lea which he had
by his wife Alice daughter of John the
Spenser, and Richard Whiteside, the son,
agreed ; ibid. no. 549, 299.

56 A number of the Hoghton tenants
in French Lea and Ashton are named in
an agreement of 1 3 34 ; Final Cone, ii, 94.

The manor of Lea is constantly named
in the Hoghton inquisitions, &c. Sir
Richard Hoghton was in 1422 found to
have held the manor of French Lea of the
king as of his duchy by knight's service
and a rent of zod., and English Lea by
the same tenure, the two being the third
part of a knight's fee and worth 5 marks
a year ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), i,
145. So in 1580 the manor of Lea and
lands, &c., there were held of the queen
as of her duchy by the third part of a
knight's fee ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m.
xiv, no. 26. Sir Henry Hoghton and
Dame Susanna his wife were vouchees in
a recovery of the manors of Lea and
Ashton in 1 742 ; Pal. of Lane. Plea R.
554, m. 12.

n Sir Adam de Hoghton in 1348 had
licence for oratories in his manors of
Alston, Lea and Thornton ; Canon
Raines' note from York records.

General pardons were in 1469 granted
to Alexander Hoghton of French Lea, esq.,
and to Henry Hoghton of French Lea
(otherwise of Hoghton), esq. ; Add. MS.
32106, no. 366-7.

A number of tenants of pasture in Lea
are named in 1582 ; Pal. of Lane. Feet
of F. bdle. 46, m. 39.

88 Add. MS. 32106, fol. 205*.

*' Ibid. no. 776.

30 Tram. tint. Soc. (new ser.), xiv,
216.

81 Information of Mr. J. H. Lumby.
The customs of the manor were in dispute
in 1691-2 ; Exch. £><•/>. (Rec. Soc. Lanes,
and Ches.), 78, 8 1.

82 Some of them have occurred in pre-
ceding notes. The following particulars
may be added :

Henry son of Uctred of English Lea
granted Adam son of Gillomichael his
kinsman 6$ acres in English Lea. Four
of the acres were in Berifurlong, two lay
between Alan's Dyke and Russilache, and
the half acre was next to Adam the Stud-
herd's acre ; Add. MS. 32106, no. 409.
Henry de Lea and John his son were
witnesses.

The following witnesses to a charter
show that the users of the surname were
numerous about 1270: Henry de Lea
son of Alan ; Robert son of Henry de
Lea, Robert son of Roger de Lea, Uctred
de Lea, Alan son of Alan de Lea Gallica ;
ibid. no. 416.

In 1292 Alice widow of John son of
Adam de Lea claimed dower in Lea against
Adam son of Henry de Lea, who called
Baldwin son of John de Lea to warrant
him ; Assize R. 408, m. 33. At the
same time Maud daughter of Robert de
Lea claimed a tenement in French Lea
against Thomas Uttingesone ; ibid. m. 58.

William son of Robert Backman in 1301
made a claim against Henry son of Emma
de ' Inglisle ' respecting a tenement in
English Lea, but did not prosecute it ;
Assize R. 419, m. 7. The claim was
renewed or continued in 1324-5, the
plaintiffs name being given as William
son of Robert son of Robert de Lea ;
Assize R. 426, m. 2. A settlement by
Thomas Johnson Amotson and Ellen his
wife in 1385 may refer to the same
family; Final Cone, iii, 25.

James son of Richard Lea and cousin
and heir of John Lea in 1532 granted
lands, &c., in French Lea to Sir Richard
Hoghton ; Add. MS. 32106, no. 73.
The said James and John his son were
'of English Lea' in 1564; ibid. fol. 189.
John Lea made a feoffment of lands in
English Lea in 1574 for the benefit of
his son Alexander and Janett his wife,
daughter of John Bayne ; ibid. no. 786.
In 1587 Thomas Hoghton purchased a
messuage, &c., in Lea from Alexander
(son and heir of John) Lea and Janett his
wife ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 49,
m. 250.

38 Thomas son of Uctred de Lea released
to Baldwin de Lea his claim to service for
a tenement in Sidgreaves ; Add. MS.
32106, no. 42. William son of Henry
son of Warine de Lancaster released the
service of Robert Spendlow in Sidgreaves,
viz. 1 6d., to Baldwin son of John de Lea ;
ibid. no. 380. Robert Spendlow released
to Baldwin de Lea the service 01 Roge/
Spendlow his brother for a tenement in
Sidgreaves in the fee of English Lea and
also of Robert White ; ibid. no. 416, 420.,
Baldwin also obtained a ' land ' in the
Astewaldis in Sidgreaves, extending east
to west from the road to the moor to a
syke of Remisgrene ; ibid. no. 395.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

occurs as a
occurs

surname.34 GRE47ES in French Lea
I277.35 The Knights Hospitallers36 and
Cockersand Abbey 37 had land in Lea. Robert son
of Robert son of Auger of French Lea gave land
there, with his body, to St. Cuthbert of Durham in
connexion with Lytham Priory.38

One plough-land in 4SHTON was granted by
John when Count of Mortain to Arthur de Ashton,

to be held in free thegnage by the service of IOJ.
yearly, and this was confirmed when he became king
in II99.39 It had formed part of the honour of
Peverel forfeited about U53-40 Arthur de Ashton
died in 1201, when his son Richard succeeded,41 but
in 1 2 1 2 it was recorded merely that ' the heir of
Arthur de Ashton ' held the plough-land by the
service named.42 The inheritance became divided,43

Robert son of Geoffrey de Lea in 1 3 34
acquired an estate in Great Lea from
Richard son of Baldwin ; Final Cone, ii,
92.

34 Adam son of Adam de Sidgreaves
gave his son-in-law Gilbert a half- acre on
the west side of the out-lane in Sid-
greaves, with common of pasture in
English Lea ; Add. MS. 32106, no. 45.
Robert Spendlow (son of Richard) gave
an acre in Sidgreaves to Uctred son of
Eda de Sidgreaves at a rent of ^d, sterling ;
ibid. no. 401.

In 1292 Roger son of Roger Spendlow
of Sidgreaves was non-suited in a claim
for a tenement in the place made against
Robert son of Ralph de Sidgreaves and
Ellen his wife ; Assize R. 408, m. 76.

Soon afterwards (1294-5) the last-
named Ellen stated that her husband, who
had been hanged for felony, had held a
messuage and lands in Lea of her patri-
mony ; Inq. p.m. 22 Edw. I, no. 86 ; 23
Edw. I, no. no.

85 Margery widow of Alexander son of
Warine in 1277 claimed dower against
Richard son of John del Greaves in
respect of two messuages and 2 oxgangs
of land in French Lea ; De Banco R. 21,
m. 27 d., 94 d. The hamlet of Greaves
was said to be in the vill of French Lea
in 1404; Add. MS. 32106, no. 513.

36 Part or all was in Sidgreaves ;
Kuerden MSS. ii, fol. 132. Roger son
of Levenot of English Lea in making to
his son Uctred a grant of the eighth part
of an oxgang in English Lea, next to
Swingilcar, excepted half an acre given to
the Hospitallers ; ibid, iv, L 5—9.

John son of Adam de Lea granted to
the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem
half a 'land ' in Longfield in English Lea
and half a land on Old Bruches next Sir
John de Lea's land, beginning at the
Spitalfield and extending as far as the
moor ; Kuerden fol. MS. fol. 234.

George Atkinson died in 1639 holding
a messuage and lands in Lea which had
belonged to the Hospitallers. His heir
was his sister Anne Hodgson, widow, aged
fifty-eight ; Towneley MS. C 8, 1 3 (Chet.
Lib.), I. James Harrison died in 1610
holding a messuage in English Lea of
Richard Shireburne (as of the Hospital of
Jerusalem) ; John his son and heir was
aged twenty-eight in 1633 ; ibid. 498.

37 In addition to grants already recited
the canons had land in Mill Furlong,
with easements of the vill of French Lea,
from Richard the Clerk of Lea ; Cocker-
tand Chartul. i, 209.

88 Lytham D. at Durham, 2 a, 2ae, 430
Ebor, no. 42-3 ; 4 acres were in Wites-
stanes Furlong, &c.

3» Chart. R. (Rec. Com.), 26. The
township is named in 1168-9 as contri-
buting to the aid together with Preston ;
Farrer, Lanes. Pipe R. 12. Arthur de
Ashton gave 20 marks for the confirma-
tion of his charter; ibid. 116. Theobald
Walter in 1200—1 appeared against Arthur
de Ashton in a plea of half a plough-land
and a mill in Ashton ; Corain Rege R.
22, in. a. d.

40 Farrer, op. cit. 5, 36 ; Lanes. Inq. and
Extents (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 1 20.
It is possible that the second plough-land
in Ashton remained in the king's hands
after the grant to Arthur de Ashton, and
was transferred to the Earl of Ferrers,
who is said to have held them in 1216-22;
ibid. It was probably divided among the
other tenants of Lea and Ashton, and
that may account for the increase in the
assessment of Lea from one plough-land
to two. There was, however, no increase
in the rent paid.

In charters already given Sidgreaves is
described as being in English Lea, but in
a grant to Cockersand by Richard Spend-
low it is said to be in Ashton, the bounds
being fully described : From Fulesyke
where the Plumpton road crossed it to
the boundary to Cottam and Sidgreaves,
south to the Savock, &c. ; with appurte-
nant easements in Ashton, and the
sixteenth part of a fishery in the Ribble ;
Cocker sand Chartul. i, 213.

The vill of Ashton paid lOs. to the
Earl of Lancaster in 1297 ; Lanes. Inq.
and Extents, i, 289.

41 Rot. de Oblatis et Fin. (Rec. Com.),
115. Richard paid ioo*. as relief ; Farrer,
op. cit. 130.

42 Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 50. The
'heir' is again unnamed in 1226, when
the tenure was called drengage ; ibid.
140. The same uncertainty as to the
succession is shown in the Pipe Rolls of
1205—6, when the heir of Arthur de
Ashton paid los. scutage ; Farrer, op. cit.
205. Again in 1210-11, the heir owed
iooj. for relief; ibid. 242.

43 Robert son of Arthur de Ashton
gave half an acre in Geoffrey's assart on
the east side of the vill of Ashton to the
canons of Cockersand ; Chartul. i, 214.
The record of the payment of relief cited
above (Rot. de Oblatis, 115) states that
Richard and William sons of Arthur
paid it, but William's name is cancelled.
About 1230 Adam son of Waltheof the
White of Ashton granted his brother
Henry lands in Ashton held of William
son of Richard de Ashton, and in Lea
held of Sir Henry de Lancaster ; Add.
MS. 32106, no. 505. William Breton
was then Sheriff of Kent ; Dep. Keeper's
Rep. xxxi, App. 297. William and Robert
de Ashton were living in 1242 ; Lanes.
Inq. and Extents, i, 1 5 1 •

The division of the inheritance was
probably due to Arthur de Ashton him-
self, for he gave his son Robert ' the
whole moiety of all his tenement in
Ashton with all its appurtenances and
with his messuage and garden and the
whole moiety of all his demesnes,' the
rent being a spur ; Add. MS. 32106, no.
381. The seal showed a bird with out-
spread wings and had the legend + SIGILL.
ARTURI DE ESTUN. To his son Richard
he gave all the land on the north side of
Savock, from Gamel's bridge to the boun-
dary of English Lea, and so round to the
road (via) from Plumpton and the street
(strata) which came down to the bridge
named ; ibid. no. 375. Another charter

132

by Arthur to the same Richard was given
into the safe keeping of Adam son of Sir
William Banastre in 1330; Dods. MSS.
Ixx, fol. 1546.

The descent of the various portions
cannot be traced clearly. Adam son of
Warine de Lancaster and his wife Alice
released to Robert son of Arthur all that
Arthur had given his son, except a grant
made by Robert to the said Adam ; Add.
MS. 32106, no. 378. About the same
time Eva de Ashton, widow, released to
Robert de Ashton some land ; ibid. no.
433. Susan widow of one Robert de
Ashton was plaintiff in 1277 ; De Banco
R. 21, m. 27 d.

Mabot, the widowed daughter of Robert
de Ashton (then dead), gave her brother
Robert all the land in Ashton given in
free marriage when she espoused William
son of Walter de Penwortham ; Add.
MS. 32106, no. 455. A similar grant
in 1282 seems to carry the descent a step
further ; by it Maud daughter of Robert
de Ashton released to her brother William
de Ashton a toft and croft formerly be-
longing to her uncle Ralph de Ashton ;
ibid. no. 511. The same Maud, as
widow of Robert de Newton, released to
William son of Robert de Ashton all
right to land which her father Robert had
given on her marriage ; ibid. no. 489. In
or about 1298 William son of Robert de
Ashton gave to William de Lea, his lord,
an acre in Ashton and all his part of the
water of the Ribble ; ibid. no. 894. In
1301 Henry son of William de Lea gave
William son of Robert de Ashton all his
lands, &c., in Ashton, reserving homages
and services ; Dods. MSS. cxlii, fol. 27.
Ten years later William son of Robert
de Ashton gave Sir Henry de Lea his
manor and all his lands in the vill of
Ashton; Add. MS. 32106, no. 888.
From the names of the attesting wit-
nesses this was evidently a grant of special
importance.

Alice daughter of William son of
Arthur, a widow, gave to Cockersand
Abbey a moiety of her wood in Ashton
and the carr of Tulketh ; Dods. MSS.
cxlii, fol. 34^. The wardship of the heir
of William de Ashton — no doubt a later
William — was in 1291 given by Edmund
(Earl of Lancaster) to Thomas le Sureys ;
Add. MS. 32106, no. 494.

Roger de Ashton seems to have in-
herited the manor of Ashton, for it
descended to Richard son of Roger, who
in or about 1298 gave it to Henry son of
William de Lea in exchange for land
in English Lea and a sum of money.
The remainders were to William and
Thomas, brothers of Henry ; Add. MS.
32106, no. 890. In 1301 the said Henry
granted his manor of Ashton to William
his father, and William deputed his
brother Henry de Lea to receive it
accordingly; ibid. no. 897, 587. Another
agreement describes the estate transferred
by Richard de Ashton to Henry de Lea
as two parts and the third of a third part,
with the reversion of a third of two parts
held in dower by Adam de ' Hoyton '

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

and one moiety or share was obtained by Lea and
the other by Haydock.44 The Lea portion descended
like that manor to the Hoghtons,45 and ceased to
have any distinct history. Of the Haydock portion
a part was given to a younger son, ancestor of the
Haydocks of Cottam, and the remainder came to
Alice and Aline, daughters and co-heirs of John
de Haydock, and thus was divided between the

PRESTON

families of Travers of Nateby and Lawrence of
Ribbleton.46 The Travers manor was in 1625 sold
to Hugh Rigby.47 The history of the Lawrence
share is unknown.48 The Waltons of Preston also
seem to have had part of the manor.49 TULKETH
in Ashton, where the monks of Savigny resided before
they settled in Furness,80 became a seat of the Travers
family till the ijth century.61 Afterwards it passed

(Hoghton) and Avice his wife ; Dods.
MS. cxlii, fol. 30*. It appears that Avice
was the widow of Roger de Ashton ; De
Banco R. 316, m. 466.

44 The Hoghton charters have been
given in the preceding note. The pro-
portions held by the different lords seem
to have varied. In 1324 Richard de
Hoghton held a moiety of Ashton by the
service of 51., while Lawrence Travers
and William Lawrence (in right of their
wives) held the other moiety by 51. also ;
Dods. MSS. cxxxi, foL 396.

In 1346, however, some readjustment
had taken place, and while Sir Adam de
Hoghton held a moiety of the manor (by
the twelfth part of a knight's fee) he paid
only 3*. yd. ; Edmund de Haydock,
Thomas Travers and William Lawrence
held a plough-land in socage by rents of
2s. 6a".t y. \d. and $d. respectively ;
Sur-v. of 1346 (Chet. Soc.), 46-8. Thus
the ioj. rent was contributed by four
partners, three of whom held the ' plough-
land ' in socage while the other held a
' moiety of the manor ' by knight's ser-
vice. At the same time Lea was stated
to be two plough-lands instead of one.
Cottam seems to have been regarded as
held of the lords of Ashton, so that Hay-
dock contributed is. ^d. for the Hoghton
moiety and it. $d. for that held of
Lawrence and Trovers. In 1 3 54 William
Lawrence held a fourth part of the
manor ; Final Cone, ii, 141.

In 1356 Sir Adam de Hoghton claimed
his part of the manor, alleging that John
son of Thomas Travers of Tulketh, Alice
widow of William Lawrence and Thomas
son of Geoffrey de Hackinsall had occupied
parts of it ; Assize R. 441, m. 4 d.

The extent made in 1445-6 shows a
distribution of the lordship like that of
1 346 ; Duchy of Lane. Knights* Fees,
bdle. 2, no. 20. Roger Travers of Nateby
had the fourth part of the manor in 1403 ;
Kuerden MSS. iv, G zb.

In 1301 various agreements were
made by the partners in the vill. Robert
de Haydock released to William de Lea,
Henry his son and Richard de Ashton all
right to their homage and services ; Add.
MS. 32106, no. 474. William de Lea
conceded a moiety of the manor to
Robert de Haydock, viz. that moiety
which Richard son of Roger de Ashton
had given to Henry son of William de
Lea ; ibid. no. 509. A partition of the
manor-house seems to have accompanied
these agreements ; the chamber to the
east was given to Richard de Ashton, the
whole of the hall to Robert de Haydock
and the chamber to the west to William
de Lea ; ibid. no. 507. Robert de Hay-
dock was probably acting as trustee for
his nieces.

In 1324 an agreement was made be-
tween Sir Richard de Hoghton, William
Lawrence and Alice his wife on one side
and Lawrence Travers and Aline his wife
on the other ; ibid. no. 759. Another
agreement was made in 1330 between
Sir Richard dc Hoghton on the one side
and Lawrence Travers and William Law-

rence on the other as to the partition of
certain meadows previously held by Avice
de Howick ; Dods. MSS. cxlii, fol. 30.

44 The Hoghton family continued to
acquire fresh portions of Ashton. In
1329 William son of Richard del Greaves
released all title in his father's lands to
Sir Richard de Hoghton ; Add. MS.
32106, no. 450. Robert the Graveson
of Ashton in 1 348 transferred his lands
(formerly Ralph the Tailor's) to Sir Adam
de Hoghton ; ibid. no. 479. Four years
later Cecily widow of Thomas de Ham-
bleton and Thomas son of Henry son of
John de Sidgreaves sold to Sir Adam lands
which had belonged to Cecily's father ;
ibid. no. 480—1. She was daughter of
Henry del Greaves, and 'her land lay in
Dawfield in the hamlet of Greaves in the
vill of Ashton ; ibid. no. 484, 6 1.

John son of Gilbert son of Adam de
Ashton in 1370 released to Sir Adam de
Hoghton all claim on the inheritance of
Roger de Ashton ; ibid. no. 477.

Sir Richard Hoghton in 1422 held a
moiety of the manor of Ashton by the
twelfth part of a knight's fee and 31. yd.
rent ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), i,
145. In 1580 Thomas Hogh ton's tene-
ment in Ashton next Preston and Greaves
was said to be held of the queen as of her
Duchy of Lancaster by the third part of a
fourth part of a knight's fee ; Duchy of
Lane. Inq. p.m. xiv, no. 26.

The remainder of the manor of Ashton
seems to have been acquired by 1595,
when 'the manor' is named among the
Hoghton estates ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of
F. bdle. 57, m. 178. Sir Richard Hoghton
died in 1630 holding the manors of Lea
and Ashton of the king by the third
part of a knight's fee ; Duchy of Lane.
Inq. p.m. xxvii, no. 13. The manors of
Lea and Ashton appear together in later
Hoghton settlements, e.g. Pal. of Lane.
Plea R. 554, m. 12.

46 The origin of the Haydock interest
is not known. In 1285 Joan widow of
John son of Henry de Haydock claimed
dower in various lands against Henry de
Haydock in Stainall and against Henry
son of Henry de Haydock in Cottam,
Ingol and Ashton ; De Banco R. 59,
m. 3 ; 64, m. 122. In 1292 inquiry was
made as to whether Robert and Henry
sons of Henry de Haydock had disseised
Paulin de Preston of land, aldergrove and
marsh in Ashton, but plaintiff was non-
suited ; Assize R. 408, m. 49 d.

It thus appears that Henry de Haydock
the father had part of Ashton, and that
he had three sons, John, Robert and
Henry, of whom John died before him.
Henry was dead in 1290, when his widow
Alice claimed dower inRibbleton,iStainall,
Haydock (against Hugh son of Richard
de Haydock) and Ravensmeols ; De
Banco R. 86, m. 174.

In 1338 Adam son of Richard de
Hoghton claimed a third part of the
manor of Ashton as heir of Henry son of
William de Lea. The holders were
William Lawrence, Alice his wife, Law-
rence Travers and Aline his wife, Alice

133

and Aline being daughters of John
brother of Robert de Haydock, whose
right, it was alleged, was derived from a
grant by William de Lea ; De Banco
R. 316, m. 466 ; 333, m. 374 d.

Two years later Alan de Marhalgh, in
right of his wife Isabel, claimed a fourth
part of the manor of Ashton against
Lawrence and Travers; ibid. 321, m.
iggd. The suit was continued in 1345,
Isabel being described as daughter of
Adam son of Roger de Ashton ; ibid.
342, m. 250; 345, m. 21; 350, m.
20. An agreement of 1339 represents
Sir Richard and Sir Adam de Hoghton
as recovering three parts of the manor
from Alan de Marhalgh and Isabel his
wife, while claims were put in by Law-
rence, Travers and Haydock ; Final Cone.
ii, 112.

47 William Travers' messuages, &c., in
Ashton were in 1524 held of the king as
of his Duchy of Lancaster in socage by a
rent of 31. %d. yearly ; Duchy of Lane.
Inq. p.m. v, no. 62. In 1559 the service
was said to be 8</. only; ibid, xi, no. 68.

In 1625 the manor of Ashton, with
lands in Ashton, Ingol, Clayton and Ley-
land, and a free fishery in the Ribble, were
sold to Hugh Rigby by William Travers,
Richard Travers and William Werden ;
Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 107, no. 32.

48 The fourth part of the manor of
Ashton was held by William Lawrence in
1354 ; Dep. Keeper's Rep. xxxii, App. 331.
As shown above, it appears again in
1445-6 ; but Robert Lawrence of Ribble-
ton, who died in 1524, had no lands in
Ashton.

49 Mabel daughter of Adam de Ashton
gave her sister Avice a messuage, &c., in
Ashton in 1351. In 1404 a third part
of the manor was claimed by John de
Walton and Agnes his wife (for her life)
against Henry de Preston, Maud his
wife, Robert Paslew and Alice his wife.
Later the Waltons are found holding in
Ashton ; Kuerden MSS. ii, fol. 224-7.
Richard Walton held lands in Ashton of
Queen Elizabeth ; the tenure of his suc-
cessors is not recorded ; Duchy of Lane.
Inq. p.m. xiii, no. 26, &c.

Henry Walton was vouchee, of the
manor of Ashton in 1721 ; Pal. of Lane.
Plea R. 515, m. 7.

50 Stephen Count of Boulogne, after-
wards king, in 1123 gave Tulketh to the
Abbot of Savigny to found an abbey of his
order there ; Simeon of Dur. Opera (Rolls
Ser.), ii, 267. The monks resigned it in
1127 on going to Furness.

51 It became the manor-house of the
Travers family for their part of the manor
of Ashton ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m.
xi, no. 68 ; xii, no. 22.

Thomas Preston in 1577 demised the
capital messuage called Tulketh in Ash-
ton, lately in the tenure of Richard
Travers, deceased ; Kuerden MSS. ii, fol.
239*.

It is stated that Tulketh was subse-
quently held by Werden, Rawstorne,
Hesketh (1687 to 1836), Bray, Johnson,
and Thompson (1876) ; Fishwick, Preston,

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

through many hands, and the hall is now part of a
boys' industrial school, managed by the Brothers of
Charity.62 Cockersand Abbey had land in Tulketh.53
The Hospitallers had some in Ashton.54

Of INGOL there is little to be said.55 Land was
given to the endowment of St. Mary Magdalene's
Hospital by Walter son of Gamel de Ingol about
I2OO.56 Richard de Lea gave to Edmund Earl of
Lancaster lands in Ingol in Christ's Croft, White-
field, &c.,57 and William son of William de Ingol
gave the earl land in Oldfield.58 In 1567 it was
alleged that the queen was seised of the manor, to
which appertained a pasture or moss ground in which
all her inhabitants, tenants and farmers in Ingol, had
common of pasture and turbary.89 Fulshaw Moor
was in Ashton and Ingol.60

COTT4M, assessed as 2 oxgangs of land, may be
identified with a grant of the land by Fulesyke61 made
by Arthur de Ashton to Richard son of Uctred ;
for this Richard afterwards gave it to Roger his son
under the name Cottam,62 while Roger son of Richard
son of Uctred de Singleton granted an oxgang of land
in Cottam to Richard son of Robert son of Uctred.63
This last grant seems to have been made in I2O4.64
Towards the end of the same century Henry de
Haydock was in possession,65 and gave it to a younger
son Henry,66 whose descendants continued to hold it
till the early part of the 1 8th century. The early
history of the family is obscure.67 Cottam in the
earlier surveys is stated to be held of the Earl of
Lancaster by the service of is. 6d. yearly, but at the
death of Eleanor Haydock in 1525 the estate in

266. It appears that in 17^0 there was
a sale or mortgage of Tulketh Hall by
Stanley Werden of Tulketh Hall and
Ashton Werden of Accrington, clerk, his
son and heir ; Piccope MSS. (Chet. Lib.),
iii, 360, from R. 23 of Geo. II at Preston.

52 Roger son of William son of Master
William de Preston in 1324-5 claimed
3 acres in Tulketh against John son of
Ellis de Entwisle ; De Banco R. 256,
m. 9 d.

'"•' Adam de Lea gave the canons 8 acres
in 'the vill of Tulcheth,' adjoining the
Preston boundary, with all liberties, &c.,
of the vill appurtenant ; Cockersand
Char tul. i, 21$.

Alice daughter of William son of
Arthur [de Ashton] in her widowhood
gave land in Tulketh, with a moiety of
her wood in Ashton ; ibid. From the
bounds recited it appears that Tulketh
touched the Ribble ; other points named
are the six Ashheys, the Foxholegreave
and Clakerkelde.

54 Robert son of Bernard's gifts to the
hospital included an oxgang in Ashton ;
Kuerden MSS. v, fol. 82.

55 The extent of 1346 merely says that
divers tenants had lands there, paying
2 id. ; Adam de Preston held 30 acres for
life at a rent of 40*.; Add. MS. 32103,
fol. 148*.

In 1246 Avice de Ingol and her hus-
band Baldwin de Preston held certain
lands during the minority of John son of
William de Yealand, and Gilbert de
Ingol was sued by John de la Lea; Assize
R. 404, m. 4d., 5, 10.

Aldred de Ingol gave Adam de Hoghton
his part of Sperlet within the bounds of
Ingol ; Add. MS. 32106, no. 387. Henry
Mason purchased a messuage from Thomas
Hoghton and Anne his wife in 1588 ;
Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 50, m. 64.
Robert France of Fulwood in 1632 held
land in Ingol as of the manor of Lea of Sir
Gilbert Hoghton ; Duchy of Lane. Inq.
p.m. xxix, no. 51.

Leyland of Morleys held land in Ingol
as part of the Broughton estate ; ibid, xi,
no. 20.

56 Farrer, Lanes. Pipe R. 334. The
land seems to have been within Ingol,
but one plat touched the old Kirkgate (of
Preston). The seal of the charter bore
the legend ' SIGILLV. WALTERI. DE. INGOOL.'

57 Duchy of Lane. Anct. D. (P.R.O.),
L29ii; Great Coucher, i, fol. 61,
no. 1 1.

58 Ibid, ii, fol. 388, no. 5. Leases of
land in Ingol by the Dukes of Lancaster
are recorded in 1360 and later; Dep.
Keeper's Rep. xxxii, App. 342 ; xl, App.
525, 528.

69 Duchy of Lane. Plead. Eliz. Ixxii,
Hi3.

A claim by Edward Tyldesley to land
called Wilcock Acre was investigated in
1579. Charters by Maud widow of
Thomas de Hutton, Geoffrey de Cottam
to John his son, and John Cottam (1464)
to William Leyland were produced ;
Duchy of Lane. Special Com. 279.

80 Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 205, m. 4.
There is a reference to it in the time of
Elizabeth (Lanes, and Ches. Rec. [Rec.
Soc.], ii, 254, 272), and in 1624-5 land
in Ingol, Fulshaw Moor and Cottam
Moss was granted out by the Crown ;
Pat. 22 Jas. I, pt. xvii.

61 Two oxgangs of land in Ashton, viz.
the land by Fulesyke, and a fourth part
of the service of Ingol ; Add. MS.
32106, no. 383. A rent of 6d. was to
be paid.

62 Two oxgangs of land in Ashton, viz.
Cottam and the land by Fulesyke, and a
fourth part of the service of Ingol, as
before, for which a pair of gloves was to
be rendered ; Kuerden MSS. iv, C 25.

63 Dods. MSS. cxlix, fol. 50*. The
rent was to be half a pound of cummin.

6* William de Vernon, 'then sheriff,'
attested it ; P.R.O. List, 72.

The same Roger son of Richard de
Singleton enfeoffed Herbert the White,
who had married Avice daughter of Henry
de Lea, of the fourth part of an oxgang of
land in Cottam (being the eighth part of
the vill of Cottam which Roger held in
demesne), and an eighth part of an
oxgang in the same place, at a rent of
31. ; Kuerden, loc. cit. A mill on the
Savock and a fishery in the Ribble are
named.

Alice widow of Alan de Singleton in
1246 sued Robert the Tailor for dower in
half an oxgang of land in Cottam, while
Robert claimed turbary against John de
I ^a and others ; Assize R. 404, m. 14 d.,
14.

"J The estate may have been acquired
by purchase. Michael son of Herbert
(perhaps the Herbert named above) re-
leased his lands in Cottam to Henry de
Haydock ; Geoffrey son of Richard de
Cottam, Robert son of Robert the Cor-
viser and Alice daughter of John de
Dewsbury granted lands to the same
Henry ; while Adam son of Alan the
Miller granted land to Henry son of
Henry de Haydock. See Kuerden, loc.
cit

66 Ibid. ; the date may be about 1270.
For the land in Cottam the younger Henry
was to render 21. 6d., for that in Ingol
is. 6d. and \d. for the light of St. Cuthbert
of Clifton (sic), for that in Ashton jd.

In 1284 Henry son of Henry de Hay-
dock recovered against his father a mes-
suage and i oxgang of land in Cottam,
14 acres in Ashton and a messuage and
30 acres in Ingol; Assize R. 1265, m.
4 d. In 1292 Alice and Aline daughters
of John (elder) son of Henry de Haydock
claimed messuages and land in Cottam
against Henry son of Henry de Haydock
and others. The plaintiffs were under age.
The jury found that Henry the father
enfeoffed Henry the son of the tenement
in dispute and put him in full seisin.
Afterwards his father disseised him, but
he recovered the tenements by assize of
novel disseisin (viz. the suit above referred
to) and demised them to his father for a
term of five years ; the father, five year*
before his death, rendered them to Henry
his son. There was therefore a verdict
for Henry ; Assize R. 408, m. 20 d.

Henry son of Henry de Haydock in
1295 granted land in Ashton to Richard
son of Roger de Ashton ; Kuerden MSS.
iv, A 6.

An inquiry into the character of Richard
de Cottam, clerk, who had been arrested
for the death of William le Paumere, was
made in 1293. He proved his innocence
and was reported to be ' of honest and
good conversation ' ; Lanes. Inq. and Ex-
tents, i, 280.

67 In 1308-9 William son of Gilbert
de Ashton claimed a tenement in Cottam
against Ellen widow of Henry de Hay-
dock ; Assize R. 423, m. 2 d. Edmund
de Haydock succeeded, but his parentage
does not appear ; he occurs as attesting
deeds, &c., from 1317 to 1352. He
secured recognition as a partner in the
manor of Ashton, as appears by the extent
of 1 346 (note 44 above). Robert son of
Robert de Cottam granted a toft to Robert
his son, who married Edith daughter of
Gilbert de Ashton ; and in 1317-18 Edusa
widow of Robert son of Robert the
Corviser released to Edmund de Haydock
all right in certain land ; Kuerden MSS.
iv, C25. In 1348 Edmund obtained a
licence for his oratory in the manor of
Cottam from the Archdeacon of Rich-
mond ; ibid.

Richard de Haydock attested a charter
in 1359 ; Add. MS. 32106, no. 461.

Sir Richard de Hoghton in 1388 ac-
quired land in English Lea from John de
Haydock of Cottam and Margaret his
wife ; Final Cone, iii, 32. John de Hay-
dock was a burgess at the guilds of 1397
and 1415 ; Preston Guild R. (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), 5, 8. Edmund son of
John de Haydock also appeared in 1397 ;
ibid. 3. John was living in 1419 ; Add.
MS. 32106, no. 549.

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

Ingol, Ashton and Cottam was said to be held by a
rent of 2/.68 A pedigree was recorded in i6i3,69and
William Haydock died on 4
August 1624 seised of the
manor of Cottam, a water-
mill, three messuages, lands,
&c., in Cottam, Ingol,
Ashton, French Lea and
Freckleton, held of the king
as of his duchy, and in Wood-
plumpton, held of Sir Robert
Banastre.70

The interest of the family
is mainly religious. William
Haydock, said to be a brother
of the Gilbert of 1529-42,

was a monk of Whalley, and executed there on
12 March 1536-7 for complicity in the Pilgrimage
of Grace.71 Ewan Haydock, left a widower in
1557, was strengthened in his constancy to Roman
Catholicism by the company of William (afterwards
Cardinal) Allen, a relative by marriage, and in 1573
went over to Douay with one or two of his sons,

HAYDOCK. Argent
three sparrow-hawks
close gules.

PRESTON

and in 1575 was ordained priest and sent on the
English mission, dying at Mowbreck in I58i.72 His
son George, educated at Douay and the English
College, Rome, was ordained priest, and in 1582
returned to England. He was almost immediately
betrayed to the government, and after two years'
imprisonment was executed as a traitor at Tyburn,
12 February I583-4.73 Richard Haydock, an elder
brother of George, was ordained priest at Douay in
1577. In 1582 it was reported that he was with
his brother at Cottam Hall or else at Mowbreck.
After ten years of missionary labour, during which he
is said to have been imprisoned, he returned to Rome,
and had the titular dignity of Dean of Dublin. He
died at Rome in l6c>5.74 William Haydock, the
eldest brother, was punished for his recusancy in
various ways.75 The family appear to have escaped
molestation during the Commonwealth period,76 but
William Haydock of Cottam is traditionally said to
have taken part in the Jacobite rising of 1715 ; he
died soon afterwards.77 The manor of Cottam, how-
ever, passed to a relative, and eventually became the
property of the Crosses of Red Scar in Grimsargh.78

In 1422 Martin V granted a dispensa-
tion for the marriage of Gilbert Haydock
with Isabel daughter of William Hoghton,
they being related in the fourth degree ;
Towneley MS. HH, no. 938. Gilbert
was living in 1459, when he and his sons,
Richard, William and Henry, were in the
guild ; Preston Guild R. 12. Gilbert's
widow (here called Elizabeth) took the
mantle and ring on 10 Feb. 1466-7 ;
HH, no. 977. His son Richard was dead
in 1475, when Isabel Haydock, widow,
was distrained to answer to William Hay-
dock for waste, &c., in lands in Cottam
and Ingol assigned to her for life by
Richard Haydock, father of William ;
Pal. of Lane. Writs Proton. 15 Edw. IV.

William Haydock died in 1494, leaving
a son and heir Gilbert, about fifteen years
of age ; his tenement in Cottam and
Ingol was stated to be held of the king as
duke by the seventh part of a knight's
fee ; Duchy Plead. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches.), i, 8. The heir's wardship was
granted to Cuthbert Clifton ; Kuerden
MSS. iv, C2i.

In the latter part of the I5th century
the family of Haydock of Heysandforth
in Burnley branched off from that seated
at Cottam.

68 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. v, no. 56.
Eleanor was widow of Richard Haydock,
and the heir was Gilbert son of William
son of the said Richard.

In 1529 William Clifton of Westby
granted Gilbert Haydock of Cottam and
his son Richard two-thirds of the tithe
corn of Warton in Kirkham ; Huntroyde
D., C i. In 1542 Gilbert Haydock and
his sons Henry, Cuthbert, Richard and
Edmund were in the Preston guild ; also
Ewan and Richard sons of William Hay-
dock, which William was (according to
the pedigree of 1613) the son of Gilbert;
Preston Guild R. 18. In 1562 Ewan
Haydock and his sons William, Richard,
Ewan and George entered, as also John
son of Ewan's uncle Henry; ibid. 26-7.

69 Visit. (Chet. Soc.), 108. The descent
is thus given : Gilbert -s. Richard -s.
William -s. Gilbert -s. William -s. Ewan
-s. William (living 1613) -s. Ewan (aged
thirty) ; there were two other sons and
five daughters.

70 Towneley MS. C 8, 13 (Chet. Lib.),

529. The heirs were William's four
daughters — Elizabeth Cartmel, Bridget
Hothersall, Mary Hayhurst and Katherine
Wall — all of full age, and his grandson
Robert Adamson son of another daughter
Ellen. The inquisition recites a settle-
ment made shortly before William's death,
by which Robert Haydock of Whitting-
ham, elder son of Cuthbert Haydock, was
made heir, but a portion was assigned to
the Adamsons.

There were several Cuthberts, as appears
by the Preston Guild R. The father of the
new owner of Cottam seems to have been
a son of Henry, one of the younger sons
of Gilbert Haydock (1529—42) ; informa-
tion of Mr. J. Gillow.

71 Gillow, Bill. Diet, of Engl. Cath. iii,
230-1. 'His body, for some unknown
reason, was allowed to continue suspended
on the gibbet entire, and ultimately was
secured and secretly removed by his nephew
and namesake to Cottam Hall. In Lanca-
shire he was generally looked upon as a
martyr, and his remains were treated with
the greatest veneration by the Haydock
family."

72 Ibid, iii, 202-4. The government
had tried to arrest him, but he had
managed to keep free. There is a refer-
ence to him as a fugitive beyond the seas
without licence in Lanes, and Ches. Rec.
(Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), ii, 342.

73 Gillow, op. cit. iii, 205-11. He was
executed for being ordained priest beyond
the seas and for conspiring to effect the
queen's death. There was no evidence of
the latter part of the charge, of which
Haydock asserted his innocence. The
judge who condemned him was Sir William
Fleetwood, the Recorder of London.

See also Challoner, Missionary Priests,
no. 23 ; Foley, Rec. S. 7., vi, 136. The
cause of his beatification was allowed to
be introduced at Rome in 1886 ; Pollen,
Acts of Martyrs, 379.

74 Gillow, op. cit. iii, 221-5. See
Foley, op. cit. vi, 130, 518 (will), 739 ;
Misc. (Cath. Rec. Soc.), ii, 132; Diet.
Nat. Stag.

75 Gillow, op. cit. iii, 223. A sister
Aloysia suffered imprisonment for religion.
In 1600 a licence was granted to William
Haydock, ' popish recusant," allowing him
to go to London ; Huntroyde D., C 2. In

135

1604 Sir Richard Hoghton referred to a
dispute with his uncle William Haydock
of Cottam (son of Ewan) ; ibid. C 3. A
grant of the sequestered lands of William
Haydock of Cottam, recusant, was made
by the Crown in 1607 ; Pat. 5 Jas. I,
pt. i.

76 In 1648 Robert Haydock and Cuth-
bert his second son and heir-apparent
made a settlement of Cottam Hall and
lands in Cottam, Ingol, Ashton, French
Lea, &c. ; and at the same time William
Haydock of Eaves, in Woodplumpton,
granted that messuage to Cuthbert Hay-
dock of Cottam ; Huntroyde D., C 5, 4.
Robert Haydock had a brother Richard
of Fulwood ; ibid. C 6. Cuthbert Hay-
dock seems to have succeeded by 1660
and William Haydock by 1676 ; ibid. C 9,
II, 12. In 1673, however, William
Haydock secured the third part of the
manor of Cottam, water-mill, malting-
mill, &c., from Christopher Harris and
Margery his wife ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of
F. bdle. 190, m. 99. In 1698 William
Haydock of Cottam, the elder, and William
his son and heir mortgaged the estate to
Nicholas Starkie ; Huntroyde D., C 15.

77 Gillow, Haydock Papers, 45-6.

78 Ibid.; it is stated that the last William
Haydock, whose brothers were priests, had
settled the manor on his sister Dorothy,
who married George son of John Shuttle-
worth of Hodsock Park, Notts. George
Haydock, cousin of William, in 1730
conveyed his interest in the manor to
George Farington of Worden, in trust
for Henry son of Valentine Farington of
Preston. The Faringtons sold the manor,
or their part of it, about the end of the
1 8th century. There is a reference to
William Haydock in Lanes, and Ches.
Rec. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 171.

By his will of 1713 William Haydock
of Cottam gave the manor to trustees for
the use of his three sisters — Mary wife
of Thomas Finch, Dorothy wife of George
Shuttleworth and Elizabeth wife of Hugh
Barton. In a fine regarding the manor
of Cottam in 1717 the following were
concerned : John Shuttleworth, Robert
Hudson, Mary his wife, George Shuttle-
worth, William Haydock, William Raw-
storne and Valentine Farington ; Pal. of
Lane. Plea R. 504, m. 8. The deed by

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

A branch of the Haydocks 79 settled on a small
estate known as The Tagg in Cottam, the old dower
house of the family, and there were born Thomas
Haydock, a publisher,80 and George Leo Haydock, a
priest noteworthy for his edition of the Bible ; he
died in i84g.81 This family is now represented by
Mr. Joseph Gillow, whose works have been quoted
frequently in these pages.

A family surnamed Cottam is found in this and
neighbouring townships.82

Cockersand Abbey 83 and the Knights Hospitallers84
had land in this part of the township.

The inquisitions show that in general the land was
held by the Hoghton family.85 Under the Common-

wealth some holdings were sequestered for religious
' delinquency,' 86 and some ' Papists ' registered estates
Disputes as to the fishery in 1691-2

are of interest as showing the customs of the fisher-
men.88

A pedigree case of much interest concerned the
estates of Richard Harrison of Warrington, who died
in 1863, a descendant of John Harrison of Lea, who
died in 1667. 89

In connexion with the Church of England St.
Andrew's, Ashton, was built in 1836, and a parish
was formed for it in the following year. A chapel of
ease, St. Michael and All Angels', was built in 1884.
The patronage is vested in trustees.

George Haydock in 1730 recites that
William Haydock had agreed to sell the
manor of Cottam, and that in 1716
Valentine Farington agreed to purchase ;
Piccope MSS. (Chet. Lib.), iii, 258, from
R. 7 of Geo. II at Preston. Later still
(1756-7) in a fine regarding the manor
the deforciants were William Gardner,
Elizabeth his wife, Nicholas Starkie and
Sarah his wife ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F.
bdle. 356, m. 34. Elizabeth and Sarah
were the daughters and heirs of Valentine
Farington. From deeds at Huntroyde it
appears that Le Gendre Starkie sold his
moiety between 1769 and 1791 ; infor-
mation of Mr. H. Ince Anderton.

79 For pedigrees see Chron. of St.
Monica's, Louvain, ii (end) ; Fishwick,
Preston, 272-3.

80 Gillow, Bibl.Dict. iii, 226-30. He
was born in 1772 and died in Preston in
1859.

81 Ibid, iii, 211-21 ; Diet. Nat. Biog.
Another brother, James Haydock, priest,
served the mission at Lea, and died of a
fever caught while attending the sick in
1809; Gillow, op. cit. 221. The same
editor's Haydock Papers is mainly occupied
with this family.

83 Geoffrey de Cottam was bound to
Henry de Haydock to pay half a pound
of cummin and 1 5</. to the chief lords in
Henry's place ; Kuerden MSS. iv, C 25.
John son of Geoffrey de Cottam, Avice
his wife and John son of Richard de
Cottam were in 1323-4 engaged in dis-
putes with the lords of Ashton ; Assize
R. 425, m. 2. A little later the same
John son of Geoffrey claimed land in
Ashton against William de Ingolhead,
Christiana his wife and Thomas his son ;
ibid. R. 426, m. 8 d. See also De Banco
R. 323, m. 32. One John de Cottam
had had a dispute as to his inheritance
with Richard de Cottam in 1306 ; Assize
R. 420, m. 8. Margery widow of Henry
de Cottam was plaintiff in 1348; De
Banco R. 355, m. 202.

In 1446 John Cottam claimed the
manor against Gilbert Haydock, alleging
that Geoffrey de Cottam had given it to
his son Richard and his heirs by Margaret
his wife, the pedigree being : Geoffrey
-». Richard -s. John -s. Robert —8.
Edmund -s. John (plaintiff) ; Pal. of
Lane. Plea R. 9, m. lot. John son of
Richard de Cottam was claiming a mes-
tuage, &c., in Ashton in 1 344 ; De
Banco R. 340, m. 430 ; 347, m. 15 d.

83 Roger son of Richard son of Uctred
de Singleton was the benefactor, granting
a half acre in Briary Furlong in his
demesne and other parcels, Sandibutts
being named ; Cockersand Chartul. i, 225.

84 Roger de Singleton was the grantor ;
Lines. Chart. (Bodl. Lib.), Ai, no. 6*.

85 This was the case in Lea for lands
held by John Singleton (Duchy of Lane.
Inq. p.m. vi, no. 32 ; viii, no. 9) ; George
Browne (ibid, xi, no. 4 ; xiv, no. 42 ;
xviii, no. 23) ; James Holme, who also
held in Chipping (Towneley MS. C 8,
13 [Chet. Lib.], 507); William Helme
(Lanes. Inq. p.m. [Rec. Soc. ], i, 213); and
in Ashton by James Stopford of Ulnes
Walton (ibid, i, 169 ; ii, 72).

George Buller of Singleton held a
tenement in Lea of Sir Richard Hoghton
by a rent of 51. %d. and by suit at the
baron's court of the manor of Lea ; he
died in 1595, leaving a son William,
about seven years old ; ibid, iii, 317.

Henry Catterall in 1610, in right of
his late wife Elizabeth Lubley, held a
messuage and lands in Lea and Cottam
of Sir Richard Hoghton by a rent of yd.
Thomas, his son "and heir, was aged
thirty- four ; ibid, i, 212.

William Critchlow died in 1637 hold-
ing a messuage and land in Lea of Sir
Gilbert Hoghton, and other lands, &c.,
in Whittingham and Preston. He left a
widow named Grace and a son and heir
William, about ten years of age ; Towne-
ley MS. C 8, 13 (Chet. Lib.), 252.

Henry Gregson died in 1631 holding
land in English Lea and Whittingham of
Sir Gilbert Hoghton, and leaving a son
Robert, who came of age in Dec. 1633 ;
ibid. 465.

James Wharles died in 1 626 also hold-
ing land in English Lea of Sir Gilbert.
His son Alexander was thirty years old ;
ibid. 1295.

Evan Browne held land in French Lea
of Henry VIII ; Duchy of Lane. Inq.
p.m. vii, no. 24. John Fleetwood of Pen-
wortham held land in Ashton of Queen
Elizabeth ; ibid, xiii, no. 26 ; xv, no. 34
(St. Mary Magdalene's lands).

In other cases — Clifton, Hesketh, &c.
— the tenure is not stated.

The following suits may be mentioned :
Alice widow of William Pickard claimed
land in English Lea in 1309-10 against
John son of William de Charnock ; De
Banco R. 179, m. i64d. In 1331 Alice
widow of William de Charnock gave an
acre in Eastley Field and the Foles to
Henry son of William Charnock of Lea ;
Harl. MS. 2042, fol. 171. Thomas son
of Robert the Mercer of Sidgreaves v.
Robert son of Robert Franceys, as to
tenements in French Lea and Ashton ;
Duchy of Lane. Assize R. 2, m. ii.
Adam de Catterall of Longton v. John
de Cottam, &c., in Ashton ; ibid. 3,
m. vii d. John del Milne of Cottam v.
Thomas son of Walter del Hall of Ash-
ton ; ibid. 5, m. 26. Nicholas son
of Adam de Singleton and Cecily his wife
(daughter of Edmund de Horwich) in

136

1371 claimed dower in burgages, lands
and horse mill in Ashton and Preston
against William de Singleton ; De Banco
R. 443, m. 91. Roger Elston v. William
Denby alias Cardmaker and Margaret his
wife, daughter of William Soperson, in
French Lea and Ashton ; Final Cone, iii,

"3-

Edward Blackburne in 1450-1 had
lands in English Lea, French Lea and
Preston, which seven years later he gave
to the mayor and burgesses of Preston ;
Kuerden MSS. iv, P 120.

86 The following were recusants :
Margery Melling of Lea, widow ; Eliza-
beth Wharles, widow, of Ashton ; Cal.
Com. for Comp. v, 3185-7. Gabriel
Short of Lea, suspected, was summoned
before the committee and refusing to
abjure his religion had two-thirds of his
tenement sequestered ; ibid, i, 656.

John Bispham of Ashton had had two-
thirds of his estate sequestered for recu-
sancy ; after his death his daughter Eliza-
beth Bispham in 1654 prayed to be
allowed to contract for it ; Royalist Comp,
Papers (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i,
183. Richard Gregson and John Harri-
son, recusants, made similar petitions in
respect of the two-thirds of their estates
in Ashton ; ibid, iii, 128, 164. William
Hollinhead of Ingol and John Hodgkin-
son of Cottam did likewise ; ibid, iii, 251,
231.

87 At Lea : Lawrence and William
Johnson, Thomas Hankinson (Mason
House), Thomas Hankinson the younger
(Lea Town), William and Thomas Helme,
and William Fidler ; Estcourt and Payne,
Eng. Cath. Nonjurors, 93, 106, 139. At
Ashton : William Bolton, Elizabeth
widow of Oswald Eaves, Margaret Porter,
John and William Browne, Joseph Miller j
ibid. 92, 101, 102, 138. At Cottam i
Roger Higginson, James Holme and John
Simpson ; ibid. 93, 138-9.

88 An abstract of the pleadings is given
in Fishwick, Preston, 87. 'It appear*
that from time immemorial " stakes and
piles " were placed in the bed of the river
for the fishermen to hang their nets upon,
and it was customary before the com-
mencement of the fishing season for the
fishermen of Penwortham and [those of]
Ashton and Lea to draw lots for priority,
and having settled this the river wa»
fished " right across " from bank to bank
by the men from the two manors alter-
nately from sunrise to sunset. The season
began about Candlemas and closed about
Michaelmas.'

89 J. P. Earwaker, Lanes. Pedigree Can,
1887. The landed estates lay in War-
rington, Lea, Whittle, Brindle, Clayton,
&c. ; there was personal estate of about
£100,000 value. The evidence at the

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

PART OF
LANCASTER

A school was founded in Lea in 1784 by Samuel
Neeld.90

The Wesleyans had a chapel in Ashton in 1883 ;
the present church was built in 1893. There is a
Baptist church in Ashton, founded about 1880.

From the accounts of the manors it will have been
gathered that Roman Catholic worship was maintained

with more or less constancy during the long period of
proscription.91 When owing to sale Cottam Hall
was not available, the mission appears to have been
removed to the adjoining township.93 In 1 800 the
old mission at Salwick Hall was transferred to Lea,
St. Mary's Church being built there. In Ashton the
Church of the Sacred Heart was built in 1903-4.

PART OF LANCASTER

FULWOOD

Fulewde, 1199; Fulewude, 1228; Fulwode,
1297.

This township, formerly a woodland area and now
to a great extent a residential suburb of Preston, lies
to the north of Preston and Ribbleton. The Savock
(or Savick) Brook crosses the centre, flowing west-
south-west to the Ribble. The western end is called
Cadley or Cadeley ; Killinsough is in the north-east.
The surface, slightly undulating according to the
watercourses, rises on the whole from west to east,
attaining over 200 ft. above sea level. The township
has an area of 2,1 1 6£ l acres, and in 1901 contained
a population of 5,238, including 1,101 in the barracks,
784 in the workhouse, and others in charitable insti-
tutions.

Garstang Road, the main road from Preston to the
north, crosses its western end, but a more noteworthy
one is that which runs east and west near the
southern border ; it is called Watling Street, and is
supposed to be on the track of an old Roman road
from Ribchester to the sea. The Preston and Long-
ridge railway passes through the south-eastern corner
of the township, where there is a station called
Ribbleton. To the north of it is the hamlet called
Fulwood Row. The London and North-Western
Company's main line to the north crosses the western

end of the township. The electric tramways of
Preston serve Fulwood.

The township contains the Preston Union Work-
house, built in 1865-8, and a large barracks, 1848,
the dep6t of the 3Oth and 47th Regimental Dis-
tricts, including the Loyal North Lancashire Regi-
ment, the old 47th and 8ist Foot. On Garstang
Road, on an estate formerly known as Crow Trees, is
the Harris Orphanage for about 1 40 children, opened
in 1888.* Homes for the Blind were opened in
i896.s The Home of the Little Sisters of the Poor
and St. Vincent's Home for Boys, a Poor Law school
founded in 1893 in memory of the late Bishop
O'Reilly, are also in Fulwood.

A local board was formed in i863.4 Since 1894
there has been an urban district council of twelve
members, elected by three wards — Central, East, and
West. For parliamentary elections Fulwood is included
in Preston.

The open land is chiefly in pasturage ; the soil is
loam and clay, with subsoil various.

Races used to be held on Fulwood Moor. They
were discontinued about 1833.*

Fulwood was probably included in the

MANOR forest of Lancaster on its formation,6 and

was thus taken out of the township and

parish of Preston.7 It occurs but seldom in the

records before its disafforestation,8 but part was in

trials showed that the registers at Preston,
Kirkham, Poulton and Lytham had been
tampered with, as also the official tran-
scripts at Chester ; 'had the court rolls of
the manor of Lea near Preston not been
preserved there is only too much reason
to believe that the ingenuity of the forgers
would have been rewarded before their
forgeries could have been exposed . . .
These court rolls were kept in private
hands, and so were out of the reach of the
forgers, even if they had known how im-
portant they really were."

90 End. Char. Rep. for Preston.

91 See, e.g., the accoun
Hoghton of Hoghton. Ale
ton was reported ai con
1586; Baines, Lanes, (ed.

of Thomas
ander Hogh-
umacious in
868), i, 180.

Mrs. Hoghton of Lea wa reported to
keep a ' Papist ' schoolmast r ; Fishwick,
Preston, 264. Mass was. said at Tulketh
in 1607 and confirmation given there in
1687 ; ibid. The Eyves family resided
at Ashton ; Gillow, Bibl. Diet, of Engl.
Cath. iii, 288.

93 See Woodplumpton.

1 Including 3 acres of inland water.

4 End. Char. Rep. (Lane.), 1902, p. 3.
There is an endowment of about £2,700
a year.

3 They were founded in Preston in
1864 ; Hewitson, Preston, 243.

4 Land. Gax. 10 Mar. 1863.

6 Hewitson, Preston, 120.

* See the account of the forest.

7 There was a dispute between the
incumbents of Preston and Lancaster
churches as to the tithes of the forest of
Fulwood and the park of Hyde in 1323 ;
Lane. Ch. (Chet. Soc.), ii, 448-50.

8 Free pasturage in the forest of Fulwood
was allowed to the burgesses of Preston
by King John's charter of 1199, together
with as much wood as they might require
for building their town, on the view of the
foresters ; Abram, Mem. of the Guilds, 3.
The grants were confirmed and extended by
later charters. See also Inq. a.q.d. 19
Edw. II, no. 183 ; Lanes, and Ches. Rec.
(Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), ii, 272,
275, &c.

The bounds of Fulwood were thus de-
fined in 1228 : From the hey of Ravenkel
to the road of Dunepool, along the water-
course to Deepdale, to the upper head of
Lund, by the watercourse of Deepdale to
Fulwood and so to Uctredsgate, by the
road to Coleford, thence to Cadley Shaw
and to the hey of Ravenkel ; Farrer,
Lanes. Pipe R. 421.

Pontage for five years was allowed in
1291 for repairing the causeway of
Fulwood ; Cal. Pat. 1281-92, p. 430.

In 1297 the forest was worth a mark
yearly to the Earl of Lancaster, and in
addition the men of Broughton paid los.

137

for having common there ; Lanes. Inq.
and Extents (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.),
i, 289-90.

Some particulars are given in the
survey made in 1346 in Add. MS. 32103,
fol. 148. John de Burton held the
herbage of Myerscough and a close called
Cadley in Fulwood ; Grimbaldthe Mercer
had pasture rights, &c., in Fulwood, as
had Thomas Banastre for Broughton.
Roger de Elston had Killanshagh
(Killinsough), a piece of waste by Fulwood,
at a rent of 401. Thomas son ot
Lawrence Travers had Great Cadley.

In 1442 Thomas Urswick had a lease
of the pastures of Myerscough and Fulwood
in the forest of Amounderness and an
annuity of £10 a year from them ; Dep.
Keeper's Rep. xl, App. 536.

A charge of cutting down and carrying
away trees and underwood in the king's
forest of Fulwood was in the time of
Edward IV preferred against William
Singleton of Broughton, Brian Singleton
of the same, Richard Singleton of Ingol-
head, John Singleton of the Peel (son of
Nicholas of Brockholes) and others ; Pal.
of Lane. Plea R. 29, m. 9 d.

The king in 1481 included 40 acres of
moor in Fulwood in his grant to Sir
Thomas Molyneux, but it was not per-
manent ; see the account of Eccleston in
Leyland.

18

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

1551 granted to Anthony Browne, who also had a
moiety of the manor of Eccleston, &c.9 Soon after-
wards Browne transferred it to John Charnock and
Thomas Clayton. Subsequently the ' manors ' of
FULWOOD and CAD LET are named, but little
satisfactory evidence exists.10 Hyde Park was at the
east end of the township.11 Inquiries as to the wastes
of Fulwood were made in 1638 and i64O.12

Lambert Stodagh of Stodday died in 1511 holding
lands in Preston and Fulwood of the king in socage.13
His son Lawrence founded the school at Broughton.
The Claytons of Whittle-le- Woods in the I 7th century
became the principal residents in Fulwood.14 Their
estate descended to Robert Clayton, Bishop of Clogher,
who died in I758,15 having bequeathed it to his
relatives the Claytons of Adlington.

Several of the inhabitants had their estates seques-
tered under the Commonwealth,16 and a number of
' Papists ' registered estates in 1 7 1 y.17

An Inclosure Act for Cadley and Fulwood Moors
was passed in i8u.18

For the Church of England Christ Church was
built in 1865. The vicar of Lancaster is patron.19

There is a Congregational church, founded in
1894.

A school at Cadley was founded in 1 707 by John
Hatch.20 Brunswick Chapel was purchased for the
use of the school in 1865.

MYERSCOUGH

Mirscho, 1258 ; Miresco, 1265 ; Mirescowe,
1297. It is pronounced locally Masca.

This township, lying between the parishes of
Preston, Garstang and St. Michael-on-Wyre, has

an area of 2,707 acres,1 and the population in 1901
numbered 423. The surface slopes from east to west
from about 120 ft. above sea level on the border of
Barton to between 30 and 40 ft. at the other side.
The Brock crosses the northern end on its way west
to the Wyre ; north of it are Myerscough House,
Light Ash and Stanzaker ; to the south is Myer-
scough Hall, between the Brock and another brook
flowing west. The latter is a two-story i8th-
century building with barred sash windows, hipped
roof and deeply overhanging eaves, erected by
William Greenhalgh, high sheriff in 1729, in the
place of an older building of the same name. On
the brook is the mill ; near it is the Lodge, the
former home of Sir Thomas Tyldesley. Badsberry is
near the centre, and Midghalgh at the southern
end of the township.

The great highway from Preston to Lancaster
passes along the eastern boundary. There are several
minor roads, including one passing westward near
the hall, towards St. Michael's. The London and
North-Western Railway crosses the south-east corner,
and the Preston and Kendal Canal winds northward
through the centre.

The population is agricultural. The soil is heavy,
with subsoil of clay. Wheat is grown, and much of
the land is in pasture.

The township has a parish council.

Henry Borron Fielding, son of Henry Fielding of
Myerscough House, was a botanist of some note.
He lived at Bolton near Ulverston and then at
Lancaster, dying in 1 8 5 1 .2

MTERSCOUGH seems to have been

FOREST part of one of the forests, possibly that of

Amounderness, and then to have been

9 The grant was of waste lately approved
in Fulwood Forest ; Pat. 5 Edw. VI,
pt. vi.

John Charnock of Leyland, &c., by
his will in 1571 gave Joan his wife all
his lands and tenements in Fulwood
lately purchased of Sir Anthony Browne,
deceased, and other lands there ; they
were held of the queen by knight's ser-
vice ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xii,
no. 35.

10 Parcels in Hyde Park, Cadley, Brede-
land, Killanshaugh and Fulwood were by
James I granted on lease to George
Whitmore and others and by Charles I to
Edward Ditchfield and others in fee ;
Pat. 8 Jas. I, pt. xxvii ; 4 Chas. I, pt. xxxiii.
This may have been the origin of the
reputed manors of Cadley and Fulwood.
A rent of £19 7*. jd. was paid for
Cadley and Fulwood in 1670 to the
Crown by Hugh Wadsworth ; Pat. 22
Chas. II, pt. ii, rot. I. In a recovery of the
manors of Little Cadley and Fulwood in
1705 the vouchees were Hugh and Robert
Wadsworth of Haighton; Nicholas Starkie
and William Shawe were the tenants ;
Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 481, m. 5.

In a fine respecting the manors of Great
Cadley and F-ulwood in 1718 the defor-
ciants were Sir Thomas Abney, Nicholas
Starkie and William Shawe, and the
plaintiff was John Dorsett (? Barrett) ;
Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 279, m.
1 02. This was probably the same estate.

The manors or lordships of Great
Cadley, Little Cadley and Fulwood, with
lands, &c., in Haighton, Broughton and
Fulwood, were in 1773 held by Thomas
Barrett ; PaL of Lane. Plea R. 618,

m. 10. An abstract of the title of Thomas
Barrett may be seen in Piccope MSS.
(Chct. Lib.), xiv, 123. It shows that the
'manors' were those of the Wadsworth
family, but does not give the origin of
their title, as the earliest deed cited is
dated in 1682.

11 The name occurs as early as 1257 ;
Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 222. It may
refer to the hide of land (6 carucates) in
Preston. In 1583 Oliver Wrigan and
others (who had received from Queen
Elizabeth in 1 5 76) let to Thomas Singleton
part of their lands in Cadley, Little Cadley
and Hyde Park in Fulwood ; also in Kil-
lawneshauge ; and the water-mill ; Pic-
cope MSS. xiv, 68.

12 Duchy of Lane. Spec. Com. 851,
1041.

18 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. iv, no. i.

14 See the account of Crook in Whittle.
Thomas Clayton died in 1591 holding
the moiety of two messuages, &c., in
Fulwood of the queen by the hundredth
part of a knight's fee ; Duchy of Lane.
Inq. p.m. xv, no. 3. The pedigree (com-
piled by Mr. R. Stewart-Brown) reads :
Thomas, d. 1591 — s. William, d. 1631
—s. Thomas, d. 1669 -s. Robert -sons
Thomas (s.p.), William (d. 1715), and
John, Dean of Kildare.

15 Diet. Nat. Biog. Thomas Clayton,
who was fifteen years of age in 1664,
when the pedigree was recorded (Dugdale,
fisit. 85), became a barrister-at-law ;
Foster, Alumni Oxon. He died without
issue, but had a brother William (d. 1715),
a Liverpool merchant, who left several
daughters as heirs. William's younger
brother John was the father of the bishop,

I38

who was born at Dublin in 1695. Dr.
John Clayton was incumbent of St.
Michan's, Dublin, and Dean of Kildare,
1708-25. His son Robert was educated
at Westminster and Dublin ; D.D. 1730.
He was made Bishop of Killala and
Achonry 1730, held other sees, but was
refused the Archbishopric of Tuam, being
accused of Arianism, and afterwards
threatened with a prosecution for heresy.
He published various works. Mr. F.
Clayton of Morden has afforded the
editors information about the family.
See also H. Peet, Liverpool in the time of
Queen Anne.

16 Thomas Lingard (dead in 1651),
Lawrence Sharrock (dead in 1654), both
of them recusants, and Lawrence Sudall ;
Cal. Com. for Comp. iv, 2749; v, 3196;^,
3090. SudaU's estate was put in the Act
of 1652 to be sold for treason ; Index of
Royalists (Index Soc.), 44.

17 Anne Kitchen, John Newsam,
Lawrence Tomlinson, John Kendall,
James Hatch, John Chew, John Sudall,
Thomas Werden, Thomas Coseney,
Thomas Miller and William Cowpe ;
Estcourt and Payne, Engl. Cath. Non-
jurors, 95, &c.

The Kendall family here named pro-
duced several notable ecclesiastics ; Gillow,
Bibl. Diet, of Engl. Cath. iv, 4-12.

18 51 Geo. Ill, cap. 55.

19 A district chapelry was formed in
1865 ; Land. Gam. 15 Dec.

20 End. Char. Rep. (Fulwood), 1902,
p. i.

1 The Census Rep. 1901 gives 2,708
acres, including 30 of inland water.
8 Diet. Nat. Biog,

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

joined to the forest of Lancaster.3 The name does
not occur in Domesday Book 3a, and it is uncertain
which of the neighbouring townships then contained
it.4 Unlike Fulwood it does not appear to have
been styled a manor at anytime. In 1297 the forest
of Myerscough was worth 2Of. a year to the Earl of
Lancaster.5 The Earls of Derby were once keepers
of the park,6 and the Tyldesleys of Wardley and then
of Morleys were under-keepers.7 About 1620 the
latter had licence to inclose 90 acres of the Outwood
of Myerscough.8 James I stayed at their house,
known as the Lodge, in i6i7,9 and Charles II in
1 65 I.10 Various grants were made by the Crown.11
A survey is extant made in the Commonwealth time,12
and a plan of the park in I769.13 There are 16th-
century Court Rolls at the Record Office,14 and an old
plan has been preserved.18

Leland, writing about 1536, thus refers to it :
* Ere I came to Garstang by a mile and a half I left
Myerscough, a great park partly enclosed with a

PART OF
LANCASTER

hedge, partly (all on the moor side) with a pale. On
the right it is replenished with red deer. The Earl
of Derby hath it in farm of the king.'15"

But few of the inhabitants occur in the records,16
apart from the Tyldesley
family, who made it their
chief residence, probably for
religious reasons.17 The family
have been noticed in the
accounts of Morleys in Astley
and Wardley in Worsley.
Edward Tyldesley, the first
of Morleys, was in 1587^
succeeded by his infant grand-
son and namesake, who died
at Myerscough in 1621, when
his son Thomas was about
nine years of age.19 The heir,

the typical Lancashire Cavalier,20 was about thirty
years of age when the Civil War broke out ; he at

TYLDCSLEY. Argent
three molehills vert.

8 See the account of the forest, V.C.H.
Lanes, ii, 439, 448—9 ; Lanes, and Ches.
Antiq. Soc. xix, 19.

Myerscough is not named in the early
Pipe Rolls, or in the perambulation of
the forest in 1228, but was an ancient
forest ' beyond the memory of man,' in
1323 ; Lane. Ch. (Chet. Soc.), ii, 449. The
forest of Amounderness, as distinct from
those of Wyresdale and Lonsdale, occurs
in 1246—8 ; Lanes. Inq. and Extents (Rcc.
Soc. Lanes, and Ches), i, 170. It formed
part of the gift to Theobald Walter in
1194 (Farrer, Lanes. Pipe R. 435), but as
late as 1 3 37 Myerscough was not reckoned
within it ; ibid. 425. About 1322 Thur-
stan de Northlegh farmed the herbage of
the parks of Myerscough and Fulwood by
demise of John Travers, keeper of the
tame ; Coram Rege R. 254, m. 54 d.

3a The township may be the lost vill of
Aschebi, one plough-land in 1066.

* Tithes were claimed in 1591 by the
farmer of the rectory of St. Michael's,
Myerscough being said to be part of the
chapelry of Woodplumpton ; Ducatus
Lane. (Rec. Com.), iii, 261.

& Lanes. Inq. and Extents (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), i, 290.

The extent of i 346 appears to regard
both Myerscough and Fulwood as appur-
tenances of Quernmore ; Add. MS.
32103, fol. 148. The herbage of the
park was then worth £8 a year. William
de Holland and William his son had a
cottage, &c., called Baggerburgh, next the
park of Myerscough, paying 71. a year,
also id. a day wages of a parker, and
keeping up the park palings. Thomas
Wambergh had a messuage and lands in
Mygelhagh (Midghalgh), at a rent of
701. Alice de Shireburne also had land
there. Thomas and Robert de Haldeslegh
had pannage, &c., in Myerscough and
Bradshaw hey. ' Baggerburgh ' is no
doubt Badsberry.

Richard de Radcliffe had a lease of the
foreign wood of Myerscough in 1360 at a
rent of 1 8 marks ; Dtp. Keeper's Rep.
xxxii, App. 343.

6 Ducatus Lane. (Rec. Com.), i, 294-5.
Thomas Bayton was master forester in
the time of Elizabeth ; ibid, iii, 331, 366.

7 Ibid, i, 148, 158, &c.; iii, 36. For a
complaint byThurstan Tyldesley in 1531
see Duchy Plead. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches.), i, 228.

8 Lanes, and Ches. Rec. (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), ii, 262, 294.

9 The king stayed there from 12 to 14
Aug. and hunted, killing several bucks ;
Assheton's Journal (Chet. Soc.), 32-4..

10 On 1 3 Aug. on his way to Worcester ;
Civil War Tracts (Chet. Soc.), 287.

11 In 1605 Rippon Park in Myerscough
was granted to Charles Earl of Devon ;
Pat. 2 Jas. I, pt. vii.

Bannerhurst and Colthey, parts of
Stanzacre by Myerscough Park, a water-
mill, a messuage and lands called Midg-
halgh, &c., were gran ted to Edward Bradley
and others in 1623 ; Pat. 20 Jas. I, pt. iii.

Several leases of the herbage in the
park are known ; e.g. Cal. S. P. Dom.
1638-9, p. 62.

In 1 809 Myerscough Park was leased
to William Heatley for thirty-one years,
and he in 1815 transferred to William
Fitzherbert-Brockholes ; D. at Claughton.

12 Lanes, and Ches. Rec. i, 43.

13 Ibid, i, 25.

14 Duchy of Lane. Ct. R. bdle. 79,
no. 1035-6.

15 Lanes, and Ches. Recs. i, 24.

15a Itin. v, 98. The deer were de-
stroyed about 1778 ; Assheton's Journal,
loc. cit.

16 Leonard Helme in 1601 held two
messuages, &c., in Myerscough, but the
tenure is not stated ; Duchy of Lane. Inq.
p.m. xviii, no. 20.

The Richardson family appear at Over
Wood and Nether Wood before 1530;
Ducatus Lane, ii, 43, 232. Thomas
Richardson, son of William, held lands in
Woodplumpton, &c., destined for the
maintenance of the schoolmaster of Gar-
stang ; he had the reversion of a messuage,
water corn-mill, <fec., in Myerscough,
where he died in 1637. His mother
Janet was living. His son William was
only a year old ; Duchy of Lane. Inq.
p.m. xxviii, no. 76.

Elizabeth widow of Thomas Richard-
son afterwards married Hugh Kighley
and then Thomas Jepson ; being a recu-
sant two-thirds of her lands were seques-
tered in 1645, and a petition for the
removal of the sequestration in 1654-5
seems to have failed. William Richard-
son was then living ; Royalist Comp.
Papers (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), iv,
29.

Walter de Myerscough occurs in
1262-5 5 Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 229,
234. Families of this name are after-
wards found at Lancaster and Penwor-
tham ; Final Cone. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and

139

Ches.), ii, 24 ; Lanes. Ct. R. (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches), 42, 45.

17 Morleys is known to have been a
Roman Catholic mission station. Myer-
scough was secluded and nearly 1 5 miles
from Lancaster parish church. Elizabeth
Tyldesley (of Morleys) in 1628 com-
pounded for her sequestration for recu-
sancy by an annual payment of ^15.

18 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xiv, no. 10.
He was buried at Leigh. By his wife
Anne, the daughter and heir of Thomas
Leyland, he had not only Morleys but a
number of small estates scattered over the
county, e.g. in Preston, Chipping and
Lancaster. Myerscough is not named in
any of the inquisitions, perhaps because
it was held in right of a subordinate office.
The heir was Edward Tyldesley son of
Thomas son of Edward deceased, aged two
years.

Two inquisitions were taken respecting
the estates of Thomas Tyldesley, father of
the heir ; ibid, xv, no. 30, 37. It appears
that he died at Myerscough on 23 Feb.
1585-6. He was buried at Leigh. One
of his daughters, Elizabeth, was Abbess of
Gravelines in Flanders.

19 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches.), ii, 261-9. Elizabeth Tyldesley
widow of Thomas (the father) and Eliza-
beth Tyldesley widow of Edward were
living at Myerscough. Edward's will is
in Stanley Papers (Chet. Soc.), iii,
p. cccxxxi.

*° There are numerous references to
him in Civil War Tracts, Lanes. War and
Stanley Papers (all Chet. Soc.) ; a memoir
in Diet. Nat. Biog.

There is no question as to Sir Thomas's
religion, but at the beginning of the struggle
a leading Parliamentarian told Sir Gilbert
Hoghton and Mr. Tyldesley 'he could
like them well if they were not so familiar
with Papists'; Civil War Tracts, 21.
Another of the same side wished the Par-
liament to ' send for this Tyldesley, for
he is a captain, one of the commission of
array, and doth more harm than any man
I know ' ; ibid. 23. A more generous op-
ponent wrote : 'In Amounderness among
the Papists there were several companies
raised under the leading of Mr. Thomas
Tyldesley of Myerscough as colonel, a
man much esteemed in the country ; most
were willing to comply with him. All
the captains raised by him were Papists,'
except one ; they included William Butler
of Myerscough. ' There was not a man

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once took sides with the king 21 and was advanced to
the rank of colonel,22 and to knighthood in i643.23
He took part in the leading events of the conflict in
the county, assisting in the siege of Manchester,24
the capture of Lancaster,25 and the storming of
Bolton 26 ; he was defeated at Wigan 27 and Orms-
kirk,28 and compelled to surrender Liverpool,29 and
Lichfield afterwards 30 ; still later he joined in the
Duke of Hamilton's invasion of Lancashire,31 and
then in the Earl of Derby's attempt to lead rein-
forcements to Charles II at Worcester. In this
attempt he fell, being killed in the battle at Wigan
Lane 25 August i65i32; he was buried in Leigh
Church.32a His grandson Thomas, a strong Jacobite,
died early in 171 5, 33 and his son Edward joined
the insurrection at the end of that year, but was
acquitted on trial ; ' his sword had a silver handle.' 34
He seems to have been the last Tyldesley of Myer-
scough, and his son James, who served in the Young
Pretender's army in 1745, sold Morleys.35

MTERSCOUGH LODGE was pulled down in
1888. It had long been used as a farm-house, and

was described in i84836 as containing an oak stair^
case of spacious dimensions, the ' railing ' of which
was ' very beautiful.' In one of the rooms on the
ground floor was an elaborately carved oak chimney-
piece with eight panels, the four upper ones having
the armorial bearings of the Tyldesley and Derby
families together with the initials T. T., and those
below medallion heads in strong relief. Two of the
walls in the same room were panelled in oak, and at
the east end of the house on the upper floor was a
small semi-hexagonally roofed apartment called ' The
King's Room,' 37 where according to tradition James I
and Charles II slept during their respective visits here
in 1617 and 1651. Over the stable door was a stone
with the inscription 'Old Dog Lad I7I4-'38 The
Lodge was in a dilapidated state immediately prior to
its demolition, and the old oak had been removed some
years before and taken to London. The modern house
now called Myerscough Lodge stands about 40 yds.
to the east of the site of the original building.39

The estates of William and Edward Butler 40 and
some others were sequestered under the Common-

in all the county more zealous and fervent
for the king's part than Colonel Tyldesley
was, not the Earl of Derby himself, for it
was thought he forwarded the earl more
than he would have been. He was a
noble, generous-minded gentleman. His
zeal for the king's cause put him on so
that having many well affected to him to
follow him, besides many of the free-
holders' band whom he allured or com-
manded to march with him to Warrington,
and when he had them there would not
suffer any of them to return home, but
compelled and forced them to march
with him after the king, then returning
from Chester, and so to Kineton field
and Edgehill battle, whence most of them
never returned again ' ; War in Lanes. \ 9.
The Earl of Derby addressed him
affectionately as ' Thorn ' ; Stanley Papers,
iii, p. clxxiii, &c.

" Civil War Tracts, 13.
21 Ibid. 47 (Sept. 1642). He was after-
wards described as major-general to the
Earl of Derby ; ibid. 303.

23 He gained it by commanding the
cavalry in a desperate charge over the
thirty-six arches of Burton Bridge in
July ; ibid. 99. He was accompanying the
queen on her way from York to join the
king in Warwickshire.

34 Ibid. 46, 51. From the lodge at
Aldport 'Tyldesley with a drake played
fiercely against the town at that end
called Deansgate, but did no execution
worth memory ' ; War in Lanes. 7.

16 Civil War Tracts, 85. On the sub-
sequent capture of Preston ' Master
Tyldesley was much busied about Mr.
Edmund Werden's house,' i.e. in plunder-
ing ; War in Lanes. 30. Then (May
1 643) he accompanied the Earl of Derby
in his unfortunate excursion to Whalley ;

33-

On 23 Oct. the same year 'was seques-
tered Mr. Thomas Tyldesley's estate of
Myerscough, being the first that was
sequestered within Amounderness Hun-
dred, and the very life of all that acted
against the Parliament within it ' ; ibid.
44. It appears that his mother Elizabeth
(Westby) was in possession of a large part
of the family estates, and that two-thirds
were sequestered for her recusancy. She
survived her son, dying about 1652, so
that Sir Thomas's property was probably

small. See the petitions, &c., in Cal.
Com. for Comp. iv, 2568-9. Sir Thomas's
estates were declared forfeit for treason
and ordered for sale by an Act passed in
July 1651 ; Index of Royalists (Index
Soc.), i.

36 Civil War Tracts, 197 ; May 1644.
In the subsequent plundering ' some of
the soldiers of the Fylde country, who
had been abroad from home much of a
year, brought cloth from them [the Bolton
people] to their wives and families which
served them many years after ' ; War in
Lanes. 52. The same day the Parliamen-
tary soldiers, taking prisoners to Lancaster
Castle, stayed ' at the Lodge in Myer-
scough, Colonel Tyldesley's house ' ; ibid.
49. 27 Civil War Tracts, 98 ; Apr. 1643.

28 Ibid. 206 ; Aug. 1644.

39 Ibid. 104 ; June 1643.

80 Ibid. 214; July 1646. Thii sur-
render was by the king's general orders to
the commanders of castles, &c., still held
for him.

He had been taken prisoner in Sept.
1644 near Montgomery ; ibid. 206.

31 Ibid. 255 ; Aug. 1648. He was left
by the main body to attack Lancaster
Castle, but upon the duke's defeat he
retreated to Appleby, where he surren-
dered, on condition of going beyond sea ;
ibid. 273-5. He is said to have gone to
Ireland and afterwards joined the Earl of
Derby in the Isle of Man.

M Ibid. 298-9 ; War in Lanes. 72, 76.
His monument was erected by Alexander
Rigby, formerly his cornet, near the
spot where he fell ; Stanley Papers, iii,
p. cccxxxiii. His portrait is in Raines'
Lanes, (ed. 1836), iii, 610. It was his
saying that ' he would follow his business
close, to the end that he might the more
enjoy his pleasures ' ; Blundell, Cavalier's
Note Bk. 121. Three of his daughters
became nuns in the Augustinian convent
at Paris.

3!la His son Edward succeeded, being
under age ; Cal. Com. for Comp. loc. cit
He obtained the place of bow-bearer of
Myerscough Chase, and was also made
steward and forester of Myerscough,
Wyresdale and Quernmore in 1660 ; Cal.
S.P. Dom. 1660-1, p. 145. He recorded
a pedigree in 1664 ; Dugdale, Visit. (Chet.
Soc.), 302. He was living in 1679, when
being ' a reputed though not convicted

140

popish recusant ' he had licence to travel
to Lancaster, returning within ten days ;
Hist. MSS. Com. Rep. xiv, App. iv, in.
He and his son Thomas were among the
' popish recusants ' destined to exile in
1680; Cavalier's Note Bk. 166. He seems
to have been anxious to avoid a formal
conviction in 1682 ; Hist. MSS. Com. Rep.
xiv, App. iv, 143. He is supposed to
have died soon afterwards.

33 Thomas Tyldesley was accused of
participation in the so-called ' Lancashire
Plot' of 1694 ; Jacobite Trials (Chet.
Soc.), 1 6, &c. He was buried at Gar-
stang as ' Thos. Tinsley, esq., of Lodge,"
26 Jan. 1714—15. His Diary, 1712-14,
was printed, with notes, by Messrs. Joseph
Gillow and Anthony Hewitson in 1873.
It contains a pedigree of the family.

34 R. Patten, Rebellion 0/171$ (ed. 3),
116.

Edmund Tyldesley of the Lodge in
1717 as a 'Papist' registered an estate
(leasehold) at Myerscough, and in a
moiety of the manor of Holcroft, valued
at £720 a year ; Estcourt and Payne,
Engl. Cath. Nonjurors, 155.

35 Tyldesley Diary, 14.

36 Canon Raines' Notes to Nicholai
Assheton's Journ. (Chet. Soc. xiv).

37 Hewitson, Northward, 29.

88 The stone is now built into one of
the outbuildings. The inscription is said
to refer to Mr. Tyldesley.

39 Hewitson, op. cit. 28.

40 Edward Parkinson of Myerscough
died in 1631 holding a messuage and
land there of the king as of his manor
of Enfield. His daughters Cecily and
Isabel had died before him, leaving issue
William Butler, aged sixteen, and Anne
Shireburne, aged seventeen and more ;
Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xxvii, no. 57.
He gave lands to this grandson (William
Butler), who left a daughter Cecily, with
remainder to William's brother Edward ;
Royalist Comp. Papers, i, 258, 263. William
Butler (note 20) was killed in the battle
of Newbury fighting for Charles I.

William son of Edward Butler of
Myerscough was a burgess of Preston in
1682 ; Preston Guild R. (Rec. Soc. Lanes,
and Ches.), 182. Myerscough House,
the estate of William Butler, was adver-
tised for sale in 1700 ; Pal. Note-bk. iii,
283.

MYERSCOUGH LODGE : INSCRIBED STONE OVER STABLE DOOR

— *

KIRKHAM CHURCH FROM THE NORTH-WEST

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

wealth,41 and in 1715-17 other estates seem to have
been confiscated or threatened.42 William Butler
was executed for taking part in the rebellion of
I7I5.43

The Old House at Badsbeny was in 1718 be-
queathed by John Cross to endow a school at Bils-
borrow.44 Mary Cross of Myerscough in 1889
founded a charity for the poor.45 Midghalgh was
early in the i8th century owned by a family named
Lund,46 and was a Roman Catholic mission station/'
Anthony Lund, the heir of the family, was a
Douay priest ; he built the present chapel at Ferny-
halgh.48

BLEASDALE

Blesedale, 1228.

Although now in the parish of Lancaster, owing to
its inclusion in the forest, Bleasdale has remained in
the hundred of Amounderness, and was probably
once within Garstang. It occupies a hilly country,
divided into three main parts by the Rivers Calder
and Brock, which rise near the Yorkshire border and
flow south-west through it. The northern part lies
on the slopes of Grizedale and Stake House Fells, the
height on the border of Wyresdale ranging from 900 ft.
to 1,520 ft. above sea level. The central portion,
between the rivers, is occupied by Bleasdale Moors
on Oakenclough and Hazelhurst Fells ; most of this
is over 1,000 ft. level, 1,505 ft. being the highest
point. Bleasdale Tower lies on the north side of
the Brock. The part of the township south of this
stream is in the main lower, but on the eastern
boundary the ground rises very steeply, the flat-
topped Parlick at the south end of the ridge attaining
1,416 ft. above sea level, while Fairsnape Fell to the

PART OF

LANCASTER

north attains 1,700 ft. on the boundary of Yorkshire.
In this part Admarsh Chapel is situated. The stream
which bounds the township on the south is also called
the Brock. There are 7,298 J acres 1 in the township,
and the population in 1901 was 40 3. 2

There are few roads ; one leads from the western
boundary to Bleasdale Tower, while another leads
circuitously to Admarsh, Lower Fairsnape and Blind-
hurst.

Some prehistoric remains have been found.3

The township is governed by a parish council.

The North Lancashire Reformatory School was
built by subscription in 1857 for the training of boys
in farm work. The boys are now taught various
trades and work in the mills.

In 1314 there was an iron mine.4 The land is
now chiefly in pasture,5 the soil being a peaty moss,
with clay subsoil. Butter and cheese are made. At
Oakenclough are paper-mills and a fish hatchery.
The water of the streams is impounded by the Fylde
Water Board, affording the chief supply for the
western part of the hundred.

Cuthbert Anthony Parkinson of Blindhurst, 1666-
1728, was a Franciscan historian and missionary.6

The district of BLE4SDALE was in-
FOREST eluded in the forest of Lancaster before
the time of Henry II, and was therefore
excepted from the charter of the forest of 1 2 1 7. The
boundary as defined in the perambulation of 1228
included the greater part of the present township, the
Calder, instead of Grizedale Fells, being the northern
boundary.7 The value to the earl in 1297 was only
^\ marks a year.8

Bleasdale scarcely ever occurs in the records.9 The
most important family of later times was that of Parkin-
son of Fairsnape,10 a pedigree being recorded in 161 3."

41 The cases of Sir T. Tyldesley and
Elizabeth Jepson have been mentioned.

John Parker, recusant, in 1653 desired
to compound for two-thirds of his estate
sequestered ; Cal. Com. for Comp. iv,
3174. Thomas Pierson of Newcastle
was allowed to compound for his estate
in Myerscough, though it had been
ordered for sale ; ibid, iv, 2958. Andrew
Thistleton of Myerscough House had his
estate sold in 1653 ; ibid. 3145. These
estates and that of Francis Westby were
ordered to be sold under the third Act,
1652 ; Index of Royalists, 44.

4!l The estates of John Parkinson and
John Edsforth, ' Papist,' seem to have
been forfeited ; Lanes, and Ches. Rec. i,
174-5. The following 'Papists' regis-
tered estates in 1717 : Anne Baine,
James Brand, Robert Cardwell of Barton,
William Catterall, Elizabeth Crookall of
Badgebury (Badsberry) within Myerscough
and Francis Malley ; Estcourt and Payne,
op. cit.

48 Gillow, Bibl. Diet, of Engl. Cath. i,
366.

44 End. Char. Rep. (Lane.), 1903,
p. 115.

45 Ibid. 117. The gross income is
£8 i6i., which is given annually to nine
or ten persons in gifts of money. Miss
Cross, who founded many other charities
(see the Preston report), died in 1896.

46 Anthony Lund the younger registered
his estate as a ' Papist ' in 1717; Est-
court and Payne, op. cit. 151.

47 Gillow, Haydock Papers, 62-4.

48 Gillow, Bibl. Diet, of Engl. Cath. iv,

350. He died in 1811, having told
Midghalgh.

1 Including 10 acres of inland water.

a Including 124 in the Reformatory
School.

8 V.C.H. Lanes, i, 243 ; Lanes, and
Ches. Antiij. Soc. xvii, 255 ; xviii, 114.

4 Lanes. Inq. and Extents (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), ii, 28.

5 There are only 8 acres of arable land
to 3,213 of permanent grass ; woods and
plantations occupy 319 acres.

6 Gillow, Bibl. Diet, of Engl. Cath. v,
243. He joined the Franciscans at Douay
and was sent to the English mission
in 169$. He published his Collectanea
Anglo-Minoritica in 1726.

7 Farrer, Lanes. Pipe R. 421. The
bounds are thus given : From the source
of Calder south to Ulvesty, thence to the
summit of Parlick, down Mereclough to
the Brock, down the Brock to Wensnape,
thence up to Stogesthol and to Senesty,
thence going down to the Calder and up
this stream to its source. See also Cal.
Pat. 133 8-40, p. 427.

A commission to define the bounds of
the forest of Bleasdale was issued in the
time of James I ; Lanes, and Ches. Rec.
(Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), ii, 279.

8 Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 290. The
vaccaries of Blindhurst, Hazelhead, Fair-
snape and 'between the Brooks (Brocks) '
existed in 1323 ; ibid, ii, 128. The
pasture between Calder and Grizedale was
also accounted for ; ibid. 178.

9 In the time of Henry VII the tenants
of the Chase complained of distraints

made by Sir John Booth, the king's re-
ceiver, on their cattle in the pasture lands
in Bleasdale ; Ducatus Lane. (Rec. Com.),
i, 112.

A mill site vras granted in 1609 at
Admarsh ; Pat. 7 Jas. I, pt. xi.

By the county lay of 1624 Bleasdale
was required to pay 141. n^d. to each
,£100 contributed by the hundred ; Greg-
son, Fragments (ed. Harland), 23.

10 Anthony Richardson, the queen's
lessee, had a dispute with Ralph Parkinson
in 1572 respecting Admarsh, Fairsnape
and the Fells, and the matter occur*
later ; Ducatus Lane, ii, 399 ; iii, 47,
275.

11 Visit. (Chet. Soc.), 1 34 ; the succes-
sion is given as Ralph -s. Ralph -s.
Ralph — s. Robert (living 1613).

Robert Parkinson in 1602 and George
in 1642 were burgesses of the Guild ;
Preston Guild R. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches.), 57, 116. George Parkinson sold
or mortgaged Fairsnape and Blindhurst,
water-mill, &c., to Edward Hodgkinson
in 1649 > Pal- °f Lane. Feet of F. bdle.
146, m. 103. A dispute occurred in
1659 between the widows of George and
Robert Parkinson ; Exch. Dep. (Rec.
Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), 34.

One moiety of Fairsnape and Blind-
hurst passed by marriage to the Clifton s
of Lytham and thence by sale to William
Garnett of Salford. The other moiety
remained in the Parkinson family till the
1 8th century, when there was a further
partition between William Sharp of Lan-
caster (as husband of the granddaughter

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

PARKINSON of
snape. Gules

Hazelhurst11 and Oakenclough 1S were other vac-
caries.14 The messuage called Brooks was in 1720
sold by Richard Blackburne
and Elizabeth his wife to
Robert Lawson of Lancaster.1*

William Garnett of Lark
Hill, Salford, acquired a lease
of the manor or forest from
the Crown and greatly im-
proved the district, converting
wild lands into meadow and
pasture. He built Bleasdale
Tower, and was high sheriff
of the county in 1843. At
his death in 1863 he was
succeeded by his son William
James, who continued the
work of improvement, and,

dying in 1873, was followed by his eldest son,
Mr. William Garnett of Quernmore, who served as
high sheriff in i879-16

More than half the area of the moorlands remains
uninclosed. The pasture rights have been purchased
from the duchy by the landowners.

The chapel at Admarsh existed in the
CHURCH time of Elizabeth,17 but is of unknown
origin and invocation. In 1610 it was
described as ' a chapel, without service, in the king's
chase,' and the stipend was said to be detained by
Robert Parkinson, commissary of Richmond.18 In
1650 it had 'neither minister nor maintenance,' and
the people were declared to be ignorant and careless,

Fair-
on a

cheveron between three
ostrich feathers argent at
many mullets sable.

knowing nothing of the worship of God, but living in
ignorance and superstition.19 Nothing seems to have
been done at that time, but in 1689 Richard White
of Chipping had the Bishop of Chester's licence to
preach in Admarsh Chapel,20 and in 1702 Christopher
Parkinson of Hazelhurst gave £$ lev. a year for the
wages of a minister." In 1717 there was 'service
every first Sunday in the month and no other.'2*
Afterwards an augmentation was obtained, and from
1749 there seems always to have been a curate in
charge. The church was rebuilt in 1835, and called
St. Eadmor's13; it was restored and enlarged in 1897.
The vicar of Lancaster is patron. The following
have been curates and vicars M : —

1 749 John Penny

1764 John Braithwaite

1767 Thomas Smith **

1778 Joseph Stuart

1825 James Bleasdale

1828 Osborn Littledale

1833 William Fenton

1837 James Robinson

1 846 Henry Short *6

1851 David Bell, M.D. (Glas.) w

1855 William Shilleto, B.A.'8 (Univ. Coll., Oxf.)

1864 Robert Charles Colquhoun Barclay, B.A.
(T.C.D.)

1891 John Frederick Heighway Parker19

The above-named Christopher Parkinson also be-
queathed money to pay a schoolmaster £10 a year.30
The once-existing charities have failed ; they

amounted to less than £4 a year.31

and heir of Henry Parkinson) and Richard
Parkinson (brother of Henry). This
Richard was grandfather of Canon Parkin-
son of Manchester. See his Old Church
Clock (ed. 1880), pp. xii, Ixxv-lxxvii.

John Clifton of Fairsnape and Thomas
his son were burgesses of the guild of
1662 ; Preston Guild R. 142. See the
account of Clifton in Kirkham.

13 This also was held by Parkinsons ;
Ducatus Lane, iii, 275. So also was
Stake House ; ibid, ii, 42.

18 Ibid, iii, 294, 363.

14 In 1622 thevaccaries appear to have
been Falsnape (Fairsnape), Blindhurst,
Hazelhurst, Brooks, Calder and Oaken-
clough, with land called Scoring Moss ;
Pat. 20 Jas. I, pt iii.

In 1670 John Sturzaker paid £2 a
year rent for Oakenclough, Peter Black-
burne £2 i u. for Brooks, Richard Par-
kinson £2 in. 8</. for Falsnape and
John Fanshaw £2 for Calder ; ibid. 22
Chas. II, pt. ii, no. i.

"Piccope MSS. (Chet. Lib.), iii,
206, from 2nd-3rd R. of Geo. I. at
Preston.

16 Baines, Lanes, (ed. 1870), ii, 540 ;
Burke, Landed Gentry.

17 Raines in GastrelTs Notitia Cestr.
(Chet Soc.), ii, 438.

18 Hist. MSS. Com. Rep. xiv, App. iv, 8.

19 Common-it). Ch. Surv. (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), 126.

80 Stratford's Visitation List, 1691, at
Chester.

81 Gastrell, Notitia, ii, 437-8 ; Parkin-
son gave a rent-charge of ^4 a year for a
' preaching minister who should officiate
monthly."

22 Ibid.

23 The name Admarsh was perhaps
thought to be connected with Eadmer,
the friend of St. Anselm and historian of
his time.

14 Ch. Papers at Chester Dioc. Reg.

25 Richard Parkinson, named in a
former note, 'who had twelve children,
engaged the Rev. Mr. Smith to become
a permanent resident in his house and
teach his children and officiate in the
chapel, giving him for his labours board
and lodging and £12 a year' ; Old Church
Clock, p. xiv.

96 Afterwards rector of Stockton Forest,
Yorks.

87 Afterwards vicar of Goole.

88 Afterwards vicar of Goosnargh.

29 Mr. Parker has assisted in the com-
pilation of this list.

30 End. Char. Rep. for Lancaster, 1903.
Formerly the curate of the chapel was
often the schoolmaster also.

31 Ibid. Richard Blackburn in 1743
gave ,£50 for the poor. The capital
passed to John Lawson and A. R. Ford,
and in 1826 the interest, £2 IQJ., was
still paid. Nothing is now known of it.
Thomas Parkinson in 1728 left £10 to
the poor ; interest of 9*. a year was paid
by Henry Parkinson down to 1794, when
his heirs were two daughters married to
John Garner of Crookhall in Cockerham
and to William Taylor of Berwick 5 a
moiety of the interest was paid by William
son of John Garner down to his death in
1817, when the entire legacy failed.

A dole of £1 31. q^d. was in 1826
received from Brabin's charity, of which
an account is given under Chipping. It
is now applied to the school there.

I42

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

KIRKHAM

KIRKHAM

KIRKHAM

MEDLAR- WITH-WESHAM

RIBBY-WITH-WREA

BRYNING-WITH-KELLAMERGH

CLIFTON-WITH-SALWICK

NEWTON-WITH-SCALES

FRECKLETON

WARTON

WESTBY-WITH-PLUMPTONS

WEETON-WITH-PREESE

TREALES, ROSEACRE AND WHARLES

GREENHALGH-WITH-THISTLETON

LITTLE ECCLESTON-WITH-LARBRECK

SINGLETON

HAMBLETON

GOOSNARGH

WHITTINGHAM

In addition to the township which affords a name
to the whole, the parish of Kirkham contains thirteen
others extending north from the Ribble to the Wyre,

district. Thus, after other parishes had been cut off,
the detached fragments of Goosnargh remained subject
to Kirkham ; and in early times the rectors and

a distance of 8 miles, one on the further side of
the latter river, and the two townships of Goosnargh
and Whittingham, to the east, quite detached from
the main part, Newsham again being a detached
hamlet of Goosnargh. The area of Kirkham proper
is 33,564^ acres, and of Goosnargh chapelry 1 1,864,
making a total of 45,428^ acres, including 2,788
acres of tidal water. The population in 1901 was
15,46s.1

There are indications in addition to the name to
show that Kirkham was the ecclesiastical head of the

vicars seem to have been also usually deans of Amoun-
derness. Otherwise there is little to notice in the
history. The great lords, temporal and spiritual,
were non-resident. The chief local family was that
of Clifton in the south ; the others appear to have
been little more than yeomen, though some acquired
greater importance in course of time. The parish is
comparatively seldom mentioned in the records.
The ' fifteenth,' which became fixed about the
I 5th century, shows the relative importance of the
various townships at that time,2 and the county lay,

1 The total is composed thus : Kirk-
ham proper, 11,138 ; Goosnargh, 4,327.
Of the former of these, the townships of
Kirkham and Wesham contain half.

3 Gregson, Fragments (ed. Harland), 1 9.
The details are : Kirkham, 161. q.d. ;

Bryning, £i 21. ; Clifton, £1 2s. 8
Eccleston, Little, 121. %d. ; Freckleton
£i los. 6J. ; Greenhalgh, ^i 4*. 2\
Medlar, ^i 2s.; Newton, £i is.; Ribby
161.; Treales, i8j. ij</.; Warton, £i 41.
Weeton, £1; Westby, 121. 8</.; Single-

ton, £i 41. ; Hambleton, i6s. $.d. —
making a total of £15 2s. 6d. when
the hundred paid £56 4.1. 8J.

In addition to this Goosnargh paid
£2 6s. 8</., Newsham 41. %d. and Whit-
tingham ^i 75. <)%d.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

established in 1624, gives a similar indication for the
1 7th century.3

Kirkham, like most of the Fylde country, was hostile
to the Reformation, and between 1629 and 1633 the
following squires and yeomen compounded for the
two-thirds of their estates legally liable to sequestra-
tion 4 : John Barrow of Weeton, £4 a year ; Sir
Cuthbert Clifton of Westby, £160 ; Gervase Clifton
of the same, £5 ; George Crook of Kirkham, £2 ;
Ralph Eccleston of Singleton, £4 ; John Gaunt,
senior and junior, of the same, £4 and £$ ; George
Grayson of Clifton, £2 ; Thomas Hesketh of Mains
(described as of Poulton), £15 ; William Horskar of
Clifton, £2 ; Thomas Kirkham of Warton, £2 ;
Thomas Pattison of Great Singleton, £4. ; Thomas
Threlfall of Clifton, £2 ; Thomas Westby of Mow-
breck (described as of Burn), £100 ; and Edward
Worthington of Weeton, £±.6 It is not surprising,
therefore, that on the outbreak of the Civil War the
king's side found zealous supporters,6 the Fylde proving
a valuable recruiting ground. There was little fight-
ing, if any, in the parish,7 for the men were drawn
away to other places, where they proved themselves
good pillagers, according to the parliamentary his-
torian,8 who was, however, candid enough to record
a plundering expedition by the troops of his own
side.9

After the Restoration the district settled down to
a quiet agricultural life again, the Revolution and the
Jacobite insurrections producing little apparent effect
in Kirkham 10 ; but one story of injustice has been
told, that of Robert Blackburne of Thistleton. He
was charged with having been implicated in a con-
spiracy to assassinate William III in 1695, and
though he was never brought to trial, there being
apparently no evidence against him, he was kept a
close prisoner in Newgate for fifty years.11 Although
for a century there have been cotton and other
manufactures at the town of Kirkham, the parish as

a whole has remained agricultural, as the following
figures will show lla: —

Kirkham . . •

Bryning-with-Kellamergh .
Clifton-with-Salwick . .
Eccleston (Little) - with-

Larbreck

Freckleton . . .
Greenhalgh-with-Thistleton
Hambleton . . .
Medlar-with-Wesham .
Newton-with-Scales . .
Ribby-with-Wrea . .
Singleton
Treales, Roseacre and

Wharles

Warton . .

Weeton-with-Preese
Westby- with-Plumpton

Arable
land
ac.

34
3°4
745*

Woodi
Per- and

manent planta-
grass tions.
ac. ac.

587 22

904! 3*

2,289! I03

7i

44° 1

1,782

—

35°i

1,498*

41 2

94i

i,i32!

—

484!

1,284!

»7i

167*

98oi

36ii

939i

45*

S8if

1,980

103!

947*

2,9°5i

63

172

i,iHi

25

M27!

1,671

94

','57i

1,920

82!

7,232^ 21,868! 617

These figures are for Kirkham proper.

The church of ST. MICHAEL™
CHURCH stands at the north-east end of the town
and consists of a chancel 3 5 ft. by 2 8 ft.
with south aisle and north organ chamber,13 nave
86 ft. by 59 ft., and west tower and spire 12 ft. 3 in.
square, all these measurements being internal. The
building is entirely modern, the nave dating only
from 1822, the tower and spire from 1844, and the
chancel from 1853. The former church14 was prac-
tically a rebuilding of the early i6th century, and
consisted of a chancel, nave with north and south
aisles under one roof, and west tower about 60 ft.

* Gregson, op. cit. 23. The details of
this tax are: Kirkham £i 71. IK/.,
Bryning^i ijs.j^d., Clifton £i iZs.g^d.,
Eccleston^i ij.Si/.jFreckleton^z izs.zd.,
Greenhalgh^z is,$d.,Medla.T£i ijs.j^d.,
Newton ^i 151. lid., Ribby £i 7^.4^.,
Treales £i us., Warton £2 is. o|^.,
Weeton £i 141. zf^., Westby £i is. 8d.,
Singleton £2 is. of^., Hambleton
£1 71. ii^d. Thus for each £100 con-
tributed by the hundred Kirkham proper
had to raise £25 171. e,d. In addition
Goosnargh paid £3 195. ioJ., Newsham
7». iif<£ and Whittingham £2 75. 6\d.

* Trans. Hist. Soc. (new ser.), xxiv,
173, &c.

4 In addition John Gaunt of Singleton
paid £i as composition for arrears and
Edward Hankinson of Clifton (appa-
rently a conformist) paid £2 for his
grandmother's arrears.

Occasional notices of the recusants and
their 'Sunday shillings' occur in the
town's books ; Fishwick, Kirkham, 97,
102, 107.

6 In addition to the local squires the
Earl of Derby had great estates in the
parish. On the other side Major Edward
Robinson of Euxton lived at Newton-
with-Scales, and was an active officer ;
other Parliamentary officers were William
Pateson of Ribby, Richard Wilding of
Kirkham, Richard Smith and George
Carter of Hambleton ; while members of

the Presbyterian Classis of 1646 were
Edward Downs of Wesham and Richard
Wilkins of Kirkham.

7 In Aug. 1644 the royal troops mus-
tered on Freckleton Marsh, thence cross-
ing the Ribble. They levied contribu-
tions of corn, cattle, &c., from the people
of the district ; 'glad was the country so
to be free of them, though most were
glad at their coming.' The leaders, Lord
Molyneux and others, had their provi-
sions from Mowbreck Hall. Sir John
Meldrum moved his troops at Penwor-
tham and Preston to attack them, but
they were delayed, and so arrived too
late. 'For more expedition command
was given that horsemen should take
behind them musketeers, who rid up
speedily to Proud Bridge in Freckletoii,
where some remained. And coming up
within musket shot of them killed one
or two and the rest fled ; but it being
marsh ground and many pools and holes,
nor very passable for strangers, there was
not pursuit of them, so that all got over
safely and marched up to the Meols ' ;
War in Lanes. (Chet. Soc.), 56-8.

8 Ibid. 53.

9 Ibid. 38 ; 'they thought all the Fylde
country were their enemies.' This was
in 1643. In 1648 a 'thievish regiment'
from Durham was quartered at Kirkham
by Cromwell ; ibid. 67.

10 No estates in Kirkham proper seem

144

to have been confiscated for treason in
1717, though some in Goosnargh were.

11 Lana. and Ches. Antiq. Notes, i,
45—50. The imprisonment was by
special Acts of Parliament, 10 & n
Will. Ill, cap. 13, renewed at the
beginning of the reigns of Anne, George I
and George II.

lla Statistics from Bd. of Agric. (1905).

13 The church seems to be the St
Michael's named in Godfrey the Sheriff's
charter of 1093 ; Farrer, Lanes. Pipe R.
270. The invocation also appears from
the Clifton case in 1337 ; Fishwick,
op. cit. 35.

13 The organ is now at the west end
of the south aisle, and the original organ-
chamber is used as a choir vestry. The
clergy vestry occupies the east end of the
south aisle.

14 A view of the old church forms the
frontispiece of Fishwick's Hist, of Kirk-
ham (Chet. Soc.) ; a description is given
ibid. 41-3. An ordinance as to the forms
in 1606-7 will be found ibid. 95.

The Clifton chapel (Fishwick, op.
cit. 39) was perhaps at the end of the
south aisle ; it was about 1630 con-
sidered to be the most recently built
part of the church. At that time a
'great flag stone which as is thought had
been an altar stone ' was lying near the
east wall, being used to make mortar
upon.

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

high with embattled parapet and angle pinnacles.15
The chancel was the width of the nave and south
aisle and was under two roofs, and the nave was lit by
dormer windows. The east end of the north aisle
was the private chapel of the Westbys, and before its
demolition there were galleries at the east and west
ends and on the north side.16

The present wide, aisleless nave, which is in the
Gothic style of the second decade of the last century,
with tall single-light windows, is built on the old
foundations. Its north-east corner is still known as
the Westby chapel and retains the old square i8th-
ccntury pews, and there are galleries on the north,
south and west sides. The chancel is in 14th-
century style with a good five-light east window with
reticulated tracery, and the tower is a rather florid
example of modern 15th-century work built of Long-
ridge stone, with a crocketed spire 150 ft. in height.
The church was repaired and reseated in 1877, and
the interior underwent a partial restoration in 1909.
A few relics of the former building remain. Built
on the inside of the west wall of the tower is a stone
with the arms of Clifton, which was formerly in one
of the tower buttresses, and a stone coffin and the
plain octagonal bowl of a font, probably of 16th-
century date, are preserved under the tower. There
is a very good 18th-century brass chandelier suspended
by an elaborate wrought-iron rod ; and on the south
wall of the nave is a monument of good Renaissance
design to Thomas Clifton, son of Sir Thomas Clifton
of Lytham Hall, who died in 1688. In the floor of
the chancel are stones in memory of two former
vicars, Richard Clegg (d. 1720) and Charles Buck
(d. 1771).

There is a ring of eight bells 17 cast by C. & G. Mears
in 1846.

The plate 18 is all modern, and consists of a set of
two chalices, two patens and a flagon of 1845, pre-
sented by Charles and Elizabeth Birley in 1853.

KIRKHAM

The registers of baptisms and burials begin in
1540 and those of marriages in 1539, but the first
volume, 1540 to 1628, is a copy made in the latter
year.19

The earliest dated gravestone in the churchyard is
of 1653. On the south side is a sundial on a fluted
stone shaft, the name * Noblett ' alone being decipher-
able on the plate.

The church of Kirkham was no
ADVQWSQN doubt one of the three in Amounder-
ness mentioned in Domesday Book.
Together with its priests it was in 1093 given by
Geoffrey the sheriff of Count Roger of Poitou to
Shrewsbury Abbey,20 but in the following year by
Count Roger himself to St. Martin 21 of Sees. It was
about 1140 restored to Shrewsbury,22 but in 1196
obtained by Theobald Walter, he agreeing to pay
the abbey 1 2 marks a year.23 The Crown usually
presented to the benefice,24 and in 1 279 the advowson
was acquired by the king from Theobald Boteler,*4**
and was soon afterwards given to the Cistercian Abbey
of Vale Royal, near Northwich.25 After the Sup-
pression in 1538 it was given to Christ Church,
Oxford,26 which continues to hold the rectory, pre-
senting the vicars.

The vicarage seems to have been ordained when
the church was given to Vale Royal 27 ; by a further
ordination in 1357 the abbot and convent were
allowed to present one of their own monastery to the
benefice, they paying him 40 marks a year, and he
being responsible for the maintenance of the parson-
age-house and the care of souls.28

As early as 1220 the church, or perhaps two-
thirds of it, was valued at 80 marks a year.29 In 1291
the rectory was taxed at £160 and the vicarage at
£23 6.r. cV.,30 but on account of the destructive
raid of the Scots in 1322 these amounts were reduced
to £53 6/. 8</. and £6 13^. \d. respectively.31 - The
Priors of Penwortham and Lancaster had shares of

14 Cuthbert Clifton in 1512 left
'£6 131. \d, towards building of the
steeple.'

16 Whitaker, writing about 1822, says :
'The present church is well repaired and
handsome . . . there is not, however, a
relic of anything sufficiently old or curious
about the place to detain a topographer ' ;
Richmond* At re, ii, 436.

lr The old bells were sold. In 1571
'the great bell had been taken down and
a new one put up ' ; Fishwick, op. cit. 90.
A second bell is named in 1613 (ibid.
95) and a clock was set up in 1612.

" The plate in 1601 consisted of 'two
old platters ' and a 'communion cup with
cowl of silver' ; Fishwick, op. cit. 94.
The books in the church at that time
included a ' prayer-book for the corona-
tion ' and two copies of Foxe's Acts and
Monument..

In 1641 the church was broken into
and ' the green covering for the com-
munion table and all the other clothes in
the [iron] chest stolen ' ; ibid. 102.

19 In Fithwick, op. cit. (89-115), may
be seen extracts of the records of the
thirty sworn men who governed the
parish.

80 Farrer, Lanes. Pipe R. 270. Various
confirmations were given later.

21 Ibid. 290.

22 Ibid. 276-83. In spite of this res-
toration the church of Kirkham was
included in a confirmation to the priory

of Lancaster by John when Count of
Mortain, 1189-93 5 'btd. 298. See also
the account of the religious houses, y.C.H.
Lana. ii, 167.

23 Final Cone. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches.), i, 2. Theobald Walter had
already in 1194 had a suit with Adam
the Dean of Kirkham and Richard the
Clerk respecting the advowson ; Curia
Regis R. 2, m. 17 d.

In 1347 the Abbot of Shrewsbury
alleged that the Abbot of Vale Royal was
withholding the rent of 12 marks due to
him from Kirkham. The defendant
pleaded a release from the plaintiff dated
30 May 1341, which was accordingly
allowed ; Coram Rege R. 348, m. 41.
See also Fishwick, op. cit. 32.

24 The right of the heirs of Theobald
Walter was acknowledged from time to
time by the Crown, e.g. Lanes. Inq. and
Extents (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i,
1 20 ; Cal. Pat. 1232-47, p. 175.

S4a In 1270-1 Theobald le Boteler, who
was the great-grandson of Theobald
Walter, claimed the advowson of Kirk-
ham against the king, asserting that if
the kings had presented they had done so
on account of the minority of the heirs
at the time ; Curia Regis R. 201, m. 19;
204, m. 20. In 1277 Edward I, on a
fresh vacancy, claimed the advowson
against Theobald le Boteler, and also
against Edmund the king's brother, as
'ord of the honour ; De Banco R. 21,

m. i6d., 95. Two years later Theobald
acknowledged the king's right ; Final
Cone, i, 157. See also Cal. Close, 1272-9,
p. 546.

i& The advowson of the church, with
the chapels, was first granted on 5 Dec.
1280, and was confirmed in 1287; Chart.
R. 74 (9 Edw. I), m. ii, no. 88 ; 81
(15 Edw. I), m. 3, no. 8 ; Fishwick,
op. cit. 2U. A further confirmation of
the abbey's possessions was granted in
1299, and in this it is stated that at the
king's request Honorius IV and Nicho-
las IV had appropriated the church to
the monastery; Ormerod,CA«. ii, 168-70;
Dugdale, Man. v, 709—11. In the abbey
chartulary the grant from Pope Honorius
is ascribed to the good will of Otes
Grandison ; ibid, v, 706. The date is
given as 1286 in Fishwick, op. cit. 30.

26 The grant of the manor, rectory,
&c., of Kirkham and the chapel of
Goosnargh was made in 1546 ; Pat.
38 Hen. VIII.

J7 The vicarage is named in the taxa-
tion of Pope Nicholas, 1292.

*8 Baines, Lanes, (ed. 1870), ii, 484,
citing the registers of the archbishop's
court. In 1378 the fruits of the church
were sequestered because it was found the
40 marks were not being paid by the
abbey ; Raines MSS. (Chet. Lib.), xxii,
389. ^ Lanes. Inq. and Ex.'ents, i, 120,

30 Pope Nieh. Tax. (Rec. Com.), 307.

81 Ibid. 307, 337,

19

the tithes." The same benefices were returned at the
reduced rates in 1341. " In 1535 the value of the
rectory was estimated at £100 a year,34 and that of
the vicarage at £2 1 is.** The rectorial tithes were
usually let on lease.36 In 1650 the vicar received
£80 a year from tithes and other dues as well as £50
augmentaton from the Committee of Plundered
Ministers." About 1717 the income was given as
only £60, arising from the small tithes, Easter dues,

and surplice fees; there was an old house with a
customary acre of glebe belonging to it.*8 The
value of the small tithes advanced rapidly in the
latter part of the l8th and the beginning of the
I gth century, being £1,600 in l835-39 The vicar's
income is now returned as £400.*° The Dean and
Chapter of Christ Church have recently given the
rectorial tithes of the present reduced ecclesiastical
parish of Kirkham to the vicar.41

The following have been incumbents : —

RECTORS
Name Patron

Adam the Dean "

Walter de Grey 43 The King . .

Simon le Blund4' „ •

Richard45 •

Instituted
C. 1170 . .
C. I 2 I I . .

4 July 1213

c. 1225 . .

1236 . .

29 Jan. 1246-7

c. 1251 . .

c. 1258 . .

Cause of Vacancy

William de York 46 The King

Aymer de Valence " „

Artaud de Sancto Romano 4S . . . „

Henry de Wingham 49 „

w Pope Nick. Tax. (Rec. Com.), 309 ;
the Penwortham share was estimated at
£2 and that of Lancaster at £1 6s. 8</.
The former priory received 231. 4-d. in
1535 ; Valor Eccl. (Rec. Com.), v, 233.

33 Inq. Nonarum (Rec. Com.), 37. The
tithes of corn, &c., were thus valued in
the several townships : Clifton, ^3 6s. ;
Newton, £2 5.5. 8</.j Freckleton, ^3 IJ.;
Warton, £2 5*. 8^.; Bryning, £2 75. 8</.;
Ribby, £2 141. 4<£; Westby, £z 2s. 4^.;
Weeton,^2 js.%d. ; Singleton, £3 141. 4</.;
Hambleton, £2 6s. ; Larbreck, £2 1 7*- 8<£ ;
Thistleton, £2 91.5 Wesham, ^i ijs. 4</.;
Treales, £3 14*. 4^.; Kirkham, £2 is. ;
Goosnargh, £6 131. $.d, ; Whittingham,
£5 61. %d.; Newsham, £i 6s. 8</. The
difference between the old and new
taxations was accounted for by the omis-
sion of the tithe of hay, &c., about
10 marks a year, small tithes, oblations,
&c., pertain'ng to the altarage 20 marks
and the glebe of the church 10 marks ;
but the main deficiency was due to the
destruction and war of the Scots, viz.
,£80 a year.

34 Valor Eccl. (Rec. Com.), v, 209 (mis-
printed loo*.). In 1540 the farm of the
tithes of Kirkham produced £64, those
of Goosnargh £29 9*., and the manse
£8 ICM. ; Dugdale, Man. Angl. v, 711.

35 Valor Eccl. (Rec. Com.), v, 263.
The manse was valued at u., tithes of
wool and lambs £7, of hay, small tithes
and Easter roll £14 93. ^d. The church
due* paid by the vicar amounted to
91. 4<£

36 Fishwick, op. cit. 36 ; Commor.iv.
Ch. Sur-v. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.),
153-4. The family of Clifton of Westby
and Lytham have usually been lessees of
all or part.

87 Ibid. 1 54-5 ; Plund. Mins. Accts,
(Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), 9, 96.

88 Gastrell, Notitia Cestr. (Chet. Soc.),
ii, 414. There were four churchwardens
chosen by the vicar a«d thirty men, viz.
one yearly out of Treales or Weeton, one
out of Clifton-with Salwick, one out of
Westby with Plumptons and the other
out of the remaining townships.

39 Baines, Lanes, (ed. 1836), iv, 385.

40 Manch. Dioc. Dir.

41 Information of the Dean of Christ
Church, Oxf.

48 He it called ' de Kirkham ' and was
probably rector of the church and Dean of
Arnounderness j Fantr, op. cit. 38, 409,

366. He was concerned in the plea of
1194 regarding the advowson already
mentioned. A charter of about the same
date was attested by Adam the Dean,
William de Kirkham and other ecclesi-
astics, while another was attested by Simon
and William chaplains of Kirkham living
while Richard was rector there ; Cocker-
sand Chartul. (Chet. Soc.), i, 335, 332.
Sec also the account in Torks. Arch.
Journ. xxi, 59.

43 Chancellor of England 1205-1*4,
Bishop of Worcester 1214, Archbishop of
York 1215-55 5 D'ct- Nat. Biog. Kirk-
ham was one of the benefices given him by
King John, who had the right of presen-
tation by reason of the minority of the
heir of Theobald Walter ; Dods. MSS.
cxlix, fol. 58 ; Curia Regis R. 204, m. 20.

44 Rot. Lit. Pat. (Rec. Com.), 102 ;
Simon Blund or Blundel was nephew of
the Archbishop of Dublin. The king pre-
sented to two-thirds only of the rectory,
which he held (as above) on account of
the wardship of the son and heir of
Theobald Walter ; Lanes. Inq. and Extents,
i, 120. Henry de Loundres was Arch-
bishop of Dublin 1212—28 ; Diet, Nat.
Biog.

4i Richard rector of Kirkham occurs
early in the time of Henry III ; for
instance, he attested a charter in con-
junction with Adam de Yealand, ' then
sheriff,' i.e. 1228-31 ; Lytham D. at
Durham, i a, 2 ae, 4 ae, Ebor. no. 40.
See also ffhalley Couch. (Chet. Soc.), ii,
459 ; Lane. Ch. (Chet. Soc.), ii, 429 ;
Kuerden MSS. ii, fol. 197. It is thus
evident that he resided at Kirkham, but
he was only a ' clerk ' and had several
children, one of whom, Master William
de Kirkham, also a clerk, seems to have
been a man of standing in the district ;
Lytham D. 2 a, 2 ae, 4 ae, Ebor. no. 26 ;
Cockersand Chartul. (Chet. Soc.), i, 217,
&c. Another son, Jordan, had land in
Goosnargh and Greenhalgh ; ibid, i, 240.

It should be noticed that in one deed
Richard is called conrector of Kirkham 5
during the tenure of Simon le Blund he
held the other third part of the rectory,
and probably succeeded to the whole on
Simon's death ; Dods. MSS. liii, fol. 856,
no. 27. Among the Lytham Priory
charters at Durham is one attested by
Simon Blund, rector of Kirkham, and
Richard, rector of Kirkham ; Misc. Chart,
no. 477.

res. W. de Grey

. . . . res. W. de York

res. A. de Valence
. . . . d. A. de S. Romano

46 Col. Pat. 1232-47, p. 156. In the

February following the king notified that
he had given the advowson of the church
of Kirkham (as part of the possessions of
the heir of Theobald le Boteler) to Richard
Earl of Poitou and Cornwall, guardian of
the heir ; ibid. 175. Richard, king of the
Germans, according to the later pleadings
confirmed the presentation of William de
York ; Curia Regis R. 204, m. 20.
William was a prominent public official,
one of the three custodians of the realm
in 1 242 and Bishop of Salisbury 1 246-56 ;
Diet. Nat. Biog. He was provost of
Beverley in 1246, when the rectory of
Kirkham was said to be worth 240 marks
a year ; Assize R. 404, m. 22.

47 Cal. Pat. 1232—47, p. 496 ; he is
here called son of the Count de la Mscche,
and elsewhere the king's brother, for
Isabel, widow of King John, married
Hugh Count of La Marche. He became
Bishop of Winchester in 1250-1 and died
1260 ; Diet. Nat. Biog. Aymer is named
as rector in 1248 ; Close, 62, m. 10 d.

In a charter of about 1245-65 there
occur among the witnesses ' Robert and
Roger, chaplains of the church of Kirk-
ham' ; Lytham D. at Durham, i a, 2 ae,
4 ae, Ebor. no. 54.

48 In the long statement regarding the
advowson in 1277 it is recited that King
John (as above) presented Walter de Grey
and Simon le Blund, and that the latter
died rector in the time of Henry III ;
also that Henry III presented William de
York (cause of vacancy not stated), Aymer
de la Marche, Artaud de Sancto Romano
(who died rector), Henry de Wingham
and Henry de Gaunt ; De Banco R. 21,
m. i6d., 95. These presentations had
been made by reason of minorities, except
the last, when the king presented by
reason of regality, the rector having been
elected to the bishopric of London.

Artaud de Sancto Romano was pre-
sented to Shalford in 1241 ; Cal. Pat.
1232-47, p. 268. He is often named in
the Patent Rolls, &c., being an officer of
the Wardrobe. He seems to have died
about 1257; Excerpta e Rot. Fin. (Rec.
Com.), ii, 252, 326.

« Cal. Pat. 1247-58, p. 624. Henry
de- Wingham or Wengham was also a
public official : keeper of the Great Seal
1255—9, Bishop of London 1259-62 ;
Diet. Nat. Biog. He was also rector of
Preston 1256-62.

146

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

KIRKHAM

Instituted

c. 1259 . .

22 Aug. 1277

c. 1286 .

oc. 1331 . . .
oc. 1332-49

c. 1350 . . .

oc. 1357 . . .
28 Aug." i 362

oc. 1394-1401 .

28 Dec. 1418 .

9 Sept. 1420
14 Mar. 1452-3
oc. 1504 .

c. 1510 . . .

c. 1542 . . .

6 Sept. 1585 .

17 Nov. 1591 .
20 Nov. 1 594

1 8 Aug. 1598 .
22 Jan. 1627-8 .

Name

Mr. Henry de Gaunt50
John de Kirkby 51 . .
John de Conisburgh 52 .

The King

Patron

VICARS

John de Ardern 53 .
Robert de Newton 54 .
William de Slaidburn 55
William de Bolton 5G .
Philip de Greenhul 57 .
Thomas de Hornby 58 .
Roger Diring
William Torfot 59-60 .
Mr. John Cottam 61 .
Edmund Lache 62 . .
Richard Davy 63 . .
Thomas Smith 64 . .
James Smith G5 . . .
James Smith 66 . . .
James Sharpies, M.A.67
Nicholas Helme, M.A.(8
Arthur Greenacre, M.A.6
John Gerard, M.A.70 .

Ab. of Vale Royal
Ab. of Vale Royal

Ab. of Vale Royal

John Smith
Christ Ch., Oxf. .
John Sharpies .
Cuthbert Sharpies .
Christ Ch., Oxf. .

Cause of Vacancy
res. H. de Wingham
res. H. de Gaunt

d. R. Diring
d. W. Torfot
d. J. Cottam

d. Jas. Smith

d. J. Sharpies
d. N. Helme
d. A. Greenacre

50 Master Henry de Gaunt seems to
have succeeded Artaud at the Wardrobe ;
Excerpta e Rot. Fin. (Rec. Com.), ii, 364.

81 Cal. Pat. 1272-81, p. 227. The
king having obtained the advowson pre-
sented John de Kirkby, no doubt the
Bishop of Ely, 1286—90 ; Diet. Nat. Biog.

M He occurs as rector in 1290, 1292
and 1297; De Banco R. 86, m. 214;
Assize R. 408, m. 91, told. ; Cal. Pat.
1292-1301, p. 237. He must have been
appointed before the appropriation of the
rectory to Vale Royal.

a He attested a Freckleton deed in
1331 ; Kuerden MSS. iii, F 3.

44 He attested deeds in Oct. 1332 and
in 1349; Dods. MSS. cliii, fol. 73
(J.P.E.) ; Kuerden MSS. iv, K 17. He
is named as vicar in a pleading in 1344 ;
Assize R. 143$, m. 43. In the arch-
deacon's claim for dues it was alleged that
the vicarage of Kirkham was twice vacant,
on account of the plague, between 8 Sept.
1349 and ii Jan. 1349-50 ; Engl. Hist.
Rev. v, 526.

ss He was vicar early in 1354 ; Duchy
of Lane. Assize R. 3, m. ij. In 1357 he
was described as ' lately vicar ' ; ibid. 6,
m. 3 d. He was Dean of Amounderness
and appears to have been guilty of oppres-
sion in his office, securing a pardon some
time between 1354 and 1361 ; Dep.
Keeper's Rep. xxxii, App. 344.

56 This name is given by Fishwick (op.
cit. 70) on the authority of ' the records
of the Thirty-men.' He may be identical
with Slaidburn.

s7 Raines MSS. (Chet. Lib.), xxii, 387.
This and some later institutions are given
in Whitaker, Hist, of Richmondshire, ii, 437
(from Torre). Greenhill (or Greenhalgh)
was a monk of Vale RoyaL

58 In 1394 Hornby (or Hernby) was
going across the seas and nominated
attorneys ; Towneley MS. CC (Chet.
Lib.), no. 392. His estate in the vicar-
age was ratified in 1399 ; Cal. Pat. 1399-
1401, p. 3. He was plaintiff in 1401 ;
Pal. of Lane. Plea R. i, m. 5 d.

69-8° Raines MSS. xxii, 395. He was
a priest.

61 Ibid, xxii, 397 ; he was a priest. He
is named in various charters, &c. ; Kuerden
fol. MS. p. 383 (1422) ; Kuerden MSS.

iv, Ki7 (1427-8); PaL of Lane. Plea
R. 3, m. 28^ (1441) ; Fishwick, op. cit.
51 (1450-1).

In 1448 it was ordered that he and
others should be put in prison till they
should pay ,£200 to the Abbot of Vale
Royal; PaL of Lane. Plea R. n, m.
2oi.

He seems to have had a son Peter in
1429 ; Kuerden MSS. iv, K 18. His
father was named William and his grand-
father was John Cottam.

82 Raines MSS. xxii, 379. He was
vicar in 1458 ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet.
Soc.), ii, 8 1.

83 Kuerden MSS. iv, P 121, no. 74.
He founded a chantry or added to the
endowment of the old one. A Richard
Davy of Gonville Hall, Camb., became
M.A. in 1495-6 ; Grace Book B (Luard
Mem.), i, 82, 119. One of the name
was rector of Norton in Norfolk in 1535 ;
Valor Eccl. iii, 320.

64 In a return compiled in 1527 Thomas
Smith is given as vicar for eighteen years
past, having been presented by the Abbot
and convent of Vale Royal ; his benefice
was worth ^40 a year ; Duchy of Lane.
Rentals, bdle. 5, no. 15. He occurs as
vicar in 1512; Duchy of Lane. Inq.
p.m. iv, no. 12. He was buried at Kirk-
ham 23 Oct. 1541 ; Fishwick, op. cit.
72, 122.

William Stringer was ' parish priest '
(curate-in-charge) in 1537; Wills (Rec.
Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), 73.

85 A Precipe was addressed to the Bishop
of Chester and James Smith, clerk, on 27
Mar. 1542, that they should permit Miles
Spencer and William Wright to present to
the vicarage, then vacant and in their
gift ; PaL of Lane. Writs Proton. (67, 34
Hen. VIII). From this it seems that
Smith was already in possession. His
name appears in the visitation lists of
1548, 1554 and 1562. He was buried at
Kirkham 1 1 July 1585 ; Fishwick, op.
cit. 73, 124. For church goods in 1552
see Chet. Misc. (new ser.), i, 4.

86 Some of the institutions and notes
have been taken from Baines" Lanes.
(ed. Croston), v, 361-2, and Fishwick's
Kirkham, 73-87, where notices of the
different vicars will be found. The records

in the Diocesan Registry, Chester, have
also been searched.

John Smith of Stalmine Grange was
patron in virtue of a grant by William
Troutbeck, true patron ; Earwaker
MSS.

67 Educated at St John's Coll., Camb.,
of which he was scholar; M.A. 1591 ;
information of Mr. R. F. Scott. Buried
at Kirkham 21 Sept. 1594.

68 The patron presented in virtue of a
grant from the Dean and Chapter of Christ
Church, Oxf., dated 8 Dec. 1591.
Nicholas Helme was educated at Brasenose
Coll., Oxf. ; M.A. 1585 ; Foster,
Alumni. A complaint to the Bishop of
Chester in 1598 (Visit. Papers) alleged
that Helme was supposed to have come
into the vicarage by simony, that he kept
another man's wife in his house under
suspicious circumstances, that he refused
to wear the surplice and 'administered
the wine as it came from the cellar, with-
out any prayers or reverence,' and that
he was ready to minister the sacrament
to a blind woman and another who 'had
beads in their hands ' ; Fishwick, op. cit.
75. The charges may have been malicious
merely, but Helme's death would render
inquiry unnecessary. He was buried .at
Kirkham, 16 July 1598.

89 The patron was son of John Sharpies.
Greenacre was described as ' a preacher '
in 1 6 10 ; Hist. MSS. Com. Rep. xiv, App.
iv, 9. He died in 1627, and his widow
afterwards practised as a midwife, attesting
a monstrous birth in or about 1646 ;
Fishwick, op. cit. 79. The surname is
given as Gatacre.

70 Act Bk. at Chester, 1579-1676, fol.
96. The institutions from this time have
been compared with those in the Institu-
tion Books, P.R.O. as printed in Lanes,
and Ches. Antiq. Notes.

John Gerard compounded for first-fruits
23 Feb. 1627-8 ; Lanes, and Ches. Rec.
(Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), ii, 412. He
appears to be the John Gerard of Christ
Church, Oxf. (M.A. 1615), who was
beneficed in Norfolk in 1630; Foster,
Alumni Oxon. He is said to have 'ex-
changed with Mr. Fleetwood, who passed
over to his son ' (son-in law) ; note in the
Reg. by Vicar Clegg.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Instituted

17 July 1630

1650

31 Mar. 1663

20 June 1666

10 June 1720

7 July 1744

9 Aug. 1771

1 8 Jan. 1813
15 Dec. 1847
24 Aug. 1852

1862

15 June 1875
20 Nov. 1902

Name Patron

. Edward Fleetwood, M.A.71 . . . Christ Ch., Oxf.

' | John Fisher" { Christ Ch

. Richard Clegg, M.A.73 ....

. William Dickson, B.A.74 ....

. Charles Buck, M.A.75

. Humphrey Shuttleworth, M.A.76 . „

. James Webber, D.D.77 ....

. George Lodowick Parsons, M.A.78 . „

. William Law Hussey, M.A.79 . . „

. George Richard Brown, M.A.80 . . „

. Henry Williams Mason, M.A.81 . „

. Welbury Theodore Mitton, M.A.82

Cause of Vacancy
res. J. Gerard
res. E. Fleet wood

d. J. Fisher
d. R. Clegg
d. W. Dickson
d. C. Buck
d. H. Shuttleworth
d. J. Webber
d. G. L. Parsons
res. W. L. Hussey
d. G. R. Brown
d. H. W. Mason

It will be observed that the early rectors, presented
by the kings, were as usual busy public officials who
discharged their duties by deputy, and that the dona-
tion to Vale Royal was probably of advantage to the
parish, as giving it a permanent and properly paid
vicar instead of a stipendiary curate. These vicars,
however, do not seem to have been of more than
local importance, and even since the Reformation,
while the advowson has been held by Christ Church,
Oxford, none of them calls for special mention. Before
the Reformation the due service of the parish church,
chantry and chapels at Lund, Singleton and Hambleton
would require five priests.83 This was the staff

recorded at the bishop's visitations84 in 1548 and
1554; but in 1 562 only the vicar and two others are
named, and the vicar alone seems to have conformed
fully to the Elizabethan requirements.86 He had
apparently been brought up under the Reform of
Henry VIII and accepted all the changes made by the
civil power, holding the benefice till his death. No
zeal can be looked for in such cases,86 and the three
chapels appear to have been left to decay, but it may
be noted that the organ in the church was allowed to
remain.87 The vicars appear usually to have had a
curate.88 In the Commonwealth time additional
places of worship seem to have been provided, but it

71 For pedigree see Dugdale's Vitit.
(Chet. Soc.), in. Fleet wood com-
pounded for first-fruits 29 Oct. 1630.
He had various quarrels with the parish-
ioners and bishop. He seems to have
been a Puritan, 'sometimes' omitting to
use the surplice, though he said the Litany
regularly thrice a week. In 1634 the
sum of \s. %d. was 'paid for the exercise
and for the moderators and the preacher ' ;
Fishwick, op. cit. 98. 'Exercise days'
are again mentioned in 1646 ; ibid. 102.
He readily conformed to the Presbyterian
discipline in 1646 (Baines, op. cit. i, 228)
and signed the ' Harmonious Consent '
in 1648.

In 1646 he published, under the title of
Strange Signs from Heaven, an account of
the strange birth above mentioned. A
parishioner, Mr. Hoghton, ' a great Papist
and of great parentage,' and his mother-
in-law 'did usually scoff" and mock the
Roundheads, and in derision of Mr.
Prynne and the others cut off the cat's
ears and called it by his name ' ; his wife
also, being pregnant, wished that rather
than be a Roundhead, or bear one, her child
might have no head, which monstrosity
was accordingly borne by her ; Fishwick,
op. cit. 78—9.

72 Fisher had been minister of Bispham,
and was regarded as ' a godly and orthodox
divine,' succeeding Fleetwood (whose
daughter he married) at Kirkham in or
before Feb. 1650-1, when the £50 out of
Thomas Clifton's sequestered tithes was
confirmed to him ; Plund. Mins. Accts. i,
59, 96. He conformed at the Restoration
and died in possession 18 Mar. 1665-6.

It is a token of his conformity that in
1662 a font was 'put up ' at a cost of
£2 151. 4.J. ; Fishwick, op. cit. 105. At
the same time the king's arms and the
Commandments were painted.

7* Educated at University Coll., Oxf. ;
M.A. 1663 ; Foster, Alumni. He is
chiefly known for his violent opposition
to Cuthbert Harrison, the Nonconformist
minister at Elswick ; he had also disputes

with his parishioners. There is extant a
letter from him dated 1684, in which he
complains that the Quakers, ' the most
incorrigible sinners that I know,' had
opened a burial-ground, and desires that
the sheriff may be informed ; Hist. MSS.
Com. Rep. xiv, App. iv, 146. He was
' conformable ' in 1689; ibid. 229. He
founded a charity for the poor at Kirk-
ham, and also established a school and a
loan fund at Todmorden. There is a
monument to him in the church.

74 Educated at Christ Church, Oxf. ;
B.A. 1701 ; Foster, Alumni. The name
is also spelt Dixon.

75 Educated at Christ Church, Oxf. ;
M.A. 1736 ; Foster. On his epitaph in
the church he is described as 'most famou*
for piety and learning." His son Charles
was curate of Lund (d. 1808) and had
among other issue a son Henry Rishton
Buck, lieutenant 33rd Reg., who fell at
Waterloo; Fishwick, op. cit. 131-2.

76 Educated at Christ Church, Oxf. ;
M.A. 1760 ; Foster. He was also vicar
of Preston 1782-1809; see the account
of that church. He was buried in the
chancel of Kirkham Church.

77 Educated at Christ Church, Oxf.,
becoming tutor and censor ; M.A. 1796 ;
D.D. 1829. He was vicar of St. Mary
Magdalen, Oxf., 1803, Prebendary of
York 1812, Dean of Ripon 1828, and
had other preferments at various times ;
Foster, Alumni. He vigorously asserted
his rights, recording his satisfaction at
making the vicar ' as he ought to be, the
first person in the place.' He procured
the rebuilding of the church (the cost
being borne by a rate) and raised the
vicar's income from £250 to over ^1,600
a year ; but in the opinion of his parish-
ioners he grossly neglected his duties,
being non-resident and rendering no
additional service for the increased income,
and they petitioned Parliament on the
matter; Baines, Lanes, (ed. 1870), ii,
486.

78 Educated at Christ Church, Oxf.,

148

of which he was student ; M.A. 1834.
Incumbent of Bensington 1835.

79 Educated at Christ Church, Oxf.,
of which he was student ; M.A. 1837.
He was hon. canon of Manchester 1856
and rector of Great Ringstead 1862-88.

80 Educated at Christ Church, Oxf. ;
M.A. 1841. Incumbent of Maiden
Bradley 1851-62.

81 Educated at Christ Church, Oxf.,
of which he was student ; M.A. 1851.
Incumbent of Wigginton 1858-75, hon.
canon of Manchester 1887. He died
20 June 1902.

8* Educated at Pembroke Coll., Camb.;
M.A. 1888. Formerly beneficed in
Canada; vicar of Peel 1899-1902.
Some details in the text and notes are
due to him.

88 At an inquiry made in 1362 it was
stated that in the church of Kirkham
there used to be of right two priests
celebrating daily and serving the parish,
which ' chantries ' had been withdrawn
by the Abbot of Vale Royal, one of them
thirteen years before and the other a year
ago ; Inq. p.m. 36 Edw. Ill, pt. i, no.
120.

84 Lists at Dioc. Reg., Chester.

84 The vicar, James Smith, appeared
and subscribed. William Nickson seems
to have stayed at home and Lawrence
Kempe appeared but did not subscribe

86 He maybe the vicar who in 1581 (?)
reported the presence of two seminary
priests in his parish ; Baines, Lanes, (ed.
1868), i, 180 (from Harl. MS. 360, fol.

32).

87 In 1576 for 'dressing the organs'
zs. was paid, and in 1643 'f°r organ
pipes, which had been pulled asunder by
the soldiers,' 3$. 4^. ; Fishwick, op. cit.
91, 102. The parish clerk in 1572 and
1576 was ordered to teach singing; ibid.
91.

88 Curates are noticed in the repisrers
in 1596, 1608, 1619, &c. ; see also Misc.
(Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 68,
124.

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

KIRKHAM

was not till the 1 8th century that chapels at Hambleton,
Lund, Singleton and Warton are found to be regu-
larly used for service.89

A report made to the Bishop of Chester in 1669,
probably by the vicar of Kirkham, gives a lively
account of the conditions ecclesiastical : —

There are three sorts of conventicles, viz. Papists, Quakers,
and Fanatical or Mixed Multitude. Of the Papists there are
two conventicles very visible at Westby Hall, rented by one
Mr. Butler, the supposed priest, whither resort some hundreds.
Another at Mowbreck where Mr. Hughson (alias Whaley)
sojourneth with Mrs. Westby and, as is more than said,
officiates as priest there. At Mr. Gervase Clifton's of
Plumpton, as is said, is set apart a place or chapel for
Romanists, but since Mr. Hughson's abode at Mowbreck it's
not so much used. At Salwick Hall, it's said, the Romanists
out of Preston have their meetings. In Great Singleton they
be generally papists, but have not their conventicles so fixed,
but have two or three supposed priests. There hath usually
been a conventicle of Quakers at one Brewer's house in or near
Little Eccleston. Of the Fanatical party there was a conventicle
at Lund chapel on Sunday in last Lent assizes by Mr. John
Parr ; and either for that or the like offence the next Sunday at
Heapa chapel, it's said, he is to answer at the next assizes.
There was another conventicle held by one Hartley, a York-
shireman and lately a weaver and now an Antinomian speaker.
He usurped the pulpit at Kirkham in the absence of the
minister. He hath also held many conventicles at Goosnargh,
the vacancy of which chapel gives the Nonconformists encourage-
ment to meet there since the expiration of the Act against
conventicles. The factions plead indulgence because of the
indulgence of the papists and their experience that church-
wardens' presentments are but laughed at.90

Dr. William Grimbaldson in 1725 left £500 for
the maintenance of daily morning and evening prayers
in the parish church, and these have accordingly been
maintained ever since, for the donor ordained that
should the prayers be neglected the income of his
fund was to be given to poor housekeepers of Treales.91
The visitation returns of the i8th century afford

various interesting particulars. In 1706 a return of
the church furniture was made ; it included two
decent surplices, two communion cups and several
flagons. In 1722 the vicar administered the sacra-
ment of the Lord's Supper on Palm Sunday, Good
Friday, Easter Day, Whit Sunday, St. Jamestide,
Michaelmas, Martinmas, Christmas and Shrovetide.
The 1,177 families in 1755 were thus classified : Of
the communion of the Church of England, 868 ;
Popish families, 269 ; Protestant Dissenters, 40.
There were church rate contests in 1 849 and later,
the Nonconformists refusing to pay.92

At St. Mary's altar a chantry was founded by one
of the Clifton family.93 Its endowment consisted of
burgages and lands in Kirkham, Warton, Freckleton,
Newton and Bilsborrow, and in 1547 amounted to
£5 13*. id. clear per annum.94 Thomas Primett was
the incumbent in I 5 3 5 95 and until the Suppression.
He was sixty years old in I 548, and noted as ' decrepit '
in the visitation of that year. He lived on until 1 564 ;
his will has been printed by the Surtees Society.96

Detailed official inquiries into the
CHARITIES charities of the parish were made
in 1824 and 1902-3 ; the report of
the latter, issued in 1904, contains a reprint of the
former.97 The principal Kirkham charity is the
grammar school, with an income of £1,260, and
there are small educational endowments in many of
the townships. There are also some special endow-
ments for the parish church and the chapel at Lund.
For the poor generally there exist funds producing
£31 4/. %d. a year distributed in money, in coal,
&c.98

The township of Kirkham has a United Charities'
Fund of £27 I4_f. a year, distributed in medical relief,
in money and in kind " ; also other sums amounting

88 In the 1610 list (Hist. MSS. Com.
Rep. xiv, App. iv, 9) no chapel except
Goosnargh is mentioned. Hambleton
may have been an occasional exception,
as a curate there is named in 1611. The
vicar and the schoolmaster are the only
clergymen named in Bishop Stratford's
visitation list in 1691 ; Chester Dioc.
Reg. The chapels named in the text
were in use in the time of Bishop
Gastrell ; Notitia Cestr. ii, 422, &c.

90 Visitation papers at Chester Dioc.
Reg.

91 The benefactor is described as M.D.,
of St. Dunstan's in the West, London.
He ordered that the prayers were to be
at 1 1 a.m. and 5 p.m. in summer and
1 1 a.m. and 4 p.m. in winter ; End. Char.
Rep.

91 Nightingale, Lanes. Nonconf. i, 98-

IOO.

98 Raines,Ctan/r;'«(Chet. Soc.),2i3-i6.
Earlier ' chantries ' are named in a pre-
ceding note. This chantry was named in
1527 as in the gift of William Clifton,
the annual value being estimated as £4 ;
Duchy of Lane. Rentals, &c., bdle. 5,
no. 15.

In 1492-3 Richard Davy and others
were enfeoffed of various lands — appa-
rently the chantry property — of the gift
of James Clifton and Richard Davy, in
order to establish (faciani) a fit chaplain
to celebrate at the altar of B. Mary
for the souls of Richard Davy, his rela-
tives and all the parishioners of Kirkham ;
Kuerden MSS. iv, K 18.

94 The gross rental of the chantry
lands was £6 os. lid., but quit-rents

of 4</. to the lord of Penwortham and
71. 6d. to the lord of Kirkham were pay-
able.

For a dispute as to the chantry lands
in 1567 see Ducatus Lane. (Rec. Com.),

>'» 3*7-

95 Valor EccL (Rec. Com.), v, 263.
William Clifton in 1537 bequeathed
,£3 6s. %d. 'to the church of Kirkham
towards emending of our Lady's work,'
and four cows to ' the stock of our Lady
of Kirkham' to pray for his soul, and
desired his executors to be 'good masters '
to Sir Thomas Primet, whom he styled
'my chantry priest,' and to whom he
left 6s. %d. ; Wills (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches.), 71-3. Thomas Clifton in 1551
left a cow ' towards our Lady's stock ' ;
Piccope, Wills (Chet. Soc.), iii, 76.

96 Richmond Wills, 171. He desired to
be buried at Lytham, but left his surplice
to Kirkham Church. The bequest of zs.
to the light of St. Nicholas in Lancaster
Church shows how imperfectly Elizabeth's
reformation had then been carried out in
Lancashire.

97 The details here given are derived
from this report. The Goosnargh
charities are given separately.

98 Henry Colborne, a native of the
parish and afterwards a scrivener in
London, by his will in 1655 left money
to purchase lands, a rent-charge from
which was to be applied to schools and
to the poor. The share of the poor was
soon afterwards fixed at ,£5 101. a year,
which is given to the townships in rota-
tion, and used by the overseers in a
variety of ways. The rent-charge was

149

extinguished in 1898-9 by a transfer of
consols to the official trustee.

Edward Robinson and others, apparently
trustees, invested £80 in 1648 in land in
Freckleton ; 501. a year of the rent was to
be paid to the minister of Lund, and the
rest given to the poor of the parish.
In 1824 the benefits were in practice
confined to Clifton and four adjoining
townships. The present income for the
poor is ^17 15*., and it is divided among
the townships or hamlets of Kirkham,
Freckleton, Newton-with-Scales, Clifton-
with-Salwick, Treales, Warton, Weeton
and Wrea Green, and given in money or
kind to the poor.

The Bread Charity represents a com-
bination of benefactions, and goes back
as far as 1670 ; it seems to have been
due to the suggestion of the vicar,
Richard Clegg. The present income is
£5 91., of which the vicar gives £2 izs.,
and is spent on a distribution of penny
loaves every Sunday after morning service
at the parish church, and on various
holidays. The number of applicants is
very small.

Mary Jones, widow, in 1827 left j£ioo
for an annual Christmas gift to poor
widows. The income is £2 los. 8</.,
which is given in coals to widows in
the townships of Kirkham and Wesham
— the modern ecclesiastical parish. The
vicar and churchwardens have charge of
the distribution, but no difference is
made on account of creed.

99 Richard Brown in 1641 gave a rent-
charge of £i on his land and Mrs. Clegg
and Mrs. Sayle (before 1734) gave £20

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

to £8 OJ. 3</. a year given in money.100 Bryning-
with-Kellamergh has a special fund of £2 I zs. 6d. a
year101 ; Freckleton, £ l $}.m ; Medlar- with- Wesham,
£2 ios.m-, Ribby-with-Wrea, £2 I2s. 6d.w — all
given in money ; Treales, Roseacre and Wharles,
£13 los., which maybe distributed in several ways 105 ;
Warton, £3 15*. 8</.106 ; Westby-with-Plumpton,
\os. Sd'.107 — both distributed in goods; Hambleton,
£2 m ; Greenhalgh-with-Thistleton, £6 6s.m ; and
Little Eccleston-with-Larbreck, £i icv.110 — all in

money
lost.111

doles. Two or three charities have been

KIRKHAM
Dom. Bk. ; Kirkeheim,

1196;
Kirkham,

Chicheham,

Kirkeham, c. 1200; Kirkam, 1260
1271.

This township, which contains the church, is com-
paratively central for the main portion of the parish.
It has an area of 857 acres,1 and the population in

1901 numbered 3,693. The surface is generally
level ; the highest ground is in the centre and at the
west end — here 100 ft. above sea level is attained —
and it slopes away to the north and east, forming
a slight valley, through which the boundary brook
flows.

The principal road is that from Preston westwards ;
along it the town is built, as it descends from the
Mill Hill on the east, rises, falls and rises again to
the Willows at the west. A road branches south to
Freckleton, from the old market square, and another
north to the church. Further west is the road leading
to the railway station in Wesham. The market cross
was demolished about a hundred years ago.1

The town had in 1825 manufactures of sail-cloth
and cordage, and also of fine and coarse linen ;
and the cotton manufacture had been introduced.8
This last has continued to expand, and affords em-
ployment to the majority of the people.

The soil is boulder clay, sand and gravel, overlying
red marls.

each for the poor. Land was purchased
and the bailiffs of the town have ad-
ministered the income — sometimes irregu-
larly. Some of the land has been sold
and the proceeds, with accumulations,
are now represented by ,£628 consols.
The gross income is ,£27 14*.) and it
may be applied, under a scheme of the
Charity Commissioners made in 1898,
in various ways — subscriptions in aid of
hospitals, provident clubs, &c. ; provision
of nurses, outfit on entering a trade,
supply of food, fuel, clothes, &c., or
money grants.

100 Elizabeth Brown in 1739 left
£40 on trust for poor widows. The
interest has been distributed in small
money gifts. The capital, now amount-
ing to £48 14*., has been paid over to
the official trustee.

William Harrison's gift of ,£140 for
Bibles and other religious books, for
poor people in Kirkham and Little
Eccleston-with-Larbreck, is now applied
to school prizes, &c.

Mary Bradkirk in 1816 gave £100 for
five poor persons of Kirkham, members
of the Church of England and regular
attenders of the parish church. The
present income, £2 121. 6d.t is distri-
buted accordingly.

A sum of £180, trust money of un-
known origin, was in 1892 invested for
the benefit of poor widows. The income
is ,£5 31. 9</., which is given in small
lums to between fifty and sixty widows.

101 This was a gift of the above-named
Mary Bradkirk. The income is divided
among five poor persons ; attendance at
Warton or Wrea Green Church is a
qualification, in accordance with recent
ecclesiastical arrangements.

102 This sum appears to be due to
ancient gifts by Andrew Freckleton and
others, once charged upon the Marsh,
and to a rent-charge of ioj. on a close
called Swainson Butts. The former gift
it now provided for in this manner :
'There are 230^ cattle gates on Freckle-
ton Marsh, but in practice 231 are let
yearly, the rents received being paid into
the general fund . . . except that of the
odd half-gate, which is now paid to the
parish council. As it represents nothing
corporeal and only exists as a fiction for
the sake of this charity it is not assessed
for rates, &c., like the other cattle gatet.'

The rent varies from time to time. The
doles are given on St. Thomas's Day and
vary from 6d. to 41. 6d.

103 This charity was in existence in
1789. It is the income of two cattle-
gates on Freckleton Marsh purchased
with the original endowment said to have
been given by Thomas Thompson and
William Crookall. The money is dis-
tributed on St. Thomas's Day to about
forty poor persons.

104 This is another of Mary Bradkirk's
benefactions, similar to that for Kirkham.
It is given to five poor persons in equal
shares.

105 William Grimbaldston, M.D., in
1725 left ,£300 for binding out poor chil-
dren of Treales as apprentices ; ,£400 for
the master of Kirkham School, provided
he had been bred at Westminster, Win-
chester or Eton, or in default for appren-
ticing, as before ; ,£50 for classics, for
Kirkham School ; ,£500 for the saying
of daily prayers in Kirkham Church, or
in default for poor housekeepers born in
Treales ; ,£50 for books for poor children
of the parish belonging to the Church of
England. The money was invested in
land, and, as there were few applications
for apprenticing, a school was founded in
Treales. The gift for daily prayers
remains as directed ; the rest of the
income is now devoted to Kirkham
Grammar School.

Ellen and John Bolton m 1657—8,
James Porter and his brother in 1729
and others gave money for the poor which
was invested in a house and land at Cat-
forth in Woodplumpton. The rent, now
,£13, is administered under a scheme
made by the Charity Commissioners in
1899. The scheme, however, is prac-
tically disregarded, and the net income is
divided on St. Thomas's Day among poor
persons belonging to the hamlet of Treales.
Old 'charity money' of ^15, supposed
to be the gift of one Bridgett, is now
represented by £20 in Kirkham Savings
Bank. The income (ios.) is given in
doles of is. or n. 6d, to poor people of
Wharles.

106 Mrs. Mary Southworth in 1870
bequeathed ,£200 for the benefit of the
school and scholars of the Established
Church of England at Wharton. The
portion for the scholars is spent on clogs
for those who attend most regularly.

I50

107 Anne Moor of Westby in 1805 left
the residue of her estate, £40, for the
school and the poor. The capital is now
invested in consols, and the poor's moiety,
formerly distributed in kind, seems for
many years to have been allowed to
accumulate.

108 This was a rent-charge on Lent-
worth Hall and other lands made by Sir
Nicholas Shireburne in 1706. The
charge was in 1868 placed upon a farm in
Hambleton, and since its sale has been
paid by the purchasers of the different
portions. It is collected by the vicar and
churchwardens and distributed at Christ-
mas among about ten poor families.

109 Mary Hankinson, a benefactor of
Esprick School, also bequeathed £200 in
1805 for the benefit of the poor of that
hamlet. In 1901-2 there were only two
poor persons in Esprick, and the money
was paid to them in monthly instalments.

One Lawrenson, of date unknown,
left £20 to the poor of Greenhalgh.
This sum was invested in the highways,
but only £12 has been repaid; the 6s.
interest is divided among the two or three
poor persons in the hamlet.

110 In 1697 William Gillow of Little
Eccleston charged a close called Porter's
Harlow with a rent of 10*. a year for the
poor of the township, and George
Gillow in 1720 added 201. a year from
the same land. The 301. continues to
be paid to the overseers, who distribute
it in doles of 41. to 7*. among poor widows
and others.

111 For Kirkham generally and Freckle-
ton there was in 1824 a rent of 6s. due
to a gift of Elizabeth Clitherall in 1675,
and another rent of 271. of unknown
origin. This was given in money doles.
The rent-charges have long ceased to be
paid owing to disputes as to liability and
as to the lands charged.

Mrs. Nightingale (before 1786) gave
,£10 for the poor of Hambleton. The
money was spent on paving a lane.
Interest was paid until 1885, when the
auditor disallowed it. It appears that
the j£io would have been repaid to the
vicar and churchwardens as trustees, if
these wardens had not opposed it, fearing
loss of interest.

1 Including 2 acres of inland water.

* Lanes, and Ches. Antiq. Soc. xx, 1 84.

8 Baines, Dir. 1825, i, 655-6.

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

The market has long been obsolete.4 The dates
of the fairs have been changed from time to time ;
there are now three cattle fairs — 4-5 February,
28-9 April and 18-19 October.

The court-house and police station is in Freckleton
Street ; the workhouse of the Fylde Union (1844) is
at the west end of the town.

Kirkham and the district were visited by the plague
in 1 63 1.8

Halfpenny tokens were issued in 1670 and 1671
by Kirkham traders.6

In 1754 there was a 'chalybeate water called
Humphrey's Spa ' to the north of the town.7

The cucking-stool was used at Kirkham.8

A football match used to be played in the streets on
Christmas Day in the afternoon.9

The printing press is said to have been in use in
the town about I79O.10

' The town hall or moot hall was destroyed by fire
some eighty years ago [c. 1 8 1 o] ; it formerly stood in
the market place. The ground floor was occupied by
shop-keepers, and part of the upper story was used as
a flax-dressing room, the remaining space being taken
up by the large room in which the town's business
was transacted. This room was approached from the
outside by a flight of stone steps.' n The urban
district council meets in Station Road.

Zachary Langton, third son of Cornelius Langton
of Kirkham, born 1698, and educated at the local
grammar school and at Magdalen Hall, Oxford,
acquired some reputation as a divine, publishing an
essay Concerning the Rational Human Soul. He died in
1786. Thomas Parkinson, likewise born at Kirkham

KIRKHAM

(1745) and educated there, became Fellow of Christ's
College, Cambridge, and Archdeacon of Huntingdon
and Leicester. He distinguished himself as a mathe-
matician, and was elected F.R.S. in 1786. He died
in 1830. Philip, son of Humphrey Shuttleworth
vicar of Kirkham, was born in the town in 1782.
After education at Winchester he went to New College,
Oxford, becoming warden in 1822. This dignity
he held till he was made Bishop of Chichester in
1 840. He wrote against the Tractarians. He died
in i842.12

In 1066 KIRKH4M, like the whole
M4NOR parish, was part of the fee of Earl Tostig ;
it was assessed as four plough-lands.13 This
probably included Wesham and other hamlets, Kirk-
ham proper u — the later township — being no doubt
then or soon afterwards a rectory manor, held by
the clerks or others responsible for the church,15 and
it always descended in the same way as the rectory,
the history of which has already been recorded. The
Dean and Chapter of Christ Church, Oxford, leased
the manor to the Cliftons of Lytham,16 but in 1871
the manor and part of the land were sold to Thomas
Langton Birley.17 No courts are held.

Soon after receiving Kirkham the
BOROUGH Abbot and convent of Vale Royal in
1296 constituted a free borough there.
The burgesses were to have a gild, with gaol, pillory
and cuck-stool and other means of punishing male-
factors, the assize of bread and ale, and other liberties
of a borough ; their bailiffs were to be presented to
the abbot. Perquisites of the courts, stallage and
other dues were reserved to the abbey.18 A charter

4 It was in 1825 held on Thursday,
according to the charter.

5 Hist. MSS. Com. Rep. xiv, App. iv, 47.
There were about zoo burials in August
and September 1631, the only 'Mr.'
being one Henry Clifton (26 Aug.).

6 Lanes, and Ches. Antiq. Soc. v, 79.

7 Pococke, Travels through England
(Camd. Soc.), ii, 6.

8 Fishwick, Kirkham (Chet. Soc.), 205.

9 Ibid. 206.

10 Loc. Glean. Lanes, and Ches. i, 31.

11 Fishwick, op. cit. 25.

12 Accounts of these three worthies
may be seen in the Diet. Nat. Biog.

13 y.C.H. Lanes, i, z88a.

14 From the boundaries of the manor in
1 68: it appears that Kirkham proper was
assessed as 18 oxgangs of land ; Fishwick,
op. cit. 21.

ls This seems clearly implied by the
wording of Sheriff" Godfrey's grant (1093)
to Shrewsbury Abbey of ' the church which
he used to have in the demesne of St.
Michael [of] Kirkham, with the priests
and the land which pertains to them ' ;
Farrer, Lanes. Pipe R. 270. In later
charters it is merely the ' church ' of Kirk-
ham which is named ; later no 'manor'
occurs apart from ths church.

In 1246 William de York, provost of
Beverley and rector of Kirkham, secured
the acknowledgement that an oxgang of
land in Kirkham held by Robert son of
William de Kirkham and another held
by Alan de Newton were not lay fees but
free alms pertaining to the church ; Final
Cone. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 103,
106.

The Abbot of Vale Royal was plaintiff
in several cases in i 292 in respect of sums
owing to him ; Assize R. 408, m. 30, 34,

&c. The abbot in 1314 claimed a mes-
suage, 2 oxgangs of land, &c., against
Adam son of Henry de Blackburn and
Alice his wife ; De Banco R. 204, m. 1 36.

16 Fishwick, op. cit. 25. The Cliftons
had usually been lessees of the rectory
and manor. The Abbot of Vale Royal in
1526-7 gave William Clifton a receipt
for ,£16, rent of the manor of Kirkham ;
Kuerden MSS. iv, K 18. In ijSzThomas
Clifton, in right of a grant from the
Abbot of Vale Royal, claimed certain per-
quisites of the court of the manor of
Kirkham against Richard Davy ; Ducatus
Lane. (Rec. Com.), iii, 109.

A lease of the manor to Thomas
Flcetwood of Calwich in 1601 is printed
in Porter's Fylde, 374.

A rental of the lands in Kirkham, as
well as an account of the tithes (1508-9)
belonging to the abbey, is preserved in
Towneley's MS. OO.

17 Information of the Dean of Christ
Church. Formerly the rectory and manor
were leased separately, the terms being
twenty-one years in each case. The last
leases, granted in 1850 to Thomas Clifton,
were not renewed. Another part of the
land was in 1871 sold to George Wray
and the remainder, together with the
rectorial tithes of Kirkham proper, was
annexed to the vicarage under Acts
29 Chas. II, cap. 8 and i & 2 Will. IV,
cap. 45. At the same time several
annexations of tithe-rent charges were
made to various district churches.

For the Birley family see Burke,
Landed Gentry. T. L. Birley, the purchaser
of the manor, died in 1874 and was suc-
ceeded by his son Mr. Henry Langton
Birley, who is said to be the present lord
of the manor.

18 A bad copy of the original charter is
printed by Fishwick, op. cit. 209-10. A
17th-century translation is in the posses-
sion of W. Farrer. No confirmation by
the Crown is known.

In 1330 the community of Kirkham
rendered an ox to the abbey ; Ormerod,
Ches. (ed. Helsby), ii, 167.

The burgages are constantly mentioned.
In 1375 a burgage in Preston was ex-
changed for one in Kirkham ; Kuerden
MSS. iv, P 1 18. John de Slaidburn and
Alice his wife had a burgage settled upon
them in 1407 ; ibid. K 17. In the same
year John de Bradkirk granted a parcel
of his burgage to Robert son of John the
Smith, wh ch burgage he had had from
Adam de Newton. The parcel was a
corner at the south end adjoining a bur-
gage called the Kilnyard. The deed was
attested by the bailiffs Robert de Myer-
scough and John the Smith; Earwaker MS.
Christopher Singleton in 1560 claimed a
burgage and land called ' an oxcon '
(oxgang) against Lawrence Singleton and
others; Ducatus Lane, ii, 232, 233, 296.
See also ibid. 262, 277.

Several extracts from the bailiffs' records,
1680—1743, are printed in Fishwick, op.
cit. 20-5. Various payments are recorded
' for his freedom within the borough of
Kirkham.' At the court leet of Oct. 168 1
Thomas Hodgkinson was steward and
there were fifteen jurors ; two bailiffs were
appointed, a Serjeant, constable, galdlayers,
burleymen, prisers, leather-searchers and
flesh and fish viewers. 'The seal of the
borough is a dove with an olive branch in
its mouth. The original seal is still in the
possession of the bailiffs, but is not in
a perfect state of preservation ' ; ibid.
25-

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

for a weekly market and a fair at Midsummer had been
granted to the town by Edward I in I28y.19

In 1599 the mayor and burgesses of Preston, in
virtue of their charters, which granted all the toll and
stallage of the wapentake of Amounderness, complained
that they had been defrauded of their dues by the
bailiffs of Kirkham. The bailiffs in reply quoted their
charters, and stated that the Abbot and convent of
Vale Royal had had, in addition to the Midsummer
fair, another fair at St. Luke's Feast (viz. 17-21
October), by prescription.20

' Formerly the fee-farmer convened annually a jury
of thirteen inhabitants who constituted a court leet
and met in June, when they nominated two bailiffs
for the borough, a constable for the borough, town
and township, with tax-layers, viewers of fish, flesh
and other provisions; scavengers, by-law men, affeerers,
swine-ringers, pinders or pounders, assizers of bread
and beer, and leather searchers. The lord himself
appointed a collector of tolls. The bailiffs and twelve
or more burgesses constituted a corporation.'21 A
court of requests was granted in 1770, and used to
meet monthly for the recovery of small debts. J2

A local board was appointed in i852,23 and this
was in 1894 transformed into an urban district council
of nine members. There was no school board. The
Fylde Rural District Council holds its meetings in the
town. Kirkham and the district around are supplied
with water by the Fylde Water Board ; the gas
supply is in the hands of a private company, formed
in i839.24

Kirkham occurs as a surname,25 but in mediaeval
times there does not seem to have been any important
resident family.26 The mill was held by the Cottams.27
Many of the neighbouring gentry had burgages or
lands in the town.28

William Walker, attorney, had his estate sequestered
by the Parliament for adhering to Charles I.29 James
Lowde recorded a pedigree in i664.30 Thurstan
Whalley of Warton registered an estate at Kirkham
in 1717, being a ' Papist.' 31

The parish church has been described above.

The Wesleyan Methodist church was built in
l844-32 The Congregationalists' first chapel, Zion,
was built in 1810 and the next in 1818 ; the present
church replaced it about igoo.33

la The market day was Thursday and
the fair was for five days at Midsummer,
23-7 June. The charter is known from
the abbot's reply in 1292 to the writ 'de
quo warranto,' and from the copy in an
inspeximus of 1401 ; Plac. de Quo Warr.
(Rec. Com.), 383 ; Cal. Pat. 1399-1401,
p. 508. This inspeximus is printed in
Fishwick, op. cit. 1 8. Jn 1292 the abbot
claimed various privileges for 'his men'
at Kirkham on the ground of a charter
given to Vale Royal in 1269-70.

In 1498 the abbot proved his right to
the market and fair ; Pal. of Lane. Plea
R. 86, m. 6.

The charter was confirmed by Queen
Elizabeth in 1560.

30 Duchy of Lane. Plead. Eliz. clxxxix,
P 5 ; cxciv, P 1 3. For decrees see Lanes,
and Ches. Rec. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches.), ii, 238, 242.

21 Baines, Lanes, (ed. 1870), ii, 484.

M Act of 10 Geo. III.

K Land. Gaz. 13 Jan. 1852.

34 A public lamp lighted with oil at the
town's charge was ordered to be erected
' in the middle of the borough of Kirkham
in some convenient place' in 1692;
Baines, op. cit. 487.

20 See a preceding note. In 1259-60
Richard le Boteler claimed the custody of
the son and heir of Ralph de Kirkham
against Roger de Hetton ; Curia Regis R.
166, m. 36.

36 The list of those who contributed to
the subsidy in 1332 is printed in Exch.
Lay Subs. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.),
71. No freeholders are mentioned as 'of
Kirkham ' in 1600.

27 The mill seems to have been held in
shares. In 1326 Adam son of Richard
the Harper and Maud his wife claimed a
fourth part of the mill of Kirkham
against the Abbot of Vale Royal ; De
Banco R. 260, m. 218.

William Cottam (or Cotom) in 1442
claimed the third part of the mill against
Robert son of William Cottam ; Pal. of
Lane. Chan. Misc. i/io, no. 7. Some
deeds of the family are preserved in
Kuerden MSS. iv, K 17, 18. From these
it appears that Nicholas son of Adam
Aldwayn in 1372 gave a tenement in
Kirkham to John son of Thomas
•on of Henry de Cottam. John de

Cottam in 1391 acquired a messuage
from Thomas Southwood and Cecily his
wife ; Final Cone, iii, 38. Again, Richard
son or Michael de Staining and Christiana
his wife in 1356 granted a burgage
in Kirkham to Adam Skillicorne, and
Edward Skillicorne in 1399-1400 gave
it to William Cottam ; Kuerden, loc.
cit. William's lands were in 1427-8
settled on his children Robert, James,
Joan, Amice and Margaret, while two
years later John Cottam, vicar of Kirk-
ham, gave a half-burgage to his father
William with remainders to Robert,
James and William sons of William, to
Peter son of John Cottam, to Amice,
Joan and Margaret, daughters of William.
From another deed it appears that the
vicar was a grandson of John Cottam,
who was no doubt the John mentioned
in 1372.

Alice widow of William Cottam in
1435-6 released her dower in Kirkham,
Freckleton, Newton, Warton, Bankhouses
and Goosnargh to her son Henry ; and in
1446-7 William son of Henry Cottam
made a feoftment of his lands ; ibid.
Margaret daughter of John Cottam, clerk,
had in 1463 a burgage which was to
descend to William Cottam, and (in
default) to the right heirs of William son
of John Cottam. Roger son of James
Cottam in 1489—90 released to William
son of Henry Cottam all right in a bur-
gage, &c.

28 The following appear in the inquisi-
tions :

James Anderton of Euxton in 1552
held his lands in Kirkham of 'New
College' (Christ Church), Oxford, in
socage by a rent of 15^. ; Duchy of
Lane. Inq. p.m. ix, no. 14; xi, no. 31.
He had purchased them in 1532 from
Rainbrown Robinson and Elizabeth his
wife ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 1 1,
m. 85.

Evan Brown's burgages, &c., were in
1545 said to be held of the king, but
George Brown's, in 1567, were held of
the Dean and canons of Christ's Coll.,
Oxf., in socage, by a rent of 14^. ; Duchy
of Lane. Inq. p.m. vii, no. 24 ; xi, no. 4 ;
xiv, no. 42.

The Kirkham lands of John Boteler
of Rawcliffe were in I 502 stated to have

152

been held (like Rawcliffe itself) of the
Earl of Derby ; ibid, iii, no. 45. The
tenure is not recorded in later inquisitions.

The Clifton of Clifton estate in Kirk-
ham was in 1512 held of the abbey of
Vale Royal, in 1551 and later of the king
as of the dissolved abbey, and in 1585 of
the Dean and Chapter of Christ Church ;
ibid, iv, no. 12 ; ix, no. 18 ; xiv, no. 21.
The ' manor ' is not named in any of
the inquisitions. William Clifton of
Kidsnape also held of the abbey ; ibid.
v, no. 21.

George Hesketh of Poulton died in
1571 holding burgages, &c., of 'the lord
of Kirkham ' by the rent of zs. 6d. ; ibid,
xiii, no. 15. In 1622 the same were
found to be held of Cuthbert Clifton ;
Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches.), iii, 364.

The tenure of William Skillicorne's
messuages, windmill and lands (1600) is
not stated.

John Westby of Mowbreck in 1581
held two messuages, &c., of the dean
and chapter ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m.
xv, no. 6 ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc.),
i, 34. James Bradley of Bryning held a
burgage and windmill similarly in 1617 ;
ibid, ii, 79.

In addition Sir Robert de Pleasington
held land in 1387 and William Ambrose
in 1421 ; Final Cone, iii, 29, 79 ; Kuerden
fol. MS. fol. 37.

29 Cal. Com. for Comf>. ii, 1398. He
had left his house at the beginning of the
wars for Bangor in North Wales and had
contributed voluntarily to the mainte-
nance of the king's forces. He com-
pounded in 1646, but the fine was raised
to £220 on information that he had
joined Prince Rupert in Lancashire, after
professing penitence and being made an
officer of Parliament.

George Crooke's leasehold estate was
sequestered for his recusancy ; ibid, i, 721.

30 Dugdale, Visit. (Chet. Soc.), 191.

81 Estcourt and Payne, Engl. Cath.
Nonjurors, 140.

33 Hewitson, Our Country Churches, 327;
the first attempt to establish Methodism
was a failure ; the second, in 1841, re-
sulted in the present chapel.

83 Preaching commenced in 1805 in a
small room. There is a memorial to the

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

The Roman Catholic church of St. John the Evan-
gelist, at the Willows, represents the old mission at
Mowbreck. This was transferred to Kirkham in
1809, when the chapel of Holy Cross, taken down
in 1883, was opened. The present church, designed
by Pugin, was consecrated in i845-34 There are
registers from 1775.

MEDLAR-WITH-WESHAM

Middelarghe, Middelerwe, 1226; Middilhargh,
1292.

Westhusum, 1203 ; Westeshum, 1262 ; Westesom,
Westsom, 1292 ; Wessum, 1324.

Bredekirk, 1249.

Mulebrec, 1249; Molebrek, 1276.

Wesham, with Mowbreck on the east, occupies the
southern part of the township, having Medlar as a
long prolongation northwards, and Bradkirk, which
(though quite detached) is reckoned with Medlar,
as a prolongation westward. The total area is
1,965^ acres,1 of which the two portions of Medlar
furnish 1,079 an<^ Wesham 886^. In 1901 there
was a population of 1,826. The surface in general
varies from 25 to 60 ft. above the ordnance datum,
but there is some higher land on the west of Bradkirk,
125 ft. being there attained.

The principal village is modern, clustering round
the railway station on the border of Kirkham.
Through it go roads northward to Greenhalgh and
north-west through Bradkirk to Weeton and Black-
pool. The railway from Preston to Blackpool and
Fleetwood crosses the township close to the southern
border, having the station already named, which is
called Kirkham and Wesham. From it the Lytham
line branches off.

There are two cotton factories. The soil is clayey ;
wheat, oats and potatoes are grown, but most of the
land is used for pasture.

KIRKHAM

The township is governed by a parish council.
There are a lecture hall and concert room.

None of the component parts of the
MANORS township — Medlar, Wesham, Mowbreck
and Bradkirk — is named in Domesday
Book ; in 1066 they were probably included in
Kirkham and Greenhalgh.2 Afterwards they were
in the hands of different lords.

MEDLAR was about 1 1 80 held in thegnage by
Roger de Hutton of Penwortham by a rent of 8/. ;
it was assessed as one plough-land.3 He gave it to
his daughter Cecily in free marriage with Benedict
Gernet 4 ; she afterwards, as it seems, married Ellis
de Stiveton or Steeton. She gave Medlar to the
Knights of St. John about 1 207, and they granted to
Gilbert son of Roger son of Reinfred,5 he in turn
transferring it to the canons of Cockersand.6 In
1299 the Hospitallers confirmed the Cockersand
right ; a rent of 2J., instead of i/. 6</., was to be
paid to them, and 2/. also on the death or removal
of an abbot.7 The canons retained possession till
the Suppression,8 and in 1543 Medlar was granted
by the Crown to William Eccleston of Great Eccleston.9
In 1592 Thomas Eccleston had only a rent of 2O/.
from lands there,10 the greater part having apparently
been acquired by the Westbys of Mowbreck,11 for in
1557 William Westby held messuages in Medlar and
a close called the Cornfield of the king and queen in
chief by the fortieth part of a knight's fee and a rent
of 8/.,12 i.e. the old thegnage rent. Land or rent in
Medlar was re-granted to the Hospitallers by Queen
Mary, as part of the Stidd estate,13 and seems after-
wards to have been acquired by the Shireburnes.14

WESHAM. was in 1189 confirmed to Roger son
of Augustin de Heaton by John Count of Mortain ;
one part, assessed as 4 oxgangs of land, was held by
a rent of 2.r. yearly, due to the chief lord, Count
John ; the other part, also assessed as 4 oxgangs, had
been granted to Roger by Adam son of Adam Artwin.15

Rev. R. M. Griffiths, the minister from
1816 to 1848. A full account is given
in Nightingale's Lanes. Nonconf. i, 92—
103.

34 Liverpool Cath. Annual.

1 1,967 acres, including 7 of inland
water; Census Rep. 1901.

2 Wesham was later reputed to contain
two (or three) plough-lands and Medlar
one (or half). The former was probably
taken from Kirkham and the latter from
Greenhalgh.

8 Lanes. Inq. and Extents (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), i, 47 ; it was held by
Ellis de Hutton son of Roger in 1212.

4 Ibid. She was living and in posses-
sion in 121 2.

8 Robert the Treasurer, Prior of the
Hospitallers in England, confirmed to
Gilbert (son of Roger) son of Reinfred
' the whole vill of Medlar, i.e. one plough-
land with all its appurtenances, &c., which
we had by the gift of Cecily daughter of
Roger, formerly wife of Benedict Gernet.'
Gilbert and his heirs were to pay izd. a
year to the knights on St. Oswald's Day,
half a mark as obit, and the 8*. a year
due to the king ; Cockersand Chartul.
(Chet. Soc.), i, 170.

Ellis de Hutton confirmed his sister's
grant to the Hospitallers ; ibid. 171.

6 Ibid. 1 68 ; one plough-land in Medlar,
the mill of Greenhalgh and the service of
Adam de Cornay and his heirs. The

canons were to perform the service due to
the king. The grant was made in or
before 1216, when the king confirmed
Gilbert's grant to the abbey ; CaL Rot.
Chart. (Rec. Com.), 218.

Gilbert seems to have become the
abbey's tenant. He obtained a quitclaim
respecting Medlar from Maud de Stiveton,
daughter and beneficiary of Ellis de Stive-
ton, and had granted his whole tenement
to Reyner de Stiveton, guaranteeing also
to pay the 8i. service due to the king ;
Farrer, Lanes. Pipe R. 440-2.

It was perhaps in consequence of this
grant that an Ellis de Stiveton claimed
Medlar in 1235, and on the Abbot of
Cockersand calling William de Lancaster
(son of Gilbert the benefactor) to warrant
him Ellis resigned his right on being paid
25 marks by William ; Cockersand Chartul.
i, 169 ; Final Cone. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches.), i, 63.

7 Cockersand Chartul. i, 167 ; see p. 171
for the earlier agreement for is. 6d. rent.

The canons obtained 3 oxgangs of land
from Robert son of Ellis de Hutton, and
another in 1271 from Eda daughter of
Roger de Medlar, who had been enfeoffied
by her father in marriage ; ibid. 172.

This last grant is probably that referred
to in a claim by Eda daughter of Roger
de Furness in 1292 ; she alleged that she
had demised an oxgang of land to the
abbot's predecessor for life in 1276, he

153

promising a robe yearly, which was with-
held. The verdict was for the abbot ;
Assize R. 408, m. 96 d.

8 In 1324 the Abbot of Cockersand was
stated to hold Medlar in conjunction with.
Newbigging or Singleton Grange ; Dods.
MSS. cxxxi, fol. 40. In 1346 he held
half a plough-land in Medlar in thegnage
by a rent of 8*. ; Survey of 1346 (Chet.
Soc.), 52. A similar tenure was recorded
in 1445-6, but the abbot alleged that he
held in pure alms ; Duchy of Lane.
Knights' Fees, bdle. 2, no. 20.

In 1303 Adam son of Richard de
Mowbreck claimed a messuage and half
an oxgang of land in Medlar held by the
Abbot of Cockersand ; De Banco R. 145,
m. 95 d.

The Cockersand rentals 1451-1537 are
printed in the Chartul. iii, 1264-5.

9 Pat. 35 Hen. VIII, pt. ix, m. n.
The grant included a close called Cornfield.

10 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xvi, no. 38.

11 William Westby was defendant in
1543 in various claims as to lands in
Medlar lately of Cockersand Abbey ;
Ducatus Lane. (Rec. Com.), ii, 80.

la Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. x, no. 17.
A similar return is made in later inquisi-
tions.

13 Pat. 4 & 5 Phil, and Mary, pt. xiv.

14 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xxvi,
no. 5.

15 Farrer, op. cit. 437.

20

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Five years later the whole plough-land was confirmed
to Roger de Heaton by Theobald Walter, the rent
of 4-r. being apparently unaltered.16 It was held by
Roger's heir in izi2,irand in 1262 a later Roger
de Heaton was found to have held in chief of the
king 8 oxgangs of land in Wesham, 2 in demesne
and 6 in service, rendering 4*. yearly.18 The estate
passed to the lord of Mowbreck, who in 1557 was
holding lands, windmill, &c., in Wesham of the king
and queen by the rent of 4/.19 ; but the mesne lord-
ship, like that of Mowbreck itself, was vested in the
Botelers of Ireland,20 perhaps in virtue of the grant

vww

BOTELER. Or a chief
indented azure.

STANLEY. Argent on
a bend azure three stags'
heads c abashed or.

of Amounderness, and as an appurtenance of their
lordship of Weeton was acquired by the Stanleys.21

The Earl of Derby remains the chief landowner to
the present time. For a long time part of Wesham
was held by the Greenhalgh family,22 but was sold
to the Masons in the time of Elizabeth.23 One or
two other holders occur.24

MOWBRECK was from an early time in the
possession of the Botelers of Ireland.25 Of them it
was held, like Wesham, by the Heaton family, the
immediate tenant in 1286 being Adam de Bradkirk,
who rendered \s. yearly,26 which continued to be the
service due from the manor. The manor was settled
on William de Heaton and
Anilla his wife in 1328-30,
the free tenants being Nicholas
del Marsh, John de Bradkirk,
Thomas de Greenhalgh and
John son of Roger de
Wesham.27 About 150 years
later the manor was held by
one William Westby,28 per-
haps by descent from Nicholas
del Marsh, and in 1479 he
settled it upon his son John
and Mabel daughter of
Richard Boteler. They had
issue two daughters — Beatrice,
who married Lawrence Pres-
ton, and Alice — but John by a second marriage had

WESTBY of Mow-
breck. Argent on a
eheveron azure three
cinquefoils pierced of the
field.

16 Farrer, op. cit. 439. The homage
and service of Alexander de Wesham was
included.

l' Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 4.8. Sabina
widow of Roger de Heaton had dower
from Wesham in 1203-4 ; Farrer, Lanes.
Pipe R. 1 8 1.

18 Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 231. The
value was i6s. a year.

19 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. x, no. 17.
40 In 1286 William de Hoton (Heaton)

was mesne tenant between Theobald le
Boteler and Adam de Bradkirk ; Lanes.
Inq. and Extents, i, 265.

Two plough-lands in Wesham and
Mowbreck were included in the Earl of
Ormond's estate in 1346 ; Survey (Chet.
Soc.), 52-4. The two plough-lands may
have been composed thus : Wesham, one ;
Mowbreck, half ; Bradkirk, half.

S1 Sir John Stanley held the Boteler
estate in 1431 ; Feud. Aids, iii, 95.

The Derby rental (at Lathom) for 1522
shows that 41. was paid to the king as the
free rent of the vill of Wesham. The
tenants at will paid 441. a year and eight
hens (each worth \\d.). The 41. paid to
the Crown in 1557 by William Westby
was no doubt the same rent, he being
immediate tenant.

M In 1292 Thomas son of William de
Greenhalgh claimed the third part of
certain moor and turbary in Wesham
against John de Sotehill and Denise. his
wife, William le Boteler of Warrington
and others. Denise replied that she held
in dower, of the inheritance of Christiana,
daughter of Roger de Heaton, and that
plaintiff had common of pasture and
turbary. The father of the plaintiff
married Alice daughter of Roger de Heaton
(called Hoghton) and Roger gave her in
marriage 3 oxgangs of land out of the 8
he held in the vill ; Assize R. 408, m. 45.
From another pleading it appears that
Denise was the widow of Roger.

Thomas de Greenhalgh, John de
Marays and John son of Roger de Brad-
kirk brought a claim against William de

Heaton and others in 1334, but did not
prosecute it ; Coram Rege R. 297, m. 122.

James Greenhalgh died in 15 59 holding
messuages, &c., in Wesham of John
Westby in socage, by a rent of 1 %d. yearly;
Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xii, no. 23.
The rent was the proportion of the 4$.
due for 3 oxgangs. George Greenhalgh
grandson of James succeeded.

William Westby in 1547 complained
that James Greenhalgh and others had
made encroachments on the waste of
Wesham lordship ; Ducatus Lane. i, 231.

28 Richard Mason in 1564 purchased a
messuage, &c., in Wesham from George
Greenhalgh and Agnes his wife ; Pal. of
Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 28, m. 266.
Gregory Mason purchased a messuage —
perhaps the same — from Hugh Mason,
Anne his wife and Margaret Mason
widow in 1571 ; ibid. bdle. 33, m. 13.
Gregory died in 1581 holding his land,
&c., of John Westby by the rent of i8<£
Cuthbert his son and heir was thirteen
years old ; his widow was Ellen Pleasing-
ton ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xiv,
no. 55. Cuthbert secured his inheritance,
or made a further purchase, by agreement
with James Greenhalgh in 1585 ; Pal. of
Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 47, m. 104.

Peter Mason ' of Wesham ' was a
recusant in 1607 ; Cal. S. P. Dom.
1603-10, p. 383. Ralph son of Peter
Mason 'of Lathom' in 1612 held, in
addition to his father's lands, a messuage
and 40 acres of land, &c., in Wesham of
Thomas Westby in socage by i%d. rent ;
Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches.), i, 237. His heirs were two
daughters. The estate may have passed
to the Fleetwood family.

84 The local surname was used. John
son of Roger de Wesham was a free tenant
in 1330; Final Cone, ii, 78. In 1350
Roger son of John de Wesham granted to
Cecily daughter of Richard le Spencer of
Newton, whom he married, an oxgang
of land in the place for life ; Towneley
MS. C 85 (Chet. Lib.), Edw. Ill, no. n.

154

William Aspinwall purchased a mes-
suage, &c., in Roseacre and Wesham from
the Earl of Derby and Lord Strange in
1591 ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 53,
m. 209. Edward Aspinwall died at Toxteth
Park in 1632 holding an estate in Rose-
acre and Wesham of the king as of his
duchy, by knight's service ; Duchy of
Lane. Inq. p.m. xxviii, no. i. It seerr*
to have descended to Edward AspinwaJ
of Hale in 1698 ; Pal. of Lane. Feet '
F. bdle. 240, m. 1 16.

Thomas Hesketh of Ruffbrd in 152^
held land in Wesham, but the tenure was
not known ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m.
v, no. 1 6.

' Mr. Robert Fleetwood of Wessum '
was buried at Kirkham 19 March 1641-2;
Reg. A ' Mr. Fleetwood ' was buried
there 21 Oct. i66q and Mrs. Mary
Fleetwood 22 Aug. 1667 ; ibid.

Richard Fleetwood of Rossall held
Wesham Hall and the demesne lands in
1696 ; Piccope MSS. (Chet. Lib.),iii, 252,
quoting R. 5 of Geo. II at Preston.

25 In 1249 the land of Theobald
le Boteler in Mowbreck and Bradkirk
rendered 41. yearly ; Lanes. Inq. and
Extents, i, 172, 265.

26 Ibid. 265. In 1276 Denise widow
of Roger de Heaton complained that
William de Heaton, Adam de Bradkirk
and John de Goosnargh had broken her
grange at Mowbreck ; De Banco R. 1 5,
m. 58.

A year later William de Heaton com-
plained of waste by Denise in Wesham
and Mowbreck ; ibid. 21, m. 74.

27 Final Cone, ii, 78. This fine con-
firmed a charter dated at Mowbreck in
1326 ; Memo. R. (L.T.R.), 128, m. xv.

In 1334 Thomas de Greenhalgh, John
del Marsh and John son of Roger de
Bradkirk were tenants ; Coram Rege R.
297, m. 122.

28 One William Westby and Ellen his
wife had lands in Lancaster and Urswick
in 1413 ; Final Cone, iii, 71. Ellen
Westby, probably a widow, held Burn in

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

KIRKHAM

a son William, who after various disputes obtained
the manor from the Prestons.29

He died in May 1557 holding the manor of
Mowbreck of the king and queen as of their duchy
of Lancaster in socage by \s. rent, and leaving a son
and heir John, twenty-seven years old.30 This son
proved one of the most uncompromising adherents of
the old religion in the county. At the beginning
of active persecution in I 568 he was summoned before
the queen's commissioners, and replied that he had
' not resorted to the church Sundays and holydays,'
as the laws of the realm required, nor ' received the
communion in such sort as by the laws he (was) like-
wise appointed ' ; he had entertained William Allen
(afterwards Cardinal), not as a disloyal subject but
regarding him only as a relative.31 He remained
constant, and is found on the recusant lists as heavily
fined.32 In 1585 he sent a petition to the queen
asking for some consideration ; he was sixty years of
age, he had lately paid £25 for the furnishing of a
light horseman,33 and his goods had been seized
for a fine of £80, though his ' ancient rents '
amounted to no more than ^42 a year. He there-
fore desired the queen to accept j£io or 20 marks
as a composition.**4 He died in 1591 in possession

of the family estates ; the heir was his son John,
eleven years old.38

The younger John Westby died in 1605, and was
succeeded by his brother Thomas, then nineteen
years of age.36 Thomas Westby, who recorded a
pedigree in 1613 37 and paid £13 6s. 8d. in 1631
on declining knighthood,38 died at Burn in Thornton
in September 1638, leaving his son John heir to a
somewhat diminished estate.39 On the outbreak of
the Civil War John Westby and his brothers espoused
the king's side,40 and his estates were sequestered and
finally sold for his recusancy and delinquency by the
Parliamentary authorities.41 The estate of his brother
and successor Francis suffered a like fate,42 as did that
of his half-brother George.43

Francis Westby succeeded in 1661, and recorded
a pedigree in 1664, being then forty-four years of
age.44 Mowbreck descended to his son Thomas45
and grandson John, who in 1717 as a ' Papist '
registered his estates at Burn in Thornton, Mow-
breck, Westby, &c., the Lancashire portion being
valued at £230 6s. \\d. per annum.46 He left four
daughters as co-heirs, and they or their representatives,
after the death of his brother Robert in 1 762, obtained
the Mowbreck estates.47 Division and sales followed,

Thornton in 1445-6 ; Duchy of Lane.
Knights' Fees, bdle. 2, no. 20. The
William named in the text was probably a
later member of the family ; for him see
the pleadings of 1517-18 printed in Fish-
wick's Kirkham (Chet. Soc.), 172-4. It
appears that John Westby died about
1511, and that his son William was then
under age.

Writs of diem cl. extr. after the death
of William Westby, probably the grand-
father, were issued on II Mar. 1515-16
and i Apr. 1517; Towneley MS. CC
(Chet. Lib.), n. 754, 787.

The surname Westby is derived from
a place of that name in Gisburn, held
of the Percys ; Adam de Westby occurs
in 1258 ; Torki. Inq. (Yorks. Arch. Soc.),
i, 70.

29 The agreement was made in 1531;
Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 1 1, m. 102.
William Westby was plaintiff, and Law-
rence Preston and Beatrice his wife were
deforciants.

* Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. x, no. 1 7.
In addition to Mowbreck he held lands
in Medlar, Wesham, Kirkham, Newton-
with-Scales, Burn in Thornton, Heaton
and Urswick. Elizabeth his wife sur-
vived him.

William Westby's will is printed in
Richmond Wills (Surtees Soc.), 90. He
desired to be buried in his pew and under
his form in Kirkham Church. He left
the manor of Mowbreck to his son John,
his wife having been provided for by the
assignment of Burn Hall to her.

81 Gibson, Lydiate Hall, 205, from
S. P. Dom. Eliz. xxxvi, 2.

A pedigree was recorded in 1567;
Visit. (Chet. Soc.), 47.

82 In 1586 he was liable to the fine of
£260 a year ; Gibson, op. cit. 238. In
1582 his house had been one of the
resorts of one of the missionary priests,
a nephew of his ; ibid. 222, quoting
S. P. Dom. Eliz. cliv, 76. It is related
that on one occasion he 'was glad to
stand for a whole winter's day almost
in a pit of water up to the ears, and often
forced to duck under the water lest he
should be espied of the persecutors ' ;

Allen, True, Sincere and Modest Defence of
Engl. Caths. 173-4 (quoted in Month, civ,

517).

38 This was a special tax on recusants.

84 Gibson, op. cit. 235, quoting S. P.
Dom. Eliz. clxxxvii, 51. The peti-
tioner had a wife and four children, of
whom the eldest was under six years.
He had elder daughters by a former
marriage.

35 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xv, no. 6.
In addition to lands in Lancashire he also
had the manors of Holmes, Duffield and
Westby in Yorkshire, with lands there
and in Gargrave, Thorpe, Settle, Gisburn
and York. The tenures of Mowbreck,
&c., were recorded as before. His will
(recited in the inquisition) names his
youngest son William, daughters Ellen
and Mary and cousin William Haydock
of Cottam.

Anne his widow was a recusant in
1593 ; Gibson, op. cit. 261.

36 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes,
and Ches.), i, 33-6. The tenures of the
manors of Mowbreck, &c., are recorded
as before.

87 Vitit. (Chet. Soc.), 90. Two of his
sons, John and Thomas, were safely taken
to Douay in 1623, but the attendant was
captured at Dover on his return ; Cal.
S. P. Dom. 1623-5, p. 6.

88 Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.),

i, 221.

89 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xxviii,
no. 42. The tenures of Mowbreck and
Wesham were recorded as before. John
Westby was aged twenty-nine.

40 It is said that six of the brothers
fought for the king ; Misc. (Cath. Rec.
Soc.), i, 128. In the 1664 pedigree it is
recorded that one brother, Thomas, was
killed at Preston on that side. This was
' the popish doctor, Dr. Westby,' killed
in 1643 ; Chil War Tracts (Chet. Soc.),

75-

41 Cal. Com. for Comp. iv, 2634 ; Index
of Royalists (Index Soc.), 44. Mowbreck
and other manors were purchased by
Thomas Wharton and James Lowd.
Though most or all was recovered, the
family were impoverished.

4S Cal. Com. for Comp. iv, 3124.

43 Ibid, iv, 3138. George Westby of
Rawcliffe was ancestor of the later
Westbys of Mowbreck. In this way
White Hall in Rawcliffe became the
principal seat of the family.

44 Dugdale, Visit. (Chet. Soc.), 331,
Most of the details as to later descents
in the text and following notes are from
the pedigree in Foster's Lanes. Peds.

45 He was one of those charged in the
4 Lancashire Plot ' of 1694 ; Jacobite Trials
(Chet. Soc.), 1 6, 30, 33. He died in
1699. Three of his sisters in 1681 sent
401. to the receiver of recusants' estates,
' which is ' (they state) ' according to what
we always paid since this charge was laid
upon us '; Hist. MSS. Com. Rep. xiv, App.
iv, 127.

In 1688 John Westby son and heir-
apparent of Thomas Westby of Mowbreck
was contracted to marry Jane daughter of
Christopher Parker of Bradkirk ; Piccope
MSS. (Chet. Lib.), iii, 202, quoting
2nd-3rd Roll of Geo. I at Preston.

46 Estcourt and Payne, Engl. Cath. Non-
jurors, 147, 318. John Westby died in

1722.

John Westby was succeeded by his
brother Thomas, who died in 1729, and
was followed by Robert. In 1731 a
Private Act was obtained (4 Geo. II, cap.
29) by which the manor of Burn and
lands in Thornton and Carleton were to
be sold for the discharge of debts, &c.
Several family deeds are recited in it.

47 Foster, ut sup. The co-heiresses were
Catherine wife of Alexander Osbaldeston
(of Sunderland), Mary wife of Rev. Thomas
Alderson, Anne wife of Rev. John Benison
and Bridget wife of William Shuttleworth,
whose only child and heir (Margaret)
married Thomas Westby of Rawcliffe in
1744.

In 1740 Robert Westby, having no
male issue, settled his estates with re-
mainders to the right heirs of Thomas
his father ; Piccope MSS. iii, 194, quoting
Roll 9 of Geo. I at Preston. Another
deed (1756) states that Catherine mother
of Alexander Osbaldeston was a daughter
and co-heir of John Westby ; Robert, the

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

but part returned by marriage to Thomas Westby of
Rawcliffe, a distant cousin.48 His estate descended to
two of his sons,49 and then by will to the son of a
nephew,50 George Westby,51 who was in 1842
followed by his son Joscelyn Tate Fazakerley
Westby.52 It was in 1893 purchased from the mort-
gagees by the Earl of Derby, the present owner.53

BR4DKIRK,54 though recently accounted as part
of Medlar, seems always to have belonged to the lords
of Wesham.54a It gave a surname to a family of long
continuance in the district.68 Adam de Bradkirk
died in September i 349 holding in conjunction with
Ismania his wife the manor of Bradkirk of Edmund
de Heaton by fealty and the service of 4/. yearly.
John his son and heir was only two years of age.56

Later the estate was held on lease of the Earl of
Derby 56a by the Parkers,57 and in 1653 was purchased
by Christopher Parker.58 It did not continue much
longer in his family, being sold in 1723. After
passing through several changes it was again sold in
1797 to Joseph Hornby of Ribby,59 and has since
descended with his estates.

James Hornby of Medlar, as a recusant, had part
of his estate sequestered under the Commonwealth,"0
and John Swarbrick of Wesham, as a ' Papist,'
registered his estate in I7i6.61

Christ Church, Wesham, was built in 1894 as a
chapel of ease to the parish church of Kirkham.

There is a Primitive Methodist chapel.

During the times of persecution mass was said at

brother, is named ; ibid. 370, from Roll
32 of Geo. II. An indenture of 1769
respecting lands, &c., in Wesham and
Medlar was enrolled in the Common
Pleas Hil. 10 Geo. Ill (R. 15) ; see also
ibid. Mich. 13 Geo. Ill, m. 3 for the
manor of Mowbreck.

48 The descent is thus given : John
Westby (d. 1638) -s. George (Rawcliffe)
— s. John -s. John- s. Thomas, who had a
brother George, as below.

49 John, who died in 1 8 1 1, and Thomas,
who died in 1829, both unmarried.

40 Thomas Westby, son of George,
above-named.

51 The pedigree in Burke's Commoners,
i, 597, after stating that George Westby
had held office in Honduras, recorded
that the family ' is one of those ancient
Catholic houses still numerous in Lanca-
shire which through good and bad repute
adhered to the faith of their forefathers.'
The tradition seems to have been ended
by George Westby's act, for 'his widow,
a recent convert, went to reside with her
young family in London. Here she re-
lapsed, and the children were not educated
in the faith of their forefathers ' ; Gibson,
op. cit. 205.

52 Mr. Westby married in 1863 Matilda
Harriett daughter and co-heir of H.
Hawarden Fazakerley of Gillibrand Hall,
near Chorley, and then assumed the name
Fazakerley in addition to his own.

53 Inform, of Mr. Windham E. Hale,
who adds that a century ago the Mow-
breck estate was held by four lords, all
Westby descendants. On a division au-
thorized by a Private Act in 1857 the
hall and 331 acres became the property of
J. T. Westby. The former estates of the
family are now held chiefly by Lord
Derby and the representatives of the late
John L. Birley of Kirkham.

54 The name was commonly spelt
Bredkirk.

s4»The land of Bradkirk had before
1189 been granted by Hervey Walter and
Theobald his son to Roger son of Augus-
tine de Heaton ; Farrer, op. cit. 437. In
1 249 the land of Bradkirk and Mowbreck
had paid 41. yearly to Theobald le Boteler ;
Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 172, 265. This
rent was in later times paid by Mowbreck
alone.

65 Adam de Bradkirk about 1230 gave
lands in Elswick in marriage with his
daughter Amabil ; Whalley Couchtr (Chet.
Soc.), ii, 459. He in 1235 purchased an
oxgang of land in Wesham from Ellen
widow of Richard de Rimington for which
he was to render 6d. a year ; Final Cone.
i, 72. He (or his son Adam) had also
land in Greenhalgh in 1 242 ; Lanes. Inq.
an d Extents, i, 152. Adam de Bradkirk

was living in 1262, Roger in 1286 and
another Adam in 1293 ; ibid. 231, 264,
277. Adam de Bradkirk and Adam his
son attested a charter c. 1260—70 ; Dods.
MSS. liii, fol. 85, no. 24. Adam son of
Adam de Bradkirk about 1250 confirmed
land in Elswick to the monks of Stan-
law ; Whalley Coucher, ii, 464. John son
of Adani de Bradkirk made a grant in
1281 ; Dods. MSS. liii, fol. 86£, no. 45.
Another John was a free tenant of Wesham
in 1328-30 ; Final Cone, ii, 78.

John de Bradkirk and Alice his wife
had a grant from Lytham Priory in 1 3 27 ;
they had a son John, who was succeeded
before 1344 by his brother Edmund and
he by another brother Adam ; see the
account of Lytham.

A little light is thrown on the descent
by pleadings of 1349, in which Adam (son
of John) de Bradkirk produced the charter
granting his land, made by Roger son of
Augustine de Heaton, to Adam the clerk
son of Richard. This last-named Adam
was great-grandfather (? ancestor) of the
former, who then had a dispute with his
superior lord as to the tenure, he alleging
that he held by the service of 4*. only,
while Edmund son of William de Heaton
alleged that he held by the fourth part of
a knight's fee ; De Banco R. 349, m.
209 d.; 356,111.353.

66 Inq. p.m. 28 Edw. Ill (2nd nos.),
no. I b. Adam also held land in Green-
halgh, Newton-by-Freckleton, Whitting-
ham and Poulton.

John died in or before 1363, when the
wardship of the heir (his brother Adam),
under age, was in dispute ; De Banco R.
413, m. 8 1 d. 5 420, m. 257 d. An Adam
de Bradkirk was verderer for Amounder-
ness till 1384 ; Dtp. Keeper's Rep. xxxii,
App. 356. Adam de Bradkirk (with
Olive his wife) occurs in 1390 and 1398 5
Final Cone, iii, 3 5 ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet.
Soc.), i, 70.

In 1401 John de Bradkirk granted to
Robert son of John the Smith of Kirk-
ham part of his burgage in that town ;
Piccope MSS. (Chet. Lib.), xiv, 137.
There are other Bradkirk deeds in the
same volume. John de Bradkirk was
living in 1420 ; Final Cone, iii, 86.

William Bradkirk was described as of
Greenhalgh in 1477 ; Pal. of Lane. Writs
Proton, file 17 Edw. IV. In 1492-3
Philip son of William Bradkirk was
ordered to hold with Sir Thomas Wolton
a convention as to the manor of Bradkirk
with messuage and land there, &c. ; ibid.
Ric. Ill and Hen. VII. In 1479 was
issued a writ of diem cl. extr. after the
death of Roger Bradkirk; Add. MS.
32103, no. 1417.

6611 It does not appear when the estate

was acquired by the Earl of Derby. It ia
not named in the rental of 1522, but
was owned by Edward, the third earl, in
1570 ; Add. MS. 32104, fol. 415.

47 John Parker of Bradkirk held by
lease of the Earl of Derby in 1625. He
was a recusant, and his estate was seques-
tered by the Parliament and put in the
act of sale, 1652, but as he was dead his
infant grandson and heir William Parker
(son of William) petitioned for discharge
in 1652 ; Cal. Com. for Comp. iv, 2445 5
Index of Royalists (Index Soc.), 43. It
was perhaps the same John Parker oi
Radholme Laund in Yorkshire whose
estate was sequestered for delinquency and
recusancy in 1643.

His son Christopher was in 1650 de-
scribed as ' of Bradkirk ' ; Cal. Com. for
Comp. loc. cit. He was son of John by a
wife Margaret, daughter of Anthony
Parker, and had come of age in 1649,
and, his father being dead, claimed
relief.

A pedigree was recorded by Christopher
Parker of Bradkirk in 1664. It shows :
William Parker, d.c. 1612 -s. John, d.
1649 -s. (by second wife) Christopher -s.
Anthony, aged seven ; Dugdale, Visit.
(Chet. Soc.), 227.

58 This, like Mythop, Swarbreck and
other lands in the neighbourhood, formed
part of the forfeited estates of the seventh
earl sold by the Parliament ; Cal. Com.

for Comp. ii, 1117. The purchaser
agreed with Charles Earl of Derby to
receive from him an absolute conveyance
on paying three years' value to him ;
Piccope MSS. iii, 126. From other
deeds in the same volume (114-32) it
appears that Christopher Parker made his
will in 1693, and that the estate descended
by 1710 to a son of the same name, who
made a settlement of Bradkirk in that
year. His sister and heir Catherine wife
of Thomas Stanley of Cross Hall in
Lathom in or about 1723 sold to Townley
Rigby of Middleton in Goosnargh, and he,
though a Quaker, claimed a seat in Kirk-
ham Church in 1726 in right of Brad-
kirk.

59 The details are recorded in Fishwick,
Kirkham (Chet. Soc.), 178-80. It appears
that the real purchaser in 1723 was John
Richardson of Preston, and Bradkirk
descended in 1767 to Edward Hurst,
whose initials ' E. H. 1761,' and 'E. H.
1764,' appear on the buildings. He
devised it to his sister Margaret and her
husband James Kearsley, the vendor in
1797.

60 Royalist Comp. Papers (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), iii, 261.

61 Estcourt and Payne, Eng. Cath. Nan-
jurors, 135.

156

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

Mowbreck,62 which remained the seat of the mission
till 1809, when it was removed to the chapel opened
at Kirkham. As an offshoot of this St. Joseph's,
Wesham Cross, was opened in i886.63

RIBBY-WITH-WREA

Rigbi, Dom. Bk. ; Riggebi, 1226 ; Rygeby, 1246;
Ruggeby, 1249.

Wra, 1226; Wraa, 1329.

This township has an area of 1,387 acres.1 Wrea
or Wrea Green is situated near the centre of the
northern border, with Ribby to the east of it. The
surface is higher and more undulating than in most
of the neighbouring townships, rising to over 100 ft.
above the ordnance datum in the centre and again in
the north-east. There is moss land at the west end.
The population numbered 475 in 1901.

The chief road is that going west from Kirkham to
Lytham ; it passes through both hamlets. From
Wray Green cross roads go south to Warton and
north to Westby and Blackpool.

The soil is clayey, and wheat, beans and oats are
grown, but three-fourths of the land is pasture.

One of the Ribble guides used to be stationed at
Wrea.

KIRKHAM

There is a parish council. An infectious diseases
hospital was opened in 1902.

Among the members of Earl Tostig's
MANORS Preston fee in 1066 was RIBBT, assessed
as six plough-lands,2 so that it included
the later townships or hamlets of Ribby, Wrea,
Bryning and Kellamergh. It was afterwards held in
demesne by Count Roger of Poitou, who in 1094
granted tithes from it to St. Martin of Sees.3 Ribby
proper continued to be parcel of the demesne of the
honour of Lancaster, and is named in the Pipe Roll
of 1 168-9,"* and in later accounts as contributing to
various aids.5 WREA, however, which was separately
assessed as one plough-land, was granted in drengage,6
and was in 1212 held by Richard and Gerard by a
rent of 6/.7 They were probably ancestors of the
families afterwards using the local name, of whom,
however, few particulars can be given.8 Ribby, in its
old form of Rigby, has also given a surname to
families 9 who came into notice in a number of places
in Lancashire.10

In the time of Henry VIII and later there were
disputes as to the right of pasture,11 and as to the
bounds of the manors.12

Ribby and Wrea were usually farmed with
Singleton.13 An extent of Ribby which was made in

63 As in other cases practically nothing
is known of the 17th-century history.
The existence of the mission in 1669 is
proved from the report to the Bishop of
Chester already given in the account of
Kirkham Church. For convicted re-
cusants c. 1670 see Misc. (Cath. Rec.
Soc.), v, 202.

Robert Westby (d. 1762) is described
in an anniversary book now at Kirkham
as the founder of the chapel at Mowbreck,
and a priest is known to have resided
there in 1727. In 1774 there was also a
private school. Ten years later Bishop
Gibson confirmed fifty-five persons at
Mowbreck, and the number of communi-
cants was said to be about 180. See
Liverpool Cath. Annual (Willows) ; Gillow,
Hay dock Papers, 68, 79.

In 1769 was printed at Manchester
1 The Recantation of William Gant, late
a clergyman of the Church of Rome and
for many years the officiating priest at
Mowbreck near Kirkham ; with some of
the causes which brought on his conver-
sion to the Church of England.' The
recantation itself was read in Kirkham
parish church before the vicar, &c. ;
Preston Guard. Loc. Notes, no. 320.

68 Liverpool Cath. Annual.

1 1,390 acres, including 7 of inland
water; Census Rep. 1901.

2 V.C.E. Lanes, i, 288*. From the
later records it would appear that there
were three plough-lands in Ribby, one in
Wrea, two in Bryning and one in Kella-
mergh, or seven in all.

8 Farrer, Lanes. Pipe R. 290. This
will account for the 26*. Sd. paid to the
Prior of Lancaster, as recorded in the
account of Kirkham Church.

4 Ibid. 12. It contributed in con-
junction with Preston, &c.

* The king's demesne of Ribby (three
plough-lands) was in 1235 granted to
Master John le Blund, king's clerk, for
life ; Cal. Pat. 1232-47, p. 93. In 1226
Ribby paid half a mark tallage and gs. to
the farm of the wapentake ; Lanes. Inq.
and Extents (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.),
't '3S> I39- 1° the compotus of the

demesne in 1246-8 Ribby appears with
j£8 %s. ii^d. ; ibid. 170. In 1248-9 in
a tallage Ribby paid I mark; ibid. 176.
The ' manor ' of Ribby is recorded in
1256-8 ; ibid. 221. For other notices
see ibid. 230, 287. The accounts of
the hal motes of Ribby and Wrea in 1325
are printed in Lanes. Ct. R. (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), 94-5.

6 For a time Wrea was held by the lord
of Clifton (q.v.) in exchange for Salwick,
but was exchanged back in 1200.

7 Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 51. Adam
de Wrea and Gerard his brother in 1 200—1
gave the king 2 marks for confirmation
of their tenements ; Rot. de Oblatis (Rec.
Com.), 124. Wrea paid (is. in 1226 and
5*. tallage ; Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 139,
135. In 1246-8 one plough-land and three
drengages in Wrea contributed igs. 6d.
to the demesne rents, and the drengs of
Wrea in 1248-9 paid tallage 201.; ibid.
170, 176. In 1256-8 the three dren-
gages paid 391. in all, and a new rent of
zi^d. was accounted for; ibid. 221—2.
Ribby and Wrea each contributed 2 marks
tallage in 1261 ; ibid. 228.

In 1297 the vill of Ribby and the
free tenants of Wrea paid in all £19 us.
yearly to the Earl of Lancaster ; ibid. 289.

8 The above-named Gerard de Wrea,
also Richard de Wrea and William his
son were benefactors of Cockersand
Abbey ; Chartul. (Chet. Soc.), i, 228-9.

In 1324 John son of Jordan del Wrea
claimed a messuage, J oxgang of land,
&c., in Wrea against Adam son of John
Sharpies; De Banco R. 253, m. 98.
Adam and John sons of John son of
Jordan del Wrea were in 1329 defen-
dants to a claim for a messuage and
2 oxgangs of land put forward by the
representatives of three sisters, of whom
Agnes wife of Robert del Boot had a
son Richard ; Margery was wife of John
son of William son of Simon de Medlar,
and Margaret was the other ; Assize
R. 427, m. 3 ; De Banco R. 278, m.
1 1 7 d. For the Boot family see also
De Banco R. 309, m. 13 ; 316, m. 459 ;
328, m. 324.

'57

William del Bank unsuccessfully claimed
two messuages, &c., in Wrea and Newton
against Adam del Bank and others in
1351 ; Duchy of Lane. Assize R. i, m.
viii d. In the following year Thomas
Tauntaler of the Grenes did not prosecute
his suit against John son of Richard dc
Newton, who seems also to have been
called John del Wrea ; ibid. R. 2, m. j ;
Assize R. 435, m. 4.

It was recorded in 1618 that John
Nickson of Kellamergh held a cottage
and land in Wrea of the heirs or assigns
of William de Wrea by i %d. rent ;
Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches.), ii, 88.

9 In 1311 there was a dispute between
William son of Anabil de Preesall and
Thomas son of Robert de Rigby regarding
waste in Ribby ; De Banco R. 184, m. 3.

10 As in Little Hulton, Duxbury,
Wrightington and Goosnargh.

11 In 1517 inquiry was made, when it
was found that the free tenants of Wrea
had always had right of pasture on Ribby
Moor ; Towneley MS. OO (Singleton
rental).

13 Duchy of Lane. Dep. i Mary, Ixvi,
R 5. John Benson and James Davy,
queen's farmers of part of Ribby, Cuth-
bert Clifton of Westby and the lords of
the manor of Kirkham were the parties
to the dispute. It was alleged that,
large parts of the wastes of Westby and
Kirkham having been wrongfully inclosed
within the preceding twenty years, the
tenants of those manors, being short of
common, had pastured on all the waste
or moor of Ribby. The bounds of this
last began at the east end of a close
adjoining Richard Crook's house, followed
an old ditch called Raa Ditch to the east
end of Tarnbreck, thence west to Tarn-
breck Cross, then along a running water
to the east end of a close by Henry
Hall's house, and thence along a running
water westward.

13 William Skillicorne, farmer of the
king's lordships of Ribby, Wrea and
Much Singleton, not having paid the rent
due, was in 1483 ordered to be removed ;

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

1346™ shows that the Abbot of Vale Royal had a
grange there, paying 3*. \d. a year for it. Held in
bondage were 20 oxgangs of land, each of 14 acres
and paying i6s. 8</.15 The tenants were bound to
carry victuals whenever the lord journeyed from Ribble
Bridge to Lancaster Castle and vice versa. In addition
there were 4 oxgangs of 13 acres each and render-
ing 1 3-f. 4</., held on like conditions. There were
several cottages let at i ^d, rent and a pinfold. The
survey of Wrea 16 shows seventeen tenants — Adam
del Wrea, Adam del Sharpies, and others — holding
land in all amounting to 3 \ oxgangs and 57^ acres,
doing suit to the halmote and paying double rent
as relief.17 The rental of Ribby amounted to
£19 ijs. $d., and that of Wrea to £i ijs. \\d. A
rental of 1509 also has been preserved.18

In 1623 the manors of Ribby, Wrea and Singleton
were granted in fee farm to Edward Badby and
William Weltden.19 Soon afterwards Ribby-with-
Wrea is found to be in the possession of Alexander

Rigby, no doubt the owner of Middleton in
Goosnargh.20

The principal messuage in Ribby seems to have
been that called Counton or COMPTON 21 ; it was
acquired by the Parkers of Preston and Bradkirk,22
and on the sale of their estates about 1720 passed to
a descendant of the above-named Alexander Rigby 23
and then to Richard Hornby,24 who sold it to his
nephew Joseph Hornby 26 ; from him it has descended
to his granddaughter Miss Margaret Hornby.26

The inquisitions show that the Cliftons 27 and some
other local families had lands in Wrea.28

The people of the district in 1650 desired that a
chapel should be built there 29 ; but the first in con-
nexion with the Church of England was that of
St. Nicholas, built about 1 72 1 30 and rebuilt in 1 848-9.
An ecclesiastical parish was formed for it in i846.31
The incumbents, styled vicars, are presented by the
vicar of Kirkham.32

A school was founded in

Duchy of Lane. Misc. Bks. xix, 123.
He seems to have been excused for the
time, but was again dismissed in 1485,
being indebted to the king in great sums
of money ; ibid, xx, 70 d.

Sir Richard Hoghton was steward of
the three lordships about 1550; Ducatui
Lane. (Rec. Com.), i, 304.

14 Add. MS. 32103, fol. 149.

15 The names of the tenants are given.
Adam Adamson de Singleton held £ oxgang
for which he paid 6s. %d.t and in lieu of
ploughing, reaping, &c., he paid is. 8d. —
8*. $d. in all. He was also to give
merchet for his son or daughter and leyr-
wit for his son. At death all his goods
escheated to the lord, who was to discharge
debts, mortuaries, &c., and after reserving
the best beast was to give two-thirds to
the widow and children. There were
thirty-six other tenants in Ribby.

16 Ibid. The first entry shows that a
tenement comprising a messuage, 1 8 acres
of land and 4 acres of pasture had lately
come into the lord's hands by default of
heir to one David of Scotland, and that
it had been divided into two moieties, held
by William son of Nicholas and Robert
son of Jordan, who paid the old rent of
35. i^d. and i mark each in addition.

17 An extent made some time earlier
is printed in Baines' Lanes, (ed. 1870), ii,
692—3. It shows the land divided into
6 oxgangs and 30 J acres, with a total
rental of 371. if/., including 2 marks from
Adam de Paris for 2 oxgangs of land
formerly John le Harper's.

18 Towneley MSS. OO. This shows
that of the king's tenants in Ribby James
Bradley paid £1 161., Henry Newsham
1 81., James Bradkirk £i 31. 4*/., a close
called Racarr 101., James Cowper 22.1.,
Richard Cronkshaw 1 31. 4</., nine other
tenants 181. each. In Wrea were free
rents of the Abbot of Vale Royal for a
barn 31. 4^., the Earl of Derby is. and id.
in addition for Beetham lands, the heirs
of John Pearson is. zd., John Culban gd.,
William Sharpies 8</., and others ; the
total being in. 6^d.

19 Duchy of Lane. Misc. Bks. xxiv, I d.;
Pat. 20 Jas. I, pt. iii.

80 In 1670 Alexander Rigby was paying
a rent of ,£14 is. 1 1 Jrf. for the manor of
Ribby and Wrea ; Pat. 22 Chas. II, pt. ii,
R i.

11 Agnes Adlington, widow, in 1537
complained that William Singleton and
others had interrupted her right of way at

Counton in Ribby, Warton Lees and Brown
Moss; Ducatui Lane, i, 154. About
twenty years later the tenants of Ribby
had a dispute with Robert Shaw and
others respecting title to lands in the
manor; ibid, i, 303. In 1559 Robert
Shaw, Alexander Shaw and Mary his
wife, administrators of Nicholas Becon-
saw, were plaintiffs in respect of a mes-
suage called Counton; ibid, ii, 218.
From another pleading it appears that
Nicholas had been a lunatic ; ibid, i, 292.

From the pedigree of Parker of Bradkirk
it appears that William Parker married
Margaret daughter of Robert Shaw of
Compton in Ribby in 1561; Fishwick,
op. cit. 1 80. William Parker in 1596
purchased messuages and lands in Ribby
and Wrea from Hugh Jollybrand, Isabel
his wife, Edward Dicconson, Margery his
wife, Peter Wrooe, Cecily his wife and
Margaret Rigby ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of
F. bdle. 59, m. 274. In 1598 William
Parker and Margery his wife sold a
messuage and land in Wrea to Richard
Pateson ; ibid. bdle. 60, m. in.

82 In 1688 John Parker of Preston
gave to Christopher Parker of Bradkirk
the capital messuage of Compton in
Ribby, and by Christopher's will (1693)
Compton was to be sold ; Piccope MSS.
(Chef. Lib.), iii, 112 (from the deeds of
Hugh Hornby of Ribby). In 1709 and
1719 releases of various interests in
Compton were made to Alexander Parker,
executor, and in 1720 the sale seems to
have been effected ; ibid. 116, 118.

28 Townley Rigby (the purchaser of
Bradkirk) and Grace his wife were in
1742 in possession of the manor of Ribby
alias Ribby-cum-Wrea, with messuages,
lands, &c., in Ribby ; Pal. of Lane. Feet
of F. bdle. 326, m. 100. Robert and
John Porter were the plaintiffs in this fine.

24 The will of Lieut.-Col. Alexander
Rigby shows that he had lands in Ribby
in 1792 (Piccope, loc. cit.) ; but a fine of
1753 shows that the manor of Ribby was
then in the possession of Robert Hornby,
Jane his wife ; Hugh Hornby, Margaret
his wife ; Richard Hornby and Alice his
wife ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 348,
m. 240. The plaintiff in this case was
James Whalley.

From the Hornby of Ribby pedigree,
in Burke's Landed Gentry, it appears that
Robert was thefather of Hughand Richard.

25 Baines, Lanes, (ed. 1836), iv, 398.
Joseph Hornby was son of Hugh.

26 Burke, as above : Joseph Hornby,
d. 1832 ; -s. Hugh, d. 1849 ; -8. Hugh
Hilton, d. 1877 — sisters, Margaret Anne
and Mary Alice.

37 The tenement in Wrea of Cuthbert
Clifton of Clifton was in 1512 held of the
king as of his duchy in socage ; Duchy
of Lane. Inq. p.m. iv, no. 12. That in
Ribby of William Clifton of Kidsnape in
1517 was held similarly by a rent of
zotf. ; ibid, iv, no. i i.

28 Robert de Newsham had land in
Ribby and Wrea in 1380; Final Cone, iii,
7. John Newsham of Newsham died in
1515 holding messuages, &c., in Wrea of
the king as duke in drengage, doing suit
at the halmote, and rendering jd. a year ;
Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. iv, no. 75.
George Newsham in 1585 held a mes-
suage, &c., in socage by a rent of \\d. ;
ibid, xiv, no. 88. His son Robert sold
to John Bradley in 1591; Pal. of Lane.
Feet of F. bdle. 53, m. 166. James
Bradley 's lands in Wrea in 1617 were
held of the king partly of his honour
of Pontefract and partly of his manor of
East Greenwich ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec.
Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), ii, 80.

George Hesketh's lands in Wrea in
1571 were held of the queen as of her
duchy by the rent of ^d. ; Duchy of Lane.
Inq. p.m. xiii, no. 15.

James Sharpies died in 1593 holding
a capital messuage, cottages, &c., in Wrea
of the queen by a rent of %d. Henry his
son and heir was twelve years old ; ibid,
xvi, no. 13.

Nickson was a common surname. John
son of William Nickson in 1411 gave
lands in the hamlet of Wrea in the vill
of Ribby which he had inherited from his
mother Amery to John Fleetwood ;
Kuerdcn MSS. iii, R 12.

89 Commoww. Ch. Surti. (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), 156.

80 Bishop Gastrell in 1724 notes that
it had been built at the expense of the
inhabitants and that it was intended
that the schoolmaster should officiate till
some endowment could be obtained ;
Notitia Cestr. (Chet. Soc.), ii, 426. The
chapel was then part of the school build-
ing. It was consecrated in 1755 ; Chester
Dioc. Reg.

81 By order in Council 21 Jan. 1846.
88 Fishwick, Kirkham, 63-5 ; a list of

the incumbents is given.

88 Notitia Cestr. loc. cit. ; End. Char.
Reft.

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

BRYNING-WITH-KELLAMERGH

Birstaibrinning, 1200; Birstatbrunning, 1239;
Burstad Brining, 1242 ; Brunigg, 1252 ; Brining,
1257.

Kelfgrimeshereg, 1200; Kelgrimisarhe, 1239;
Kelsimshargt, 1249; Kelgrimesarth, 1254; Kel-
grimsargh, Kelegrymesarch, 1251 ; Gelgrumysharagh,
1292 ; Kelgremargh, 1405 ; Kellermargh, 1444.

The township has an area of 1,061 acres,1 and in
1901 the population numbered 129. The hamlets
from which it takes its name are situated in the centre
of it, Bryning at the north end and Kellamergh at
the south end of a strip of land rising above the general
level, though attaining only 64 ft. above the ordnance
datum. About the same height is attained again on
the eastern border.

A road from north to south passes through the two
hamlets, from each of which other roads go off towards
Lytham.

KIRKHAM

At the Conquest BRTNING and
MANORS Kellamergh were included in Ribby, and
like it became part of the demesne of the
honour until, about 1 190, they were granted by John
Count of Mortain to Richard son of Roger, thegn
of Woodplumpton. They were assessed separately —
Bryning as two plough-lands and Kellamergh as one —
and were to be held as the fourth part of a knight's
fee. Richard died in 1201, and John as king con-
firmed his former grant to the five daughters and
co -heirs.2 This part of the inheritance in the main
descended to the Beethams 3 and then to the Middle-
tons 4 ; the portion belonging to the Stockport
family seems to have been given to a John de
Baskervill,5 whose descendants continued to hold it in
the 1 4th century. George Middleton had a number
of lawsuits with tenants and others.6 The manor and
estate seem to have changed ownership several times
after i68o,7 and nothing is now known of any claim
to the lordship.

1 Including 2 acres of inland water ;
Centus Rep. (1901).

3 Chart. R. (Rec. Com.), 90. The
daughters are named as Maud (wife of
Robert de Stockport), Margaret, Avice
(wife of William de Mulhum), Quenilda
and Amuria. Robert de Stockport had
in 1 200- 1 paid part of 10 marks (for two
palfreys) for confirmation of three plough-
land* in Bryning and Kellamergh ; Farrer,
Lanes. Pipe R. 132.

Accordingly in 1212 and 1236 the heirs
of Richard son of Roger held the fourth
part of a knight's fee ; Lanes. Inq, and
Extents (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.),
i, 40, 144. Roger Gernet, Thomas de
Beetham and Robert de Stockport were
the heirs in 1242 ; ibid. 153. The share
of Thomas de Beetham in 1249 was
9^ oxgangs of land, each worth 5*. a
year, and a part of the windmill, 31. $.d. ;
ibid. 171. It is noted that twelve plough-
lands there went to a knight's fee.
Quenilda widow of Roger Gernet in 1252
also held 9^ oxgangs of land, worth in all
431. ; ibid. 190. Her share was divided
between Beetham and Stockport, so that
Ralph de Beetham in 1254 held 13! ox-
gangs of land by knight's service and a
rent of ij^d. Each oxgang was then
worth 6s. a year and the tallage of the
bondmen 1 5.1. ; his three-fourths of the
windmill was worthless, the mill being
waste ; ibid. 194, 201. The Beetham
share was called the seventh part of a
knight's fee in 1256-8 ; ibid. 221.

Afterwards a division of the whole of
Richard son of Roger's estate seems to
have been made, and in 1297 the 'heir
of Beetham ' held all Bryning and Kella-
mergh of the Earl of Lancaster, paying
2s. 6d. (for castle ward), and having in
1302 the fourth part of a knight's fee
there ; ibid. 290, 298, 316.

3 In spite of the statements quoted in
the last note the extent of 1324 shows
that the Beetham family had not obtained
the whole manor. Thus in Bryning
Ralph de Beetham held three-fourths of
the vill and 12 oxgangs of land by the
service of I ^d. and the fourth part of a
knight's fee ; while John de Baskervill
held the other part and 4 oxgangs by the
service of $d. for castle ward and the
tenth part of a knight's fee. In Kella-
mergh, described as a hamlet of Bryning,
Ralph de Beetham held 2f oxgangs
of land, John de Baskervill i£, and
Thurstan de Northlegh in right of his

wife Margery 3 (?8), each paying \\d.
per oxgang for castle ward and holding
by knight's service ; Dods. MSS. cxxxi,
fol. 40.

In 1346 Sir Ralph de Beetham held
two (not three) plough-lands in Bryning
and Kellamergh by the fourth part of
a knight's fee and a payment of 21. 6d.
for castle ward 5 Survey of 1 346 (Chet.
Soc.), 46. At the same time John
Davenport held a plough-land (?) in
Bryning and Kellamergh and lands in
Woodplumpton and Formby ; ibid. 52.

Just a century later Thomas Beetham
held the fourth part of a knight's fee in
Bryning and Kellamergh, the relief be-
ing 251. ; Duchy of Lane. Knights' Fees,
bdle. 2, no. 20.

By 1473 the Beetham manor of Cow-
burn in Warton had been made to include
Bryning and others ; Lanes. Inq. p.m.
(Chet. Soc.), ii, 1 02 ; Chan. Inq. p.m.
19 Edw. IV, no. 87.

As in other cases (see Bootle) this
Beetham manor was afterwards held by
the Earls of Derby ; Duchy of Lane.
Inq. p.m. v, no. 68. The tenure is not
recorded. The Derby rental of the time
(at Lathom) shows that only i is. 6d. was
received from tenants.

4 Gervase Middleton of Leighton in
Lonsdale in 1 548 held lands, &c., in
Warton, Kellamergh, Bryning and Wrea
of the king by fealty and the yearly rent
of 2s. ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. ix,
no. ii.

George Middleton in 1600 held the
' manor ' of Kellamergh, with messuages,
lands, &c., in Kellamergh, Bryning and
Hollowforth, but the tenure is not re-
corded ; ibid, xvii, no. 51. In 1640,
however, the manor and estate were
stated to be held of the king as of his
duchy in socage by id. rent ; ibid, xxix,
no. 64.

The Middleton manors in 1654 and
1666-9 included that of Bryning; Pal.
of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 156, m. 135 ;
176, m. 154 (Sir T. Clifton, plaintiff) ;
182, m. 94.

5 For trie Baskervill share see a pre-
ceding note. The family seems to be
that seated at Old Withmgton in Prest-
bury ; Ormerod, Ghes. (ed. Helsby), iii,
717. John de Baskervill was defendant
in 1275 and 1278 to claims for dower
put forward by Ellen widow of Robert
de Stockport in respect (inter alia}
of 4 oxgangs of land in Bryning and

159

Kellamergh; De Banco R. n, m. 94 ;
23, m. 5 d. In 1372 Richard Mason and
Margaret his wife, widow of William son
of William de Baskervill, claimed dower
in four messuages, &c., in Bryning and
Kellamergh against Richard le Buntable,
vicar of Prestbury, and others ; ibid.
448, m. 353d.

8 Ducatus Lane. (Rec. Com.), iii, 114,
&c. In 1583 George Middleton of
Leighton complained that whereas his
father Gervase and his ancestors had as
lords of the manor of Bryning held court
baron there at which the freeholders had
appeared and done their suit, one John
Bradley, a freeholder, had secretly practised
with Mrs. Middleton, plaintiff's mother-
in-law, to get into his hands all the court
rolls of the manor, intending to with-
draw his suit. Further orders having
been given to sever each man's tene-
ment by stakes, &c., Bradley had pulled
up the partitions and stakes and had
likewise destroyed the common pinfold ;
Duchy of Lane. Plead, cxxx, M 13.

In reply Bradley asserted that his father
James had been lord of the fourth part
of the manor of Bryning, so that plaintiff
was not lord of the whole manor. He
also asserted that Kellamergh was a
'town or manor' distinct from Bryning ;
ibid, cxxvi, M 8. This seems to be
evidence that the Stockport or Baskervill
manor was still remembered ; see also
Bradley inquisition below. Middleton
in reply denied the assertions ; ibid,
cxxxiii, M i.

George Middleton died seised of the
manor of Kellamergh and Bryning about
1598, and was succeeded by his son
Thomas, who soon afterwards made com-
plaint of James Crook and John Mercer
as having wrongfully entered certain lands
and refused to surrender the deeds ; ibid,
cxcviii, M 6.

7 The following references are given,
but may not all refer to the Beetham
manor : —

In 1713 Edward Rigby held the manor
of Bryning-with-Kellamergh, with various
lands, &c. ; Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 497,
m. 5.

In 1760 Robert Hesketh, Anne his
wife, Henry Sharpies and Anne his wife
held the manor or lordship of Bryning-
with-Kellamergh, courts leet, courts
baron, views of frankpledge, &c., belong-
ing to the said manor ; also messuages
and lands in the township and ten cattle-

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

A portion of KELLAMERGH, afterwards described
as a moiety of the manor,8 came before 1246 into the
possession of the family of Ulnes Walton,9 and was to-
gether with their principal manor purchased by Henry
Earl of Lancaster in I347.10 It descended with the
duchy till 1551, being then sold to Anthony Browne.11
This moiety also has disappeared from the records.11

Bryning is found as a surname, and Kellamergh
also gave a surname to a local family or families,13'1
among whom were benefactors of Lytham Priory.16
Another family of long continuance was that of

Sharpies.16 John Bradley 17 of Bryning was a free-
holder in i6oo.18 James Bradley, his successor,19 was
repeatedly fined for recusancy ; his eldest son Edward
was killed at Marston Moor, fighting on the king's
side, and a younger son, Richard, born in 1605,
became a Jesuit priest. Labouring in Lancashire in
dangerous times he was arrested by the Parliamentary
soldiers and imprisoned at Manchester, dying there
before his trial on 30 January 1645-6.*° Part of the
estate was sequestered for ' delinquency only ' under
the Commonwealth." A pedigree was recorded in

gates on Freckleton Marsh ; ibid. Feet
of F. bdle. 364, m. 98.

In 1805 George Cowban, Robert Leach
and their wives had the manor or reputed
manor ; ibid. August Assizes, 45 Geo. Ill
(fines).

8 From what has been stated, it must
have been part of the Stockport share.

9 Warine de Walton, as shown later,
warranted in that year ; Assize R. 404,
m. 10 ; Final Cone. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches.), i, 194. The story is given in
detail in the accounts of Ulnes Walton,
Leyland, and Eccleston in Leyland. In
the fines the estate is called « 301. rent,'
but as above stated Thurstan de North-
legh held 4 oxgangs of land in Kella-
mergh in 1 324. This was half the manor.

10 Ibid, ii, 124 ; Duchy of Lane. Inq.
p.m. i, no. 51.

In 1403 Adam Hogeson of Kellamergh
died holding a messuage and an oxgang
of land and meadow (12 acres in all)
of the king (as of 'his duchy) of the
manor of Ulnes Walton by knight's
service and a rent of <$d. Thomas, the
son and heir, was six years of age ;
Towneley MS. DD, no. 1508. Thomas
seems to have died soon afterwards, for
in 1405 the wardship and marriage of
Roger son and heir of Adam Hogeson
were granted to John Fleetwood ; Dep.
Keeper's Rep. xl, App. 532.

11 Duchy of Lane. Misc. Bks. xxiii,
70 d.

u In 1558 there was a settlement or
partition of the manors of Ulnes Walton
and Kellamergh, &c. ; half was to belong
to Anthony Browne and Joan his wife
and half to William Farington ; Pal. of
Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 20, m. 4. Four
years later the Earl of Derby obtained
one moiety of them from Sir Thomas
Gerard and Elizabeth his wife, who gave
warranty against Anthony Browne ; ibid,
bdle. 24, m. 78. He also obtained the
reversion of Farington's moiety ; Pal. of
Lane. Plea R. 289, m. 19. This part of the
manor descended to Ferdinando, the fifth
earl ; ibid. It may have been repurchased
by the Faringtons, for in 1675 George
Farington held the manors of Ulnes
Walton and Kellamergh ; ibid. Feet of
F. bdle. 194, m. 102.

13.14 William son of Ughtred claimed
by inheritance in 1246 ij oxgangs of
land in Kellamergh against Robert son of
Ughtredp but did not prosecute ; Assize
R. 404, m. 1 3 d. At the same time
Margaret daughter of Siward de Kella-
mergh .claimed the third part of an
oxgang i of land against Thomas de
Beethani and another third against
Jordan son of Quenilda. Thomas stated
that he held in right of his wife
Amiria, and had a son Ralph. Jordan
summonejd Warine de Walton to warrant
him, and Warine in turn called Richard
Banastre, who called Robert de Stock-
port, Roger Gernet and Quenilda his

wife and Ralph son of the said Amiria.
These appeared accordingly and stated
that the land was the villeinage of Hugh
de Morteyn, and that plaintiff's father
had held his 2 oxgangs of him by
villeinage ; they alleged further that
Kellamergh was a member of Singleton,
part of the king's demesne, where such
a writ did not run ; ibid. m. 10.

Richard son of Gilbert de Kellamergh
was defendant in 1292 and 1294 ; Assize
R. 408, m. 57; 1299, m. 16, 18.
John son of William son of Jordan de
Kellamergh in 1347 put forward a claim
to land in the place against John de
Bradkirk, Robert de Newton, vicar of
Kirkham, and John son of William le
Wower of Kellamergh. The last-named
John said that his father William had
had a grant of the land in 1318 from
plaintiff's father, and so prevailed ; Assize
R. 1435, m. 43.

15 Robert de Kellamergh (son of
Richard) about 1240 granted the monks
two butts, lying between land of his
brother Richard with easements in the
vill of Kellamergh ; Lytham Charters at
Durham, 2 a, 2 ae, 4 ae, Ebor. no. 14.
Robert the son of Robert afterwards gave
a release ; ibid. no. 1 5.

The above-named Richard son of
Richard de Kellamergh also gave land,
and the gift was confirmed by his son
William; ibid. no. 17, 18. The same
Richard gave his daughter Eda, on her
marriage with Robert son of John the
Salwaller (or Sauner), a ' land ' in Kella-
mergh near the ' land ' of the little tower
(turrelli), on the Wallfurlong; ibid. no. 16.
It is noteworthy that a William 'del
Castell ' contributed to the subsidy of
1332 ; Exch. Lay Subs. (Rec. Soc. Lanes,
and Ches.), 60. John father of the
bridegroom promised to compensate the
monks out of his oxgang of land in
Warton should Eda reclaim the land her
father Richard had given ; Lytham
Charters, ut sup. no. 22. The brothers
Richard and Robert also gave and con-
firmed various parcels of land to the
monks; ibid.no. 19.

A grant by Beatrice daughter of Adam
de Kellamergh and Clarice to the monks
is noticeable as having been attested by
the lords of the place — Robert de Stock-
port, Roger Gernet and Thomas de
Beetham — among others ; ibid. no. 22.
It may be added that Robert de Stock-
port (about 1230) released to the monks
Simon de Kellamergh, with all his off-
spring and chattels ; ibid. no. 26. Adam
Banastre also released to them the homage
of Robert son of Richard de Kellamergh ;
ibid. no. 27.

16 In 1251 Godith widow of William
de ' Kelkemath ' claimed dower in Kella-
mergh against Henry de Sharpies, Gilbert
son of Roger de Freckleton and William
son of Richard ; Curia Regis R. 145, m. i,

i*

1 60

John the son and Maud the widow of
Henry de Sharpies were defendants in
1292 to claims to land made by the
granddaughters and heirs of William son
of Henry de Kellamergh — viz. Ellen wife
of Roger son of Avice de Preston, Mar-
gery wife of Richard de Tulketh, Eve
wife of Adam son of Margery and Cecily
wife of Robert de Ribbleton ; Assize R.
408, m. 70 d.

In 1346 John son of William de Kella-
mergh and Adam de Sharpies seized a
number of cattle grazing on their common
of Corcolcar. The owner of the cattle,
William the Palfreyman of Lytham,
asserted that they were feeding on Hest-
holme Carr in Lytham ; De Banco R. 348,
m. 242.

Roger Kellamergh in 1444 complained
that John Sharpies and others had been
breaking his close ; Pal. of Lane. Plea R.
6, m. 6.

Thomas Sharpies died in 1527 holding
a messuage, &c., in Kellamergh of the
king as of his lordship of Penwortham by
a rent of 31. nd. ; William his son and
heir was fifteen years old ; Duchy of
Lane. Inq. p.m. vi, no. 43. This pro-
perty was soon afterwards acquired by
Thurstan Tyldesley of Wardley and passed
to his son Thomas, as appears by their
inquisitions ; ibid, x, no. 44, 27.

17 One James Bradley in 1560 claimed
a windmill, &c., in Kellamergh and
Bryning as son and heir of John, son and
heir of James, son and heir of William
(son of Thomas) Bradley and Margaret
his wife, on whom the tenement had been
settled in the time of Henry VI ; Pal. of
Lane. Plea R. 207, m. 9 d.

18 Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.),
i, 232. John Bradley son of James was,
as already shown, engaged in suits respect-
ing lands in the manor of Bryning from
1583 onwards ; Ducatus Lane, iii, 131, &c.

19 James Bradley died at Bryning in
1617 holding messuages, lands and wind-
mill there, and other lands in Kellamergh,
Wrea, Freckleton, Kirkham and Warton.
No share of the manor was claimed. He
left a widow Ellen and a son and heir
Edward, then thirteen years of age. It is
recorded that the Bryning lands were
held of the lord of Stockport in socage by
the rent of a pair of gloves at Easter ;
those in Kellamergh were held of the
king ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes,
and Ches.), ii, 79, 80.

20 Gillow, Blbl. Diet, of Engl. Cath. i,
287 ; Foley, Rec. S. J. ii, 178.

21 The estate of James Bradley the elder
was ordered for sale in 1652; Index of
Royalists (Index Soc.), 41. James Bradley
the younger, 'having been ever con-
formable,' put in a claim, but the estate
was sold to Bartholomew Hesketh of
Aughton ; Royalist Comp. Papers (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), i, 216—17 ; Cal. Com.
for Comp. iv, 3010. The two Jameses were
probably the brother and son of Edward.

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

i665-22 The inquisitions yield the names of a few
of the old landholders 23 ; among them was Edward
Mercer,24 who died in 1637, an(^ whose mother's
land in 1652 stood sequestered for ' popery.' 25 John
Mercer as a ' Papist ' registered his freehold estate in
Kellamergh in iji/.26 A family named Leyland
occurs in the i8th century.27

CLIFTON-WITH-SALWICK

Cliftun, Dom. Bk. Salewic, Dom. Bk.

This is a composite township, Clifton lying to the
south-west and Salwick to the north-east, the respec-
tive acreages being 2,101 and 1,388, or 3,489 acres
in all.1 Lund, with its chapel, is about midway
between the two hamlets, but in the Clifton portion.
This portion has on the south the marshy land by
the Ribble, and on the north some moss land. From
the marsh the surface rises at first somewhat steeply,
the village of Clifton being on the slope ; in general
the surface continues to rise gradually from that
point to near the northern boundary, but with many
undulations, over 100 ft. above sea level being
attained. In the northern corner the surface falls
away somewhat ; it is in this part that Pepper Hill
is situate. The population was 413 in 1901.

The principal roads are three crossing westward
through Lund, Clifton and the Marsh respectively.
The line of another westward road, called the Danes'
Pad, is traceable to the north of Lund ; it is supposed
to be of Roman origin. A cross road goes north
through Clifton and Salwick to Pepper Hill,2 where
it meets another going north-west from Preston.
There is also a westerly cross-road near. The
Preston and Lancaster Canal winds west, north and
east through Salwick. The railway from Preston to

KIRKHAM

Blackpool runs westward to the south of the canal,
and has a station named Salwick.

There was formerly a cross at Lund village.3

The land is clayey ; wheat, beans and oats are
grown, but most of the land is in pasture.

The township has a parish council.

Robert son of John Gradwell was born at Clifton
in 1777- Educated at Douay he was imprisoned
there on the outbreak of the French Revolution.
Afterwards he was rector of the English college at
Rome, and in 1828 was consecrated (as Bishop of
Lydda) to assist Bishop Bramston as vicar-apostolic
of the London district. He died in i833-4 At
Clifton also was born George Hilary Brown (1786) ;
he was appointed vicar-apostolic of the Lancashire
district in 1840, and ten years later, on the restora-
tion of the hierarchy, became Bishop of Liverpool.
He died in i856.5

In 1066 CLIFTON, assessed as two
MANORS plough-lands, and S4LWICK, as one,
were part of the Amounderness fee of
Earl Tostig.6 They were sometimes regarded as sepa-
rate manors, probably their original status, but, as they
were adjacent and held in demesne by one lord,
Salwick gradually fell into the position of a depen-
dency of Clifton. After the Conquest they were held
of the king in thegnage, and in 1212 formed part of
an estate of ten plough-lands so held, a rent of 40^.
being paid.7

The owner in the year named was Walter son of
Osbert,8 who seems to have been in possession by
1 1 7O.9 Walter was followed in 1217 by his son
William de Clifton,10 who died in 1258 holding ten
plough-lands in chief of the king — viz. eight in demesne
and two in service — by a rent of 401. and by finding
a suitor at the courts of the county and the wapen-
take. His son Henry was of full age and married.11

28 Dugdale, Visit. (Chet. Soc.), 49. The
descent is thus given r John Bradley -8.
James (d. c. 1620) -8. Edward (killed at
Marston Moor, fighting on the king's
side) -s. James (aged forty) -». Edward
(aged fourteen).

23 The Heskeths of Rufford had land
in Kellamergh in the time of Henry VIII,
but the tenure was unknown ; Duchy of
Lane. Inq. p.m. v, no. 16 ; vii, no. 14.
The tenement of George Hesketh of
Poulton in 1571 was held of the lords of
Kellamergh in socage ; ibid, xiii, no. 15.
Later it was held of the king ; Lanes. Inq.
p.m. (Rec. Soc.), iii, 366.

John Nickson of Kellamergh, who died
in 1618, held a messuage, &c., of the
heirs or assigns of Jordan de Kellamergh.
William Nickson son and heir of John
was seven years old ; Lanes. Inq. p.m.
ii, 87.

George Browne in 1567 held a mes-
suage, &c., in Kellamergh as part of his
Kirkham estate, the Dean and Chapter of
Christ Church, Oxf., being lords ; Duchy
of Lane. Inq. p.m. xi, no. 4.

24 Ibid, xxix, no. 9. The tenure is not
recorded. William son and heir of
Edward was two years of age.

William Mercer was defendant in 1582
and 1 590, while John Mercer was claimant
of lands in the manor of Bryning in 1601 ;
Ducatus Lane, iii, 161, 243, 422.

25 In 1645 two-thirds of one-third
part of the Mercer tenement was seques-
tered for the recusancy of Elizabeth
mother of Edward; she died in 1651.

Two-thirds of another third were in 1646
sequestered for the recusancy of Alice
Mercer, widow of Edward. William
Mercer the son made petition in 1652 in
respect of these portions ; Royalist Camp.
Paper -s, iv, 128—9. The claim was allowed ;
Cal. Com. for Comp. iv, 3013.

26 Estcourt and Payne, Engl. Cath. Non-
jurors, 89.

47 Pedigree in Fishwick, Kirkham, 1 96.

Richard Bradkirk of Bryning died un-
married in 1813. A sister Elizabeth
married John Langton ; M. I. at Kirk-
ham.

1 The Census Rep. 1901 gives 3,373
acres, including 17 of inland water ;
there are also 40 acres of tidal water and
83 of foreshore.

* Thomas Duddell of Pepper Hill in
Clifton occurs in 1613 ; Lanes. Inq. p.m.
(Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), ii, 14.

8 Lanes, and Ches. Antiq. Soc. xx, 187.

4 Diet. Nat. Biog. ; Gillow, Bibl. Diet.
of Engl. Cath.

8 Ibid, i, 320.

6 V.C.H. Lanes, i, 288*.

7 Lanes. Inq. and Extents (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), i, 46. The fee con-
sisted of Clifton (two plough-lands), Sal-
wick (one), Westby (two), Fieldplumpton
(two), and Barton (two). These give only
nine plough-lands, but in 1226 Westby
and Fieldplumpton together were called
five plough-lands ; the assessment of
Barton in 1066 was four, not two.
Though Salwick became subordinate, it
occurs occasionally as the leading member.

161

From a tithe suit of 1586 it appears
that there were then 19 oxgangs of land
in Clifton proper ; Fishwick, Kirkham
(Chet. Soc.), 73.

8 Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 46.

9 He attested a charter which may be
dated between 1160 and 1170; Farrer,
Lanes. Fife R. 409- 1 1 . Theobald Walter
about 1 194 took the land of Salwick from
him, giving Wrea instead ; but soon after
the accession of King John he recovered
Salwick, paying 10 marks and a palfrey ;
Rot. de Oblatis (Rec. Com.), 115; Farrer,
op. cit. 130. He contributed to a scutage
in 1205-6 ; ibid. 205.

Walter son of Osbert and his son
William were benefactors of Cockersand
Abbey ; Chartul. (Chet. Soc.), i, 211, 212.

10 Memo. R. (L.T.R.), i. Walter son of
Osbert's name was copied into the roll of
1226, as if he were still living; Lanes.
Inq. and Extents, i, 139.

William de Clifton was collector of an
aid in 1235 ; ibid. 142. In 1256 he
agreed with John de Lea and Henry his
son respecting common of pasture within
Clifton Marsh ; Dods. MSS. Ixx, fol. 160.

11 Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 212—13.
The two plough-lands in service were
those in Barton, as appears from the
inquest of 1212 ; ibid. 46. The lands
were in the escheator's hands from
23 April till 4 May, being then delivered
to Henry, the son and heir. In that
time ^5 135. gd. was received ; ibid. 222.

It appears that Henry was a younger
»on, for in 1257 William de Clifton gave

21

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Of Henry practically nothing is known.12 He
was ancestor of three successive Williams, the first
of whom 13 in 1318 obtained a charter of free
warren in his manors of Clifton and Westby.14
He died in I323.15 His grandson, another Sir
William,16 showed himself a lawless and violent man
in a dispute in 1337 with the Abbot of Vale Royal.
On arbitration he was ordered to acknowledge his
guilt and ask for pardon, submitting himself to the
abbot's will, to pay 20 marks and compensate for loss.
Those who had assisted him were to bring a large
candle, which was to be carried round the church of

Kirkham on Palm Sunday and offered to St. Michael.17
He appears in another light in 1349, obtaining from
the Archbishop of York licence for his oratories at
Clifton, Westby and Lund.18

Sir William was about 1370 succeeded by his son
Sir Robert,18 who died in 1401 holding the manors
of Clifton, Salwick and Moorhouses, also the manor
of Westby and various lands of the king in socage by
the service of 40^. yearly. The heir was his nephew
Thomas son of Sir Nicholas de Clifton, then twelve
years of age.20 The manors descended regularly to
Cuthbert Clifton,21 who died 14 August 1512, leaving

60 marks of silver to Robert de Hampton
and Margery his wife for a release of her
dower of one-third of the manors of
Clifton, Westby and Plumpton, with
which Richard de Clifton (formerly her
husband) had dowered her at the church
door when he married her, with the
assent and good-will of William his
father ; Final Cone. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches.), i, 130. It appears that Margery
was daughter and co-heir of Sir William
de Samlesbury. Before 1278 she had
married a third husband, Richard Deuias ;
Assize R. 1277, m< 32*-

18 In 1282 Henry de Clifton and
Margery his wife released their right to a
moiety of the manor of Thurnham ;
Final Cone, i, 158. Margery widow of
Henry de Clifton was in 1289 the wife
of Robert de Holland, and was claiming
dower in a messuage and 4 oxgangs of
land in Plumpton against Thomas de
Clifton; De Banco R. 80, m. 125 d.
Thomas was living ten years later ; ibid.
138, m. 99.

u William son of Henry de Clifton
in 1298 allowed turbary in Salwick or
Moorhouses to William son of Henry
de Lea, jusi as his ancestors had enjoyed
it ; Dods. MSS. Ixx, fol. 160. In the
following year he (as Sir William) approved
30 acres in Clifton Marsh with the leave
of William de Lea ; ibid.

William de Clifton was defendant in a
claim put forward by Edmund Earl of
Lancaster in 1291 ; Assize R. 1294,
m. 1 1 d. He proved his right ; Plac. de
Quo Warr. (Rec. Com.), 380. In 1297
he rendered the old 401. thegnage rent ;
Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 289. In 1306
he andj Aline his wife, through Eustace
de Cottesbach, made a settlement of the
manors of Clifton and Westby, the re-
mainders being in succession to William,
Thomais and Henry, sons of William de
Clifton : Final Cone, i, 207.

William son of William de Clifton
established his right to the manor of
Salwick in 1313— 14 against William de
Clifton and Aline his wife ; Assize R.
424, m. ft. Sir William de Clifton occurs
in a bonldin 1317-18 ; Kuerden MSS. iv,

CM.

14 Chart. R. n Edw. II, m. 5, no. 18.

15 His two manors, Clifton and Westby,
were held of the king in socage by suit
at the ce unty from six weeks to six weeks
and at the wapentake from three weeks
to three/ weeks, and by the rent of 401.
The cap *\il messuage of Clifton was worth
2*.; 4 '• gangs were in demesne, each
oxgang retaining 18 acres of arable land,
worth iAr.an acre ; also 8 acres of meadow,
each worth is. 6d. ; a fishery in the
Ribble worth 6s. %d. a year, a water-mill
131. 4</.j a horse-mill the same, and a
windmill z6s. 8</. Tenants at will held
12 oxgangs, valued as above, 24 acres of
meadow/ and twelve cottages. In a

hamlet called the Moor were eight cot-
tages and 80 acres of arable land, worth
441. in all, and in another hamlet called
the Scales were six cottages and 60 acres
of arable land, worth in all 331. His
heir was his son William, aged twenty-
eight ; Inq. p.m. 17 Edw. II, no. 32.

William de Clifton in 1324 held the
manors of Clifton, Westby and Barton
by the ancient tenure of 40*., &c. ; Dods.
MSS. cxxxi, fol. 39^.

16 In 1 346 Isabel widow of William
de Clifton had a dispute with William
son of William as to dower. The fine of
1306 was referred to. William and Alice
(Aline) were dead ; also William the son
therein named, whose widow had entered
into four messuages, 4 oxgangs of land,
&c., parcel of the manor of Westby,
contrary to the fine, as was alleged by
the third William. Isabel alleged that
William the grandfather (son of Henry)
had given two-thirds of them to John de
Venables, with the reversion of the other
third (held by Katherine de Singleton as
dower), and they had been then given to
her on her marriage with William (the
father of defendant). An allegation that
the senior William was of unsound mind
at the time was rejected by the jury ; De
Banco R. 348, m. 73 ; 350, m. 122.
Katherine de Singleton was probably the
second wife of the first William.

17 Fishwick, Kirkham (Chet. Soc.),
34-5, quoting Harl. MS. 2064, fol. 14^.
Sir William wished to purchase the tithes
of Clifton and Westby for 20 marks,
which the abbot refused. He drove away
the tithe collectors, and the abbot's tithes
were left in the fields to waste ; he even
entered the church and assailed the priests
and clerks, and in contempt of the
rectorial rights had had his child baptized
elsewhere than in the parish church.
Further, with the approval of a number
of associates, he had had the abbot's
clerk beaten in the Preston streets.

William de Clifton appears in 1346
as holding two plough-lands in Westby,
two in Fieldplumpton (Great and Little),
three in Salwick and Clifton and two in
Barton, in socage, paying 401. yearly at
the four terms, giving relief at death, and
doing suit to the county and wapentake 5
Survey of 1 346 (Chet. Soc.), 46.

In 1348 Sir William complained that
Edmund de Dacre had entered his free
warren at Clifton and hunted therein
without his licence, carrying off game ;
De Banco R. 355, m. 19. Sir William
and Margaret his wife were in 1359
engaged in suits with Adam de Hoghton ;
Duchy of Lane. Assize R. 7, m. 7.

18 Note by Canon Raines citing Epi«.
Reg. Zouche.

19 In 1375 Robert de Clifton made a
feoffment of his manors of Clifton and
Salwick, receiving them back the next
year ; Close, 49 Edw. Ill, m. 46 ; 50

l62

Edw. Ill, pt. i, m. 3. In 1385 Sir Robert
was alleged to have carried off wreck of
the sea at Freckleton ; Lanes. Inq. p.m.
(Chet. Soc.), i, 22.

In the following year he went to Ireland
on the king's service ; Cal. Pat. 1385-9,
p. 214.

In 1390 he made acknowledgement of
a debt before William de Walton, then
mayor of Preston ; Pal. of Lane. Chan.
Misc. 1/9, m. 134.

20 Towneley MS. DD, no. 1453.

The date of the inquest is given as 1 8
Mar. i Hen. IV ; it should probably be

2 Hen. IV, as Thursday in the first
(? second) week of Lent could not be

3 Mar. — the day of death — in 1400.

Sir Nicholas de Clifton was made keeper
of Bolsover Castle in 1396 ; Cal. Pat.
1391-6, p. 662.

The pedigree given in the inquisitions
of 1512 and 1514 (hereafter cited) is as
follows : William de Clifton -s. Sir
William -s. Nicholas -s. Robert -s.
Thomas -s. Richard -s. James -s. Robert
-s. Cuthbert (who died in 1512). The
Robert son of Nicholas appears to be an
error, but there is no independent proof
of several of the steps.

Richard Clifton and John Clifton, each
described as ' esquire,' were in 1445
accused by Henry Fleetwood of waylaying
him with intent to kill him at Kirkham ;
Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 8, m. 2. Richard
obtained licence for his oratories at Clifton
and Westby in 1444 ; Raines MSS. (Chet.
Lib.), xxii, 373. He was in possession
in 1445-6, holding Westby, Fieldplump-
ton, Salwick and Clifton by the ancient
service ; the relief was 405. ; Duchy of
Lane. Knights' Fees bdle. 2, no. 20. He
seems to have been succeeded by his
son James between 1479 and 1482 ;
Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), ii, 118.
The writ of diem cl. extr. after the death
of James Clifton was issued 20 Feb.
1495-6 ; Towneley MS. CC (Chet. Lib.),
no. 639. For James's possessions see
Lanes, and Ches. Rec. (Rec. Soc. Lanes,
and Ches.), i, 29.

81 In 1498-9 Alice widow of James
Clifton in conjunction with Cuthbert,
next of kin and heir of James, granted to
Henry Clifton son of James a moss called
Westgrims in Clifton for his life ; Kuerden
MSS. iv, C 21. Cuthbert Clifton in 1504
gave land in Whittingham (purchased by
his grandfather James) in exchange for a
burgage in Kirkham ; Towneley MS.
DD, no. 1884. Alice, the widow
named, was one of the daughters of
Robert Lawrence of Scotforth ; Pal. of
Lane. Plea R. 163, m. 20.

A rental of the estates compiled in
1509 has been preserved by Towneley
(OO). It gives the names of the tenants
and the various rents due from each ; thus
Thomas Ryley in Clifton paid 191. icW.,
two days' 'shearing' or ^d., two days'

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

KIRKHAM

an only daughter Elizabeth, the heir male being his
brother William.22 A division ensued, Clifton going
to the daughter and Westby to the brother,23 and
thus the Cliftons became known as 'of Westby.'
Elizabeth by her second husband Sir William Moly-
neux24 had a daughter and heir Anne,25 whose
grandson Cuthbert Halsall had a daughter and co-heir
Anne. She married Thomas Clifton of Westby, and
the whole estate became reunited.26

It will thus be convenient to give in this place the
descent of the manor of Westby. William Clifton
died in I 5 37,27 and was succeeded by his son Thomas,
who died in 1551, leaving a son and heir Cuthbert,

twelve years ot age.28 Cuthbert was a recusant in
1577, his income being stated at 100 marks a year.29
He died in 1580, leaving a son Thomas, eighteen
years of age,30 who at his death only five years later
was followed by his son Cuthbert, three years old.31
This son, the purchaser of Lytham, was made a
knight at La thorn in i6l7,32 and died in 1634
holding the manors of Westby, Lytham and Little
Marton.33 Thomas, his son and heir, was twenty-
nine years of age, and, as above stated, had recovered
the manor of Clifton and the other moiety of the
ancient family estate by his marriage with Anne
Halsall. Pedigrees of the family were recorded at

ploughing or is., two days' harrowing or
8^., leading four ' foder ' of turves or 6d.,
two hens or ^</., and a goose or zJ. In
Salwick-with-Moorhouse the New Hall
with three closes and two doles and a half
in the Broadmeadow was worth £2 is. a
year, and the Old Hall with half a dole
in the Broadmeadow £2 icw. The
Westgrims Moss is named.

A full description of the boundary of
the lordship of Clifton and Sal wick is
added. It went through the middle of
the moor between Clifton and Lea,
'straight betwixt the hepping stones in
Sidgreaves Lane and the nook of the new
intake.' The Harestones, Wagging
Birch, Raholme and Graystone seem to
have been on the north-west border of
Salwick.

It is noted that the friars of Preston
paid is. to the lord of Westby for certain
lands at the Maudlands and a pound of
pepper (or is.), and that the lord of
Barton paid 81. for that lordship.

M Two inquisitions were made. That
in 1512 (Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. iv,
no. iz) gives the pedigree as already
recorded and recites several deeds. By
one of them (without date) the feoffees of
Sir William de Clifton gave to William
de Clifton the son the manors of Clifton
and Westby, with messuages, windmill,
lands, rents in various places and homages
of Sir Nicholas Boteler for a tenement in
Whittle, of John de Barton for Barton,
and of Richard de Shireburne for Inskip.
By another Sir William de Clifton gave
to his son Nicholas messuages and lands
in Goosnargh and English Lea (including
one in Sidgreaves). Cuthbert Clifton gave
certain lands to trustees to pay Lawrence
Henreson to celebrate in Kirkham Church
for him and his wife, &c., for ten years,
when the lands were to go to his brother
William. All his messuages, &c., in
Kirkham, Newton, Scales, Great and
Little Plumpton, Warton, Wrea, Elswick,
Greenhalgh, Esprick, Ashley and Barker
in Goosnargh were to go to his said
brother, together with certain lands in
Salwick, Clifton and Westby. The
manors of Clifton and Westby and the
lands there were stated to be held of the
king as of his duchy by the yearly rent of
4.01. Salwick is called a ' manor ' at the
beginning but not afterwards.

The second inquisition, in 15 14 (ibid,
iv, no. 48), quotes the fine of 1306, and
recites that Richard son of Thomas Clifton
was seised of certain messuages, &c., in
Clifton, Westby, Salwick and other place*
which descended to Cuthbert as his heir
(viz. son of Robert, son of James, son of
the said Richard), and should descend to
his daughter Elizabeth, who was nine years
old at her father's death.

Elizabeth Clifton became the king's
ward, but William Clifton had possession

of some or all of the estates, and in 1516
Richard Hesketh, the king's attorney for
the county palatine, appeared before the
barons of the Exchequer for instructions ;
ibid, iii, no. 3.

28 In May 1515 it was agreed between
Richard Hesketh and Elizabeth his wife,
daughter and heir of Cuthbert Clifton, on
the first part, and William Clifton brother
of Cuthbert, on the other, that the manor
of Westby, demesne lands, &c., property
in Much and Little Plumpton, Wrea,
Elswick, Poolhouses in Warton, Green-
halgh, &c., and the chantry at Kirkham
lately made by Sir Richard Davy, vicar
thereof, were to be taken for half the
inheritance. The other half consisted of
the manor of Clifton, with various lands,
the tithe barn there, fishery in the Ribble,
lands, Sec., in Salwick and other places,
chief rents and services of the free chapel
and lands of St. Mary Magdalen nigh
Preston, the chief rent of Barton, the
chantry of Lund Chapel, and other lands.
Richard and Elizabeth were allowed six
months in which to make choice of one
of the moieties ; Kuerden MSS. iv, C 21.

84 Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 155, m. 8 d.

14 Sir William Molyneux of Sefton died
in 1548 holding the manor of Clifton, &c.,
in right of his wife Elizabeth, who was
mother of Thomas Molyneux the heir.
Elizabeth died nine months before her
husband, viz. on 5 June 1 547, and Thomas
was of full age. The manor and other
lands were held of the king as of his
duchy by a rent of zoj. q.d. a year ; Duchy
of Lane. Inq. p.m. ix, no. 6.

It appears from the pedigree* that there
were several children of the marriage, but
that Anne, a daughter, was eventually the
heir and married Henry Halsall of Halsall,
by whom she had a son Richard ; Visit, of
1567 (Chet. Soc.), 94, 104. Settlements
of the manor appear to have been made
by Henry Halsall and Anne his wife in
1557 and 1571 ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F.
bdle. 17, m. 55 ; 33, m. 76. Richard was
succeeded by his illegitimate son Sir Cuth-
bert Halsall, who had two daughters, Anne
and Bridget; see V.C.ll. Lanes, iii, 195 ;
Vitit. of 1613 (Chet. Soc.), 59. The
manor of Clifton, held by the rent of
2os. 4^., is named in the possessions of
Henry Halsall in 1574 ; Duchy of Lane.
Inq. p.m. xiii, no. 34.

Sir Cuthbert Halsall as lord of the
manors claimed services in 1600 ; Ducatus
Lane. (Rec. Com.), iii, 420.

36 An agreement as to the manor* of
Clifton and Westby was made in 1612
between Sir Cuthbert Halsall and Cuthbert
Clifton ; Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 307, m. 9 d.
The manors were granted to the Earl of
Derby and other trustees ; Pal. of Lane.
Feet of F. bdle. 80, no. 24, 25.

*r His will is printed in Wills (Rec.
Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), 70—3. He desired

I63

to be buried in Kirkham Church, where
his ancestors were buried. Thomas, his
son and heir, was under age ; William,
the younger son, was to be kept to the
school until twenty-one ; the daughter
Ellen is named. Isabel his wife was to
have the manor-place of Westby and the
demesne thereto belonging. ' A certain
pasture called the Peel ' is mentioned.

Isabel married John Holcar and in 1538
was claiming dower ; Pal. of Lane. Plea
R. 1 64, m. 3 d.

18 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. ix, no. 18;
x, no. 47 ; xii, no. 12. Thomas died
seised of the manor of Westby, messuages,
windmill, &c., in Westby, Great and Little
Plumpton, &c. The manor of Westby and
its appurtenances were held of the king as
of his duchy in socage by a rent of IQJ.
This was only a fourth part of the old
service of 401.5 Clifton rendered 201. 4</.
There is nothing to show how the re-
mainder was paid, but the chief rent of
Barton (8s.) may account for most of it.

The accounts of Thomas Clifton's
executors are printed in Piccope, Wills
(Chet. Soc.), iii, 73-80. He left 201. to
the grammar school. To the vicar of
Kirkham ios. was paid as a mortuary,
and /"4 CM. 4</. was paid at the church the
day of his burial.

29 Gibson, Lydiate Hall, 215, quoting
S. P. Dom. Eliz. cxviii, 451. The William
Clifton, gent., of this and later lists was
no doubt his uncle, the younger son named
in the will of 1537 above quoted.

80 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xiv, no. 76.
The tenure of Westby is given as before.
A messuage called Ballam there had been
assigned to Cuthbert's brother William.

81 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xiv, no. 21.
This recites the will of Thomas Clifton,
dated 3 Feb. 1584—5, in which are given
particulars of a settlement of his estates.
His wife was Jane daughter of Sir John
Southworth ; he had three brothers — Wil-
liam, John and Cuthbert ; his uncle,
William Clifton of Ballam, was living.

Thomas Clifton as a recusant was in
1584 required to provide a light horse-
man, armed, for the queen's service in
Ireland ; Hist. MSS. Com. Rep. xiv, App. iv,

593-

Licence of entry to Cuthbert son and
heir of Thomas Clifton was given in
1605-6 ; Kuerden MSS. iv, C 21.

38 Metcalfe, Bk. of Knights, 171. Sir
Cuthbert Clifton obtained a general pardon
on the accession of Charles I ; Kuerden,
loc. cit.

88 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xxvii,
no. 43. The tenure of Westby is recorded
as before. ' The Peel ' was said to be
held of the king as of his duchy by knight's
service. A settlement made in 1611 is
recited, the remainder being to Thomas
the son and heir and heirs male. There
was a younger son Cuthbert. Jane Stanley,

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

the heralds' visitations in I56;,34 i6i335 and

The Cliftons adhered to
Roman Catholicism,37 and in
the Civil War to the king's
side.38 Thomas Clifton had
his estates sequestered as a re-
cusant and delinquent,39 and
at length they were sold by
order of the Parliament.40
His eldest son, Colonel Cuth-
bert Clifton, was taken
prisoner at Liverpool in 1 644,
and died at Manchester,41 and
three other brothers are stated
to have lost their lives in the
king's service.42 Thomas died

CLIFTON of Clifton
and Westby. Sable on a
bend argent three mulleti
pierced gules.

in 1657, and his

second son Thomas succeeded.43 He was made a
baronet in 1 66 1 as a recognition of his family's
loyalty,44 and he was accused of treason after the
Revolution.45 He died in 1694, and his son having
died before him the baronetcy expired, while the
manors descended to his nephew Thomas Clifton
of Fairsnape, who registered his estates in 1717
as a ' Papist,' the annual value being given as
£1,548 ijs. 2</.46 He died in 1720, and the
manors of Clifton and Westby descended regularly to
his great-great-grandson, another Thomas Clifton,47
who became a Protestant in 183 1,48 and was sheriff in
1835. He died in 1851, and his son John Talbot Clif-
ton, who represented North Lancashire 1 844-47 49'50
and was sheriff in l853,51 died in 1882, having
returned to the Roman Catholic religion.52 He was
succeeded by his grandson Mr. John Talbot Clifton,63

widow, formerly wife of Thomas Clifton
(father of Cuthbert), and Dorothy, Cuth-
bert's widow, were living at Westby.

The younger son, Cuthbert, entered
the Society of Jesus in 1630 and laboured
in the Lancashire mission from 1642 till
his death in 1675. He is stated to have
reconciled the seventh Earl of Derby to
the Roman Church while on his way to
execution at Bolton, 1651 ; Foley, Rec.
5. /. vii, 139. »* Vhlt. (Chet. Soc.), 42.

35 Ibid. 88. s6 Ibid. 86.

37 Sir Cuthbert was present at the
meeting (or pilgrimage) at Holywell in
1629. It was then stated that he had two
priests at his house, at which place were
kept Fr. Arrowsmith's clothes and the
knife that cut him up ; Foley, op. cit. iv,
534, citing S. P. Dom. Chas. I, cli, 13.
Two of his daughters were nuns.

It may have been this Cuthbert to
whom in 1636 licence to travel abroad
was given, Rome being the place for-
bidden ; Cal, S. P. Dom. 1635-6, p. 341.

88 Thomas Clifton was one of the
' recusants convicted ' who petitioned the
king on the outbreak of the war to be
allowed to provide themselves with
weapons ; Civil War Tracts (Chet. Soc.),
39. He entertained the Earl of Derby
at Lytham Hall in 1644 ; War in Lanes.
(Chet. Soc.), 26.

39 Royalist Comf. Papers (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), ii, 47—63. Major
John Wildman, esq., contracted for the
purchase of the manors of Clifton-with-
Salwick, Westby, Lytham and Little
Marton.

Other members of the family also
suffered. The estate of Dorothy widow
of Sir Cuthbert was sequestered in 1647
for her recusancy ; ibid. 43. The annuity
of John Clifton, a lunatic, was suspended
for a time ; ibid. 46.

40 Index of Royalists (Index Soc.), 30 ;
under an Act of 1652, for the use of the
navy.

41 He married in 1641 Margaret daugh-
ter and heir of George Ireland of South-
worth, and his estate was seized by the
Parliament in 1643 'i Royalist Comp.
Papers, ii, 60. Colonel Clifton — who
must have been very young for such a
post — was made governor of Liverpool
after the capture of that town by
Prince Rupert, and was taken prisoner
at its recapture i Nov. 1644. He and
the others 'were carried to Manchester
and there kept. Some of them died
within a little time after, as Colonel
Cuthbert Clifton of Lytham and Captain
Richard Butler of Rawcliffe with
others' ; War in Lanes. 60 ; Civil War

Tracts, 208. For an anecdote of him see
War in Lanes. 5 1.

42 Gillow, Bibl. Diet, of Engl. Cath. i,
516-17. Their names are given as
Francis (killed at Newbury 1643), J°^n
and Lawrence. Another brother, Ger-
vase, was with the king's forces till the
taking of Shelford Manor, when he was
captured ; ' as to his recusancy, as he
was but young before the first wars he
could not be convicted, but his father
and all the family being ever Papists,
they (the investigators) believed he could
never make it appear that he was con-
formable, nor was he then so far as they
knew" ; Royalist Comp. Papers, ii, 56, 45.

48 The details in the later part of the
descent are taken in the main from
Foster's Lanes. Fed. f Mr. Thomas Clifton
of Lytham ' was buried at Lytham
17 Dec. 1657 ; Reg.

44 G.E.C. Complete Baronetage, iii, 170.

45 Sir Thomas and Lady Bridget his wife
were indicted for recusancy in 1678-9 ;
Hist. A1SS. Com. Rep. xiv, App. iv, 109.

Sir Thomas, then a very infirm man,
was arrested on suspicion in 1689, and
kept in Mr. Patten's house in Preston,
where he avowed his contentment with
the government. Again he was captured
at Wrea Green 17 July 1694 and lodged
at Kirkham, being taken next day to his
own house at Lytham, then by Wigan
to Chester Castle. Afterwards he was
kept in the Tower of London till the
trial at Manchester ; Jacobite Trials (Chet.
Soc.), 98, 46.

His brothers William and James were
also arrested in 1689; Hist. MSS. Com.
Rep. xiv, App. iv, 3 14. Lunt, the informer
and chief witness, at the trial pointed to
Sir Rowland Stanley as Sir Thomas
Clifton and vice versa ; ibid. 371.

The manors of Lytham, Westby-with-
Plumpton, Clifton -with -Salwick and
Little Marton were held by Sir Thomas
Clifton in 1692; Pal. of Lane. Plea
R. 455, m. ii ; Feet of F. bdle. 228,
m. 127.

46 Estcourt and Payne, Engl. Cath.
Nonjurors, 115; also Bridget Clifton, 94.

An agent of the government writing
from Preston in 1716 says : ' The family
of Thomas Clifton of Lytham, esq., a
Roman Catholic of very considerable
estate, seems to have been very deeply
engaged in the late rebellion. George
Clifton, his brother, is actually outlawed
on account of that rebellion and I have
the copies of several depositions taken
against the eldest son of the said Thomas
Clifton and one Mr. Mayfield his steward
. . . that are very plain and direct ! '

164

Again, ' The eldest son of the said
Thomas Clifton has absconded ever since
the action at Preston and is said also
to be fled to France. . . . There are
also some depositions against the said
Thomas Clifton himself, and I have been
assured by a clergyman of the Church of
England in his neighbourhood, a very
zealous man for the government, that
. . . was there but proper encourage-
ment given there might be a cloud of
witnesses produced that would fix the
matter plainly upon him ' ; Payne, Engl.
Cath. Rec. 87, 100.

47 The descent is thus given in Foster,
op. cit. : Thomas, d. 1720 -s. Thomas,
d. 1734 -s. Thomas, d. 1783 -s. John,
d. 1832 -s. Thomas, 1788-1851.

It was the second Thomas Clifton who
married Mary daughter and co-heir of
Richard (fifth) Lord Molyneux. The
same Thomas, as son and heir of Thomas
Clifton and nephew and devisee of James
Clifton of Preston, in 1727 transferred
to William Clifton (son of Cuthbert,
eldest son of said James) and John
Winder land on the Freshes of the River
Potomac in the province of Virginia,
lately in the possession of James Clifton
and of Thomas his second son ; Piccope
MSS. Chet. Lib.), iii, 232, from rolls
i & 2 of Geo. II at Preston. For the
will of Thomas Clifton, 1734, see ibid.
256, quoung 2nd 5th roll of Geo. II ; it
mentions Mary his wife daughter of
Richard Lord Molyneux and his four
daughters. Eleanor, one of the daughters,
was a nun at the Bar Convent, York,
1720-85 ; Misc. <Cath. Rec. Soc.), iv, 360.

The third Thomas in the descent
married Anne daughter of Sir Carnaby
Haggerston in 1752. The marriage
covenant, from which it appears he owned
Fairsnape and Todderstaffe, is abstracted
by Piccope (ibid. 278) from R. 26 of
Geo. II. He had made a settlement of
his manors of Clifton, Salwick, Westby,
&c., in 1750 ; Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 570,
m. 7. The last Thomas similarly occurs
in 1809 ; Draft Docquets, bdle. 27, R 10.

48 Some particulars are related in
Gillow' s Haydock Papers, 237.

49-so Burke, Landed Gentry (1906), 335.

51 Ibid.

52 His brother Charles Frederick took
his wife's surname of Abney-Hastings,
and was raised to the peerage in 1880 as
Lord Donington. He died in 1895, his
son being the Earl of Loudoun, as heir
of his mother ; G.E.C. Complete Peerage,

ii'» 137-

53 Son of Thomas Henry Clifton, who
died in 1880.

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

KIRKHAM

born in 1868, the present lord of the manor. The
principal residence of the family has been at Lytham
since early in the ijth century. Mr. Clifton's pos-
sessions include the whole of the townships of Clifton-
with-Salwick, Westby-with-Plumptons, and Lytham
(ancient) ; also Little Marton, part of Great Marton
and much of Warton. Manor courts have long ceased
to be held, but juries of the farmers in the several
townships assemble yearly to make arrangements for
the clearing of the watercourses, and officials named
constables, byelaw-men, &c., are nominated as a
matter of form.54

The Cliftons being the only landowners in the
township, there is little to record besides. Richard
Clitheroe of Clifton paid £10 on declining knight-
hood in 1 63 1.55 One Thomas Threlfall had two-
thirds of his house and land sequestered for recusancy
in the Commonwealth time.56 Several people of
Clifton and Salwick registered estates as ' Papists ' in
171 7,57 in addition to the squire.

Of Salwick there is little to record.58 There were
disputes between the lords of Lea and Clifton as to
pasturage on Salwick Waste, Grimes Moss and Clifton
Marsh.59 William Duddell was a freeholder in
l6oo.60

LUND was the site of an oratory in
CHURCH 1349, as above stated. The chapel is
named again in the partition of the
Clifton estates in I5I5-61 Nothing is known .of its
earlier history ; it is not named among the chantries
suppressed in 1547-8, and probably ceased to be used
for service62 till the time of the Commonwealth,
when, the Cliftons' estates being under sequestration,
Lund Chapel was rebuilt63 and occupied by one
Joseph Harrison, 'a godly, diligent and painful
pastor,' who received £40 a year from the Com-
mittee of Plundered Ministers.64 Afterwards it re-
verted to the Cliftons, but in 1687 was claimed by
Mr. Clegg, vicar of Kirkham,65 and this claim seems

to have prevailed, probably owing to the Revolution,
for in 1689 Thomas Ryley, 'conformable,' was
minister there.66 Bishop Gastrell about 1717 found
that there was an income from recent endowments of
£6 1 8s. \d., and that the master of Kirkham School
preached and read prayers there ' every Sunday,
Sacrament days excepted.' 67 Curates were appointed
regularly from 1732. The chapel became ruinous,68
and was replaced by the present church of St. John
the Evangelist in 1825. A district parish was attached
to it in 1 84O,69 and the vicarial tithes have been
assigned to the incumbent, who is presented by the
Dean and Canons of Christ Church, Oxford.70 The
following have had charge 71 : —

1717 Edward Manwaring

1726 Thomas Cockin

1749 Benjamin Wright

1774 Cuthbert Harrison

1790 Joshua Southward

1790 Charles Buck, M.A. (St. John's Coll.,

Camb.)

1808 Thomas Stephenson
1820 Richard Moore, M.A.72 (Brasenose Co!].,

Oxf.)
1886 Charles Fullerton Smith, M.A. (Christ

Ch., Oxf.)

Ward's House, near Salwick Hall, was formerly the
seat of a younger branch of the Clifton family, of
whom several became Jesuits, and mass was said in the
chapel there in the I7th 73 and i8th centuries,74 until
the chapel at Lea was built in i8oi.78

NEWTON-WITH-SCALES

Neutune, Dom. Bk. ; Neuton, 1242.

This township occupies a long strip of ground
running north from the Ribble, with an area of
1,5 22 1 acres.1 The village of Newton is near the

M Information of Mr. James S. Fair.

46 Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.),
i, 222.

48 Cal. Com. for Comp. v, 3202. Threl-
fall was dead, but had been succeeded by
another of the same name. The claim
of Thomas Cottam in 1654. was allowed
'unless the County Commissioners find
that Margaret wife of Thomas Threlfall
is the Margaret Threlfall of Poulton who
has been convicted of recusancy."

57 Of Clifton — Robert Hoskar, James
Hoskar and Robert Gradwell ; Estcourt
and Payne, op. cit. 103, 133, 136. Of
Salwick — James Hardman and Anne
widow of John Charnock ; ibid. 92, 140.

68 The New Hall and the Old Hall in
Salwick are named in 1591 ; Ducatus
Lane. (Rec. Com.), iii, 256.

59 Ibid. 113, 323; Lanes, and Ches.
Rec. (Rec. Soc.), ii, 279.

60 Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.),
i, 232.

61 Quoted in a former note. See
Raines" notes in Notitia Cestr. (Chet.
Soc.), ii, 424.

62 The chantry chapel and its lands,
including three messuages in Kirkham
and the 4 acres and a windmill in Clifton,
certainly came into the hands of the
Crown, for James I sold them in 1606
to William Brown and others (Pat.
3 Jas. I, pt. xvi), who no doubt sold to
the lord of Clitton.

83 In 1645 an allowance of £40 out

of Thomas Clifton's sequestered tithes
was voted for the maintenance of a
minister, 'when the said chapel of Lund
shall be re-edified ' ; Plund. Mini. Accts.
(Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 9. The
grant became effective in 1648 ; ibid. 62.

64 Commoniv. Ch. Sur-v. (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), 155. The allowance
was increased to ^50 ; Plund. Mins. Accts.

i» 94> 245-

Harrison was ' a good scholar and a
methodical preacher ; fixed in a dark
corner, where he was wonderfully fol-
lowed and very useful ' ; Calamy, Nonconf.
Mem. (ed. Palmer), ii, 97. For his
family see Lanes, and Ches. Hist, and Gen.
Notes, ii, 159.

65 Raines, ut sup. quoting Cartivright's
Diary (Camden Soc.), in which the
bishop states he dismissed the claim for
want of evidence. The claim must have
originated somewhat earlier, for in 1680
Alice Clitherall left ^5 towards an en-
dowment; in 1682 John Dickson left
money, half the interest on which was
' to be paid to such minister as should be
legally authorised to teach and preach in
the chapel of Lund, according to the
Church of England,' or in default to the
poor ; and in 1685 Thomas Smith left
£20 for ' a lawful minister ' ; while in
1690 Alice Hankinson left £z for the
use of the chapel ; End. Char. Rep.
(Kirkham), 18.

The chapel was first repaired at the

I65

charge of the parish in 1688 ; Fishwick,
Kirkham (Chet. Soc.), 56.

66 Hist. MSS. Com. Rep. xiv, App. iv,
229. Ryley is not named in Stratford's
visitation list, 1691, so that he did not
stay long.

67 Notitia Cestr. loc. cit.

68 The royal brief for a collection on
behalf of the rebuilding, dated 1822, is
printed in Lanes, and Chef. Antiq. Notts,
ii, 200.

69 Order in Council, Aug. 1840.

70 Raines" notes, Notitia Cestr. The
benefice was declared a vicarage in 1866 ;
Land. Gaz. 25 May.

71 This list is from the church papers,
Chester Dioc. Reg.

7* Hewitson, Our Country Churches, 303.

73 See the account of Kirkham Church.

74 Foley, Ret. S. J. vii, 140-1. In
1716 it was reported 'that Lowick
[ ? Salwick] Hall, the reputed inherit-
ance of Thomas Clifton esq. of Lytham,
about four miles from Preston, belongs
to some popish priests or is appropriated
to some other superstitious use ' ; Payne,
Engl. Cath. Rec. 89.

75 John Clitton (d. 1832) suppressed
Salwick Chapel, and made an unsuccess-
ful claim for the plate and vestments ;
Gillow, Haydock Papers, 237, 207.

1 The Census Rep. 1901 gives 1,472
acres, including 7 of inland water ; there
are also 1 5 acres of tidal water and 40 of
foreshore.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

centre, Scales lying to the north-east of it, on the
border of Clifton. The southern end has been
reclaimed from the Kibble, and about a third of the
remainder is flat ground, under 25 ft. above sea
level ; north of this the surface rises sharply to over
50 ft., Newton being situated on the slope, and then
the ground again becomes even, descending a little
at the northern boundary. The population in 1901
was 229.

The road from Preston to Kirkham passes through
Scales and Dowbridge, with a loop round by Newton ;
and the road from Preston to Lytham crosses the low-
lying ground to the south.

The soil is clayey and loamy, with subsoil of sand ;
wheat, beans and oats are grown, but nearly all the
land is used for pasture.

The township is now governed by a parish council.

There was formerly a curious inscription on the
High Gate Inn.2

In 1066 NEWTON was a member
MANORS of Earl Tostig's fee, and assessed as two
plough-lands.3 Afterwards it was in-
cluded in the barony of Penwortham, and found to
be divided equally between the fees of Freckleton
and Preese, held by knight's service.4 The former
moiety was held by Singleton and Whittingham of the
lord of Freckleton.5 The other moiety long descended
like Preese.6 This was sold in l6o8,7 and in 1617 was
held by James Townend and Edmund Hankinson.8

There were immediate tenants who assumed the
local surname, and were benefactors to Cockersand
Abbey.9 A small part of Newton descended from
Bradshagh 10 to Coppull, and was in the time of
Henry VI sold to Thomas Stanley n of Lathom, so
descending to the Earls of Derby.12

Newton occurs but seldom in the records 13 ; the
'manor' is named in I563.14 In 1580 SC4LES
also was spoken of as a manor.15 In 1794 the lords

* Printed in N. and Q. (Ser. 6), ii, 336,
from a local paper.

» r.C.H. Lanes, i, 288*.

* Ibid. 335.

5 One of the moieties of Newton was
in 1 202 held of Roger de Freckleton by
William de Winwick and Maud his wife ;
Feet of F. Yorks. 4 John, no. 4.5. The
other moiety was probably that held by
Gunilda (or Quenilda), described as ' lady
of Newton ' in the Cockersand charters.

Alan de Singleton and Warine de
Whittingham held the Freckleton moiety
in 1242 ; Lanes. Inq. and Extents (Rec.
Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 152.

In 1292 Alice daughter of Richard de
Marklan and widow of William de Newton
claimed dower in two-thirds of three
messuages and 3 oxgangs of land in New-
ton against Henry de Lacy Earl of Lin-
coln, Maud daughter and heir of John son
and heir of William de Newton and wife
of William de Beconsaw, and others.
Adam de Freckleton claimed the lordship,
and stated that William de Newton had
held of him by knight's service, and John
his son also ; Maud the daughter and heir
of John was under age, and the tenement
was given to the Earl of Lincoln, who
allowed one-third to Almorica, John's
widow. The jury, however, found for the
plaintiff under a grant made by William
de Newton ; Assize R. 4 1 8, m. 9 d. ; 4 1 9,
m. 12 d.

In 1384 Robert de Freckleton granted
John de Newton a messuage and ij ox-
gangs of land in Newton and Warton for
life ; Final Cone. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches.), iii, 24.

6 Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 30, 152,
316. It continued in the families of
Frees and Skillicorne till the I7th century.

In 1292 Margery widow of John Fran-
ceys claimed dower in half an oxgang of
land in Newton against Robert de Frees ;
Assize R. 408, m. 43 d.

William »on of William de Frees, a
minor, in 1361 recovered a messuage and
land in Newton against Adam Wodebridde,
Alice his wife and William Browning ;
De Banco R. 408, m. 79.

Margery de Frees in 1401 held 2 ox-
gangs of land in Newton of the king as
of his honour of Penwortham by knight'*
•ervice ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), i,
76. John Skillicorne in 1478 held nine
messuages, 100 acres of land, &c., in New-
ton of the king, paying 6d. a year ; ibid, ii,
105. The family had an earlier interest in
Newton, for in 1357 Adam Skillicorne

purchased an oxgang of land, &c., there
from William de Thornton and Maud his
wife ; Final Cone, ii, 155, 1 80.

Nicholas Skillicorne in 1606 still held
the 'manor' of Newton-with-Scales ;
Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 70, no. 83.
Soon afterwards it must have been sold,
for in a Skillicorne fine of 1609 it is not
named ; ibid. bdle. 76, no. 31.

7 In Aug. 1608 James Townend and
Edmund Hankinson paid £5 for licence
to agree with Nicholas, John and William
Skillicorne respecting the manor of New-
ton-with-Scales, a windmill, &c. ; Pal. of
Lane. Plea R. 301, m. 9 d.

8 James Townend of Weeton (Ducatus
Lane, iii, 407) died in 1618 holding a
moiety of the manor of Newton-with-
Scales, and various messuages, lands, &c.,
of the king as of his duchy by the hundredth
part of a knight's fee. William his son
and heir was fourteen years old ; Lanes.
Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), ii,
97. Some Townends occur in the Preston
Guild Rolls.

Edmund Hankinson died in 1619 hold-
ing a moiety of the manor, various lands,
&c., of the king as of his duchy by the
twentieth part of a knight's fee. The
heir was his son Robert, three years old ;
ibid. 123.

For the Hankinson family see Preston
Guard. Loc. Notes, no. 546. Hugh Hornby
of Kirkham is said to have married Mar-
garet daughter and eventual heir of Joseph
Hankinson of Kirkham (she died 1804),
and thus probably the moiety of the manor
descended to Hornby of Ribby ; Burke,
Landed Gentry.

In 1652 one moiety of the manor of
Newton-with-Scales and messuages, wind-
mill,&c., there was held by Thomas Davy,
Margery his wife, Robert Clifton and Jane
his wife ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F.
bdle. 151, m. 108.

A moiety of the manor was held in
1753 by the Hornbys of Ribby; ibid,
bdle. 348, m. 240.

Nothing further is known of any manor
of Newton.

9 Adam son of Leysing de Newton
and Robert his son were benefactors ;
Cockersand Chartul. (Chet. Soc.), i, 201,
205. Summerbrook Furlong, Dounanes-
breck, Fretlands, Avenams, Aldefield and
Feredale are names occurring in their
charters.

Gunilda daughter of Richard son of
Swain and wife of Robert son of Huck
gave land in Lumland, as also did her

166

son Jordan de Newton ; ibid, i, 203-4.
William son of Albert with his wife
Siegrith daughter of Robert de Newton
also gave land in Summerbrook Furlong ;
ibid. 205.

Another benefactor was William son
of Richard de Bispham, who gave the
canons the eastern moiety of Dalebridge
Head, in part bounded by the 'great
street,' from Dalebridge at Lund to the
Carr ; ibid, i, 205.

The abbey's rentals 1451-1537 are
printed ibid, iii, 1262-3.

10 Adam son of Richard de Bradshagh
and Margaret his wife in 1331 settled a
messuage and ij oxgangs of land in
Newton upon Adam's son William and
Ellen his wife ; Final Cone, ii, 79.

11 William Coppull the elder sued for
the manor of Newton-in-Amounderness,
with twelve messuages, 200 acres of land,
&c., in Warton, Kirkham, Kellamergh,
Wesham, Greenhalgh, Elswick and Ham-
bleton ; the defendant was John Coppull ;
Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 20, m. 14 (about
1456).

John son of William Coppull sold to
Thomas Stanley lands in Newton, Freckle-
ton, Kirkham, Warton, &c., which had
descended to him from his mother Alice
daughter of John son of William de
Bradshagh ; Kuerden MSS. iii, C 33.

14 The Derby rental of 1522 (at
Lathom) shows 541. %d. received from
the tenants in Newton ; also ten hens
valued at I $d.

Henry Earl of Derby was plaintiff in
1591 respecting lands, &c., and the repair
of Proud Bridge in Newton, Scales, Clifton
and Freckleton ; Ducatus Lane. (Rec.
Com.), iii, 253.

13 William del Bank claimed two mes-
suages, &c., against Adam del Bank in
1351 ; Duchy of Lane. Assize R. i,
m. i d. (July), 8 d. (Mich.).

John le Spenser of Newton in 1375
made complaints of depasturing ; De
Banco R. 457, m. 341.

About 1541 began disputes between
John Grimboldston and members of the
Elston family respecting a tenement in
Newton-in-Scales ; PaL of Lane. Writs
Proton. Lent, 32 Hen. VIII ; Sessional
P. 33 Hen. VIII, Writs of Assize, Aug.
36 Hen. VIII.

14 In a claim by William Skillicorne,
who held by inheritance, respecting the
common ; Ducatus Lane, ii, 270.

15 Ibid, iii, 92, in a petition by James
Browne. The Browne family had had

CLIFTON WITH SALWICK : LUND CHURCH, ROMAN ALTAR USED AS FONT

of the manor of Newton-with-Scales were Joseph
Hornby, Richard Birley and Bertie Markland.16 The
names of some of the former landowners may be re-
covered from the inquisitions.17 The Hospitallers had
land in Newton from an early time.18

John Browne of Scales and Thomas Davie of
Newton-with-Scales paid £10 each in 1631, having
declined knighthood.19

A school, known as the Blue Coat School, was
founded in i/oy.20

FRECKLETON

Frecheltun, Dom. Bk. ; Frequelton, 1212; Frekel-
ton, 1 242 ; Frekilton, 1 244.

Formerly this township was bounded by two brooks
flowing south to the Kibble, which forms the boundary
on that side, and the Naze was a projecting point in
the south-east corner. A large tract of land reclaimed
from the Kibble has been added to the township to
the east of the Naze. The highest ground is in the

KIRKHAM

centre and north, attaining about 85 ft. above the
ordnance datum. The large but somewhat straggling
village of Freckleton lies near the centre, having a
mill by the brook to the east. The area of the town-
ship measures 2,417 acres,1 and the population in
1901 numbered 1,239.

The principal roads are one going west through
the village from Preston to Lytham and another
going from the village to Kirkham on the north.
Other roads lead south to the Kibble.

Sailcloth and sacking used to be manufactured in
the village ; rope and twine are now made there,
and there is a cotton manufactory.

Sites of two ancient crosses are known.2

There is a parish council.

Before the Conquest FRECKLETON,
MANORS assessed as four plough-lands, formed
part of Earl Tostig's Preston lordship,3
and afterwards became a member of the barony of
Penwortham,4 being head of a knight's fee of eight
plough-lands.8 This was held by a family assuming
the surname of Freckleton.6 In 1242 Richard de

land* in Newton from 1419 ; Townelejr
MS. DD, no. 1791, 1882, 1884.

George Browne died in 1567 seised of
six messuages, &c., in the Scales and
Newton, held of William Skillicorne by
a rent of i ^./. ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m.
xi, no. 4. The estate went to James
Browne, a cousin.

Another George Browne in 1572
purchased a messuage, &c., from Ellen
Taborner, widow ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of
F. bdle. 34, m. 32.

In pleadings of 1580 Scales is called a
' manor.' James Browne, then claiming,
stated that his grandfather James Browne
of ' Houghton ' had held it, and had
settled it on his son William, with
remainders to younger sons Henry and
Alexander. William had two sons, Evan
(who had one son Richard, s.p.m.) and
George (s.p.m.), and the younger James
claimed as sen and heir of Henry. It
appeared that on George Browne's death
his brother Evan's daughters had shared ;
Duchy of Lane. Plead. 22Eliz. cxvi, B 19.

James Browne died in 1586 holding
land of William Skillicorne by id. rent,
and two closes of the queen as of her
duchy by the hundredth part of a knight's
fee ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xiv, no. 42.

John Browne in 159; purchased a
messuage in Newton-with-Scales from
William Skillicorne and Joan his wife ;
Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 57, m. 68.

Henry Browne of Scales was a free-
holder in 1600 ; Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lanes,
and Ches.), i, 233.

James Browne of Newton in 1621
held his messuage and land there of the
king by knight's service as of the fee of
Penwortham, and by -$d. rent. His son
John, aged thirty, was the next heir ;
Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches.), ii, 239.

In the case of the Cliftons of Clifton
their tenement in Scales (once called a
'manor') appears to have been regarded
as part of the manor of Clifton, Scales
being on the border, but in Newton they
held land of the Earl of Derby in socage
or by knight's service ; Duchy of Lane.
Inq. p.m. iv, no. 12,48. Henry Halsall,
however, in 1575, was found to have
held land in ' Newton in le Scales,' as
part of Clifton, of the queen ; ibid, xiii,
no. 34.

16 Licence for gamekeeper ; Preston
Guard. Loc. Notes, no. 1129.

17 Adam de Bradkirk in 1349 held
ij oxgangs of land in Newton of the
duke as of the fee of Penwortham by
knight's service, sake and ward ; another
J oxgang of Richard the Harper by
knight's service and a rent of "j\d. ; and
the fourth part of an oxgang of William de
Frees by knighl's service and 1 5</. ; Inq.
p.m. 28 Edw. Ill (2nd nos.), no. la.

The Newsham family had land in the
township in 1380 ; Final Cone, iii, 7.
George Newsham in 1585 held two mes-
suages in Newton-in-Scales of William
Skillicorne by a rent of zd. ; Duchy of
Lane. Inq. p.m. xiv, no. 88.

William Westby of Mowbreck in 1551
purchased two messuages, &c., from
Christopher Colborne ; Pal. of Lane. Feet
of F. bdle. 14, m. 253. This tenement was
in 1557 found to be held of Sir Richard
Hoghton in socage by the rent of a pepper-
corn ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. x, no. 17.
The statement is repeated later. The
origin of the Hoghton lordship is un-
known ; it may have resulted from their
manor in Whittingham.

George Hesketh of Poulton in 1571
held land, &c., in Newton of William
Skillicorne by i^J. rent ; ibid, xiii, no.
15. In 1622 this estate was held 'of the
lords of the said town ' by the same rent
of i \d. ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes.
and Ches.), iii, 366.

Robert Hankinson died in 1 604 holding
cottages in Newton of Nicholas Skillicorne
as of his manor of Newton-with-Scales
by \d. rent. Edmund his son and heir
was twenty-six years of age ; ibid, i, 135.
This Edmund, as already stated, acquired
a moiety of the manor.

John Browning in 1617 held land in
Newton of the king as of his manor of
East Greenwich by 18.1. rent. Margaret,
his daughter and heir, was five years old ;
ibid, ii, 22$.

Robert Hesketh of Rufford died in 1620
holding a messuage and land in Newton-
with-Scales of the king as of his duchy
in socage. Thomas Stanley afterwards
occupied the same; ibid, iii, 357~8.

18 In 1246 the Prior of St. John
claimed warranty from William de Prees
respecting i \ oxgangs of land ; Roger and
Richard, sons of Jordan de Newton, were

the prior's sureties ; Assize R. 404, m. 4.
The place is mentioned among the Hos-
pitallers' lands in 1292; Plac. de Quo
Warr. (Rec. Com.), 375.

19 Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.),

i, 221-2.

*° John Hornby, the founder, who lived
in Newton, directed that the children
were to be instructed freely ' in learning
and in the principles of the Protestant
religion,' and taken to Kirkham Church
every Sunday ; End. Char. Rep. Kirkham,
24.

1 2,207 acres, including 6 of inland
water; Census Rep. 1901. There are
also 67 acres of tidal water and 135 of
foreshore.

a Hall Cross and Higher House Cross ;
Lanes, and Ches. Antiq. Soc. xx, 1 86.

» V.C.H. Lanes, i, 288*.

4 Ibid. 335, n. i. The Earl of Lincoln
in 1292 claimed wreck of the sea at
Freckleton and Warton in right of his
fee of Penwortham ; Plac. de Quo Warr.
(Rec. Com.), 382. See also Lanes. Inq.
p.m. (Chet. Soc.), i, 22.

* Freckleton, four plough-lands ; Whit-
tingham, one ; Newton, one ; and Els-
wick, two.

6 The earliest member of it known is
Roger de Freckleton, tenant in 1199,
when he confirmed to Richard de Freckle-
ton (who appeared by a brother, Adam)
the sixteenth part of a mill and fishery
in the township ; Final Cone. (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), i, 7. In 1 200-1 Roger
appears as holding by knight's service ;
Farrer, Lanes. Pipe R. 1 34. At the same
time he paid 5 marks for having the
pasture of Brethough Moor, to which his
claim had been allowed ; ibid. 132. He
is named also in the Pipe Roll of 1203-4 ;
ibid. 176. In 1 202 he confirmed to
William de Winwick and Maud his wife
the lands they held of him in Whitting-
ham and Elswick, and added 8 oxgangs
more, they releasing to him all claim in
his tenement and giving 9 acres in
Brechou (Brethough) in Freckleton ;
Feet of F. Yorks. 4 John, no. 45.

It is possible that he was the Roger son
of Jordan who gave 2 acres on the south
side of Freckleton, together with his body,
to the canons of Cockersand ; Chartul.
(Chet. Soc.), i, 198. He had a son
Richard and a brother Swain, who also

Freckleton,7 who was a benefactor of Cockersand
Abbey 8 and Lytham Priory,9 held in demesne ^\
plough-lands in Freckleton, while another plough-
land was held by Alan de Singleton and Swain de
Freckleton, and the remaining half plough-land by
Gilbert de Meols, Roger de Nutshaw and William
de Pool.10 Amid so many subdivisions the succession

is not clear.11 In 1297 Adam de Freckleton was the
principal holder,12 succeeded before 1324 by Ralph
de Freckleton,13 who was living in 1 346. In that
year Queen Isabella had a knight's fee in Freckleton,
&c., of the inheritance of Alice Countess of Lincoln,
and by Ralph de Freckleton her tenant rendered
IOJ. for castle ward yearly.14 Afterwards an heiress,

had a son Richard (perhaps the Richard
of the fine of 1199) ; ibid. 199. Roger
attested several of Quenilda de Warton's
grants to Lytham Priory ; D. at Durham.
To another charter, perhaps somewhat
later, the witnesses included Roger and
Richard de Freckleton and Robert son of
the lady of Freckleton ; ibid. I a, zae,
4ae, Ebor. no. 45.

A third Richard (son of Waldeve) had
lands in Freckleton about I zoo-zo ;
Cockersand Chartul. i, 2OO.

7 In 121 2 Richard son of Roger de
Freckleton held one plough-land in Thorp
in Bretherton ; Lanes. Inq. and Extents
(Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 34.
Richard lord of Freckleton attested a
number of the Lytham Priory charters ;
in one (c. 1234) a Richard de Freckleton
attested before Richard son of Roger de
Freckleton ; D. at Durham, la, 2ae, 436,
Ebor. no. 42. In a later one Richard is
entitled Sir ; ibid. no. 34.

At an inquisition made about 1253 '*
was recorded that Richard de Freckleton
held a knight's fee, but his ancestors had
enfeoffed many persons of portions of it,
so that his own residue was not worth
£15 a year; Inq. p.m. Hen. Ill, 'de
annis incertis,' no. 33. By a fine of 1227
Richard son of Roger obtained a release
to himself of 5 oxgangs of land in
Freckleton to which Maud daughter of
Robert had some claim ; Final Cone, i,
50. Richard was living in 1258 ; Lanes.
Inq. and Extents, i, 212.

8 As Richard son of Roger de Freckleton
he gave the canons various lands, includ-
ing Lyolfscroft and 4 selions at the Moor
next the Hospitallers' lands ; Cockersand
Chartul. i, 197-8.

9 As Richard son of Roger, lord of
Freckleton, with the assent of Alice his
wife and of his heirs, he (about 1230)
gave his land between the lands of Richard
son of Robert del Moor and William son
of Hawise and confirmed the gift of Swain
son of Osbert ; Lytham D. at Durham,
3 a, 2 ae, 4 ae, Ebor. no. 8. This deed has
a seal with the legend -{- s' RICI DNI DE
FREKKL'. Other grants by him in the
same collection name lands on Scortefald-
wrynges, Ulvesbothe Furlong, the Out-
lane Wra in Freckleton Field, the House-
steads, Curtasfaldwrigis, Tustehorn Fur-
long, the field called Strick, and an acre
on Longrodes in Freckleton Field, extend-
ing from the road called Phusthor to the
moor. In two of the charters (no. 1 1, 30)
he describes himself as ' brother ' of the
house of St. Cuthbert of Lytham, though
he does not seem to have been a monk
there ; in another (no. 13) his mother
Sara is named.

Richard's widow was Hawise daughter
of Hugh de Mitton, who released her
dower right in certain land to the monks ;
ibid. no. 21. Robert son of Hawise de
Freckleton and brother of Richard de
Freckleton was no doubt her son ; ibid,
no. 22, 23. In another charter Hawise
is described as formerly lady of the vill ;
no. 36.

10 Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 152. The
Swain named is probably the Swain son

of Osbert already mentioned. From
charters already referred to it appears that
he was a benefactor of Cockersand and
Lytham. Two of his charters are pre-
served at Durham (no. 31, 33), one of
them bearing his seal. Swain son of
Osbert recovered a parcel of land in
Freckleton in 124.6 against Richard de
Freckleton, Adam de Singleton and Adam
his son ; Assize R. 404, m. 8 d.

Gilbert de Meols and Adam his brother
attested a number of the Lytham Priory
charters. This share seems to have
been acquired by the Butlers of Rawcliffe.

William de Pool is probably the William
son of Roger del Rise who, in conjunction
with his wife Margery, released to the
monks the land near Warton Pool in the
field of Freckleton which he and his father
had held of them by fee farm of 2j.. ; the
monks had given him 5 marks in his
great need ; Lytham D. no. 28, 29.

For Nutshaw (Nottesagh) see the
account of Penwortham parish.

11 Richard lord of Freckleton and
Richard his son attested a local charter
c. 1246 ; Lytham D. no. 36.

Richard son of Roger, lord of Freckle-
ton, granted 4 oxgangs of land in Freckleton
and i in Elswick to Richard his son and
heir, who was to marry Margaret daughter
of Robert de Molyneux ; Kuerden MSS.
iv, F 13. Sir Adam de Molyneux was a
witness.

Richard son of Richard de Freckleton
in 1259-60 claimed half-acres against
Robert son of Richard de Freckleton and
Adam de Singleton, so that he probably
succeeded his father about that time ;
Curia Regis R. 166, m. 17 d. A year or
two later the defendants' names are given
as Robert son of Richard and Adam de
Freckleton ; ibid. 171, m. 76. At the
same time Richard de Freckleton claimed
the services due for their free tenements
from John son of Richard, Gilbert de
Meols and Margery his wife, Richard son
of John and Joan his wife ; ibid. Adam
son of Alan de Singleton acquired the
land pertaining to 2 oxgangs of land from
Michael de Thornton about 1240 ; Dods.
MSS. liii, fol. 93.

John de Freckleton appears just after-
wards as attesting charters and as juror ;
Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 231, 234
(1262-5).

12 Ibid, i, 290, 298 ; he held the Earl
of Lincoln's knight's fee in Freckleton of
the Earl of Lancaster and paid icw. yearly
for castle ward. In 1302 also he held the
fee in Freckleton, Whittingham, Newton
and Elswick of the Earl of Lincoln ; ibid,
i, 316. Adam was still tenant in 1311,
paying 41. as sake-fee and doing suit to
Penwortham Court ; De Lacy Inq. (Chet.
Soc.), 22.

Adam de Freckleton gave to Adam his
son and Ellen his wife a messuage (bought
of Sir William de Clifton) and 3 oxgangs
of land in Freckleton ; Kuerden MSS.
iii, F 3. Adam the son was outlawed in
1315 for the death of Henry de Bury in
the rising of Adam Banastre ; Lanes. Inq.
and Extents, ii, 159. He was living
twenty years later ; Coram Rege R. 299,

168

m. 20 Rex. In 1322—3 Adam son of
Adam de Freckleton released to his
brother Ralph all right in his lands in
Freckleton, except an oxgang which
Edmund de Rigby and Joan his wife held
for Joan's life ; Kuerden loc. cit. ; Dods.
MSS. cxlix, fol. 1 1 6. Ellen the widow
of Adam son of Adam de Freckleton in
1337 claimed 2 oxgangs of land and an
eighth part of another against James son
of Robert de Freckleton, and against
Nicholas son of Robert son of Michael de
Freckleton the fourth part of an oxgang ;
De Banco R. 311, m. 82, 82 d. Again
in 1351—4 she claimed the same estate
against John son of Robert de Freckleton
and many others ; Duchy of Lane. Assize
R. i, m. 3 d. ; 2, m. 3 d. ; 3, m. 5. She
had in the former case made an appeal on
the ground of error ; Coram Rege R. 3 1 6,
m. 1 8 d. ; 326, m. 20.

13 From the last note it appears that
Ralph was a son of Adam the elder. In
1 324 the heir of Adam de Freckleton held
the knight's fee of Alice de Lacy, doing
suit to county and wapentake and paying
castle ward ; Dods. MSS. cxxxi, fol. 3 9 b.

The subdivisions of the fee are shown
in a list of those distrained to do homage
in 1322: Ralph de Freckleton himself held
three plough-lands and 4 oxgangs in the
four townships ; Nicholas le Boteler, one
plough-land »nd 3 oxgangs in Freckle-
ton ; Adam Banastre, one plough-land in
Freckleton and Elswick, &c. ; Lanes. Inq.
and Extents, ii, 135. In the ministers'
accounts of 1341—2 for Penwortham
appear payments from Nicholas Boteler
41. zd., Robert de Shireburr* T,d. (for
2 oxgangs and 3 roods of land), Adam
Banastre i^d. (2 oxgangs), Edmund de
Rigby and Joan his wife i^d. ; Mins.
Accts. bdle. 1091, no. 6.

In 1335 Ralph de Freckleton granted
Adam his son and Emma his wife land in
the Cross-flat, &c., in Freckleton ;
Kuerden MSS. iii, F 3.

14 Survey of 1346 (Chet. Soc.), 44.

In 1355 the tenants were separately
named: Ralph de Freckleton, Nicholas le
Boteler, Thomas Banastre, Richard de
Shireburne, Richard de Newton and Sir
Adamde Hoghton; Feud. Aids,\n, 87. The
same persons held it in 1361 ; Inq. p.m.
35 Edw. Ill, pt. i, no. 122.

Emmota widow of Adam son of Ralph
de Freckleton in 1374 released to Ralph
her son 40 acres she had received in free
marriage ; Kuerden MSS. ut sup. It
was probably this younger Ralph who
made a feoffment of lands in Freckleton
and Elswick in 1369 and had the manor
of Freckleton, demesne of Elswick, lands
in Kirkham, &c., regranted to him in
1371 ; ibid. In the same year he demised
his fishery at Freckleton to John Boteler
for sixteen years ; from a bond it appears
that his wife was named Agnes ; Towneley
MS. C 8, 5, Edw. Ill, no. 8, 9.

Ralph de Freckleton in 1374 com-
plained of depasturing by John Boteler of
Marton and others; De Banco R. 455,
m. 395.

In 1382—3 an agreement was made for
the marriage of John son of Ralph de

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

Joan, daughter of a later Ralph, carried the manor
to William Huddleston about I42y,15 and he held
the manor in I446.16 The Huddleston estate, not
described as a manor, was sold to the Earl of Derby
in I496.17

Alan de Singleton's estate descended to Banastre
of Bretherton and so to the heirs of Balderston.18
Their right in part was granted to the Earls of

KIKKHAM

Derby,19 who thus became the principal holders in
the 1 6th century.

Richard le Boteler of Rawcliffe obtained a portion
of the vill in 1259 from Richard son of Richard de
Freckleton,20 and this descended in his family till
1541, about which time part of the inheritance was
divided among the daughters of John Butler.21 The
shares were further subdivided by sales,28 but the

Freckleton and Alice daughter of Adam
de Bradkirk ; it shows that Ralph had
mills in Freckleton and lands in Aughton,
Maghull, &c. ; Kuerden, loc. cit. In the
following year Ralph made a fcoffment of
the manor of Freckleton, &c. ; ibid.

15 In 1428 William Huddleston and
Joan his wife were in possession of the
manor ; Final Cone, iii, 94. The name
is here spelt Hodelston. In 1431 William
Huddleston held a moiety of the manors
of Freckleton and Elswick by the service
of half a knight's fee ; Feud. Aids,
iii, 95.

16 William Huddleston and Joan his
late wife held a knight's fee in Freckleton,
&c., the relief being iooj.; Duchy of
Lane. Knights' Fees, bdle. 2, no. 20. It
was, perhaps, the husband who had died,
for the writ ' diem clausit extr.' after the
death of Joan was not issued till 1454 ;
Dep. Keeper's Rep. xxxvii, App. 175. In
it she was described as 'daughter and heir
of Ralph de Freckleton.'

17 Towneley MS. C 8, 5 (Chet. Lib.),
Hen. VII, no. i. Thomas Earl of Derby
v. William Huddleston nine messuages
in Freckleton, &c. Land, &c., in the
township is named in the possessions of
Thomas the second earl in 1521, but the
tenure is not stated ; Duchy of Lane. Inq.
p.m. v, no. 68.

The rental of 1522 (at Lathom) shows
that 109*. Cf\d. was received from the
estate purchased from William Huddle-
ston, including 2s. 4</. for fisheries in the
Ribble and*4*. 4^. profits of the court held
during the year. In addition 19;. gd.
was received from the lands purchased
from John Coppull. The estate descended
to Ferdinando the fifth earl ; Add. MS.
32104, fol. 406.

18 See the accounts of those townships.
Adam de Hothersall gave Thomas Ban-
astre and Joan his wife half an oxgang of
land in Freckleton ; Kuerden MSS. ii,
fol. 257. Thomas Banastre granted a
capital messuage and the moiety of 2 ox-
gangs of land in Freckleton to Roger son
of Robert the Forester of Preston ; Dods.
MSS. liii, fol. 94. No tenure is recorded for
Sir Thomas Banastre's lands in Freckleton
in 1385 ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), i,
14. Nor again in the case of Richard
Balderston in 1457 ; ibid, ii, 63.

From the inquisitions of the time of
Henry VIII it appears that the following
held lands in Freckleton of the Balderston
inheritance, but no details are afforded :
Edmund Dudley, Thomas Radcliffe of
Winmarleigh (held of Osbaldeston) and
Sir Alexander Osbaldeston.

Other Singletons appear in the town-
ship, one of them having been named
above. Alice widow of Alan de Singleton
claimed an acre in 1246 against Ellis son
of Herbert, but Richard de Freckleton
warranted the land, being of his demesne,
whereupon the plaintiff remitted her right
for 4.00". ; Assize R. 404, m. 14. Adam
son ol Alan de Singleton granted land in
Racarr to the same Ellis ; Kuerden MSS.
iv, F 3. Ellis about 1260 granted various

lands to Gilbert son of Alan de Meols ;
Dods. MSS. liii, fol. 95. Later Maud
widow of Ellis made a grant to Gilbert de
Meols ; Kuerden MSS. loc. cit.

Maud widow of Adam de Singleton in
1294 and later claimed dower against
Thomas Banastre of Bretherton and others
in respect of ij oxgang s of land, &c.; De
Banco R. 106, m. 8 ; 153, m. 410.

Gilbert de Singleton of Broughton in
1326 held his lands in Freckleton of
Adam Banastre by the sixty-fourth part
of a knight's fee, paying zd. for castle
ward. There were a messuage worth
I2d. a year and an oxgang of land con-
taining 12 acres, each worth izd. ; Inq.
p.m. 19 Edw. II, no. 67. Thomas son
of Gilbert de Singleton gave his brother
John all his land in Freckleton in 1332 ;
Dods. MSS. cliii, fol. 73. The tame
Thomas granted a lease of the fourth
part of an oxgang of land to James the
Tailor in 1348; Kuerden MSS. iii,

F 3-

19 Pat. 4 Hen. VII ; in a grant of Sir
James Harrington's lands to the first
earl. Some land also descended to
him by virtue of the purchase from
Coppull, mentioned in the account of
Newton.

William Earl of Derby and Edward
Stanley sold a messuage, &c., in Freckle-
ton to Cuthbert Sharpies in 1597 (Pal.
of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 58, m. 360),
but the manor was reputed to be held by
the earl years afterwards, as appears by
the inquisitions. It must have been
alienated before the Civil War, as it is not
named in the Royalist composition papers,
or later.

*° Richard de Freckleton granted 2
oxgangs of land (which his father Richard
had given to the grantor's brothers,
Robert and William), and seems to have
added in 1259 2^ oxgangs recovered
from his brother John ; Dods. MSS. liii,
fol. 90 ; cxlix, fol. 117^.

The Botelers made a number of other
acquisitions. Thus Richard son of Michael
de Thornton gave Richard le Boteler
the service of Gilbert de Meols for 2
oxgangs of land, a pair of gloves being
the rent ; Kuerden MSS. iv, S zob. To
the same Richard land was given by
Richard son of John son of Alice de
Warton, and Richard de Pemberton
granted Sir Richard le Boteler half an
oxgang of land ; ibid. F 13. John son of
Robert de Hothersall in 1348 gave land
to Master Nicholas Boteler ; ibid. The
above-named Richard de Pemberton is
named in some Lytham Priory charters
as a tenant in Freckleton.

In 1276 William de Meols, nephew
of Gilbert, claimed 2 oxgangs of land,
&c., in Freckleton and Hutton against
Richard le Boteler and the Abbot of
Cockersand ; Assize R. 405, m. 2.

Adam de Meols and William his son
attested charters about 1265 ; Lytham
D. at Durham, 3 a, 2 ae, 4 ae, Ebor. no. 20,
44. Lands formerly belonging to Margery
widow of Gilbert de Meols were acquired

169

by Sir Adam de Hoghton ; Dods. MSS.
cxlii, fol. 58^, 50 ; Add. MS. 32106,
no. 688 ; Kuerden MSS. iii, W 30. They
are not named in the Hoghton inquisi-
tions. A moiety of Margery's lands
went to Richard le Boteler ; Dods. MSS.
cxlix, fol. 117.

In 1364 a settlement of the manor of
Freckleton was made by Richard son of
Sir Nicholas Boteler (Ralph de Freckleton
being a witness), the remainder being
to John le Boteler of Marton ; ibid,
fol. 115. Sir John (son of Nicholas)
Boteler of Rawcliffe somewhat later
recovered a moiety of the manor against
Nicholas de Croft and Ellen his wife ;
ibid. fol. n6. John de Cottam in 1395
obtained a mill and an oxgang of land in
Freckleton against Nicholas and Ellen dc
Croft ; Final Cone, iii, 46.

The lands of Sir John Boteler in 1404
were said to be held of Ralph de Freckle-
ton by knight's service and 2s. 6d. rent ;
Towneley MS. DD, no. 1460. Those
of John Butler, who died in 1488, were
in 1502 found to have been held of the
Earl of Derby by knight's service ; Duchy
of Lane. Inq. p.m. iii, no. 45.

81 In the year named Nicholas Butler
claimed as brother and heir male ; Pal.
of Lane. Plea R. 172, m. ii. A large
part of the estate was in 1572 divided
among representatives of the four daugh-
ters, and the manor of Freckleton became
part of the share of Thomas Standish of
Duxbury and James Anderton of Clayton ;
ibid. 231, m. 8.

In 1599 the lands of Thomas Standish
in Freckleton were said to be held of the
queen as of her duchy by the hundredth
part of a knight's fee ; Duchy of Lane.
Inq. p.m. xvii, no. 54. As early as 1552
James Anderton (father of the Hugh who
married Grace Butler) was said to hold
of the heir of Michael de Freckleton
(cf. Michael de Thornton above) in socage
by \d. rent ; ibid, ix, no. 14.

Some particulars of the Shireburne
estate may be added. This was of varied
origin. Adam son of Adam de Freckle-
ton gave land to Robert de Shireburne
in 1324-5 ; Dods. MSS. liii, fol. 86.
In 1441 Richard Shireburne was stated
to have held in demesne two messuages,
40 acres of land, 20 acres of meadow
and 100 acres of pasture in Freckleton,
of the king in socage ; Lanes. Rec. Inq.
p.m. no. 30, 31. Later, however, the
tenure was recorded otherwise ; thus
Robert Shireburne (1492) held his land
in Freckleton of John Butler in socage ;
Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. iii, no. 92.
A similar statement was made in later
inquisitions.

22 James Anderton and Dorothy his
wife made sales in 1573 (Pal. of Lane.
Feet of F. bdle. 35, m. 23, 98); Thomas
Standish and Margaret his wife in 1580 ;
ibid. bdle. 42, m. 134.

In 1631 Richard Butler, who on de-
clining knighthood was fined £10, was
described as ' of Freckleton ' ; Misc. (Rec.
Soc. Lane*, and Ches.), i, 222.

22

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Sharpies family seem to have acquired part," and
in 1 6 1 8 a ' manor ' of Freckleton was held by
them." Nothing further is known of it.

The other fragments of the manor in 1242 dis-
appear from view very quickly. The surname of
Freckleton 25 occurs often but not prominently. In
the 1 6th and iyth centuries Clifton of Westby,26
Hesketh of Poulton," Cowburn,*8 Browne '* and
others held lands in Freckleton.*0

In addition to Cockersand and Lytham the abbey
of Dieulacres 3l had some land in the township, as
had also the Knights Hospitallers.38

There are 230^ cattle-gates on the marsh, but
231 are let yearly, the odd half-gate existing by a
fiction for the benefit of the charity.*3

For the worship of the Church of England Holy
Trinity was built in 1839, services having begun
in 1834." A separate ecclesiastical parish was formed

23 George and James Sharpies purchased
a messuage and land in 1548 from John
Browne ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 13,
m. 191. John Sharpies was among the
purchasers in 15 73, and John Sharpies the
elder, John Sharpies the younger and
James Sharpies in 1580, as above. John
Sharpies also acquired three messuages
&c., from James Anderton and Henry
Marsden in 1580 ; ibid. bdle. 42, m. 156.
John Sharpies was the only freeholder
recorded in the township in 1600 ; Misc.
(Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 232.

84 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 90, no.
48. The deforciants were John Sharpies
the elder, Arthur Sharpies, Alice his wife
and Cuthbert Sharpies. Freckleton and
Warton are named together, but in the
later fine (1652) Warton only is named.
25 Some notes have been preserved by
Kuerden (MSS. iii, F 3) : Adam son of
Osbert released to Richard de Freckleton
(c. 1230) all right in an oxgang of land.
Richard son of Osbert de Freckleton gave
a messuage to Robert son of Thomas.
Margery daughter of John de Freckleton
released her right in half an oxgang of land
to Stephen son of William del Carr.
Maud daughter of Geoffrey de Pool gave
to John son of Adam de Freckleton all
her father's land in the Pool field ;
William son of Nicholas, the reeve of
Freckleton, was one of the witnesses.

Richard de Freckleton in 1325 gave
a rood on Threperth to John son of
Thomas de Plumpton, Ralph and Robert
de Freckleton being among the witnesses ;
Towneley MS. C 8, 5, Edw. II, no. 5.

Among the charters of Lytham Priory
some other early families appear. Richard
Waldeve was a benefactor, the charters
naming Thuftthorn Furlong, Stubbiholm,
Elvive Furlong, Weselbutts, all in the
fields of Freckleton ; Rutheditch and the
Housesteads ; D. at Durham, 33, 2ae, 4ae,
Ebor. no. 35-40. Eve his widow gave
lands to William son of Roger de Rise ;
no. 24. Richard del Moor gave land to
Michael son of Hugh de Hambleton and
Michael gave to the priory ; no. 44, 20.
Adam son of Richard son of Margery de
Freckleton occurs in 1346 ; no. 25, 26.
See also Final Cone, ii, 131, 170.

Richard son of James de Freckleton in
1332 demised land to Nicholas son of
William Bussel ; Kuerden fol. MS. 131.
Elizabeth widow of Robert son of Adam
ton of Nicholas de Freckleton was plaintiff
in 1365 ; De Banco R. 421, m. 205 d.

James Freckleton died in 1586 holding
a messuage, &c., in the township, but the
tenure is not stated ; Duchy of Lane. Inq.
p.m. xv, no. 49. Gregory his son and heir,
then aged twenty-four, occurs frequently
among the jurors in the time of James I.
Ralph Freckleton died in 1587 holding
two messuages, &c. — one of the queen as
of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem
by a rent of 6d., and the other of Thomas
Holcroft as of the priory of Lytham by a
rent of zd. Henry his son and heir was
twenty-six years of age ; ibid, xiv, no. 35.
Henry Freckleton died in 1626 holding

of the king and of Cuthbert Clifton, the
heir being his nephew Ralph (son of
Richard brother of Henry), aged twenty-
four ; Towneley MS. C 8, 13 (Chet. Lib.),
426. Ralph died in 1632, leaving a son
Henry as heir, three years old ; ibid. 428.
86 Cuthbert Clifton in 1580 was said
to hold of the heirs of Richard formerly
lord of Freckleton by a rent of \d. ; but
his son Thomas five years later was said
to hold partly of the queen by knight's
service and partly of Thomas Holcroft
by a rent of \d. ; Duchy of Lane. Inq.
p.m. xiv, no. 76, 21.

27 George Hesketh in 1571 held of the
Earl of Derby by a rent of J</. ; ibid,
xiii, no. 15. His son William, however,
in 1622 was said to hold of Thomas
Holcroft by id. rent ; Lanes. Inq. p.m.
(Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), iii, 366.

28 Two messuages, &c., in Freckleton
were in 1552 obtained by William Cow-
burn, clerk (probably as trustee), from
Christopher Cowburn ; Pal. of Lane. Feet
of F. bdle. 14, m. 109. Christopher's
wife Joan occurs in 1554; ibid. bdle. 15,
m. 15. Henry Cowburn the elder pur-
chased from James and Dorothy Anderton
in 1573 ; ibid. bdle. 35, m. 98. John
Cowburn in 1578 obtained a messuage,
&c., from William Cowburn ; ibid. bdle.
40, m. 192.

John Cowburn died in 1578 holding a
messuage, &c., of the queen as of the late
abbey of Dieulacres by a rent of 8J^. His
heirs were his sisters, Janet wife of Richard
Butler and Ellen wife of Henry Freckleton,
aged thirty-eight and thirty in 1588 ;
Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xiv, no. 30.

Some disputes in the Colburn or Cow-
burn family are referred to in Ducatus
Lane. (Rec. Com.), iii, 214, 233, &c.

Lawrence Cowburn died in 1604 hold-
ing a messuage, &c., of the Earl of Derby
by \d. rent, leaving a son and heir Henry,
ten years old ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec.
Soc.), i, 32, 44.

Henry Cowburn died in 1605 holding a
rhessuage, &c., partly of the king by
knight's service and partly of the Earl of
Derby by the fortieth part of a knight's
fee and zd. rent ; his heir was a daughter
Judith, a year old ; ibid, i, 45.

Lawrence Cowburn died in 1622 at
Freckleton holding a messuage, &c.,
partly of the king in socage, as of his
manor of East Greenwich, by izd. rent,
and partly of the king as of his duchy by
the two-hundredth part of a knight's fee.
William his son and heir was eight years
old ; ibid, iii, 317-19.

89 William son of Robert Browne of
Freckleton in 1313-14 unsuccessfully
claimed a messuage and land against
Adam son of Alan de Pool, who had been
enfeoffed by Agnes daughter of Jordan de
Freckleton ; Assize R. 424, m. 2d.

William Browne died at Freckleton in
1617 holding a messuage and land there
of the king as of his duchy by the two-
hundredth part of a knight's fee. His
son Richard having died shortly before
him, the heir was his grandson William

170

Browne (son of Richard), aged sixteen ;
Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc.), ii, 86.
Richard Browne died in 1639, leaving as
heirs two nieces — Janet, aged twenty-five,
wife of William Cowburn and widow of
Thomas Hall, being daughter of Eliza-
beth sister of Richard Browne ; and Ellen
Derham, aged thirteen, daughter of Janet,
another sister; Towneley MS. C 8, 13
(Chet. Lib.), 79-80.

30 Thomas Boteler of Warrington(i 522)
held lands, but the tenure was unknown ;
Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. v, no. 13.

Gabriel Hesketh of Aughton, who died
in 1573, held his land in Freckleton of
the Earl of Derby by a rent of zd. ; ibid.
xii, no. 32. In 1597 it was sold to John
Bradley of Bryning (Pal. of Lane. Feet of
F. bdle. 58, m. 328), and at his death in
1617 the same tenure was recorded ;
Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc.), ii, 80.

James Hall died in 1609 holding a
messuage and land of the king by a rent
of 6d. His son and heir Thomas was
twenty-six years old ; ibid, i, 124.

Peter Mason of Lathom in 1570 pur-
chased a messuage, &c., in Freckleton
from Richard Chisnall and Christopher
Anderton, they giving warranty against
Thomas Dicconson of Eccleston and the
Master of the Savoy ; Pal. of Lane. Feet
of F. bdle. 32, m. 99. This land had
belonged to Eccleston Chantry ; Lanes,
and Chet. Rec. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches.), ii, 252. The purchaser died in
1612, and then his land, &c., in Freckle-
ton was stated to be held of the Earl of
Derby in socage, but on his son's death
later in the same year this was corrected,
the lands being held of the king as of his
manor of East Greenwich ; Lanes. Inq.
p.m. (Rec. Soc.), i, 215, 237.

Nicholas Badger died in 1612 holding
a tenement of the king as of his duchy
by 6d. rent. Thomas his son and heir
was of full age ; ibid, i, 217. Thomas
Badger died in May 1637, when the
tenure was recorded as of the Earl of
Derby ; the heir was Thomas's son
Nicholas, aged thirty ; Duchy of Lane.
Inq. p.m. xxx, no. 83.

Thomas Hankinson died in 1628,
leaving a daughter and heir Ellen, aged
nine ; the tenure of his messuage, &c.,
was not stated ; ibid, xxvii, no. 32. In
another copy he is called John Hankin-
son ; the tenure was 'of the king' ;
Towneley MS. C 8, 13, p. 516.

Thomas Taylor died at Freckleton in
1640 holding land there of James Lord
Strange in socage, and leaving a brother
Nicholas, aged sixty-eight, as heir ; Duchy
of Lane. Inq. p.m. xxx, no. 15.

31 Adam de Singleton gave ' lands ' in
the field called Hwldismont upon Ribble-
bank, with appurtenant easements in the
vill of Freckleton ; Dieulacres Chartul.
(Staffs. Hist. Coll.), 349. See the Cow-
burn inquisitions above.

32 Mentioned in 1292 ; Plac. de Quo
Warr. (Rec. Com.), 375.

33 End. Char. Rep. for Kirkham, 85.
84 Baines, Lanes, (ed. 1836), iv, 396.

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

in 1874,*'' and the patronage is vested in the Dean
and Chapter of Christ Church, Oxford. The building
contains an old oak pulpit
removed from Kirkham.86

The Wesleyan Methodists
had a chapel in 1814 ; their
present one was built in 1885.
The Primitive Methodists
have one dating from 1861."
The Congregationalists
formerly held services there,
but do not seem to have
established themselves.88

The Society of Friends had
a meeting place from i668.'9
They still have two ancient
burial-grounds, and a meeting
house, first built in 1720. No meetings are now
held, but the room was in 1903 let to the Plymouth
Brethren.40

Roman Catholics have the small school-chapel of
the Holy Family, served from Kirkham.

WARTON

Wartun, Dom. Bk. ; Warton, 1242.

This township lies along the Ribble, and much of
the surface in the south-west is less than 25 ft. above
sea level. In the east and north-east is h'gher land

BUTLER of Rawcliffe.
Azure a chcveron be-
tween three covered cupt
or.

KIRKHAM

and on it the village is situated. Warton Bank and
Warton Brow overlook the river, and formerly there
was a ford from this side to Hesketh, a guide being
stationed there to conduct travellers across. The
area is 2,540^ acres,1 including 8 acres of salt marsh.
In 1901 there was a population of 446.

The principal road is that going west from Preston
to Lytham, which divides into two branches after
passing through Warton village, these joining again
later. Cross roads go south to the Kibble and north
to Wrea Green.

The soil is clay, and the land is almost entirely in
pasture.

The township has a parish council.

Before the Conquest PF4RTON, then
MANORS assessed as four plough-lands, was one
of the members of Earl Tostig's Preston
lordship.* After the creation of the barony of Pen-
wortham it is found incorporated therewith,5 passing
from Bussel to Lacy and the Earls and Dukes of
Lancaster. By the Bussels it appears to have been
granted to a younger member of the family to be
held by the third part of a knight's fee, for about 1 190
it had come into the possession of Quenilda daughter
of Hugh son of Acard Bussel, who was married to
Roger le Boteler,4 and had a number of children
— Richard, Stephen, Thomas, Adam, Roger and
Siegrith.5 The family were benefactors of the
religious houses at Lytham and Cockersand,

85 Land. Gaz. 30 Jan. 1874.

86 Fishwick, Kirkham (Chet. Soc.), 67.

37 Baines, loc. cit.

38 Lewis's Tof>og. Diet. 1831-44, as-
signs them a chapel.

39 Information of Mr. R. Muschamp.
In 1689 Lawrence Coulbornc's house

at Freckleton was a certified Quaker
meeting-place ; Hist. MSS. Com. Rep.
xiv, App. iv, 230.

*° Quaker Char. Rep. 1905, p. 29. The
1720 room was pulled down in 1870.
The meetings ceased before 1800 ; Baines,
loc. cit.

1 The Census Rep. 1901 gives 1,633
acres, including 3 of inland water ; there
are also 87 acres of tidal water and 697
acres of foreshore.

1 V.C.H. Lana. i, 28 8a. The later
assessment was three plough-lands only ;
possibly one plough-land may have been
added to Ribby. Sometimes Warton
was stated (as will be seen) to have three
plough-lands and a third ; but this may
be an error, due to the ' third part of a
knight's fee ' being taken to refer to a
fee of ten plough-lands instead of nine.

8 Ibid. 335, n. i. The lords of Pen-
wortham retained part in their own hands
for some time, for about 1 1 54 Richard
Bussel confirmed grants to Evesham
Abbey of two-thirds of the demesne tithes
of Freckleton and Warton ; Farrer, Lanes.
Pipe R. 323. This explains the £2
received from the tithes of Kirkham by
the Prior of Penwortham in 1291.

4 Lytham Charters at Durham, i a,
2 ae, 4 ae, Ebor. no. 46 ; a confirmation
of the grant of an oxgang of land which
Quenilda's husband Roger had given to
the priory. Roger's grant (no. 47), made
' with the consent of my wife Quenilda
and my heirs,' was attested by ' Stephen
my son, Martin my brother,' and others.
The easements included rights in tur-
baries, moors, marshes, waters, sands and
fisheries. Quenilda lady of Warton, with
the consent of her heirs, gave to Lytham

the homage ot Henry son of Efward ;
ibid. no. 1 1.

A son of Acard (perhaps Hugh) attested
an agreement on behalf of Warine Bussel
of Penwortham c. 1145 ; Farrer, op. cit.
321. Roger le Boteler attested charters
of the time of Henry II, one at least as
early as 1164 ; ibid. 37$, 409. He paid
half a mark in 1177 for some default ;
ibid. 38. In 1184-7 nc appea" to have
claimed Claughton ; ibid. 56. His wife
is sometimes called absolutely ' the lady '
or ' Lady of Warton,' at other times
Me Boteler' or ' de Warton.' She
rendered account in 1200—1 for part of
the scutage due from the fee of Pen-
wortham ; ibid. 132. She occurs again
in the Pipe Rolls of 1202-4 (ibid. 170,
178), but seems to have died before
Oct. 1207, when Richard her son was
defendant to the claim by Hugh de
Morton and his wife ; Curia Regis R. 45,
m. 3. As Quenilda daughter of Hugh
she, with the consent of Richard her son
and heir, granted 5 acres in Warton,
with the land between Baunebreck and
the ditch, and between the road called
Highgate and Goschecarr, to the canons
of Cockersand ; Chartul. (Chet. Soc.),
i, 196. She and her husband had for-
merly given the canons 3 acres ; ibid,
i, 195.

A William le Boteler, their contem-
porary, was, with Aline his wife, a bene-
factor of Lytham ; Charters, ut sup. no. 5.
The seal shows a man standing, holding
a cup in his right hand. A similar seal
was used by some of the Botelers of
Warton.

4 Richard, Stephen, Thomas and Adam,
as sons of Quenilda, witnessed her Lytham
grant above quoted (no. 46) ; Roger and
Siegrith are known from other deeds.
Thomas does not occur again.

Stephen le Boteler (or de Warton) gave
to Lytham Priory half an acre in Redcarr-
furlong upon Stubbegate, and a perch in
the marsh between Blakefield and Stubbe-

171

gate ; Lytham Charters, I a, i ae, 4 ae,
Ebor. no. 4. About 1240 he gave land
in Wallfurlong and elsewhere ; ibid.
no. 42. As Stephen son of Roger he
gave to the same, with the consent of
Ivetta his wife, the house in Warton in
which he lived, with land by the shore
between Oubeck (or Howbeck) and Crow-
pool ; ibid. no. 33. It appears that this
was ' at the Bank ' from a further charter
by Stephen made about 1247 ; no. 36.

Quenilda daughter of Stephen le
Boteler released her right to certain lands
held by Lytham Priory ; ibid. 2 a, 2 ae,
4ae, Ebor. no. 5. Adam son of the
priest of Lytham granted to the priory
certain lands purchased from Stephen le
Boteler ; ibid. I a, 2 ae, 4 ae, Ebor. no. 8.
This benefactor may be the Adam son of
Roger the chaplain of Lytham of another
deed ; Dods. MSS. cxlix, fol. 143.

Adam is named in grants to Cockersand
by his brother Richard ; he had held
3 oxgangs of land by the gift of Quenilda ;
Cockersand Chartul. i, 192. Alice daughter
of Adam son of Roger de Warton, who
gave land to Henry son of William the
Carpenter of Kirkham, may have been
his daughter ; Lytham Charters, no. 6.
In 1246 Alice, as daughter and heir of
Adam de Warton, recovered 4 acres in
Warton ; Assize R. 404, m. 4 d. Mabel
widow of Adam le Boteler in 1251 claimed
dower against Maud daughter of Richard
de Newton (half an oxgang), John son of
Alice (i acre), and Robert de Conyers and
Alice his wife (i J oxgangs) ; Curia Regis
R. 145, m. 41 d., 43 d. John son of
Alice de Warton was a benefactor of
Lytham, giving land (with house) on the
Bank, between the toft which had be-
longed to Stephen le Boteler and the
three thorns ; Lytham Charters, no. 44.
Avice as widow of John son of Alice de
Warton released her claim in or about
1285 ; ibid. no. 12. Richard son of this
John had a grant from Roger Collan and
Alice his wife ; ibid. no. 14.

Quenilda's husband becoming a monk of the
former,6 and the descents can be traced for some
time,7 but the manor of Warton appears to have
been alienated about 1220-40 to some of the Wood-
plumpton family,8 and thus in 1242 it was recorded
that Thomas de Beetham held the third part of a
knight's fee in Warton of the Earl of Lincoln's fee
(of Penwortham).9

The Beetham estate, known as the manor of
COWEURN or Cowburgh,10 descended regularly in
the family till the time of Edward IV. An estate
first acquired by Adam de Yealand about 1230"
and held after him by Conyers and Singleton of
Broughton 12 came in time to be regarded as a moiety
of the manor of Warton. Thomas de Beetham on
acquiring Warton gave a general confirmation to the

monks of Lytham of the lands they held.13 He died
in 1248 or 1249, and it was found that he held
three plough-lands of the Earl of Lincoln by the
third part of a knight's fee, receiving only 4;. 4^. a
year and certain white gloves, others having been
enfeoffed freely.14 Sir Ralph his son and heir died
about five years afterwards ; his daughter Joan was
only seven years old 15 and appears to have died a
little later, for at inquisitions made in I25516 and
1257 it was found that Ralph's brother Robert was
his heir.17

Sir Robert de Beetham confirmed the Lytham
charters, and agreed with the monks as to the bounds
of Bryning and Warton on the Lytham side 18 ; he
also gave land in the Bankhouses to Stanlaw Abbey.19
He was succeeded by his son Thomas before I3O2,20

To Roger her son Qucnilda lady of
Warton gave z oxgangs of her land ; ibid.
no. 7. Roger with the consent of Eda
his wife gave to Lytham land near
Stubbegate and Blakefield ; ibid. no. 38.
Roger son of Roger son of Quenilda gave
the priory a selion called Dreng, lying
between lands of Sir Robert de Conyers
and of Roger son of Haward, and stretch-
ing from the ditch of Howbeck to the
butts of Rucditch ; ibid. no. 3 9.

Siegrith de Warton daughter of Roger
le Boteler of Warton, with the good will
of her husband Roger son of Eward, gave
land on Redlinch and in Warton field
upon Stupelgate to St. Cuthbert of Lytham ;
ibid. no. 45, 53. Roger and Siegrith
gave a ' land ' to Cockersand also ; Chartul.
i, 197.

6 This is stated in the Lytham charter
already quoted ; no. 46.

7 Richard le Boteler son of Quenilda de
Warton gave to Lytham, with the consent
of his heirs, the homage of Adam son of
Efward, his free man ; Lytham Charters,
no. 27. The seal shows the ' Butler ' as
described above. He also gave an oxgang
of land in alms, &c. ; ibid. no. 55, 52.
He was a benefactor to Cockersand also,
giving among other parcels land between
Markpool and Warton Pool, 2 acres on
the field of Stubbegate next the ditch
between Warton and Kellamergh, nearer
Flitholm ; Cockersand Chartul. i, 192-4.

Eustace the son of Richard le Boteler
of Warton confirmed a gift which his
father had made to Lytham, viz. 3 acres
in ' Cuburch ' next the land of Roger
de Freckleton ; Lytham Charters, no. 50.
Stephen and Adam le Boteler were wit-
nesses. The seal is like his father's.

Adam son of Richard le Boteler of
Warton, and therefore brother of Eustace,
appears to have succeeded. He granted
to Richard son of his uncle Roger half
an oxgang of land in Warton in return
for 3 marks of silver given him in his
great need, which land had formerly
belonged to the grantor's uncle Robert. .
Easements were allowed except on the
lands formerly given in alms and in
2 acres which another uncle (Stephen)
had for peace made between them. The
service to be done to the lord was the
proportion of knight's service pertaining
to half an oxgang where nine plough-lands
made a knight's fee; ibid. no. 31. By
another charter Adam released to the
monks of Lytham the land he held of
them upon the Bank in Warton, they
having given him ijs. in his great
need ; ibid. 2 a, 2 ae, 4 ae, Ebor. no. 3. It
was possibly his daughters who put for-
ward a claim to the manor in 1291-2,

but apart from this there is no record of
the permanence of this branch of the
family. The Butlers of Rawcliffe in the
1 6th century held lands in Warton, but
the tenure is not stated ; Duchy of Lane.
Inq. p.m. iii, no. 109, &c.

In 1301 Adam de Claughton released
to Thomas de Beetham all right in lands
and rents formerly held by Richard le
Boteler of Warton, his great-grandfather
(froa-vus) ; Dods. MSS. cxlix, fol. 144^.

8 There was probably some connexion
between Quenilda de Warton and Richard
son of Roger the lord of Woodplumpton,
for one of his daughters was named
Quenilda. At all events, she gave to
another of his daughters, Margaret,

1 oxgang of land in Warton together
with the service of Stephen le Boteler
for the 4 oxgangs he held of her. Mar-
garet was to perform the knight's service
pertaining to 5 oxgangs where nine
plough-lands made a knight's fee ; Final
Cone. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 28.
Richard le Boteler, the heir of Quenilda,
assented to this charter, and was in 1207
called upon by Margaret and her husband
Hugh de Morton to warrant the land to
them, and in the following year he did
so ; ibid.

Margaret's estate probably passed to
her sister Amuria, who married Thomas
de Beetham, but how the lordship of the
rest was transferred is unkno-wn. Per-
haps Adam son of Richard sold it in his
necessity.

9 Lanes. Inq. and Extents (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), i, 151. The Prior of
Durham in 1305-6 called upon Thomas
de Beetham to acquit him of the service
demanded by Henry de Lacy ; De Banco
R. 160, m. 101 ; 163, m. 261.

10 The name occurs (1200-1300) in
various forms in the Lytham and Cocker-
sand charters — Cuburch, Cuburne, Cou-
burgh — and Richard de Warton described
it as an island ; Cockersand Chartul. i,
192. As a surname it appears as Cow-
burne and Colborne.

11 Adam gave to Cockersand Abbey

2 oxgangs of land, one purchased from
Stephen le Boteler and the other from
Roger son of the Lady ; ibid, i, 1 90.
Another oxgang he obtained in 1227
from Adam son of Walter, apparently
claiming by inheritance ; Final Cone, i,
52. Alice his daughter and heir married
Robert de Conyers ; ibid, i, 107.

13 Gilbert de Singleton in 1300 pur-
chased a toft and 40 acres in Warton
from Alice daughter of William de
Conyers; ibid, i, 191. He died in or
before 1326 holding lands, &c., in War-
ton of Sir Robert de Conyers by fealty

172

and rendering a pair of white gloves
yearly, also by the service of the twenty-
fourth part of a knight's fee and paying
4^. sake fee and ioj<f. for castle ward.
There were a capital messuage (worth 2s.
a year), 6 oxgangs of land each of 10
acres (worth 401.), and the fourth part of
a fishery (6s. $d.) ; four free tenants paid
\(>d. yearly; Inq. p.m. 19 Edw. II, no.
67. Gilbert seems to have had a fourth
part of the manor, though doing only the
eighth part of the knight's service.

Thomas de Singleton and Elizabeth his
wife in 1425—6 gave the manor of War-
ton, &c., to Nicholas his son and Mar-
garet his wife ; Kuerden fol. MS. p. 381.

In the 1 6th century the Singletons of
Broughton were stated to hold their
manor of Warton of the king as of his
duchy by knight's service ; Duchy of
Lane. Inq. p.m. iv, no. 70 ; v, no. 45, &c.

13 The charter is named in the old
catalogue of Lytham charters at Durham,
but is now missing.

14 Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 171. Ralph
died 8 Mar. 1253-4.

15 Ibid, i, 195 ; the value is given as
2s. 4-d. Joan's marriage was worth ,£30.

18 Ibid. 202.

17 Ibid. 203. Robert was of full age.

18 Durham catalogue as above.

19 Whalley Couch. (Chet. Soc.), ii,
453-4. The gift was made for the soul
of Robert's deceased wife Maud.

20 Lanct. Inq. and Extents, i, 316 ;
Thomas de Beetham held the third part
of a knight's fee in Warton of the Earl
of Lincoln.

In the same year John son of Richard
de Warton claimed a messuage, an oxgang
of land, &c., and a mill in Warton against
Thomas de Beetham and another oxgang
against Gervase Avenel and Emma his
wife ; De Banco R. 144, m. 333d.

Thomas was in possession as early as
1290, when Godith and Avice daughters
of Adam le Boteler claimed against him
2 oxgangs in Warton and two-thirds of
the manor of Cowburgh as their inherit-
ance. Their father was brother and heir
of Richard le Boteler, and the claim was
respited because Thomas de Beetham was
under age; Assize R. 1288, m. I3d. ;
407, m. i. The claim was renewed in
1292, when Thomas, still a minor,
alleged that his father Robert had died in
seisin ; ibid. 408, m. 4. This is the
last appearance of the Botelers. A Godith
wife of John Ward occurs in 1300 ; De
Banco R. 132, m. 193 d. 'The heir of
Beetham' in 1297 was liable for castle-
ward rents of 31. ^.d. in Warton and
zs. 6d. for Kellamergh and Bryning ;
Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 290.

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

KIRKHAM

and Thomas by his son Ralph in or before 1317, in
which year William de Tours and Emma his wife
called upon him to warrant to them certain land
in Warton claimed by John de Astenthwaite and
Margaret his wife as dower, Margaret being widow
of Thomas de Beetham.21 In 1346 it was recorded
that Queen Isabella, in right of the fee of Pen-
wortham, held three plough-lands and a third for
the third part of a knight's fee in Warton which
Sir Ralph de Beetham and Thomas son of Gilbert de
Singleton held of her in moieties, rendering $s. \d.
yearly for castle ward.22 In 1361 Robert de Beetham
and his tenants held the third part of a fee of the
Duke of Lancaster.23

Thomas Beetham of Beetham held a moiety of the
manor in 1431 by the sixth part of a knight's fee,
Nicholas Singleton of Broughton holding similarly
the other moiety24; while in 1445-6 Thomas
Beetham and Thomas Singleton held three and
one- third plough-lands for the third part of a fee,
paying relief equally.25 Thomas Beetham was suc-

ceeded by his son Sir Edmund, who conveyed his
manor of Cowburn, which extended into Bryning,
Kellamergh and Ravenshaw, with his other manors,
&c., to trustees, with remainders to his brothers
Roger, William and Richard, and then to his cousin
John. He died in 1472 and his brother William
succeeded,26 but Richard was in possession in I483.27

From this time the Beetham Manor disappears
from the records and its lands were said to be held of
the Crown in right of the duchy, though Gervase
Middleton still retained some land in I548.28 The
Singletons sold their moiety of the manor to James
Gerard in I 598,29 and John Gerard of Haighton had
an estate there in 1 63 5 30 ; but the manor with much of
the land seems to have been acquired by the Sharpies
family,31 and was in 1652 sold to James Ashton.32 It
is not mentioned again.

The land was from an early time divided among a
number of freeholders,33 as appears from the inquisi-
tion of 1249 above cited. Warton34 and Collan 35
occur among the early surnames ; and the inquisitions

Sir Thomas de Beetham was in 1311
found to hold lands, &c., in Warton,
Bretherton and Newsham by the service
of a knight's fee, paying i8</. for sake
fee and doing suit to die court ; De Lacy
lay. (Chet. Soc.), 22.

" De Banco R. 221, m. 219 d. ; 226,
m. 145 ; 230, m. 105 d. Margaret's
claim was for dower in eighteen messuages
and 12 oxgangs of land in Warton. The
defendants produced a charter of Thomas
de Beetham's granting all his tenement
in Kellamergh, also i£ oxgangs and
§ oxgang in Warton, to William de
Tours and Emma for Emma's life.

There is some error in the extent of
1324, which reads thus : 'Ralph son and
heir of Robert de Conyers holds of Alice
de Lacy the manor of Warton of the fee
of Penwortham by the service of 31. $d,
yearly for ward of Lancaster Castle, the
third part of a knight's fee and suit to
the county and wapentake ' ; Dods. MSS.
cxxxi, fol. 396. 'Thomas de Beetham'
has perhaps been omitted after son and
heir ; thus the double tenancy of the
manor would be recognized for the first
time.

M Survey of 1346 (Chet. Soc.), 44.
The Singletons may have acquired the
Conyers part of the manor by marriage.
Thomas de Singleton in 1331 complained
that Ralph de Beetham had seized his
cattle at Stainacregrene, a place outside
Ralph's fee. Ralph replied that William
de Conyers had formerly held ten mes-
suages and 12 oxgangs of land of his
grandfather Robert de Beetham by the
service of the fourth part of a knight's
fee and a rent of 2*., and that William's
heirs were his daughters Agnes and Joan;
De Banco R. 287, m. 448 d.

In the aid of 1 346-5 5 Richard Banastre
is joined with Beetham and Singleton as
tenant of Warton ; Feud. Aids, iii, 87.
By a charter some years earlier Agnes
widow of Richard Banastre gave to
Richard her son land at Warton, with
Ribble Water ; Kuerden MSS. iv, W 5.

23 Inq. p.m. 35 Edw. Ill, pt. i, no. 122.
The yearly value was 331. \d.

Sir John de Beetham and Christiana
his wife occur in 1403-4 and Sir John
in 1420 ; Final Cone, iii, 67, 86. In
1401 Margery de Frees held 2 oxgangs
in Warton of Sir John de Beetham by
knight's service and a rent of izd. ;
Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), i, 76. The

same was held of the heir of Sir Edward
Beetham in 1479 ; ibid, ii, 106.

84 Feud. Aids, iii, 95. Thomas was
the son and heir of Sir John ; Final Cone.
iii, 85. He was in possession by 1429 ;
Lanct. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), ii, 23.

ai Duchy of Lane. Knights' Fees, bdle.
2, no. 20. A Roger Beetham occurs in
1450 ; Final Cone, iii, 117.

K Lanct. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), ii, 102;
Chan. Inq. p.m. 19 Edw. IV, no. 87.
It appears that Roger left a daughter
Agnes, who married Robert Middleton.

a7 Duchy of Lane. Misc. Bks. cxxx.

38 Messuages, &c., in Warton, Kella-
mergh, Bryning and Wrea were held of
the king by fealty and a rent of zs. ;
Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. ix, no. ii.
George Middleton sold his estate in Cow-
burn and Warton to William Skillicorne
in 1567 ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 29,
m. 74. A settlement of it was made by
William Skillicorne and Nicholas his son
and heir in 1590 ; ibid. bdle. 52, m. 34.
The tenure of William's estate in Warton
in 1600 was not known.

Richard Skillicorne in 15 34 held land
in Warton of the king by id. rent ;
Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. x, no. 25.

William Clifton of Kidsnape died in
1517 holding lands in Warton of the
Earl of Derby by fealty only ; Duchy of
Lane. Inq. p.m. v, no. 21. This maybe
an indication that the earl succeeded to
the Beetham estate here for a short time.
It appears, however that an estate in
Warton, Freckleton, &c., was sold by
John Cop pull to Sir Thomas Stanley in
the time of Henry VI ; Kuerden MSS.
»'» £33.

39 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 60,
m. 55. The deforciants were Thomas
Singleton, Cecily his wife and Edward his
son and heir. The estate included mes-
suages, windmill, lands and moiety of the
manor and a moiety of the view of
frankpledge.

30 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xxvii, no.
20. He held four messuages of the king
by the two-hundredth part of a knight's
fee and a free fishery in the Ribble. The
change of lordship appears in other ways.
Thus in 1571 George Hesketh of Poulton
held lands, &c., in Warton of Edward
Singleton of Broughton, while his son
William Hesketh in 1622 held of John
Gerard ; ibid, xiii, no. 15 ; Lanes. Inq. p.m.
(Rec.' Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), iii, 366.

173

31 At the time of selling the manor the
Singletons also sold two messuages, &c.,
to William Threlfall and Jenet his wife ;
Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 60, m. 51.
They also gave to trustees or mortgagees
another part of their estate — probably the
remainder — and one of the trustees was
John Sharpies ; ibid. m. 96.

In a fine of 1617 respecting the manors
of Freckleton and Warton, with messuages,
lands, windmill, &c., there and in Newton-
with-Scales, Stalmine, Preesall, Hamble-
ton, Catterall, Goosnargh and Wood-
plumpton, and a free fishery in the Ribble,
the deforciants were John Sharpies the
elder, Arthur Sharpies, Alice his wife
and Cuthbert Sharpies ; ibid. bdle. 90,
no. 48.

M Ibid. bdle. 150, m. 25 ; the defor-
ciants were John Sharpies, Dorothy his
wife, John Browne and Isabel his wife.

33 This appears from previous notes.
In 1219 Gilbert son of Reinfred gave 2
oxgangs in Warton (formerly belonging to
Robert dc Treales) to William son of
Robert in part exchange ; Final Cone, i, 42.

William de Bradkirk in 1366 purchased
a messuage and land in Warton from
Ralph son of William de Freckleton and
Isabel his wife ; ibid, ii, 170.

John son of Richard Carus and
Katherine bis wife had land in 1398 ;
ibid, iii, 55.

Thomas Hesketh purchased 14 acres,
&c., in Warton in 1514 from John
March and Beatrice his wife ; Pal. of
Lane. Feet of F. bdle. n, m. 237. The
tenure was unknown ; Duchy of Lane.
Inq. p.m. v, no. 16.

84 From the Lytham Charters (quoted
above) it would appear that some of the
Wartons were descendants of the younger
sons of Quenilda, while others came from
four sons of Efward or Eward — Henry,
Robert, Adam and Roger.

35 Among the Lytham Charters at
Durham are several relating to Roger
Collan and Alice his wife, ranging from
about 1230 to 1280 ; they had a son
Adam ; i a, 2 ae, 4 ae, Ebor. no. 14-19.

In 1278 Alice widow of Roger Collan
claimed lands against Adam son of Robert
del Bank, Thomas son of Roger and
several others ; De Banco R. 27, m.

Juliana Collan granted Richard son of
John le Spenser a messuage, &c., in the
Bankhouses ; Kuerden MSS. iv, W 15.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

of the 1 6th and xyth centuries show a number of
landowners,36 but few of them seem to have been
resident. The Singletons at one time had a house at
Warton, and a John Singleton37 died in 1592 hold-
ing a messuage there and land in Whittingham.
James Browne of Lower Birches,38 William Dixon,39
William Dobson,40 Richard Noblett,41 James Smalley42
and John Thistleton 43 had small estates in Warton.
Robert Thistleton the son of John had his estate
sequestered ' for his popery ' in the Commonwealth
time ; he died in 1 65 3-44 Two ' Papists' registered
estates in I7iy.45

The Lytham Priory lands were after the Dissolution
held by the Cliftons.46 The abbeys of Cockersand 47
and Whalley48 and the Knights Hospitallers49 also
had lands in Warton.

In connexion with the Church of England the
former St. Paul's was built in i/zz,50 and consecrated
in 1725, being replaced by the present building in
1885-6. A separate parish was assigned to it in
1 846.51 The vicars are presented by the Dean and
Canons of Christ Church, Oxford.

WESTBY-WITH-PLUMPTONS

Westbi, Dom. Bk. ; Westby, 1226.
Pluntun, Dom. Bk.; Plumton, 1226.
This township is divided into five hamlets. Westby
is the central one. The two Plumptons, anciently

known as Fieldplumpton for distinction from Wood-
plumpton, occupy the northern part, Great Plumpton
lying to the north of Little Plumpton. Ballam
(Higher and Lower) and Brown Moss Side in the
south-west are considered parts of Westby. The
measurements are as follows : Westby, 877^ acres ;
Ballam, 666£ ; Brown Moss Side,1 724^-2,268^ ;
Great Plumpton, 665 ; Little Plumpton, 664 ; or in
all, 3,597^ acres.2 The population in 1901 was
532. There is some comparatively high land in the
north, Great Plumpton being 100 ft. above sea level ;
but the surface falls away to the south-west, and the
greater part of Ballam and Moss Side is below the
25 ft. line.

Two roads cross the township from Kirkham to
Lytham and Blackpool, and there are cross-roads
uniting the different hamlets, one of them going north
to Weeton. The railway from Preston to Blackpool
crosses the northern end of the township, and that
from Preston to Lytham runs along near the south-
western border, having two stations called Wrea
Green and Moss Side.

The soil is clayey; about a third of the land is
arable, the rest being pasture.

There was formerly a stone cross in Westby.3

Two presidents of Ushaw College were born at
Westby — John Gillow, 181 1-28,4 and Charles New-
sham, 1 837-6 3. 5

The township is governed by a parish council.

It may be added that- among the other
Warton benefactors of Lytham Priory
were the families of Midhope and Salt-
weller.

36 George Kirkby of Upper Rawcliffe
held his land in Warton of Edward Single-
ton by id. rent ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m.
xi, no. 8.

Gilbert Latewise (Latus) in 1568 held
of Thomas Singleton in socage by id.
rent 5 ibid, xii, no. 11.

George Allen of Poulton in 1579 held
of Thomas Singleton (a minor) by
knight's service, which Thomas held the
manor of Warton of the queeo as of her
duchy by knight's service; ibid, xiv, no. 80.

Evan Haughton in 1608 held land
in Warton of the king by ^d. rent ; Lanes.
Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i,
126.

James Bradley of Bryning in 1617 also
held in Warton of the king by the
hundredth part of a knight's fee, a rent of
6</., and suit at Penwortham Court ; ibid,
ii, 80.

Thomas Worthington of Blainscough
in 1619 held his land in Warton of the
king by knight's service ; ibid, ii, 174.

87 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xvii, no.
89 ; the estate was held of the queen as
of her duchy. Richard the son and heir
was four years old in 1596, and Eliza-
beth the widow had married Thomas
Walmesley.

38 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc.), ii, 122.
James Browne died in 1619 ; his land
had belonged to Lytham Priory, for it
was held of Cuthbert Clifton as of his
manor of Lytham by the two-hundredth
part of a knight's fee and i£J. rent.
The heir was a brother William, then
aged six years, who died in 1624 holding a
somewhat increased estate, including a
windmill and kiln, &c., in Warton and
Cowburn ; Towneley MS. C 8, 1 3 (Chet.
Lib.), 73. Elizabeth, his daughter and
heir, was thirteen years old.

William Browne of Freckleton also had
land in Warton in 1617, held of the king
by a castle-ward rent of $J. ; Lanes. Inq.
p.m. (Rec. Soc.), ii, 87. Richard Browne
died in 1639 holding an acre of Thomas
Clifton as of his manor of Warton ;
Towneley MS. C 8, 13, pp. 79-80.

89 He died in 1619 holding land of the
king by i%J. rent, and leaving as heir a
son James, aged twenty-five ; Lanes. Inj.
p.m. (Rec. Soc.), ii, 125. Richard Dixon
died in 1638 holding a messuage and land
of Thomas Clifton as of his manor of
Lytham. The heir was his grandson
Richard (son of James son of Richard),
aged ten years; Towneley MS. C 8, 13,

P- 343-

^ I Did. 342. He died in 1639 holding
land of the king. His son Robert was
seventeen years old. He may have been
of Warton in Lonsdale.

41 Ibid. 913. Richard Noblett died in
1625 holding two messuages and land of
the king by the two-hundredth part of a
knight's fee. His son and heir Robert
was twenty-six years old.

43 Ibid. 1069. He died in 1639, leaving
a son and heir George, aged twenty-six.
His messuage and land were held of
Thomas Clifton as of his manor of
Lytham.

43 Nicholas Skillicorne and Margaret hi*
wife in 1596 sold a messuage, land, &c.,
in Warton to John Thistleton ; PaL of
Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 59, m. 258. John
Thistleton died at Warton in 1621 hold-
ing of Sir Cuthbert Clifton as of his
manor of Lytham by the two-hundredth
part of a knight's fee and the rent of 6 /.
Robert, his son and heir, was twenty-five
years old ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc.),
ii, 249. The Skillicornes had held of
Beetham.

44 Col. Com. for Camp, v, 3*17.

45 Estcourt and Payne, Engl. Cath.
Nonjurortj 89 ; they were Robert Mercer
and Edward Hardman.

174

46 Thomas Eccleston in 1592 held land
in Warton of Thomas Holcroft as of his
manor of Lytham ; Duchy of Lane. Inq.
p.m. xvi, no. 38. Inquisitions already
cited show that the Cliftons acquired
lands in Warton together with the manor
of Lytham. Apart from this, however,
the family had long had lands in Warton,
for Cuthbert Clifton in 1512 held them
of the king in socage ; ibid, iv, no. 12,
and later inquisitions.

47 For their rentals 1451-1537 see
Coekersand Chartul. iii, 1262-3.

48 William Noblett held the Whalley
lands at Bankhouses about 1 540, paying
4*. a year ; Whalley Ccuch. iv, 1234.

49 Plae. de Quo Warr. (Rec. Com.), 375.
In the Lytham charters the lands of the
Hospitallers are named. They seem to
have passed into the possession of the
Shireburnes of Stonyhurst with other
parcels of the Stidd estate ; Duchy of
Lane. Inq. p.m. xxvi, no. 4.

40 Gastrell, Notitia Cestr. (Chet. Soc.),
ii, 427. Land called Little Moorhey was
given by Joseph Shaw of Liverpool in
fulfilment of the intention of his brother
William Shaw of Preston ; Chester Dioc.
Reg. For description and list of curates
and vicars see Fishwick, Kirkham (Chet.
Soc.), 65-6.

51 By Order in Council 21 Jan.
1846.

1 Brown Mos» adjoined Lythe Carr in
a release of claim (by Henry de Clifton in
1259) ; the calendar speaks of 'common
in the moss called Brown Moss outside
Lythe Carr," but the name is not in the
deed itself ; Lytham Charters at Durham,
2 a, 4 ae, Ebor. no. 31.

* 3,600 acres, including 15 acres of
inland water ; Census Rep. 1901.

3 Foxlane Ends Cross ; Lanes, and Ches.
Antiq. Soc. xx, 187.

4 Diet. Nat. Biog. ; Gillow, BibL Diet.

EnsrL Cath.
P

0 Gillow, op. cit.

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

KIRKHAM

In 1066 tTESTBT and PLUMP-
MAN OK TON, each assessed as two ;

formed part of Earl Tosrig's Pi

lord-

Later they are found to be held of the king
in ****»,"£* ** V* °f the estate of the lords of
Clifton.7 In 1372 Robert de Clifton and his men
were charged with having seized one William Garfick
at Lhde Singleton, carried him of to Westby and
there imprisoned him for a fortnight, carrying off
abo his corn and other goods. In defence it was
pl-aA-*! that Gadick was a riOem as of Clifton's
manor of Westby and had ahnowded.* Except for
about a centnry — from 1512 onward — die manors,
••nib/ regarded as one, riz. Westby-with-Field Flump-
con, hare «W»»«A^ like Clifton, in the account of
whkh will be found abo the story of the exceptional
pa MM! irfrrinl to. During that time Westby was
the residence of the Clifton family.

In the 1 4th century Great Plumpton appears to
hare been hdd by a junior branch of the niflsMi
faniDy, using Pfampton as a surname.' A 'manor*

of Field Plumps was hdd by Thomas Larhom in
IJ7O.1* The Singleton &mifr had a pan of Ifrmp-
ton,11 and one or two other estates occur in the
inquisitions.13

Cockexsand ftlftry had a littk land in Plumpton-u
James Sanderson and a number of others registered
their estates as 'Papists' in 1717.**

'The Qiftons «Mrnnfnrd a priest at Westbj-
throughout the dap of persecution. If he was not at
aH tinKS residem in the hall, owing to the siirrefflance
of the pursuivants, he was not far distant ; and per-
hap soinerimes there was niore than on« priest attend-
ing to the wants of the district.*1* About 1700
James Barrow, a Jesuit, had charge. In 1716, after
the defeat of the Jacobites at Preston, he was con-
victed of recusancy and declared an outlaw. He
escaped capture.1* Toe Jesuits remained in charge till
1791. and were sncceedaa1 by Benedictines and then
by the secular clergy. A chapel was built at the west
end of the hall in 1741, but dosed by Thomas
Clifton, who had become a Piototant, in 1845. The

^Seethe

: K :_-.:

4- acres of Iwvsawooa amvi 15^ acies of

— •- -- ^*- - i?v __r **- -«- — -•

- - . - : : _ . ... —

» ,1 , m, • m\ , ,«

Lrtnaaiy vno pcore»f cftat tne 4- *crc»
were int LytBUBy nwnwl aDcgBol tBnwt Hotty

Nkkolas 4d Ma* m 1327

•

goods of his at Great
R. 2«* m. 631

bad allowed them convnon in tke
bnt on tins point tke verdict
fliimnTi ; Assbe R. 407, m. 3.

In 1323 tke L mini mi mm %r of Westby
was worth 40/. a year ; in .

and 6 acres of meadow, worth I2/. each,
mOL each wortk 131. 4/. Tenants at

^^B« t__IJ _£_L~ *M*«*«AA -^ . . .

wrii nets esjat cottages, 90 acres 01 anme
land and 4 acres of meadow. In Little

FlOnipnVanwpt3Qsm WCfC Ogiot GSttagCS nWnwi
^jr • -^ •*-JJ» 1—^LJ m-sJJ snm- s>mw»*m»nwi .«*

y> acres oc acatswc imwim •DBI Dy ccBamu av
witt, and in Great Fie2dplsanfton two
cottages aofl jpR acres^ tncU •BHlnvl^ j
Ine. pjn. 17 Edw. H, no. 32.

Tke rental of Westby (Townesey MS.
OO) sbows tkat the demesne was worth
£12 a year in 1509; tke
and:
Tke

and 60 acres of _
1359 settled «pon Robert Grinm and
Joan hss wMe and their heirs male, with
' * . ~ "_ - ' ; " . ' t . ;, ' ' 1-1 -

inme of Jons, and to Sir Wiffiani de
Onwnm; Fmtl Cose. (Ree. Soc. Lanes,
and Ckes.^ E, 160.

It may be added tkat Denis son of
IKihil i del Manh was plaintiff and
Wiliam de difton defendant in n dnwnte
as to land, *c, in Westbf in 1322;
De Banco R. 244, m. 12*.

*• Dnchy of I nir In*, pjn. n, no. 7.
It is recorded tkat Tkomas de Latkom
•died seised of the serrice of Robert de
wko keld of him tke manor of

•ntl

idled in 1579

••*<*** *«-« i

. r \_ _:^.r--. . _ ~- z •::::*: Z_:z
Lane. Imj. fju. nr, no. So ; T tmrt. Inf.
fum. (Rec. Soc. Lane*, on* Ckes.^ i, 198.
Tke tennre of tke lands of Sktreonme
• of Stonyknrst is •

I in 1631

Robert Bannester;Jobn bis son and heir
yean of age; Dnchy of
Lane. In«. pjn. xxx, no. 70.

" TTiln i ins n f TTsiiilmiii ih inisni
tke honse which bad been Alan Txyior's,
with tke croft, also a moiety of PQanv
mrlong^ with comnfton m tke <wM of

Soc.), i, 211. WCEam son of Walter
^•nnnn^d n^e pift. R^kaid M^ <^
Richard Rnmtt seems to have been the
: in 126* ; ibid. 212. Tke rental

b printed Aid. ci, 1262.
M

Estconrt and Payne, EmgL Cmih.
90,96,07. Tkeotkeri

Edward Paimmson of naBnni (nnder tne
wiH of Gregory Crook], Ge»-ge Cowhnm

it Ti : -f. .

BGOIow,lbs«icc/!e*ers>3<- * In the
days of

to Westbf ftmn Hoole in tke tone
of Edward L

•TnanmsdeCnman seems to kricheid

4nmmnm).f Land m Great Keidsmnms.

•nlhilltl mm iiiillln i fisiih|nl

fH n|l i ,TT •ill r I i, ii in I

In 1299 Ege&na widow of Walter de

m. S.

ton,wkkk l-il ' del Marsh held of
him far ssfc by tke service of a rose at
Mmnnmer; Inn. pern. 1 9 Edw. H, no. 67.

In tke i6rk centnry tke Singletons of
Staining keld land m Ptnmpton, b«t the
tennre is not stated.

DTknmasEarlof Derby in 1521 held
lands in Phnnpton, bnt tke tennre is not
recorded; Dnchy of Lane. In*, pum. T,
no.6X. This may have been tke ;
estate of Tkomas de Latkom in Field
In tke Derby rental of tke

of tke 'TnWs'i4

to Job.
The name appears again in 1653

earl; tijfftif COM/L Pmftn (Rec. Sac.
Lanes, and Ckes.), n, 237.

175

kept locked'; Estconrt and Payne, cp.
at. 90.

KGiQow, op. ck. 232-4. Tke govern-
ment's officer gives a livery account of his
search far tke priest and his spoliation of
tke ckapeL in wkkk he had been I

there was good onantity of state; Hnm
I gatkered,' be says, 'from one of tke
iof tkese

. • - |^ -

i e-ATS snsn% nm now a

and was privy to all
secret places.' He dU not find tke
jnw^snd tke people vainly endeavonred

Fr. Barrow bad £12 from the comae
(Le. bis order) and ^6 from Sir T.CKfton
and otkers; his successor in i-?i bad
tke more fibeal stipend of £lo lot ;
Foiey, Jt«e. S. 7. v, 321-*-

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

congregation was then joined to Kirkham until in
1860 the present church of St. Anne was opened.17

WEETON-WITH-PREESE

Widetun, Dom. Bk. ; Whiteton, 1205; Wytheton,
1236; Wythinton, 1286; Wetheton, 1382.

Midehope, Dom. Bk. ; Mithop, 1212; Methop,
1286.

Pres, Dom. Bk.; Frees, Preez, Peres, 1278; Prese,

1338.

Suartebrec, 1249 ; Swartebreke, 1280.

The area of this township is 2,972^ l acres, and its
population in 1901 was 374. It is curious to note
that Preese, which has recognition in the official
name, has no separate measurement, while Mythop or
Mythorp, the western corner, has its area recorded
as 677 acres, though it is not recognized in the town-
ship name ; it is divided from Weeton by moss land.
Weeton proper occupies the southern half of the
township, the northern half containing Preese on the
west and Swarbrick on the east. Each of the four
places named occupies a piece of rising ground, one
piece being divided by depressions from the others ;
at Weeton 112 ft. above the ordnance datum is
attained, at Swarbrick and Preese 100 ft. and at
Mythop 50 ft.

A road from Kirkham goes west and north through
Weeton and Swarbrick to Singleton ; from Weeton
a cross road goes west through Mythop to Blackpool
and another east to Greenhalgh. The old Danes' Pad
is traced in Mythop, running north-west. The rail-
way from Preston to Fleetwood and Blackpool also
runs north-west through the township, and a branch
line to Blackpool crosses the south-west corner.

The Fylde Waterworks have large reservoirs at
Weeton.

Charles Earl of Derby procured a charter for a
weekly market at Weeton in 1670,* and a fair for

cattle and small wares used to be held on the Tuesday
after Trinity Sunday.3

The township has a parish council.

The soil is sandy, with subsoil of clay ; wheat, oats,
beans and barley are grown, but more than half the
land is devoted to pasture.

A ' hairy ghost ' is associated with Weeton.4 There
is an ancient burial cairn.

William Barrow,5 known better as Waring or Har-
court, was born in 1610, and educated at St. Omers.
In 1632 he joined the Society of Jesus, and was sent
on the English mission in 1644, labouring in the
London district till the outbreak of the Gates Plot.
He was arrested in May 1679, and executed the
following month with several other victims.

In 1066 Weeton, Preese and Mythop,
MANORS assessed as three, two and one plough-
land respectively, formed part of the
Amounderness lordship of Earl Tostig.6 Afterwards
the lordship was divided, Weeton becoming head of
the fee of the Butler of Ireland in Amounderness,7
and Preese and Mythop being added to the fee of
Penwortham.8

WEETON contributed zis. %d. to the tallage in
1205-6, the heir of Theobald Walter being a minor
in ward to the king.9 In 1242 the heir held the
third part of a knight's fee in demesne and the
sixth part in service.10 From extents of Theobald le
Boteler's lands made in 1249" and 1286 it appears
that at Weeton was a well-built manor-house ; half
the land, 1 2. oxgangs, was in demesne, and the other
half was held by free farmers at the will of the lord ;
there were three mills.12 The manor continued in
the Boteler family till about I4OO13; it was then
acquired by Sir John Stanley of Lathom,14 who ob-
tained a charter for free warren there,15 and it has
continued in his family to the present time,16 the Earl
of Derby being lord"of the manor. The rental of 1 5 22 17
shows that Weeton was then the head of a lordship

17 Fall particulars will be found in
Gillow, op. cit. 236—8 ; Hewitoon, Our
Country Churches, 345. Bishop Gibson
visited Westby in 1784 and confirmed
78 persons ; the number of communicants
was given as 360.

1 2,972 acres, including 14 of inland
water ; Census Rep. 1 90 1 .

1 Col. S. P. Dom. 1670, p. 267.

I Baines, Lanes, (ed. 1870), ii, 493.
« Ibid. 482.

* Diet. Nat. Biog. ; Gillow, Bitl. Diet. ;
Foley, Rec. S. J. Under the name of
William Harcourt the cause of his
beatification was in 1886 allowed to
proceed at Rome ; Pollen, Acts of 'Martyrs,
382. « y.C.H. Lanes, i, 288*.

7 Ibid. 350. The Weeton lordship in-
cluded also Treales, Greenhalgh, Raw-
cliffe and Wesham. 8 Ibid. 335, n, I.

' Fairer, Lanes. Pipe R. 202.

10 Lanes. Inq. and Extents (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), i, 152-3. The
demesne lands were in Weeton and
Treales ; the sixth part was in Thistleton,
Preese and Greenhalgh.

II Ibid. 173. In 1249 there was
only one mill. Certain land belonging
to Weeton, called Quinschalcishurede, was
worth 31. yearly, and a plot of meadow
3</. For the dower of Margery widow of
Theobald le Boteler in Weeton, <tc., see
Close, 64, m. 19.

u Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 264-6. In
1291 Theobald le Boteler was commanded

to do homage to Edmund the king's
brother for his lands held of the honour
of Lancaster ; Duchy of Lane. Royal
Charters, 175.

" See Plac. de Quo Warr. (Rec. Com.),
385. Edmund le Boteler in 1302 held half
a knight's fee in Weeton of the Earl of
Lancaster ; Lar.es. Inq. and Extents, i, 316.

James son of Edmund le Boteler of
Ireland in 1324 held the manor of
Weeton with Little Marton, &c, by
knight's service and the yearly rent of
101. for * goshawk, 5*. for castle ward,
and 131. 4</., doing suit to the county and
wapentake ; Dods. MSS. cirri, fol. 40.

The manor of Weeton was included in
a feofrment by James le Boteler Earl of
Ormonde and Eleanor his wife in 1329 ;
De Banco R. 278, m. i8od. See also
325, m. 380.

The Earl of Ormond in 1 346 held the
fishery of Marton Mere by 10*. rent, two
(not three) plough-lands in Weeton, three
in Little Marton, three in Treales, two in
Wesham and Mowbreck by half a knight's
fee, rendering 13*. 4^.; Survey of 1346
(Chet. Soc.), 52-4.

Eleanor Countess of Ormonde held in
1355; Feud, Aids, iii, 90. She was a plain-
tiff in 1356 (Duchy of Lane. Assize R. 5,
m. 26 d.), and tenant of Weeton in 1 361 ;
Inq. p.m. 3$ Edw. Ill, pt. i, no. 122.

The Earl of Ormonde in 1 378 paid icu.
to the aid as for the moiety of a fee in
Weeton, Greenhalgh, Treale*, Thi*tleton,

Out Rawcliffe, Bradkirk, Medlar and
Esprick ; HarL MS. 2085, fol. 421, Ac.

In 1384 John (James) son and heir of
James Boteler, late Earl of Ormonde, bad
livery of 100 marks rent from the manor
of Weeton ; Kuerden fol. MS. p. 56.
See also Def. Keeper's Rep. rxxii, App.

359, 363-

14 Sir John Stanley was lord of Weeton
in 1401 ; Lanes. Inq.p.ir.. (Chet. Soc.), i, 76.

15 The grant was made in 1408 to
John Lund and Thomas Charnock, chap-
lains ; Chart. R. 9 Hen. IV, no. 6.

16 John Stanley in 143 1 held the moiety
of a knight's fee in Weeton, Treales,
Wesham and Thistleton ; Feud. Aids, iii,
95. In 1445-6 Sir Thomas Stanley held
in Weeton of the inheritance late of the
Earl of Ormonde (and) the fishery called
Marton Mere, rendering 201. yearly or a
sor goshawk ; Duchy of Lane. Knights'
Fees, bdle. 2, no. 20.

Thomas the second Earl of Derby in
1521 held the manors of Weeton and
Treales of the king by the service of half
a knight's fee and the rent of 131. 4^.
The clear value was £30 ; Duchy of
Lane. Inq. p.m. v, no. 68.

The manors of Weeton and Treales
occur at various times ' in fines and re-
coveries of the earl's estates ; e.g. Pal. of
Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 276, m. 75 (1715);
Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 623, m. la (1776).

17 In the possession of the Earl of
Lathom.

176

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED KIRKHAM

OBV Cta Rzwcfife, LitrJe wko had married hs daaghter, as the fbcrtii put of

Greeahalgh, flw|Hiai awl other lawk. A a knight's fee.0 It *1~~HH ia tke Frees aaa%,»

COBTT kad beta held dariag tke Tear. To tke king of whom Etde is known,9 aat3 aboot 1 360. Ia

were paid reals raobjffie of 13*. \4- far tke lordships 1401, after tke death of Margery de Prses, it was

afWeetnaadTre^ia^kYthe faherjat MarMM faaad that she kad held tke amaaor of tke bag as of

Mere aad 4*. far tke township of Wesfcam.* tke hoaoor of Penwortham by kaignt's serrke aad

PREESE mas held, together whk a portioo of I z^ rent, and that the heir was her nephew, Edonad

N ewtoa-wirh-Scaks, br a local £naih/, hiring been Sfcfflkorae.3* It «^- »-A^ to Nicholas Stil

i by Wariae oasxi to Otaeaucaacl soa of Kiward, who beacb the pedigree recorded IB

.;ak» 31. sake-fee. Tke I I
of TieaSes paid $«. *JL aaVr-fee; duae of
F^+^j-dj^o Bowierof
paid IX. as tke price of a

,m . fc ••*_ - -

_ ._ . - • :

aePiees

ia 1323-4 ; Assize K.425,wj.2. Aaaery
ii^am of Hcwry de WaEhy a» her
vidowhaod aa 132! -Eaaaod t» oae of ker
sew*, Hemrr *c IliinaaMl, part of aer
fatter*. taaJ wkk 1 1 11 'i I i •>>&• aaa
rf aiiittui «f her aaaa^ •aja
T - *-r "^ ft. I fTlrt
ID, ML 12.

Soc.^i,2oc. HeasKaaotakl
COB added tkne parts of a aeU

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A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

SKILLICORNK of
Preese. Sable a cross
countercompony or and
azure between four garbs
of the second.

to his grandson Nicholas, who held it in 1609."
Soon afterwards the manor was sold, and in 1634 was
held by John Wolverton.25
In 1756 John Parkes pur-
chased a moiety of it fixm
Thomas Gorst and Rachel
his wife.26 The hall17 now
belongs to Mr. Thomas
Horrocks Miller of Singleton.

SWARBRICK in Preese
seems always to have been a
member of Weeton.28 It gave
a surname to a family or
families of long standing in
the district.

MTTHOP, though part of
the fee of Penwortham, was
held as the tenth part of a

knight's fee by the lords of Weeton,19 and has de-
scended with it. A family surnamed Mythop occurs,
but does not seem to have b.en of long continu-
ance.30

Sir Gilbert Gerard was in 1593 stated to have
held land in Preese of the inheritance of Richard
Balderston.31

Some of the Earl of Derby's lands were sold by the
Commonwealth authorities in i6$$.33 Three 'Papists'
registered estates in ijij.33

For the Church of England St. Michael and All
Angels' was erected at Weeton in 1843. A parish
was assigned to it in 1 846," and the vicar of Kirkham
has the patronage.

A Wesleyan Methodist chapel was built in 1827,"
but has long since disappeared,

TREALES, ROSEACRE, AND WHARLES

Treueles, Dom. Bk. ; Turuel, 1242.

Rasaker, Raysakur, 1249.

Quarlous, 1249; Warlawes, Werlows, 1286.

Treales is the southern half of this composite
township, the northern half being divided between
Roseacre to the north-west and Wharles to the south-
east. The respective areas of the three portions are
1,998, 937 and 1,165 acres, or 4,100 in all.1 The
population numbered 492 in 1901. The greater
part of the surface is flat, but in the south is some
higher land, the 100 ft. above sea level being attained ;
but this declines somewhat sharply to the brook which
forms the boundary between Treales and Kirkham.

From Kirkham a road goes north through Treales,
standing on the higher land mentioned, and then by
Bolton Houses and Cross Hill to Wharles, at which
hamlet it divides, one branch going north-east to
St. Michael's and the other north-west, by Roseacre and
Sasswick House, to Elswick. There are some side roads
and cross roads. The railway from Preston to Black-
pool runs through the extreme south of the township.

The soil is clay ; wheat is grown, but three-fourths
of the land is pasture.

There is a parish council.

In 1066 TREBLES, a member of
MANOR Earl Tostig's fee, was assessed as two
plough-lands.1 Afterwards it is found to
be a member of the Weeton fee, held successively by
Boteler and Stanley, and the lordship has descended
to the present Earl of Derby.3 ROSEACRE and
WHARLES were probably improvements from the
waste 4 ; it does not appear that they were ever

were burgesses at the guild of 1 542 ;
Preston Guild R. 19. Nicholas was dead
in 1550, when the manor was in the
king's hands by reason of the minority of
William, his son and heir ; Duchy of
Lane. Misc. Bks. xxiii, 55 d.

In 1592 an informer told the govern-
ment that ' Mr. Skillicorne of Preese
hath for many years a recusant school-
master, who for sundry years was one
William Fletcher, then a recusant, now
the schoolmaster at Wigan ' ; Gibson,
Lydiate Hall, 258, quoting S. P. Dom.
Eliz. ccxv, 79. William Skillicorne died
in 1 60 1 holding the manor of Preese, and
was succeeded by his son Nicholas ;
Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xviii, no. 35.
For a pedigree see Fishwick, Kirkham,
191.

84 A feoffment of the manors of Preese
and Newton was made by Nicholas
Skillicorne in 1606 ; Pal. of Lane. Feet
of F. bdle. 70, no. 83. The manor of
Preese alone appears in a similar fine in
1609, when the deforciants were Nicholas
Skillicorne, William his son and heir-
apparent and Elizabeth his wife, John
Skillicorne and Priscilla his wife ; ibid,
bdle. 76, no. 31. No Skillicornes appear
in the Preston guild roll of 1622 or later.
Nicholas and John Skillicorne were con-
victed recusants in 1620 ; Cal.S.P.Dom.
1619-23, p. 150.

" Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 125,
no. 43. From the draft of an Act of 1624
it appears that John Skillicorne had con-
veyed the manor to Robert, Edmund and
Charles Wolferstone ; Hist. MSS. Com.
Rep. iii, 30.

86 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 354.

37 In 1836 it belonged to Hugh Hornby

of Liverpool, and was afterwards sold to
Thomas Miller, father of the present
owner ; Baines, Lanes, (ed. 1836), iv, 400 ;
(ed. 1870;, ii,493.

*8 The 4 oxgangs of land there were in
1286 held by free farmers of Theobald le
Boteler ; Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 265.
This is probably the land in Preese held
by the heir of Theobald Walter in 1 242 5
ibid. 153.

89 In 12 1 2, of the four plough-lands
granted by Warine Bussel to Gillemichael,
only three were held by his heirs ; the
other, in Mythop, was held by the heir of
Theobald Walter ; Lanes. Inq. and Extents,
i, 29. It was worth 4^ marks yearly in
1249 and 641. in 1286; ibid. 172, 264.
The tenure was in i 302 recorded as the
tenth part of a knight's fee in Mythop,
held of the Earl of Lincoln ; ibid. 316.
This is repeated in later extents, &c. ; e.g.
Feud. Aids, iii, 91.

In 1522 the tenants of Mythop paid
£4 a year, including 31. ^d. as the value
of the works and services ; Derby Rental
(at Lathom).

30 James le Boteler Earl of Ormonde in
1329 complained that Robert de Prees
and Adam son of Thomas de Mythop had
rescued cattle from his pound at Weeton ;
De Banco R. 278, m. 157.

Adam son of Richard de Mythop in
1341 confirmed to his son Richard lands
at the Bankhouses in Warton ; Lytham
D. at Durham, i a, 2 ae, 4 ae, Ebor. no. 20.
The witnesses included Henry, Geoffrey
and Robert, sons of Richard de Mythop.

Nicholas son of Robert de Mythop had
land in Elswick in 1402-5 ; Towneley
MS. C8, 5 (Chet. Lib.), Hen. IV, no.
5>7-

I78

There was another place of the same
name in Lytham.

81 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xvi, no. 2.

82 Cal. Com. for Comp. ii, 1117 ; Swar-
brick, Mythop, &c.

38 James and Thomas Swarbrick and
William Blacoe ; Estcourt and Payne,
Engl. Cath. Nonjurors, 134-5. For the
convicted recusants c. 1670 see Misc.
(Cath. Rec. Soc.), v, 195-6.

34 By Order in Council 21 Jan. 1846.

85 Baines, Lanes, (ed. 1870), ii, 493.

1 Including 2 acres of inland water ;
Census Rep. 1901.

2 V.C.H. Lanes, i, 2883.

8 See the account of Weeton. The
sheriff rendered account of 261. tallage of
Treales in 1205-6 ; Farrer, Lanes. Pipe
R. 202. In 1249 the three plough-lands
in Treales were worth £8 14*. yd. in all
issues, and the land of Wharles and Rose-
acre £<) ; Lanes. Inq. and Extents (Rec.
Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 172-3. In
1286 there were 24 oxgangs of land in
the hands of free farmers, each oxgang
being worth i u. a year ; ibid. 265.

4 In 1286 there were in Roseacre 215
acres of land, and in Wharles 144 acres,
each worth lod. yearly, in the hands of
free farmers ; ibid.

It appears that in 1283 Randle de
Goosnargh, Alice his wife and William
son of Alexander the Clerk of Elswick
held 67 acres in Roseacre, but Theobald
le Boteler purchased them ; Final Cone.
(Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 160.

The Derby rental of 1522 (at Lathom)
shows that £16 was received from
tenants at will in Treales ; a windmill
paid 301., and turbary 26s. 8</. The
rent of the tenants at will in Wharles

considered to be manors.5 The township is scarcely
ever named in the records, but in 1228-9 a mandate
was issued to the sheriff respecting Lewe de Treales,
who had found ancient coins while ploughing.6

Thomas Firth (Styth) of Wharles in 1631 was
fined £10, having refused knighthood.7 Sir Edward
Osbaldeston in 1637 had a small rent from Treales.8
Some ' Papists ' of Treales and Roseacre registered
estates in 1717.'

Christ Church, Treales, for the worship of the
Church of England, was built in 1855. The vicar
of Kirkham is patron.10

The Presbyterians had a licensed meeting-place in
Roseacre in 1689," but it does not seem to have been
permanent.

GREENHALGH-WITH-THISTLETON

Greneholf, Dom. Bk. ; Grenhole, 1212; Grenele,
1242; Grenehol, 1 244 ; Grenole, 1 249 ; Grenolf,

I33I-

Thistilton, 1212 ; Thistelton, 1242.

Estebrec, 1249.

Greenhalgh or Greenalgh, in which are Esprick
and Cornoe, occupies the southern part of this com-
posite township, Thistleton being the northern part.
The two portions measure 1,187 and 710 acres
respectively, or 1,897 in all l ; the population in 1901
was 408. The surface is flat, sloping gradually from
south to north and from west to east, the extremes

KIRKHAM

being 100 ft. above sea level at the south-west border
and 25 ft. in the north-east corner. There is
moss land in the south.

A road goes north-north-west through the whole
length of the township, passing through Corner Row
and Esprick. From it another road goes west to the
hamlet of Greenhalgh. turning south to reach Weeton ;
while yet another in the north turns off to the east
and north to reach Thistleton, from which it turns
towards Elswick.

The soil is clay ; potatoes are grown, but most of
the land is permanent grass.

For this township there is a parish council.

In 1 066 three plough-lands in GREEN-
MANORS HALGH formed part of Earl Tostig's
Preston lordship.1 Afterwards there
seems to have been a division ; so that one of the
plough-lands, Medlar, was granted out in thegnage,
while the others, Greenhalgh proper and Thistleton,
were given to the ancestors of the Boteler family,
and held as members of the Weeton lordship, the
superior manor descending in the same way.*

By Hervey, the grandfather of Theobald Walter,
Thistleton and Greenhalgh were given with his
daughter Alice to Orm son of Magnus, and thus
descended to Roger de Hutton, lord of the adjacent
Medlar.4 Roger and his son granted the whole or
greater part out in various ways.5 Chiefly by purchase
the Butlers of Rawcliffe appear to have acquired the
greater part,6 and were regarded as lords of the

was 1091. 8(/., including \%d. the value
of their works ; for Roseacre the amounts
were £6 I 51. 5</. and 41. jd. respectively.
5 The 'township' of Wharles and
Roseacre is named in 1526; Add. MS.
32106, no. 998. 6 Close R. 39, m. 20.

I Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.),

i, 221.

8 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xxvii,
no. i$.

9 Henry Johnson and John Ward of
Treales ; William Crooke and John
Miller of Roseacre ; all leaseholds ; Est-
court and Payne, Engl, Cath, Nonjurors,
91. 91. For the convicted resusantt c. i 670
see Misc. (Cath. Rec. Soc.), v, 196-7.

A separate ecclesiastical parish was
constituted in 1858 ; information of the
vicar. See A. Hewitson, Our Country
Churches, 365, where is also an account
of the Primitive Methodist Meetings,
369-72.

II Hist. MSS. Com. Rep. xiv, App. iv,
232.

1 1,898 acres, including 8 of inland
water ; Census Rep. 1901.

2 IS.C.H. Lana. i, 288*.

3 The members of Theobald Walter's
fee of Weeton were not named separately
in 1 212, but Thistleton and Greenhalgh
occur in 1242 ; Lanes. Inq, and Extents
(Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 37, 153.
The assessment of Greenhalgh as one
plough-land was recorded in 12495 'D'd-
i, 172. Thistleton is named among the
Countess of Ormonde's lands in 1355 and
among those of Sir John Stanley in 1431 ;
Feud. Aids, iii, 90, 95.

One oxgang of land was in 1286 in
the lord's hands, and rendered 181.
yearly ; Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 265.
This, no doubt, was the oxgang not held
by knight's service ; ibid. 173.

The Derby rental of 1522 (at Lathom)
records the payment of 181. gd. — the gd.
in lieu of services — for a tenement and
oxgang of land containing 24 acres, in

the occupation of Gilbert Wilkinson ;
31. \d. for a cottage newly built, and
2 acres, lately of Henry Fleetwood
deceased, and then of Robert Wilkinson ;
and \^d. for certain lands in Greenhalgh
Field held by Rowland Cornay. These
rents were from Greenhalgh in the
Fylde ; from Greenhalgh in the Holme
came 101. for a tenement lately Henry
Fleetwood'*. Another Greenhalgh gave
a name to Greenhalgh Castle near Gar-
stang.

4 Lanes, Inq. and Extents, i, 37.

8 Part was included in the gift of
Medlar to his daughter by Roger, and
thus came into the possession of the
Hospitallers and of Cockersand Abbey —
viz. the mill of Greenhalgh and the ser-
vice of Adam de Cornoe ; Lanes, Inq.
and Extents, i, 47 ; Cockersand Chartul,
(Chet. Soc.), i, 168-71.

Ellis son of Roger de Hutton made
grants in Greenhalgh and Thistleton to
Cockersand, as will be seen below. To
Adam de Cornoe he gave part of his
demesne in Greenhalgh, and this was
confirmed by his son Robert ; Dods.
MSS. liii, fol. 91. The same Ellis
granted an oxgang of land to Jordan son
of Richard the Clerk of Kirkham, and
another to Walter son of Ailsi de Ros
(the land of Adam de Cornoe, the mill,
Whitaker, and the croft of Raun being
excepted) ; ibid. fol. 85^, 87.

In 1242 the immediate tenants were :
In Thistleton — John de Thornhull ; in
Greenhalgh— Roger de Nutshagh, Adam
de Bradkirk, William de Kirkham, Robert
son of Thomas, and Richard son of
William 5 Lanes, Inq. and Extents, i,
152-3.

6 Geoffrey de Pleasington, with the
consent of Alice his wife (probably the
heir), released to Richard le Boteler all
right in Greenhalgh, Whitacre and
Cornoe ; Dods. MSS. liii, fol. 98.
Richard le Boteler gave his son Edmund

179

all his land in Greenhalgh, Whitacre,
Esprick, and Cornoe Row ; ibid. fol. 97^.
The same Edmund ie Boteler acquired
for 27 marks an oxgang and a half of
land from William son of Robert de
Greenhalgh, who in 1274 at Little
Hoole released all his land in Greenhalgh
to Edmund ; ibid. fol. 92, 86£ (no. 44).
Edmund also acquired first an acre of
land and then the whole inheritance in
Wh'tacre of William son of Adam de
Whitacre ; ibid. fol. 85, no. 25, 35.
From Geoffrey de Pleasington he ob-
tained a release of all the land held by
Geoffrey of the Hospitallers ; ibid. fol. 97.

Nicholas le Boteler in 1291 released
to an uncle Henry the la,nd in Green-
halgh formerly held by the uncle Edmund
just named ; and a little later gave his
sister Alice all his land in Greenhalgh,
with the services of Adam de Bradkirk,
William de Esprick, and others ; ibid,
fol. 98, 97. William de Elswick, son of
Alexander the Clerk, grantsd to Henry
le Boteler, son of Sir Richard, the
homage and service of his brothers Alan
and Thomas, apparently in Thistleton ;
ibid. fol. 85.

Alice sister of Nicholas le Boteler
was no doubt the wife of Adam de
Walton, to whom in 1302 Henry le
Boteler gave all his land in Greenhalgh ;
ibid. fol. 876.

Mabel widow of Nicholas le Boteler
in 1300 claimed dower in six messuages,
6 oxgangs of land, &c., in Greenhalgh,
against Adam de Walton and Alice. The
free tenants named were Adam de Brad-
kirk, William, Adam and John de
Esprick ; De Banco R. 135, m. 227.

Ranulf de Singleton and Mabel his
wife in 1304 claimed her dower in certain
land in Greenhalgh held by Adam de
Walton and Alice hi« wife, and William
son and heir of Nicholas le Boteler, a
minor, was called to warrant ; DC Banco
R. 153, m. 1 157, 164.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

manor.7 In 1488 John Butler held his lands of the
Earl of Derby by knight's service,8 but in 1504 and
later the mesne lordship was ignored, and the lands in
Greenhalgh and Thistleton were said to be held of
the king as of his duchy by knight's service.9

Greenhalgh gave a surname to some local families,10
of which one retained possession of its lands till the
1 6th century." The Bradkirk family held a fourth
part of Greenhalgh.1*

THISTLETON, apart from the tenement of the

Butlers, was largely held by the Cowdrays 13 and
Aughtons of North Meols u and their heirs, their
manor of Thistleton consisting principally of the
2 oxgangs of land, a fourth part of the vill, granted
to the canons of Cockersand by Ellis son of Roger de
Hutton.'5 A number of the tenants of Thistleton,
which name in former times seems to have been used
of the township as a whole, appear in the pleadings
and inquisitions I6 ; some of them, seated in neighbour-
ing townships, held of the Crown, the Earl of Derby

7 See a later note ; also the account of
Out Rawcliffe.

8 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. iii, no.
4.5 ; the lands were said to be in
Thistleton.

' Ibid, iii, no. 109 ; viii, no. 8 ; xzvi,
no. 36 ; Greenhalgh alone, or Green-
halgh with Thistleton.

William Butler of Hackinsall in 1586
held land in Thistleton of the queen as
of her duchy in socage ; ibid, xiv, no.

47-

10 Walter de Greenhalgh was tenant of
Ellis de Hutton about 1 22O ; Cockersand
Chartul. i, 166. Robert son of William
de Greenhalgh (c. 1260) was a benefactor
of Cockersand Abbey, having given land
at Sandyford ; ibid. 165. He may have
been Robert the Clerk of Kirkham (son
of William) to whom Richard le Boteler
granted 2 oxgangs of land in Thistleton ;
Dods. MSS. liii, foL 85, no. 24. A
William son of Robert [?de Greenhalgh]
had in 1219 obtained a rent of 8;. due
from William son of Warine in Thistle-
ton ; Final Cone, i, 42.

Other clerks of Kirkham had lands in
the township and were possibly ancestors
of the Greenhalgh families. Thus Robert
ton of Rainkell de Treales about 1250
gave a part of his land within Green-
halgh to Ralph son of Richard the
Clerk, co-rector of Kirkham ; Dods.
MSS. liii, fol. 85, no. 27. Somewhat
later, Master William de Kirkham, clerk,
son of Richard the Clerk of Kirkham,
gave all his land in the vill of Green-
halgh to his brother Ralph, with remainder
to their sister Amabil wife of John de
Hackinsall; ibid. fol. 926. In 1263 Sir
Richard le Boteler agreed with Geoffrey
de Pleasington and Alice his wife that
they should have the ward and marriage
of Thomas son and heir of Ralph de
Kirkham ; there were 2 oxgangs of land
in Greenhalgh; ibid. fol. 86A, no. 4;.
To Thomas son of Ralph de Greenhalgh
— no doubt the same person — John son
of Adam de Bradkirk in 1281 granted a
small piece of land to enable Thomas to
enlarge his dwelling ; ibid. no. 45.

William son of Robert de Greenhalgh
has been named above (1274). Geoffrey
son of Maud formerly the wife of Roger de
Nutshaw released to his brother Henry
the fourth part of an oxgang of land in
Thistleton, and Henry de Nutshaw in
1316-17 gave lands there to Robert son of
William de Greenhalgh at * rent of zd. ;
Kuerden MSS. iv, T 5.

u William ion of Thomas Greenhalgh
was in 1442 re-enfeoffed of lands in
Greenhalgh, Esprick, Cornoe, Wesham,
Whitacre and the Holmes ; Dods, MSS.
liii, fol. 86, no. 38.

Thomas Clifton in 1547 claimed •
messuage in the township against Richard
Greenhalgh and James Thornton ; Ducatut
Lane. (Rec. Com.), i, 223.

James Greenhalgh died in 1 559 holding
various messuages, &c., in Greenhalgh,

Cornoe Row, Esprick and Whitter (Whit-
acre) of the queen as of the late priory of
St. John of Jerusalem by a rent of zs.
His heir was his grandson George (son of
Richard) Greenhalgh, about twenty years
old ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xii, no.
23. Not long afterwards, in I 566, George
Greenhalgh sold the manor of Greenhalgh
aliat Greenoo, with water-mill, windmill,
&C., in Cornoe Row, Whitter and Esprick,
to Henry Butler ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of
F. bdle. 28, m. 203. Soon afterwards
Henry Butler also purchased two mes-
suages, &c., in Greenhalgh and Esprick
from the Earl of Derby ; ibid. m. 49.
James Greenhalgh, son of George, in
1577 released any right in Greenhalgh to
the same Henry Butler ; Dods. MSS. liii,
fol. 9 7 b.

The manor of Greenhalgh is named
among the Butler estates in 1571 ; Pal.
of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 33, m. 79. In
1505 Henry Butler complained that John
Eccleston of Greenhalgh had obtained
certain evidences showing that the parcel
of land he held was held of plaintiff, the
lord of the manor, and intended to claim
a title to the manor ; Duchy of Lane.
Plead. 37 Eliz. clxviii, B 6. James
Greenhalgh of Greenhalgh was presented
as a recusant in 1605 ; Visit. P. in
Chester Dioc. Reg.

After the confiscation of the Butler
estates in 1716 the manor of Greenhalgh
appears to have been acquired again by a
member of the local family, for in 1774
and again in 1816 the holder was a James
Greenhalgh ; Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 620,
m. I (2) ; Lent Assizes 56 Geo. III.

11 The Bradkirk holding has occurred
in preceding notes. Adam de Bradkirk
and Ismania his wife in 1349 held two
messuages. 2 oxgangs of land, &c., in
Greenhalgh of Sir Nicholas le Boteler by
knight's service and a rent of \$J. ; Inq.
p.m. 28 Edw. Ill (2nd nos.), no. it. A
Richard Parker was defendant in a claim
to Fowflat in Greenhalgh in 1596 ;
Dueatus Lane, iii, 468.

The Greenhalgh part of the township
seldom occurs in the records. William
de Greenhills of Preston and Margaret his
wife had an interest (for her life) in a
messuage, &C., there under John Boteler
of Kirkland ; Final Cone. (Rec, Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), iii, 43-4. William
Skillicorne and Joan his wife had some
land there in 1567; Pal. of Lane. Feet
of F. bdle. 29, m. 64. Cuthbert Clifton
of Clifton in 1512 held land of John
Butler of Rawcliffe, and a similar state-
ment is found in later inquisitions ;
Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. iv, no. 12, &c.
Edward Worthington died at Weeton in
1639 holding a messuage, land and
common rights in Greenhalgh of Henry
Butler. Lawrence his son and heir was
fifty years old ; ibid, xxx, no. 3$.

u In 1317 Alice widow of William de
Travers claimed dower in Thistleton and
Elswick against Robert son of William de

180

Cowdray and Margaret his wife ; De
Banco R. 219, m. 1 3 1 d. Margery widow
of Robert de Cowdray in 1349 gave all
her land in Thistleton to Adam de Meols ;
Kuerden MSS. iv, T 5.

14 Hugh Aughton of North Meols was
in 1417 seised of a moiety of the manor
of Thistleton, held of the king as of his
duchy by knight's service and $.d. rent ;
Lanes. Inq. f.m. (Chct. Soc.), i, 129.

14 Cockersand Chartul. i, 173 ; Ellis
made an exception of Esprick and his
mill, but added 12 acres on the nearer
side of Greenhalgh Syke, marked out by
crosses, and exemption from multure at
Greenhalgh mill. Thomas de Chevilli
and Amiria his wife released their title
to lands in Thistleton, and the canons
received further grants or releases from
Robert son of Robert the Clerk of Ulvers-
ton, Richard de Freckleton, clerk, and
Geoffrey son of Sir John de Hackinsall ;
ibid. 174-6. Numerous place-name*
occur in the charters — e.g. Fieldingford-
wray, Mundegumeland, Otemaste, Ruthe-
syke, two tongues (or gores) on Borayns
on the lower side of the road to Single-
ton.

Hereward, Abbot of Cockersand, gave
the 2 oxgangs to William the Clerk of
Kirkham about 1230 at a rent of 21. ;
Kuerden MSS. loc. cit. ; Dods. MSS.

Hugh Aughton, son of the above-named
Hugh, held messuages, &c., in Thistleton
in 1464 of the Abbot of Cockersand by a
rent of zd. (zs.) ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet.
Soc.), ii, 80. No ' manor ' is named then
or later. A similar tenure was recorded
in later inquisitions, e.g. in that of Hugh
Aughton, 1^20; Duchy of Lane. Inq.
p.m. v, no. 28. After the inheritance was
divided, John Bold (1587) was said to
hold lands, &c., in Thistleton of the
queen as of the late abbey of Cockersand
by zs. rent (ibid, xviii, no. 43) ; but in
1603 Barnaby Kitchen held similarly by
izd. rent — i.e. he had a moiety ; Lanes.
Inq. f.m. i, 23, 27. The 'manor' of
Thistleton was named among the estates
of Hugh Hesketh of North Meols and
Alice his wife in 1611 ; Pal. of Lane.
Feet of F. bdle. 79, no. 71.

16 The estate of John de Thomhill in
1242 may have been derived from the
Jordan de Thornhill who married Quenilda
daughter and co-heir of Richard son of
Roger of Woodplumpton ; she afterwards
married Roger Gernet, but had no children.
John Gernet died in 1249 holding nothing
in chief of Theobald le Boteler, but hold-
ing 2 oxgangs in Thistleton of John de
Thornhill, which land he had by purchase.
His brother Benedict was his heir ; Lanes.
Inq. and Extents, i, 177. When, shortly
afterwards, the escheators were directed to
give seisin to Benedict, the land was said
to be held of Richard son and heir of
John de Thornhill ; Close R. 64, m. 14.

In 1292 inquiry was made as to the
tenement of Master William dc Kirkham
in Thistleton ; he was dead and the

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

KIRKHAM

or the Butlers"; olhers, such as Haw,18 Hudson,"
and Thompson," resided in Thistleton itself. Several
* Papists ' registered estates in 1717."

CORXOE,** or Corner Row, gave a surname to
its tenants." It, like Esprick*4 and Whitacre or
Whitter,1* was usually regarded as part of Greenhalgh.

The Hospitallers* and Cockersand Abbey had
lands."

Peter and John Winstanley in 1653 petitioned for
a rent-charge due to them from their father's estate
in Cornoe, sequestered for the recusancy of their
brother Francis.18

A Congregational chapel was in 1851 built at
Corner Row, and provided with a small endowment.*9

There is a school at Esprick said to have been
founded by John Cooper about 1 760.**

LITTLE ECCLESTON-WITH-
LARBRECK

Eglestun, Dom. Bk.; Eccliston, 1212.

Lairbrec, 1212; Leyrebrec, 1242; Leirbreck,
1329.

The component parts of the township are divided
by Thistleton Brook flowing north-east to join the
Wyre, which river is here the northern boundary of

township and parish. Little Eccleston, with an
acreage of 445^, lies to the east of the brook, thus
adjoining Great Eccleston in St. Michael's ; while
Larbreck, or Larbrick, containing 835 acres, lies to
the west. The total area is 1,280^ acres.1 There
was a population of 188 in 1901. The surface is
comparatively level, rising a little on each side of the
brook to over 80 ft. above sea level on the east and
over 60 ft. on the west, thence falling again to the
north and further west.

The principal road is one going west and south-
west from Great Eccleston through Larbreck hamlet
to Little Singleton ; from it other roads lead south to
Little Eccleston hamlet, joining there and going on
to Elswick, while another, in the north-east corner of
the township, goes north, crossing the Wyre by
Cartford Bridge.

Dr. Leigh about 1 700 wrote : * The most remark-
able cold spring in these parts is that at Lar-breck.
. . . Upon immersing your hand into it the part
immediately grows extremely red and you will then
perceive a most violent pain. Fishes of several sorts
I have seen put into this spring, which make but one
effort and instantly expire. It is an Aciduta or Chaly-
beate Water.' f

The soil is clayey ; wheat, oats, beans and potatoes
are grown, and there is much pasture land.

claimant was hi* nephew Walter dc Goos-
nargh. He had held a messuage, 4 ox-
gangs of land and 33 acres. In 1292
Thomas T ravers and Cecily his wife held
the messuage and 2 oxgangs ; William
son of Robert held \\ oigangs and Alice
de Newton held § ozgang, in dower of
William's inheritance ; three others held
13 acres of land, the remaining 20 be-
longing to the Abbot of Cockersand.
Travers called Roger son of Alexander de
Pilkington to warrant him, while William
called Nicholas son and heir of William
son of Nicholas le Boteler, •» minor ;
Assize R. 408, m. 37, 8. The suit
against William son of Robert de Thistle-
ton and Alice (now called Dulcia) was
continued in 1301, when William son of
Nicholas le Boteler, a minor, was called
to warrant; Assize R. 1321, m. lod.
Some of this mar hare been acquired by
the Newton family, who had half an oxgang
of land in 1332 ; Final Cone, ii, 88. John
Ifcwtuu of Preston in 1596 sold a mes-
suage, &c^ in Thistleton to James Ander-
ton of Euxton, and he transferred it to
Edmund Raw; Kuerden MSS. ii, fol.
139, 139* ; PaL of Lane. Feet of F. bdle.
59, m. 66.

17 Henry Holme of Uprawclifre had
land in Thistleton about 1468 ; Final
GMT. iii, 133. George Kirk by of Upraw-
cliffe was in 1561 found to hare held his
lands in Thistleton of the Earl of Derby
by ^d. rent ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m.
xi, no. 8. Richard Parker of Salesbury in
1638 held his land of James Lord Strange ;
Towneley MS. C 8, 13 (CheC Lib.),
p, 967.

James Anderton of Euxton in 1552
held of the Earl of Derby by \\J, rent, as
did his son Hugh in 1566 ; Duchy of
Lane Inq. p.m. ix, no. 14 ; jri, no. 31.

The tenure in some cases — Hesketh,
Westby, Alien, Duddell, and Shireburne —
is not recorded; Gilbert Latus in 1568
held of the lord of Thistleton in socage ;
Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. iii, no. ii ;
and see Dneatms Lame, iii, 469. Sir
Thomas Hesketh and Alice his wife sold

lands in Thistleton to John Bold in
1558 ; PaL of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 20,
m. 109.

To Alexander Banyon were granted a
messuage, windmill, &c^ in 1608 ; Pat.
6 Jas. I, pt. xxii.

15 Richard Haw died in 1592 holding
a messuage, &c~, of the queen as of her
duchy by the two-hundredth part of a
knight's fee, and leaving a son William,
ajed fifteen, as heir ; Duchy of Lane. Inq.
p.m. xvi, no. 21. William died in 1603,
his heir being his brother John, aged
se ren teen ; and John died in 1607, the
heir being a sister Janet, wife of Chris-
topher Parkinson, twenty-eight years of
age ; Lanes. Inq. pjm, (Rec. Soc. Lanes,
and Ches.), i, 15, 100.

19 Christopher Hudson died in 1605
holding a messuage, &c., of Henry Butler
as of his manor of Greenhalgh by i$J.
rent. His heir was his son William* aged
twenty-eight ; ibid. 106. On William's
death in 1626 he was succeeded by
his son Christopher, aged twenty-six ;
Towneley MS. C 8, 13 (Chet. Lib.),
p. 506.

• Henry Thompson made a purchase
from Hugh Hesketh and Alice his wife
in 1586 ; PaL of Lane. Feet of F. bdle.
48, m. 224. Henry Thompson the
elder died in 1620, holding land of the
Earl of Derby by 3</. rent. His son and
heir John was thirty-two years old ;
Lanes. Ina. p.m. (Rec. Soc.), ii, 272.
John Thompson died five years later,
leaving a son William, two years old ;
Towneley MS. C 8, 13, p. 1180.

n Estcourt and Payne, Engl. CatJk.
Nonjurors, 135 ; Gabriel Wilkinson,
James and Robert Carter.

** In 1 1 89 Roger son of Augustine de
Heaton held the land of Cornoe by grant
of William de Lancaster ; Fairer, op. cit.
437. In 1346 it was found that William
de Coucy held 2 oxgangs of land in
Greenhalgh, William Banastre being the
occupant ; Inq. p.m. 20 Edw. Ill (2nd
nos.), no. 63.

a Robert and Rowland Cornoe were

181

charterers in 1593 ; Ducatia Lane, iii,
282, 298. 322. Robert Cornoe in 1604
held land in Cornoe and Greenhalgh ot
Henry Butler as of his manor of Green-
halgh by lid. rent. Rowland, his son
and heir, was fifty years old ; Lares. Inq.
p.m. (Rec. Soc.), i, 107. Rowland died
in 1609, leaving a son Henry, aged
twenty-nine; ibid. 124. The spelling
seems to have become Cornall at times.

* William Clifton of Kidsnape in
I > 17 held lands in Esprick of the Earl of
Derby by \\d. rent ; Duchy of Lane. Inq.
p.m. v, no. 21. Cuthbert Clifton of
Clifton in 1512 held of John Butler oi
Rawcliffe ; ibid, iv, no. 12.

John White of Eccleston in 1557 held
a messuage in Esprick of William Kirkby
in socase by a rent of 3</. ; ibid, xi, no.
55. William Travers of Nateby in 1558
also held of William Kirkby by a red rose ;
ibid, xi, no. 68.

Esprick was described as a manor in
1586 ; Duejtjs Laif. iii, 169.

** Ellis son of Roger de Hutton gave
his demesne land in Wh tacre to Cocker-
sand Abbey, with easements in the vill of
Greenhalgh. The bounds were : on the
west, the syke going down north from the
moss between Watfoth and Whitacre,
across to a great stone, eastward to the
highway and southward to the moss ;
Cockersand Chart*!, i, 1 60.

•* Plae. de Qua ff'arr. (Rec. Com.% 375.

97 The rentals, with tenants' names,
1451 to I $37, are printed in Cockersand
Chart*!, iii, 1262-;, 1266-9.

*• Col. Com. for Camp, iv, 2973. The
father, also Francis, had made his will in
1638.

" Nightingale, Lanes. Nonconf. i, 103.
The ministers of Kirkham and Elswick
maintain the services.

» End. Char. Rep. for Kirkham, 21.

1 The Census Rep. 1901 gives 1,158
acres, including 8 of inland water ; there
are also 29 acres of tidal water aed 3 1 of
foreshore.

• C. Leigh, Nat. Hist. tfLana. bk. i,

54-

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

In 1066 the two Ecclestons, assessed
MANORS as two and four plough-lands, were held
by Earl Tostig.3 Afterwards five plough-
lands there are found in the fee of the barons of Kendal4 ;
they were later still members of the lordship of Nether
Wyresdale.4 These five plough-lands, of which two
were in Great Eccleston in the adjacent parish of St.
Michael's, had been granted in marriage by William
de Lancaster, and in 1212 were held by Richard de
Molyneux of Sefton, William Blundell of Ince, Ralph
de Eccleston, Walter son of Swain and Geoffrey.6
The tenure was later described as knight's service.7

From the subsequent history it is clear that Molyneux
and Blundell held LARBRECK equally, though the
former was principal.8 It was rated as a plough-
land and a half, and the Blundell part,9 having been
granted to Norreys (of Sutton),10 descended regularly
till the 1 6th century, when the tenants were Moly-
neux " and Daniell of Daresbury." The manor was
purchased in 1565 by William Burrow or Burgh,13
who died in 1601 holding the manor of the queen
by suit at the court of Goberthwaite and a rent of
izd. yearly.14 Richard Burgh, his son and heir, then

aged thirty-nine, died at Larbreck in 1639 holding
the manor as before and leaving his brother William
as heir.14 Richard had made a settlement in 1637,
with remainders to Alice his wife, William his brother
and Dorcas his sister for life, and then to his nephews
Peter and John Woodhouse, sons of his sister Sarah,
still living in 1640, when William Burgh was found
to be a lunatic.16

William Woodhouse,17 another son of Sarah, suc-
ceeded, and on his death in 1 66 1 was followed by his
daughter Alice, who married Edward Shuttleworth.
They had two daughters — Dorothy, who married
Dr. Charles Leigh of Singleton Grange,18 and Fleet-
wood, who married Richard Longworth of St.
Michael's. Eventually the moiety of the former was
acquired by Richard Harrison of Bankfield in Singleton
in 1 747 ; while the other moiety by various sales
passed to the Pedders of Preston,19 and was purchased
from — Pedder of Lancaster in 1858 by Richard
Whiteside, father of Mr. George Whiteside, the present
owner.20 No manor is now recognized.

But little is known of the minor tenants of Larbreck,
though at one time there was a family so surnamed."

3 y.C.H. Lanes, i, 288*.

4 Ibid. 357, n. 13.

5 e.g. Extent of 1324; Dods. MSS.
cxxxi, fol. 39^ (Ingeham de Gynes).

6 Lanes. Inj. and Extents (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), i, 2.

7 Ibid. 154 ; Adam de Eccleston,
William de Molyneux, Hugh de Mitton,
Richard de Catterall and Henry de Long-
ford held the »ame lands and Catterall by
the sixth part of a knight's fee in 1242.
The last three having Catterall, Adam
and William must have had the Ecclestons
and Larbreck, unless some names have
been omitted.

8 Both were equally recognized as tenants
in 1 21 2, but Molyneux alone in 1242 (if
the record is perfect). In 1346 the lord-
ship of Wyresdale included a plough-land
and a half in Larbreck held by Richard
de Molyneux by knight's service ; Inq.
p.m. 20 Edw. Ill (2nd nos.), no. 63
(William de Coucy). William son of
Richard de Molyneux held the manor of
Larbreck in 1358, having received it from
his father on his marriage, paying id.
rent and performing suit at the court of
Wyreidale, held at Goberthwaite every
three weeks ; j^d. was payable for castle
ward ; ibid. 33 Edw. Ill (2nd nos.), no.
99. The clear value was given as 7 marks
then, and as 5 marks in 1362, when
William son of the above-named William
was heir but under age ; ibid. 36 Edw. Ill,
pt. i, no. 1 20. In other records (of 1364
and 1366) the tenement of William son
of William son of Richard de Molyneux
was called a moiety of the manor ; it was
held by knight's service of the manor of
Wyresdale, and John de Ashton was in
charge; Memo. R. (L.T.R.), 129, m. 5 d. ;
Memo. R. (K.R.), 143, m. 20. William's
son Richard died in 1397 holding the
manor of Larbreck in Amounderness
among his other estates ; Lanes. Inq. p.m.
(Chet. Soc.), i, 71.

It is possible that the ' moiety of the
manor ' only means the Larbreck moiety
of the whole township.

9 This does not seem to have been
usually regarded as a manor. It is not
recognized in the Blundell inquisitions.

10 In 1318 Alan son of Henry le
Norreys demanded against John le Norreys
(of Speke) a messuage, 6 oxgangs of land,

&c., in Larbreck, which William Blundell
had given to Alan son of Alan le Norreys
and his issue, with reversion to Henry le
Norreys. Patrick, son of the grantee,
had died without issue. John le Norreys
alleged that Patrick had granted him
2 oxgangs of land, and the jury gave a
verdict for the plaintiff for the other
4 ; De Banco R. 222, m. 226. The
6 oxgangs show that the tenement was a
moiety of Larbreck. Notice of a similar
suit will be found in the account of
Formby.

The same plaintiff in 1329 claimed
land in Larbreck against Richard son of
William de Molyneux and John son of
Alan le Norreys; ibid. 279, m. 330 d.
Two years later he did not appear to
prosecute his claim to twelve messuages,
&c., held by John son of Alan ; ibid.
287, m. 484. There may have been some
surrender by the latter, for the Norrises
of Speke do not again appear in connexion
with Larbreck.

William Danyers (Daniell) and Clemency
his wife (in her right) complained of waste
of her lands in Larbreck by William and
John Blundell of Ince in 1357-8 ; Duchy
of Lane. Assize R. 6, m. 3 d. (Mich.),
m. 5 (Lent).

In 1435-6 it was recorded that William
Daniell held the manor of Larbreck of
William Blundell in socage by a rent of
6d. ; Harl. MS. 2085, fol. 446*.

11 The manor is named in a Molyneux
fcorrment in 1558 ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of
F. bdle. 20, m. 80. The object was to
provide a jointure for Bridget daughter of
John Caryll, who was to marry William
the son and heir-apparent of Sir Richard
Molyneux ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m.
xiii, no. 35.

12 John son and heir-apparent of Thomas
son of John Daniell of Daresbury received
his grandfather's lands in Larbreck in
1550; Anct. D. (P.R.O.), A 1 3476. John
his son assigned to his grandfather Thomas
an annuity of £4 from the Larbreck lands
in 1564 ; Harl. MS. 2077, fol. 193 d.

In 1571 John Daniell sold his lands in
Larbreck, the principal purchaser (seven
messuages, &c.) being Thomas Eccleston ;
Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 33, m. 58,
Sec.

18 Ibid. 27, m. 33. The deforciant,

182

Richard Chisnall, was one of the trustees
appearing in the Molyneux fine of 1558
above referred to. The sale included
the manor, five messuages, windmill, salt-
pit, fishery in the Wyre, &c.

Chisnall had been plaintiff in a dispute
as to right of way, &c., in 1563 ; Ducatus
Lane. (Rec. Com.), ii, 260.

14 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xviii, no.
37. For Goberthwaite see the account of
Cabus. Soon after his purchase William
Burgh had had a dispute with Henry
Butler of Rawcliffe respecting a messuage
and salt marsh by the Wyre ; Ducatus
Lane, ii, 337.

18 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xxx, no.
100.

18 Ibid. 99. Alice the wife of
Richard had formerly been married to
Thomas Holt, and she was afterwards wife
to John Greenhalgh, being a widow the
third time in 1652 ; Royalist Comp. Papers
(Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), iii, 111-13.

17 This paragraph is a summary of the
account in Fishwick's Kirkham (Chet.
Soc.), 183-4, where further details may
be seen, the ' title deeds ' being the
authority.

18 In a fine in 1689 respecting a mo'ety
of the manor of Larbreck and messuages,
&c., there and in Thornton, Greenhalgh
and Medlar, the deforciants were Charles
Leigh and Dorothy his wife ; Pal. of
Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 224, m. 40 ; Pal.
of Lane. Plea R. 451, m. 6.

19 Edward Pedder owned in 1836;
Baines, Lanes, (ed. i), iv, 404.

au Information of Mr. Whiteside.

11 Richard de Molyneux granted to
Adam son of Roger de Larbreck the
messuage of Girard, with half an oxgang
of land in the lord's hands, half of
Thurnewaitacre ; this lay beside the
Wyre, and its two salt-pits were excluded
from the grant. The witnesses included
Robert, rector of Garstang, and William
Blundell ; Add. MS. 32106, no. 334.

In 1366 William son of Richard de
Larbreck complained that Adam son of
Ralph de Bickerstath had taken his cattle
at Cornholm in Larbreck, but defendant
pleaded that Cornholm was partly in
Little Eccleston, :md it was here that the
seizure had been made ; DC Banco R. 425,
m. 446 d., 441 d.

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

Some other owners appear in the inquisitions." Cocker-
sand Abbey had land there, adjoining Singleton Pool,23
which was afterwards owned by the France family.*4

The descent of LITTLE ECCLESTON is obscure.
The local family soon disappears,25 and in 1346 the
plough-land and a half there were held by Henry de
Bickerstath of the lord of Wyresdale.*6 At other
times only 6 oxgangs of land are ascribed to them,27
and in the 1 6th century their heirs were stated to hold
of Boteler of Rawcliffe.28 In the Boteler inquisitions
the tenure of their land in Little Eccleston is not
recorded ; they appear to have been succeeded in the
1 8th century by the France family." The ' manor '
does not appear in the records, but a few minor
owners are named.30

Richard Burgh of Larbreck paid £2$ — the highest
fine in the parish — and John France of Little Eccles-
ton £10, on refusing knighthood in 163 1.31 A few
'Papists' registered estates in the township in 171 7."

SINGLETON

Singletun, Dom. Bk. ; Schingleton, 1168 ; Singel-
ton, 1176 ; Singilton, 1257 ; Singleton, 1286.

KIRKHAM

The larger part of this township is known as Great
Singleton with 1,575^ acres ; it contains the village
and chapel near the centre, with Enam or Avenham
to the south-west and Brackinscal to the south-east.
Little Singleton occupies the northern part, bordering
the River Wyre with its picturesque scenery ; it is
divided near the centre by a small area known as Pool
Foot, which, with a detached plot to the west,
measures 53^ acres. Little Singleton has an area of
1,294 acres ; the hamlet or village is near its centre,
with Mains to the north-west, while Singleton Grange
and Bankfield are in the eastern portion. The total
measurement is 2,923 acres,1 and there was in 1901
a population of 373. The surface is almost level, but
falls away to the north and to the west ; on the latter
side are the low-lying Carrs, drained by a dyke cut
some years ago at the expense of the landowners. It
goes along near the western boundary of the township,
and empties into the Wyre, near Skippool, Poulton.1

A road from Kirkham and Weeton leads north to
Great Singleton and then to Little Singleton, where
it turns westward, crossing the boundary brook at
Skippool Bridge and turning south to Poulton. From

M Among the purchasers from John
Daniell in 1571 were Nicholas Thompson
and Robert Kirkham ; Pal. of Lane. Feet
of F. bdle. 33, m. 61, 64. Nicholas
Thompson (who was son of Henry) died
in 1609 holding his messuage and land
in Larbreck of the king by the hundredth
part of a knight's fee. John, his son and
heir, was nineteen years of age ; Lanes.
Inj. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.),
i, 201.

Robert Kirkham in 1573-5 sold some
of his lands to George Duddell, his wife
Anne and son Henry being concerned
also; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 35,
m. 149 ; 38, m. 132. Duddell (in right
of Thomas Daniell) had in 1578 a dispute
with the attorney-general as to lands in
Larbreck for Rufford Chapel ; Ducatitt
Lane, iii, 62. He died in 1589 holding
lands in Larbreck and other places, tenure
unstated, and leaving a son William, aged
twenty-four ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m.
xv, no. 4.3.

Henry Kirkham died in 1630 holding
a messuage, &c., in Larbrcck of Richard
Burgh as of his manor of Larbreck by
knight's service ; Towneley MS. C 8, 1 3
(Chet. Lib.), 721. He left three infant
daughters — Agnes, Margaret and Anne.

Robert Higgenson, who died in 1618,
also held his messuage, &c., of Richard
Burgh as of his manor of Larbreck by
knight's service. His heir was his
daughter Janet wife of Richard Simpson;
Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rcc. Soc.), ii, 169-70.

Thomas Stanley of Great Eccleston
(1641) purchased a water-mill at Lar-
breck ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xxix,
no. 14.

M Cockersand Chartul. (Chet. Soc.), i,
185. The gift was made by Richard de
Molyneux and included one of his men,
viz. Alan son of Roger de Larbreck.

M Ducatus Lane, iii, 373 ; John France
was tenant in 1597. For details of the
pleading and pedigree see Fishwick, op.
cit. 194.

as Adam son of Patrick in 1246
obtained an oxgang of land in Little
Eccleston from Beatrice widow of Ralph
de Eccleston ; Assize R. 404, m. 14.

In 1284 inquiry was made whether or
not Robert de Eccleston had held 3^
oxgangs of land in Little Eccleston, the

right of Simon son of William de Burton
to 3 oxgangs being acknowledged by John
son of Christiana de Lingard and brother
of Petronilla, Mabel and Quenilda, John
and his sisters being the heirs of Robert ;
Assize R. 1268, m. 12 d. Petronilla was
wife of William son of Simon de Stodley
and Quenilda of Roger at Creek.

John son of John de Lingard claimed
a moiety of the tenement in 1324 against
Richard del Cross ; De Banco R. 252,

m- 99 » *53> m- 352 > 258> m- IO°-

*8 Inq. p.m. 20 Edw. Ill (2nd nos.),
no. 63. See the account of Bickerstaffe.

From a pleading of 1292 it would
appear that Little Eccleston had been
granted out afresh to the Bickerstaths.
Adam son of Ellis de Eccleston claimed
three messuages and 3^ oxgangs of land
in Little Eccleston against Ralph son of
Adam de Bickerstath, alleging that Ralph
had no entry except through William de
Lancaster, who had disseised plaintiff.
Ralph pleaded that there were other
tenants (including his brother Richard,
§ oxgang), but afterwards agreed with the
plaintiff, giving him a sor sparrow-hawk
fora quitclaim ; Assize R. 408, m. 15 d.

Henry de Bickerstath was in occupa-
tion of a moiety of Little Eccleston
(viz. 6 oxgangs of land, &c.) in 1331,
when Adam de Bickerstaffe granted the
reversion to his own son Ralph and Joan
his wife ; Final Cone, ii, 80.

Adam son of Ralph de Bickerstath
complained of waste at Little Eccleston
in 1360 ; Duchy of Lane. Assize R. 8,
m. 7 d.

27 Nicholas Atherton in 1424 held
6 oxgangs of land, Sec., in Little Eccleston
of John Duke of Bedford as of his manor
of Wyresdale, in socage, by suit at the
duke's court of Goberthwaite from three
weeks to three weeks ; Towneley MS.
DD, no. 1477.

18 Thomas Atherton in 1514 held his
lands, &c., in Little Eccleston of John
Boteler of Rawcliffe in socage by i^d.
rent ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. iv, no.
68. His daughter Margaret Scarisbrick
held likewise ; ibid. no. 92.

29 Baines, Lanes, (ed. 1870), ii, 496 ;
J. Porter, Fylde, 161. In a recovery of
land, &c., at Little Eccleston, with a free
fishery in the Wyre in 1779, John France

was vouchee ; Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 629,
m. 3 d.

80 Robert Pacok (Peacock) of Eccleston
and Agnes his wife held a oxgangs of
land in Great and Little Eccleston in
1369, when a division was arranged by
which I oxgang in Great Eccleston was
assigned to the husband and the rest to
his wife ; Final Cone, ii, 175.

The estate of the Kighley family ex-
tended into Little Eccleston ; ibid, iii, 4.

William Ambrose purchased two mes-
suages in Little Eccleston and Larbreck
from Henry Farington in 1562, but
appears to have sold them to Thomas
Eccleston four years later ; Pal. of Lane.
Feet of F. bdle. 24, m. 250 ; 28, m. 165.
The tenure of Thomas Eccleston's land
in the township (1592) was not recorded.

William Thomason purchased a mes-
suage, &c., from the Earl of Derby in
1564; ibid. 26, m. 156. He died
in 1587 holding the same 'in Little
Eccleston in the township of Larbreck.'
His heir was his son William, aged eight ;
Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xv, no. 50.
At a later inquiry it was found that the
tenement was held of Henry Butler in
socage ; ibid, xvii, no. 63.

John Wilkinson the younger died
in 1628 holding a messuage, &c., in
Little Eccleston of William Butler as of
his manor of Rawcliffe ; the estate had
been purchased from John Leckonby and
Thomas Hall. He also held the Half-hey
in the Wall of the king. His heir was
his nephew John (son of William) Wilkin-
son, aged forty ; Towneley MS. C 8, 13,
pp. 1311-12.

31 Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.),

1, 221.

M Estcourt and Payne, Engl. Cath.
Nonjurorst 134. They were Henry
Kirkham the elder and Henry the
younger, both of Larbreck ; William
Gillow, who was younger son of George
Gillow of Gillow House in Little
Eccleston ; and Henry Barton.

1 The Census Reft. 1901 gives 2,730
acres, including 17 of inland water ; there
are also 35 acres of tidal water and no
of foreshore.

1 This and much other local informa-
tion has been afforded by Messrs. J. W.
Fair and Rea, agents to Mr. T. H. Miller.

I83

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

this road a branch goes north past Mains to cross the
Wyre by Shard Bridge. From Little Singleton another
road turns off to the east towards St. Michael's, while
from Great Singleton other roads go east and west to
the adjoining townships.

The village is said to have been the residence of
Mag Shelton, a famous witch. ' The cows of her
neighbours were constantly milked by her, the pitcher
in which she conveyed the milk away, when stolen,
walking before her in the shape of a goose.' A neigh-
bour, suspecting, once struck the 'goose,' and the
pitcher was broken, the milk flowing out.3

There is a sheep fair on 2 1 September.

The soil is clayey, with marl subsoil ; oats, potatoes
and turnips are grown. Sixty years ago almost all
the land was under the plough, but about three-fourths
of the land is now pasture, for the dairy farms.

The township is governed by a parish council.
There is a fire-engine station, with a volunteer
brigade.

The Gillow family, formerly seated in this and
adjacent townships, produced several noteworthy
men.4 Henry Lushington, at one time chief secre-
tary to the Government of Malta, was born here in
1812. He died in 1855.* John Bilsborrow, D.D.,
born at Singleton Lodge in 1836, was Bishop of
Salford from 1892 till his death in 1903.

Before the Conquest Singleton was in-
MJNORS eluded in the great lordship held by Earl
Tostig in Amounderness ; it was then
assessed as six plough-lands.6 Afterwards it was re-
tained as demesne by the lords of the honour of Lan-
caster," except that half a plough-land was given to the
hereditary bailiff of the wapentake by way of fee, and
two plough-lands more were granted to Cockersand
Abbey.

Singleton is named in the Pipe Roll of 1 168-9 as
contributing to an aid,8 and in similar ways later.9
The demesne rendered 28^. to the farm of the county
in I226,10 but this had been greatly increased by

1258," and the value of the vill to the Earl of Lan-
caster was in 1297 estimated at .£21. 12 Accounts of
the halmotes in 1325 have been printed.13 A brief
extent made a few years later states that there were
then twenty-one messuages and 26 oxgangs of land in
the hands of bonders ; the total value to the lord was
£24. u A more elaborate extent of the year I 346 has
been preserved. There were then 28 oxgangs of land,
held by bondmen or natives, each containing 12 acres
and rendering 14^. ^\d. yearly. The payment was
made up of 5/. rent and 91. ^\d. in lieu of various
services, including the carriage of the lord's victuals
at any time of the year by three suitable beasts. An
additional service was the carrying of victuals whenever
the lord travelled from Ribble Bridge to Lancaster
Castle and back. Merchet for sons and daughters and
letherwit for sons were due. At death the lord took
all the bondman's goods, reserving the best beast for
himself, paying debts, and returning to the widow
and children two-thirds of the remainder. In 1346
there were also a few cottagers and three tenants at
will. There was an ancient custom that an unmarried
woman living by herself in the township should pay
the lord ^d. yearly in the name of advowson.15

About 1510-15 disputes arose between the king's
tenants of Singleton and those of the Abbot of Whalley's
manor of Staining as to boundaries, and particularly
as to the carr. It was decided that the carr belonged
to the king alone, but the tenants of Todderstaffe and
Hardhorn had right of common.18

Singleton proper, or GREAT SINGLETON, re-
mained in the hands of the Earls and Dukes of Lan-
caster, and eventually of the Crown, until 1623, when
this manor, with Ribby and Wrea, was sold to Edward
Badby and William Weltden.17 Within a few years it
seems to have been purchased by William Fanshawe,
auditor of the duchy,18 descending to Simon Fanshawe,
who in 1748 sold it to William Shawe of Preston.1'
His son, William Cunliffe Shawe, who succeeded in
1771, sold it to Joseph Hornby of Ribby about 1 800.

8 Thornber, Blackpool, 308-9.

4 Thomas Gillow, D.D., son of Richard
Gillow of Singleton, 1769 to 1867, has
a notice in Diet. Nat. Biog. Memoirs of
him and several other members of the
family will be found in Gillow, Bill. Diet,
of Engl. Catht ii, 474-88. The Gillows
of Leighton in Yealand are descendants.

4 Diet. Nat. Biog.

6 V.C.H. Lana. i, 288,7.

7 The tithes were given to St. Martin
of Sees in 1094 by Count Roger of
Poitou ; Farrer, Lanes. Pipe R. 290.

8 Ibid. 12.

9 In 1176-7, 5 marks of aid; in
1200-1, i8j. increment of farm (for half
a year) ; in 1205-6, 47*. 8rf. of tallage ;
ibid. 35, 130, 202. In 1181-2 Richard
de Molyneux paid 201. fpr leave to agree
with the men of Singleton as to a certain
new assize ; ibid. 46-7.

Singleton contributed £2 51. %d. to a
tallage in 1226 and £4. in 1248-9, £8
in 1261 ; Lanes. Inq. and Extents (Rec.
Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 135, 176, 228.

In 1229 the sheriff was ordered to
reinstate Richard son of Ralph de Single-
ton, who had held 2 oxgangs of land
by a rent of zs. ; Cal. Close, 1227-31,
p. 176.

10 Lanes. Inq. and Extents (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), i, 139. The Abbot of
Cockersand also paid zos. for the two
plough-lands of Newbigging. In 1246-8 the

farm of Singleton amounted to £5 31. 6d.
and the pleas and perquisites to £5 zs. 6d. ;
ibid. 169.

11 For two years and a half (1256-8)
the farm and the pleas and perquisites
amounted in all 10^13 is. id. ; ibid. 221.
The issues for the three years and a
half following, 1258-62, amounted to
£15 cjs. <)d. without the pleas and per-
quisites ; ibid. 230.

12 Ibid. 289.

13 Lanes. Ct. R. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches.), 93—4. Three women paid 6</.
each tor licence to marry.

14 Baines, Lanes, (ed. 1870), ii, 692.

15 Add. MS. 32103, fol. 149*. There
was another custom that the township
should provide four cows for the lord's
stock, each man contributing his share.
The names of the bondmen are recorded ;
their holdings varied from half an oxgang
to 2 oxgangs of land.

The six plough-lands of 1066 seem to
have been divided thus : 3^ demesne,
2 Cockersand, and J serjeanty. Some-
times, however, the abbot was said to
have five plough-lands and the bailiff of
the wapentake one.

John of Gaunt in 1373 (?) granted Sir
Thomas Banastre for his life the vill of
Singleton with all rents, &c., to be held
by the rent of a rose ; Duchy of Lane.
Misc. Bks. xiii, 131.

A rental of the king's lands in Great

184

Singleton in i 508 is preserved in Towne-
ley's MS. OO. The Abbot of Vale Royal
paid 3*. 4</. for his tithe barn there.

16 Ducatus Lane. (Rec. Com.), ii, 19,
20 ; Lanes, and Ches. Rec. (Rec. Soc.), ii,
271. 17 Pat. 20 Jas. I, pt. iii.

18 In Burke's Landed Gentry, in the
pedigree of Fanshawe of Dengie, Essex,
William Fanshawe (1583-1634), auditor
of the Duchy of Lancaster, is styled ' of
Great Singleton," and the later descent
is thus given : -s. John, d. 1689 -».
William, d. 1708 -s. Thomas Edward,
d. 1726 -s. Simon, d. 1777-

Christopher Slinger was plaintiff and
William Fanshawe deforciant in a fine
in 1699 regarding the manor of Great
Singleton, lands there, view of frank-
pledge, &c. ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F.
bdle. 243, m. 55. Thomas Edward Fan-
shawe was vouchee in recoveries of the
manor in 1712 and 1716 ; Pal. of Lane.
Plea R. 496, m. 2 ; 502, m. 3. Simon
Fanshawe in 1747 ; ibid. 564, m. 9.

19 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 338.
Courts leet, courts baron, and view ot
frankpledge are named in the fine.

From the pedigree in Fishwick's Preston
(341) it appears that William Shawe
died in 1771, and his son W. C. Shawe,
M.P. for Preston in 1792, died in 1821.
This son was vouchee in a recovery of
the manor of Great Singleton in 1771 j
Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 614, m. 6.

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KIRKHAM

In 1852 it was purchased from the trustees of Hugh

Hornby by Thomas Miller, one of the great cotton

manufacturers of Preston,20

who resided at Singleton and

did much for the material

improvement of the district.

Dying on 24 June 1865, he

was followed by his son, Mr.

Thomas Horrocks Miller, the

present lord of the manor,

who resides at Singleton Park,

having built the mansion there.

He also owns the Avenham

estate.21

LITTLE SINGLETON, as
half a plough-land, was, as

above stated, granted in serjeanty." The holders
adopted the local surname, but their principal
manor was Broughton in Preston, with which Little
Singleton descended to the heirs and representatives
of the Balderston family." On the partition in 1 565
it was assigned to the Earl of Derby.24 In 1602 it
was sold by Alice Countess of Derby and the heirs of
Ferdinando the fifth earl to William Hesketh of Little
Poulton,25 who was probably already the occupier.

The manor-house, known as MAINS, thencefor-
ward became the chief residence of this branch of the

LANCASTER. England
differenced with a label
of France.

Heskerhs. George Hesketh, who has already occurred
in the account of Aughton as half-brother of Gabriel
son of Bartholomew Hesketh,*6
had a considerable estate in
the town of Kirkham and the
neighbourhood, and in 1566
was described as of Rossall.
He died in 1571, and was
succeeded by his son William,
aged thirty." This William
died at Mains in 1622, but
as nothing is said in the in-
quisition as to his holding
land in Little Singleton, the
purchaser in 1602 may have
been his son William, aged
sixty at his father's death.28

William died in 1623 holding the manor of Little
Singleton, and was succeeded by his son Thomas.28
Pedigrees were recorded in 1613 and i664.30

The family were distinguished by their fidelity to
Roman Catholicism even in the days of Elizabeth."
In the Civil War it was a matter of course that they
took the king's side ; one of the sons was killed in a
skirmish at Brindle in 1651," and the family estates
were by the Parliament sequestered for recusancy as
early as 1643." A later William Hesketh registered

HESKETH of Mains.
Argent on a bend sable
three garbs or, a canton
of the second.

20 Baines, Lanes, (ed. 1870), ii, 495.
Mr. Cunliffe Shawe presented to the
curacy in 1797, and Mr. Hornby was
lord of the manor in 1809, rebuilding
the church.

Mr. Miller greatly improved the estate
by draining the carrs and in other ways.

S1 Information of Messrs. J. W. Fair
and Rea.

M Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 52, 151.
See the accounts of Broughton and
Balderston.

13 William son of Alan de Singleton
had a mill and fishery at Singleton in
1245 ; Final Cone. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches.), i, 92. Thomas de Singleton
proved his title in 1292 ; Plac. de Quo
Warr. (Rec. Com.), 388.

Joan (de Singleton) widow of Thomas
Banastre held the manor of Little
Singleton in 1303 ; Final Cone, i, 201.

William Banastre died in 1323 holding
of the Earl of Lancaster the hamlet of
Little Singleton by serjeanty of the baili-
wick of Amounderness and Blackburn-
shire ; Lanes. Inq. and Extents, ii, 159.
In 1346 Thomas son of Adam Banastre
held a plough-land in Little Singleton
by the same serjeanty, paying £2 a year ;
Survey, 50.

Richard Balderston held the manor of
Little Singleton by serjeanty in 1457 ;
Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), ii, 63.

In or about 1460 a petition was
addressed to the Bishop of Exeter as
Chancellor by John Pilkington and
Robert Harrington, as lords of Singleton,
in right of their wives ; Early Chan. Proc.
bdle. 28, no. 224.

Thomas son of Gilbert de Singleton put
in a claim to the manor of Little Singleton
in 1344 against John and Nicholas sons
of Thomas Banastre ; De Banco R. 338,
m. 337. The story shows that the claim
failed ; nevertheless the Singletons of
Broughton Tower and Chingle Hall appear
to have retained certain land in Little
Singleton; Final Cone, iii, 164 (11508).
This is not mentioned in the inquisitions,
but is said to have been the estate called

the Lodge, once the residence of William
Cunliffe Shawe ; Baines, loc. cit.

Robert Hesketh and John Talbot were
in 1466 appointed to arbitrate between
William Singleton and Joan widow of
Richard Balderston ; Kuerden MSS.
iv, S 12.

24 Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 216, m. 10.

Little Singleton occurs, as part of
the Balderston estates, in the inquisi-
tions of Edmund Dudley, Thomas Rad-
cliffe of Winmarleigh and his successors,
Thomas Earl of Derby and Sir Alexander
Osbaldeston. In that of the Earl of
Derby in 1521 the ' moiety of the manor'
is stated to have been held of the king as
of his duchy by serjeanty, viz. being
bailiff of the king of his wapentakes of
Amounderness and Blackburnshire ;
Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. v, no. 68. The
tenure of ' the manor of Singleton alias
Little Singleton ' was recorded in similar
terms after the death of Ferdinando, fifth
earl ; Add. MS. 32104, fol. 426.

15 Brockholesof Claughton D. A con-
firmatory fine shows that the manors
of Little Singleton and Elswick, with
lands there and in Mains, Great Eccleston,
Newton-with-Scales, &c., were purchased
by a large number of persons ; Pal. of
Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 65, no. 69. The
deforciants were Thomas Lord Ellesmere,
Chancellor of England, Alice his wife,
Grey Bridges Lord Chandos, Anne his
wife, Sir Thomas Leigh and Thomas
Spencer. Alice (Spencer) was the widow
of Ferdinando Earl of Derby, and Anne
was one of his daughters and co-heirs.
The twenty plaintiffs (or purchasers)
include Richard Burgh, William Hesketh,
and Cuthbert Sharpies. On the other
hand it should be noticed that a manor
of Singleton— probably titular only —
occurs among the Earl of Derby's estates
in 1631 ; ibid. bdle. 118, no. i.

William Hesketh held the manor of
Little Singleton in 1712, and Thomas
Brockholes, lately called Thomas Hesketh,
in 1737 ; Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 49 j, m. J ;
544, m. 12.

I85

16 Bartholomew Hesketh was described
at 'of Rufford'; Anct. D. (P.R.O.),
A 1 3476. He seems to be the founder
of the chantry at Rufford.

27 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xiii, no. 15.
He held nothing in Little Singleton.

*8 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches.), iii, 365.

K Brockholes of Claughton D.

3° Visit. (Chet. Soc.), 21 (1613), 136
(1664). They give the descent as:
Bartholomew Hesketh -a. George -».
William -s. William, d. 1628 -s. Thomas,
d. 1653 —s. William, aged forty-six in
1664 — s. Thomas, aged five. A more
extended pedigree may be seen in Fish-
wick, op. cit. 197.

81 For some notes on the family see
Gillow, Bill. Diet, of Engl. Cath. iii, 285,
290 ; Foley, Rec. S. /. vi, 493 ; vii,
356-7.

William Hesketh, who was a brother-
in-law of Cardinal Allen, was in 1577 a
recusant, ' in lands £20 and in goods poor';
Gibson, Lydiate Hall, 215 from S. P. Dom.
Eliz. cxviii, 451. In 1584 he had, as
a recusant, to provide a light horseman
for the queen's service ; ibid. 231, from
S. P. Dom. Eliz. clxxxiv, 33. He was
fined the ,£260 a year in 1 586 ; ibid. 238,
from S. P. Dom. Eliz. cxc, 43. His arrest
was desired in 1593 ; ibid. 261.

31 This was Thomas Hesketh, son of the
Thomas who died in 1653 ; Visit, of 1664
(Chet. Soc.), 136 ; War in Lanes. (Chet.
Soc.), 74.

33 Royalist Comp. Papers (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), iii, 218-21. Thomas
Hesketh, who died in Oct. 1653, had two-
thirds of his estates sequestered for recu-
sancy in 1643. William as son and heir
succeeded to the remaining third, but had
not been convicted of recusancy, nor had
he been charged with an offence against
the State, though his father had aided ' the
King of Scots' in 1651 and his brother
had died in arms against the Parliament.
The petition of 1654 was on behalf of
William's seven daughters, of whom the
eldest was twelve years old.

24

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

his estate as a ' Papist ' in 1717."* His son Thomas,
inheriting the manor of Claughton in Garstang, took
the name of Brockholes ; and ultimately Mains, like
Claughton, was devised to a relative by marriage,
and has thus descended to its present owner, Mr. W. J.
Fitzherbert-Brockholes.

M41NS HALL stands in a pleasant situation close
to the bank of the River Wyre, and was originally a
house of very considerable interest, being built on
three sides of a quadrangle which was open to the
south. To some extent this disposition still obtains,
though the west wing has disappeared and the build-
ing has been so much altered and pulled about from
time to time that it has lost nearly all its architec-
tural interest, and having been for a long time used
as a farm-house has suffered much in other ways.

central doorway and a projecting gable at the east
end. The doorway, however, is a good piece of
18th-century work with flat canopy supported by
carved brackets. The hall has been ' altered and
re-altered, modernized and re-modernized,' altera-
tions carried out in 1846 having almost gutted the
interior.84 The west wing, which contained the kitchen
and offices, was pulled down in the first quarter of the
I gth century,343 and is said to have contained a 'hall
part ' having a huge open chimney and wainscoted
with ' fluted oak of the reign of Henry VIII.' 35 The
west end of the main building has been rebuilt three
stories in height in a very plain manner, detracting
in a very large measure from the otherwise rather
picturesque appearance of the south front, a pictu-
resqueness produced mainly by the long line of 1 7th-

MAINS HALL

The north side facing the river preserves something
of its i yth-century appearance, having a large middle
gable and a smaller one to the east ; but all the
windows are modern, and additions have been made
from time to time. All the external walls of the
main building are covered with rough-cast and
whitewashed and the roofs are covered with modern
grey slates. The south side, or garden front, was
rebuilt in the i8th century, and is a rather un-
interesting two-story elevation with sash windows,

century red brick buildings on the east side and the
inclosing brick wall to the garden. The wall is
about I oft. 6 in. high, with triangular buttresses on
the outside, and steps down at each end to the front,
where it forms a dwarf wall with wood railings, the
entrance being flanked by tall brick gate-piers sur-
mounted by balls. The garden is about 90 yds. long
by 50 yds. in width, extending some feet beyond the
house on either side, and is inclosed for its greater
length on the east by the outbuildings already men-

Ma Estcourt and Payne, Engl, Cat A.
Nonjurors, 133. The annual value was
^198 131. 4-|</., but allowance was made
for annuities. William Hesketh was son
of the Thomas (aged five) of 1664. He
married Mary daughter of John Brockholes
of Claughton and heir of her brother j their

numerous children all died without issue,
three of the daughters being nuns.

Some other members of the family are
named; ibid. 96, 135.

84 Tram. Hist. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.
(i8S3)» v, »59-

Ma Thornber, writing about 1837, sayt

186

it was taken down ' some years ago ' ;
Hist, of Blackpool, 301. He describes it ai
' the most venerable part of the mansion.'
Various 'hiding places' were discovered
during the demolition.

3S Trant, Hitt. $0(. Lan(s. and Ches. v.
159.

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

KIRKHAM

tioned, which stand detached from the main building.
Towards the north end of these facing the garden are
the initials, roughly worked in the brickwork, of
Thomas and Margaret Hesketh and the date 1686.
The building on which the initials occur is now a
stable, but the upper part is usually known as the
4 chapel,' though no signs of its having been used as
such are now visible. It is described as being ' deso-
late' in 184.5, when 'the picture of the Virgin and
Child had fallen from the altar and the altar rails
were in decay.' 35a The outside staircase which for-
merly led to the ' chapel,' which is now a hayloft, has
long been removed. In the north-west corner of the
garden is a brick pavilion measuring I 3 ft. 6 in. by
1 1 ft. internally, with pointed slated roof, now in a
state of dilapidation. The lay out in front of the
house must have been originally very effective, and
even yet in its decay and semi-wildness is not without
beauty. On the north side, between the house and
the river, is an octagonal brick pigeon-house with
pointed roof.

SINGLETON GRANGE, or Newbigging, was
considered to lie in Little Singleton probably because,
being the estate of Cockersand Abbey,36 it was inde-
pendent of Great Singleton Manor. In 1 384 inquiry
was made as to the tenure of part of the land held
by the abbot, it being alleged that John Count of
Mortain had granted a messuage and 12 acres to
John Joy and his heirs to find a man with a horse
to be ferryman on the water of Wyre — which alms
had been withdrawn.363

The Grange was after the Suppression sold to
William Eccleston of Great Eccleston,37 and seems to
have been alienated subsequently in small parcels.

Hugh Hornby died in 1638 holding a messuage in
Singleton Grange and leaving a son and heir John,
aged forty.38 William Leigh, clerk, who was rector
of Standish, died at Preston in 1639 holding a capital
messuage called Grange House in Singleton Grange,
with various cottages and land in the township.
Theophilus, his son and heir, was forty years of age.39
His grandson Charles Leigh, M.D., said to have
been born at Singleton in 1662, was author of the
Natura/ History of Lancashire published in 1 700 40 ;
he practised as a physician in Manchester, where he
was living in lyo^..41 A pedigree of the family was
recorded in 1664." Richard Burgh of Larbreck also
had land at the Grange in 1 6 3 p.43 Cuthbert Harrison,
minister of Singleton during the Commonwealth and
founder of the Nonconformist chapel at Elswick, had
an estate at Bankfield, which has continued in his
family.44 The present owner is Mr. Charles Edward
Dyson Harrison Atkinson.

Several 'Papists' registered estates in 1717."

The earliest record of St. Mary's
CHURCH Chapel at Singleton occurs in 1358,
when Henry Duke of Lancaster granted
the custody of it to John de East Witton, hermit.46
It remained in use47 till the Reformation, but in
1547 a stipend of 49^. a year was paid to a priest to
celebrate in the chapel.48 It appears that there was
a curate as late as 1578, but he was conspicuous for
neglect of his duties and bad morals.49 Afterwards
the building ceased to be used, and was with the
appurtenances sold by the Crown in 1618 to Sir
James Auchterlony.50 During the Commonwealth
period a new chapel was built, and the people re-
quested a minister and endowment.41 It seems

M« Trans. Hist. Soc. Lanes, and Ches. v,
159.

36 King John in 1216 gave two plough-
lands (with their appurtenances) of his
demesne in Newbigging by Singleton,
from which i6s. used to be received ; but
the canons of Cockersand were to pay zoj.
yearly ; Cockersand Chartul. i, 40. The
grant was twice confirmed by Henry III ;
ibid. 43 ; Originalia R. 40 Hen. Ill,
m. ii. From an entry in the Pipe Roll
of 1213—15 it seems that the canons had
already been in possession at a rent of
£2 a year ; Farrer, op. cit. 252.

The name Singleton Grange was used
in 1297, at which time the abbot paid the
2os. yearly ; Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 289.

In 1 346 the abbot's tenement in New-
bigging was called five plough-lands. He
paid 2Oi. yearly; Survey of 1346 (Chet.
Soc.), 52. For rentals, see Chartul. iii,
1264-5.

86a Pal. of Lane. Docquet R. i (8 Reg.).

37 Pat. 35 Hen. VIII, pt. ix. The
grant included Medlar also. The amount
paid was ^244.

William Eccleston and his son became
involved in various disputes as to the
fishery and the marsh ; Ducatus Lane.
(Rec. Com.), i, 180 ; ii, 254 ; iii, 19.

Thomas Eccleston died in 1592 holding
ten messuages, &c., in Great Singleton,
commonly called Singleton Grange. The
tenure was not stated ; Duchy of Lane.
Inq. p.m. xvi, no. 38.

88 Ibid, xxx, no. 91. His tenement was
held of the king as of his manor of East
Greenwich in socage.

39 Ibid. no. 34. The tenure is not stated.
A settlement had been made in 1623.

40 Diet. Nat. Biog. ; Loc. Glean. Lanes.

and Ches. i, 68 ; Fish wick, Kirkham,
187—8. A portrait is prefixed to his
Natural History. He had no issue, and the
estate seems to have been divided and sold.

41 Lanes, and Ches. Antiq. Soc. xxii,
1 8 6-8.

43 Dugdale, Visit. (Chet. Soc.), 183;
Leigh of Singleton Grange.

43 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xxx, no.
100. The tenement in Singleton Grange
and Great Singleton was stated to be held
of the king by the fiftieth part of a
knight's fee.

44 Fishwick, op. cit. 189, with pedigree.
The estate is said to be the same as that
of Hugh Hornby above ; Haines, Lanes.
(ed. 1870), ii, 495. There are family
monuments in the church.

45 Est court and Payne, op. cit. 125, 133,
137, 147, 149. The names were Ellen
Bickerstaffe, James Buller, Elizabeth
widow of William Hull, Richard son of
Edward Hull, and Thomas Knott. The
Bullers were of some standing there ;
Ducatus Lane, iii, 183, &c. George Buller
of Singleton in 1622 had land in Lea;
Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches.), iii, 317.

48 Dtp. Keeper's Rep. xxxii, App. 345.

47 In 1440 a licence was granted to
celebrate in the chapel at Singleton for one
year ; in 1452 a similar licence for three
years was granted, and an indulgence of
forty days for the chapel was afterwards
added ; Raines, Lanes. Chantries (Chet.
Soc.), 216. The chaplain was probably
maintained by subscription of the inhabi-
tants, but the 491. later paid to a stipen-
diary indicates that the D ukes of Lancaster,
as lords of the manor, had made a small
allowance.

187

48 Ibid. A lease, apparently of the
chapel property, made to Sir Richard
Hoghton (26 Feb. 1546—7), contained a
provision that he should pay 491. to the
priest, who at that time was Richard
Godson, thirty-eight years of age. This
name does not appear among those of the
Kirkham clergy in 1548. The chapel
had no plate, but possessed 'ornaments'
worth zs. 4<£ and a small bell, which were
taken by the king; ibid. 267, 275, 277.
The above-named lease caused disputing
in 1561 ; Fishwick, op. cit. 45.

49 Raines, op. cit. 266, note; 'he
hath lately kept an ale-house and a
naughty woman in it.' His name is not
given.

50 Pat. 1 6 Jas. I, pt. xiii ; the chapel
was ' ruinous.' The chapel house and
chapel yard were included, as also the
stipend due to the chaplain and a windmill
with suit of the demesne tenants, which
seems to have been the endowment. The
grantee, aged twenty-five, one of the king's
carvers, was in 1 604 to marry Dorothy,
widow of Sir John North, aged thirty-six.
Foster, Marriage Licences.

The old chapel was still existing in
1650, having been held on lease by Ralph
Eccleston, a recusant, and purchased by
Robert Holt of London ; Cal. Com. for
Comp. iv, 2549.

51 Common-w. Ch. Surv. (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), 155. The chapel
was 'newly erected ' in 1650, but it is not
stated who built it. There was then no
minister, but Cuthbert Harrison officiated
1651-4, £50 having been given out of
Thomas Clifton's sequestered estates ;
Plund. Mins. Accts. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches.), i, 98, 139.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

doubtful whether it was this building or some part
of the old chapel which after the Restoration came
into the hands of the Roman Catholics and was used
for service as opportunity offered M ; but in 1749 the
new lord of the manor, who owned the building,
gave it to the Bishop of Chester to be used as a chapel
of ease to Kirkham,53 and, having provided a small
endowment, the right of presentation was conceded
to him.44 This right has descended with the manor
to Mr. T. H. Miller. In 1809 the chapel was
pulled down and a new one was built ; this lasted
for fifty years, and was replaced by the present
St. Anne's Church in 1861."

The following have been incumbents M : —

1 749 Edward Threlfall

1754 John Threlfall, B.A. (Wadham Coll., Oxf.)
— William Threlfall

1797 Thomas Banks 57

1842 William Birley, B.A. (Trinity Coll., Oxf.)

1843 Leonard Charles Wood, B.A. (Jesus Coll.,

Camb.)

In 1689 there was a Quakers' meeting-house in
Great Singleton.68

From what has been said about the Heskeths, who
had a domestic chapel at Mains,69 it might be inferred
that all through the penal times the missionary priests
were able to minister in the Singleton district, and
direct evidence is available that even in the most
bitter periods they carried on their work. Thus
Thomas Robinson, born at Singleton, was baptized
in 1651 by a secular priest named Holden, and on
entering the English College at Rome in 1673 he
stated that ' his parents had suffered both public and
private spoliation of their property in the Civil War
on account of their faith.' 60 Later than this, as above
stated, an old chapel was used till about 1750. On
being dispossessed a new one was built about 1768,"
but the lease expiring was given up when St. John's
at Poulton was opened in i8i3.6> It was again used
from 1832 to 1860, by which time, through
Mr. Miller's influence, very few Roman Catholics
remained in the township.63

HAMBLETON

Hameltune, Dom. Bk. ; Hamelton, 1176;
Hambleton (xvi cent.).

This northernmost portion of the parish is cut off
from the main body by the River Wyre, the boundary
on the south-west side. It has an area of i , 5 5 3 £ acres,1
and in 1901 the population numbered 321. The
village is situated near the centre, on the slope of a
piece of rising ground. The surface in general is
undulating, varying from about 15 ft. to 50 ft. above
sea level.

Entry is made from the south by the Shard Bridge
over the Wyre, opened in 1864.* The scenery by
the river is very beautiful. From this point the road
goes north to the village, and divides into several
branches going in all directions ; one to the north-
west leads to a ferry over the Wyre.

Dr. Charles Leigh of Singleton, writing about
1 700, states that the River Wyre ' affords us a pearl
fishing, which are frequently found in large mussels,
called by the inhabitants Hambleton Hookins, from
their manner of taking them, which is done by
plucking them from their skeers or beds with hooks.' 3

The soil is various, with subsoil of clay ; wheat,
oats and beans are grown, but almost the whole of
the land is pasture.

The township is governed by a parish council.

In 1066 H4MBLETON was assessed
MANORS as two plough-lands, and was held by
Earl Tostig.4 Later it was called three
plough-lands, and was included in the demesne of
the honour of Lancaster.* In 1176-7 it contributed
30^. to an aid.6 The farm of the vill had been
increased by 24*. a year in I2OO,7 but this addition
seems to have been temporary, for in 1212 the ' men
of Hambleton ' held the three plough-lands there by
a service of 24*. yearly.8 It appears that a William
de Pilkington had once held the land, but in 1213
the king gave it to his serjeant, William de Colmore,
for his maintenance.9 In 1229 Henry III granted
the same in fee to Geoffrey the Arbalaster, who was
to pay i6/. to the king and 24*. to the old tenant,

M Thornber (Blackpool, 306) gives a
different account. He states that the
chapel of 1650 was turned into an inn,
and that the old chapel remained in the
hands of 'the Romanists' till 174.5, 'when,
on the suppression of the rebellion in this
year, the Protestants of the village cele-
brated the fifth of November with greater
zeal than usual, raising contributions of
peats at every door and among the rest at
the priest's. The refusal of his house-
keeper so enraged the people that with one
Richard Seckington at their head they
ejected the priest both from his house
and church.' This traditional account
must be a little wrong in the date.

68 The chapel and chapel-yard were
consecrated in 1754.

64 Deeds of 1749 and 1756 printed in
Fishwick's Kirkham, 47. The chapel was
then known as St. Anne's. William Shawe
gave ,£200 for endowment and £200 was
added by Queen Anne's Bounty. The
curate of Singleton was to assist at the
parish church on Christmas Day, Good
Friday, Easter Day, Whit Sunday, and
other Sundays on which sacraments were
usually administered.

In the deed of 1749 the chapel was
(aid to be ' then used as a popish chapel.'

45 Fishwick, loc. cit. See also Hewitson,
Our Country Churches, 378-86. In the
chancel is an old oak chair, said to have
been Milton's.

86 Church P. at Chester Dioc. Reg.

*7 Succeeded William Threlfall, who
resigned ; Consistory papers at Chester.
4 William ' may be an error for ' John,'
for Thornber states that only 'two minis-
ters, Mr. Threlfall and the Rev. Thomas
Banks,' had occupied it till 1837. John
Threlfall was master of Kirkham Grammar
School from 1744 till his death in 1 80 1 ;
Fishwick, op. cit. 148.

58 Hist. MSS. Com. Rep. xiv, App. iv, 230.

59 Fr. John Berington, S. J., was there
from 1701 to 1720 ; Foley, Rec. S. J. vii,
54 (Meales) ; Gillow, Haydock Papers,
235 ; Tyldesley Diary.

60 Foley, Rec. S. J. vi, 421 ; he had
studied humanities at Kirkham, Poulton,
Singleton and St. Omers. A similar
statement was made by James Swarbrick,
who had been baptized by a priest named
Matthews in 1655 ; ibid. The convicted
recusants c. 1670 (including Robinson
and Swarbrick) are recorded in Misc.
(Cath. Rec. Soc.), v. 198-202. For the
fate of James Swarbrick see Estcourt and
Payne, Engl. Cath. Nonjurors, 355.

188

61 Thornber, loc. cit. One of the priests
there, — Watts, became a Protestant and
was appointed curate of Wrea Green,
where he died in 1773.

62 Hewitson, op. cit. 404.

63 Gillow, Bibl. Diet, of Engl. Cath. ii,

474-

1 The Census Rep. 1901 gives 1,445
acres, including 4 of inland water ; there
are also 24 acres of tidal water and 128
of foreshore.

3 The bridge is supported by thirty-two
iron pillars. There was previously a ferry
called Shard Ferry ; and at Aldwath
(see Poulton) there was a ford in more
ancient times.

8 Nat. Hist, of Lanes, bk. i, pp. 22, 137.

4 V.C.H. Lanes, i, 28 8 b.

5 The adjacent Stalmine was reduced
from four to three plough-lands.

6 Farrer, Lanes. Pipe R. 35. The
sheriff answered for ijs., the tallage of
Hambleton in 1206 ; ibid. 202.

7 Ibid. 131.

8 Lanes. Inq. and Extents (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), i, 51 ; the heading is
' Drengages.'

9 Rot. Lit. Claus. (Rec. Com.), i, 136.
The gift was to hold good during the
king's pleasure, but in 1227 Henry III,

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

after whose death the whole 4.0*. would be due to
the king ; the land was to be quit of tallage thence-
forward.10 The manor of Hackinsall became the
chief residence of the lords of Hambleton, so
that they took their surname from it,11 and in
course of time their lordship in Hambleton was
ignored.11

The above-named Geoffrey in 1244—5 granted
all Hambleton to his nephew Robert de Shireburne,
the rent of 40^. being payable to the king.13 Then
in 1255-6 Robert de Shireburne gave 2 oxgangs of
land in Hambleton to his son John, with remainder
to William, Robert's eldest son.14 John, who was a
clerk, also had an oxgang from his brother William,15

KIRKHAM

and eventually succeeded to the whole.16 John's son
Robert acquired by marriage part of the manor of
Aighton near Ribchester, and his descendants were
long seated there as the Shireburnes of Stonyhurst.17
Hambleton descended in the same way 1S until i$6j,19
when the land was sold in parcels,20 and no manor
seems to have been recognized afterwards.

In 1548 an agreement was made by Sir Richard
Shireburne as lord of Hambleton with Nicholas
Butler as lord of Over Rawcliffe concerning the
bounds of their manors."

At one time a family surnamed Hambleton had
part of the land " ; the Botelers of Rawcliffe *3 and
Singletons of Little Singleton 24 and their successors

for the profit of the souls of King John
his father and others, confirmed the grant
to William de Colmore for the period of
his life ; Cat. Pat. 1225-32, p. 112.

10 Cal. Close, 1227-31, p. 159 ; Chart.
R. 22, m. 1 1 ; 23, m. 8.

11 See the account of Preesall with
Hackinsall.

In 1263 Geoffrey de Hackinsall de-
mised the vill of Hambleton with 4
oxgangs of land to John de Hoole for
eighteen years, as a marriage gift for his
son Geoffrey, who was to marry John's
daughter Mary ; Dods. MSS. liii, fol. 8 3 b.

John de Hackinsall in 1261 held three
plough-lands of the king in Hambleton
by the yearly service of 40.1. ; the value
was ^5 i6s. ; Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i,
229. The vill of Hambleton paid 401.
yearly to the Earl of Lancaster in 1297 ;
ibid. 289.

Richard de Hackinsall held Hambleton
by the 401. service in 1292 and 1324;
Plac. de Quo Warr. (Rec. Com.), 377 ;
Dods. MSS. cxxxi, fol. 40^.

Though Richard was the brother and
heir of John de Hackinsall, the latter had
a son Roger, to whom his father, when on
his death-bed, gave a messuage and two-
thirds of 2 oxgangs of land in Hamble-
ton. Richard in 1292 appears to have
disputed the gift, but the verdict was in
Roger's favour ; Assize R. 408, m. 34 d.
Roger de Hackinsall held two-thirds in
1306, Cecily wife of Thomas Travers
having the remainder (of Roger's inherit-
ance), but it was claimed by the three
nieces of John son of Simon de Hamble-
ton ; Assize R. 420, m. 8, lod. Roger
summoned Richard de Hackinsall to
warrant. Geoffrey de Hackinsall was
plaintiff in 1352 and John son of Thomas
de Hackinsall in 1354, with respect to
property in Hambleton ; Duchy of Lane.
Assize R. i, m. vij ; 3, m. i ; Dep.
Keeper's Rep. xxxii, App. 331.

John de Hackinsall had some land in
the township in 1362 ; Lanes. Inq. p.m.
(Chet. Soc.), i, 82.

11 The manor of Hambleton was in
1321-2 granted to Robert de Shireburne,
with remainders to his sons William and
Robert, by Richard de Hackinsall ; Kuer-
den MSS. ii, fol. 260. The charters
referred to below show that this was a
final release. The Hackinsall lordship
does not seem to have been recognized
after 1324.

18 Kuerden MSS. v, fol. 112.

In the claim for dower by Eva widow
of Geoffrey Arbalaster in 1246 it was
agreed that she should have 6s. yearly
from the tenement of Robert de Shire-
burne in Hambleton ; Final Cone. (Rec.
Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 96.

14 Kuerden MSS. loc. cit. ; Robert'*
wife was named Maud.

14 Ibid. In 1262 an agreement as to
the 3 oxgangs of land was made between
William son of Robert de Shireburne and
John ; the latter's right was acknowledged,
and he was to pay William id. at Easter
and do the service to the chief lords ;
Final Cone, i, 136. At this time the
father must have been dead ; nevertheless
a Robert de Shireburne was juror in
1265 ; Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 234.

16 This seems the necessary inference
from the descent of the manor. John
de Shireburne was living in 1297 ; ibid.
289.

John son of Robert de ' Chireburne '
granted 2 oxgangs of land to William son
of Alexander de Hambleton ; Raines MSS.
(Chet. Lib.), xxxviii, 377.

17 See the account of Aighton.
Robert son of John de Shireburne in

1292 complained that John de Shireburne
(apparently his father), Adam Pakok of
Singleton, Roger de Hackinsall and others
had disseised him of 3 oxgangs of land,
&c. John had demised them to Adam for
ten years, and then had given them to
Robert, who entered at the end of the ten
years. Meantime John had extended
Adam's term to thirty-three years, to
Robert's loss. Adam, however, resigned
his right to Robert, reserving only the
crops of that year's harvest ; Assize R.
408, m. 6.

The Prior of St. Mary's, Lancaster,
claimed a messuage and 2 oxgangs of land
against 'John son of Robert de Shire-
burne,' but failed, as it should have been
' Robert son of John* ; ibid. m. 59 d.

John de Shireburne was in 1294 sum-
moned to answer Adam Pacock respecting
a convention as to 3 oxgangs of land in
Hambleton ; De Banco R. 103, m. 24.

18 In 1346 William de Shireburne held
three plough-lands in Hambleton in
socage, paying 40*. a year ; Survey of
1346 (Chet. Soc.), 52.

Richard Shireburne died in 1445 hold-
ing the manor of Hambleton with its
appurtenances of the king in socage, its
value being ,£10 clear ; Lanes. Rec. Inq.
p.m. no. 30, 31. His grandson Robert
was tenant in the following year, by the
old service of 401. ; Duchy of Lane.
Knights' Fees, bdle. 2, no. 20.

The manor is regularly named among
the family estates. Robert Shireburne
(1492) was said to hold by knight's ser-
vice, but the tenure in socage with 40.5.
rent was rightly given in 1528 after the
death of Hugh Shireburne ; Duchy of
Lane. Inq. p.m. iii, no. 92 ; vi, no. 65.
It occurs in 1777 among the manors of
Thomas Weld ; Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 625,
m. 10 d (16).

19 Joseph Weld of Lulworth, brother of
the Cardinal, was the lord of the manor
in 1836 ; Baines, Lanes, (ed. i), iv,

189

404 ; Hewitson, Our Country Churches,
5°5-

20 Baines, op. cit. (ed. 1870), ii, 496.

21 Shireburne Abstract Bk.

JJ In 1 246 Simon de Hambleton was
a tenant ; Final Cone, i, 96. In the same
year one William de Hambleton acknow-
ledged that he was the native of John de
Hackinsall ; Assize R. 404, m. 4.

Alice widow of William de Hambleton
in 1292 recovered dower against Robert
de Singleton alias Broughton ; ibid. 408,
m. i, 74. She also complained that
Robert had encroached on her right in
the common pasture, but the jury found
that he had approved with the assent of
Geoffrey son of John de Hackinsall,
chief lord of Hambleton, and others ;
ibid. m. 67 d.

In a suit already mentioned Maud
wife of Thomas (son of Thomas) de
Hambleton, with her sisters Agnes and
Alice, nieces and heirs of John son of
Simon de Hambleton, claimed land in
1305-13; Assize R. 420, m. 8, lod. ;
424, m. 6.

Maud widow of William son of Richard
de Hambleton claimed dower in the town-
ship in 1330 against Nicholas de Oxcliffe ;
De Banco R. 283, m. 247 d.

33 Richard le Boteler about 1280 gave
to his son Geoffrey all the land ol
Hambleton which he had from John son
of Adam Beaufront ; Dods. MSS. liii, fol.
9 1 . William son of Sir Richard confirmed
the same to his brother Geoffrey ; ibid,
fol. 84. In 1294 Richard le Boteler gave
two-thirds of an oxgang of land to Richard
son of Robert the Cook of Hambleton ;
ibid. fol. 91. Richard son of William the
Cook gave land to Thomas son of Richard
de Stainall in 1315-16 ; ibid. The same
Richard also gave land to John Lawrence
and Elizabeth his wife ; Duchy of Lane.
Anct. D. (P.R.O.), L 1029.

Richard le Boteler of Marlon in 1322
held a messuage and land in Hambleton
of Richard de Hackinsall in socage ;
Lanes. Inq. and Extents, ii, 146. There
are charters in Raines MSS. xxxviii,

377-9-

Nicholas le Boteler of Rawcliffe had
land in Hambleton in 1331 ; De Banco
R. 287, m. 307 d. In 1405 the family's
lands here were stated to be held of the
king as duke in socage ; Towneley MS.
DD, no. 1460. Nothing more definite
is stated in the later inquisitions, down to
William Butler in 1639.

*4 This may be inferred from land in
Hambleton being held by Sir Thomas
Banastre in 1379, and by the heirs, &c.,
of Balderston later — e.g. Dudley, the Earl
of Derby, and Radcliffe of Winmarleigh,
as appears by the inquisitions, &c. See
Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), i, 15. Land
in Hambleton, part of the Balderston

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

also had estates there, the former having ferry rights
over the Wyre." A few other names occur in the
inquisitions and pleadings.*6

Cockersand Abbey" and Lancaster Priory*8 had
lands in Hambleton.

Some estates were registered by ' Papists 'in 171 7."
The chapel of St. Mary probably
CHURCH existed from an early date, and may
have been the oratory at Hambleton for
which Robert Shireburne of Stonyhurst obtained a
licence in I4.$6.*° It was in 1567 licensed for the
administration of the sacraments and for burials.31
In 1717 it was ' duly served by a curate who preaches
and reads prayers every Sunday, sacrament days
excepted.'3* The ancient endowment was £5 a year,
paid by the lord of the manor out of the profits of
a windmill 3S ; but this was increased by other gifts.34
In 1650 the Committee of Plundered Ministers
had allowed £40 a year out of sequestrations.55
The church was rebuilt in 1 749 ; there is a sundial

TXT J6

with the inscription , ' A separate parish was
formed in 1 846.37 The vicar of Kirkham appoints

the incumbents. The following have been in
charge38 : —

1699 Christopher Jackson, B.A. (T.C.D.)

1706 Richard Crombleholme 3?

1717 Richard Rauthmell, B.A.

1717 William Whitehead, B.A.40 (St. John's
Coll., Camb.)

1737 John Field (Queen's Coll., Oxf.)

1765 Robert Tomlinson

1803 Thomas Butcher, B.A. (St. John's Coll.,
Camb.)

1835 Charles Beaumont Howard, B.A.

1836 William Hough

1882 James Henry Bumstead

The Congregationalists, who first began a preaching
station in 1830, erected a small chapel in 1870 ; it
is annexed to Poulton.41 There was at one time a
small congregation of Particular Baptists.4*

GOOSNARGH-WITH-NEWSHAM

Gusansarghe, Dom. Bk. ; Gunanesarg, 1205 ;
Gosannesareghe, Gosanesarwe, 1226 ; Gosenargh,

inheritance, was included in the grant to
the first Earl of Derby in 1489, and after
the death of the second earl the 1522
rental (at Lathom) shows that lands there
paid 3C«. -jd. yearly.

Robert de Singleton has been named as
a landholder in 1292. It may have been
his estate which descended to Sir William
Leyland of Morleys, who died in 1547
holding lands in Hambleton of the king
as of his duchy by the tenth part of a
knight's fee and a rent of 141. 8</. ;
Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. ix, no. 43.
The same tenure is recorded in later
inquisitions, e.g. Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec.
Soc.), ii, 262.

In 1596 Robert BickerstafFe purchased
a messuage, &c., from George Singleton,
Mary his wife, Thomas Gudlaw the
younger, Richard Wilkinson and Margaret
his wife ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle.
59, m. 142.

35 Henry Butler of Rawcliffe died in
1621 holding six messuages, four salt-
cotes, lands, moor, marsh, fishery, &c., and
a ferry boat on Wyre ; Duchy of Lane.
Inq. p.m. xxvi, no. 36 ; xxx, no. 18.

26 In 1323 John de Lancaster purchased
a messuage and an oxgang and two-thirds
from Richard son of Robert de Inskip and
Alice his wife ; Final Cone, ii, 57. This
may have been the estate of John de
Hambleton already referred to.

Alice widow of Robert Hesketh in
1490—1 left lands in Hambleton to her
sons Hugh and Richard ; Towneley
MS. C8, 13 (Chet. Lib.), H 300. The
tenure of Thomas Hesketh's lands was
not known in 1523 ; Duchy of Lane.
Inq. p.m. v, no. 16. Sir Richard Shire-
burne seems to have purchased them in
1556 ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 16,
m. 15.

The lands of Thomas Boteler of
Warrington (1522) and Alexander Goos-
nargh (1524) were held as parts of an
estate in Stainall in socage ; Duchy of
Lane. Inq. p.m. v, no. 13, 55.

George Allen in 1567 purchased a
messuage, &c., from Nicholas Sumner,
Alice his wife, Thomas Wilkinson, Ellen
his wife, Anthony Garstang and Elizabeth
his wife ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle.
19, m. 8 1. Other parts of the same
estate were sold to Sir Richard Shireburne

and Henry Thompson ; ibid, bdles. 34,
m- 595 35» m- I52- George Allen's
tenement was in 1579 found to be held
of Sir Richard Shireburne in socage ;
Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xiv, no. 80.

Robert Finch of Mawdesley (1610) had
land, but the tenure was not stated ;
Lanct. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc.), i, 156.

27 Simon son of Henry de Hambleton
gave to Cockersand, together with the
body of his wife Alice, half an acre in
Sandirland field, having land of Robert de
Shireburne on the south side ; Cockersand
Chartul. (Chet. Soc.), i, 141.

For rental see ibid, iii, 1268-9 ; and
for grants of the Cockersand lands see
Pat. 21 Eliz. pt. xi ; 42 Eliz. pt. xvi.

3S John son of Geoffrey Arbalaster gave
to the priory 2 oxgangs of land, one of
which had been held by Richard Colmore
and another by Richard son of Siward,
but reserved a part of the appurtenances,
viz. in a field called Thornhole and in the
Wyre fishery; Lane. Ch. (Chet. Soc.),
ii, 378. This was confirmed by his son
Geoffrey de Hackinsall ; ibid. 377.

It was perhaps this land which was
held by Thomas Fleetwood of the queen
in 1576 ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xii,
no. 2.

29 Estcourt and Payne, Engl. Cath.
Nonjurors, 93, 1 1 6, 134. The names
were : John Lickfold, London, in right
of his wife Dorothy (widow of Richard
Sharpies), Mabel Hodgkinson, and John
Charnley.

Mary Holland of Wigan in 1757
bequeathed to Mrs. Winifred Eccleston
of St. Helens a messuage in Hambleton
which she had had from her aunt Anne
Hesketh; Piccope MSS. (Chet. Lib.),
iii, 288, from R. 31 of Geo. II at Preston.

30 Raines MSS. (Chet. Lib.), xxii,

379-

31 In 1567 the inhabitants petitioned
that their chapel ' commonly called Our
Ladie Chapell ' might be ' consecrated '
for divine service and administration of
the sacracotnts by fit chaplains as curates,
approved by the vicar of Kirkham, and
for the burial of the bodies of their dead ;
Reg. Bk. at Chester, i, fol. 40 3 b. The
Bishop of Chester gave ' licence ' accord-
ingly, ordering that the chapel wardens
should take his permission once every

I9O

three years to the parish church, where it
was to be read through, after the Gospel,
on Whit Monday; ibid, ii, fol. 231.
Thus an old chapel was not 'con-
secrated,' but licensed for use. It seems
likely that the vicar of Kirkham had
objected, but as the place was 7 miles
from the parish church its use was
convenient for baptism and burial.

In 1 60 1 an agreement as to the chapel
was made by Richard Shireburne on one
part and John and Thomas Carter on
the other ; Shireburne Abstract Bk.

Gabriel Tyldesley was curate in
1611-22 ; Visit. P. at Chester Dioc. Reg.

38 Gastrell, Nofitia Ceslr. (Chet. Soc.),
ii, 423. In 1705 the curate certified
that the only revenue was £5 a year and
that there was 'preaching there one
afternoon in three Sundays ' ; ibid. 422.
This shows that there was a curate in
1705 ; there does not seem to have been
one in 1689 and 1691.

33 This is mentioned in the time of
James I ; Lanes, and Ches. Rec. (Rec.
Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), ii, 268. The
amount points to a pre-Reformation
endowment.

34 About 1717 there was £8 151. rent
of land and £2 los. interest of £50 ;
Gastrell, loc. cit. The rent-charge of
,£5 appears to be paid still.

35 Common-w. Ch. Surv. (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), 156. The £5 paid by
the lord of the manor is named.

The minister in 1651-2 was Robert
(Noble) Cunningham, and in 1654 Roger
Sherburn ; Plund. Mini. Accts. (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), i, 239, 246, 142.
The latter had an increased allowance of
£50.

36 Fishwick, Kirkham, 59-62.

37 By Order in Council 21 Jan. 1846.

38 From the Diocesan Registry, Chester.

39 William Bushell of Goosnargh wrote
to the Bishop of Chester, 18 Sept. 1706 :
'The bearer Richard Crombleholme has
been educated as a Presbyterian and
intended to have been a dissenting
minister.'

40 Son of Robert Whitehead, clerk, one
of the masters of Kirkham School ;
Admissions to St. John's Coll. ii, 2OI.

41 Nightingale, Lanes. Nonconf. i, 135,
167. ** Hewitson, op. cit. 508.

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

KIRKHAM

1244 ; Gosanarche, 1251 ; Gosenhar, 1257 ; Gosse-
narwe, 1290 ; Gosnargh, 1297. Pronounced Goosnar.

Trelefelt, Dom. Bk. ; Threlefel, 1 244 ; Threlefal,
1257. Neuhuse, Dom. Bk. ; Nusum, 1249 ; Neu-
sum, 1251.

Goosnargh gives its name to a detached chapelry
of Kirkham, comprising Goosnargh, Newsham and
Whittingham. The first-named portion has of itself
a content of 8,324 acres,1 while Newsham, a detached
portion to the west, has 348, so that the whole town-
ship measures 8,672 acres. In 1901 it had a popu-
lation of 1,09 1 .* Goosnargh proper contains a number
of hamlets or farmsteads. The name belongs specially
to the lower or south-western part of the township
and to the village 3 round the chapel, which stands
close to the border of Whittingham. The higher or
north-eastern part was known as Threlfall — a name
no longer in common use — and had its chapel, which
was called White Chapel. To the north-east of
Goosnargh Chapel lies Eaves Green and to the north-
west Middleton ; Inglewhite is I £ miles north of the
last-named, and has St. Anne's Well 4 to the south of
it and Fairhurst to the north. Beesley is north of
Eaves Green, and has Kidsnape to the east and
Bulsnape to the north-east, and further to the east,
on the border of Chipping, is Loudscales, over-
looking the River Loud, there forming the boundary.
There were six ancient divisions called tithings —
Church, Beesley, Kidsnape, Longley, Aspenhurst
and Threlfall.4-

The principal feature of the northern end is Beacon
Fell, which attains a height of 874 ft. above the sea.
From it the ground slopes away in all directions, but
more especially to the west and south-west. The
3OO-ft. line runs diagonally across the township by
Fairhurst, Beesley and Kidsnape, with higher ground
to the east and lower to the west. To the north of
the Fell are Lickhurst and Broadhead, and further
north is the River Brock, forming the boundary on
that side.

The township is crossed by a large number of
country roads. Through Newsham passes the London
and North-Western Company's main line to the
north, with a station called Barton and Broughton.
To this station there is a footpath over the fields from
Goosnargh village. The Preston and Lancaster Canal
crosses Newsham at Hollowforth.

Newsham was separated from Goosnargh in 1894
and annexed to Barton * ; the present reduced town-
ship is governed by a parish council.'

The soil is of every variety, with subsoil of clay.
The land is chiefly in grass, being occupied as follows
in Goosnargh and Whittingham jointly : Arable,
50 acres ; permanent grass, 10,794^ ; and woods and
plantations, I97|.6a The population is now employed
solely in agriculture ; formerly there were silk and
cotton manufactures.7 Goosnargh is noted for cheese
and butter ; also for a kind of small, sweet cake.

The Thirlmere pipe line conveys the Manchester
water supply through the eastern parts of Goosnargh
and Whittingham.

There is a market cross at Inglewhite Green.8
Here two fairs for cattle and sheep are held — on the
Tuesday before Ascension Day and on 5 October. A
sheep fair is held on 2 5 April. A workhouse formerly
stood there.

There are remains of several ancient crosses,9 and
at Inglewhite was a pit known as ' cuckstool pit.' 10

Lists of the principal inhabitants at different times
in the I7th century have been printed.11

Among the burials recorded in the registers for
August 1 644 are those of a * soldier found slain ' on
the ist and another soldier on the i6th. They may
have belonged to the royal troops driven out of
Amounderness on 1 8 August.

The worthies of the chapelry include the Ven.
William Marsden and George Beesley, who suffered
death during the Elizabethan persecution in 1586
and 1591; Alexander Rigby, a noteworthy Parlia-
mentarian, baron of the Exchequer, who died in
1650 lf ; William Bushell, founder of the hospital at
Goosnargh, who was high sheriff in 1733, and died
in 1735 u ; Peter Armstrong Whittle, born at Ingle-
white in 1789, a miscellaneous writer who published
several topographical works, and died in Liverpool in
1 866 " ; William Threlfall of Hollowforth, a Wesleyan
missionary, killed in Namaqualand in 1825 ; Edward
Kirk, journalist and antiquary, 1832 to 1885. 1S

In 1066 Goosnargh, Threlfall and
MANORS Newsham, each assessed as one plough-
land, were held by Earl Tostig as members
of his lordship of Preston.16 Afterwards Goosnargh
and Threlfall — or part of them, viz. a plough-land
and a half — were granted out in thegnage, being held
by the service of 1 2/. a year and 6/. 8^. for a sor
goshawk ; and Newsham became part of the barony
of Penwortham.

Bernard son of Ailsi was lord of GOOSNARGH
about Ii6o,ir and was succeeded by his son Robert,
who about 1 190 gave land to the Hospitallers.18 He

1 The Census Rep, of 1901 give* 8,3 29
acres, including zz of inland water.

* Of these 983 belonged to Goosnargh
proper and 1 08 to Newsham. The popu-
lation of the chapelry was 4,327.

3 This seems to have been called the
' burgh.' There is no trace of any borough.
Cf. Euxton Burgh.

4 Dr. Leigh about 1700 says of it :
' This springs out of a black bass, which
by calcination I found to contain sulphur.
The water has a very sulphureous smell as
strong as that near Harrogate in York-
shire, but contains little or no salt ' ; Nat.
Hist, of Lana. bk. i, p. 40.

<a Notitia Cestr. (Chet. Soc.), ii, 421.

5 Loc. Govt. Bd. Order 32199.

6 The older government was by a vestry
known as ' the Twenty-four Men ' of
Goosnargh and Whittingham. There are
extracts from their books, which com-

mence about 1625, in Col. H. Fishwick's
Goosnargh, 51-85. See also Tram. Hist.
Soc. (new ser.), xiv, 41-64.

63 Statistics from Bd. of Agric. (1905).

7 Fishwick, op. cit. 8 ; Smith, Long-
ridge, 220.

8 Fishwick, op. cit. 8.

9 Ibid. 199.

10 Ibid. 198.

11 Taxation of Goosnargh, 1625 ; ibid.
59-68. Of Whittingham, c. 1640 ; ibid.
55-6. Heads of families, 1671 ; ibid.
20 1— 6.

18 For these three see the accounts of
Threlfall and Middleton below.

13 For an account of this benefactor and
his family see Fishwick, op. cit. 120-8,
where a pedigree is given. He was grand-
son of Dr. Seth Bushell, vicar of Preston
1663-82, and of Lancaster 1682-4.

14 Diet. Nat. Biog. The 'historical'
parts of his books are untrustworthy.

15 Smith, op. cit. 243.

16 V.C.H. Lanes, i, 28 8a.

17 This is an inference from the dates
recorded of kis son.

18 See the account of Howath in
Barnacre. Robert's wife Hawise and his
son Bernard are named. The brethren
of St. John Baptist of Howath granted to
their ' sister ' Hawise, wife of Robert son
of Bernard de Catterall, land in Howath,
also Threlfall, with appurtenances, and I
oxgang of land in Hutton ; Dods. MSS.
liii, fol. 896.

In 1194-5 Robert son of Bernard,
who had joined in the rebellion of Count
John, made peace with the king, paying
1 5 marks ; Farrer, Lanes. Fife R. 90.
There is another reference to Robert, ibid.
146.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

died in 1 206, 19 and his heirs held the 1 2 oxgangs of
land in 1212 by the service above stated.80 The heirs
were three daughters — Iseult, who married Richard
son of Swain (de Catterall) *' ; Beatrice wife of Hugh
de Mitton 2* ; and Avice, who married (l) Oliver son
of Nigel de Longford13 and (2) Michael de Aslacton.**
In 1 242 accordingly the manor was held by their
heirs,*5 Richard de Catterall,*6 Hugh de Mitton *7 and

Henry de Longford.*8 Two oxgangs of land, i.e. a
sixth part of the manor, were acquired by William de
Clifton, who died in I258,*9 or by his predecessors ;
this in time led to a nominal readjustment, the repre-
sentatives of the three co-heirs being said to hold five-
sixths of the manor. There were other changes. The
Mitton third was surrendered to the Earl of Lancaster
and then granted to the Hoghtons of Hoghton,so

19 In that year Hughde Mitton, Oliver
son of Nigel and Richard son of Swain
gave 20 marks and a palfrey to have
1 2 oxgangs of land in Goosnargh which
had been held by Robert son of Bernard,
they having married his daughters and
heirs ; Farrer, op. cit. 203, 209 ; Towneley
MS. HH, no. 520.

20 Lanes. Inq. and Extents (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), i, 48 ; see also
139, for 1226. In 1297 the vill paid
1 8 j. 8<£ to the Earl of Lancaster ; ibid.
289.

81 Richard de Tarnacre gave to Cocker-
sand Abbey a third part of Beesley in
Goosnargh, which he had had from the
Lady Iseult, wife of Richard son of Swain ;
Cockersand Chartul. (Chet. Soc.), i, 243.
Richard son of Richard son of Swain de
Catterall granted an acre of land ; ibid.
242.

22 Beatrice daughter of Robert son of
Bernard made various grants to Cocker-
sand, some as 'widow,' and one as Beatrice
de Mitton. The place-names include
Robert shurst, Hurst and Carr, Fulsnape,
Small Brook, Longley, the syke which was
the boundary between Goosnargh and
Barton, where the road descends into
Goosnargh Brook. In one grant land
given by Avice her sister is mentioned ;
ibid. 234-8, 243.

As Beatrice de Mitton daughter of
Robert son of Bernard she in her widow-
hood gave Wil'iam the Clerk son of
Robert the rector of Garstang the moiety
of certain land in Threlfall. The bounds
began at Pepper Syke, following it to the
old hedge, under the land of Avice daughter
of Robert son of Bernard ; then going
across to the old ditch, and along this to
the entry into the great wood ; by the
wood to Mill Brook, and following this
brook to the great carr under Huenat-
hurst ; thence along the carr, the
boundaries o^ Adam son of Paulinus and
the aforesaid Avice, to the starting-point ;
Add. MS. 32104, no. 958.

23 See the account of this family under
Withington, near Manchester.

14 Michael de Aslacton (Ellaston) and
Avice his wife gave lands to Cockersand
Abbey ; the land which Iseult daughter
of Robert son of Bernard gave William
son of Richard de Kirkham is named.
Avice granted the same as widow ; Cocker-
sand Chartul. i, 240-1, where two other
gifts are recorded.

15 I Macs. Inq. and Extents, i, 154. They
were the tenants in Catterall. Goosnargh
is not named in 1 242.

26 Richard de Catterall in 1 244 held
3 oxgangs of land in Goosnargh by
knight's service ; he paid 41. "J\d. ; ibid.

159, 212.

Adam de Catterall granted certain
land (received in exchange from Richard
de Hoghton) to Alexander de Goosnargh
and Maud his wife, with remainders to
Thomas and to Margery de Bradkirk ;
Add. MS. 32104, no. 497. The same
Adam gave land on the north side of
Longley to Grimbald son of Diota and
Maud his wife ; a rent of i zd. was to be

paid, and izd. for pannage ; Towneley
MS. DD, no. 756.

Robert de Grotton and Agnes his wife
(widow of John de Catterall) in 1318-19
claimed dower against Paulin and Alan
de Catterall, on the ground that John son
and heir of Ralph de Catterall had dowered
Agnes with certain lands in Goosnargh
at the church of Towneley (or Burnley)
in 1 287 ; De Banco R. 223, m. 150; 229,
m. 2 ; 248, m. 229. John son of John
de Catterall made further claims in 1325
against Joan the widow and Robert the
son (under age) of Paulin de Catterall ;
ibid. 258, m. 137.

Ralph son of Richard de Catterall granted
Oakenhead in the vill of Threlfall to Adam
de Hoghton, his mill there being excepted,
at the rent of a pair of white gloves ;
Add. MS. 32106, no. 517. He gave his
daughter Christiana 8 acres purchased from
Hugh de Middleton ; Dods. MSS. liii, fol.
looA. The same Ralph gave Adam his
son all his lands and demesne in Goosnargh
and Threlfall, together with the homage of
John de Barton, Master Richard de
Hoghton, Walter de Goosnargh, Thomas
de Kirk, and others, in 1294; ibid. fol.
93^. The above-named Christiana, as
widow of Walter de Goosnargh, gave
lands to her son Thomas with remainder
to another son Henry 5 Kuerden MSS. iv,
G 9. She was plaintiff (as widow of
Walter) in 1324; De Banco R. 253, m.
i85d.

Alan de Catterall in 1322 died holding
a messuage, land and rent of the king in
chief (by the forfeiture of Thomas Earl of
Lancaster), by a rent of 5.1. j Lanes. Inq.
and Extents, ii, 141.

Richard de Catterall in 1337 demised
4 acres in Goosnargh newly approved to
Richard son of John del Yate of Bils-
borrow and John his son for their lives ;
Add. MS. 32104, fol. 1 1 6.

17 Ralph de Mitton was summoned in
1246 to show why he would not take the
homage and relief of Bernard de Mitton
for 5 oxgangs of land in Goosnargh granted
Bernard by his mother Beatrice daughter
of Robert ; Ralph was her grandson and
heir, being son of Robert, elder brother of
Bernard. Ralph said he held nothing of
Beatrice's, but Bernard's land would revert
to him, should he die without issue ;
Assize R. 404, m. 2. Bernard son of
Beatrice had in 1241 purchased an oxgang
of land from Bernard son of Richard, he
giving 6 acres north of Foxhole Hurst at a
rent of \zd. ; Final Cone. (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), i, 86. As Bernard son
of Hugh de Mitton he granted 6 acres to
Alan the Forester ; Kuerden MSS. iv,
G9.

Ranulf de Goosnargh in 1246 de-
fended his title to 20 acres against Bernard
de Mitton ; Assize R. 404, m. 2. At the
same time Jordan de Kirkham recovered
30 acres against Bernard de Mitton,
Walter de Barton, Ranulf de Goosnargh,
Benedict de Beesley and Hugh de Middle-
ton ; ibid. m. 3 d. Jordan was son of
Richard the rector of Kirkham ; Cockersand
Chartul. i, 240.

192

Margery widow of Ralph de Mitton in
1291 claimed dower against Margery
widow of Ranulf son of Bernard de Goos-
nargh, Alice daughter of John de Barton,
and many others ; De Banco R. 90, m.
98 d. ; 91, m. 248 d.

38 Nigel de Longford in 1248-51 paid
relief (131. 4-d.) on succeeding to 4 ox-
gangs of land in Goosnargh, being the
estate of Avice daughter of Robert and
grandmother of Nigel ; Lanes. Inq. and
Extents, i, 184.

29 In 1258 William de Clifton was
found to have held 2 oxgangs of land in
Goosnargh of the heirs of Robert son of
Bernard by a rent of 31. i \d. ; Lanes. Inq.
and Extents, i, 213. This rent is a sixth
part of i8j. %d. ; the tenure may imply
that the grant had been made by Robert
son of Bernard himself. A later William
de Clifton, 1323, held certain lands of
Richard de Hoghton by id. yearly ; they
included a ' skalinga ' (shieling) with 80
acres from the waste ; ibid, ii, 159.

In 1324-5 a messuage and 18 acres
in Goosnargh were part of lands in dispute
between Isabel widow of William de
Clifton and William son of William de
Clifton ; Assize R. 426, m. 8.

30 About 1285 Sir Ralph de Mitton,
for 100 marks, resigned to Edmund Earl
of Lancaster his whole tenement in
Goosnargh and Threlfall, a rent of 21. 6d.
per annum being due to the Hospitallers
for the Threlfall portion ; Great Coucher,
i, fol. 73, no. 53-4.

As will be seen (note 3 2), this part of the
manor was by the earl granted to Adam
de Hoghton, who had already begun to
acquire an estate there. Adam made a
grant of land in Goosnargh to Richard
son of Richard Lussell of Plumpton, at a
rent of iod., with 6d. for pannage ;
Bernard de Mitton was another lord ;
Towneley MS. OO, no. 1156.

In 1276 Ralph de Mitton claimed a
messuage, two-thirds of a mill, and 4 ox-
gangs of land against Adam de Hoghton ;
De Banco R. 13, m. 22d. Two years
later Adam was claiming a messuage,
mill, oxgang of land, and 14.1. rent against
William son of Alan de CarJeton,
referring to an agreement made with
the eaid Alan ; ibid. 24, m. 75 ; 49, m.
52d. It seems likely that the former
suit refers to the acquisition of the Long-
ford share by Adam de Hoghton, for he
with his sons Adam, Richard and John
were alleged about that time to have
disseised Ralph de Mitton of a messuage,
mill water, &c., and the third part of
1,000 acres of moor and wood in which
they were wont to common ; Assize R.
1235, m. I id. About ten years later
Henry de Clifton claimed common of
pasture in land in Goosnargh against Adam
de Hoghton ; Assize R. 1265, m. 21.
Adam son of Sir Adam de Hoghton in
1291 released to Earl Edmund all his
right in a pasture called the Heyfield in
Threlfall, bounded by a dyke from the
limit of Blackburnshire as far as the water
of Brock ; Duchy of Lane. Great Coucher,
i, fol. 64, no. 23.

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

and the Clifton part was divided between Clifton
and Boteler of Rawcliffe." Thus in 1346 five-sixths
were held equally by Richard de Catterall, Sir Adam
de Hoghton and Nicholas de Longford, and the other
sixth equally by William de Clifton and Richard le
Boteler.3* A century later the tenants were Richard

KIRKHAM

Catterall, Richard Hoghton and Nicholas Longford ;
Richard Clifton and Nicholas Boteler.83

Early in the i6th century the Catterall portion
became further divided,34 and one fraction continued
to be claimed by the family of Townley of Barnside
for some time.35 The Hoghtons, perhaps holding the

A release of all interest in Wrighting-
ton, Goosnargh, Threlfall and Howath
made by Henry de Aslacton to Adam de
Hoghton while Sir Robert de I.athom was
sheriff would complete the transfer of the
Mitton third to the Hoghtons. That they
held the Longford parr also seems clear
from a fine of 1306 by which Richard son
of Adam de Hoghton made a settlement
of two-thirds of the manor of Goosnargh
and various lands there ; Final Cone, i, 207.
But from a charter in Add. MS. 32106
(no. 705) it may be inferred that the
two-thirds refers to the part in possession,
Agnes widow of Adam the father (brother)
of Richard having the other third, as
below.

Henry son of Adam de Blackburn was
non-suited in 1292 on claiming a tene-
ment in Goosnargh against Adam de
Hoghton ; Assize R. 408, m. 58. In
1302 John son of Alexander de Hyde
made a successful claim to 30*. rent
withheld by Master Richard, son and heir
of Adam de Hoghton ; the defence was a
technical one — that Agnes de Hoghton
and Ralph de Catterall held the third part,
but were not named ; Assize R. 418, m.
1 3 d. From other pleadings it appears
that Agnes was the widow of Master
Richard's brother Adam ; Assize R. 419,
m. 13 ; 420, m. lod.

31 William son of Walter de Clifton
about 1230 granted to William son of
Waiter de Carleton, in marriage with his
sister Elizabeth, I oxgang of land in
Goosnargh and all his estate in Whittle ;
Dods. MSS. liii, fol. 90, no. 73. This
moiety of the Clifton part of Goosnargh
seems to have descended to the Botelers,
who made other acquisitions. About
1263 Ranulf de Goosnargh gave Richard
le Boteler 1 5 acres in Threlfall ; ibid,
fol. 89, no. 64. Peter de Catterall also
gave land there ; Kuerden MSS. iv, G 9.

Richard le Boteler gave land in Goos-
nargh and Threlfall to his son Henry ;
ibid. Henry sor, of Sir Richard le Boteler
gave Orm son of Richard de Barton part
of his land between Longley and the
Mickle Brook of Ratonraw ; Dods. MSS.
hii, fol. 89, no. 66. He also gave
part of his land in Threlfall to Roger
son of Godith de Hupronchelm ; ibid,
no. 69. William son of Alexander de
Goosnargh granted to William son of
Nicholas le Boteler in 1316 an oxgang of
land in Goosnargh which he had had from
Henry, who had it from Richard le Boteler ;
ibid. no. 74. Richard son of Thomas
de Threlfall made a similar release about
the same time ; Kuerden MSS. iv, G 9.

To Nicholas son and heir of William
le Roteler Agnes widow of John de
Myerscough released land in Threlfall in
Cla^ghton in 1321-2 ; ibid. Sir Nicholas
Boteler in 1 3 3 7 gave William de Hoghton,
clerk, land by Falbothgrene ; ibid.

32 Survey of 1346 (Chet. Soc.), 56-8.
The plough-land and a half in Goosnargh
were stated to make the third part and the
eighth part of a knight's fee. The old
rent of \2s. and 6j. %d. for a sor goshawk
was paid. It is stated that Adam de
Hoghton held his third part by the
charter of E(dmund) lately earl.

That the Longford third was occupied
by Adam de Hoghton may be inferred
from the sheriff's compotus of 1 348, when
those who paid the izs. rent were Sir
Adam de Hoghton, Nicholas Boteler,
William de Clifton and Ralph de Catterall 5
Duchy of Lane. Misc. Bks. xxiii, in.
Later inquisitions attribute third parts of
a knight's fee to Barton and Leyland.

In i 348 Walter Wenne and Margaret
his wife claimed a messuage, &c., against
Richard de Catterall, Alan his son and
William de Singleton ; Assize R. 1444,
m. 22. Alan son of Richard de Catterall
sought a messuage, &c., against Richard
son of Margaret de Catterall in 1356;
Duchy of Lane. Assize R. 5, m. 4 d.

Richard son of William Gest in 1367
claimed three messuages, 40 acres of land,
&c., in Goosnargh against John son of
John de Catterall, alleging a grant from
Ralph de Catterall (temp. Edw. II) to
Paulin de Catterall and Alice his wife.
Their daughter Margaret was plaintiff's
mother ; De Banco R. 427, m. 3i9d.

John son of John de Catterall made a
feoffment of his lands in 1 366 ; Towneley
MS. C 8, 13 (Chet. Lib.) ; C 124. His
estate was by his cousin William son of
Richard the Parker given to John son
and heir of Richard de Towneley in
1380-1 ; ibid. P 43.

Adam de Catterall in 1392-3 gave a
part of his land called the Oakenhead
for life to Thomas del Oakenhead ; Add.
MS. 32104, fol. 115. He died in 1397
holding a third part of the manor of the
king in socage ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet.
Soc.), i, 66. Richard Catterall in 1440-1
made a feoffment of Fisherplace and
Crosshouse ; Towneley MS. DD, no. 755.

Sir Adam de Hoghton in 1376 com-
plained of the depasturing of his grass at
Broadhead ; De Banco R. 463, m. 21.
In 1422 Sir Richard Hoghton held
five messuages, &c., in Goosnargh and
Threlfall of the heirs of Nicholas de Hyde
in socage by a rent of 1 51. ; his manor of
Goosnargh had been given to his son Sir
William Hoghton and Alice his wife ;
Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), i, 146.
The charter making the grant of the
third part of the manor to William and
Alice (1388-9) is in Kuerden MSS. vi,
fol. 85.

83 From an extent of 1445-6 ; Duchy
of Lane. Knights' Fees, bdle. 2, no. 20.
The proportions were unchanged, Cat-
terall, Hoghton and Longford holding
five-sixths, Clifton and Boteler the other
sixth.

Ralph Catterall in 1515 was stated to
hold his land in Goosnargh of the king by
the third part of the fifth part of a knight's
fee, but his son John in 1517 was said
to hold in socage ; Duchy of Lane. Inq.
p m. iv, no. 62, 4. There are numerous
references to the Catterall holding in
Threlfall, Lickhurst, Broadhead, White
Lea, &c., in the Ducatus Lane. (Rec. Com.).

The Hoghtons also weie stated to
hold by knight's service, the proportion
of a fee being differently stated ; in 1498
it was called the third of five-sixths of a
knight's fee, in 1524 the third of the
fifth, and in 1559 the third of a fourth

193

part ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. iii,
no. 66 ; v, no. 61 ; xi, no. 2.

The Longford part does not occur at
all in the inquisitions, by that name.

The Clifton of Clifton estate in
Goosnargh was not treated separately,
the tenure being called socage ; e.g.
ibid, iv, no. 12.

Sir John Boteler of Rawcliffe died in
1404 holding his land in Goosnargh of
Richard Catterall by services unknown ;
Towneley MS. DD, no. 1460. A later
John was in 1488 said to hold of Ralph
Catterall by id. rent, but later still the
tenure was stated as by knight's service ;
ibid, iii, no. 45, 109, &c. The main
portion of the estate was sold to Gilbert
Gerard in 1572 by Henry Butler, Anne
his wife, Thomas Standish and James
Anderton ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle.
34, m. 69. The purchaser had also part
of the Balderston estate through Radcliffe
of Winmarleigh, but after his death the
tenure was not recorded ; Duchy of Lane.
Inq. p.m. xvi, no. 2, and see Latus family
below.

34 Thomas Catterall of Little Mitton
made a feoffment of Bulsnape, with court
baron of Goosnargh, in 1570; Towneley
MS. DD, no. 758. Thomas, who died
in 1579, left seven daughters co-heirs :
Anne Townley, Elizabeth Procter,
Katherine (wife of Thomas) Strickland —
these three appear to have divided the
Goosnargh part of the estate — Margaret
Atherton (and Edwards), Marian Grim-
shaw, Dorothy Shireburne (and Braddyll),
and Jane (unmarried) ; Fishwick,
Goosnargh, 150. The Stricklands sold
their share to Kighley, Hoghton,
Wilson, Kirk, and Barton ; Pal. of
Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 49, m. 31 ; 53,
m. 190; 58, m. 100, &c. See Bulsnape
and White Lea below. Thomas Shireburne
seems to have released his rights to James
Pickering in 1599 (Common Pleas Recov.
R. Easter 41 Eliz. m. 9), yet Dorothy
Whipp (daughter of Thomas Catterall and
formerly wife of Richard Shireburne) in
1620 held a messuage of the king by
the three-hundredth part of a knight's
fee ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc), ii, 229.
Thomas Shireburne of Heysham in 1635
held an acre of Gilbert Hoghton ;
Towneley MS. C 8, 13 (Chet. Lib.), 1083.

35 Goosnargh is named in a settlement
by Henry Townley and Anne his wife in
1590 ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 52,
m. 136.

Lawrence Townley of Barnside died
in 1623 holding a third of a third of the
manor of Goosnargh and a third part of
various messuages, water-mill, &c., includ-
ing Lickhurst and Broadhurst, all of Sir
Richard Shireburne as of the late priory of
St. John of Jerusalem in socage by
2s. f>\d. rent ; Land. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), iii, 411. A similar
return was made in 1630 after the death
of Richard Townley ; Duchy of Lane.
Inq. p.m. xxv, no. 19. The third part
of a third part of the manor occurs later,
in 1673, in a feoffment of the estates of
Richard Townley and Anne Townley,
widow ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle.
191, m. 67.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Longford share,36 appear to have acquired part of the

Catteralls',37 and the manor was spoken of as theirs

absolutely. About 1630 38 the

manor was purchased from Sir

Richard Hoghton out of the

marriage portion of Charlotte

wife of James Lord Strange,

afterwards Earl of Derby.39

It was acquired by Hugh

Cooper, lord of the manor of

Carnforth,40 and about 1680

was held by John Warren of

Poynton in Cheshire,41 who

married the daughter and

heir ; and so descended to his

great - grandson Sir George

Warren,41 and from him to

Lord de Tabley, who about 1860 sold the right of

toll at Inglewhite fair to Mr. R. Baillie of Fulwood.

That was supposed to be the only remaining manorial

right."

The Knights of St. John of Jerusalem had a con-
siderable estate in THRELF4LL," possibly the half
plough-land noticed above as wanting, and, as the
Catteralls were their tenants,45 the predominance of

WARREN of Poynton.
Cheequy or and azure on
a canton gules a lion
rampant argent.

this family was assured. They appear to have been
the only manorial family resident within Goosnargh
proper. Their estate was known as the manor of
BULSN4PE,*6 and on the partition became the resi-
dence of Thomas Procter in right of his wife Eliza-
beth daughter of Thomas Catterall (i579).47 After
several changes of ownership,48 Bulsnape was in 1650
acquired by James Fishwick,49 and it continued in his
family till I777,50 when it was again sold. Bulsnape
Hall is situated about \\ miles to the east of Ingle-
white, and is a three-story building, now used as a
farm-house. It was originally E-shaped in plan, with
wide end gables and a narrow middle one over the
porch, which is the full height of the house. The
left-hand wing, however, has disappeared and the
building is very much modernized, nearly all the
windows being new and the walls covered with
stucco. An oak staircase with carved balustrade still
remains, and other evidences of the original building
are visible in the interior. Remains of a moat
could be seen up to about 1856, but have now dis-
appeared. SI

WHITE LEA, another part of the Catteralls' estate
in Threlfall,61 was sold, as a third part of the manor,
by Gervase Strickland and Katherine his wife to James

36 See preceding notes as to Hoghton ;
in a later one (97*) will be found indica-
tions that the Bartons of Barton held that
third, perhaps as tenants of Hoghton.

37 Richard Hoghton in 1591 pur-
chased two messuages, &c., in Goosnargh
and Bulsnape from the above-named
James (son of Thomas) Strickland and
Katherine his wife ; Pal. of Lane. Feet
of F. bdle. 53, m. 162.

Thomas Hoghton had in 1570 pur-
chased the estate of William Catterall and
Joan his wife in Goosnargh, Whitting-
ham, Cumberhalgh and Dilworth ; ibid,
bdle. 32, m. 67, 105. In other deeds the
vendor is described as of New Hall (in
Rathmell) in Craven ; Dods. MSS. cxlii,
fol. 70 ; Add. MS. 32106, no. 780.

In the following year Thomas
Hoghton purchased various lands from
Thomas Singleton of Chingle Hall and
Isabel his wife ; they were situated in
Goosnargh, Whittingham, Fishwick,
Lea and Claughton ; ibid. no. 774,
no. 199 (fol. 277).

Sir Richard Hoghton and Sir Gilbert
were in possession of Goosnargh (among
other manors) in 1616 ; Pal. of Lane.
Feet of F. bdle. 89, no. 41.

38 The inquisitions show the transfer
to have been made between 1626 and
1638.

89 Cal. Com. for Comp. ii, 1102.
William Earl of Derby, James Lord
Strange and Charlotte his wife were in
possession in 1642 ; Pal. of Lane. Feet
of F. bdle. 141, no. 31.

40 Watson, Earls of Warren, ii, 151.

41 Fishwick, Goosnargh, 172. 'Mr.
Justice Warren ' was John Warren, one
of the Council of the Welsh Marches,
Judge of Chester, &c., who died in 1706.
For pedigree see Ormerod, Ches. (ed.
Helsby), iii, 686-7 ? '» 626. The
Warrens had land in Goosnargh as early
as 1667 ; PaL of Lane. Feet of F. bdle.
179, m. 24. See also V.C.H. Lanes, vi,
255-

42 Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 585, m. 6.
Sir George Warren and Jane his wife
occur in 1761 ; ibid. 594, m. 6. Thomas
Jnme» Viscount Bulkeley and Elizabeth
Harriet hii wife were in possession

in 1804; Pal. of Lane. Lent Assizes,
42 Geo. Ill, R. 8.

43 Fishwick, op. cit. 8.

44 Some or all of it appears to have
been given by Robert son of Bernard ;
Kuerden MSS. v, fol. 82 (here the name
reads Ywulefell, probably for Thralefell).
Both Goosnargh and Threlfall are men-
tioned among the Hospitallers' lands in
1292 ; Plac. de Quo Warr. (Rcc. Com.),

375-

45 Richard de Catterall in 1244 and
Adam de Catterall in 1397 held lands of
the Hospitallers ; Lanes. Inq. and Extents,
i, 1 60 ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.),
i, 66. Ralph Catterall in 1515 and his
son John in 1517 held of the same by a
rent of 8j. ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m.
iv, no. 62, 4. In 1579 the whole estate
was recorded to have been held of the
Hospitallers ; ibid, xiv, no. 4.

46 Lawrence Catterall, clerk, who died
in 1520, had held the manor of Bulsnape
for life by the gift of his father Richard.
The heir was his grand-nephew Ralph
(son of John, son of Ralph, son of
Richard), who was then a minor in ward
to the king ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m.
v, no. 31. The manor of Bulsnape is
named in Ralph Catterall's inquisition ;
ibid, vi, no. 77.

47 An agreement between the Town-
leys, Procters and others seems to have
been made in 1604 ; Exch, Dep. (Rec.
Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), ii.

48 The Procters were a recusant family
and the sequestration of two-thirds of
their land in 1607 (Cal. S.P. Dom. 1603-
10, p. 383) may have contributed to the
need for sale. Feoffments of the manor
of Bulsnape and lands in Goosnargh were
made by Thomas Procter and Elizabeth
his wife in 1581, by Thomas Procter in
1610, and again by him in conjunction
with John Nowell in 1614 ; Pal. of Lane.
Feet of F. bdle. 43, no. 130 ; 74, no. 19 ;
85, no. 43. Shortly afterwards, viz. in
1624, John Nowell and Mary his wife
sold the manor to Thomas Edge ; ibid,
bdle. 103, no. 10.

The purchaser died the same year
holding the manor of Bulsnape in Threl-
fall, with mill, &c., of Richard Shireburne

194

(as of the late Priory of St. John of
Jerusalem) by a rent of zs. $.d. ; Duchy
of Lane. Inq. p.m. xxv, no. 2. The heir
was his son Richard, then ten years old,
and there were other children — George,
Bridget and Ellen.

49 The deforciants to the fine were
Richard Edge, Sarah his wife, Samuel
Shatterden and Bridget his wife ; Pal.
of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 147, m. 158 ;
Com. Pleas Recov. R. Easter 1650,
m. 7.

The Fishwick family had long been
connected with the neighbourhood.
Adam de Fishwick in 1383 obtained a
third of a messuage and land in Whitting-
ham from William de Formby and Alice
his wife ; Final Cone, iii, 17.

In 1523 a jury of twelve freemen of
the view of frankpledge in Goosnargh
was summoned to inquire whether Adam
Fishwick was seised of messuages, &c.,
in Goosnargh claimed by his nephew John
Fishwick as heir ; Pal. of Lane. Sessional
Papers, 15 Hen. VIII.

Adam Fishwick of Newsham in 1 544
agreed to give his younger brother Thomas
(perhaps as trustee) certain lands in
Goosnargh; Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 179,
m. 13 d.

50 The descent is thus given : James
Fishwick, d. before 1653 -8. Charles,
d. before 1680 -«. James, d. 1736
-s.John, d. 1752 -s. Robert, d. 1788.
See the pedigree in Lt.-Col. Fishwick's
work already quoted (154); its author,
of whose local histories considerable use
has been made in the present work, is
descended from the Rev. James Fishwick
(1711—93), younger son of the James
who died in 1736.

51 Fishwick, op. cit. 152, where there
is an illustration.

52 In 1570 an agreement was made
between Thomas Catterall of Little
Mitton and Thomas Strickland of Man-
sergh, who had married Katherine
daughter and heir-apparent of Thomas
Catterall, as to a messuage in Goosnargh
called White Lea (occupied by William
Parkinson) and others held by William
Beosley, &c. ; Catterall D. in possession
of W. Farrer.

GOOSNARGH I BuLSNAPE HALL

GOOSNARGH : ASHES, OLD DOORWAY

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

KIRKHAM

Kighley in I59I.53 John Kighley died in 16 1 6 hold-
ing it of the king by the fortieth part of a knight's fee
and leaving an infant son Hugh as heir.64 This family,
who were Roman Catholics,85 remained in possession
till 1726 ; from Charles Gibson, who then purchased,
the estate descended to his great-great-grandson Charles
Gibson, who died in l832.S6 The estate was then
sold to William Blackledge, who was succeeded by his
son John.

The 4SHES was held by a family bearing the local
name, Threlfall, who held lands of the Bartons of
barton, who in turn appear to have held this portion
of their estate of Ralph Catterall by rendering a pound
of cummin yearly.47 There is little known of the
early history of the Threlfalls.58 Edmund Threlfall
of the Ashes died in 1617, leaving a son John, aged
twelve.*9 He was a Roman Catholic, and had suffered
the sequestration of two-thirds of his estate for re-
ligion.60 The son John died young,61 and it was
another son, Cuthbert Threlfall, whose estate at the
Ashes was sequestered for ' delinquency ' under the
Commonwealth and forfeited in 165 3.61 Cuthbert's
son Edmund was a Jacobite, and was killed by a
party of soldiers sent to arrest him in 16^0.^ He
was succeeded by his brother Cuthbert,64 who as a
* Papist ' registered his estate in 1 7 1 7." A brother

John was in possession soon afterwards, and later in
the century the Ashes was sold, and has since changed
hands several times.66 Ashes stands in a secluded
situation some distance from the highway on rising
ground north-east of Inglewhite ; but apart from the
doorway, which has a curious winged figure in a
triangular frame carved over the square stone head,67
is of little interest, being almost wholly modernized.
Traces of a moat are still to be seen, and in one of
the walls, which is from 4 ft. to 6 ft. thick, are
cavities locally known as ' hiding places.' M The
house is of two stories and faces south-west.

The HILL was in 1600 the residence of a family
named Beesley.69 Francis Beesley was fined for re-
cusancy between 1591 and l6o7.70 His brother
George, ordained at Rheims in 1587, was sent on the
English mission in the following year, that of the
Armada. He was captured after about two years,
and though tortured to make him reveal the names of
his hosts he would tell nothing, and was at last
executed for his priesthood in Fleet Street, London,
1591." From the Beesleys71 the estate went to
the Blackburnes, a branch of the Stockenbridge family,
who were in possession in 1754. 73 WHITE HILL
was the seat of a branch of the Heskeths, also a
Roman Catholic family.74 In consequence of their

53 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 53,
m. 133. Gervase was the son of Thomas
Strickland. The previous year the same
vendors had given a messuage, &c., to
Robert Kighley ; ibid. bdle. 52, m. 37.

84 Lanes, Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes,
and Ches.), ii, 31-3. John seems to
have been half-brother of James and
Robert Kighley ; Fishwick, op. cit. 156,
where there is some account of the
family. It is stated that ' the local tradi-
tion is that the last Kighley of White
Lea, having joined the rebellion of 1715,
was obliged to quit the country to save
his neck.'

85 A small chapel attached to the house
was pulled down about 1830 ; ibid. 159.

56 Ibid. ; the descent is thus given :
Charles Gibson, d. 1759 -s. John, d. 1786
-8. Charles, d. 1823 -s. Charles (of
Quernmore), d. 1832.

47 For the Barton holding see the
account of Kidsnape.

68 Richard son of Thomas de Threlfall
has been mentioned in 1316. Somewhat
earlier (1311) a John de Threlfall was
husband of Alice daughter and co-heir of
Richard son of William de Greenhills ;
De Banco R. 187, m. 105. Among
witnesses to charters a John de Threlfall
occurs in 1327 and another in 1392.
In 1442 Robert Barton was claiming
money due from John Threlfall of Goos-
nargh ; Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 4, m. 2.
In the time of Edward IV John son of
Edward (? Edmund) Threlfall recovered a
tenement in Goosnargh against John
son of John Threlfall; ibid. 55, m. 12.
Eleanor widow of John son of John
Threlfall recovered dower in Goosnargh
and Ribchester in 1488 against John son
of Edmund Threlfall ; Pal. of Lane. Writs
Proton. 3 Hen. VII.

Edmund Threlfall in 1568 purchased
an acre in Threlfall and Goosnargh from
Robert Midgehall ; ibid. Feet of F. bdle.
30, m. 47. It was no doubt the same
Edmund who in 1570 claimed (by descent)
land beside the Chewe in Goosnargh ;
Ducatus Lane. (Rec. Com.), ii, 402.

89 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc.), ii, 91 ;
hii land in Threlfall, &c., was held of

Richard Shuttleworth and Barton Fleet-
wood his wife by the rent of a glove— see
the Barton inquest in note 97*. His
wife (Juliana Hesketh) survived him.

60 In 1607 ; Cal. S. P. Dom. 1603-10,

P- 383.

61 John Threlfall died in 1625 holding
his messuage, &c., in Threlfall of Richard
Shuttleworth of Barton, and leaving as
heir his brother William, aged seventeen 5
Towneley MS. C 8, 1 3 (Chet. Lib.), 1182.

William Threlfall, using the aliases of
Parkinson or Hoghton, entered the
English College at Rome in 1627, being
twenty years of age. He is identified as
the son of Edmund by his mother's name,
Hesketh. He stated that ' he was born
in the parish of Goosnargh near Preston,
where he was chiefly brought up until
seventeen years of age ; he lived after-
wards at Burton [? Barton] in the same
county. He made his early studies and
his humanities at St. Omer's College. His
friends on his- father's side were chiefly of
the lower class, but those on his mother's
were of good family. He had two
brothers and two sisters, and many rela-
tions, nearly all of whom were Catholics
as he himself always was.' He died of
consumption in 1628 ; Foley, Rec. S. J.
vi, 313.

63 Cal. Com. for Comp. iv, 3094. Nothing
is said about recusancy but for that his
mother Juliana's part of the estate stood
sequestered ; ibid. The estate was ordered
for sale ; Index of Royalists (Index Soc.),

44-

63 If any part of the story of the
1 Lancashire Plot ' is to be believed
Edmund Threlfall took an active part ;
Hist. MSS. Com. Rep. xiv, App. iv, 293.
He was buried 24 Aug. 1690 ; ibid. 315.

64 He is frequently mentioned in the
Tyldesley Diary, 22, 107, &c. He was a
Jacobite also.

65 Estcourt and Payne, Engl. Cath. Non-
jurors, 144. He was then 'of Bils-
borrow.'

68 Fishwick, op. cit. 167; 'Ashes
became part of the possessions of the
Parkinsons of Clitheroe, and in or about
1830 it was conveyed to the Rev. James

195

Radcliffe of Kirkham and Whitechapel
and subsequently to its present [1871]
owner, William Shawe of Preston, esq.
In the same place are given some par-
ticulars of another Threlfall family, of
Barton. Another one occurs at Clifton.

67 The doorhead is illustrated ibid. 164.

68 Preston Guard. 22 Feb. 1908.

69 Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.),
i, 232 ; George Beesley of Hill.

ro Gillow, Bibl. Diet, of Engl. Cath. i,
170.

71 Ibid. ; Challoner, Miss. Priests,
no. 88 ; Douay Diaries, 238, Sec. ; Pollen,
Acts of Martyrs, 291, &c. The cause of
his beatification was allowed to be intro-
duced at Rome in 1886. Another brother
was a missionary priest in England.

72 Francis Beesley died in 1609 holding
two messuages, &c., of Sir Richard
Hoghton. His heir was his son George,
twenty-three years old ; Lanes. Inq. p.m.
(Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 138.

73 In a deed of 1723 is mention of
James Blackburne of the Hill, son and
heir of James ; his mother Bridget was
living; Piccope MSS. (Chet. Lib.), iii,
220, from R. 8 of Geo. I at Preston.
Another deed gives the pedigree thus :
Robert Blackburne -s. John -s. James -s.
James (1723) j ibid. 224. The last-
named James [a priest] died at Lisbon
about 1754 without issue ; his co-heirs
were two aunts, Grace Blackburne and
her sister Elizabeth, wife of George St-dg-
wick ; ibid. 286, from R. 31 of Geo. II
at Preston. Thomas Starkie of Preston
seems from this to have purchased the
estate in 1757. See Gillow, op. cit. iii,
260.

It may be noted that Adam son of Adam
de Blackburn gave land in Gnosnargh to
his son Henry (Add. MS. 32104, no.
1170), and that John and Robert, sons
of Henry de Blackburn, occur in 1360 ;
Dtp. Keeper's Rep. xxxii, App. 342.

74 Fishwick, Goosnargh, 159. A pedi-
gree is given, from which it appears that
Cuthbert Hesketh of White Hill was a
son of Gabriel Hesketh of Aughton —
therefore probably descendant of the
Bartholomew Hesketh named under

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

taking part in the Civil War on the king's side their
estate was sequestered," and on their afterwards
joining in the rebellion of 1715 it was forfeited,78
and has since had many owners.77 Some other
estates in Threlfall have points of interest in their
history.78 Higher Lickhurst was acquired by the
trustees of the Goosnargh Hospital in 1819.'*

The Ven. William Marsden is said to have been
born at a farm called the Mountain, on the east side
of Beacon Fell, about 1563. He was ordained priest
at Rheims in 1586 and sent on the English mission,
but the ship he sailed in was driven ashore on the
Isle of Wight. Marsden was captured, and, rejecting
the equivocation suggested by a lenient judge, was
condemned and suffered death as a traitor 25 April
I586.80

In the Church tithing the KIRKHOUSE was about

1600 held by a branch of the Helme family,81 of
whom other branches appear in Goosnargh and Chip-
ping.8* It was purchased by Sir Nicholas Shireburne
of Stonyhurst in i694-8S

M1DDLETON at one time gave surname to a
local family.84 Afterwards it occurs in connexion with
the Coore,84 Greenhills86 and Singleton families,87
the story being made clear by pleadings of 1447
and later, in which Alan Singleton claimed three
messuages, 6 acres of land and I zd. rent in Goosnargh
against John Catterall, late of Flasby in Craven. It
appeared that Richard son of Grimbald de Coore in
the time of Edward II gave the property to Geoffrey
son of Grimbald de Coore (by fine in 1323), and it
descended to Adam son and heir of Geoffrey to Adam's
daughter Christiana (wife of William de Greenhills in
I393)> w^° had two children — William, who died

Kidsnape — and legatee of Sir Thomas
Hesketh of Helsington, whose estate
went to Cuthbert's eldest son, a
younger son Gabriel having White
Hill. A pedigree of the family under
the title of ' Hesketh of Preston ' was
recorded in 1664 ; Dugdale, Visit. (Chet.

Soc.), 137-

Notices of two priests of the family —
Roger Hesketh, D.D., and Bartholomew
Hesketh, O.S.B. — will be found inGillow,
op. cit. Hi, 287-9.

7* For recusancy and delinquency ; Cal.
Com. for Comp. iv, 2960; Royalist Camp.
Papers (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), iii,
186—94.

76 Gabriel's son Cuthbert, who died in
i 702, settled White Hill on his nephew
Gabriel. This Gabriel and his son Cuth-
bert were both attainted of high treason
in 1716. Under the settlement the heir
was John Sallom, son of Anne, the sister
of Gabriel, and under a Private Act of
1735—6 (9 Geo. II, cap. 36) he obtained
possession ; Fishwick, loc. cit. Gabriel
Hesketh and his sons Thomas and Roger
were parties to an agreement as to a re-
covery of White Hill in 1725-6 ; Piccope
MSS. (Chet. Lib.), iii, 230, from R. 12
of Geo. I at Preston. The forfeiture may
have been partial only.

n John Sallom sold in 1737 to William
Lucas, who died in 1771. His trustees
sold to Thomas Cardwell, whose son sold
it to Edward Harrison, and after the death
of his son in 1826 it was sold to Robert
Snell. In 1871 it was owned by George
Hargreaves of Leyland. See Fishwick,
loc. cit., quoting the title deeds.

78 By a deed passed in the early part of
the 1 3th century Richard Fitton granted
to Adam de Hoghton (Hoyton) and his
heirs all his right in the land of Loud-
scales (Ludecholis), which the grantor's
father had of the gift of Avice daughter
of Bernard ; Dods. MSS. cxlii, fol. nb.
Loudscales was owned by Christopher
White in 1657, and by Thomas Knowles
in 1 674 ; Preston Guard. Loc. Sketches,
no. 629. It now belongs to the Knowles
charity. The forest bounds c. 1230
' ascended the Loud between Chippingdale
and Threlfall ' ; Farrer, Lanes. Pife R. 425.

In 1246 Michael son of Michael de
Thornton claimed 2 oxgangs of land in
Threlfall against Richard son of Michael,
but he was non-suited ; Assize R. 404,
m. 6.

Of Crombleholme Fold an account may
be read in Fishwick, op. cit. 175. A sun-
dial bears the inscription
1697.

Walter Curwen of Caton held lands
in Goosnargh by Fairhurst of Sir Richard
Hoghton in 1457, an<* Gilbert Curwen
held of Sir Alexander and his partners,
lords of Goosnargh, in 1484 ; Lanes. Inq.
p.m. (Chet. Soc.), ii, 64, 114. Thomas
Curwen and Nicholas his son and heir in
1587 sold a messuage to Robert Walker ;
PaL of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 49, m. 113.
George Curwen died in 1629 holding a
messuage in Threlfall, tenure unrecorded,
and leaving as heir his nephew, the son of
his sister Janet by William Trout ; Duchy
of Lane. Inq. p.m. xxviii, no. 24.

Richard Singleton of Brockholes in
1499 held land in Threlfall by unknown
tenure, but in 1556 William Singleton
held his land (probably the same) of the
Prior of St. John; ibid, iii, no. 52; x,
no. i.

79 End. Char. Rep. 44.

Lickhurst, which had formed a part
of the Hospitallers' estate, was held by
the Catt eralls. In 1480 Ellen widow of
Robert Beesley was ordered to render to
Richard Catterall the manor of Lick-
hurst ; Pal. of Lane. Writs of Assize,
20 Edw. IV. It passed to Townley of
Barnside, as already shown.

80 Gillow, Bill. Diet, of Engl. Cath. ir,
464; Liverpool Cath. Annual, 1888;
Pollen, Acts of Martyrs, 66-82. Marsden
acknowledged Elizabeth to be lawful
queen, ' and took himself bound to obey
her majesty, so far as his obedience im-
peached not his duties to God and to the
Church,' but refused to promise ' not to
deal with any of her Majesty's subjects in
matters of religion.' The introduction of
the cause of his beatification was allowed
at Rome in 1886 ; ibid. 379.

81 George Helme was a freeholder in
1 600 ; Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.),
i, 233. For the estate see Fishwick, op.
cit. 184-5.

In the Commonwealth time one Robert
Helme had two-thirds of his estate
sequestered for recusancy, but in 1650-1
Edward Rigby claimed it as part of his
grandfather's estate, the said Helme having
become tenant in 1641 ; Royalist Comp.
Papers (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), iii,
179.

8J Notices of several members of the
family will be found in Gillow, Bill. Diet.
of Engl. Cath. iii, 261.

83 A number of deeds relating to Kirk-
house are catalogued in the Shireburne
abstract book at Leagram. It appears
that in 1662 and later Thomas Helme of
Kirkhouse and William his son mortgaged
the estate ; William had succeeded by

196

1669, and his son, also named William,
sold to Sir N. Shireburne, who arranged
with the mortgagees.

84 In 1292 Richard son of Patrick de
Middleton was non-suited in his claim
for a tenement in Goosnargh held by
Hugh son of Patrick ; Assize R. 408,
m. 32 d.

Middleton, Greenhills and Coore all
appear in the subsidy roll of 1 3 3 2 ; Exc h.
Lay Subs. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), 59.

85 Geoffrey son of Gilbert de Coore
(Couer) secured four messuages, an ox-
gang of land, &c., in Goosnargh and Mid-
dleton in 1323 from Richard son of
Grimbald de Coore. The remainders
were to Geoffrey's children — Adam, John,
Christiana and Hilda — and then to his
brother Richard ; Final Cone, ii, 53.

Sir Adam de Hoghton was plaintiff in
1367 against John son of Geoffrey de
Coore (Covere) in respect of certain pas-
ture ; Duchy of Lane. Assize R. 5, m. 8.
A messuage, half an oxgang of land, &c.,
were in 1359 recovered by Jane wife of
William de Caton— she being daughter
of Richard son of William de Coore —
against Robert de Middleton ; ibid. 7,
m. i d.

88 This family probably took its sur-
name from a place in Medlar. William
de Greenhills in 1315 obtained a mes-
suage and land in Goosnargh from Richard
son of Adam de Greenhills and Alice his
wife. It was Alice's right and was to
descend to John son of William ; Final
Cone, ii, 22.

In 1393 Alan de Catterall acquired
from William de Greenhills and Christi-
ana his wife three messuages, &c. ; ibid,
iii, 42.

William and Christiana were concerned
in suits as to land in 1368 and 1371 ;
De Banco R. 432, m. 449 d. ; 444,
m. 425.

A William de Greenhill was outlawed
in 1381 5 Dep. Keeper's Rep. xxxii, App.

354-

87 The pleadings recited in the text
probably indicate that Alan Singleton had
part but not all the Greenhills-Coore
inheritance. Alan's estate in the main
descended by Anne his daughter and
heiress to her husband Sir William Ley-
land of Morleys (Visit, of 1533, p. 88),
who died in 1547 holding lands, &c., in
Goosnargh of the king by the third part
of a knight's fee ; Duchy of Lane. Inq.
p.m. ix, no. 43. The tenure of his heir
Edward Tyldesley in 1621 was not re-
corded ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc.), ii,
261.

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

without issue, and Alice, mother of the plaintiff. The
defendant replied that one Alan de Catterall had had
possession and had given it to defendant and his son
John.87*

The Singletons having established their claim,
granted it to endow a chantry.88 On the suppression
of these foundations it was .acquired by Robert
Helme, whose sons defended their right as against
Thomas Tyldesley, the representative of the founders.89
It was acquired not long afterwards by Alexander
Rigby of Wigan, who died in 1621 holding Middleton
Hall, Topping House, with dovecote, lands, &c., of
the king as of his manor of Clitheroe ; also Eyves
Hall, of the Earl of Derby (formerly the Hospitallers'
land), by \d. rent ; and a messuage, &c., in Aspen-
hurst of Sir Richard Hoghton by 5*. rent. His son
and heir Alexander was twenty-six years of age.90

The younger Alexander 91 was a bencher of Gray's
Inn. He resided at Ribby, being perhaps desirous
of the style of Rigby of Ribby. He was returned
for the Short Parliament in 1640 and then for the
Long Parliament as a member for Wigan, at once
distinguishing himself as a zealous Puritan. On the
outbreak of the Civil War he showed himself equally
active on the Parliamentary side, first as a civilian,
sequestrator, &c.,M and then as a soldier with a
colonel's commission. His son Alexander was lieu-

KIRKHAM

tenant-colonel under him, and raised a company
within Goosnargh. He took Thurland Castle, after
a siege of seven weeks, in October 1643, but lost his
reputation next year by the fruitless leaguer of Lathom
House and the defeat at Bolton. He then seems to
have retired from war and devoted his attention to
Parliament and to the sequestering of ' Papists' and
delinquents' estates.' His son Alexander, however,
continued his military career. The father was
appointed one of the judges of Charles I, but did
not act. In 1649 he was made a baron of the
Exchequer, but did not enjoy his dignity long, dying
1 8 August 1650. In religion he was an Independent,
hostile to Presbyterian ism as well as to Episcopacy.
His son Alexander seems to have been a member
of the Presbyterian Classis in i646.w

This son succeeded to Middleton, and was member
of Parliament for Lancaster in 1658. He and his
brother Edward fell under suspicion at the beginning
of the reign of James II, and were ordered into
custody in 1685. Alexander Rigby died in i694,94
and from him the estate descended to the Knowles
family, but there is nothing in the history to call for
remark.

To this part of the township may have belonged
the family or families using Goosnargh as a surname.
They occur in the pleadings,98 but the nature of

87a Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 10, m. 29* ;
1 1, m. 9. Another messuage here with
24 acres of land was in 1449 claimed by
the same Alan Singleton against Alan son
of John Catterall. It was alleged that
Adam de Greenhills and Alice his wife
gave it to John son of William de Green-
hills in the time of Edward II, after
which it descended thus : John -s. Wil-
liam -s. William -sister Alice -s. Alan
Singleton the plaintiff. The jury found
for the defendant ; ibid, 12, m. 19, 8i.

In 1498 a settlement was made of the
estate in Goosnargh and Middleton of
the daughters and heirs of Alan Carr,
viz. Anne wife of John Lynstede and
Joan wife of John Browne ; Final Cone.
iii, 147.

Alan Singleton claimed a messuage and
oxgang of land from Joan and Anne in
1469 in right of his descent from Geoffrey
de Coore, and Roger Singleton seems to
have held it ; Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 36,
m. 5 ; 86, m. 5.

88 Lands in Chaigley, Aighton, Goos-
nargh and Middleton were in 1508 in the
hands of one Roger Singleton, apparently
as trustee for Alan Singleton deceased,
and he gave them to the chantry trustees ;
Fish wick, op. cit. 215-18.

89 Ibid. 207-10, where the pleadings
of 1582 are printed. The plaintiffs,
George and Henry Helme, stated that
Edward VI in 1549 granted Middleton
and other chantry lands to William
Eccleston and Anthony Layton to hold
as of his manor of Clitheroe, and the
grantees conveyed to Roger Helme, plain-
tiffs' father. After Roger's death his sons
in 1566 divided the estate. (See Pal. of
Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 28, m. 45, 60.)
Tyldesley claimed as heir of Leyland,
alleging that Middleton had never belonged
to the chantry.

George Helme acquired a messuage,
&c., in Goosnargh from Thomas Eccleston
and Joan his wife in 1573 ; Pal. of Lane.
Feet of F. bdle. 3 5, m. 80. He probably
had Kirkhouse.

Henry Helme died in 1589 holding a

capital messuage called Middleton (by gift
of his father Robert), held of the queen as of
her manor of Clitheroe in socage. Leonard,
his son and heir, was nine years old in
1596 ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xvii,
no. 92. Leonard died in 1601 holding
the estate, and leaving a son (P brother)
Thomas, aged seventeen, to inherit it ;
ibid, xviii, no. 20.

90 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc.), iii, 456 ;
Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xxv, no. 31 ;
xxviii, no. 82, in which Fairhurst, said to
be held of William Hyde of Denton, was
found to have gone to a younger son
Joseph Rigby.

Alexander Rigby (the father) was son
of John Rigby of Wigan, whose brother
Alexander was seated at Burgh in Dux-
bury ; see the account of the family in
Pal. Note Bk. iii, 137, &c.

Adam Rigby, rector of Eccleston in
Leyland, was in 1632 said to have held
his land in Cross Ground and Fairhurst
of the same William Hyde by knight's
service and rent. The heir was the
younger Alexander named in the text,
being a nephew ; Duchy of Lane. Inq.
p.m. xxvii, no. 30 ; Towneley MS. C 8,
13 (Chet. Lib.), 1009.

91 This account is from the Pal. Note
Bk. loc. cit. See also Diet. Nat. Biog.
There is a portrait in Fishwick, op. cit.
146.

93 The Royalist view may be gathered
from Peter Barwick : ' One Rigby, a
scoundrel of the very dregs of the Parlia-
ment rebels, did at that time expose these
venerable persons [William Beale, Master
of St. John's College, Cambridge, &c.]
to sale, and would actually have sold them
for slaves if any one would have bought
them' ; Vita J. Bar-wick, 23.

93 Pal. Note Bk. iii, 169. Baron Rigby's
lordship of the province of Lygonia in
Maine (New England) is related ibid.
181-7. His son Edward, also a lawyer,
who 'took to crooked ways,' succeeded
him in that estate.

George Rigby, brother of the baron,
settled at Peel in Hulton ; his daughter

197

Alice had some land in Goosnargh ; Pal.
of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 160, m. 63.

A pedigree was recorded in 1664 ;
Dugdale, Visit. (Chet. Soc.), 245.

94 Fishwick, loc. cit., where there is a
pedigree from which the following outline
of the descent is taken : Alexander Rigby,
d. 1694 -». Thomas, d. 1709 -s. Alexan-
der, d. 1716 -s. Townley, d. 1777 -s.
Alexander -sister Sarah, d. 1832, m.
William Shawe -da. Sally, m. Joseph
Knowles —». Towneley Rigby Knowles.
See the account of Fishwick in Preston.

In the Piccope MSS. (Chet. Lib.), iii,
1 1 8, 122, may be seen the claim of
Townley Rigby, a Quaker, son and heir
of Alexander Rigby, to a seat in Kirkham
Church, 1726; the covenant on his
marriage with Grace daughter of Sir
Edward Hill, 1730; and the will of
Lieut.-Col. Alexander Rigby, 1792,
settling the descent of the messuage
called Middleton in Goosnargh, lands at
Ribby, Ac.

95 Margery widow of Ranulf son of
Bernard de Goosnargh was (as above) a
defendant in 1291 ; De Banco R. 90,
m. 98 d. In the following year in different
pleas respecting lands in Goosnargh
Richard son of Robert de Goosnargh was
plaintiff, Robert de Goosnargh and others,
also Henry son of Ranulf de Goosnargh,
were defendants ; Assize R. 408, m.
36 d., 96, 54 d. Three years later John
son of William son of Thomas de
Goosnargh had a dispute as to their in-
heritance with Richard son of William
de Goosnargh; Assize R. 1306, m. 19 d.
Richard son of William son of Thomas
was called to warrant in 1306 ; De
Banco R. 161, m. 107.

Isold widow of Richard claimed dower
in 1311 against Walter son of Robert de
Ayrdale and Agnes daughter of Roger de
Cumberhalgh ; De Banco R. 187, m
105. Possibly she was the wife of Adam
de Rideleys in 1315 ; ibid. 209, m.
82.

Walter de Goosnargh seems to have
been a more important man than any of

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

their estate is unknown, except in the case of Alexander
Goosnargh of Stalmine, who died in 1524. holding
lands in the township of Richard Hoghton in socage ;
the heir was a grandson Alexander Wering.96 Eaves
or Eyves Hall has been mentioned among the
possessions of Alexander Rigby ; some particulars
have been preserved of Eaves Green.97

BRADCROFT, which may stand for the obscure
third part of the manor once belonging to Longford,
was owned by the Bartons of the adjacent township of
Barton,973 who long held KIDSNAPE of the Hoghton
family by a rent of 6j. 8</.98 William Clifton,99
described as 'of Kidsnape,' died in 1517 holding
lands in the tithing of Richard Hoghton and John
Boteler by services unknown. He left three daughters
and heirs — Isabel, aged twenty-nine, wife of Ralph
Venables in 1528; Joan, twenty-six, who married
John Beconsaw ; and Anne, twenty, who married
Bartholomew Hesketh.100

BEESLEFm gave a surname to one or more local
families. That seated in Threlfall has been mentioned
above, and it is not possible to trace the others or
state their tenures exactly, though they are often
named in pleadings and other records.102 Jane the
wife of Henry Beesley died in 1585, and Henry died
in 1591 holding half a messuage, &c., called Barnard
House or the Hey of Beesley, the tenure of which
was not recorded. The heir was a son William.103
Thomas Beesley, who died in 1637, held ' Beesley's
lands ' ; his son Robert, aged forty, was heir.104
PTHINNr CLOUGHm was part of the Hoghton
estate in the time of Elizabeth ; later held by the
Bamber family of Poulton, and more recently by the
Parks of Preston.106 It is now owned by Mr. William
P. Park of Ashton-on-Ribble.106a

In Longley tithing Higher and Lower BARKER
are noteworthy. About 1450 Barker in Goosnargh
was a portion of the estates of Richard Clifton of

the above. In 1 302 he had a suit with
William son of Robert de Thistleton ;
Assize R. 41 8, m. 6a. He was called to
warrant in 1312-14 in a suit between
Roger de Wedacre and William son of
Grimbald de Coore and Alice his wife ;
De Banco R. 195, m. 184 d. ; 207, m. 148 5
212, m. 283 d. Johnson of Walter de
Goosnargh claimed land against Roger
de Wedacre in 1324 ; ibid. 251, m. 154.

Hugh son of Ranulf de Goosnargh in
1314-15 gave his land in Whittingham
to his sons Richard and Thomas ;
Towneley MS. DD, no. 12.

Robert Goosnargh in 1481 gave his
land in the Snape and Westfield to the
brothers Edmund and Henry Elswick ;
Kuerden fol. MS. 153-4.

96 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. v,
no. 55. In 1582 one William Waring
was party to a division of lands in
Whittingham and Goosnargh ; he took
those in the former township and John
Taylor those in the latter ; Pal. of Lane.
Feet of F. bdle. 44, m. 139. John
Taylor, Anne his wife, James his son
and Ellen his wife occur in 1593 ; ibid,
bdle. 55, m. 48.

97 John Catterall of Selby, the elder,
attainted in 1461, had the manor of Eaves
Green, with messuages and land in
Goosnargh, Hackinsall, and Dilworth ;
Chan. Inq. p.m. n Edw. IV, no. 35.
The tenures were not recorded. The
manor with the rest of the estate was in
1472 granted to John Pilkington (Cal.
Pat. 1467-77, pp. 307, 419), who died in
possession in 1478, leaving a son and heir
Edward, twelve years old ; Chan. Inq.
p.m. 19 Edw. IV, no. 77. In 1625 the
tenant was Richard Harrison ; Fish-
wick, op. cit. 68.

In 1633 Alexander Rigby made in-
quiry as to the 'manor' of Eaves Green.
He believed it was the land he owned,
' only a little common . . . before the
inclosure . . . and no manor.' There was,
however, another little common ' near
the burgh ' called by the same name ;
Hist. MSS. Com. Rep. xiv, App. iv, 52.

972 Gilbert Barton in 1516 held Kid-
snape of the heirs of Sir Alexander
Hoghton by 6s. %d. rent, otherwise
of Henry Kighley and Elizabeth his wife
(in her right). In addition Gilbert
held an oxgang of land there of Ralph
Catterall by a pound of cummin — this
was perhaps the Sandyclough of another
inquisition ; other messuages, of tenure
not recorded, and lands, &c, yielding a

rent of 41. f)\d. and a pair of gloves, held
of the king by the third part of the fifth
part of a knight's fee and i8</. rent ;
Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. iii, no. 7 ;
v, no. 6. Bradcroft is mentioned in the
second inquisition, but the tenure is not
separately stated ; in 1572 Richard Barton
was said to have held it of the queen
by the third part of a knight's fee and
i %d. rent ; ibid, xii, no. 9. At the same
time a place called Spinster House in
Goosnargh, which had been given to John
Barton, younger son of Richard, was
stated to be held of Thomas Hoghton by
3<£ rent.

Thomas Barton and Anne his wife in
1593 sold various messuages, &c., to James
Gregson ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle.
55, m. 157. In 1603 Thomas Barton
of Barton (nephew of Thomas Barton of
Kidsnape) was stated to have held his
lands in Kidsnape of Sir Richard Hoghton
by 6s. %d. rent and Thomas Procter by
id. or a pair of gloves. He also held
some land, newly inclosed, of the king
by knight's service ; Lanes. Inq. p.m.
(Rec. Soc.), i, 7-11.

98 John son of Adam de Barton and
Alice his wife sold land in Goosnargh to
Richard son of Nicholas de Hiles in 1322 ;
Final Cone, ii, 47. In the following year
the family had two messuages, &c., in the
township ; ibid. 56. The same estate
appears again in 1381 ; ibid, iii, 10.

In 1292 a Jordan de Kidsnape claimed
land in Goosnargh against Walter son of
Robert de Ayrdale, but was non-suited ;
Assize R. 408, m. 46.

99 It was no doubt an earlier William
Clifton to whom, in conjunction with

ioan his wife, Thomas Barton and Agnes
is wife in 1444 granted all his land in
Kidsnape, with 51. a year from Gibbe-
field, at a rent of 10 marks ; Add. MS.
32104, no. 706.

In 1473 Ralph Whitehead granted
Kidsnape to Margaret and Joan, daughters
of Thomas Barton ; Kuerden MSS. iv,
G 9. See also the account of Upper
Rawcliffe.

100 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. v, no. 21.
In a previous inquisition (iv, no. n)
William Clifton's lands ' in Goosnargh '
were said to be held of the king as of his
duchy by the sixth part of a knight's fee.

A minor Clifton family occurs in the
1 8th century ; Lanes, and Ches. Antiq.
Notes, ii, 35.

101 John son of Adam de Barton in
1315-16 gave land in Beesley to Richard

198

son of Nicholas del Hiles ; Dods. MSS.
liii, fol. 93, and see note 98.

103 To Cockersand Abbey in the first
part of the 1 3th century Adam son of
Ralph gave land of his demesne next to
land held by Richard de Beesley of the
Lady Beatrice ; Cockersand Chartul. (Chet.
Soc.), i, 239. Adam de Goosnargh gave
lands to Thomas de Beesley, Thomas
Travers being then sheriff (1302-6);
Dods. MSS. cxlix, fol. 78^. This deed
was in 1597 in the possession of George
Beesley of Goosnargh.

Gilbert de Beesley and Adam his
brother attested a charter (undated) ;
Towneley MS. DD, no. 1891. William
son of Gilbert de Beesley was in 1305
defendant in two claims, one for dower
put forward by Agnes widow of Gilbert,
and the other for certain land, by William
son of Richard Russel of Woodplumpton ;
De Banco R. 153, m. 256 d.; 156,
m. I72d. William son of Nicholas de
Beesley claimed a messuage, 10 acres of
land, &c., against Ellen widow of William
de Beesley in 1354; Duchy of Lane.
Assize R. 3, m. v. The defendant sum-
moned William son of William de
Beesley to warrant her, he being next of
kin and heir of Iseud de Beesley ; ibid.
4, m. 15. Shortly afterwards (1356)
in a cross-suit William son of Nicholas
claimed from Ellen the widow two mes-
suages given by Gilbert de Beesley to
Adam de Beesley and his issue with re-
mainder to Nicholas. Adam (living in
the time of Edward II) died without
issue, and thus Nicholas succeeded, and
his right descended to his son the
plaintiff. William son of William, who
warranted, said the remainder was to
William de Beesley his grandfather ;
ibid. 5, m. 19 d.

In 1488 Alexander Ambrose and
Margaret his wife claimed lands in
Goosnargh and other places against
Thomas Lawrence, Margaret his wife,
Thomas Beesley and Joan his wife ;
Pal. of Lane. Writs Proton. 3 Hen. VIII.

Cecily widow of Robert Beesley was a
plaintiff in 1536 ; Ducatus Lane. (Rec.
Com.), i, 155.

103 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xvi,
no. 24. 104 Ibid, xxviii, no. 62.

105 In 1570 Thomas, base son of
Thomas Hoghton, laid claim to Whinny
Clough ; Ducatus Lane, ii, 392.

106 For a full account see Fishwick,
op. cit. 179-81.

I06a Information of Mr. Park.

GOOSNARGH : INGLEWHITE VILLAGE

GOOSNARGH HOSPITAL

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

Clifton.107 Of Higher Barker there is little to be
said1"3; Lower was about 1670-80 the residence of
the lord of the manor of Goosnargh, John Warren
of Poynton,109 who in 1 674 procured the royal charter
for holding two fairs annually at Inglewhite in this
tithing.110 INGLEWHITE was the estate of a family
named Sidgreaves,111 of whom Christopher was re-
corded as a freeholder in 1 6oo,m and James recorded
his estate as a 'Papist' in I717-113 He died in 1759
and was succeeded by a son James, whose great-
grandson dying without issue in 1853 the estate was
sold.114 In 1869 it became the property of William
Shawe of Preston, and is now held by the Knowles
trustees.

BL4CKHALL or Blakehall ns was long the seat
of a family named Midgehall.116 George Midgehall
died in 1557, leaving a son Robert, aged thirty-three,
heir to an estate comprising Brabinfield in Goosnargh,
held of Richard Hoghton by I %d. rent, two messuages
held of the Crown as of the dissolved monastery of
Cockersand by I ^d. rent, 3 acres held of the heirs of
Ralph Catterall by the rent of a catapult, and two
messuages in Threlfall held of the heirs of Richard
son of Adam de Woodacre.117 Robert's son George
died in 1612, leaving a son Robert as heir,118 and he
in turn 119 left a son George, who died in 1626 under

KIRKHAM

age and without issue, the estate then reverting to
his uncle Edward Midgehall.1-0 This Edward was in
trouble in the Civil War time, for he took the king's
side and his estates were sequestered and ultimately
sold by the Parliament for his ' delinquency.' 1J1 The
family about that time became Protestant, and
the estate continued in the male line till 1807,
when it was sold to James Sidgreaves of Inglewhite
and was in 1847 purchased by William Shawe of
Preston.122

L4TUS House had more anciently the name of
Clifton House.123 The family of Latus or Latewise
held it in the time of Elizabeth and later,121 but by
1650 it had passed to the Rigby family.125 About a
century later it was in the hands of Parkinson, a
wide-spreading family found in several parts of the
township.126 It afterwards went to Talbot and was
sold to Philip Park of Preston. St. Anne's Well is on
this estate. A Longley charter dated 1494 men-
tions Benetfield, the highway to the church of
Goosnargh, Tinklerfield and Stonyford.127

Of Aspenhurst there is little record except of the
estate of Fairhurst held by the Rigbys of Middleton,
already mentioned.

Little need be said of other estates and landowners
occurring in the records. Cockersand Abbey 128 and

107 From a deed quoted in Duchy of
Lane. Inq. p.m. iv, no. 48.

108 Fishwick, op. cit. 171. Barker was
said to be in Threlfall in 1626; ibid. 174.

109 He was the ' Mr. Justice Warren '
spoken of ibid. 172. The stocks were
placed near this house. It was sold to
John Lucas of Goosnargh about 1760.

110 Pat. 26 Chas. II (21 Sept.).

111 Their house was called the Lodge.
For the family see Fishwick, Goosnargh,
173-5, where 14th-century deeds are
referred to, and the later pedigree is given
thus : Christopher (1588) -a. James (will
1626) -s. James, d. 1671 -s. Christopher,
d. 1702 -s. James, d. 1759 -s. James, d.
1780 — s. James, d. 1808 -s. James, d.
1838 -s. James, d. 1853. See also Mr.
Gillow in Misc. (Cath. Rec. Soc.), v, 148.

112 Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.),

'. 233-

113 Estcourt and Payne, Engl. Cath. Non-
jurors, 95.

114 See note n i.

115 A family of this surname occurs in
1410 ; Dods MSS. cxlii, fol. 6ib.

116 Fishwick, op. cit. 168, &c., with
pedigree.

Thomas son of Thomas Goosnargh
was in 1418 enfeoffed by his trustees of
lands in Goosnargh, Barton and Chipping,
with remainder to William son of Robert
Midgehall (Miggehalgh) and Alice his
wife, daughter of Thomas son of Thomas ;
Dods. MSS. Ixx, foL 161.

117 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. x, no. 22.
By the inquisition of 1626 it appears that
Robert Midgehall in 1577 made provision
for his son George on his marriage with
Ellen Parkinson. Robert was living in
1600 ; Misc. (Rec. Soc.), i, 232.

118 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes.
and Ches.), i, 216-17. T^e capital
messuage in Goosnargh was stated to be
held of Sir Richard Hoghton by zod. rent,
and land improved from the waste, of the
king by the two-hundredth part of a
knight's fee.

119 Ibid, iii, 407.

120 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xxvi, no.
39. The capital messuage was held as in

1612, but the other land was held partly
of the king by knight's service and partly
(in Threlfall) of Richard Shireburne in
socage.

121 Index of Royalists (Index Soc.), 43 ;
Cal. Com. for Comp. iv, 3201 ; Royalist
Comp. Papers (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.),
iv, 138—9. Part of the estate had been
sequestered for the recusancy of Edward's
mother Margaret, who died in 1649 ; part
also for the recusancy of Alice Midgehall,
also dead. Alice appears to have been the
widow of Edward's elder brother Robert.

For a dispute as to the estate in 1667
see Exch. Dep. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches.), 45. m Fishwick, ut sup.

128 It is also called Longley Hall ; ibid.

its.

124 Gilbert Latus held Clifton House
in 1556 by bequest of his father-in-law
William Westby of Mowbreck ; Richmond
Wills (Surtees Soc.), 91. He died in
1568 holding a capital messuage, 60 acres
of land, &c., of Gilbert Gerard by a rent
of 6s., with other lands in Warton,
Thistleton, &c. His son and heir
William was twenty-four years old ;
Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xii, no. n.
The tenure shows that it had been part
of the Balderston estate, and this again
had probably descended from the Banastres
and Singletons. Portions of this estate
are found from the inquisitions to have
been held by Edmund Dudley (1509),
Thomas Earl of Derby (1521), Thomas
Radcliffe of Winmarleigh and his suc-
cessors. The tenure is sometimes de-
scribed as of Osbaldeston, at other times
of the king as duke ; ibid, v, no. 3 ; viii,
no. 26 ; xi, no. 7. Part of it may have
been augmented by the Hopersfield sold
by William Ward of Ottley and Alice his
wife to Sir James Harrington in 1408 ;
Dods. MSS. liii, fol. 90.

William Latus died in 1609 holding a
messuage, &c., of Sir Richard Hoghton
by \6d. rent, and leaving as heir a son
Matthew, aged thirty ; Lanes. Inq. p.m.
(Rec. Soc.), i, 137. William Latus was
one of the recusants whose sequestrations
were in 1607 granted to Sir Richard

199

Coningsby ; Cal. S. P. Dom. 1603-10,
P- 3.83-

125 These statements are from Fishwick,
op. cit. 182.

136 Richard Parkinson was a tenant
under Catterall in 1520-35 for land in
Threlfall ; Duchy of Lane. Dep. xxxi, P. i.

Complaint was made of the abduction
of Edmund son and heir of Thomas
Parkinson of Goosnargh in 1540, his
marriage pertaining to Nicholas Turner ;
Pal. of Lane. Writs Proton. 32 Hen.
VIII.

William Parkinson (of Bilsborrow) held
Hutchenhey in 1592, but the tenure was
not stated ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m.
xvii, no. 21. His son Edward was in
1617 said to hold the same of Sir Richard
Hoghton and Catch House of Thomas
Catterall by 41. rent ; Lanes. Inq. p.m.
(Rec. Soc.), ii, 215. Roger Parkinson (of
another family) held lands in 1622 of the
Earl of Derby as successor of the Knights
Hospitallers ; he left as co-heirs three
young daughters — Alice, Janet and Mar-
garet ; ibid, iii, 309—10.

Many references to the families will be
found in the Ducatus Lane.

137 Duchy of Lane. Anct. D. (P.R.O.),
L 1199 ; a grant from John son and heir
of John Westfield to Christopher Leeming
of Lancaster, of a messuage, &c., in
Longley.

128 Cockersand Abbey estate has been
recorded; for rtntals 1451-1537 see
Chartul. iii, 1270-1. One grant to the
abbey was made by Adam son of Ralph
which concerned Fayles, the bounds
naming (among other points) Selebrook
and Helmer housesteads ; ibid, i, 238.
In 1246 Richard son of Robert sought
common of pasture in Goosnargh against
Robert de Faleghs ; Assize R. 404, m. 5.

The award in a suit between Lancaster
Priory and Cockersand Abbey about a
grange in ' Trefeld ' is in B.M. Add.
Charter 19818.

In 1377 John de Elswick made a
feoffment of lands in Goosnargh ana
Whittingham ; Kuerden MSS. v, 117,
no. 10.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Conishead Priory had some land in the township.1*9
John Singleton of Chingle Hall died in 1530 holding
of Richard Hoghton by a rent of 6s. 8</.130 William
Wilson in 1619 held lands of Sir Richard Hoghton
by a rent of 5*. ; they had been purchased from
Thomas Shireburne and had no doubt formed part
of the Catterall estate."1 Joshua Gallard in 1638 held
his lands of the king by the two-hundredth part of a
knight's fee.1" William Barnes's messuage and lands
were held of James Lord Strange as of his manor of
Goosnargh by 5/. \d. rent.133 In other cases the
tenure is stated either vaguely"4 or not at all.114

Under the Commonwealth rule the estates of a
number of Royalists and recusants were sequestered
and in some cases sold outright.136 In 1717 nine
estates of ' Papists ' were registered."7

NEWSHAM., as already stated, was after the
Conquest a member of the barony of Penwortham,
and the mesne tenant was the lord of Woodplump-
ton,138 with which manor it continued to descend till
the 1 7th century or later."9 There seem to have
been several subdivisions of the land, and the prin-

cipal holders took the surname of Newsham. Little

is known of them.140 Adam de Newsham in 1361

purchased six messuages, land,

&c., in Newsham from Roger

de Farington and Amery his

wife.141 John Newsham, living

in 1467, died in 1515, but

the tenure of his estate was

not known ; his heir was his

grandson John, then aged

fourteen.141 A pedigree was

recorded in I567.143 In 1585

George Newsham held the

Newsham Hall estate of John

Warren by ijs. rent.144 Robert

Newsham was a freeholder in

i6oo.145 Soon afterwards the

family disappeared from view, and Newsham Hall

was before 1660 acquired by the Wilsons of Tunley

in Wrightington ; by them it was sold to John Bourne

of Stal mine Hall in 1782 and has since descended

with his estates.146 William Singleton of Bank Hall

NEWSHAM of New-
sham. Azure on afesse
argent three crosdeti
rules.

1W Lanes, and Ches. Rec. (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), i, 94.

130 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. vi, no.
32. This continued to descend with
Chingle Hall.

131 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes,
and Ches.), ii, 223. John Wilson, the
•on and heir, was fifty years of age.

132 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xxx, no.
17. The heir was his son Edward, aged
nine.

i»3 William Barnes was son and heir of
John Barnes, who died in 1617 holding
messuages and land in Goosnargh ; Add.
MS. 32108, no. 44312. William died in
1640 ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xxx,
no. 30. John Barnes, his son and heir,
was fifteen years of age.

134 Lambert Stodagh in 1511 held of
'the lords of Goosnargh' in socage ;
ibid, iv, no. i. Ralph Clitheroe in 1556
held of Thomas Whittingham ; ibid, x,
no. 26. George Kirkby of Upper Raw-
cliffe (1561) held of Thomas Hoghton by
2s. 6d. rent ; ibid, xi, no. 8. William
Walton of Preston in 1559 held of
Thomas Hoghton by fealty and suit of
court, but the Goosnarjh lands had been
given (for life) to Isabel widow of Thomas
Walton, elder brother of William ; ibid,
xi, no. 27.

William Pleasington of Dimples in
1621 held of the king in socage ; Lanes.
Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc.), ii, 240. This estate
appears to have been in the family as
early as 1387, appearing again about
1490 ; Final Cone, iii, 29 ; Pal. of Lane.
Plea R. 63, m. 14.

I3i These include Sir Richard Shireburne
of Stonyhurst, 1594; Sir John South-
worth, 1595 > Thomas Osbaldeston (as
heir of John Bradley), 1611 ; Alexander
Standish of Duxbury, 1622 (perhaps
Catterall, perhaps purchased from Bridget
Stanley ; Kuerden MSS. ii, fol. 271) ;
Sir John Radclitfe of Ordsall, 1627 ; and
John Crosse of Liverpool, 1640.

'* Some have been mentioned al-
ready.

Thomas Barnes's lands were sequestered
for delinquency only, and were placed in
the act for sale. He was dead in 1654 ;
Index of Royalists (Index Soc.), 41 ; Cat.
Com. for Camp, iv, 3120. The same was
the case of Henry Butler ; Index, 42 ;
Cal. v, 3216.

Janet Cottam (who died in 1652) had
two-thirds of her estate sequestered for
recusancy; Cal. Com. for Comp. iv, 3065.
Robert Cottam in 1558 purchased mes-
suages, &c., in Goosnargh from Nicholas
and William Ambrose, the remainders
being to James Cottam and John and
Thomas his brothers ; Pal. of Lane. Feet
of F. bdle. 1 8, m. 32.

The land of George Glave was in 1 645
sequestered for recusancy ; he died in
Scotland in 1648, and his son John,
'never a recusant,' petitioned for restitu-
tion, and took the oath of abjuration
in 1652 ; Royalist Comp. Papers (Rec.
Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), iii, 76.

The lands of Peter Stanley of Aughton
were forfeited and sold ; Cal. Com. for
Comp. iv, 2937.

William Topping's land was sequestered
for recusancy, as was that of Francis
Turner (dead in 1654); ibid. 3175;
v, 3225. A brief note on James
Moore of Goosnargh (will 1693) is in
Lanes, and Ches. Hist, and Gen. Notes,
iii, 57.

1X7 Besides the estate of James Sidgreaves
already named were those of John Adamson,
Edmund and Edward Barton, Cuthbert
Cardwell, Michael Grayston, William
Moreton of Dovehold, Thomas Parker
and Jane Sturzaker ; Estcourt and Payne,
Engl. Cath. Nonjurors, 95, 100, 103,
141-2.

188 Lanes. Inq. and Extents (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), i, 36. Quenilda,
widow of Roger Gernet, held 2 oxgangs
of land in Newsham of the Earl of
Lincoln in 1252 by knight's service;
ibid. 190. A similar estate and tenure
were recorded in 1240 after the death of
Thomas de Beetham, and in 1254, after
that of Ralph de Beetham; ibid. 171,
194, 202.

U1* Ellen widow of Robert de Stockport
in 1275 claimed dower in a messuage,
100 acres of land, &c., against Adam de
Acton (?Aighton); De Banco R. 10,
m. 71 d. Adam son of Richard de Acton
and Richard son of Adam were concerned
in several suits in 1292 ; Assize R. 408,
m. 1 2 d., j 7 d. Richard de Aghton claimed
common of pasture in Newsham against
Earl Edmund, but was non-suited ; ibid,
m. 10 d. An Adam son of Richard de
Aghton of Newsham made a claim

20O

against Adam Pigot of Newsham and
Hawise his wife, but did not prosecute it,
in 1332 ; Assize R. 1411, m. 12.

Lands in Newsham and Hollowforth
are named in a fine of the manor of
Woodplumpton in 1662; Pal. of Lane.
Feet of F. bdle. 169, m. 76. Newsham
does not appear to have been considered
a separate manor.

140 Richard de Newsham in 1291 com-
plained that he had been disseised of his
common of pasture in 13 acres of moor
in Newsham by Richard de Stockport,
William son of Adam de Redeford, and
others ; but the jury decided that the land
was in Woodplumpton ; Assize R. 407,
m. I d.

In the following year Adam de New-
sham and William his son were sureties
in one of the Acton cases above referred
to ; Assize R. 408, m. 17 d.

Adam de Newsham occurs in 1332 ;
Exch. Lay Subs. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches.), 70. In 1339 Richard son of Adam
de Newsham claimed lands against Richard
and Henry, sons of William de Newsham,
and against Godith del Erlesgate ; De
Banco R. 318, m. 27 d. ; 320, m. 218.
In the latter case he alleged that a mea-
suage and 17 acres in Newsham and
Woodplumpton had been given by Richard
de Newsham to Henry the Harper,
with remainder to plaintiff's father,
Adam son of (the said) Richard de News-
ham. The descent is established by a
further plea two years later ; ibid. R.
325, m. 56.

141 Final Cone, ii, 167.

142 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. iv, no.
75. It appears that John had two sons,
George and Uctred ; the former married
an Alice, and had the son John who in-
herited, and who was the ward of Henry
Preston of Preston. George was dead in
1514.

113 Visit, of 1567 (Chet. Soc.), 51. The
descent was thus given : William New-
sham -9. John —s. George -s. John — s.
George -s. Robert.

144 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xiv,no. 88 ;
Robert, the son and heir of George, was
thirty-two years old.

145 Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.),
i, 232.

146 For details see Fiihwick, op. cit.
194-5.

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

held land in Newsham of John Warren in I573-147
The Fishwicks occur.148

HOLLOWFORTH with its mill was the estate
bought by Robert de Holland in 1292 149 and held in
1323—4 by William de Holland of Euxton of the
heirs of Stockport by a rent of 2/.150 Like Euxton it
descended to Molyneux of Sefton,151 and was in
1558 sold by Sir Richard Molyneux to George
Newsham.152 Land in Hollowforth was held by the
Middletons in 1 600-40. 153 The estate of Lawrence
Parkinson of Hollowforth was one of those sequestered
and sold under the Commonwealth.154 There is still
a mill at Hollowforth.

Alexander Rigby, James Sidgreaves and Thomas
Helme each paid £10 in 1631, having refused
knighthood.155

John Reynolds of Newsham as a * Papist ' registered
a leasehold estate in this part of the township in
I7I7.156 Robert Shepherd of Barnacre did the
same.157

In the grant of Kirkham to Vale
CHURCH Royal Abbey in 1281 its « chapels ' were
included,158 so that it is probable that
ST. MART'S, Goosnargh, already existed. It was
frequently called a ' church,' and its district a ' parish '
before the Reformation.159 Direct proof of its
existence begins in 1330, when its ' chaplain ' was
required to send an ox of the value of los. to the
Abbot of Vale Royal (as rector) every year.160
Complaint was made of an assault upon Sir Adam
Banastre at Goosnargh Church in I336,161and that
the chapel was in constant use is shown by the names
of the ministering priests which have been preserved.161
John son of Adam de Whittingham granted certain
lands in 1379-80 to Henry Moton, the rent being a
pound of wax, due to the church of B. Mary of

KIRKHAM

Goosnargh.163 There was in it a second altar, that of
St. John the Baptist, the priest at which in 1528-9
received an endowment — perhaps temporary — from
William Barnes of Tewkesbury.164 A more substantial
endowment was secured to the chaplain celebrating
in the ' church or chapel ' of B. Mary the Virgin of
Goosnargh by Alan Singleton, the statutes of the
chantry being ordained by Roger Singleton in 1 508. 165
This chantry was in existence at the confiscation of
such endowments in 1547-8. It had a revenue
of £5 a year.166

What happened during the next fifty or sixty
years is uncertain. A curate was probably maintained
there, but the stipend was only £3 i8j. from the
tithes of Christ Church, Oxford,167 increased no doubt
by occasional offerings. The curate of 1611 was
presented to the bishop for having given notice of the
rush bearing ' on the Sabbath day,' leading to piping
in the church and churchyard,168 while eleven years
later the curate had not preached himself and had
procured only two sermons in the year ; he kept ale
to sell.169 The arrangement of the seats in 1635
has been preserved.170 The Presbyterian discipline
was accepted without resistance in 1646, and the
minister in 1648 signed the 'Harmonious Consent.'
There was in 1650 no allowance to the minister,
except ^50 from the Committee of Plundered
Ministers.171 This would, of course, cease at the
Restoration, but Christ Church afterwards increased
the allowance from the tithes to £ 1 9 1 8 j.178 About
1720 a grant was obtained from Queen Anne's
Bounty,173 and the incumbent's income has gradually
increased until it is now ^2Oi.174 A separate parish
was assigned in i846.175

The church stands on the north side of the village
of Goosnargh, and consists of chancel 25 ft. 6 in.

147 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xii,
no. 30, 34.

148 See the account of Bulsnape. Adam
Fishwick in 1558 sold messuages in
Newsham, &c., to Ralph Massy and
William Neild ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F.
bdle. 1 8, m. 16 ; 19, m. 51.

149 Final Cone, i, 175 ; Robert son of
Adam de Holland acquired 2 oxgangs
of land, a mill, &c., in Newsham from
Adam de Newsham. In a pleading of
the same year already referred to Robert
de Holland was joined with Adam de
Acton in defending the right of two
messuages, 80 acres of land, a water-mill,
&c., claimed by Richard son of Adam de
Acton. Both claimed by gift of Adam, but
Richard withdrew, acknowledging Robert's
right ; Assize R. 408, m. 17 d. The name
Hollowforth does not appear till much later.

150 Lanes. Inq. and Extents, ii, 162.

151 Richard Molyneux died in 1397
holding a plat of land called Hollowforth
in Amounderness ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet.
Soc.), i, 71.

Sir William Molyneux in 1548 held
Hollowforth of Sir Edward Warren in
socage by 21. rent ; Duchy of Lane. Inq.
p.m. ix, no. 2.

152 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 20,
m. 95 ; the estate was described as three
messuages, water-mill, &c.

158 The tenure of George Middleton
of Leighton's land in 1600 was not
recorded, but Thomas Middleton's in
1640 was said to be held of the king in
socage in conjunction with Kellamergh ;
Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xvii, no. 51 ;
xxix, no. 64.

154 Cat. Com. for Comp. ii, 1301 ; Index
of Royalists, 43.

155 Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.),
i, 221.

146 Estcourt and Payne, Engl. Cath.
Nonjurors, 96.
57 Ibid. 140.

158 See the account of Kirkham Church.

159 Even an official document like the
Ministers' Accounts in 1549 speaks of
the chantry in the parish church of
Goosnargh ; Lanes, and Ches. Recs. (Rec.
Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 88.

160 Ormerod, Ches. (ed. Helsby), ii, 167.

161 Assize R. 430, m. 20.

163 Katherine Radcliffe of York in
1458 left 2OJ. to the fabric of the chapel
of Goosnargh, where she was born ; Test.
Ebor. (Surtees Soc.), ii, 92.

163 Add. MS. 32107, no. noo.

164 Ibid. no. 10 1 2, 1074-5.

165 Something has been said of the
founders' family in the account of Middle-
ton. Roger Singleton's deed, apparently
for the appointment of new trustees, is
printed by Fishwick, op. cit. 215-18. In
the Valor Eccl. (Record Com.), v, 263,
the founder is called Roger Singleton, and
61. $J. had to be distributed to the poor
on his anniversary (St. Luke's Day). In
1 548, however, Anne Singleton (perhaps
the daughter of Alan) was said to have
founded it, but no foundation deed was
known, and the priest used to ' celebrate
there at his pleasure ' ; Raines, Chantries
(Chet. Soc.), 242-3.

166 Ibid. 244. The chantry priest oc-
cupied Middleton, out of which a rent
of 6s. was due to the king's bailiff of

201

Amounderness ; 5*. zd. and 5*. 6J. were
paid to Sir Richard Hoghton and Thomas
Catterall respectively as free rents for
other parts of the endowment.

In addition there was land of the yearly
value of 461. %d. devoted to the celebra-
tion of obits and the maintenance of
lamps in the church ; ibid. 253. Afield
called St. Mary's Croft is supposed to
have been part of it ; Fishwick, op. cit. 16.

There were three bells ; Raines, op. cit.
264, 280.

167 Plund. Mini. Accts. (Rec. Soc. Lanes,
and Ches.), i, 8 ; Gastrell, Notitia Cestr.
(Chet. Soc.), ii, 420.

168 Fishwick, op. cit. 28, citing Raines
MSS. (Chet. Lib.), xxii, 86. Cf. Asshe-
ton's Journ. (Chet. Soc.), 41.

169 Fishwick, op. cit. 29. The ale-
selling is named in the visitation record
of 1619.

170 Ibid. 71-3.

171 Commoniv. Ch. Sur-v. (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), 155. An allowance
of £40 was made out of the sequestered
tithes as early as 1645 ; this was increased
to £50, but about 1655 reduced to £20 ;
Plund. Mins. Accts. i, 8 ; ii, 88, 210.

Goosnargh, which had what was
thought ' a fair parochial chapel,' was
made an independent parish in 1658-9;
ibid, ii, 265, 272.

172 Gastrell, op. cit. ii, 420. There
were two chapel wardens for Goosnargh
and two for Whittingham ; a list to 1800
is given by Fishwick, op. cit. 86-102.

178 Fishwick, op. cit. 21.

174 Manch. Dioc. Dir.

175 By Order in Council 21 Jan. 1846.

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A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

by 20 ft. with north vestry, nave 70 ft. 6 in. by
20 ft. 6 in., north aisle 74 ft. 6 in. by 1 2 ft. 6 in.,
south aisle 66 ft. by 13 ft., south porch and west
tower 10 ft. 8 in. square, all these measurements
being internal. The building is constructed through-
out of rubble masonry with gritstone dressings, and
no part, with the possible exception of one of the
windows of the north aisle, is older than the 1 5th
century. To this period belong the north arcade
and aisle, tower, and perhaps the chancel ; but this is
said"6 to have been rebuilt in 1553. However this
may be, the whole of the building is of late date, and
though the architectural detail is uninteresting, the
general appearance of the interior is good. The
south arcade and aisle appear to have been rebuilt at
a subsequent period, perhaps at the end of the i6th
or in the early years of the 1 7th century, the windows
being all square-headed with plain, rounded lights, and
without labels. The chancel roof is externally lower
than that of the nave, which is continued over the aisles

windows renewed, new wood dormers inserted, the
floor lowered 12 in., the rough-cast which had
formerly covered the exterior removed, and the two
end galleries taken down. The whole of the seating
was likewise renewed, the old square pews, which had
filled both aisles, nave, and part of the chancel, being
done away with. There was a further restoration of
the roof in 1895, when it was again reslated, the east
gable and wall north of it rebuilt in dressed stone,
and the vestry enlarged.

The chancel has an original five-light pointed east
window with plain pointed lights and transom at
the line of springing and inner moulded arch dying
into the wall at the same level ; two windows and a
priest's door on the south side, and a single square-
headed window of two cinquefoiled lights on the
north side to the west of the vestry door. The
easternmost window on the south has a segmental
head and is of three lights, the middle with cinque-
foiled and the outer ones with trefoiled heads, with

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with overhanging eaves, and has two modern gabled dor-
mer windows on the south side and three on the north.
The roof probably dates from the time of the
building of the south aisle, when it was raised some
feet, the line of the former 1 5th-century roof showing
in the east face of the tower within the nave. In the
1 8th century the church is described as filled with
square pews probably of 1 7th-century date, and had
a gallery at the west end, and in 1 800 another gallery
was erected at the east end in front of the chancel for
the use of the inmates of Goosnargh Hospital.1"
Repairs had been carried out in 1 78 8,m when probably
a ceiling was erected; but the building remained more
or less unrestored till 1868-9, when it was very
substantially repaired, the roof opened out, renovated,
and wholly reslated, the stone-work of many of the

chamfered jambs, head and mullions, but without hood
mould. The other window is of the same type as
those in the south aisle, square-headed and of two
rounded lights. The priest's door is 2 ft. 4 in. wide
with segmental arch and chamfered jambs and head.
The walls of the chancel, as in the rest of the church,
are plastered, and the roof is a modern boarded one
of flat pitch in three bays with moulded principals
and purlins, and divided from the open timber roof
of the nave by a timbered plaster gable facing west
with shaped moulded piece below the tie-beam
carried down the walls on to small wood pillars on
stone brackets in the form of a chancel arch. There
is a good 1 8th-century brass chandelier, but the rest
of the fittings of the chancel are all modern, and
there is no screen.

176 Glynne, Churches of Lancr. (Chet.
Soc.), 41.

177 When this gallery was erected win-
dows were cut through the upper part of

the chancel wall hoth north and south.
They have since been built up.

17t> On one of the roof timbers was
painted: 'The Rev<»- C. Hull, B.D. ;

202

R. Oliverson, Wm. Gornall, Wm. Bailey,
J. Eccles, churchwardens, A.D. 1788.
The expense of repairing this church,
,£195 izs. 6d.' Fishwick, op. cit. 21.

GOOSNARGH CHURCH FROM THE SOUTH-WEST

GOOSNARGH CHURCH : THE NAVE, LOOKING EAST

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

The north arcade of the nave is of six pointed arches
of two chamfered orders carried on octagonal piers
and responds with plain moulded capitals and bases,
the height to the top of the capitals being 6 ft. 2 in.
The north aisle, which is the full length of the nave
and continued beyond it some feet at the east end,
varies in width from 1 1 ft. 4 in. at the east to
12 ft. 3 in. at the west end. It has two square-
headed windows of two cinquefoiled lights on the
north side and a similar one at the west end, and a
built-up north doorway.

The east end of the aisle was formerly the chantry
founded by the Singletons, and has a window on the
north side of two plain pointed lights. The chantry,
which is now known as the Middleton Chapel,179
is inclosed by a screen and has a recess with
segmental moulded arch in the north wall 3 ft.
high by 6 ft. in width. The east window is square-
headed of three rounded lights similar to those in
the south aisle.

The south arcade of the nave consists of five pointed
arches of two chamfered orders on octagonal piers
and responds with moulded capitals and chamfered
bases, 6 ft. in height to the top of the capitals. At
the west end the arcade begins at a distance of
9 ft. 8 in. from the tower wall,180 the south aisle not
extending the length of the nave at this end, and
the piers are thus not directly opposite those on the
north side. The windows of the aisle are all square-
headed and of two lights, except that at the east end,
which has three. The nave roof retains its four
original roughly wrought principals, and is boarded
between the spars ; but is otherwise, together with its
continuation over the aisles, almost entirely modern.
The porch, which is quite plain, measures internally
8 ft. by 10 ft. and has a slated roof and inner
pointed arch with double hollow-chamfered jambs
and head, and a wood seat on each side. The
outer arch is also pointed, with plain chamfered
jambs and head, and the gable above has been rebuilt.

The west tower is 60 ft. in height with embattled
parapet and projecting vice in the south-east corner.
Externally the stages are unmarked, the north and
south sides being quite plain between the plinth and
the belfry windows. On the west side there are
diagonal angle buttresses of six stages reaching to the
middle of the belfry windows, and at the north-east
angle a square buttress of three stages. On the
second stage of each of the west buttresses is a plain or
obliterated shield, and on the west face of the tower,
about 12 ft. above the ground, a circular figure
1 8 in. in diameter commonly known as the ' spinning
wheel.' 181 The west door is round-headed with
hood mould and chamfered jambs, and above is a
pointed window of three lights with perpendicular
tracery and label. The belfry windows are also of

KIRKHAM

three lights and similar in detail, with slate louvres,
and there is a clock on the south and west sides towards
the village. The tower arch is of two chamfered
orders splayed off to one at a height of 8 ft. 6 in.
from the floor.

The screen inclosing the Middleton Chapel has
turned balusters in the upper part and a door on the
west side. The top rail is carved and bears on the
south side the date 1622 and the initials of Alexander
Rigby, while on the west side are the initials of his
grandson Thomas Rigby and the date 1721.
Within the 'chapel' are an oblong pew 10 ft. by
4 ft. 6 in. of the same period as the screen which
forms part of it and an elaborately carved ridged
tombstone of late 15th-century date, 6 ft. 2 in. long
and diminishing in width from 3 ft. to 2 ft., with two
parallel floreated crosses terminating in heraldic
shields.18* The stone lies on the floor opposite the
recess, but does not belong to it. The initials A.R.
have been cut upon it at a later time.

The lower part of the tower arch is filled in by
an oak screen 7 ft. high with turned balusters along
the top, and a door in the middle on which are
carved the initials R.C., I.L., i.i., j.w., and the
date i678,18! and in the vestry is a loose panel with
the date 1708 and the initials I.T., R.W., I.P.,
w.w. The old pulpit had the initials of the Rev.
Wm. Bushell and the date 1707, but this has given
place to a modern one of wrought iron.

The font, which stands at the west end of the
south aisle, is a square block of stone 2 ft. 3 in. in
diameter and I ft. 5 in. high with a square bowl
standing on a modern pedestal, and may be of 15th-
century date. The organ was formerly in the west
gallery, but the present instrument, which was built
in 1906, is at the east end of the south aisle. There
is a brass to the Rev. Wm. Bushell in the north aisle,
and a stone slab to Thomas Whittingham, who died
in i667.184

There is a ring of six bells, with inscriptions as
follows : Treble, ' God preserve the Church and
Queen Ann 1713'; (2) * Prosperity to the Church
of England A.R. 1742'; (3) ' Abr. Rudhall cast us
all 1713'; (4) 'Christopher Swainson A.M.
minister, A.R. 1742' ; (5) 'Presented by R. News-
ham esq. Mears and Stainbank 1883 '; tenor, * I to
the Church the living call and to the grave do
summon all, I753.'lsi

The silver plate consists of a chalice of 1 746 and
a paten ' Presented to Goosnargh Church in
memoriam Charles Osborne Gordon, vicar of the
parish, who died Aug. 19, 1892.' There are also a
plated chalice and flagon and a plated breadholder
inscribed ' Presented to the Parish Church of Goos-
nargh by Townley Rigby Knowles esq. in memory of
the late William Shawe esq. 1872.'

179 In 1635 the Records of the Sworn
Men mention ' the Middleton Chapel con-
taining all the uppermost arch from the
eastward wall of that aisle into the middle
of the uppermost pillar.' The pew in
the chapel was repaired by Alexander
Rigby. The precise position of every
other pew and the name of the owner
liable for its repair are also given.

180 A window formerly in this length of
wall, between the vice of the tower and
the west wall of the aisle, is now built up.

181 The tradition is that an old lady,
by the proceeds of her industry at flax

spinning, defrayed the expenses of building
the tower to the height thus indicated ;
Fishwick, op. cit. 24.

183 The dexter shield has three cheve-
ronels, differenced by a mullet (Singleton),
but the sinister is indecipherable. The
stone is illustrated in Whitaker's Rich-
mondshirc, ii, 438, and in Fishwick's
Goosnargh, 23.

183 Fishwick, op. cit 25, says that this
was formerly the 'rood screen,' but it is
not likely that it was ever across the chan-
cel. The upper part of the tower arch is
filled with modern glazed wood tracery.

203

184 All the monumental inscriptions, in
the floor and elsewhere, were retained in
the restoration of 1868-9, and are given
in Fishwick, op. cit. 113-18. Two belong
to the 1 7th and six to the 1 8th century ;
the rest are modern.

185 In 1677 it was ordered that the
ringers should on Sunday ring one bell at
7 A.M., two at 8, and three at 9 ; also
one bell at 12 noon, two at I F.M. and
three at 2 ; ibid. 76. In 1682 the clerk
was ordered to look after the clock and to
ring the bell at 8 o'clock (daily) j Fish-
wick, op. cit. 77.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

The registers begin in 1639, but are imperfect up
to 1675.

In the churchyard to the south of the tower is a
circular stone shafted sundial on two circular steps,
the plate of which is dated July 1 746 and bears the
name of the Rev. C. Swainson. Further east is the
socketed base of a churchyard cross. The oldest dated
gravestone is 1668.

The patronage is vested in the Dean and Chapter
of Christ Church, Oxford. The following have
been curates and vicars : —

oc. 1330 William Cortays 186 ,

oc. 1342 Thomas [de Rawcliffe] 187
oc. 1368 Richard de Sunderland 188
oc. 1508-35 Christopher Parkinson 189
oc. 1547-53 Ralph Parker190
oc. 1552 Lawrence Gaiter 1M
oc. 1562 Lawrence Kemp192
oc. 1583 John Helme 19S
oc. 1605 William Duxbury IM
1641 Edmund Shaw 19S
1 646 Thomas Cranage 196
1648 William Ingham 197

Richard Harrison, B.A.198 (Brasenose

Coll., Oxf.)
c. 1675 James Butterworth, M. A.199 (Brasenose

Coll., Oxf.)

1692 William Bushell, B.A.100
1735 William Whitehead, B.A. (St. John's

Coll., Camb.)
1740 Christopher Swainson, B.A.801 (Univ.

Coll., Oxf.)
1770 Christopher Hull, B.D. (St. John's

Coll., Camb.)

1 790 Charles Buck, M. A.102 (St. John's Coll.,
Camb.)

1 790 Joshua Southward 20S

1815 Robinson Shuttleworth Barton, B.D.
(Camb.)

1822 Robert Studholme

1867 William Shillito, B.A. (Univ. Coll.,
Oxf.)

1883 Charles Osborne Gordon, M.A.
(Exeter Coll., Oxf.)

1892 Edmund Dawson Banister, B.A.
(Magdalen Hall, Oxf.)

1899 James Thomas Kerby, M.A. (Dur.)

1911 Thos. Bingley Boss, M.A. (Lond.)
WHITECHAPEL, as the oratory in Threlfall
was called, existed before the Reformation, as the
pedestal of a cross in the churchyard gives testimony ;
it belonged to the inhabitants, who had at one time
used it for divine service, but long before 1581 it
had been left alone, the chapel bell being then given
to Alexander Hoghton of Lea until such time as it
might again be wanted.204 In the Commonwealth
time it was again used, an allowance of £50 being
made out of Royalist sequestrations.205 This probably
did not long continue.206 About 1717 it was re-
corded that the chapel had no endowment, and that
it was ' served now and then only, out of charity at
the request of the people.' 207 A bequest of £60 in
1713 led to the schoolmaster becoming also the
minister of the chapel, and other sums being given
about 1720, augmented out of Queen Anne's
Bounty, lands of ^430 value were purchased for
securing a minister's salary. A further .£400 was
given in I756.208 The income is now ^2o8.209

The church having become ruinous was rebuilt
in 1738 and again in 1891. It is known as
St. James's.210 There is a sundial (1745) in the church-
yard.211 In 1 846 Whitechapel became an indepen-

186 Ormerod, loc. cit. Biographical
notices of the later curates will be found
in Fishwick, op. cit.

187 In 1342 Roger son of William de
Whittingham enfeoffed Thomas, parish
chaplain of Goosnargh, of all his lands ;
Towneley MS. DD, no. 1800. This is
probably the Thomas de Rawcliffe, chap-
lain, to whom in 1361 Henry son of
Henry de Whittingham granted all his
lands ; ibid. no. 1782.

188 Ibid. no. 1776. John de Furnes,
chaplain, occurs in similar feoffments,
1369—70, and was probably in charge of
Goosnargh. Later were William de
Bispharn (1384), Thomas de Mawdesley
(1396-9), and Robert Brownall (1413).
They are not formally styled 'chaplains
of Goosnargh.'

189 He is named in the deed of Roger
Singleton in 1508, and in the Valor Eccl,
loc. cit.

190 Raines, Chantries, 242. He was
forty-two years of age in 1548, and had
a pension of £4 from the chantry in 1553.
He appeared at the bishop's visitation in
1554 — at least his name is in the list —
but not in 1 562. He seems to have left
to act as Thomas Leyland's private chap-
lain, being undoubtedly the Ralph Parkin-
son of the story in Foxe's Acts and Monu-
ments (ed. Cattley), viii, 563-4. He was
called his 'servant and executor' in
Leyland's will, and had an annuity of £5 ;
Piccope, Wills (Chet. Soc.), i, 163. He
was buried at Leigh in 1564 ; Reg.

191 His name occurs as ' parish priest '
in the inventory of church goods in 1552 ;
Chet. Misc. (Chet. Soc., new ser.), i, J.

He attended the visitations of 1548 and

I554-

192 He appeared, but did not subscribe,
at the visitation of 1562. He was
ordained acolyte in 1555, but there is
no record that he proceeded further ;
Chest. Ordination Bk. (Rec. Soc. Lanes,
and Ches.), 85.

193 In the Chester Consistory Court
Records is preserved a letter certifying
that Mr. Arthur Hoghton of Broughton
and Goosnargh had received 'the holy
communion at Easter last in the church
of Goosnargh according to the laws of
this our English Church.' The letter
was addressed to the vicar of Preston
by his ' assured friend and fellow servant
in Christ's affairs ever to command, Sir
John Helme, the under curate of
Goosnargh.'

John Helme, clerk, purchased 3 acres
in Whittingham in 1579 ; Pal. of Lane.
Feet of F. bdle. 41, m. 130.

194 In 1 605 it was presented that he
stood excommunicate for anything the
churchwardens knew, and that he was
' nothing diligent in attending the church' ;
Visit. P. at Chester Dioc. Reg. He was
'no preacher" ; Hist. MSS. Com. Rep.
xiv, App. iv, 9.

195 He signed the Protestation as curate
of Goosnargh ; and was buried in the
chancel 29 May 1645.

196 Plund. Mins. Accts. i, 265. He
moved to Brindle in 1647 ; ibid. 46.
The Goosnargh members of the classis
of 1646 were T. Cranage, Alexander
Rigby and Edmund Turner ; Baines,
Lanes, (ed. 1868), i, 228.

204

197 ' A diligent painful minister ' in
1650 ; he became incumbent of Rib-
chester in 1656.

198 Afterwards vicar of Poulton.

199 He was 'conformable' in 1689;
Hist. MSS. Com. Rep. xiv, App. iv, 229.
He appeared at the visitation of 1691,
showing letters of orders 'as in 1677
&c.' He had been appointed school-
master in 1686.

200 Also rector of Heysham ; his son
was the founder of the hospital. The
Goosnargh Church papers in Chester
Diocesan Registry begin at this time.

201 In 1743 there were prayers and
sermon every Sunday in the year and
prayers on all holy days ; Visit, returns.
In 1755 the families were classified
thus : Protestants 230, Papists 96, and
Protestant Dissenters 2.

202 Rector of Heysham.

203 A letter of his touching his burial fees
is printed in Gillow's Haydock Papers, 75.

204 Fishwick, op. cit. 39 ; there is a
view of the present building, ibid. 46.

205 Common-w. Ch. Sur-v. 155. Roger
Shireburne was the minister at that time,
1650-52 ; Plund. Mins. Accts. i, 235,
244. An allowance of ,£40 had been
voted as early as 1646 ; ibid. 101, 42.

206 Threlfall was merged in Goosnargh
in 1658, on the formation of an inde-
pendent parish there ; ibid, ii, 265, 272.

207 Gastrell, Notitia, ii, 427.

808 For details see Fishwick, op. cit.
41-7. 209 Manch. Dioc. Dir.

210 Sentence of consecration was given
9 July 1818.

811 Fishwick, op. cit. 47.

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

dent parish 21* ; the patronage is vested in the Dean
and Chapter of Christ Church, Oxford. The follow-
ing have been curates and vicars : —
1716 William Birket

John Penny213

James Farrer214

Benjamin Wright

Thomas Stephenson

Thomas Saul, M.A.*16

Philip Gerard Slatter, M.A. (Christ Ch.,
Oxf.)

James Radcliffe, M.A. (Christ Ch., Oxf.)

Thomas Benn

Edmund Dawson Banister, B.A. (Magdalen
Hall, Oxf.)

James Thomas Kerby, M.A. (Dur.)

Joseph Rhodes, B.A. (Dur.)

Edwin Augustine Marshall Godson, M.A.

(Oxf.)

A free grammar school, under the will of Henry
Colborne, was established in Goosnargh about 1673.*"
At Whitechapel a school was founded in 1705 by
William Lancaster, a linen-weaver.817

The Congregationalists built a chapel at Ingle-
white in 1826. It has some endowments.118

As will have been gathered from the foregoing
account, the principal resident families adhered to
Roman Catholicism long after the Reformation. In
1632 the following compounded by small annual rents
for the two-thirds of their estates which should have
been sequestered for their recusancy : In Goosnargh —
George Beesley, £$ ; Gabriel Hesketh, £4. ; Roger
Hesketh, £6 i$s. \d. ; and Thomas Whittingham,
£$ 6s. 8<£ ; in Whittingham — William Chorley, £2 ;
and Ellen Nelson, ^3."9 Bishop Gastrell recorded
145 known * Papists ' in 1717, and in 1767 there

1738
1764

1774
1796

1808
1813

1815
1836

1873

1892
1900
1909

KIRKHAM

were 3 1 6 above sixteen years of age, with two
resident priests, in Goosnargh and 200 more in
Whitechapel.*20 Nothing is known of the secret
ministrations of the I7th century, except that in
1643 the Ven. Thomas Whitaker was captured at
Edward Midgehall's house in Longley.2*1 One of
the English Franciscans established a ' residence ' of
the Holy Cross at White Hill in 1687, obtaining a
plot of land from Cuthbert Hesketh.**2 About a
century afterwards the present St. Francis' Chapel
was built at the Hill,223 and this branch of the Order
served the mission till 1813."* The work was
transferred to the English Benedictines about 1833,
and they retain it still.**5 The congregation has
dwindled away.

To Newsham is supposed to have belonged Roger
Wrennall, executed at Lancaster in 1 6 1 6 for assisting
Fr. Thewlis in an attempt to escape from the castle.**6
About 1715 there appear to have been two secular
priests resident in this part of the township — one at
Crow Hall m and the other at Hough,**8 and they
ministered as opportunity afforded in the neighbour-
ing district. Mass was occasionally said at the
former house till about 1800 ; at the latter New-
house Chapel, St. Lawrence's, was built about 1 740.
This was replaced in 1 806 by St. Mary's, Newhouse,229
which in turn has been succeeded by the present
church in 1907.

The principal charity*30 is the
CHARITIES Hospital founded by William
Bushell's will, 1735. He devised
almost all his estate to trustees for maintaining
' decayed gentlemen or gentlewomen or persons of the
better rank of both or either sex, inhabitants of the
towns or townships of Preston, Euxton, Goosnargh,
Whittingham, Fulwood and Elston . . . being

112 By Order jn Council 21 Jan.
1846.

318 He was also master of the school.
In 1743 there was service three Sundays
in the month.

*u The church papers in the Chester
Dioc. Registry begin with this curate.

*15 Correspondence in a dispute between
this incumbent and the parishioners is
printed by T. C. Smith, Longridge, 222-8.
He did not reside, and had another curacy
in Yorkshire. In consequence he resigned.
Whitechapel had then an income of
about £100 a year ; it was unconsecrated,
but services were regularly held twice each
Sunday, except four times a year, when
the curate assisted at the Sacrament at
Goosnargh Church.

218 End. Char. Rep. Kirkham, 38 ;
Bishop Gastrell gives a somewhat different
account ; Notitia, loc. cit. Richard Cook-
son, a native of the place, and school-
master for forty years, published Goosnargh
Past and Present, &c. ; he died in 1888 ;
T. C. Smith, op. cit. 244.

817 End. Char. Rep. Kirkham, 39 ;
Gastrell, op. cit. ii, 428.

a18 B. Nightingale, Lanes. Nonconf.
i, 163—5. Preaching began in 1815 or
before. The chapel site was obtained by
a little trick described loc. cit.

219 Trans. Hist. Sac. (new ser.), xxiv,
177—9. For arrears there compounded
(mostly by conformists), John Adamson (for
John Lawrenson), £i ; Nicholas Norris of
Kidanape (for Grace Morton), ^4 ; Robert
Boyes of Whittingham (for Robert Boyes,
his grandfather), £z ; Edward Midgehall
(for George Midgehall his father), £2 ;

Matthew Latus (for William Latus de-
ceased), £2.

The Thomas Whittingham named in
the text was no doubt the ' Mr.' T. W.
living in Threlfall in 1625 ; Fish wick,
op. cit. 67.

120 Trans. Hist. Sac. (new ser.), xviii,
217.

221 Challoner, Missionary Priests, no.
1 86 ; Whitaker 'was apprehended by a
gang of priest-catchers, armed with clubs
and swords ; who, it seems, fell to club
law with their prisoner immediately and
ceased not to beat and abuse him (threaten-
ing also to murder him on the spot) till
they had extorted a confession from him
that he was a priest.'

222 Thaddeus, Franciscans in England,
186-7. A few years after the Revolution
the station was described as consisting
of ' a chapel and a little dwelling place at
one end. Cuthbert Hesketh gave £200
(yielding ^10 a year) for the missioner,
who was bound " to say two masses per
week for the said Mr. Cuthbert and his
wife, to serve the poor Catholics of the
parishes of Goosnargh and Chipping," and
if permitted make his abode and live at
the chapel of White Hill. The chapel
being uncovered by the mob, the walls are
ordered to be taken down, and all the
materials either sold or laid up safe ' ;
ibid.

*»3 Gillow, Bill. Diet, of Engl. Cath.
iii, 260. The registers at the Hill begin
about 1770.

284 The kst appointment to the Hill
was Fr. Anselm Millward, 1809-13.
Afterwards the Franciscan at Lee House

205

seems to have served the Hill also, until
1833. The English Province of the
Order was dying out, ending about 1840.

*25 Gillow, loc. cit. ; Trans. Hist. Soc.
(new ser.), xiii, 168.

»26 \yrennall was a weaver, in prison
for religion ; Challoner, Missionary Priests,
no. 176. The cause of his beatification
was introduced at Rome in 1886 ; Pollen,
Acts of Martyrs, 382.

227 Gillow, Haydock Papers, 67-8. In
1716 Samuel Peploe, the vicar of Preston,
reported to the government that Crow
Hall was devoted to 'superstitious uses' ;
the estate went in William Shepherd's
name, and the lease was supposed to be
in his name in trust for the priests ;
ibid, citing P.R.O. Forfeited Estates,
P 134.

228 Ibid. 69 ; Gillow, Bibl. Diet, of Engl.
Cath. i, 411. Vicar Peploe denounced
this mission also, but apparently without
success. John Swarbrick, a later priest
in charge, died in 1731, bequeathing his
effects to the building of a chapel at
Midgehall. It was, however, built at
Newhouse in Newsham, Edmund Fish-
wick of that place being a benefactor.
The mob at the turbulent Preston
election of 1768 marched out to destroy
the chapel, but were persuaded to retreat
by a friendly Protestant.

229 Haydock Papers, 73.

280 An official inquiry into the charities
was made in June 1903, and the account
in the text and notes is taken from the
report published in 1904. This report
includes a reprint of the earlier one,
made in 1824.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Protestants, in a house or hospital to be provided in
Goosnargh, where he then resided, at or near the
dwelling-house of his late father.' 831 William Bushell
died in the same year, and the trust became effective
ten years later when his daughter Elizabeth died.
In 1824 there were thirteen persons in the hospital ;
each had a separate room, but they dined together,
and one of them read prayers to the rest ; they were
supplied with clothing, and each received los. a
quarter for pocket money. They were all advanced
in life, of the class designated by the founder, mem-
bers of the Church of England and required to
attend the services in the church at Goosnargh,
wherein the trustees had built a special gallery for
them. The income at that time was £855 and the
expenditure considerably less. The Hospital is an
18th-century building of stone, in a simple and
dignified classical style.

Owing to the growth of Preston, in which much of
the property lay and lies, the income greatly increased
during last century,2" and the charity is now governed
by a scheme enforced by the Charity Commissioners
in 1895 .83S The house has been considerably enlarged,
and the number of inmates is fixed at twenty-four ;
they are to have the qualifications fixed by the

founder, with a slight relaxation in favour of the
lower class of people.234 Married couples may be
received. The immediate charge of them is en-
trusted to a salaried manager and matron, assisted by
servants and a trained nurse. ' The life of the in-
mates resembles that of residents en pension at an
hotel : they do not even assist in tending the flower
garden and they are not permitted to follow any
occupation. They have books from Mudie's as well
as a permanent library, and are well supplied with
newspapers. The diet is ample. . . . An inmate
dying is buried at the cost of the charity.' There is
power to appoint out-pensioners. The income is
about .£3,300, and the ordinary expenditure some-
what less.

In addition to educational endowments,855 a pension
fund for the poor of the chapelry was founded in
1878 by Richard Cookson,2*6 and £6 5/. is paid in
money.237 For Goosnargh with Newsham £77 Js. %d.
is available for the apprenticing of children by the
gift of John Parkinson,838 and £47 i8j. 8</. is given
in money and kind from the foundations of Lawrence
Parkinson and others.839 In Whittingham £8 1 •$;. %d.
is given yearly in money doles.840 Several gifts to
Goosnargh have been lost.841

181 The founder provided that ' no
person, being a Papist, nor any one who
should have received any relief out of the
rates for the poor ' should be eligible, and
if any one already in the house ' should
become • Papist, such person should im-
mediately be displaced and turned out '
without further benefit.

M2 Full particulars of the estates, and
various sales and purchases, are given in the
official report. The gallery in Goosnargh
Church has been taken down, but seats are
reserved for the inmates in the body of
the church.

233 This scheme was imposed in conse-
quence of various unsatisfactory incidents
in the management of the hospital.

234 In 1903 fourteen of the inmates
were from Preston, five from Fulwood,
two from Goosnargh, and one from
Whittingham.

835 For schools at Goosnargh and
Whitechapel.

286 The capital fund consists of £1,201
consols, with an income of £30 os. %J.
By a scheme of the Charity Commis-
sioners in 1893 seven annual pensions of
£3 each were founded for poor persons
resident in Goosnargh or Whittingham,
aged fifty-five or upwards. The residue
of the income is given in school prizes.

237 Of this sum £5 is derived from the
benefaction of Henry Colborne, 1655,
of which an account has been given under
Kirkham ; it is given in money doles by
the vicar of Goosnargh, £3 IQJ. 6J.
having been the usual share of Goosnargh,
and £i 91. 6d. that of Whittingham.

From the estate known as the Dun
Cow Rib in Whittingham 25*. has since
1691 been paid yearly for the poor, 201.
being given to Whittingham and 5*. to
Goosnargh. This is known as Lund's
charity, because about a century ago the
estate was the property of Anthony Lund,
the priest at Fernyhalgh. It is dis-
tributed with Waring's charity.

238 The benefactor in 1676 gave a mes-
suage and land in Newsham and Hollow-
forth for apprenticing poor children, and
further land was purchased in 1814 with
borrowed money. In 1824 it was found
that 'for a long period this charity has

been in fact confined to the children of
Roman Catholics, and it has been left to
the Roman Catholic priest at Goosnargh
to select such objects as he thought fit,'
and the Commissioners expressed their
objection to this. The debts on the
charity were paid off, and there being in
recent times little demand for apprenticing
fees, much of the annual income is allowed
to accumulate. Under a scheme of the
Charity Commissioners in 1880 the
trustees were allowed to use the fund not
only for apprenticing, but to supply an
outfit for qualified children on entering
a trade. The charity owns Boggart
House Farm in Newsham, rented at £65,
and has £453 in consols.

239 Lawrence Parkinson in 1719 gave
land and money for the use of 'poor
needy necessitous housekeepers of Goos-
nargh,' to be distributed ' in corn called
groats ' ; also for providing ' six good
penny manchets every Sunday ' for poor
people attending divine service at Goos-
nargh Church. He also left money for
books, but this does not seem to have
become operative. The bread distribution
has been kept up, but in 1903 there was
only one recipient. The distribution of
meal (eight or nine loads of 240 Ib. each)
had been suspended since 1897, the money
being required for improvements of the
property, which brings in £26 a year.

Thomas Knowles of Sowerby in 1686
charged his estate of Loudscales in Goos-
nargh with certain sums for the poor,
one-fourth (501.) being for Goosnargh,
the remainder of the income from it being
left to the trustees. In practice a fourth
part of the net revenue has been devoted
to the poor of Goosnargh. A new scheme
was made by the Charity Commissioners
in 1901, by which the real estate became
vested in the official trustee, and local
trustees were appointed to distribute the
income, the share of Goosnargh being
about £14 a year. Gifts of money or
goods, medical relief, nursing, &c., are
allowed, but the money is in practice
given in doles, this being the least trouble-
some to the trustees, who stated that
' there wrre really no poor in Goos-
nargh.'

2O6

William Waring of Goosnargh in 1728
left his personal estate (about £300) for
the poor of that place. The capital was
spent on a workhouse at Inglewhite Green,
and in 1824 the poor rates were charged
with £12 I2s. for the charity, distributed
partly in doles of linen and woollen cloth
and partly in money. The capital was
repaid, and is represented by £316 con-
sols, paying £7 171. %d. This is now
distributed, along with Colborne's charity,
in money doles. ' No share of the income
has ever been given to Newsham, probably
because there have been no poor there
within memory.'

John Lancaster in 1866 left the residue
of his estate (£42) for the benefit of the
poor of Goosnargh and Newsham who
might be debarred from other charities
through having had relief from the rates.
The income is £i is. yearly. From
1895 onwards no one in the township had
had poor relief, so that the income has
been added to capital.

240 Thomas Houghton in 1613— 14 gave
money and land (in the Green Nook) for
the benefit of the poor. The gross rent
is £3 i CM.

Jeremiah Waring in 1731 left £40 for
the poor. This gift is now represented
by £207 consols, yielding £5 31. 8d. a
year.

The above sums, to which are added
the Whittingham shares of Lund's and
William Waring's charities, are distributed
chiefly in money doles, but partly in food,
by the trustees of Houghton's charity and
the vicar of Goosnargh.

241 Jane Adamson in 1732 added £40
to a gift of £20 made by her brother
Thomas Adamson for the poor. James
Sidgreaves in 1 824 paid £2 1 41. as interest,
as heir of his grandfather, who had been
the trustee ; but his estate was not legally
charged with it. The amount was paid
till his death about 1840.

Miss Eccles, it was believed, left £40
for the poor. This was spent on the
workhouse, and in 1824 there was a sum
of £i i6i. paid out of the rates and dis-
tributed with other charity money. The
workhouse was sold in 1838-9, and
nothing was recovered for this charity.

WHITTINGHAM : CHINGLE HALL, BRIDGE OVER MOAT

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

WHITTINGHAM

Witingheham, Dom. Bk. ; Whitingham, 1199;
Witingheham, Witingeheim, 1202 ; Hwytingham,
1246; Wytingham, 1257; Quytyngham, 1292.

Cumberhal, 1292 ; Cumberhalgh, 1301. Asshe-
legh, 1346.

This township has an area of 3,192 acres.1 The
western half or Lower End is Whittingham proper ;
the eastern half or Higher End 2 being formed of
Comberhalgh or Cumeragh in the south and Ashley
in the north.3 Chingle Hall is three-quarters of a
mile south of Goosnargh Chapel. Duxendean lies at
the west end of the township.4 The general slope of
the ground is down from east to west and north to
south, but the surface is intersected by many depres-
sions, down which flow some brooks ; the chief is
Blundel Brook, flowing west south-west and for about
two miles forming the southern boundary. Savock
Brook is the boundary on the south-east. The
ordinary population in 1901 was 805, but there
were also 3,236 persons in the lunatic asylum as
patients or attendants.

The principal road, from Preston and Broughton
to Longridge, goes east through the centre ; one cross
road goes north to Goosnargh and another south to
the above-named asylum. This is the chief institu-
tion in the township ; it was built in 1869 by the
county authorities and has a single line railway con-
necting it with Grimsargh station on the Preston
and Longridge line. A large part of the township
belongs to it.

The soil is clayey, and the land is chiefly in
pasture.

The township is governed by a parish council.

The local legend of the Dun Cow Rib Farm is
that there was once on the moors an old dun cow of
great size, which had no owner but gave milk freely

KIRKHAM

to all comers. An old witch once took a riddle
instead of a pail, and the cow, mortified at being
unable to fill it, died. The people much regretted
its loss and preserved its ribs for a memorial. One
of them is chained over the door of the farm-house
named, which stands in Halfpenny Lane, near Long-
ridge. It is a good type of the small stone-built
1 7th-century yeoman's dwelling, of two stories, with
low mullioned windows and stone slated roof over-
hanging at the eaves and with a gable at each end.
The front faces south with the door at its east end,
and the east wall is blank except for an oriel window
corbelled out on the first floor, the entrance to which,
however, is blocked up on the inside. Over the
door are the initials of Adam Hoghton and the date
1 6 1 6, together with the Hoghton arms on a shield.
Over the shield fastened to the wall with iron bands
is the bone referred to, which is about 2 ft. long.
The door is the original nail-studded one and retains
its original heavy oak bar. The interior was
modernized in the middle of the i gth century and
the plan altered. The original oak staircase remains,
but its position has bfeen changed ; partitions have
been introduced and the ceiling raised. The house
was also known as Moor House.8

Forming part of Earl Tostig's Preston
MANORS fee in 1066, when it was assessed as two
plough-lands,6 WHITTINGHAM was
afterwards a member of the barony of Penwortham
and held with other lands by knight's service by the
lords of Freckleton.7 These, retaining one moiety in
demesne, gave the other plough-land to subordinate
tenants to hold by the eighth part of a knight's fee.
In 1242 the tenants were Alan de Singleton, Warine
de Whittingham and Robert de Dutton,8 each, it
would seem, holding equally. Soon afterwards, by
steps unknown, this portion was held equally by the
heirs of Singleton 9 and by the Hoghton family 10 ;

Grace Shakeshaft in 1740 left £60
(reduced to £40) for the poor. This
with other sums, amounting in all to
£138 los., had been in the hands of
Thomas Clifton till about 1822, when he
died in very embarrassed circumstances.
Letitia Barrow (nie Moore) left £40,
which may have been part of the last-
named ,£138. Nothing further is known
of these sumi.

1 The 1901 Censut Rep. gives 3,193
acres, including 2 of inland water.

3 This seems to have been known as
Alley tithing in 1671. The name may
be the Heyley of the Hospitallers.

s Notitia Cestr. (Chet. Soc.), ii, 421.

4 Henry Waring, in right of the Earl
of Derby, claimed a waste called Duxen-
dean, &c., in 1587 ; Ducatui Lane. (Rec.
Com.), iii, 207.

4 Gillow, HaydocJ^ Papers, 64-6. The
estate came into the possession of An-
thony Lund, priest at Fernyhalgh in
Broughton, and in 1808 he settled it upon
St. Cuthbert's College, Ushaw. The bone
is not a cow's rib ; Fishwick, Goosnargh,
192 ; Harland and Wilkinson, Lanes.
Legends, 16-19. For Moor House see
notes 86 and 95 below.

6 r.C.H. Lana. i, 288*.

7 Lanes. Inq. and Extents (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), i, 36. In 1324 again
Whittingham was described as part of
the Freckleton lordship, the immediate
tenants not being recorded ; Dods. MSS.
cxxxi, fol. 39/1.

8 Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 152. From
note 12 below it will be seen that Alan
was the common ancestor of the various
Singleton families.

One of the divisions may be due to an
arrangement in 1202 by which Roger de
Freckleton confirmed 8 oxgangs of land
in Whittingham and Elswick to William
de Winwick and Maud his wife in ex-
change for other lands there and else-
where ; Feet of F. Yorks. 4 John, no. 45.

Maud, called ' de Thornton ' or
'daughter of Robert,' gave land in Whit-
tingham to Cockersand Abbey, 3 acres
with her body, and 6 acres (in Flecher
Oatley) for the soul of her lord William
de Winwick ; Chartul. (Chet. Soc.), i,
231-2. The Abbot of Cockersand in
1246 made an agreement with Alice de
Thornton (daughter of Maud) as to land
in Whittingham ; Final Cone. (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), i, 103.

9 William father of Adam Banastre was
in 1323 found to have died seised of lands
in Whittingham held of Adam lord of
Freckleton by paying 2s. when a scutage
of 40*. was demanded (i.e. by the twentieth
part of a knight's fee) ; Lanes. Inq. and
Extents, ii, 159. Adam Banastre, then a
minor, seems to have had but a small
revenue ; ibid. 113.

As in other cases, the Banastre inherit-
ance descended to Balderston and became
divided among the heirs of this family,
the later fines and inquisitions showing
portions to have been held by Thomas

207

Earl of Derby, 1521 (succeeding Harring-
ton) ; Alexander Osbaldeston, 1544 ;
William Radcliffe of Winmarleigh, 1561,
and Gilbert Gerard, 1593.

10 Hoghton succeeded Dutton before
1290. Robert de Dutton gave his brother
Hugh part of the wood of Whittingham ;
Towneley MS. DD, no. 1913. Hugh de
Dutton granted land to Alexander son of
Randle de Goosnargh, the bounds of it
going down to Ashley Clough, by the
clough to the high way, thence to the
carr, and round to the starting-point ;
Add. MS. 32106, no. 324. Adam 'son of
Sir Adam de Hoghton about 1284 (Gilbert
de Clifton being sheriff) released to the
same Alexander all his claim in that
oxgang of land which Robert de Dutton
had granted to Randle father of Alexander ;
ibid. no. 320.

A sixth part of the manor of Whitting-
ham was in 1306 included in the estate
of Richard son of [Sir] Adam de Hoghton;
Final Cone. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.),
i, 207. This seems to show that at that
time the 'manor* was the moiety granted
out, and that each of the three holders
shared equally. Nevertheless in 1322
Richard de Hoghton was said to hold the
manor of Whittingham by the eighth part
of a knight's fee of the honour of Pen-
wortham ; Lanes. Inq. and Extents, ii, 136.

In 1422 Sir Richard Hoghton was said
to hold a moiety of the manor of Whit-
tingham by the sixteenth part of a knight't
fee, paying 1\d. for castle ward and (>d. to

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

the Whittinghams may have failed in the legitimate
line, or may have been compelled to sell part of their
holding, as to the remainder of it becoming tenants
of Hoghton. The mesne lordship of the last-named
family was sometimes neglected 11 and sometimes
regarded as the sole manor.

The moiety at first retained in demesne appears
to have been acquired by one of the numerous off-
shoots of the Singleton family.12 John de Singleton
died in or before 1398 holding a moiety of the
manor of the duke in chief, and leaving a son and
heir Robert, only four years of age.18 This moiety
became subdivided, for in the i6th century it is
found that the Singletons of Chingle Hall, offshoots
of those of the Tower in Broughton, held of the king
as of his duchy the twentieth part of a knight's fee in
Whittingham 14 ; the Leylands of Morleys, as heirs of
the Singletons of Withgill, the same, their estate

having apparently been called the manor of
MANHOLES 16 ; and the Shireburnes of Stonyhurst,
whose estate was known as the manor of COM-
FORTH HALL, the fortieth part,18 having acquired
the share of the Clitheroes of Bailey. In all these
shares form the eighth part of a knight's fee, corre-
sponding with one plough-land of the ancient assess-
ment.

The lordship of the manor was thus early divided
into small fractions, held in many cases by non-
residents, and it is impossible to say what has become
of all of the parts. The original Singleton Manor on
a partition of estates between the heirs in 1564 was
assigned to the Earl of Derby,17 and about 1610 was
acquired by the Heskeths of Rufford,18 being held by
them for a long time as the manor of NETHER
WHITTINGHAM.19 The Hoghton Manor was
sold or mortgaged in i63i.20 Fines and suit of

Penwortham ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet.
Soc.), i, 146. Land* in Whittingham
were in 1479 enumerated among the
possessions of Henry Hoghton held by
knight's service, but nothing was said of
any ' manor ' ; Lanes. Rec. Inq. p.m.
no. 47, 48. Later, in the inquisition
after the death of Alexander Hoghton,
his lands in Whittingham and Cornber-
halgh were said to be held of the king,
but the tenure was unknown ; Duchy of
Lane. Inq. p.m. iii, no. 66. Later still
Sir Richard Hoghton, who died in 1630,
was found to have held his ' manors ' of
Whittingham and Comberhalgh of the
king as of his duchy by the twentieth
part of a knight's fee ; ibid, xxvii, no. 13.
This is the same as the Banastre tenure
of 1323.

11 Compare the tenures of William
and Thomas Whittingham in 1437 and

w Richard de Freckleton gave land in
Comberhalgh to Richard Drury ; Towne-
ley MS. DD, no. 1915. Richard son of
William Drury claimed 4^ acres in Whit-
tingham against Master Robert de Single-
ton in 1295 ; De Banco R. no, m. 73 ;
in, m. 39d. William son of Robert
de Singleton was plaintiff in 1317-18,
and Randle de Singleton in 1319; De
Banco R. 220, m. 376 d. ; 223, m. 27 ;
231, m. 109 d.

In 1324 a jury decided that Richard de
Hoghton was lord of one-sixth of Comber-
halgh — a distinct hamlet in Whitting-
ham — and Randle de Singleton of the
remainder, various minor tenants being
defeated, viz. Maud widow of Thomas
de Kendal, Adam de Elswick, Thomas
son of Hugh de Goosnargh, and Hugh
son of Randle de Goosnargh ; Assize R.
425, m. 5 d. ; Add. MS. 32106, no. 340.
As a result Richard Drury released all
his claim in the sixth part of Comberhalgh
to Richard de Hoghton ; ibid. no. 180,
319 (fol. 274, &c.). In 1332 Richard
Drury made claims against William son of
Alexander son of Adam de Elswick and
against Sir Richard de Hoghton and
Randle de Singleton; Assize R. 1411,
m. 12.

Randle's lordship appears to have been
derived, in part at least, from a grant by
Joan widow of Thomas Banastre to her
brother Randle de Singleton of all her part
of Comberhalgh and all her lands in
Whittingham at the rent of a pair of
gloves ; Dods. MSS. cxlix, fol. 74^. In
1324 Randle granted to Adam son of
John de Singleton a fourth part of all the

wood and waste between Brunden and
the Crombrook in Comberhalgh for the
rent of a pair of spurs ; Add. MS.
32106, no. 671. Ten years later there
was a dispute between William son of
John de Whittingham and Alice widow
of John de Singleton on one side and Sir
Richard de Hoghton and Randle de
Singleton on the other as to an approve-
ment of waste between Brunden and
Ashley ; Towneley MS. DD, no. 1854.
See the note on Pleasington below.

In 1246 Adam de Singleton claimed
part of an oxgang of land as part of his
inheritance from Thomas his father ;
Assize R. 404, m. 9.

The Shireburne abstract book preserved
at Leagram Hall throws light on the
Singletons of Whittingham. It appears
that Alan de Singleton (whose wife
was named Alice) had two sons named
William, and the younger of them gave
lands in Whittingham to Robert and
Alan, sons of his brother William.
Robert had a son John, who by his wife
Alice (a widow in 1319) had a son Adam,
whose son Robert had Chingle Hall from
his father in 1354. This Robert with
Alice his wife had a grant from Sir T.
Banastre in 1372. See notes 28, 59.

Alan the (? elder) brother of the former
Robert granted lands in Comberhalgh to
his son Henry. Gilbert (of Broughton)
and Randle were apparently other sons.

18 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), i, 69.
It was probably the daughter of this John
de Singleton (Margaret) who married
Robert son and heir of Nicholas de
Clitheroe of Bailey in 1403 ; Shireburne
Abstract Book. 14 See below.

16 Something has been said of this
family in preceding townships (e.g. in the
account of Middleton in Goosnargh),
but a clear descent is wanting.

Henry son of Thomas de Singleton in
1361 leased to Robert son of Adam de
Singleton his manor of Fermanholes with
mills and lands in Whittingham ; Shire-
burne Abstract. Henry de Singleton had
Fermanholes in 1 3 94, in which year his son
William is named as having been indicted
for waylaying and killing one of the
king's justices ; Cat. Pat. 1391-6, p. 388.
William Singleton of Withgill — ob-
viously the William Singleton of Fer-
manholes of another writ — complained in
1408 that he had been outlawed unjustly ;
Add. MS. 32108, no. 1583, 1636. From
the pedigree given below it would appear
that this estate went to another Singleton
family, previously of Chingle Hall.

208

Sir William Leyland of Morleys
married Anne daughter and heir of Alan
Singleton of Withgill; Visit, of 1533
(Chet. Soc.), 88. Sir William died in
possession in 1547 holding lands in
Whittingham and Ashley of the king as
of his duchy by the twentieth part of a
knight's fee ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m.
ix, no. 43. Similar statements were made
in later inquisitions, as in that of his son
Thomas in 1564 (ibid, xi, no. 20) and-
that of Edward Tyldesley of Morleys in
1621 ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes,
and dies.), ii, 261.

Richard Whittingham in 1543 com-
plained that Thomas Leyland of With-
gill and others had entered 'a great
waste ground containing too acres and
more, with divers cottages built there,'
which had belonged to plaintiff and his
ancestors. Thomas Leyland replied that
a certain John Singleton his ancestor had
inherited the 'manor of Fernarweles,"
which included the said waste, and he
gave the following pedigree : John Single-
ton -s. Robert -s. Alan -da. Anne.
Plaintiff denied the existence of such a
manor ; Duchy of Lane. Dep. 35
Hen. VIII, xxxix, W 4.

Part at least of the Tyldesley estate
(Ashley) was in 1681 sold by Edward
Tyldesley of Myerscough to Thomas
Patten of Preston and Thornley, from
whom it has descended to the Earl of
Derby ; information of Mr. Windham E.
Hale.

16 Sir Richard Shireburne was found to
have held it in 1594, as also Richard
his son in 1628 ; Duchy of Lane. Inq.
p.m. xvi, no. 3 ; xxvi, no. 4.

The manors of Comforth Hall and
Whittingham are named among the
Shireburne estates in 1579; Pal. of
Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 41, m. 199.

17 Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 216, m. 10.

18 In a fine of that year respecting this
and other manors Robert and Richard
Hesketh were plaintiffs and Thomas Lord
Ellesmere, Alice his wife, Sir Thomas
Leigh and Thomas Spencer were defor-
ciants ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 74,
no. 28.

19 It occurs in a feoffment by Robert
Hesketh of Rufford in 1696 ; ibid. bdle.
237, m. 52. Again in a recovery in
1748 ; Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 569, m. 8 d.

80 In a fine of that year respecting the
manor of Whittingham only Miles Berry
and Samuel Knott were plaintiffs and
Sir Gilbert Hoghton deforciant ; Pal. of
Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 120, no. 17. It

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AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

court were claimed for the superior manor of Pen-
wortham as late as I544-21

The chief resident family was that of Whitting-
ham, but in the 1 6th century that of Singleton of
Chingle Hall became important for a time. There
were several minor houses.

Warine de Whittingham occurs as early as 1210,"
and is no doubt the Warine who had possession of a
share of the manor in 1242 and 1246.^ In 1232-3
he made an agreement with Alan de Singleton and
his partners of the vill of Whittingham for a division
of the wood into two parts, of which Warine was to

KIRKHAM

have the northern part and Alan and the others the
southern." Warine was apparently succeeded by his
son Adam,25 who was living in 1 2 5 y,26 and he by his son
John. Adam's younger son Geoffrey became an idiot,*7
and on his death in I 3 i o his heirs were found to be his
sisters Alice (wife of John de Singleton) and Margery,
and another Margery daughter of his third sister
Christiana.28

John de Whittingham,*9 who was living in I 309,"°
was succeeded by a son William,31 who made nu-
merous grants of lands to his children,3' and was
about 1347" succeeded by his son Adam,34 followed

does not occur again among the family
manors, but Land in Whittingham was
sold by Sir Henry Hoghton in 1772 to
William Shawe ; Pal. of Lane. Plea R.
615, m. 7 d.

31 Duchy Plead. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches.), ii, 200.

22 Farrer, Lanct. Pipe R. 115, &c.
Warine was a benefactor of Cockersand
Abbey, giving the canons an acre in
Kilnehalgh ; Chartul (Chet. Soc.), i, 232.

23 He was plaintiff in the latter year ;
Assize R. 404, m. 3. He complained
that he had been disseised of common of
pasture by Robert de Freckleton and
others, and recovered.

At the same time Maud widow of one
Thomas de Whittingham claimed a mes-
suage against Alexander the Clerk, Maud
his wife and Randle de Goosnargh.
Maud said she had recovered the land
c. 1228—9 agamst Alice de Singleton and
had had possession for seventeen years.
She recovered ; ibid. m. 5.

It should be noticed that Warine had
a son Richard, occurring 1246 ; Richard
had a wife Hawise and a son Warine ;
Cockcrtand Chartul, i, 184 ; Final Cone.
i, 99. He had also a son John in one
deed described as 'lord of Whittingham ' ;
Towneley MS. DD, no. 1906.

24 Add. MS. 32106, no. 327. The
bounds began at ' Barndehurt ' and were
defined by marked oaks, brooks and
ditches as far as the White Oak at Cros-
tanesnape.

Warine granted land within certain
bounds to Simon his son, Richard de
Goosnargh and Randle his brother being
witnesses ; Towneley MS. DD, no. 1909.
To Henry, another son, he granted an
oxgang of land to be held by knight's
service, eight plough-lands there making a
knight's fee ; ibid. no. 1838. Geoffrey
the clerk, another son, had land on the
west of Smalldene, the service for 1 ox-
gang of land to be rendered for it ; no.
1853. The date of this lies between
1235 and 1241, Simon de Thornton being
sheriff. It was probably this Geoffrey
who was a juror in 1247 5 Lanes. Inq.
and Extents, i, 1 66.

K Warine de Whittingham granted hi»
son Adam an assart within certain bounds ;
Towneley MS. DD, no. 1835.

26 Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 2IO. To
Cockersand Abbey he gave two-thirds of
an oxgang of land, the bounds touching
Whitacreley, Brundene and Blenesgill ;
Cockersand Chartul. i, 230. As Adam son
of Warine he attested a grant made by
Robert son of Warine to his son Adam
of land in Hevesclough ; DD, no. 1907.
From John de Whittingham and Adam
son of Geoffrey be Whittingham he ac-
quired the sixth part of a mill called
Cowanthwaite, also a part of Hurst from
John son of Richard de Whittingham ;
ibid. no. 1892, 1900. To Richard Drury

he gave 8 acres in the north of Comber-
halgh ; no. 1901.

27 Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 274. An
account of his lands is given in 1297 ;
ibid. 283. As his sisters were heirs, the
father must have married twice.

38 Ibid, ii, i. His ' manor' of Whit-
tingham was held of John de Whitting-
ham by a rent of $d. ; he also held a
messuage and land of the Prior of St.
John of Jerusalem by 2s. \od. rent.

William de Whittingham, clerk, ac-
knowledged that he owed the prior 431. 4^.
in 1292 ; Assize R. 408, m. 51. This is
perhaps the William who is mentioned
in 1293 and took precedence of John de
Whittingham in 1297 ; Lanes. Inq. and
Extents, i, 281, 282.

A grant of land by William de Whit-
tingham to Richard his son was attested
by William de Whittingham, clerk, and
John de Whittingham ; DD, no. 1873.

John de Singleton and Alice his wife
frequently occur. They were plaintiffs
in respect of lands in Whittingham in
1308-9, while Geoffrey son of Adam was
an idiot and his tenement in the king's
hands ; Assize R. 423, m. I d.

In 1311 William de Ravenshaw ob-
tained part of Alice's inheritance from her
and her husband, and Adam le Fevre had
another portion ; Final Cone. (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), ii, 12, 13.

Richard de Hoghton in 1324-5 re-
covered 40*. rent from lands in Whitting-
ham, Haighton and Broughton against
Alice widow of John de Singleton and
Adam and Thomas hit sons ; Assize R.
426, m. 8.

Alice widow of John de Singleton in
1314—15 gave lands to Adam son of Alan
son of Gilbert de Whittingham ; DD, no.
1784. She was living in 1329, when an
agreement was arrived at between her,
her son Adam and Sir Richard de Hoghton
as to the wood of Haylegh Shaw in Whit-
tingham ; they surrendered it to him for
a release of the above-named rent of 401. ;
Add. MS. 32106, no. 319 ; also no. 331.

29 John son of Adam son of Warine de
Whittingham in 1306 claimed 6 acres in
the township against Richard son of Wil-
liam de Whittingham ; De Banco R. 151,
m. 206 ; 162, m. 258. John de Whit-
tingham had been engaged in disputes
with neighbours concerning a mill dam
and the diversion of the course of a boun-
dary brook in 1284 and 1294 ; Assize R.
1268, m. 13 ; 1299, m. 15.

As John de Whittingham he made
grants to William his eldest son, to
Richard de Feris (the land by the mill
pool), to Henry son of Richard, and to
Adam his uncle ; DD, no. 1780, 1807,
1834, 1914, 1902, 1905, 1908.

About the same time there was another
of the name, son of Richard de Whitting-
ham, who made various grants ; ibid.
no. 1896 (in the field of Ashley), 1898,

209

1916-17. Also William son of Amery de
Whittingham, defendant in 1309 to a
claim by John son of Richard de Hother-
sall ; De Banco R. 178, m. 255 d.

30 Inq. p.m. of Geoffrey, above cited.

81 He attested a deed in 1 3 14—1 5, so
that he had probably succeeded his father
by that time ; DD, no. 1784. In 1315
he was called to warrant by Richard son
of Amery de Comberhalgh ; De Banco R.
212, m. 302. The following year he re-
ceived land in Will croft from Adam son
of Alot and regranted to Adam and Milli-
cent his wife ; DD, no. 1804, 1837.

As William son of John de Whitting-
ham he gave to Richard Wawayn (after-
wards Wawne) land within bounds begin-
ning (on the north side) at the lower head
of a certain ditch on Spenclough bank,
following the ditch south to the upper
head, by a hedge west to the cross-marked
oak, thence along Spenclough north to the
starting-point, together with another
piece of land, at a rent of 2s. Various
easements were allowed, including a pro-
portion of wood for building and burning
from the common wood of Whittingham ;
Court of Wards and Liveries, Deeds and
Evid., box 13 A, no. FD 17. William
son of John also made a grant to Adam
de Whittingham the Smith ; DD, no.i852.

William de Whittingham and Alice
his wife obtained certain land in the Eves ;
ibid. no. 1889. The same William and
Alice obtained a grant from Robert de
Greenfield in 1322-3, and were re-en-
fcoffed by Robert son of John de Singleton
in 1327 5 ibid. no. 1794-5, I775-

32 Several grants have been preserved
to Roger, William and Cecily ; DD, no.
1899, 1903, &c. In 1346 William de
Wliittingham and Adam his son made rn
agreement whereby the lands formerly
belonging to William son of William
should go to Adam, who had granted
land to his sister Cecily for life and other
land to Henry the son of William (son of
William) ; ibid. no. 1826.

Roger had a son Robert who in 1368
was married to Maud daughter of John
de Clare and had lands in Whittingham
settled with remainder to William son of
Adam de Whittingham ; ibid. no. 1776.

33 William son of John de Whittingham
and Alice his wife were in 1344 and
1347 defendants to a claim for 12 acres
put forward by Henry son of Thomas de
Comberhalgh; Assize R. 1435, m. 45d.,

33d-

34 Adam son of William son of John
de Whittingham was plaintiff as early as
1314-15, his father being defendant,
with regard to certain messuages in
Whittingham ; Assize R. 424, m. 6. It
appears that the father had married a
daughter of Adam de Lever of Lever.

In 1327 his father William gave him
land in Whittingham on his marrying
Aline ; DD, no. 1787. At the same

27

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

by a xm William,* and a grandson Adam," de-
scribed a* 'lord of Whitongham.'* This was
probably the Adam Whittingham who accompanied
Henry V to France and died at the siege of
Hat-Hear in 1415** The next in possession was
a William Whittingham, probably son or brother
o;' Adam**; he died in 1437 holding the manor
of Whittingham of Sir Richard Hoghton by
knight's service and a payment of 7^. yearly ; also
bolJing sjn SM 1^1 1 and land in Ashley of the same
Sir Richard by knight's service and 1<L John his
son and heir was fire years of age."

John Whittingham *• was about 1500 succeeded by
his son Thomas,*1 who married Joan daughter of
John Singleton of Withgill,** and had a son Roger,**
who came to a violent end about 1521, Thomas
died in 1530** V^tPifg various messuages and land in
Whittingham of the king as of his duchy by the
thirtieth part of a knight's fee and a rent of 7^. ;
his son Roger had left a son Richard, who was the
heir, being then ten years old,4* Richard died
in or before 1552 holding similarly and leaving a son
Thomas, ten yean old.4 Thomas in or before 1 566

married Bridget sister and co-heir of Richard Browne
of RibMeton.47 A pedigree was recorded In the
Mowing year.*

lake his neighbours, Thomas Whittiagham was
hostile to the change of religion made by Elizabeth,
but on being summoned before
the Bishop of Chester about
•577, as a person suspected,
he affirmed that he went to
church and was conformable."
The conformity may have
been external merely, for two
of his grandsons became Jesuits,
one of them being a piitomtr
in Newgate for some years.1*
Thomas was Irving in 1590,**
but before 1600 had been
succeeded by his son Richard,19
who died in 1611 holding
bnds in Whittingham, Ashley

and Comberhalgh of the king by the twentieth part
of a knight's fee. His son Thomas, twenty-fire years
old,*1 followed and held possession M aU through the

Whfttiagham. Ardent
* fnte a*mret aver mil *
Dam rtmfamt pla.

time Atom made a (rant of land m
Ashley dough and Eva dough to his
brother Roger ; DD, no. 1781.

Adam de WbJttingham m 1351 gave
land to Vale Royal Abbey for a tinW
bara ; ibid. no. 1862.

* !• 1364 Adam MM of Win am de
Wh:ttingham gave certain land* in Ashley
to his soa William, with remainder* to
John aad Thomas, other sons of the
grantor, and dien to Robert SOB of Roger
de Whittingham ; ibid. no. 1836.

Adam Hisjst have died MOB afterwards,
far in 1369 William de Whittingham and
Maud his wife made a settlement of the
manor of Whittingham, the iTnuiai«f»
m default Wsng to John Mi Thorn**,
fcnpdhui of William, to Robert de
Whittingham and to Cecily and Aline
daughter* of William; ibuL BO, 1828-7.
Maud was a widow in 13(4-5 ; no.
1812, 1874-5.

la 1377-1 John de Whittingham,
probably the brother of William, recefred
certain land from the trustee ; Add. MS.
32107, no. 1050.

MMandwi<k>w of Winiamde Whitting-
ham, Adam hi» MB and William MB of
Thaws* de Singleton in 1313 agreed to
•ell to Richard de Hoghton the ir.uiisMf
and marriage of John MB and heir of
Robert de Singleton ; Add. MS. 32106,
BO. 330,

Adam de Wh:tt:ngham attested charter*
in 1390-1 ; DD, no. (§77, iSSo. In
1394-$ Maod the widow of William de
Whittingham aad William de Singleton
the elder made a feorTmettt of die manor
of Whittingham, and then M and and
Adam it Whittingham contracted that
Adam should marry Alice sister of
Edmund Skillicorne; no. 1130, 1872.
In 1398-9 Adam de Whittingham and
Alice hi* wife received the manor of
Whittingham from the trustees; no.
i $29.

" Adam de Whittingham, lord of the
same, granted to Thomas Browne, Robert
de Bispham aad John Browning turbary
and pasture in respect of a tenement
formerly William de Cottam's ; DD, no.
1863. From another deed (no. iSn) it
appears that Thomas Browne, chaplain,
•vas son of Maod Ward, daughter aad
heir of William Cottam.

»» Exchequer K. R. Aeets. bdle. 46,
mo. 17.

R There does not seem to be any
f tisVai i on this point, except the un-
trustworthy pedigree of 1567.

* DD, ao. 1474 ; Off. Kfcfer'i Kef.
xxxiii, App. 37, FJtrabrth widow of
Wilfiaat Whittingham soon afterwards
If jars' her laads in Whittingham, Goos-
nargh aad Comberhalgh to Sir Richard
flagWtin for sixteen years; Add. MS.
32106, ao. 875, John Whittingham ia
1467 gave to trustees lands

his mother ; DD, ao. 18(7,

Ifring ia 1476, being thea widow of

Peter Raddifte ; Kuerden foL MS. 357.

•In 1456-7 John soa aad heir of
William Whittingham married Elizabeth
liajhli i of John Boteler of Kirkland ;
DD, no. (790, 1824, 1858. In 1483
he released to feoffees lands ia Ashley
croft; ibid, no. 1821.

41 In deeds of 1498-1500 Thomas is
called soa aad lnii iifaajust of John
Whittingham ; ibid. no. 1785, 1796.

* Laads in Whittingham were in
1477 settled for fife on Joan on her
marriage with Thomas ; ibid, no. 1867,
1789.

* Roger first married Agnes Brock-
holes, but they were divorced ia 1513 ;
ibid. no. 1868. His next wife was named
Isabel; she made complaints against
several ia 1521 tor complicity in the
death of her husband ; PaL of Lane.
Plea R. 131, m. ijd.; Fishwick, Goot-
ffigif 186. She afterwards married James
Lambert and in 1544 made complaint as
to her dower ; DD, no. 1801.

** In i $23-4 he made a feoBment of
all his lands ; DD, no. 1912. This was
probably on account of his son's death.

44 Duchy of Lane. Ino, p.m. vi, no.
19. Some of the deed* above quoted are
recited. It appear* that Agnes Brock-
holes was daughter of Ellen die widow of
Roger Brockboles.

Christopher Standish bought from die
king die marriage of Richard Whitting-
ham, next of km aad heir of Thomas
Whittingham deceased, and sold it to
William Singleton, who in 1531-2 made
a grant of certain lands ia Ashley;
Kuerden foL MS. 383.

Richard Whittingham ia 1550 made a

210

settlement of his manor of WhittiogatM%
&c, aad made provisioa for his (yooager)
soa Richard; DD, no. 1833, 1859.
About die same time he complained of
various trespasses on die waste of die
manor ; Dmeatmt Lame, i, 247, 261, 273.

** Duchy of Lane. Inq. p-m, ix, BO. 15.
Ia 1553 die king granted OK diird part

wiA OK wardship aad marriage of
Thomas the heir, to William Waring ;
Duchy of Lane. Misc. Bks, xxni, 81 d.

* DD, ao. 1843. A settlement of die

• of Whittiagham aad various laads
by Thomas aad Bridget ia
1585 ; PaL of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 47,
m. 42.

• yint. of 1567 (Chet. Soc.), 50.
•Gibson, Ljdiau Hall, 215, quoting

S. P. Dom. Eliz, exviii, 49,

wrn at Whit-

tiagham, entered d* English College at
Rome ia 1606, aged (eveateea. He had
made his first studies at Goosaar^h,
Chipping and Whalley, aad dten weat t*
Douay. [1605 — 'a poor Engii-hman' ;
D«*rwr,286.] His parents aad relatives on
taA side* were of die upper dass of society,
and he had two brrxher*. 'Hediedmost
piously in die college, (I July 1611,
having been first admitted to die Society';
Foley, Jkr. 5./. vi, 238.

His younger brodier William was ad-
mitted to die same college in 1607, and
brfamr 'dear to all for hi* remarkable
virtue* aad candour of sooL* He had
made his early studies at Pocklington and
Whalley and then went to Dooay. [1606
— ' a poor Englishman ' ; Dior in, 286.]
He entered die Society of Jesus in 1611
aad was sent on die London missioB
in 1620, taking die alias of Rediate.
He was killed in die accident at Black-
friars, 26 Oct. 1623 ; Foley, op. cit. i,

»5 ; *»» 247-

« Af/*i (Cadi. Rec.Soc.), rv, 177.

0 Aftv. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Che*.),
5,232.

w L«wx. 7«y. /jn. (Rec. Soc. Lanes,
and Che*.), i, 195.

** Thotnas Whittingham and Margaret
hi* wife in 1633—4. made • settlement of
die manor, with lands, dovecote, Ac., ia
Wh:ttingham and A%hley ; PaL of Lane.
Feet of F. bdle. 122, no. 42.

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

Civil War period," recording pedigrees at the visita-
tions in i6i3i6 and i664.67

He died in 1668, and was, it appears, succeeded
by his grandson Thomas. The estate descended in
the male line M to Richard Whittingham, who sold it
in 1779, and died soon afterwards without issue.
It was purchased by Edward Pedder of Preston, and
descended in his family till about 1866, when it was
again sold. It now belongs to the asylum.

CH INGLE HALL first appears by name in 1354,
when it was held by Robert son of Adam de Single-
ton/9 a descendant of the Alan de Singleton who held
part of the manor in 1 242. It was about I 500 settled,
apparently by a family arrangement, upon John Single-
ton, a younger son of William Singleton of Broughton
Tower.60 He died about 1 5 30,*' and his son William
in 1 54 1,6* Chingle Hall being then recorded as held
of the king by the twentieth part of a knight's fee.63
John the son and heir was twenty-nine years old,
but he died only three years later, leaving a son
Thomas, aged one year,64 and Thomas dying shortly
afterwards, a younger son John became heir.64 John
Singleton held the manor of Chingle Hall, with
windmill, &c., till his death in 1571, and then, his
son William having just died, the heir was a daughter

KIRKHAM

Eleanor, four years old.66 She became an idiot,67
and died in 1585, when her heirs were Anthony Wall
of Preston, Thomas Preston, Katherine wife of
Thomas Eccleston and Jane wife of Christopher
Harris.68 After some disputation69 the hall became
the property of Anthony Wall,70 in whose family it
remained till 1764. It was then purchased by a
family named Singleton, and about 1 860 was sold to
Richard Newsham of Preston.71 Soon afterwards the
hall was acquired by the trustees of Goosnargh
Hospital, the present owners.7'

The hall stands on rising ground a little less than
half a mile to the north of the Blundel brook. It
is now a two-story farm-house very much modernized
and retaining little of its ancient appearance. The
front faces south with a projecting gable towards the
east end, and a new wing has been built at the back.
The walls appear to be of brick on a stone base, but
are now covered with stucco, and all the windows
are modern, but the front door is the original 17th-
century one of oak with Y knocker and ornamental
hinges. The chief interest of the house lies in
the well-preserved remains of the moat on the
south side, crossed by a ' bridge ' or passage-way
with cobble paving and low brick walls.

54 Thomas Whi ttingham must have been
certainly known as a Protestant before
1643, for he was made captain of a troop
of horse for the Parliament, which troop
he actually raised when Prince Rupert
came into the county ; War in Lanes.
(Chet. Soc.), 4.3.

* yitit. (Chet. Soc.), 63. He paid £10
in 1631, having refused knighthood;
Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 221.

57 Dugdale, Viut. (Chet. Soc.), 333.
The ages of Thomas Whittingham and
his son are given wrongly. The descent
is thus shown : Thomas -s. Godfrey
— s. Thomas. Some further genealogical
particulars can be obtained from the
Preston Guild R. (Rec. Soc.), and there
is a pedigree in Fishwick's Goosnargh,
1 8 5—8, from which the later details in the
text have been derived.

** The descent is thus given in the
work quoted : Thomas, died 1710 — half-
bro. Richard, d. 1717 — s. Henry, d. 1753
-s. Richard, d. 1777 -t. Richard, the
vendor. Richard, who died in 1717, gave
his lands to trustees to the use of his
son Henry, 'provided that the said Henry
conformed himself to the Protestant
religion according to the Church of
England ' — which Henry refused to do —
in default they were ' only to allow a com-
petent maintenance for him and his wife
and children'; Fish wick, op. cit. 1 8 8.
Henry Whittingham was a Jacobite ;
Gillow, Haydock Papers, 45. There is a
note of his marriage in Piccope MSS.
(Chet. Lib.), iii, 272, from roll 18 of
Geo. II at Preston.

i9 Shireburne Abstract above cited,which
also shows that the manor of Chingle
Hall, with lands in Whittingham, Haigh-
ton, Preston and Newsham, was in 1431
held by Thomas and Robert Singleton and
Richard Clitheroe. A division was ar-
ranged. (The Singletons concerned appear
to be those of Broughton and Withgill.)

60 William Singleton and his feoffees in
1484-5 made a grant of all his lands to
his son John ; Kuerden fol. MS. 382.
This grant was no doubt in trust, for in
1501 a division was arranged by which
Richard Singleton (son of Robert son of
William) should have lands, &c., in

Broughton, Warton and Preston, and
John Singleton should have the manor of
Chingle Hall and messuages and lands in
Whittingham, Haighton, Goosnargh and
several other townships ; ibid. 383 ; Final
Cone, iii, 150.

61 John Singleton and William his son
and heir-apparent occur in receipts and
bonds in 152$, 1527 and 1528—9;
Kuerden fol. MS. 383 ; Add. MS. 32106,
no. 796. In 1530—1 Elizabeth widow of
John Singleton and her trustees agreed
with William as to her dower ; Kuerden
fol. MS. 381.

63 William Singleton married Anne
Heaton some time before 1 5 34, when the
1 10 marks he received with her was
fully discharged ; ibid. 382.

63 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. viii, no. 9.

64 Ibid, vii, no. 15 ; his brothers Richard
and Henry are named, also his wife Alice
and daughters Anne, Elizabeth, Kathe-
rine and Jane.

There was a divorce between Alice
Duckett and John Singleton pronounced
in the ecclesiastical court at Ribchester
in 1532 ; yet she seems to be the Alice
named in the inquisition, and claimed
dower in I 569 (being then wife of Lancelot
Marten) as widow of John Singleton the
elder ; Court of Wards and Liveries, box
86, no. i, 2.

65 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. vii, no. 22.
The wardship and marriage of John
Singleton were in 1545 granted by the
king to Sir John Perient ; Duchy of
Lane. Misc. Bics. xxii, 219 d. Anthony
Laton, apparently the actual guardian
of John Singleton, was of Chingle Hall
in 1549 ; Kuerden fol. MS. 247. John
was probably posthumous.

66 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xiii, no. 16 ;
an agreement of 1571 is recorded, by
which William the son and heir was to
marry Mary daughter of George Astley.
John Singleton married Isabel, afterwards
wife of Richard Livesey ; she was living
at Chingle Hall in 1585 ; ibid, xiv, no. 67.

67 Ibid, xiv, no. 74, dated 1582 ; her
age was then given as fifteen.

68 Ibid. 67. Her father's sisters above-
named were married as follows : Anne
to William Wall of Preston -s. Anthony ;

21 I

Elizabeth to Richard Preston -s. Thomas ;
Katherine to James Bolton -s. Nicholas
and da. Katherine wife of Thomas Eccles-
ton ; Jane to Christopher Harris. See
the pedigree in Fishwick, op. cit. 192.

69 Many references will be found in the
Ducatus Lane, (ii, 237, Sec.), and abstracts
of some of the pleadings are given in
Fishwick, op. cit. 191. Christopher Harris
and Joan his wife in 1568 claimed a
moiety of certain lands bequeathed by
Alice Singleton, mother of Joan, but her
brother John, to whom Joan had trans-
ferred in 1564, refused to pay; Duchy
of Lane. Plead. Eliz. Ixxii, H 20.

Nicholas Bolton in 1586, on behalf of
himself and the co-heirs, complained that
one Roger Burton and Elizabeth his wi, .•
had wrongfully obtained possession of part
of the estate ; ibid, cxliv, B 8.

William Farington of Worden in 1596
complained that Nicholas Bolton, who as
heir of Chingle Hall had sold him certain
land, was trying to evade the performance
of his bargain by hiding himself and chang-
ing his name ; ibid, clxxiii, F 3.

William Farington in 1611 held lands
in Whittingham of the Earl of Derby ;
Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches.), i, 182-4.

The following refer to the estate : Pal.
of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 49, m. 267 ;
50, m. 194; 51, m. 57; 52, m. 199;
59, m. 97, 1 8 1.

70 Anthony Wall of Preston died in
1 60 1 holding lands in Whittingham, of
which the tenure is not recorded ; Duchy
of Lane. Inq. p.m. xviii, no. 6. His son
William died in 1626 holding of the king
by the hundredth part of a knight's fee ;
ibid, xxvi, 50; Towneley MS. C 8, 13
(Chet. Lib.), 1301. A pedigree of Wail
'of Chingle Hall ' was recorded in 1664 ;
Dugdale, Visit. (Chet Soc.), 323. See
further in the account of Preston.

Thomas Eccleston of Great Eccleston,
another of the heirs, in 1592 held lands
in Whittingham, but the tenure was not
recorded ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xri,
no. 38.

7* Fishwick, op. cit. 192.

7J End. Char. Rep. for Kirkham, 123 ;
the hall and 41 acres of land.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

The family of Singleton of Brockholes and Bank
Hall in Broughton was represented in Whitting-
ham, holding of the Prior of St. John by a rent of

ASHLETH and COMBERHALGH" gave sur-
names to landholders there. Families named
Wawne,78 Fishwick,77 Taylor,78 Walton,79 and Bra-
boner w were connected with these parts of the town-

ship. Comberhalgh now belongs to the trustees
of Lady Marling. The house has long since
disappeared.803

Among the early families of note were those of
Bradkirk,81 who seem to have been followed by
Parker of Whittingham House ; Elswick,8* perhaps
succeeded by Southworth of Samlesbury ; Goos-
nargh,83 and Preston.84 Later that of Waring

78 This was the tenure of Robert
Singleton of Brockholes in 1525, and of
his successor William ; Duchy of Lane.
Inq. p.m. vi, no. 64 ; x, no. I. William
Singleton of Bank Hall, however, was in
1573 said to hold of the queen by knight's
service, or else of the Earl of Derby by a
rent of gauntlets, payable at Preston fair ;
ibid, xii, no. 30, 34 ; xvi, no. 50. Compare
the grant by Joan Banastre in note 12
above.

'* John de Whittingham gave a moiety
of Lower Ashley to Robert son of William
de Ashley, and William son of John made
a grant to the same Robert ; Towneley
MS. DD, no. 1894, 1887.

John de Whittingham granted half the
field called Over Ashley to Richard de
Ashley ; Add. MS. 32107, no. 1081.
This may have been the Richard son of
Gilbert de Ashley who released lands to
William his brother; DD, no. 1891.
John son of Gilbert de Ashley also had
land in Ashley from John de Whittingham
(DD, no. 1897), but in 1316 released his
right in them to Robert son of Richard
de Ashley and Avice his wife ; Dods.
MSS. liii, fol. 24. Among the witnesses
were two named Robert de Ashley. The
gift was confirmed or augmented by
William de Whittingham; Add. MS.
32106, no. 326.

Margery daughter of William son of
Richard de Ashley of Whittingham claimed
land in Elston in 1346 ; De Banco R. 348,
m. 304.

75 William son of John de Whittingham
gave 9 acres to Richard son of Amery
de Comberhalgh and Alice his wife ; DD,
no. 1888. Alice daughter of Adam del
Eves in 1331 sought two-thirds of a tene-
ment in Whittingham against Henry son
of Thomas de Comberhalgh (under age),
and the other third against Eva widow of
Thomas ; De Banco R. 287, m. 582 ;
290, m. 276 d. The land called the Eves
is named in a much earlier charter ; DD,
no. 1876.

Alice daughter of Roger de Comber-
halgh was non-suited in 1360 in a claim
against Sir Adam de Hoghton and Gilbert
de Hyde ; Duchy of Lane. Assize R. 8,
m. 8.

A portion called 'a moiety of the manor
of Comberhalgh ' was in 1364 in the pos-
session of Richard de Pleasington (of
Dimples) and Sibyl his wife ; Dods. MSS.
cxlix, fol. 72^. A note on the pedigree
states that the lands came from Margaret
daughter and co-heir of Randlc de Singleton,
formerly wife of Thomas de Knoll ; ibid,
fol. 73 ; Duchy of Lane. Assize R. 2, m. 8.
William Pleasington in 1621 held
messuages, &c., in Comberhalgh of the
king in socage ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec.
Soc.), ii, 240.

Henry Proden (who had a son John)
had land in Greenhurst in Comberhalgh
in 1412 ; Add. MS. 32104, no. 623. In
1583 Richard Crook purchased land in
Whittingham, Ashley and Comberhalgh
from Edmund Proden and Robert his son ;
Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 45, m. 71.
Sir Richard Shireburne made a purchase

from John Pruden in Ashley in 1589;
ibid. bdle. 51, m. 273.

76 Deeds of this family are in the Court
of Wards and Liveries (box I 3 A, FD 17,
20, &c.), and there are some in the
Anct. D. (P.R.O.), A 8931, &c. They
had lands in Ashley and Comber-
halgh. The descent cannot be clearly
established. We have Richard -s. William
—8. John between 1300 and 1350;
Thomas in 1372 granting lands to Aline
del Chambre (Add. MS. 32106, no. 323) ;
John the elder and Alice his wife in 1409 ;
John (son of Thomas) in 1423 ; Robert in
1525, and Nicholas in 1574.

Edmund Wawne (son of Nicholas and
Ellen) died in or before 1592 holding
two messuages in Ashley of Thomas
Whittingham by knight's service and
6s. rent. His heir was a brother Thomas,
thirteen years of age ; Duchy of Lane.
Inq. p.m. xv, no. 13.

77 Adam de Fishwick obtained land in
1383, perhaps part of his inheritance ;
Final Cone, iii, 1 7. William Fishwick in
1414 gave land in Over Ashley to John
Moton, tailor; Add. MS. 32iO7,no. 1125.

James (son of John) Fishwick, who died
in 1585, held lands in Comberhalgh, viz.
in Savock Hey, of the queen as of the
late priory of St. John of Jerusalem by
3*/. rent ; he also held messuages, &c., in
Whittingham of the queen as of her duchy
by the thousandth part of a knight's fee ;
Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xiv, no. 52.
His heir was a son John, ten years of age.

Col. Fishwick supplies the following
notes : In 1358 Richard son of Thomas
de Greenhall granted to Adam »on of
Richard de Fishwick all his lands in
Comberhalgh and Whittingham, and in
1408 Roger Waring granted his lands
there to William son of Adam de Fishwick.
In 1432 John son of William de Fishwick
and Ellen his wife, daughter of R. Hoi-
croft, made a feoffment of lands in the
place (Shireburne D). In 1607 and in
1618 John Fishwick and Jane his wife
occur (Plea R.).

7a Roger Taylor died in 15 86 hold ing
messuages, &c., in Comberhalgh of Thomas
Whittingham by the hundredth part of a
knight's fee and "J\d. rent. Robert his
son and heir was three years old ; Duchy
of Lane. Inq. p.m. xiv, no. 43. A later
inquisition corrects this by stating that
the land was held of Richard Shireburne ;
ibid, xvii, no. 19.

79 William Walton died in 1559 hold-
ing lands in Comberhalgh, &c., of Thomas
Whittingham by 4$. rent ; ibid, xi, no. 27.
His son Richard died in 1594 holding
the same estate ; ibid, xvi, no. 42 ; xvii,
no. 48.

80 Braboner's House was in the south-
west corner of Comberhalgh. Some
16th-century deeds of this family are in
Add. MS. 32106, no. 388-94. There
are references to them in Ducatus Lane.
iii, 15, &c., from which it appears they
held of the Fishwicks ; one of them was
rector of Ashton-under-Lyne ; ibid. 107.

80a Information of Col. Fishwick.

81 John de Bradkirk held land in 1330 ;

212

De Banco R. 284, m. 304. Adam de
Bradkirk died in 1349 holding two
messuages and 40 acres of Sir Adam de
Hoghton by knight's service and $d.
rent ; Inq. p.m. 28 Edw. Ill (2nd nos.),
no. I b.

This is possibly the estate held by a
family named Parker from early in the
1 7th century. Its founder was Henry
son of William Parker of Bradkirk. Whit-
tingham House descended to Martha
Parker, who died in 1856, leaving issue
by her husband James German of
Preston. There is a pedigree in Fish-
wick, op. cit. 189.

82 Adam de Elswick died in 1325
holding lands, &c., of Adam Banastre, a
minor, by a rent of if^/. and paying 5^.
in a scutage of 40.1. There were a
messuage, 19 acres of arable land and an
acre of meadow, in all worth 141. 4.J.
William the son and heir was thirty
years old ; Inq. p.m. 19 Edw. II, no. 58.

Alexander son of Adam de Elswick
and William his son were defendants to a
claim made by Richard Drury in 1332 ;
Assize R. 1411, m. 12. John de
Elswick received lands from his feoffees
in 1399 ; Kuerden fol. MS. 153, 114.
Thomas Elswick of Whittingham and
Edmund his son and heir made in 1469
a grant of messuages and lands, including
one tenanted by Richard Dukedale ;
ibid. 115. Edmund Elswick of Witton
made a feoffment of his lands in
Whittingham and Goosnargh in 1 506—7 ;
ibid. John son and heir of Edmund
Elswick occurs in 1531 ; Add. MS.
32107, no. 1048. John Curtes, who had
married Margaret daughter and heir of
John Elswick, claimed various lands in
Goosnargh and Whittingham in 1553-4 ;
Ducatus Lane, ii, 1 30. Their deeds are in-
cluded among those of Southworth by
Kuerden, and Sir John Southworth in
1595 had land in the township, but the
tenure is not recorded ; see also Ducatus
Lane, iii, 314.

83 Adam son of Sir Adam de Hoghton
about 1290 released to Alexander son of
Randle de Goosnargh all right in an
oxgang of land in Whittingham ; Dods.
MSS. Ixx, fol. 154. This Alexander and
Alice the widow of Randle appear in
pleadings in 1292, the latter claiming
land against Robert de Singleton, who
showed that he had entry through
William de Singleton and not through
her husband ; Assize R. 408, m. 46,
l8d.

It appears that Randle de Goosnargh
had two other sons, Henry and Hugh,
Hugh's sons Richard and Thomas gave
lands in Whittingham to William de
Whittingham, which gift was confirmed
in 1324-5 ; Towneley MS. DD, no.
1890. In 1330 Alexander son of Henry
claimed messuages and lands against his
cousins the said Richard and Thomas ;
De Banco R. 282, m. 179 d.

84 In 1331 William son of John
brother of Henry de Tunstall claimed a
messuage, mill, &c., in Whittingham
against John son of Robert son of Adam

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

LYTHAM

occurs.85 George Waring died in 1557 holding two
messuages in Over Whittingham of Thomas Whit-
tingham by a rent of 5/. 3^., and owning land in
Nether Whittingham also.86 The family can be
traced down to the i8th century ; the site of their
house, Got Field, is part of the Asylum estate.87
Thomas Salisbury died in 1630 holding Lower House
in Whittingham of Thomas Singleton 68 ; Christopher
his brother and successor died in i64i.89 A number
of other owners occur in the inquisitions.90

Cockersand Abbe) ,91 the Knights Hospitallers,9*
and the Franciscans 93 of Preston had land in the
township.

Only one or two sequestrations appear in the
Commonwealth period,94 but some ' Papists ' registered
estates in ijiy.9*

The Presbyterians had a licensed meeting-place in
l689,96 but it has disappeared.

The Wesleyan Methodists began services in a dis-
used cotton factory, but in 1831-2 a chapel was
built, which continues in use.97

There was a large number of convicted recusants
in Whittingham about i67o,98 and Roman Catholics
formerly had a chapel at Duxendean at the west
end of the township, but it was taken down ID
1840."

LYTHAM

Lidun, Dom. Bk. ; Lithun, Lithum, c. 1190;
Lethum, 134.7.

The township occupies a level tract of land at the
mouth of the Ribble ; Lytham proper is at the
eastern end, and is bounded on the south by the
Ribble ; while St. Anne's, formerly called Heyhouses,
occupies the north-west portion and looks out over
the Irish Sea to the west. The area between the

two extremes is known as Ansdell ; the new residential
district called Fairhaven is here,1 while Heyhouses
is more inland. Formerly a large part of the total
area of 5,309^ acres* was occupied by sandy wastes
on the sea side and mosses inland, but there was
arable land to the north-east of the village. The
township by the county lay of 1624 had to pay
£2 6s. i\d. to each £100 levied on the hundred.*

de Preston, but the defendant showed a
release from William himself ; Assize R.
1404, m. 19.

Henry Preston of Preston died in
1 549 holding land of Richard Whitting-
ham by I2</. rent ; Duchy of Lane. Inq.
p.m. ix, no. 19 ; x, no. 10. Margaret
widow of Henry Wilkinson was occupier
of Preston House in 1563-6 ; Ducatus
Lane, ii, 273, 333. George Preston in
1602 held of the king by the two-
hundredth part of a knight's fee ; Lanes.
Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc.), i, 103-4. The
same estate was in 1608 held by Leonard
Chorley, who was succeeded by a son
William ; ibid, ii, 9.

To these may be added Thomas
Bretherton, who died in 1443 holding
among other lands a messuage and 30
acres in Whittingham of Sir Richard
Hoghton by 10*. net, and 6 acres of
Thomas Singleton the elder by 2s. rent ;
Towneley MS. DD, no. 1490. John
Catterall of Eaves Green and Sclby,
attainted of high treason in 1461, had
lands, &c., in Whittingham which were
bestowed on Sir John Pilkington ; Chan.
Inq. p.m. ii Edw. IV, no. 33; 19
Edw. IV, no. 77.

84 Henry Waring of Whittingham was
a debtor in 1448 ; Pal. of Lane. Plea R.
10, m. 8.

86 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xiii, no. 1 8.
John his son and heir was twenty-five
years of age. He died in 1592 holding a
capital messuage called the Moor House,
&c., and his son George, aged eleven, was
i.jir ; Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), ccxxxvi,
31-

A William Waring appears in 1579-
82 ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 41,
in. 151, 196; 44, m. 139. His son
John died in 1 594 holding messuages, &c.,
of the Earl of Derby by the hundredth part
of a knight's fee and 4^. rent ; Duchy of
Lane. Inq. p.m. xvi, no. 10. The heir,
his brother Richard, then seventeen years
old, died in 1598 holding the same estate,
with the addition of 7 acres approved
from the waste and held of the queen by
the hundredth part of a knight's fee ; ibid.

xvii, no. 12. The heir was his son
William, three years old.

87 Fishwick, op. cit. 189.

88 Towneley MS. C 8, 13 (Chet. Lib.),
1078. He also held Westsnape in Ashley
of Thomas Tyldesley of Withgill (at
assignee of Henry Singleton, deceased),
and his heirs were his daughters Janet
wife of Richard Pope, Elizabeth wife of
Nathaniel Woodward, Anne wife of
Thomas Cowell and Jane wife of Richard
Singleton, their ages lying between thirty-
eight and twenty- four years.

89 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xxix,
no. 77. The heir was a son Richard,
aged seven.

90 The following held of the Whitting-
ham family : Evan Browne of Ribbleton,
1545, by i8</. rent; Duchy of Lane.
Inq. p.m. vii, no. 24. Ralph Clitheroe
of Bailey, 1556, by 6d. rent; ibid, x,
no. 26. Alexander Rigby, 1621 ; Lanes.
Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc.), iii, 457. Thomas
Beesley of Goosnargh, 1637 ; Towneley
MS. C 8, 13, p. 72.

These held of the Crown or the duchy :
Leonard Houghton (in right of his wife
Anne), 1583, by the hundredth part of a
knight's fee ; the heir was a daughter
Bridget, aged six ; Duchy of Lane. Inq.
p.m. xiv, no. 89. Edward Robinson, 1608,
by the three-hundredth part of a knight's
fee ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc.), I, 114.

John Robinson of Whittle, 1628, by the
undredth part ; Towneley MS. C 8, 13,
p. 1013. Stopford of Ulnes Walton, by
the two-hundredth part ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. i,
169 ; ii, 73. Thomas Holden, 1617, by
knight's service ; ibid, ii, 57-8. Robert
Hesketh of Ruffbrd, 1620, lands in Nether
Whittingham in socage ; ibid, iii, 356.

John Kighley of White Lea in Goos-
nargh, 1616, held of Sir Richard Hoghton ;
ibid, ii, 33. Henry Gregson, 1621, held
of the same ; he left a son and heir
Robert ; Towneley MS. C 8, 13, p. 465.
Adam Rigby, clerk, 1627, held of the same
a messuage, with Lockfield, Dodgecroft,
and Cowhey wood, by the two-hundredth
part of a knight's fee ; Duchy of Lane.
Inq. p.m. xxvii, no. 30. William Critch-

213

lowe, 1637, held of Richard Shireburne
as of the late priory of St. John of
Jerusalem ; his heir was his son William,
aged twelve ; C 8, 13, p. 252.

In some cases the tenure was not
recorded : Sir William Molyneux, 1548
(part of the Clifton estate) ; Henry Cottam
of Haighton, 1592 ; Leonard Helme of
Goosnargh, 1601.

91 The charters have been cited above.

9J They had in 1292 lands in Whitting-
ham, Heyley (? Alley), and Combeihalgh }
Plac. de Quo Warr. (Rec. Com.), 375.

9S Lawrence Houghton of English Lea
gave to Philip warden of the Friars
Minor of Preston a tenement in Whitting-
ham in 1509-10; Harl. MS. 2112, f'ol.
152^. It was probably a temporary gift.

94 Richard Waring in 1649 desired to
compound, ' being sequestered for delin-
quency in the beginning of the wars ' ;
Cal. Com. for Comp. iii, 1999. Two-
thirds of a small house and acre of land,
sequestered for the recusancy of Ellen
Jackson, the lessee, was the subject of a
petition by Thomas Whittingham in
1651 ; ibid, iv, 2768.

95 Estcourt and Payne, Engl. Cath. Non-
jurors, 90, 91, 138-9. The names were

Richard Duckworth, William Sturzaker
(Moor House), Thomas Daniell, Robert
and Richard Stanistreet.

96 At Richard Dicconson's house ; Hist.
MSS. Com. Rep. xiv, App. iv, 232.

97 Fishwick, op. cit. 197.

98 Misc. (Cath. Rec. Soc.), v, 184-6.

99 Fishwick, op. cit. 196. 'Over one
of the doors was the following inscrip-

tion : 1611

.1. E.I There was

also a wooden cross, which was removed
to Hill chapel ' in Goosnargh.

1 Cross Slack was in the same neigh-
bourhood.

a The Census Rep. of 1901 gives the
following acreages for Lytham and St.
Anne's respectively : Land, 2,453, 3J341?
inland water, ii, i ; tidal water, 300,
402 ; foreshore, 775,4)633. St. Anne's
includes part of Marton.

3 Gregson, Fragments (ed. Harland), 23.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

About 130 years ago Lytham came into notice as a
sea-bathing place for summer visitors4; in 1825 it
was stated that ' if the company is less fashionable
than at Blackpool it is generally more numerous and
usually very respectable.' 6 The development of the
place was then restricted by the ' reservations and
covenants of the old feudal life-leases ' inserted in
grants of building land,6 and the town has long
ceased to be in the same rank with Blackpool. It
is of pleasant appearance and attracts a large number
of visitors in the season, while its mild climate makes
it a favourite resort in winter also. There are wide
sands, an open promenade with a stretch of grass
called the Green along the sea front, and a pier
built in 1864-5 and rebuilt in 1891. From this pier
steamers go to Southport and Blackpool. A windmill
near it is still working.

A branch of the Preston and Wyre railway was
made to Lytham as early as 1846,* and was continued
along the shore to Blackpool in 1863 with stations at
Ansdell and St. Anne's. An electric tramway starting
at Lytham also goes through St. Anne's to South
Shore ; it is owned by a private company.

A pool on the eastern boundary under the control
of the lord of the manor was formerly useful when
the state of the Kibble prevented any but the
smallest vessels going up to Preston.8 A graving
dock there led to the establishment of shipbuilding
works. The hamlet of Saltcotes adjoining is said to
have taken its name from a salt refinery formerly
worked there.9

The market-house was built in i848.10 A cottage
hospital was opened in 1871, and the institute, con-
taining a library, &c., in the following year. At the
same time Mr. Clifton gave the Lowther Gardens at
the west end of the town. There are public baths
on the central beach.11

St. Anne's-on-the-Sea sprang into existence " in
1875. It extends over the boundary into Marton.
Here, as at Lytham proper, are a sea promenade, a
pier, an institute and a public hall. There are three

convalescent homes for children and a home for the
blind.

Weekly newspapers, the Times and Standard, are
published at Lytham and St. Anne's.

The agricultural land 12a is thus occupied : —

Arable

Permanent

Woods and

land

grass

plantations

ac.

ac.

ac.

Lytham

509

1,062

280

St. Anne's .

728

1,134

—

1,237

2,196

280

For Lytham a local board was formed in 1 847,
and Hey houses acquired a local board in i878u;
but in 1894 the parish was divided into two town-
ships, Lytham and St. Anne's, each with an urban
district council.14 The Lytham council consists of
twelve members elected by four wards — North-east,
North-west, South-east and South-west ; it owns the
gas works,15 while water is supplied to the whole
district by the Fylde Water Board. The St. Anne's
council also consists of twelve members elected bv
four wards —North, East, South and West ; it owns
electric lighting works, but gas is also supplied by a
private company.

In 1676 there were 181 Protestant inhabitants
and seventy popish recusants ; no Dissenters.16 In
1755 the number of Protestant families was returned
as eighty, of Papist forty-four.161

The population of Lytham numbered 7,185 in
1901, and that of St. Anne's 6,838, but thirty-one
of the latter belonged to Marton ; thus the popula-
tion of the old parish was 13,992.

The descent of the manor oiLTTHAM
MANOR may be given in very few words. In
1066, assessed as two plough-lands, it
was part of Earl Tostig's Amounderness lordship.17
Afterwards it was held of the Crown in thegnage
by the lord of Woodplumpton,18 and about 1 1 90 was
granted to the great monastery of Durham,19 which

4 Whittle's Marina (1829) contains
an account of Lytham composed in 1799
by Captain .William Latham ; this speaks
of the place as then ' only advancing into
fame,' but mentions a tradition that there
was formerly a ' town of some note . . .
between the present church and the
sandhills, in a direction towards the
common side."

6 Baines, Lanes. Dir. (1825), ii, 53.

6 Ibid. See also the account in Porter's
Fylde, 437-51.

7 The terminus of 1846 stands some
distance to the east of the present station.

8 Baines, op. cit. ii, 55 ; 'the pool in
Lytham, situated about a mile east of the
village, is nearly formed into a natural
dock, large enough to contain a fleet of
men-of-war, and there is a small graving
dock at its northern extremity where
vessels are built and repaired. This pool
belongs to Mr. Clifton and at the summer
assizes at Lancaster in 1824 he established
his claim for anchorage on vessels loading
and unloading there."

9 Baines, Lanes, (ed. 1870), ii, 506.

10 A market was authorized by an Act
10 & ii Viet. cap. 251.

11 The baths and assembly rooms were
opened in 1862.

12 Porter, Fylde, 453.

"a Statistics from Bd. of Agric. (1905).

13 By a special improvement Act 10 &

ii Viet. cap. 251, amended by later
Acts.

14 Loc. Govt. Bd. Order 31813. In
1897 a further order was made (no. 36320)
extending Lytham and St. Anne's to
include the foreshore.

15 These works were established by the
local board in 1850.

16 Hist, of Lytham (Chet. Soc.), 20-4 ;
the names are given. A Subsidy Roll of
1546 is printed ibid. 16 ; another of
1640-1, ibid. 31—4; and a list of sub-
scribers to a ' voluntary present to his
majesty 'in 1661, ibid. 17-19.

16a Visit, returns at Chester.

17 V.C.H. Lana. i, 288*.

18 Lanes. Inq. and Extents (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), i, 46.

19 Farrer, Lanes. Pipe R. 346 (from the
Charter R. 130, of 1335) ; Richard son
of Roger, with the consent of his wife
Margaret and of his heirs, gave in pure
alms all his land of Lytham, with the
church of the same vill, and all appur-
tenances, in order that the monks might
build a house of their order there. The
bounds were described as beginning on the
west side of the cemetery of Kilgrimol,
where the benefactor had raised a cross,
and thence westward to the sea. From
the same cross the boundary went east
along the Cursed mere beyond the great
moss and the Suinebrigg brook as far as

214

Ballam ; from Ballam across the moss,
which had been divided between the
grantor and John Count of Mortain (his
lord) as far as the east side of Estholme
carr, and thence to the water coming
from Birchholme between the said carr
and Bryning carr ; then following the
water south to the middle point between
Estholme and Couburgh, returning west-
ward and going round the moss southward
to the Pool beyond Swartesalt, and the
sand by the sea ; thence by the thread of
the Ribble and the sea back to the
starting-point. Islands, sands and all
rights were given as fully as possible.

These bounds seem to have been pre-
served down to the present, with little
if any variation.

Another charter, perhaps earlier, gives
the bounds in reverse order ; Lytham D.
at Durham, i, 2 a, 4 ae, Ebor. From this
it is clear that the 'islands' were in the
inner marsh.

Count John showed his good will not
only by confirming the grant, but also by
remitting the thegnage rent of 8i. 8</.
due from Lytham, and after he became
king he ratified these acts; ibid. 130,
137 ; Lanes. Inq. and Extents, loc. cit. ; Cal.
Rot. Chart. (Rec. Com.), 88. The original
charter is at Durham, 2, 4 ae, Ebor. no. 20.

There was an inspeximus of the charter
in 1319 ; Cal. Pat. 1317-21, p. 404.

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

LYTHAM

established a cell or priory.10 After the Dissolution
Lytham was sold by the Crown in 1554 to Sir
Thomas Holcroft,21 and in 1 606 it was acquired by
Cuthbert Clifton of Westby.22 It became the chief
residence of its new lords, whose descent has been
traced in the account of Clifton in Kirkham. The
lord of the manor, who is practically the sole land-
owner, is Mr. John Talbot Clifton, who resides at
Lytham Hall.

The hall stands in a park of over 600 acres on the

north-west of the town half a mile immediately to
the north of the parish church. It is a fine classic
building of two stories and an attic, begun in 1751
from the designs of Carr of York but not completed
till 1764." The principal front faces east and has a
pediment supported by Ionic columns the height of
the upper floors.

The Priors of Lytham (or of Durham) had various
disputes with their neighbours as to boundaries and
common rights,'4 and in izgz were summoned to

From deeds preserved at Durham it
seems that Evesham Abbey had had a
grange at Lytham; Lytham D. 12, 2 a,
4 ae, Ebor. &c.

20 See the account of the religious
houses in V.C.H. Lanes, ii, 107—10.

'al Pat. z Mary, pt. ii, the church and
hall formerly belonging to Durham. The
Prior of Durham had in 1539 granted a
lease of the manor to Thomas Dannett
for eighty years at a rental of £48 191. 6d.t
and this seems to have been confirmed by
the Crown in 1 549, with a reduction of
the rent due ; D. at Lytham. Dannett
was to pay jj. 4^. to the king for wreck,
waifs and strays, and 401. to the Earl of
Derby as steward's fee.

Sir Thomas Holcroft died in July
1 158 holding the manor of Ly ham of
the Crown by knight's service. His son
Thomas was a year old ; Duchy of Lane.
Inq. p.m. x, no. 13.

In I 586 Thomas Holcroft had a dispute
with William Clifton as to waste called
Westmow ; Ducatui Lane. (Rec. Com.),
Hi, 173, 187.

82 Cuthbert Clifton (afterwards made a
knight) came of age in 1603, and pur-
chased Lytham in 1606 from Sir Richard
Molyneux and Frances his wife ; Pal. of
Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 70, no. 60 ; Piccope
MSS. (Chet. Lib.), iii, 50. How the
vendors obtained the manor has not been
ascertained. In the year of purchase

LYTHAM HALL

Cuthbert Clifton made a settlement of the
manor, rectory of the church, view of
frankpledge, free warren and fishery, lands,
&c. ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 70,
no. 40. In 1609 Gilbert Syth worth
had a rent of ,£24 out of the manor
from Cuthbert Clifton and Anne his
wife; ibid. bdle. 76, no. 34. In 1612
the manor appears among the other
Clifton properties, and continues to do so
in later settlements, &c. ; ibid. bdle. 80,
no. 24 ; 156, m. 247, &c.

The tenure of the manor was declared
to be by knight's service in 1634 ; Duchy
of Lane. Inq. p.m. xxvii, no. 43.

23 E. B. Chancellor, Lives of British
Architects, 251. There is a view of it in
Twycross, Mansions of Engl. and Walet
(Lanes, ii, 33).

24 In 1272 a declaration of the bounds
between Kelgrimoles and Lsyton was
made by Ranulf de Dacre, the sheriff,
and other arbitrators. The old cross on
Cross How was the starting-point ; from
it the boundary line went west to the
sea, and east to another cross set up by
the arbitrators on the road from Lytham
to Layton, and thence through the middle
of the great moss between Marton and
Lytham on the north side of Miggylund
as far as Swinebridge Brook ; but Kel-
grimoles and the Northhows were to be
common for both Layton and Lytham ;
2 a, 4 ae, Ebor. no. 1 4.

In 1291 the Priors of Durham and
Lytham, Alan a monk at Lytham and
Robert de Millum chaplain there had to
answer Robert de Holland and Margery
his wife as to land alleged to be in
Westby, the defence being that it was in
Lytham ; Assize R. 407, m. 3. Next
year a similar dispute between the Prior
of Durham and William de Clifton resulted
in a division ; Assize R. 408, m. 25.
There was a further dispute in 1350;
De Banco R. 360, m. 23. Pasture land
in Holmecarr was in 1347 declared to be
in Lytham, not in Kellamergh as claimed
by Adam and John de Sharpies ; Assize
R. 1435, m. 15.

In July 1351 the Prior of Durham
proved his right to 100 acres of moor and
marsh against Robert de Beetham, Eleanor
his wife, Thomas son of Gilbert de Single-
ton, Gilbert his son and Isabel his wife,
Richard son of Richard Banastre and
others ; Duchy of Lane. Assize R. I,
m. 4. The prior was in 1356 defendant
to a claim put forward by William Boteler
of Warrington and Sir John Boteler ;
ibid. 5, m. 12.

In 1530 the Botelers asserted their
boundary claims in a violent manner,
throwing down an ancient boundary cross,
another cross and the image of St. Cuth-
bert, and threatening the priory itself,
being held in check only by two monks
who brought the sacrament out, for the

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

show by what right they claimed wreck of the sea at
Lytham." Later they are found paying the Earl of
Lancaster 3/. \d. a year for this right.*6 In 1498 a
number of other claims were called in question, in-
cluding free warren.27 Estholme Carr was at one
time held by the Bradkirk family.*8 There are but
few traces of other freeholders.*9

Several accounts of the furniture and stock of the
priory have been preserved.30 The house itself seems
to have been deserted by the monks before the
Dissolution ; they returned to Durham.

In addition to the lord of the manor several yeomen
and others registered estates as ' Papists 'in 171 7."

The church of ST. CUTHBERT
CHURCH stands at the west end of the town and
is a modern building in red brick erected
in 1834 on the site of an older edifice built in 1770,
which in itstur.i had replaced one of still earlier date.
This earlier church was built of cobbles and was very
low, with a ' steeple,' a porch, and a ' pulpit against
the south wall.' A description of the building as it
was in 1764 has been preserved in a brief of that
date,32 in which it is stated to be a ' very ancient
structure standing upon the sea-coast and so much
decayed in every part that the parishioners cannot
assemble therein for the worship of God without
manifest danger to their lives, the walls being so
bulged out, in some places near three feet from the
perpendicular, that the parishioners have laid out
considerable sums of money from time to time in re-
pairing and endeavouring to support the said church,
yet the same is by length of time become so ruinous
and decayed that it cannot any longer be kept up,
but the same with the steeple must be taken down

and rebuilt.' The building was accordingly taken
down33 and a new church erected, which in plan was a
simple rectangle under a gabled roof with a ' whitened '
west tower containing one bell.34 The interior of the
building, which is described as being ' extremely
simple, light, and elegant ' 3i and ' preserved in the
neatest possible order,' was ' fitted up with thick
narrow oak frames ornamented with elbows or scrolls
and having two rows in the middle and one at
each side.' 36 The walls were above a yard in thick-
ness, the main door having a small porch, and to the
east and west were the remains of thick walls, as if
they might have been the ruins of some former and
larger edifice.37 The parish maintained the west
end, which was ' about half of it,' and Thomas
Clifton the east end.38 This second church was
pulled down in 1834, being found too small to meet
the requirements of the growing number of visitors in
the season, and the first stone of the present building
was laid in March and the church opened in the
same year. It consists of chancel with north vestry
and organ chamber, clearstoried nave with north and
south aisles and west tower. The chancel, which
was originally small, was extended in 1872, and the
north aisle was widened in 1882, being increased to
double its width and covered with a separate gabled
roof. The style is Gothic with embattled walls to
nave and tower, the roofs being covered with stone
slates, and though architecturally of little merit is
perhaps superior to much Gothic work of the period,
the brickwork showing nothing of the hardness of
line so common in stone churches of the early part of
the last century. A new vestry on the north side of
the old one was erected in 1 909 in memory of Bishop

honour of which they desisted. They
were ordered not to interfere in the Hawes,
but might use their common in Kilgri-
mosse as before ; Duchy Plead. (Rec.
Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 206-10. A
renewal of the dispute has caused some
further information as to the priory lands
to be recorded. The Priory of Lytham
stood at the end of the church ; the
Kilgrimoles churchyard had been (so it
was said) ' worn into the sea.' One
Cursed mere was near the priory ; another
was in the moss. The name was given
because many beasts had been drowned
therein. The decision was in the prior' •
favour; ibid, ii, 9-19.

K Plac. de Quo Warr. (Rec. Com.), 386.
The king recovered this right, and in
1295 transferred it to his brother Edmund ;
Cal. Chart. R. 1257-1300, p. 461.

26 Survey of 134.6 (Chet. Soc.), 44.

a7 Pal. of Lane. Writs Proton. 20 Aug.
13 Hen. VII ; the claims were view of
frankpledge, with waifs and strays, assize
of bread, wreck of gea, sok, sak, team,
&c. ; freedom from common services and
amercements, pontage, &c. ; also free
warren in the demesne lands in Lytham.

88 The Prior of Durham in 1327
granted all his waste of Estholme Carr in
Lytham to John de Bradkirk and Alice
his wife, with remainder to John their
son for his life only. A rent of 4^. was
to be paid for each acre newly approved ;
corn growing on the land was to be ground
at the Lytham mill, and suit of court was
to be performed as done by other tenants
of Lytham and Estholme ; Lytham D. at
Durham, 4 and 5, 2 a, 4 ae, Ebor.

From pleadings of 1344 it appeared
that John de Bradkirk had had a charter

for Estholme Carr from thr Prior of
Durham, and by his wife Alice had three
sons, John, Edmund and Adam ; the last,
as heir of his brothers, surrendered to the
prior; Assize R. 1435, m. 39. In the
status domus for 1 345 a sum of £j i is. &d.
was put down for this plea ; 5 marks
were given to Adam de Bradkirk.

In 1246 the Prior of Durham demised
for life 24 acres in the marsh of Edric-
holme to John Sauener of Lytham and
Adam son of Roger the Priest for 8*.
rent ; 2 a, 4 ae, Ebor. no. 7.

29 Richard Cardwell in 1572 claimed a
tenement in Lytham by descent against
Richard Salthouse, whose title was derived
from Thomas Holcroft ; Ducatut Lane.
iii, 4.

Robert Clark died in 1599 holding,
besides other property, a messuage, &c., in
Norcross in Lytham, but the tenure was
not recorded ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m.
xvii, no. 44. Small plats were held by
Thomas Jollice and Thomas Bamber of
Layton ; in those cases also no tenure
was given. John Walsh of Layton in
1624 held 3 acres in Lytham of the king
by the three-hundredth part of a knight's
fee ; Towneley MS. C 8, 13 (Chet. Lib.),
1311.

The profits of the portion of the estate
of William Harris of Lytham sequestered
for recusancy were in 1607 granted by
the Crown to Sir Richard Coningsby ;
Cal. S. P. Dom. 1603—10, p. 383. James
Beesley, a recusant, had two-thirds of his
estate sequestered by the Commonwealth
authorities before 1653 ; Cal. Com. for
Comp. iv, 3174.

su In 1311 corn in the granary and
grange from the dc-me-ne and the tithe

2l6

amounted to 18 qrs., in seed 10 qrs. ;
[other corn] 2 qrs., in seed i qr. 2 bushels ;
barley 24 qrs. ; beans and peas 18 qrs.,
which were considered enough for seed
and for the food of the house ; oats
200 qrs., also sufficient.

The stock of oxen for the ploughs was
24 ; cows 22, with 2 bulls ; younger
cattle, 36 ; sheep and ewes, 78 ; lambs,
36 ; pigs, &c., 14, with 2 boars.

Money in hand and due was considered
enough for the creditors.

In later years much more detailed
statements were compiled ; see those
printed in Hist, of Lytham (Chet. Soc.),
73-93, from the Durham records.

The site of the priory with the lands
attached was valued at ^8 8s. in 1535 ;
the rents, &c., in Lytham amounted to
£22 us., in Estholme £3 71., Med-
holme £j zs. 8</., Pillhouses and Bank-
houses izs. lid., other lands 42*. ; in all
£43 8j. -jd. ; Valor Eccl. (Rec. Com.),

v, 305-

31 Estcourt and Payne, Engl. Cath
Nonjurors, 94, 106, 147. Their names
were William Snape, James and John
Harrison, Robert Bennett, Henry Fletcher,
Ellen Smith and Roger Charnley.

82 Quoted by Fishwick, Hist, of Lytham,

37-

33 As far as is known neither plan nor
sketch has been preserved ; ibid. 38.

34 There is an illustration from a water-
colour drawing, ibid. 37.

38 Capt. Latham, Desultory History of
Lytham, in Whittle, op. cit. 43.

86 Thornber, Hist, oj Blackpool, 341.

37 Ibid.

88 Terrier of 1778, quoted by Fish-
wick, op. cit. 45.

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

Pym of Bombay (d. 1908), who was assistant curate
at Lytham.39 The church was reseated in oak in
1888. There are several Clifton monuments, in-
cluding four 18th-century ones from the old church.

There is a ring of eight bells, six cast in 1857 by
C. & G. Mears, and the treble and tenor in 1874
by Mears & Stainbank.

The plate consists of a chalice of 1 844, no longer
used ; two chalices, a bread-holder and a flagon
presented by Thomas Clifton in 1845 ; a paten of
1846 ; a paten of 1871-2 ; a small silver almsdish
of 1874-5 > and a large repousse almsdish of un-
burnished silver presented in 1895 by the Rev.
Samuel Ashton Thompson Yates. In a case in the
vestry are preserved the bowls of two pewter chalices
and a pewter flagon, together with the loose foot of
one of the chalices, which is inscribed ' The gift of
William Hornsby to Lytham Church, 1816.' The
flagon is ' The gift of William Hornby, Esq., of
Kirkham, to Lytham Church.'

The registers begin in 1679. The first volume,
which contains the baptisms and burials from 1679
to 1761 and the marriages from 1679 to 1754, has
been printed.40

On the south side of the church is an undated
stone pedestal sundial, the plate bearing the motto
' Dum spectes fugio,' and with the name of
The oldest gravestone is dated

maker.

Waller,
1672."

The earliest record of the church
4DVOWSON of Lytham is that contained in
Reginald of Durham's book of the
miracles of St. Cuthbert." The grandfather of
Richard son of Roger, he tells us, pulled down the
ancient wattled church, and built a new one of stone,
on an adjacent site, in honour of St. Cuthbert,
4 wherein the grace of God on account of the merits
of B. Cuthbert wrought many miracles, to be admired

LYTHAM

of all men.' A servant of Richard son of Roger
named Uvieth,43 having committed a secret sin, was
smitten in the face by St. Cuthbert and was like to
die. Being carried to the church, the faith of his
friends was rewarded by a vision of the saint, who
healed the man he had punished. Another servant, a
youth, walking in the cemetery, saw a young sparrow
fly from its nest on the church roof and rest on the
remains of the altar of the old church still visible.44
The youth captured it, not thinking he was breaking
' the peace of the saint,' and was surprised to find
that he could not leave the cemetery until he had
released his prey. Richard son of Roger himself,
being, as it was thought, at the point of death, was
carried to the church of St. Cuthbert, ' whom he had
always loved,' to die there, and was cured as soon as
he entered the building ; afterwards he went to
Durham to watch at the shrine 45 and return thanks
for his cure. His son also, being at the point of
death, was restored to health after a night's watching
in the church. For testimony of this restoration the
father took his son to Durham and offered a gold
ring, which was to be fixed on the tomb of St.
Cuthbert, at the same time telling the story of all
these wonders.46

Apart from Reginald's stories the existence of the
church before 1 1 90 is proved by the priory charter.47
The church was probably at one time dependent
upon Kirkham, but the founder obtained a formal
release from the Abbot of Shrewsbury,48 and the
chapter of Lancaster decided that Lytham was a
parish church and not a chapel.49 The church was
given absolutely to the monks, and the Prior of
Lytham, the nominee or removable deputy of the
Prior of Durham, took the position of rector, assisted
by one or two other monks and a secular chaplain or
more.50 In 1291 the value of the church was £4,
but after the raid of the Scots in 1322 51 was reduced

39 The Rev. Walter Ruthven Pym was
appointed assistant curate at Lytham in
1880 and served till 1882.

40 Lanes. Parish Rtg;. Soc. Publ. xxxiii
(1908). Transcribed by Henry Bnerley.

41 The terrier of 1778 has a note to
this effect : ' The church yard fence is
very ordinary, being composed of earth
which falls in frequently and is impos-
sible to be repaired without loss to the
churchyard. There are stones enough
left from the rebuilding of the church
which would repair the worst of it, but
that the parishioners are against it. I
mean the Papists and some who are set
on by them.'

41 De admirandis B. Cuthberti virtutibut
(Surtees Soc. i), 280-4.

48 A Roger son of Wlfiet occurs in
1184-5 5 fairer, Lanes. Fife R. 56.

44 This story was written after the
foundation of the priory, for the old altar
was ' outside the circuit of the new
monastery,' yet nothing is said of the gift
of the church to Durham.

48 'Cum lumine pervigil oravit.'

46 These miracles should be compared
with a slightly varied series (ibid. 138-
48) laid to have happened at ' Lixtune,'
a place *in Coupland ' according to the
heading, lut 'in the furtr--,. part of
Cheshire, on the very ',«ge of the sea-
shore,' according t-> »'ae text. The place
had a little church, , ;Unded in honour of
St. Cuthbert, which i'.-ough but a mean
country chapel was a Baptismal church.

A boy who climbed to the roof, damaging
the crazy walls in doing so, in order to
destroy a crows' nest, found his hand
clenched so that the nails pierced through.
A great man of the district, whose face
was horribly distorted by some illness, on
appealing for the saint's help was cured,
and in thanksgiving pulled down the old
church, vimine fenoque contectam, rebuilt
it of stone, and bountifully endowed it.
The only son of another great man of the
district was carried to the church almost
dead and made whole. A wayfarer go ng
into the church to pray first thrust his
spear into the ground of the cemetery, and
a thief seizing it could neither move it
nor release his hand from it until the
owner came. The priest's steward saw
a little sparrow fly down from the church
roof and caught it, though it took refuge
by the church door ; and he wandered
about the cemetery all the afternoon
unable to get out. These and other
stories were told to Reginald by the
priest of the place and his neighbours
who made a pilgrimage to Durham in
1165.

4' Roger de St. Edmund, Archdeacon of
Richmond (c.i2oo), confirmed to God and
St. Cuthbert the grant of the church of
Lytham made by Richard son of Roger of
good memory ; Lytham D. at Durham,
2 a, 4ae, Ebor. no. 8. Morgan, another
archdeacon, also confirmed it ' for the
maintenance of their monks dwelling at
Lytham ' ; no. 9.

217

48 This grant may not have been
needed for any supposed dependence on
Kirkham ; it appears to be the release of
one of the Shrewsbury monks, Robert de
Stafford, for whom Richard son of Roger
had asked in order to make him head of
the monastery he proposed to erect at
Lytham ; ibid. no. n.

49 Ibid. no. 28.

60 The Archdeacons of Richmond
appear to have made several inquiries as
to the position of the removable Prior of
Lytham. In 1347 it was formally
declared that the priors might, as had
been accustomed, by themselves or by
secular chaplains hear the confessions of
the parishioners, absolve them, minister
the sacraments to them, &c., as deputies
of the Prior of Durham it would seem ;
2a, 4 ae, Ebor. no. 18. The Priors of
Lytham were instituted by the arch-
deacons or their deputies just as rectors
of the church would have been ; ibid. no.

39-

About 1265 the priory had a staff of
three, the following attesting a charter :
S. the prior ; S. his socius ; and Simon
the chaplain ; ibid. 3 a, 2 ae, 4 ae, Ebor.
no. 44.

81 Pope Nick. Tax. (Rec. Com.), 309,
327. The goods of the Prior of Lytham
were valued at ,£1 1 6s. id.

A testimony by Hugh, cantor of York
and archdeacon, names the payment of
an ancient due of 6d. called chrism pence
(denarii crismatii), and says that a further

28

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

to £z ; this remained the nominal value in I34I.5*
In 1535, however, the value of the tithes and obla-
tions was reckoned as £9 l$s. lid. ; out of which
3/. was paid to the Archdeacon of Richmond and
io/. was distributed to the poor on Maundy Thurs-
day according to ancient custom.53

An inventory of the church goods made in 1 446
shows that it was well furnished with books and
vestments.44

After the dissolution of the monastery it does not
clearly appear what provision was made for divine
worship,45 but the king as rector and then the
Holcrofts and their successors would pay a chaplain to
perform at least the minimum service. The stipend
also would be a minimum, and in 1610 Lytham was
reported as * an usurped impropriation ' (as it was
supposed) possessed by one Mr. Roger Ley, gentle-
man, dwelling in the parsonage-house ; the stipendiary
minister (was) a bare reader and careless.46 In 1604
it was reported that the parish clerk could neither
read nor write.47 In 1650 the tithes were worth
£29 a year ; the patron and impropriator was
Thomas Clifton, ' a Papist and delinquent ' ; the
minister had no allowance or salary, but £50 was
allowed by the Committee of Plundered Ministers.48
In 1717 Bishop Gastrell found that £20 a year was
allowed to the curate by the lay rector, who nomi-
nated him ; and the surplice fees came to £z. There
were then neither schools nor charities.49 A grant
was afterwards obtained from Queen Anne's Bounty
and other endowments were given,60 the vicar's income
now amounting to about £400." The trustees of
J. T. Clifton are patrons.

The following have been curates and vicars : —
oc. 1548-62 George Lorimer"

oc. 1610 Hugh Grimbalson GS

oc. 1619 Peter Bullock64

oc. 1622 — Brown64

oc. 1639 Robert Brodbelt66

oc. 1646-54 William Armisfeed67

oc. 1678-1701 James Threlfall68

1701 Josiah Birchall 69

1717 Timothy Pollard 70

1 74 1 Ashton Werden, M.A." (T.C.D.)

1 743 Robert Willacy 72

1759 Thomas Place

1 760 John Gibson 7S
1800 Robert Lister, B.A.74

1834 Richard Barton Robinson, M.A.76
(Queen's Coll., Oxf.)

1 870 Henry Beauchamp Hawkins, M.A.76
(Trinity Coll., Camb.)

At the east end of the town St. John's Church
was built in 1848-50 ; the Clifton trustees are
patrons.77 At Fairhaven St. Paul's was built as a
chapel of ease to the parish church in 1904. St.
Anne's-on-the-Sea has taken its name from St. Anne's
Church built in that part of the township in
1 872-3 78; Lady Drummond's trustees are patrons.
There is a mission church of St. Thomas built in
1900 ; the present vicar of St. Anne's is the
patron, but Mr. J. T. Clifton will succeed after his
death.

The Wesleyan Methodists opened a chapel in
1846; the present church succeeded it in l86879;
they also have chapels at Fairhaven, 1899, and
St. Anne's, 1892, with mission halls. The Strict
Baptists have long had a meeting-place 80 ; their
present chapel is at Pollux Gate, Fairhaven. There
are two more recent Baptist chapels, at Ansdell and
St. Anne's, 1884-6 ; the former was rebuilt in
1908.

The Congregationalists opened their first church in
1 862"; they have now another at Fairhaven,
1903-4, and a third at St. Anne's, i894~6.82 At
the last-named place the Christian Brethren also have
a meeting-room.

payment of id. to the synod or to the
fabric of the mother church of York had
been refused in the time of Thomas the
elder (1070— noo), formerly archbishop.
The chrism pence were remitted by
Archbishop Thurstan ; Lytham D. at
Durham, 2 a, 4 ae, Ebor. no. 6.

82 Inq. Nonarum (Rec. Com.), 37. The
reduction was accounted for by 20*.
altarage and zos. loss by the destruction
wrought by the Scots.

53 Valor Eccl. ut sup.

54 Lytham D. at Durham ; printed in
Hist, of Lytham (Chet. Soc.), 29.

65 Thomas Dannett by the lease of
1539 was bound to provide an able and
honest priest to celebrate divine service ;
Piccope MSS. (Chet. Lib.), iii, 38.

66 Hist. MSS. Com. Rep. xiv, App. iv, 9.

67 Visit. P. at Chester Dioc. Reg.

58 Common-w. Ch. Surtf. (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), 156. An allowance
of £40, increased to ,£50, was decreed in
1646 out of the lay rector's sequestrated
tithes ; Plund. Mins. Accts. i, 40, 45.

59 Notitia Cestr. (Chet. Soc.), ii, 446-7.
There were two churchwardens.

60 A board in the church stated that
the Countess Dowager Gower gave £150
in 1765 and Queen Anne's Bounty
£200 ; this was invested in the purchase
of Ryheads in Goosnargh in 1768.

About ,£1,300 was given between 1801
and 1814.

61 Manch. Dioc. Dir.

62 Visit. Lists at Chester. Thomas
Primett, priest, of Kirkham, in 1564 be-
queathed his velvet cap, &c., to George
Lorimer ; Richmond Wills (Surtees Soc.),
172.

63 From his presentment of recusants
in the Consistory Ct. papers, Chester.

64 Visit, papers, Chester.

65 Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.),
j, 69 ; Visit. Lists.

66 Ibid, i, 124 ; he was at Bispham in
1622 ; ibid. 69. The will of Robert
Brodbelt of Bispham, clerk, 1 674, is printed
in Fishwick's Bispham (Chet. Soc.), 43.
He may have been a Royalist, as he does
not appear during the Commonwealth
period.

67 Plund. Mins. Accts. i, 40, 141. He
had been curate and schoolmaster of
Kirkham ; Misc. (Rec. Soc.), i, 68, 124.

68 In the Visitation List of 1691 he is
stated to have been ordained in 1663 ; he
may have been at Lytham the whole time.
He was the 'minister' in 1678 when a
collection of j£i 3*. 8i/. was made for the
rebuilding of St. Paul's Cathedral, Sir
Thomas Clifton and Mr. James Threlfall
heading the list with 5*. each ; N. and Q.
(Ser. 5), x, 164. He was 'conformable '
in 1689 ; Hist. MSS. Com. Rep. xiv, App.
iv, 229. He bequeathed £2 used for the
school, the date being given as 1702.

69 In 1707 the minister did not wear
the surplice ; Visit, returns.

10 Nominated by the University of

218

Cambridge. The vacancy was caused by
the death of the preceding incumbent ;
Chester Dioc. Reg. In 1725 the sacra-
ment was administered thrice a year.

71 Nominated by Alexander Osbaldeston
of Preston, who also nominated the next
incumbent. Went to Bispham.

J2 Buried at Lytham, 1758 ; Hist, of
Lytham (Chet. Soc.), 61.

In 1745 the holy sacrament was ad-
ministered five times a year ; Visit,
returns.

73 Nominated by Abigail Clayton of
Lark Hill, Blackburn, as widow and
executrix of Thomas Clayton, executor
of Alexander Osbaldeston.

74 Nominated by John Clayton of
Little Harwood.

75 He was nominated by Thomas
Clifton. He died in 1872 ; there is a
memorial tablet in the church, subscribed
by parishioners.

76 Hon. Canon of Manchester, 1891.

77 Porter, op. cit. 446.

78 A district was assigned to it in
1877 ; Lond. Ga%. 26 Oct.

7u Porter, op. cit. 445-

80 Ibid. 439 ; the original small ch pel,
holding about thirty worshippr •>» was
openea uL'^'.t 1820.

81 Nightingale Lanc.> Nonconf. i,
106-9.

82 In this is a manorial brass for W. J.
Porritt, who is regarded as the founder of
St. Anne's.

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

POULTON-LE-
FYLDE

Worship according to the Roman rites was probably
maintained at Lytham Hall during the I yth and 1 8th
centuries,83 there being a domestic chapel.84 The
list of convicted recusants about 1670 is headed by
Sir Thomas Clifton, and contains many names still
known in the district.843 The number of 'Papists'
returned to the Bishop of Chester in 1767 was 384 ;
the priest was 'John Mansel a/iasTalbot, Jesuit,' and
' Thomas Clifton esq.' followed him.84b In 1800 an
old tithe-barn on the edge of the park was used as
a chapel.85 After the squire became a Protestant the
present St. Peter's was built in the town in I839.56
At St. Anne's the church of Our Lady Star of the Sea
was built in I Sgo.87 St. Joseph's, Ansdell, was founded
in 1908.

The free school at Lytham was founded in 1726

or a little later.88 A second school, or branch, seems
to have been opened at Heyhouses in 1775.

Official inquiries were made as to
CHARITIES the charities in 1824 and 1899, and
from the reports issued in 1900 it
appears that, apart from the educational endowments,
amounting to £720 a year, there are only two
chanties in operation. Elizabeth Layland in 1734
left £60 for the poor or the education of children ;
this now produces £5 los. a year, of which £2 2s.
is given to the cottage hospital and the rest is dis-
tributed to the poor in kind.89 Harriet Jane
Quartley in 1878 left £19 igs. to the vicar of
Lytham for a Christmas gift to the poor ; the income
is 1 3-f. 2</., but the capital has been increased by
accumulations.90

POULTON
CARLETON

POULTON-LE-FYLDE

THORNTON
HARDHORN-WITH-NEWTON

MARTON

This parish, from which Bispham has been
detached, has an area of 16,691^ acres, including
1,523^ acres of tidal water, and its population in
1901 numbered 27,987. The country is in general
level, with gentle undulations. The town of Poulton
was formerly a place of importance in the district,
being called the 'metropolis of the Fylde 'in 1837,'
but the formation of Fleetwood at the mouth of the
Wyre, and, still more, the growth of Blackpool, have
left it far behind. In former times the estuary of the
Wyre was ' proverbial for the safety of its navigation,' *
and Poulton was the port on it.

The history of the parish has been that of a quiet
agricultural community. There are slight traces of
Roman occupation.1 Before the Reformation a large
portion of the land was held by religious houses,
represented by the bailiffs at their granges, and the
resident gentry were little more than yeomen,
cultivating their estates and apparently living in peace
with each other. The destruction of the monasteries
made little practical change, though it introduced an
important resident family — that of Fleetwood of
Rossall — but the religious revolution found a number
of victims, great and small. One or two here, as in
other parishes of the Fylde, suffered death for their
work as missionary priests, and the most powerful
opponent of the Elizabethan establishment of religion
was a native of the parish — Cardinal Allen. The
Civil War and the Revolution do not seem to have

disturbed this parish in any noteworthy manner.
One of the minor gentry, Thomas Singleton of
Staining, lost his life in 1643 in the cause of Charles I.
The school at Rossall, though of recent origin,
provides a distinctive feature.

To the tax called the county lay of 1624 the
various townships contributed as follows when the
hundred paid £100 : Poulton, £2 los. (>\d. ;
Carleton, £i i6s. \\d. ; Thornton, £2 os. 5f</. ;
Hardhorn-with-Newton, £2 los. 2\d. ; and Marton,
£2 os. ^\d.\ in all, £ 10 ijs. j±d.* The older
fifteenth shows much the same relative values.5

With the exception of Fleetwood the district
remains almost entirely agricultural. The land is
now occupied very largely as pasture, as may be seen
by the following table 5a : —

Arable

Permanent

Woods and

land

grass

plantations

ac.

ac.

ac.

Poulton . .

. 66£

644

5

Carleton

. 149

1,752*

—

Thornton .

. 470

1,962

I0|

Fleetwood .

• 475

1,032

17

Hardhorn-with-

Newton .

. 578

1,951

27

Marton . .

1,261*

1,851*

20

3,000

9>'93

79*

83 As usual there are practically no
records of the i/th century. A list of
priests in charge from about 1615, com-
piled by Mr. Gillow, is printed in Hist, of
Lytham (Chet. Soc.), 47-54.

84 It is now a lumber-room.

844 Misc. (Cath. Rec. Soc.), v, 188-90.

^b Trans. Hist. Soc. (new ser.), xviii,
2 1 8. There was a priest at the hall
in 1712 ; Tyldesley Diary, 37. The
Jesuits had charge of the mission, and
in 1701 Ralph Hornyold alias Gower was
in charge with a salary of £10. In 1750
there were 200 general confessions and
230 ' customers,' while in 1793 there
were 250 Easter communicants and 75
persons were confirmed ; Fok-y, Rec. S. /.
v, 320-5. About 1794 a Benedictine

succeeded the Jesuits, but remained only a
short time ; Trans. Hist. Soc. (new ser.),
xiii, 1 66. The secular clergy have been
in charge since 1803.

86 There is a description in Whittle,
Lytham, 10, II.

86 Liverpool Cath. Annual. There is a
cemetery with a mortuary chapel at
Saltcotes. 87 Ibid.

88 End. Char. Rep. for Lytham, 1 900.
The original endowments, though small,
were invested in land near Blackpool
which has become valuable.

89 The income is derived from a piece
of meadow in Freckleton, called Manning's
land.

90 An old charity founded by Thomas
Cookson, for books for poor children, is

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supposed to have been merged in the
school fund.

1 Thornber, Blackpool, 281.

a Baines, Lanes. Dir. 1825, ii, 463.

8 Traces of a Roman road leading north
through Marton and Poulton to the Wyre
mouth have been noticed. A hoard of
Roman coins was found near Fleetwood
in 1840.

4 Gregson, Fragments (ed. Harland), 23.

s Ibid. 19 ; the payments were : Poul-
ton, £i 9*. 6\d. ; Carleton, £i is. i £<£ ;
Thornton, £i 3*. 8<£ ; Hardhorn-with-
Newton, £1 91. 4^. ; and Marton,
£i 3*. fyd. This gives a total sum of
/,6 js. 2%a". when the hundred paid
£56 4*. 8</.

5a Statistics from Bd. of Agric. (1905).

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

A village called Singleton Thorp, near Rossall
Grange, is said to have been destroyed in 1555 by an
irruption of the sea.6

One Robert Hey, ' a wise man, a witch or charmer,'

POULTON

AND

BISFHAM.

was presented by the vicar in 161 1 for the Bishop of
Chester's censure for telling fortunes and the like.
He was known as ' the wise man of the Fylde,' but
appeared to disclaim the title, and as the vicar did
not press his accusation and the churchwardens
averred that he was ' an honest man, a good church-
man ' and a communicant, he was merely ordered to
appear in Poulton Church on Sunday during service
and declare his sorrow for giving offence, renouncing
publicly the title of ' wise man of the Fylde.' 7

The protestation of 1641-2 was signed by Peter
White the minister and ninety-seven inhabitants.8

In 1643 a large Spanish ship laden with arms for
the Low Countries appeared in the Wyre, having been
driven out of its course, and created great excitement
by firing guns as signals. The Parliamentarians first
seized it, but the Earl of Derby having heard visited
the place, took possession, and ordered the ship to
be burnt, allowing the crew to go free. A Parlia-
mentary major who also went to see the vessel was not
able to save it ; his force being small, he had to avoid
the earl.9

Several ancient customs lingered in the Fylde till
recent times, such as the bonfires on All Hallows' Eve,
known locally as ' Teanley night.' A gala day marked
the close of marl-getting. Onion seed had to be
sown on St. Gregory's Day. A small stone through
which a hole had been bored was tied to the stable
key to protect the horses from witchcraft. ' Ignaging '
was a dance performed by the village lads at Easter.10

John Hull, M.D., a botanist of some note, was
born at Poulton in 1761. He practised as a physician
at Manchester and died in 1843." George Long, a
classical scholar, was born at Poulton in 1800 ; he
became Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, edited
the Penny Cyclopaedia, 1833-46, and afterwards estab-
lished the Bibliotheca Classica. He died in 1879."

The church of ST. CHAD stands on
CHURCH an elevated site in the centre of the
town of Poulton at the north end of the
market-place, and consists of an apsidal chancel 20 ft.
by 17 ft. 6 in., nave 93 ft. 6 in. by 36 ft. and west
tower 12 ft. square, all these measurements being
internal. The site is an ancient one, but all trace of
the original church has vanished, the oldest part of
the present building being the tower, which is said to
have been erected in the reign of Charles I. The
nave dates from 1752—3 and the apse from 1868.

The old structure,13 which was pulled down in 1751,
is described as being built of red sandstone with
double-gabled roof supported down the middle by
four octagonal pillars and semicircular arches and lit
by round-headed windows. It appears to have been
originally, like Bispham, a narrow, aisleless building
with small chancel, enlarged at a later date by the
addition on the north side of an aisle which perhaps

6 Thornber, op. cit. 54, referring to
Dodsworth. The story is very doubtful,
but the coast-line has suffered much from
erosion.

7 Chester Dioc. Reg.

8 The names are printed by Fishwick,
Poulton (Chet. Soc.), 31-3. Another list
of the inhabitants, from an assessment of
1660, will be found ibid. 202—4.

9 ^ijr/nLa«a.(Chet.Soc.),25-7. This
miy be the origin of the 'tradition' of a
vessel of the Spanish Armada having been
ia danger off Rossall ; Thornber, op.
cit. 60.

10 Details of these and other local cus-
toms are given by Thornber, op. cit. 82-
105 ; and Trans. Hist. Soc. iv, 102-18.
The Teanley fires were lighted on a cairn
in Hardhorn.

11 Diet. Nat. Stag. ; see notes on Carleton
township.

13 Diet. Nat. Biog.

1S A description of the church is given
by Thornber ( Blackpool, 285), who, after
recording the wanton destruction of a
monument to the Singletons of Staining,
adds : ' Two other relics which belonged
to this house of God long before the

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Refo-mation are still existing [1842] in
the possession of the Roman Catholics,
viz. a rude brass crucifix, the property of
the Reverend Mr. Platt, late priest of the
Breck Chapel, and a chalice, which,
having fallen into the hands of James
Hesketh Brockholes, esq., of Mains Hall,
was presented by him to the Popish chapel
at Claughton.' There does not seem any
evidence that either of these had belonged
to Poulton Church.

Its appearance about 1870 is described
by A. Hewitson, Our Country Churches,
391.

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doubled its width. The de criptions left of the
building do not materially assist in determining the
date of its erection. The tower, which stood at the
west end of the original nave, was retained when the
church was pulled down, and, the walls of the new
building being erected on the old foundations, is
therefore at the south-west corner of the present
church. A stone with the date 1622 and the name
of Peter White, vicar, and another with the initials
of six churchwardens and the date 1638, apparently
indicate some rebuilding or alterations in these
years.14 In 1883 the building underwent extensive
repairs, and a further renovation and decoration took
place in 1908.

The apse is built in a modern Norman style with
three groups of double round-headed windows, and
forms the sanctuary, the chancel arrangement being
carried into the nave for a distance of 19 ft. The
chancel arch is of 1868 date and is semicircular in
form. The nave is a fairly good example of 18th-
century work, with round-headed two-light windows
and drafted quoins at the angles. On the south side
are two good classic doorways with Tuscan pilasters
carrying entablature and pediment, above which the
wall is pierced by elliptical windows. The doorway
on the north side has a plain moulded architrave.
The roof, which is of one wide span and covered with
slate and with an external stone cornice, is divided
inside into nine bays by eight plain principals
plastered between. On the south-east corner is the
vault of the Fleetwood family, approached from the
outside by a door within a small stone porch of good
classic design with moulded architrave and pedimented
head carried on consoles. Over the door is the
inscription, now somewhat defaced, ' Insignia Rici
Fleetwood afi hujus eccliae patronis, Anno Dni
i699.'15 The spout heads on each side of the
building are of handsome design with the date 1753,
the arms of Fleetwood-Hesketh, and the Hesketh
double-headed eagle.

The tower is of gritstone and very plain in design,
with diagonal buttresses of seven stages and a vice in
the south-east corner. It finishes with an embattled
parapet and angle pinnacles of Renaissance type, and
the belfry windows are of two plain, round-headed
lights with slate louvres, but without hood mould or
any ornament, the whole having the appearance of
very late work and giving some credibility to the
local tradition of its being of I yth-century date. The
west side is quite plain, without door or window, but
the masonry in the lower part appears to have been
rebuilt in a way suggesting a former window. There
is a clock on the south side to the market-place,
and also a small round-headed doorway, apparently
an 1 8th-century insertion, which is the only means
of access to the tower, the arch having presumably
been built up when the nave was erected. The
interior of the tower was renovated in 1908.

POULTON Lfc
FYLDE

The nave has galleries on the north, south and
west sides supported by small stone classic columns
and approached by a staircase in the north-west
corner. The north and south galleries, which stop
about 20 ft. from the east end of the nave, retain
their original square pews, but the west gallery,
along with the nave, has been reseated with modern
benches and all the fittings are of modern date.
Over the vault in the south-east corner were originally
the Fleetwood pews, but the whole of the east end
of the 1 8th-century structure is now thrown into
the quire, the organ being placed on the north side.
The baptistery, however, which occupies the south-
west corner, is formed by a carved oak I yth-century
screen of good design, originally part of the pew
belonging to Sir Peter Hesketh, the Hesketh garb
being carved on two of the posts and the double-
headed eagle and a griffon introduced into the
decorative treatment. The low door, however,
bears the crest of the Rigbys of Layton, together
with the initials A.R. and the date 1636, and belongs
to a pew of that family's. In the baptistery are the
two dated stones already mentioned, and there is
also an oak cupboard with the date 1730 and the
names of the churchwardens. On the south wall at
the east end are preserved four sides of an octagonal
oak Jacobean pulpit discovered in 1877 encased in a
later pulpit supposed to have been erected in 1753.
The sides are richly carved and divided into three
panels of unequal size, the middle ones with the
common semicircular arched ornament of the time,
while along the top is carved CRIE ALOVD SPARE NOT
LIFT UP THY VOYCE LYKE . . .16 There are some brasses
belonging to the older church, one to Ann wife of
Richard Harrison, vicar (d. 1697), and others to
Geoffrey Hornby (d. 1732) and Dorothy his daughter
(d. 1740). A number of hatchments of the Fleet-
wood and Hesketh families are hung on the walls
above the galleries, and there are monuments to
Fleetwood Hesketh (d. 1769), Francis Hesketh (d.
1809), Bold Fleetwood Hesketh (d. 1819), and
Edward Thomas Hesketh (d. iSao).17

There is a ring of six bells cast in 1741 by Abel
Rudhall of Gloucester. The sixth was recast in 1865
and has the names of the vicar and wardens of that
date. The whole were re-hung in igo8.}8

The old plate 19 consists of a large paten of 1698-9
inscribed ' Poulton 1699'; a small visiting chalice
6 in. high and cover paten, the chalice inscribed
' Given for the use of the poor sick Communicants in
the Parish of Poulton in the County of Lancaster '
and the cover * 1735,' both by R. Richardson of
Chester ; and a flagon with the makers' mark B and
W. There are also two modern chalices, two patens,
and a flagon presented by the Rev. T. Clark in
1866.

The registers begin in 1591. The three earliest
volumes, extending to 1677, have been printed.*0

14 These two stones are now fixed in the
wall of the baptistery at the south-west
corner of the nave. The latter was dis-
covered in 1 8 3 6 on the removal of the pul-
pit. Thornber (op. cit. 286) conjectured that
it commemorated the erection of the tower.

15 'In 1882 some workmen discovered,
in removing the lead gutter over this vault,
that a portion of a similar inscription was
cut on the stone cornice in raised 3-inch
letters' ; Fishwick, op. cit. 45.

16 The panels were placed in their
present position on the south wall in Nov.
1878.

17 The inscriptions on all the mural
monuments in the church are given in
full in Fishwick, op. cit. 50-8.

18 The inscriptions are : (i) ' Prosperity
to all our benefactors, A R. 1741'; (2)
' Peace and good neighbourhood, AR.
1741'; (3) 'Prosperity to this parish,
A R. 1741 ' ; (4) 'When you us ring we'll

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sweetly sing, A». 1741'; (5) 'Able
Rudhall cast us all at Gloucester, 1741 ' ;
(6) Originally had names of church-
wardens.

19 A return of church goods sent to the
Bishop of Chester in 1725 records a paten,
flagon and chalice.

30 Lanes. Parish Reg. Soc. Publ. vol. xix
(1904), transcribed and edited by Wm.
Edward Robinson. The Churchwardens'
Accts. begin 1708 ; Fishwick, op. cit. 88.

The churchyard, which is almost entirely inclosed
by surrounding buildings,31 is intersected by flagged
paths and has an entrance at each of its four corners,
that at the south-west leading from the market-place.
It was at one time a ' filthy place almost surrounded
by a ditch.' M On the south side is an octagonal
stone sundial shaft without plate on two older circular
steps.

The church of Poulton, with one
ADVQWSON plough-land and all appurtenances,
was given by Roger of Poitou to
the Abbey of Sees in rog^.23 In spite of a confirma-
tion,74 Theobald Walter was able, a century later, to
lay claim to the advowson, but in 1196 released his
right to Poulton and Bispham on being allowed the
advowson of Preston.*5 The Prior of Lancaster, as
representing Se"es, appears to have retained a moiety
of the rectory86 and given the other moiety to a
clerk who would be responsible for the maintenance
of divine worship. In 1 247, however, it was agreed
that on the next avoidance of the latter moiety the
whole should be appropriated to Lancaster Priory,17 a
vicarage being ordained. The vicar was to receive
20 marks a year, being responsible fer all ordinary
dues, and was to be duly instituted by the archdeacon
to the cure of souls.28 Afterwards the vicar was paid
out of the small tithes and oblations, but had a house
provided for him.89 In 1291, when the rectory was
valued at 70 marks a year, the vicarage was estimated

at 10 marks.30 The destruction wrought by the
Scots in 1322 seems to have been unusually great in
this parish, for the value of the rectory was reduced
by 70 per cent, in consequence of it, while that of
the vicarage fell to 4O/.31 As in other cases, the
rectory was, as part of Lancaster Priory endowment,
in 1432 transferred to Syon Abbey,38 and was in
1535 valued at £62** the vicarage being then worth
£7 l6/. id. clear.34

During the wars with France the advowson
had several times been in the king's hands,30
owing to seizures of the temporalities of foreign
houses, and on the suppression of Syon it was
again taken by the Crown. It was in 1554 pur-
chased by Thomas Fleetwood of Rossall,36 and has
descended to Mr. C. H. Fleetwood-Hcsketh of North
Meols.

The rectory became divided among several impro-
priators.37 In 1650 the vicar had a house with
2 acres of land, the small tithes and tithe salt through-
out the parish, which then included Bispham, but in
some parts these dues were limited by prescription ;
the whole was worth about £5 5 a year.38 About 1717
Poulton, without Bispham, was certified as worth
only ^ 2 8 l8/. a year, but some additional endow-
ments were given.39 A terrier of 1755 has been
preserved ; it shows a total revenue of ^67 2/. 6</.40
At present the vicar's income is reported to be
£260"

11 Some of these have been condemned
to demolition (1909).

M Thornber, Blackpool, 285. This
probably refers to the i8th century. It
was surrounded by a ditch in 1751, on
the borders of which were several fine
sycamore trees, subsequently cut down.
The houses probably date from the end
of the 1 8th or beginning of the igth
century.

23 Farrer, Lanes. Pipe R. 290, 294. In
a pleading in 1293 it was stated that the
church was built by Roger of Poitou, who
endowed it with a third part of the land,
which was all that he held directly in the
place ; Ltnc. Ch. (Chet. Soc.), ii, 485.

34 Farrer, op. cit. 298 ; by John, when
Count of Mortain, 1189—93.

25 Find Cone. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches.), i, 6.

36 Honorius, Archdeacon of Richmond
(i 198— 1 200), specially confirmed to them
the moiety of the church of Poulton and
the moiety of the church of Bispham,
which (among others) they had to their
own uses according to a confirmation by
Pope Celestine (111,1191-8); Lane. Ch.
(Chet. Soc.), i, 117.

27 Ibid. 122. The Archdeacon of
Richmond agreed on condition that the
monks released their claim to the advow-
ion of Bolton-le-Sands and a pension of
3 marks from that church.

The right of Lancaster Priory was the
subject of inquiry in 1351, and found to
be established ; Fishwick, op. cit. 205.

28 Lane. Ch. i, 141. Bispham is called
a chapel only.

29 Ibid, ii, 380. It was in 1275 ordained
that the vicar, besides a suitable house,
should have the whole • altarage of the
church of Poulton and chapel of Bispham,
except living mortuaries and the tithes of
wool, &c., in Great Layton and Thornton,
which belonged to the Prior and monks
of Lancaster.

30 Pope Nich. Tax. 307, 327. The
Prior of Norton had a ' portion ' — £2,
reduced to los. The Abbot of Stanlaw
also had a portion — £13 6s. 8</., reduced
to £6 131. 4</., besides paying 10 marks
to the Prior of Lancaster. This last was
in respect of Staining. Compositions
between the priory of Lancaster and the
abbeys of Cockersand and Whalley as to
tithes are printed in Lane. Ch. i, 50, 70,
527 ; see also Whalley Coucher (Chet.
Soc.), ii, 395.

31 Inq. Nonarum (Rec. Com.), 37. The
various townships were able to pay thus :
Hardhorn and Layton, £2 6s. 8t/. each ;
Marton and Bispham, £2 31. q.d. each ;
Thornton, £i 135.4^. ; Carleton, £1 101.5
and Poulton, £i 3$. ^.d. — ^13 6s. %d.
in all. The glebe was estimated at
£i 6s. 8</., and the loss through lands
waste by the destruction of the Scots at

£1*-

82 Simpson, Hist, and Antiq. of Lane.
241.

3» V*l»r Eccl. (Rec. Com.), i, 425. In
the minister's accounts, after the Dissolu-
tion, only £30 6s. $d. is recorded as
coming from Amoundernets ; Dugdale,
Man. vi, 544.

34 Valtr Eccl. v, 262. The house and
garden were worth only u. So1. ; the
tithes of calves, js. ; of salt, 245. ; flax
and hemp, 2Os. ; small tithes, offerings,
&c., as in the Easter roll, ^5 181. ; in all
^8 3$. %d. For synodals 21. 8</. was paid,
and for procurations 4.1. $d.

35 See the list of vicars.

36 Pat. 2 Mary ; lands in Layton, &c.,
were purchased at the same time. On
12 July 1557 Thomas Fleetwood of
Heskin granted the next presentation to
John Fleetwood of Penwortham, John
Wrightington of Stan^ish, Richard
Wrightington his son and heir-apparent,
and Alexander Wrightington of Enfield ;
Church Papers in Chester Dioc. Reg.

222

The advowson was bequeathed to a
younger son William, who in 1596 sold
it, together with the manor of Layton,
&c., to his brother, Edmund Fleetwood
of Rossall, who died in 1622 holding
the advowson ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), iii, 316.

37 The rectorial tithes, &c., were leased
to Thomas Bradley and others in 1577 ;
Pat. 19 Elir. pt. xii. In 1605 the rectory
was sold to Lawrence Baskerville ; Pat.
3 Jas. I, pt. xii. See also Pat. 6 jas. I,
pt. iii, xv.

In 1650 Baron Rigby had the tithes
of Poulton, Marton and part of Bispham
with Norbreck ; Sir Thomas Tyldesley
those of Hardhorn-with- Newton, Carleton,
Thornton and the remainder of Bispham
with Norbreck ; Alexander Rigby those
of Layton ; Cemmonw. Ch. Surv. (Rec.
Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), 150.

38 Ibid. 151.

39 Gastrell, Notitia Cestr. (Chet. Soc.),
ii, 456 ; the glebe land and churchyard
produced £2 91. ; prescriptive payments
for tithe hay, hemp and flax, £5 15*. 5^.;
tithe hay in kind, £3 i8j. ; Easter dues,
as let, ,£9 ; tithe geese, hemp and flax, in
kind, as let, £l 151. ; tithe pigs, £1 is. ;
surplice fees, £5. He states that Richard
Fleetwood of Rossall had in 1687 given
£10 a year to the church and Mr. Baines
in 1717 land worth ^4 10*.

There were five churchwardens chosen
thus : ' Every Easter the old church-
wardens write down every one three persons
living in the township for which he serves,
out of which the minister chooses one.
The clerk is chosen by the heir of Stain-
ing Hall, now John Mayfield, gent., a
Papist : 1722' ; ibid. 458.

Grants were later secured from Queen
Anne's Bounty.

*» Visit. Ret.

41 Mar.ch. Dioc. Dir. There are a
vicarage-house and 36 acres of glebe.

AMOUNDERiNTESS HUNDRED

POULTON-LE

FYLDE

The following have been rectors and vicars : —

Name

RECTORS

Instituted

c. 1 1 60 . . . Gamel 43

c. 1 200 . . . Richard43

oc. 1246-7 . . Alexander de Stanford44 .

Presented by

Cause of Vacancy

VICARS

oc. 1294 . .
oc. 1325 . .
oc. 1332 .

1 Apr. 1338

2 July 1339
7 Oct. 1349

oc. 1356 . .
oc. 1365-9 .

6 Sept. 1383
23 Aug. 1403
21 May 1422

7 June 1437
25 June 1442
1 8 June 146;
oc. 1500 .

c. 1512-20 .
oc. 1530-5 .
oc. 1548-52 .
20 Dec. 1552
oc. 1557 . .

Roger45
John46

William de Sellerdale l7 .
William de Stalmine43
William de Preston 4<J .
John de Fishwick 50
William de Clayton 81 .
Ralph de Penwortham 82
William de Southworth S3
William Tyndour 54 .
John Lytham 65

The king

The

William Cronkshaw 5G Syon Abbey

Richard Brown 67 ,,

John Oxcliffe 58

Richard Singleton 59

William Bretherton G0

Hugh Sneyd, B.D.61

Robert Clerke 63

Randle Woodward 63 The king

Richard Cropper M

exch. W. de Stalmine

d. W. Tyndour

d. W. Cronkshaw
d. R. Brown

a He attested a Bispham charter by
Robert Abbot of Shrewsbury, who died in
1167 ; Shireburne D. at Leagram.

43 Fairer, op. cit. 335, 338, from deeds
between 1194 and 1206; Cockersand
Chartul. (Chet. Soc.), i, 333.

44 He was rector of a mediety ; Lane.
Ch. i, 122. See also ii, 431. He claimed
certain lands in Poulton in 1246 ; Assize
R. 404, m. I2d. He may have retained
his rectory till 1275, when the ordination
of a vicarage -was finally settled. He is
not called a ' clerk.'

Robert son of Alexander de Stanford
obtained a toft adjoining the cemetery by
grant of Adam son of Robert de Poulton ;
Lane. Ch. ii, 387.

45 Ibid. 421.

46 Lanes. Ct. R. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches.), 134.

47 This vicar in 1332 came to an agree-
ment with the Prior of Lytham as to the
tithe of fish taken on the Warthes north
or south of the Milne Pool of Layton.
The prior was to have the tithe, but was
to pay -is. a year ; Lytham D. at Durham,
3 a, 4 ae, Ebor. no. 33.

48 Cat. Pat. 1338-40, p. 30. The date
is that of presentation. The king pre-
sented in this and other cases because the
estates of alien priories had been taken
into his hands during the war with France.

For the king's claim see De Banco R.
3 1 6, m. 182. After presenting William de
Stalmine it was found that one Henry de
Carleton opposed, and he was fined for it ;
ibid. 317, m. 288.

49 Cal. Pat. 1338-40, p. 264. William
de Preston had been vicar of Giggleswick.
Sec Whitaker, Craven (ed. Morant), 1 66.
He had a dispute with his predecessor in
1341 as to money owing ; DC Banco R.
325, m. 84. He was no doubt the
William, vicar of Poulton, who was in
1345 joined with the Prior of Lancaster
as liable for the repair of the chancel ;
Fishwick, op, cit. 207-8.

A William de Preston was Archdeacon
of Stafford in 1339; Le Neve, Fasti, i,

574-

50 Cal. Pat. 1348-50, p. 401. The
church of Poulton with its chapel of
Bispham became void in the time of pesti-
lence between 8 Sept. 1349 and 1 1 Jan.
1349—50 ; Engl. Hist. Rev. v, 526.

51 Raines MSS. (Chet. Lib.), xxxviii,
105. William de Clayton was 'late
vicar' in 1359; ibid. 383. He was
styled the same in 1429, having been
concerned, in conjunction with Ralph de
Penwortham, chaplain — no doubt his
successor as vicar — in a grant to John de
Thornton, who died in 1396 ; Lanes. Inj.
p.m. (Chet. Soc.), ii, 24.

M This vicar occurs in 1365 and 1369;
Kuerden MSS. iii, A3; ii, fol. 260.

53 Cal. Pat. 1381-5, p. 305. He was
trustee in a Skillicornc settlement referred
to in Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. vii, no. 3.

54 Cal. Pat. 1401-5, pp. 261, 265.

55 Raines MSS. (Chet. Lib.), xxii, 397;
William Kenwolmersh, Treasurer of
England, and others presented, Henry V
having lately granted them the priory of
Lancaster. This presentation is referred
to by Bishop Gastrell, as if from the
original register of Archdeacon Bowet 5
Notitia Cestr. ii, 458. As John ' Lathom '
he was still vicar in 1430 ; Rentals and
Surv. R. 378.

'Richard ' is named as vicar in a deed
of Sept. 1423 ; Add. MS. 32106, fol.
309. This must be a mistake in dating ;
see Richard Brown later.

56 Fishwick, op. cit. 68. He is named
in a deed of 1437-8 as vicar ; Kuerden
fol. MS. 213.

57 Raines MSS. xxii, 409.

58 Ibid. 385. John Oxcliffe was still
vicar in 1487 ; Pal. of Lane. Writs Proton,
file i&2 Hen. VII.

5a Brockholes of Claughton D.
60 William Bretherton was one of the
feoffees of Cuthbert Clifton, who died in

223

1512 ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. iv, no.
12. He is named in proceedings con-
cerning the transfer (after 1518) of the
lease of tithes, &c. ; Fishwick, op. cit.
69, quoting Duchy of Lane. Plead, iv,

B37-

61 He was witness to the will of George
Allen of Rossall, 1530; Fishwick, op.
cit. 127. A letter of his is printed in
L. and P. Hen. Vlllt xiv (2), 206. He
was vicar in 1535 ; Valor Eccl. v, 262.

A Hugh Snead (1513) occurs in the
pedigree of Snead of Willaston near
Nantwich ; Ormerod, Ches, (ed. Helsby),
iii, 492. Two of the surname graduated
at Cambridge, one as D. Civ. L. in 1511—
12 and another (Hugh) as D.D. in 1529—
30 ; Grace Book B (Luard Mem.), ii, 5 5
i, 254 ; ii, 156. Ralph Sneyd, LL.D.,
became rector of Woodchurch in 1530 ;
Ormerod, op. cit. ii, 524. A Dr. Sneyd
was vicar of Rye in 1535 and later.

63 He was vicar in 1 548, the king being
then called rector ; Visit. List at Chester.
He signed the return of the church goods
(which included two chalices and three
little bells in the steeple) in 1552 ; Fish-
wick, op. cit. 42.

63 Act Bk. at Chester, 1502-76, fol.
40. He compounded for his first-fruits
14 Dec. 1552 ; Lanes, and Ches. Rec.
(Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), ii, 408.
Other vicars seem to have been excused
this payment. His name is in the visita-
tion list, 1554.

64 Named as vicar in the will of George
Hull of Poulton, 1557 ; Fishwick, loc.
cit. He appeared and subscribed at the
bishop's visitation in 1562, but died soon
afterwards, his will being dated and proved
in 1565. From his bequests he appears
to have been one of the Croppers of
Lathom. He desired to be buried 'within
the parish church of Poulton in the highest
chancel near unto the table ' ; Fishwick,
op. cit. 70-1. The last word shows that
the altar had been removed.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Instituted

6 Nov. 1565 .
9 SeP1- '573-

Name

William Wrightington 68
Richard Greenhall 68 ,

ii Jan. 1582-3 . Peter White67

1 6 Jan. 1644-5

oc. 1650 . .

oc. 1653 . .

I Aug. 1662

6 Oct. 1674

6 Aug. 1714

4 July 1726

28 Nov. 1770

28 Dec. 1 8 10

13 July 1828

6 Oct. 1835
21 June 1864

Mar. 1869
10 June 1889

7 Apr. 1907

Robert Freckleton 68 . .
Peter White 69 . . . .
Thomas Rigby, M.A.70 .
George Shaw71 ....
Richard Harrison, B.A.72 .
Timothy Hall, B.A.73 . .
Robert Loxham, M.A.74 .
Thomas Turner, B.A.75 .
Nathaniel Hinde, M.A.76 .
Charles Hesketh, M.A.77 .
John Hull, M.A.78 . .
Thomas Clark, M.A.79. .
William Richardson, M.A.80
Thomas Hill Guest, M.A.81
John Young, M.A.82 . .

Presented by

John Fleetwood . . .
I Bridget and William
1 Fleetwood . . .
(Edward Fleetwood
t William Parson . .
John Browne ....

Cause of Vacancy
d. R. Cropper

,x, „, . , .

W. Wrightington

Bishop of Chester . .
Richard Fleetwood .
Edward Fleetwood

» • •

Frances Hesketh .
Bold Fleetwood Hesketh
Peter Hesketh . . . .
Rev. C. Hesketh .

Mrs. Hesketh . . .
C. H. Fleetwood-Hesketh

d. G. Shaw
d. R. Harrison
d. T. Hall
d. R. Loxham
d. T. Turner
res. N. Hinde
res. C. Hesketh
res. J. Hull
d. T. Clark
d. W. Richardson
res. T. H. Guest

The list of clergy contains nothing of note except
the long incumbency of Peter White, nearly seventy
years except for a very brief interval. Before the
Reformation there was no endowed chantry,83 and
those at Staining and Carleton, of which there is early
mention, were probably not permanent. The Visita-
tion List of 1548 shows four clergy in addition to the

vicar; one of them would serve Bispham.84 In 15 54
there were the vicar and an assistant at Poulton and
another at Bispham, but in 1562 the vicar and the
curate at Bispham were the only clergy recorded.
This probably continued to be the regular staff till
recent times, the building of Marton Chapel, about
1750, leading the way to further changes.

64 This and later institutions are from
the church papers in the Diocesan
Registry at Chester. Many of the par-
ticulars concerning these incumbents have
been derived from Fishwick, op. cit. 71—
87, where biographies will be found.

John Fleetwood presented by virtue of
a grant from Thomas Fleetwood ; Kuerden
MSS. ii, fol. 267. William Wrightington
by his will 1573 made his brother John
his executor ; ibid. His family had land
in Shevington, &c.

66 The patrons were Bridget Fleetwood
of the Vache, widow, and William Fleet-
wood her son.

67 Act Bk. at Chester, 1579-1676, fol.
gb. This vicar's name appears constantly
in the registers until about 1633. He
was a ' preacher,' but not resident in
1590 ; S.P. Dom. Eliz. xxxi, no. 47. He
was then or soon became a Puritan, for in
1604 it was reported that he did not wear
the surplice nor use the sign of the cross
in baptism. There was only one com-
munion in the year, and the chancel of
the church had fallen down ; Visit. Papers
at Chester Dioc. Reg. In 1610 the report
of him was 'a preacher but never
preacheth ' ; Hist. MSS. Com. Rep. xiv,
App. iv, 8.

68 His institution and later ones are
recorded in the Institution Books, P.R.O.,
and printed in Lanes, and Ches. Antij.
Notes, i, 95, &c. Freckleton was son-in-
law of Peter White and had charge of
Bispham. He was in Chester when the
city was taken by the Parliamentary
forces (Feb. 1645—6), and had his goods
seques:ered for his 'delinquency.' He
was pro tempore placed in charge of Back-
ford and received an augmentation from
the Committee of Plundered Ministers ;
Common-w. Ch. Sur-v. 218 ; Plund. Mins.
Accts. i, 204—11. It is reasonable to sup-
pose that he was appointed to Poulton as
a relief to the vicar, not to supersede him.

69 In 1650 the vicar was 'Mr. Peter
White, formerly an able and painful

minister, but now very aged and infirm.
The cure was supplied by Mr. John
Brereley, who had no allowance ; the
parishioners desired he might have allow-
ance and encouragement ' ; Common-w. Ch.
Sur-v. 151.

70 Educated at St. John's Coll., Camb.;
M.A. 1638, Fellow 1639 ; Mayor,
Admissions, i, 5 ; Baker, Hist, of St. John's
(ed. Mayor), i, 295. He was a son of
Alexander Rigby of Burgh and Layton, a
Cavalier. Thomas Rigby, who occurs at
Broughton-in-Furness in 1650—1, was
vicar before Nov. 1653, when a son °f his
was baptized at Poulton. In 1660 it was
agreed that an additional sum of £30
should be paid to a 'godly and painful
minister ' at Poulton, approved by the
committee, and it was next ordered that
it be paid to Thomas Rigby ; Plund. Mins.
Accts. ii, 316. Soon after the Restoration
he went to Ireland and acquired bene-
fices and prebend there. For pedigree
see Dugdale, Visit. (Chet. Soc.), 244.

71 An entry in the registers states that
' Mr. George Shaw was presented vicar
and took quiet possession according to a
legal form the i6th day of December,
1661.' The presentation and institution
by the bishop in 1662 show there was
some defect in his title to Poulton.

He was of Cockerham, son of Robert
Shaw, clerk ; and after two years at
Queen's Coll., Oxf., was admitted to St.
John's Coll., Camb., in July 1658 ;
Mayor, Admissions, i, 137. He married
a daughter of Sir Paul Fleetwood, and
sister of the then patron.

73 Educated at Brasenose Coll., Oxf. ;
B.A. 1668 ; Foster, Alumni. He was
'conformable' in 1689 ; Hist. MSS. Com.
Ref>. xiv, App. iv, 230. He enlarged the
vicarage-house. For pedigree see Misc.
Gen. et Her. iv, 1 1 8.

73 Educated at Brasenose Coll., Oxf. ;
B.A. 1703 ; Foster, op. cit. He adminis-
tered the holy sacriment seven times in
the year at least ; Visit. Ret. 1725.

224

74 Educated at Trinity Coll., Oxf. ;
M.A. 1715 ; Foster, op. cit. He was
rector of Workington 1724-6. In 1749
he obtained another benefice, being pre-
sented to Poulton a second time.

75 The actual nominators were Richard
Wilbraham Bootle of Lathom, Thomas
Hunt and Robert Moss ; with the con-
sent of Frances Hesketh, widow.

Thomas Turner, described as formerly
curate of Bradford, was educated at St.
John's Coll., Camb., which he entered in
1743 ; R. F. Scott, Admissions, iii, 109,
538.

' This vicar purchased the living, then
worth ^75 per annum, for the sum of
£200 ' ; Thornber, Blackpool, 288. His
funeral is said to have been the last con-
ducted at night by torchlight ; on such
occasions each householder illuminated
his windows with candles ; ibid. 294.

76 Educated at St. Mary Hall, Oxf. He
was vicar of Shifnal 1811—31, and rector
of Kingswinford 1814.

77 Educated at Trin. Coll , Oxf. ; M.A.
1830. He was also incumbent of Bisp-
ham. In 1835 he became rector of North
Meols (q-v.).

78 Educated at Brasenose Coll., Oxf. ;
M.A. 1826. Hon. Canon of Manchester
1852. Presented to the rectory of Eagles-
cliffe, Durham, 1864.

79 Educated at Queens' Coll., Camb. ;
M.A. 1829. Incumbent of Christ Church,
Preston, 1834-64.

S() M.A. by Archbishop of Canterbury,
1859. He was rector of St. John's, Miles
Platting, 1852-69.

bl Educated at Christ's Coll., Camb. ;
M.A. 1865. Rector of St. Mark's,
Hu'.me, 1871-89.

** Educated at Christ's Coll., Camb. ;
M.A. 1904.

83 A Thornton chantry is mentioned in
the i ^th century; Lanes. Inq.p.m. (Chet.
Soc.), ii, 25.

84 These details are from the Visit.
Lists in Chester Dioc. Reg.

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

A catalogue of the library at the parish church in
1720 is preserved at Chester.85

Schools were founded by James Baines in 1717 at
Poulton, Thornton and Marton. That at Carleton
originated from a bequest by Elizabeth Wilson in
i68o.86

Official inquiries into the parish
CHARITIES charities were made in 1824 and
1898. The report of the latter
inquiry, published in 1899, contained a copy of the
former report, and from it the following account is
taken.

For the whole parish there is available the endow-
ment given by the above-named James Baines in
1717, the earliest charity known to have been estab-
lished in Poulton. He gave £800 to trustees, for
the * maintenance, use, and best advantage ' of the
poor not receiving help from the rates and for the
apprenticing of poor children. Half the interest was
to be given for both objects to the township of
Poulton and half equally for apprenticing only
among the other four townships. The distribution
was to be made at Christmas. A farm was bought at
Little Carleton, now known as Carleton House Farm.
The net income is about £112, which is divided
into eight parts, Poulton receiving four and the other
townships one each. Very few apprentices are now
bound, and in Poulton the £30 given in doles
' appears to be wasted ' as to the greater part. Thus
the capital is accumulating, but the charity is not so
useful as it might be. The poor of this parish have
an interest in the Foxton Dispensary at Blackpool.

For the township of Poulton Nicholas Nickson of
Compley, by will of 1720, left .£100 to the vicar and
the poor. Land called Durham's Croft was pur-
chased for £120, the additional £20 coming from
the rates. The rent was divided thus : one-sixth to
the rates, the remainder equally between the vicar
and the poor. The poor's portion was given in
small doles in 1824. The vicar of Poulton is in
possession of the land, and gives £4 u. 8^. a year to
the overseers as the portion due to the poor rate and
to the poor. Doles of 2s. are given to twenty-eight
poor persons.

Ellen Whitehead of Poulton (1727) left money or
land for the poor of Hardhorn-with-Newton. In
1824 there were three cottages and a weaving shed
(built in 1817) on the land. The rents were dis-
tributed in dole*, but irregularly. The gross income
is now £12 i is. %d., of which about £8 is distributed
to the poor in gifts of ^s. or $s. 6d. each.

For Marton there are several charities, over £31
being distributed in food and clothing. Edward
Whiteside, a sailor, of Little Marton, in 1721 left
his plot of land for cloth for the poor ; it consists of
5 acres in Poulton called the Long Marsh, and is
let for £20. About £ 1 8 is available for a distribution
of cloth made in November to thirty or more persons.
William Whiteside in 1742 gave £100 for clothing.
This is represented by rent-charges on Marton Green
and Webster's farms.87 John Hodgson in 1761 left

POULTON-LE-
FYLDE

land to be sold for endowing a dole of meal for
Great Marton ; it seems to have produced £100, and
is represented by rent-charges of £2 los. each on
Top o' the Town and Whittam farms. The two
charities are combined in working ; the doles of meal
have ceased, and the income of £8 6s. 8^. is used
for doles of calico to a large number of persons in
Great Marton. Edward Jolly in 1784 gave £60 for
a weekly dole of bread to be distributed at the chapel
on Sunday mornings to such poor persons as might
have attended service. Should the chapel become a
dissenting meeting-house the destination of the gift
was to be changed. The income is £i i$s. 8d., and
nine penny rolls are given each Sunday after service.
The Thornton charities are recent. Elizabeth
Goulding of Fleetwood left the residue of her estate
for the benefit of poor widows living at Fleetwood ;
the capital is represented by £151 I is. \d. consols,
and there is an annual income of ^4 $s. \d. distri-
buted according to the founder's wish. Elizabeth
Bond of the same town in 1880 left securities, now
bringing in about £5 io/. a year, for the benefit of
the poor, to be distributed by the vicar of Fleetwood
at his discretion.

POULTON

Poltun, Dom. Bk. ; Pultune, 1160; Pulton,
1196 to rvi cent. The local pronunciation is
Pole-ton.

This triangular township lies between two brooks
which join together at its northern end and then
flow into the Wyre, which is about half a mile to
the north. The parish church stands near the
centre of the area in the part called Great Poulton.
Little Poulton is a hamlet to the east, while Compley
lies in the south-west corner. In general the sur-
face is even with a slope to the north, but the
three portions named are on slight elevations.
Angelholme lies on the north-west boundary. The
area is 914 acres,1 and there was a population of
2,223 i° 1901-

A road leads north through the township, passing
the church to west and to east and descending the
Breck to Skippool, as that part of the united streams
flowing to the Wyre is called. The portion of this
road to the south-west of the church has been formed
into a little square or market-place, at the entrance
of which are the market cross, fish stones, whipping
post and stocks.* From the ends of the market-place
roads branch off north-west to Fleetwood and
Bispham and south-west to Blackpool. Pococke
described Poulton in 1754 as 'a little neat town
built of brick, subsisting by trade and tillage.' *

The Preston and Wyre railway goes through the
centre of the township, with a station in the Breck,
just to the north of the church, opened in 1896.
The line then divides, part going north to Fleetwood
and a branch turning west to Blackpool. The old
station (1840), still existing, was lower down the
Breck, the line to Fleetwood being straighter than at

85 Dioc. Reg. There is a brief account
of this library in Fishwick's Poulton, 197.

86 Notitia Cestr. ii, 459, 460; End. Char.
Rep.

87 The rent-charge became divided into
thirds. Two of these are still existent ;
but the other, paid in 1 824 by William son

of William Bonney and grandson of Robert
Bickerstaff, has been lost, as the purchaser
of the land from which it was due refused
to pay on the ground that it was not
named in the conveyance to him in 1870.
1 The Census Rep. 1901 gives 915
acres, including 2 of inland water.

225

a Lana. and Ches. Antiq. Soc. xx, 188-9.
The stocks were renewed in 1 874. There
are remains of a churchyard cross, and
another cross formerly stood in the
Breck.

8 Travels through England (Camd. Soc.),
ii, 6.

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A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

present ; the alteration was made to avoid the very
sharp curve at which the Blackpool line turned oft".

The port at Skippool was formerly of local
importance.4 There was a market on Monday and
customary fairs are still held in February, April and
November.5 A court of requests for the recovery of
small debts was established in 1770.

The soil is clayey, overlying stiff clay.

Poulton is governed by an urban district council
of twelve members. The town has been lighted by
gas since 1851 ; the works were purchased by the
council in 1903.

There is a cemetery in the Breck, laid out in
1883.

A halfpenny token was issued in 1667 by James
Smith, a Quaker, who had suffered imprisonment
for refusing to take an oath.6 A shilling token was
issued about l8iz.7

Before the Conquest POULTON, as-
MdNOR sessed as two plough-lands, was held by
Earl Tostig8 and afterwards became
part of the lands of Count Roger of Poitou, who, as
stated in the account of the church, gave it to the
Abbey of St. Martin of S6es.9 Thus it became part
of the endowment of St. Mary's Priory at Lancaster
and afterwards of the Bridgitine Abbey of Syon in
Middlesex. Beyond the charters of endowment and
a few later acquisitions 10 there is but little record of
the place, and no ' manor ' seems to have been

acknowledged in later times,11 except in 1634, when
Alexander Rigby of Middleton and others held it.1*
Thornber, writing in 1837, says: 'The principal
part of Poulton . . . passed
into the hands of the Rigbys
of Layton Hall, in whose
name the greatest number of
its houses are leased for the
remaining term of 999 years.'13

The Prior of Lancaster com-
plained in 1330 that he had
been seized and imprisoned
at Poulton by Sir Adam
Banastre, Richard the Demand
and others, and that his men
had been assaulted, &c. A
fine of a mark was imposed.
The dispute seems to have
arisen over a right of way and

the collection of tithes, an agreement being made at
the same time by which the prior and his men were
to have two sufficient roads for men and wagons
through Sir Adam's lands in Thornton, Staynall and
Singleton. One road was to go from Thornton and
Poulton by Skippool through Little Singleton to the
ford of Aldwath over the Wyre ; the other road was
to go through Poulton and Thornton, crossing the
Wyre by the ford of Bulkes."

Two families at least used the local surname,15 but

RIGBY

Bendy of

of

Layton.
indented

argent and azure on a
chief sable three cinque-
foils or.

4 In I72Z— 3 it was a member of the
port of Chester, and its bounds extended
from Kibble mouth round to the Wyre
estuary. Timber from America and flax
and tallow from Russia were landed there,
and the town did a considerable business
in flax, which came from Ireland also ;
Fishwick, Poulton (Chet. Soc.), 33-4.

A rate for the repair of Skippool bridge
was levied in 1702 ; ibid. 200.

5 Thornber, Blackpool, 290.

6 Lanes, and Cites. Antiq. Soc. v, 87.

7 By R. D. Hall ; Pal. Note B{. i, 84.

8 V.C.H. Lanes, i, 288^. In later times
Poulton was considered as three plough-
lands ; Lane. Ch. (Chet. Soc.), ii, 483,
the plough-land given to the church being
the third part of the vill.

9 Ibid, i, 9 ; ' in Amounderness Poulton
and whatever belonged to it.' This was
confirmed by John when Count of Mortain,
and again after he became king ; ibid.
13, 16.

10 In 1205—6 half a plough-land was
in dispute between the Prior and monks
of Lancaster on the one side and Richard
de Singleton, Robert the C erk his brother,
Richard de 'Workedel' (Worsley) and
Maud his wife on the other. The monks'
right was acknowledged, and the other
parties received the land for life at a rent
of 2s. ; ibid, ii, 385.

Robert son of Alexander de Stanford
released to the monks the toft he held,
and received it again at a quit-rent of 3</.,
with remainder to his sister Edusa ; ibid,
ii, 389-91. Several similar grants follow.
Walter son of William del Moor gave
them 2 acres of land lying in various
places, viz. two lands on Carrfurlong,
one ferling next the 'Orsegate' leading
to Carleton, half a land on the Trim-
lands, half a land on the Ouand, and
half a land on the Ferns ; ibid. 402.
He also gave land on the Overland of the
Marsh, on Cantelow (afterwards Cantley),
Sec., and half an oxgang of his land in

Poulton ; ibid. 403-5. In one deed the
'vill of Great Poulton' is named; ibid.
408.

In Little Poulton Geoffrey de Whit-
tingham gave half an oxgang of land to
Robert son of Richard de Poulton ; ibid.
411. Robert del Marsh of Little Poulton,
perhaps the grantee, having incurred a
fine of 30 marks, pledged his lands, &c.,
to the Prior of Lancaster, who had
became surety for him ; ibid. 418.

In 1295 Nicholas son of John Baldwin,
living in Poulton, released to his chief
lord the prior all his title in half an
oxgang of land he had had from his
brother William ; ibid. 422.

Inquiry was made in 1 299 as to whether
or not it would be to the king's loss to
allow the prior to acquire certain lands in
Poulton ; Lanes. Inq. and Extents (Rec.
Soc. Lane?, and Ches.), i, 304 ; Cal. Pat.
1292-1301, p. 482.

A grant by Walter son of William de
la Moor in the time of Henry III is in
the Record Office ; Anct. D., B 2948.

11 The lordship of the Prior of Lancaster
was fully recognized in 1293, when he
complained of disseisin by John son of
James de Poulton, John son of Adam de
Poulton and others. The two Johns
alleged that their ancestors had been
coparceners with Roger of Poitou, and
had given freely, for the benefit of the
church, a rent of 6d. per oxgang of land.
The verdict was for the prior, who claimed
an approvement in right of his lordship ;
Lane. Ch. ii, 480-6. There seems to have
been a very determined resistance to the
prior's claims, judging by the number of
those who joined in throwing down the
ditches, &c. ; Lanes. Inq. and Extents,

i, 277-

12 The deforciants in a fine respecting
the manor of Poulton, the tithes of
Poulton and Marton, various lands in
Goosnargh, &c., were Alexander Rigby,
Lucy his wife, Joseph and George Rigby,

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Robert Mawdesley and Dorothy his wife ;
Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 122, no. 21.

13 Hist, of Blackpool, 291.

14 Lane. Ch. ii, 468, 471.

15 They occur in the Lancaster Char-
tulary quoted in preceding notes.

Adam de Poulton, John de Poulton
and James his son, John son of Baldwin
and Robert his brother, and John de
Kirkby successfully resisted a claim by
Alexander rector of Poulton in 1246 ;
Lanes. Assize R. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches.), i, 48. At the same time Sibyl
wife of Adam de Larbreck claimed a
toft, Sec., in right of her sister Agnes
daughter of Adam ; but Adam son of
Robert de Poulton said that another
sister, Avice, had left a daughter Alice,
who should have been joined in the
complaint ; ibid. 26.

In 1301 John Curteys claimed a
messuage and an oxgang of land in
Poulton against Henry de Poulton ; De
Banco R. 135, m. 360. Alice widow of
John son of Roger de Poulton in 1308-9
claimed dower in a toft and an oxgang
of land against Alice daughter of Roger
son of John de Poulton ; ibid, 174, m.
225. Adam le Wayte in 1338 claimed a
messuage and oxgang of land in Kirk
Poulton held by Beatrice widow of John
son of James de Poulton; ibid. 315,
m. 2i4d. Thomas son of John son of
James de Poulton occurs in 1346 ; ibid.
346, m. 3d.

In 1353 the lands of Robert de Poulton,
deceased, who held of the priory of
Lancaster, were committed to John son
of Robert de Farington, together with the
marriage of Nicholas, next of kin and
heir, a minor; Fine R. 154 (27 Edw.
Ill), m. 19. The possessions of the
priory were in the king's hands by
reason of the war with France. The
inquisition states that Robert had held
a messuage, 40 acres of arable land,
5 acres of meadow and 1 5 acres of pasture

LYTHAM CHURCH FROM THE SOUTH-EAST

PoULTON-LE-FYLDE : STOCKS AND CROSS

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

there is practically 'no record IG of them. The in-
quisitions show that a number of the neighbouring
landowners had possessions in the township 17 and
after the Dissolution Thomas Fleetwood acquired
land in Little Poulton with Rossall and in Poulton
with the advowson.18 The Heskeths of Mains
recorded pedigrees as ' of Poulton,' 19 but the resident
owners seem to have been of no higher than yeoman

POULTON-LE-
FYLDE

rank.*" The Bamber family was prominent in the
district.*1

From about 1535 to 1570 there was a dispute
about the mill-house and various lands between John
Lancelyn and Margaret his wife on one side and
William Butler on the other.28

Cockersand Abbey had some land in Poulton 23
and the Knights Hospitallers also.24

of the priory of Lancaster by knight's
service, rendering zs. io^d. yearly. The
heir Nicholas (son of John son of Robert)
was fifteen years old 5 Inq. p.m. 27 Edw.
Ill (ist nos.), no. 4.

Nicholas de Poulton and Agnes his
wife in 14.08 made a grant of land within
their manor of Poulton which afterwards
(1461) came into the hands of John son
of Nicholas Boteler of Rawcliffe ; Dods.
MSS. liii, fol. ioib.

16 Some minor cases may be recorded.
In 1 3 34 John son of Adam le Wayte1 of
Kirk Poulton did not prosecute a claim
against Roger son of John son of James
de Poulton Parva and William de
Bartaill ; Coram Rege R. 297, m. 5 d.
The same John was plaintiff respecting
an oxgang of land in Kirk Poulton in
1357; his father Adam was son of
Richard de Poulton by his wife Alice
daughter of Walter del Moor. The
defendant, Nicholas son of John son of
Robert de Poulton, held in his grand-
father's right ; Duchy of Lane. Assize R.
4, m. 5 d. ; 6, m. 3 d.

The above-named William de Bartaill
acquired a messuage and land in Kirk
Poulton in 1330 ; Final Cone, ii, 76. In
1333 he claimed from Henry the Sumpter
and Agnes his wife the performance of
an agreement as to a toft, &c., in Little
Poulton ; De Banco R. 294, m. 237.

The Prior of Lancaster as rector of
Poulton claimed a messuage and 2
oxgangs of land in 1319 against Gilbert
de Howath and Joan his wife, the matter
of dispute being whether the estate was
free alms or a lay fee ; De Banco R.
231, m. 121 d. It seems to have been the
property of Joan, and in 1334 was settled
on Alan son of Gilbert de Howath and
his heirs by Cecily daughter of William de
Howick, with remainders to Alan's sisters
Christiana and Maud ; Final Cone, ii, 94.

Alice widow of Robert del Marsh in
1292 claimed dower against the Prior of
Lancaster in three messuages and 3
oxgangs of land in Poulton ; Assize R.
408, m. 24 d. In Little Poulton in 1328
Nicholas del Marsh obtained half an
oxgang of land from William de Meols
and Alice his wife ; Final Cone, ii, 72.
The grant, dated 1326, is among the
deeds of Mr. Fitzherbert-Brockholes.

The custody of lands in Little Poulton
738 in 1363—5 claimed by the Prior of
Lancaster against Alice widow of Henry
de Worsley and William de Bradkirk,
during the minority of Adam brother and
heir of John son of Adam de Bradkirk ;
De Banco R. 413, m. 81 d. ; 420, m.
257 d. Adam de Bradkirk had held 3
oxgangs of land of Lancaster Priory by a
rent of 2s. 6J. ; Inq. p.m. 28 Edw. Ill
(2nd nos.), no. la.

Pleastngton and Shaffar occur among
the landowners in 1387 and 1395 ; Final
Cone, iii, 29, 45. The former estate is
said to have been sold to Richard Boteler
in 1469 ; Fishwick, Poulton (Chet. Soc.),
ii, quoting Harland's MSS.

17 Sir James Harrington of Wol'"aj;e in
1497 held lands in Great and Little

Poulton, but the tenure was not known ;
Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), ii, 168 ;
Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. iii, no. 40.
After the death of his widow Isabel in
1518 the lands in Poulton were said to
be held of the priory of St. John of
Jerusalem ; ibid, v, no. 2. The Poulton
lands seem to have been applied to the
endowment of a chantry at Brixworth,
according to Sir James's will ; afterwards
they were given by Queen Mary to the
Savoy Hospital ; Pat. 4 & 5 Phil, and
Mary, pt. xv. They were perhaps pur-
chased by James Massey of Layton ;
Thornber, Blackpool, 291. James Massey
in 1562 purchased lands in Great Poulton
and Marlon from the Butler family ; Pal.
of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 24, m. 82, 117.
John son and heir of James held two
messuages, &c., in 1585 ; Pal. of Lane.
Feet of F. bdle. 47, m. 1 54.

Sir Robert de Shircburne and Alice his
wife received land in Poulton from the
Prior of Lancaster in 1334; Anct. D.
(P.R.O.), B 2945. Richard Shireburne
of Stonyhurst was in 1441 found to have
held a messuage and land in Poulton of
the Abbess of Syon in socage ; Lanes.
Rec. Inq. p.m. no. 30, 31. His successor
in 1513, Sir Richard, was said to hold of
the heirs of Sir James Harrington in
socage ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. iv, no.
46. This was recorded also of some of
his successors, but Richard Shireburne in
1628 was stated to have held of the king
as of his abbey of Syon lately dissolved ;
ibid, xxvi, no. 4.

Thomas Catterall in 1579 held h'8 'anc'
of Sir Richard Shireburne in socage ;
ibid, xiv, no. 4.

Alexander Rigby of Middleton in 1621
held tithes and land of the king as of his
manor of East Greenwich ; Lanes. Inq.
p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), iii, 458.

In some other cases the tenure was
not recorded. This happened with Skilli-
corne of Preese, whose lands were sold
to William Hodgkinson in 1567 ; Pal. of
Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 29, m. 64.

18 Pat. 7 Edw. VI, pt. ix ; 2 Mary.
Thomas Fleetwood died in 1576 holding
lands in Poulton as part of the Rossall
estate by knight's service ; Duchy of
Lane. Inq. p.m. xii, no. 2.

George Allen in 1579 held his land in
Poulton of William Fleetwood in socage ;
ibid, xiv, no. 80.

la Their residence in Poulton was
known as Little Poulton Hall. An
account of the family has been given
under Singleton. From the Brockholes
of Claughton D. it appears that Bartholo-
mew Hesketh, the father of George and
Gabriel, was the Bartholomew Hesketh
concerned in the foundation of Ruffbrd
chantry, and that he purchased lands in
Great and Little Poulton, Hoole and
Bretherton in 1523-4 from Thomas
Harrington of Newington in Kent. George
Hesketh died in 1571 holding messuages
and lands in Poulton of the queen as of
the late monastery of Syon by a rent of
5s. ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m.xiii, no. 15 ;
Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rer. Soc.), iii, 363.

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20 Thomas Bocher and Agnes his wife
had an estate in 1556, the remainder
was to Richard Law ; Pal. of Lane. Feet
of F. bdle. 17, m, 140.

Robert Clark died in 1599 holding a
messuage in Poulton and another in
Carleton, but the tenure was not recorded.
Henry his son and heir was nineteen
years of age ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m.
xvii, no. 44.

Thomas Atkinson, who died in 1640,
held a messuage, &c., of the king as of his
duchy. His heir was a daughter Alice,
only five years old ; ibid, xxx, no. 48.
She died in 1642, the heir being her
uncle Christopher Atkinson, aged thirty-
four ; ibid, xxix, no. 55.

21 Fishwick, Poulton, 177.

Thomas Bamber of Great Poulton in
1616 held a messuage there of the king
by the two-hundredth part of a knight's
fee, also lands in Thornton and Nor-
cross by unknown tenures. His heir
was his son John, aged fifteen ; Lanes.
Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc.), ii, 45.

John Bamber of Poulton was among
those who compounded for refusing
knighthood in 1631 ; Misc. (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), i, 222.

22 There are many references to the
matter in the Ducatus Lane. (Rec. Com.),
i, 156, &c. From a statement made in
1 540 it appears that John Lancelyn and
Margaret (in her right) claimed messuages
and lands not only in Poulton, but in
many of the surrounding townships.
Margaret was the daughter of Richard
Butler, who had two sons, George and
Thomas. George dying without issue,
the estate went to Thomas, and William
Butler claimed as his son and heir ; Pal.
of Lane. Plea R. 168, m. 6.

The claimant's legitimacy was disputed,
and he was known as Butler alias Parr
alias Ward alias Taylor. He appears to
have succeeded, and as William Butler of
Hackinsall died in 1586 holding land in
Poulton of the queen as of her duchy in
socage ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xiv,
no. 47.

23 Robert son of Richard de Burgh (or
Burrow) gave half an oxgang of land
which he had purchased from Richard son
of Waldeve, for the souls of himself and
Avice his wife, in payment of the third of
their goods, which should go to Cocker-
sand Abbey at their decease ; Cockersand
Chartul. (Chet. Soc.), i, 189. Waldeve
de Poulton released his right ; ibid, i, 190.
For rentals 1451 to 1537 see ibid, iii,
1266-9.

In the Lancaster Chartulary (Lane. Ch.
ii, 413) is a grant by Richard son of
Walter (sic) de Poulton to Robert son of
Richard de Boure and Avice his wife of
half an oxgang of land. John son of
Waldeve also gave them half an oxgang
(ii, 414) ; while Robert son of Richard
son of Waldeve gave Lancaster Priory
an oxgang of land ; ibid, ii, 415*

24 This appears from the Harrington
inquisition above. It was not named
among the hospital's possession* in
1292.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

James Taylor of Poulton was a freeholder in 1 600."
There appear to have been no sequestrations under
the Commonwealth, but Thomas Bamber as a
'Papist' registered his estate in i/iy.26

The parish church has been described above.

The Wesleyan Methodists built a chapel in
1819. This was replaced by the present building
in 1 86 1."

The Congregationalists began preaching as early as
1778, but their chapel was not built till 1809. Its
fortunes have fluctuated, but the building was
restored in 1886.

The Society of Friends had a meeting-house at
Poulton in i825,19 but did not retain it.

After the Reformation a considerable portion of
the people in Poulton as elsewhere in the Fylde
clung to Roman Catholicism openly or secretly. As
the persecution slackened in the time of James I they
appear to have thought concealment less needful, and
in 1622 it was reported to the Bishop of Chester
that various persons in the parish did ' deprave
publicly the religion now established and openly
maintain popery, wearing crosses in their hats as
badges thereof.' Further, Thomas Singleton of Stain-
ing, Thomas Westby of Burn and others had
' christened their children with popish priests and not
at their parish church.' so Mass was said, it is probable,
at Burn and Mains and other houses in the district,
but the first public church, that of St. John the
Evangelist, Breck, was not built till 1813; it
represents the old mission at Singleton.11

CARLETON

Carlentun, Dom. Bk. ; Karleton, 1241 ; Karlton,
1258 ; Carleton, 1294.

This township has an area of 2,03 1 1 acres,1 and in

1901 there were 684 inhabitants. It had three
ancient divisions : Great Carleton in the centre,
Little Carleton to the south and Norcross in the
north ; as in the case of Poulton the hamlet in
each case stands on ground rising a little above the
general low level. The hamlet of Great Carleton
has more recently been taken to include Norcross,
and its area is 1,224 acres ; while Little Carleton,
which has three detached portions, one of them
within Bispham, has 807^ acres.

The principal road is that going north from
Blackpool to Fleetwood. It passes through each of
the three hamlets ; from Great Carleton a branch
goes east to Poulton, and to the north a road from
Bispham to Poulton crosses it at Four Lane Ends.
The Poulton to Blackpool branch of the Wyre rail-
way crosses the southern part of Carleton, going
south-west ; there is a station named Bispham.

There was formerly a cuck-stool in Great Carleton.*

The soil is a strong loam, and dairy farming is the
chief industry.

The township has a parish council.

In 1066 CARLETON was assessed
MANORS as four plough-lands and formed part of
the Preston fee of Earl Tostig.3 About
a century afterwards it is found to be a member of
the Wyresdale lordship of the Lancaster family,4 of
whom it was held by the heirs of Richard son of
Roger, the lord of Woodplumpton.5 In 1242 it
was held in two moieties, called Little and Great
Carleton, by Roger Gernet and Robert de Stockport
respectively,6 but, as will be seen below, the subse-
quent history cannot be traced clearly.7

A considerable portion was granted in alms to
different religious houses. Four oxgangs of land
were granted to Lytham Priory by its founder.8 The
same amount was given to Cockersand Abbey,' and

25 Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.),

', 233-

36 Estcourt and Payne, Engl. Cath.
Nonjurors, 139.

27 Hewitson, Our Country Churches,
407. This writer (1872) states that
Methodism appeared in Poulton about
1800, but had not flourished there. The
first meeting-place was an out-house at
the back of the ' King's Arms,' and con-
siderable persecution had to be endured.

28 Nightingale, Lanes. Nonconf.i, 122-6.
The chapel has had to be closed several
times — in 1816, 1826, 1833 (with slight
exceptions) to 1850, 1864 to 1866.

29 Baines, Lanes. Dir. ii, 462. This
may refer to the meeting at Thornton.

30 Visit, presentments at Chester
Dioc. Reg. For convicted recusants in
the parish c. 1670 sec Misc. (Cath. Rcc.
Soc.), v, 169, 182-3, *97~8. In 1717
the number of 'Papists' in the parish
was returned to the Bishop of Chester as
67, in 1767 as 164; Trans. Hist. Soc.
(new ser.), xviii, 218.

31 Hewitson, op. cit. 403-6. The
Calvinistic Evangelicals of a century ago
regarded this district as 'the most dark and
miserable part of the county. ... A few
attempts from time to time were made
to diffuse throughout it the light of the
Gospel ; but a very large proportion of
the inhabitants being Catholics it will be
easily conceived that peculiar difficulties
attended every exertion to spread the
truth ... [in a tract] so awfully obscured
with the mists of Popish ignorance, error
and superstition ' ; Nightingale, op. cit.

i, 126, from the report of the Lancashire
Congregational Union, 1808.

1 The Census Rep. 1901 gives 2,013
acres, including 5 of inland water. The
diminution in area is accounted for by
the transfer of the detached part of Little
Carleton (Horseman's Hill), lying within
Bispham, to the latter township in 1877 ;
Loc. Govt. Bd. Order 6910.

2 Thornber, Blackpool, 281.

8 V.C.H. Lanes, i, 2884. The later
assessment seems to have been three
plough-lands only ; perhaps one was added
to Poulton.

4 Ibid. 357, n. 13.

5 Avice daughter of Richard son of
Roger granted 3 oxgangs of land to
Richard son of Robert de Carleton at a
rent of 91. ; Lytham D. at Durham, 3 a,
2 ae, 4 ae, Ebor. no. 7. See also 4 a, 2 ae,
4 ae, Ebor. no. 6.

6 Lanes. Inq. and Extents (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), i, 154. Quenilda
widow of Roger Gernet died in 1252
holding one plough-land in Carleton of
the heir of Sir William de Lancaster by
knight's service. She received nothing
but id. farm at Michaelmas ; ibid. 190.

7 See the account of Little Carleton.

8 Richard son of Roger, with the consent
of his wife Margaret and his heirs, gave
half a plough-land of his demesne in
Carleton in alms ; Lytham D. at Durham,
2 a, 4 ae, Ebor. no. 3. Some of the deeds
are in Kuerden MSS. iii, C i.

Richard Prior of Durham and the
convent gave Henry de Whittington 4
oxgangs of land in Carleton which they

228

had had from Richard son of Roger, at a
rent of half a mark yearly payable to
Lytham Priory ; Dods. MSS. ciclii, fol. 67.
Henry's acknowledgement of liability is
at Durham ; Lytham D. Misc. no. 477.

Henry son of William son of Swain
gave his son Michael 4 oxgangs of
land in Carleton which he had received
from the Prior of Lytham ; Add. MS.
32106, no. 797. Henry's parentage is
thus shown. The same Henry had had
a grant of the water in the marsh between
Poulton and Little Carleton from John
son of Waldeve of Poulton for the rent
of a pair of white gloves (or id.) payable
at Lancaster fair ; Dods. MSS. cxlii,
fol. 75. William de Carleton and Thomas
his brother were witnesses.

9 William son of Swain gave 4 ox-
gangs of his land in Carleton in free
alms, reserving the 4 oxgangs he held in
demesne and another 4 in Norcross ;
Cockersand Chartul. (Chet. Soc,), i, 143.
This was confirmed by Walter his brother
and heir, who added a further piece of
land to endow a lij?ht during masses for
the faithful at Cockersand ; ibid. 144.

Thomas de Norcross gave an acre in
Norcross near Restinglaw, and his
brother, William de Carleton, added half
an oxgang in the same part of the
township. This gift was confirmed by
Walter son and heir of Sir William, and
was occupied about 1270 by Henry de
Haydock for a rent of izd. ; ibid.
144-6. In 1271 the canons made an
exchange with Walter de Carleten, giving
eleven ' falls ' on the Hull (north of

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

POULTON-LE.
FYLDE

augmented by i or 2 oxgangs.10 To the Hospital
of St. John Baptist outside the North Gate, Chester,
an oxgang and a half of land was given " ; a meadow
and a small piece of land were granted to Stanlaw
Abbey.12

GREAT CARLETON was held by William son of
Swain about I zoo.13 He was succeeded by his
brother Walter,14 whose son William became a
knight.15 In 1246 this William de Carleton called
upon Robert de Stockport as mesne tenant to acquit
him of the services demanded by William de Lan-
caster, including suit to the three weeks court at
Garstang.16 He had to renew his plea ten years later,
when Agnes de Lancaster revived the claim, and then
Robert agreed to acquit him accordingly.17 Sir

William was succeeded by a son Walter,18 living in
1 28 1,19 but from that time little seems to be known
of the family.20 Their estate appears to be the
' manor of Carleton,' afterwards held by the
Lawrences of Ashton near Lancaster,81 and after the
partition among their heirs lands in Carleton are
found in the possession of Rigmaiden,22 Butler,83
Skillicorne,24 and Molyneux.26 There seems to have
been a partition,*6 Richard Skillicorne receiving
Carleton, no doubt the * manor of Great Carleton '
which was in 1608 in the hands of Lawrence Livesey
and Elizabeth his wife.87 The Livesey estate was
in that year purchased by Richard Shireburne of
Stonyhurst.18 A second fourth part was acquired by
Evan Haughton, so that he had a moiety, which

Walter's house) for eleven on the Smithy
flat ; ibid. 150.

The half oxgang in Norcross was in
1322 held by Richard Boteler of Marton
by a rent of izd. ; Inq. p.m. 16 Edw. II,
no. 59.

For the rentals 1451 to 1537 see
Chartul. iii, 1266-7.

The Cockersand lands were in 1560
granted by the Crown to Giles Parker, &c.,
to be held of the manor of East Green-
wich in socage ; Pat. 2 Eliz. pt. iv.

10 Richard son of Roger gave an oxgang
of land in alms ; Cockersand Chartul. i,
143. William de Millum and Avice his
wife, daughter of Richard son of Roger,
gave an oxgang of land in Little Carleton,
with toft and croft, and with the toft of a
second oxgang lying towards a messuage
formerly the Prior of Lytham's, and they
gave also a piece of land in Hayholme in
Little Carleton, viz. as much as pertained
to 9^ oxgangs of land ; ibid, i, 141-2, 326.

Isoud daughter of Henry de Whitting-
ton gave 8 acres and 6 acres of her land,
lying together on Langfield in Hay-
holme, adjoining the other Cockersand
land and abutting towards Bispham
Church ; ibid. 145-6. Henry (de
Carleton) son of Henry de Whittington
also gave an acre, extending from
Milanesmur west to the road from Great
Carleton ; ibid. 147. He also made
other gifts, from which it appears that his
part (Little Carleton) was nominally two
plough-lands, for the sixteenth part of
Ellercarr meadow pertained to the oxgang
of land given by Richard son of Roger,
and a sixteenth part of the waste ; ibid.
147-50. Afterwards, as will be seen, it
was contidered to be a plough-land and a
half. A number of place-names occur in
the charters.

The Abbot of Cockersand made claims
against various persons in Little Carleton
in 1297 ; De Banco R. 151, m. I59d.

11 Roger the prior and the brethren of
the hospital gave Henry de Whittington
the said oxgang and a half, with the sons
of Maud de Carleton, lately the tenant,
at a rent of i zd. payable at Chester fair.
Should any dispute occur Henry and his
heirs were to maintain the title by
warrant of the charter which the hospital
had had from Hugh de Moreton and
Margaret his wife, daughter of Richard
son of Roger ; Dods. MSS. cxlii, fol. 7 3 b.
Henry de Walton and Richard de Meath
were among the witnesses, so that the
date was about 1230.

12 Henry de Whittington gave 3 acres
on the south side of Little Carleton,
wliile Henry son of Henry de Carleton
gave a meadow called Ellercarr in Little
Carleton. The bounds of this meadow

began at the ditch of Cecily de Layton,
where it went down to Staining ditch,
and extended east to Blacklache and west
to Stockenbridge ; Henry reserved the
watercourse for the use of his mill. The
former grant was confirmed by Robert de
Stockport ; Whalley Couch. (Chet. Soc.),
ii, 444-6.

About 1540 'Whitbent' was occupied
by William Carleton at a rent of it. 6d. ;
ibid, iv, 1244.

13 See the Cockersand grants above
quoted for the pedigree. From them it
appears that this part was assessed as
12 oxgangs of land. William son of
Swain in 1194—5 paid loo*, for the royal
pardon after the rebellion of John Count
of Mortain ; Farrer, Lanes. Pipe R. 90.

14 Walter son of Swain in 1202-3
owed i mark for licence to withdraw a
plea; ibid. 170. In 1212 he held land
in Great Eccleston ; Lanes. Inq. and
Extents, i, 3.

15 William de Carleton appears to have
succeeded before 1226, when he obtained
the wardship of his brother Michael's
heir ; Excerpta e Rot. Fin. (Rec. Com.), i,
136. He was collector of a subsidy in
1235 and a juror in 1244; Lanes. Inq.
and Extents, i, 142, 160. As shown in
the text he was living in 1256. He is
frequently styled ' knight,' e.g. Whalley
Couch, ii, 444. 16 Assize R. 404, m. 5.

17 Final Cone. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches.), i, 1 20.

18 He is mentioned in 1256 ; ibid, i,
128. He was a juror in 1257 ; Lanes.
Inq. and Extents, i, 210.

19 He was in that year called to
warrant by John de Shireburne ; De
Banco R. 41, m. 21 d. His possessions
seem to have extended over a wide
area, for about 1280 as Walter son of Sir
William de Carleton he gave his son
William the homage and service of Sir
Richard le Boteler for lands in Inskip and
Eccleston, Adam Laumwale in Norbreck,
Richard (son of Sir Richard) le Boteler and
John de Thornton in Marton and Lohonis,
Roger de Warton in Warton, Hugh de
Formby in Formby, Alan le Norreys and
John son of William son of Edwin in
Ravenmeols ; Dods. MSS. cxlii, fol. 83.

80 Margery widow of William de
Carleton claimed dower in land in
Carleton in 1298 against Walter son of
John de Shireburne and the Abbot of
Cockersand ; De Banco R. 122, m. 103.

The lords in 1317 appear to have been
John de Shireburne and Eva his wife and
Randle le Gentyl, for they claimed the
marriage of Richard son of Richard Boteler
(of Marton) as a tenant by knight's ser-
vice ; De Banco R. 2 1 8, m. 176.

An oxgang of land in Carleton was in

22Q

1 340 included in a settlement by Robert
de Washington the elder and Agnes his
wife; Final Cone, ii, 113. Agnes was
daughter and heir of Randle le Gentyl
(note 40). See also Dep. Keeper's Rep.
xxxii, App. 362.

21 Robert Lawrence in 1450 held a
moiety of the manor of Carleton of the
king as of his duchy of Lancaster in
socage by id. rent ; Lanes. Inq. p.m.
(Chet. Soc.), ii, 56. The rent is the same
as that formerly received by Quenilda
Gernet, but her estate appears to have
been Little Carleton. Sir James Law-
rence, son of Robert, held similarly ;
ibid. 132.

22 Thomas Rigmniden of Wedacre in
1520 held his lands in Carleton and
Sowerby of the king by the tenth part of
a knight's fee ; Duchy of Lane. Inq.
p.m. T, no. 65.

28 The Carleton lands of John Butler
of Rawcliffe were in 1534 said to be held
of the king in socage ; ibid, vii, no. 4.
His daughter Eleanor inherited, but in
1557 her lands were found to have been
held by knight's service ; ibid, x, no. 19.

24 Richard Skillicorne died in 1534
holding eight messuages, &c., in Carleton
of the king as of his duchy by id. rent.
His heirs were four daughters — Joan,
who married Thomas Chaddock ;
Elizabeth, George Livesey ; Anne,
Henry Marsh ; and Ellen, Evan Halgh-
ton or Haughton ; Duchy of Lane. Inq.
p.m. x, no. 25.

Evan Haughton and Joan hit wife,
in conjunction with Joan, Elizabeth and
Anne, daughters and co-heirs of Richard
Skillicorne, granted land in Carleton in
1550 to Henry Halsall of Prescot and
Isabel his wife ; Kuerden MSS. ii, fol.
262^.

*5 Carleton is named among the Clifton
lands held by Sir William Molyneux and
Elizabeth his wife in 1532 ; Pal. of Lane.
Plea R. 155, m. 8 d.

26 Ibid. 163, m. 20, where the descent
of the heirs of Lawrence is set forth.

* Lawrence Livesey of Sutton in
Prescot was son of George and Elizabeth ;
Dugdale, Vhit. (Chet. Soc.), 189.

In 1563 (15 7 3) Elizabeth, as widow of
George Livesey, made a feoffment of the
Skillicorne lands ; after her death they
were to descend to her son Lawrence ;
Towneley MS. HH, no. 1540. A fourth
part of the estate was in 1569 held by
Thomas Foxe and Elizabeth his wife ;
Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 31, m. 160.

J8 Shireburne Abstract Bk. at Leagram.

George Hull and eight others appear
to have purchased a number of messuages,
&c., in Great Carleton in 1608 ; Pal. of
Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 73, no. 62.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

in 1614 was held by Richard Haughton and
Margaret his wife.*9 Later it likewise was called
the ' manor of Great Carleton,' 89a and was sold
to Edward Moore of Bank Hall,30 and probably
sold by his heir to the Shireburnes, for their ' manor '
was the only one known in later times.31 In 1572
Sir Richard Shireburne had purchased the fourth
part of an estate — no * manor ' is named — in Great
Carleton, &c., from Lancelot Bold and Grace his
wife.32 The whole descended to Edward Joseph
Weld of Lulworth, who about 1866 sold his interest
to a number of small proprietors.33

NORCROSS in Great Carleton was at an early
time held by a Norcross family,34 but by 1281 had
come into the hands of John de Shireburne and Eva
his wife, being probably her inheritance.34 It
descended with the other Shireburne estates,36 but
no doubt became merged in the manor of Great
Carleton. The manor courts were held at Norcross.37

LITTLE C4RLETON was held by Henry de
Whittington, who was a son of William son of Swain,
about I23<D.38 He was succeeded by a son Henry
surnamed de Carleton.39 The descent cannot be
traced clearly. In 1347 among the tenants of
William de Coucy's lordship of Wyresdale was
Henry de Carleton holding a plough-land and a half
in that town by knight's service.40 Thomas Carleton,41
who died in 1499, held similarly of the king, Margaret
Countess of Richmond and John Rigmaiden as of
their manor of Wyresdale.42 His son George Carleton,
then twenty-two years of age, died in 1513 holding
of the king and Thomas Rigmaideri, and leaving as
heir a son William, aged eleven.43 William's son
Lawrence, who died in 1558, was the last of the
male line. He held a capital messuage in Little
Carleton called the Hall of Carleton, and various
messuages, &c., in both parts of the township, of the •
duchy by knight's service. His heir was a sister

29 Evan Haughton purchased from
Thomas Chaddock and Joan his wife
their fourth part of the manor in 1566 ;
Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 28, m. 99.
Evan Haughton of Pennington died in
1608 holding a moiety of eight mes-
suages, &c., in Carleton of the king by
%d. rent ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), i, 125. His son and
heir was the Richard named in the text,
who with his wife enfeoffed Edward,
James and William Stanley of the manor
of Great Carleton, with lands there and
in Warton, Lancaster, &c. ; Pal. of
Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 85, no. 16.

29a Richard Haughton died in 1630
holding the manor of Great Carleton,
with various lands, of the heirs of George
Carleton by fealty only. The heir was
a son Evan, aged forty. By an indenture
of 1614 the remainders were to Dorothy
and Francis Haughton ; Towneley MS.
C 8, 13 (Chet. Lib.), 523.

30 He purchased it from Mrs. Dorothy
Shelvock, ' daughter to that Mr. Haugh-
ton which lived in Wavertree Lane ' ;
Irvine, Liverpool in time of Chas. //,
68-9. Among the Moore D. at Liver-
pool are leases of houses, &c., at Great
Carleton by Richard Haughton of
Wavertree and Margaret his wife ; no.
765-6. Alexander Rigby of Burgh
seems to have been tenant in 1649, leasing
Carleton Hall and the demesne lands to
Everill widow of Edmund Fleetwood ;
ibid. no. 767.

Sir Cleave Moore and Margaret Moore
spinster held the moiety of the manor of
Great Carleton in 1691 ; Pal. of Lane.
Feet of F. bdle. 226, m. 22.

From the Shireburne abstract book it
appears that Sir N. Shireburne purchased
in 1701—2 some at least of Sir Cleave
Moore's estate ; the ' manor ' is not named.

31 Baines, Land. (ed. 1836), iv, 439-
40. The manor of Carleton or Great
Carleton was regularly entered among
the family estates in the 1 8th century ;
e.g. Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 452, m. 7
(1690, Carleton); 544, m. 13 (1737,
Great Carleton); 625, m. 10 d./i6.

88 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 34,
m. 56.

38 Baines, Lanes, (ed. 1870), ii, 519.

34 From the Cockersand charters
already quoted it appears that Thomas
de Norcross was a son of Walter de
Carleton, son of Swain, and that Nor-
cross was rated as half a plough-land.

85 In the year named Christiana widow

of Thomas de Norcross claimed dower in
a messuage and 2^ oxgzngs of land in
Norcross against John and Eva ; De
Banco R. 43, m. 3. A later note shows
the origin of another part of the Shire-
..•urne estate in Great Carleton (1348).

86 Robert Shireburne died in 1492
holding lands in Carleton and Norcross
of George Carleton in socage ; Duchy
of Lane. Inq. p.m. iii, no. 92. His son
Sir Richard in 1513 was said to hold
in Carleton of the heirs of George
Carleton and in Norcross of the Abbot
of Dieulacres ; ibid, iv, no. 46. This
statement is repeated later. In 1594
Norcross was called a manor, but the
tenure was not recorded ; ibid, xvi, no. 3.

A ' manor of Carleton ' was said to be
held by Sir Richard Shireburne of Stony-
hurst in 1579 (Feet of F.) and 1594 and
by his son Richard in 1628. The
tenure was unknown.

37 Fishwick, op. cit. 19 ; he states
that ' the manorial rights were sold with
Norcross Farm.'

35 See the notes on the Lytham and
Cockersand holding above ; as Walter
was the brother and heir of William,
Henry must have been illegitimate.
Henry de Whittington occurs in 1222—6 ;
Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 131, 134- He
was rector of Whittington — hence his
surname — and is called a clerk ; Lytham
D. at Durham, 4 a, 2 ae, 4 ae, Ebor.
no. 2.

89 Henry de Carleton — probably there
were two of the name in succession —
occurs from 1258 to 1297 ; Lanes. Inq.
and Extents, i, 21 1, 297, &c. Henry de
Carleton the elder and Amabil his wife
in 1283 leased to Henry le Boteler of
Rawcliffe for seven years an oxgang of
land with house formerly tenanted by
Roger the Carpenter, another oxgang
(without a house) occupied by Richard
de Kendal, a third (with house) formerly
held by Robert the man of Gervase,
and other lands, with easements appur-
tenant in Little Carleton ; Dods. MSS.
cxlii, fol. 82*7. Walter de Carleton was
a witness.

40 Inq. p.m. 20 Edw. Ill (2nd nos.),
no. 63.

Henry de Carleton at that time held
land in Great Carleton also, and in 1348
he and his wife Margery complained of
disseisin there by Alice widow of Sir
Robert de Shireburne, Agnes widow of
Robert de Washington, William de Edres-
ford, Adam Anyon and John Beaver. As

230

to one moiety Alice replied, saying she
held by gift of the Abbot of Cockersand
and of John de Shireburne ; as to the
other moiety Agnes said she entered as
heir of her father Randle le Gentyl. The
jurors said that Henry and Margery were
lords of a moiety of the vill, and had
been disseised by the defendants, except
as to the portion held of the Abbot of
Cockersand ; Dods. MSS. cxlii, fol. 8ia ;
Assize R. 1444, m. 7. It appears that
Alice and Agnes were sisters.

The name of Henry de Carleton occurs
1387 to 1408 ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet.
Soc.), i, 25, 91. One John Carleton and
Alice his wife made a settlement of lands
in Lancashire, &c., in 1408 ; Shireburne
Abstract Bk. He is probably the John
son of Henry Carleton of another deed ;
ibid. In 1420 the king ordered all pro-
ceedings to be suspended against the sure-
ties of Henry de Carleton the elder,
Henry the younger, Thomas de Carleton,
and William de Carleton of Norcross,
bastard, who were absent in the king's
service in the parts of Aquitaine ; Def>.
Keeper's Rep. xxxiii, App. 18. It appears
that Henry de Carleton had been out-
lawed for debt ; ibid.

One Thomas son of Nicholas of Little
Carleton occurs in 1352 ; Raines MSS.
(Chet. Lib.), xxxviii, 103.

41 Thomas Carleton of Little Carleton
in 1476 granted to feoffees a tene-
ment in Little Carleton, another in
Hayholme in Great Carleton, and a
meadow called Cardales in Norcross ;
Add. MS. 32106, no. 791. In 1492 an
agreement was made that George son and
heir-apparent of Thomas Carleton should
marry Elizabeth daughter of Robert Clif-
ton deceased ; ibid. no. 800.

A deed of about the same time (1491 ?)
represents John Carleton as holding the
manor of Little Carleton and providing
for the wardship and marriage of his son
and heir George ; Anct. D. (P.R.O.),
C2978.

44 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. iii, no.
49.

48 Ibid, iv, no. 71. Joan widow of
Thomas Carleton was still living, as was
Elizabeth wife of George.

Deeds of William Carleton, includiag
a settlement in 1548 on his son Law-
rence's marriage with Margaret daughter
of George Singleton of Staining, with
remainder to Margery sister of Lawrence,
are recited in Fishwick's Poulton, 17.;,
from the Shireburne D.

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

Margery, thirty years of age, then wife of Thomas

Almond.44 She sold in 1561 to James Massey,45 who

recorded a pedigree as ' of

Carleton' in I56746; but the

manor was claimed by the

Singletons of Staining,47 in

which family it descended for

some time,48 and is then lost

to sight. The hall went to

decay.49

Of the minor owners but
few occur in the records.50
The chief family seems to
have been that of Bamber of
the Moor.51 The tenure of
James Bamber's land in Poul-
ton in 1617 was a curious

pne — viz. of the heirs and assigns of William Oudlawe
by \d. rent.5* William, his son and heir, was eight
years old. Richard Bamber, perhaps brother of James,
paid £10 in 1631, having declined knighthood.53
The family adhered to Roman Catholicism, and one
of the sons, John, was captain of a company in the

MASSEY of Carleton.
Quarterly gules and
argent, in the second
quarter a mullet sable.

POULTON-LE-
FYLDE

king's service in the Civil War.54 Another son,
Edward, educated abroad and ordained priest, was
sent on the English mission ; after being imprisoned
more than once he was captured in Lancashire, and
after three years' imprisonment executed as a traitor
at Lancaster 7 August i646.6i The family removed
to Aughton, near Ormskirk, but retained their estate
in Carleton till I737.56

An oratory was allowed to Henry de Whittington
in Little Carleton about 1 240," but it does not seem
to have continued.58

THORNTON

Torentun, Dom. Bk. ; Torrenton, 1226; Thorin-
ton, 1258 ; Thornton, 1297.

Steinol, 1176 ; Stanhol, I2OO ; Stainhol, 1226 ' ;
Staynolf, 1346.

Brune, Dom. Bk. ; Brunne, 1204 ; Brone, 1262.

Rushale, Dom. Bk. ; Rossall, 1212 ; Roshale, 1228.

This township forms a peninsula between the
Irish Sea and the Wyre estuary. At the northern
end is the modern town of Fleetwood, built on an

44 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. x, no. 15.
He had arranged that William Singleton
(who died before Lawrence) and James
Massey should succeed him for fifteen
years, with remainder to William son of
Hugh Singleton.

In 1557 a settlement of the manor
was made by Lawrence Carleton, Thomas
Anion and Margery his wife ; Pal. of
Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 17, m. 45. It
thus appears that Anion and Almond
were the same.

45 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 23,
m. 91.

46 Visit. (Chet. Soc.), 56. He was son
of John Massey of Rixton. His estates
descended to Veale of Whinney Heys.

47 Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 233, m. 16 d.
From the pedigree given it appears that
William son of Hugh Singleton died
without heirs, on which the estate should
go (according to Lawrence Carleton's
disposition) to his cousin Thomas son of
William Singleton (brother of Hugh) and
then to John Singleton, brother of
Thomas, the plaintiff in 1573. See also
Fishwick, op. cit. 175.

John Singleton in 1582 purchased four-
teen messuages, &c., in Little Carleton,
Poulton and Norcross from Roger Pendle-
bury and Anne his wife ; Pal. of Lane.
Feet of F. bdle. 44, m. 65.

The Masseys retained part of the es-
tate, including a windmill ; Lanes. Inq.
p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), ii,
117-19.

48 John Singleton of Staining died in
1589 holding the manor of Carleton by
knight's service, except 4 oxgangs of land,
which were held of Thomas Holcroft ;
Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xv, no. 47.
The 4 oxgangs would be the share of
Lytham Priory, its estates having been
purchased by Sir Thomas Holcroft.

The manors of Staining and Carleton
continued to be held in conjunction as
late as 1689 ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F.
bdle. 224, m. 1 50. A considerable estate
in the two townships was in 1781 acquired
by John Hankinson ; ibid. 405, m. 167.
What became of the manor of Little
Carleton does not appear, but as many of
the Carleton family deeds came into the
hands of the Shireburnes they may have
acquired it about 1690; Shireburne
Abstract book.

49 Thornber, writing in 1837, says :
' This hall was situated in the field oppo-
site the farm-house called the Gezzerts,
and its ruins are remembered by the
present generation '; Blackpool, 281.

50 Robert Clerk of Poulton in 1599 had
a messuage in Carleton also ; Duchy of
Lane. Inq. p.m. xvii, no. 44.

Land in Carr meadow in Great Carleton
was in 1557—8 claimed by Alice widow
of William Hull, who afterwards married
Thomas Pateson ; Ducatus Lane. (Rec.
Com.), i, 298 ; ii,23i. Hull family deeds
at Agecroft show that Richard Hull of
Carleton, whose will was dated 1703, had
land called Highfalong from his father-
in-law Richard Rossall, whose family
resided there in the I7th century. The
family and their relatives the Bucks ac-
quired a considerable estate in the district.
John Hull, vicar of Poulton 1835-64,
was son of Dr. John Hull, the botanist,
who was son of John Hull of Carleton
and Poulton, apothecary ; Fishwick, op.
cit. 85.

01 William Bamber, perhaps of this
family, purchased a messuage, &c., at
Norcross and Great Carleton in 1565
from William Butler ; Pal. of Lane. Feet
of F. bdle. 27, m. 15.

52 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc.), ii, 74.
James Bamber was of the Moor in Carle-
ton, as appears by the registers, but his
lands were in Poulton and Great Bisp-
ham.

53 Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.),
i, 221. Richard's will was proved in
1636, his estate descending to his eldest
son Thomas ; Fishwick, op. cit. 180.
There is, however, an inquisition after
the death of one Richard Bamber of
Layton and Carleton, in which he it
stated to have died in 1639. The tenure
of his estate in Carleton was not known.
The heir was a son Thomas, aged thirty-
six ; Towneley MS. C 8, 13 (Chet. Lib.),
58.

04 War in Lanes. (Chet. Soc.), 19, 25.
John Bamber's estate — he is called 'of
Layton' — was in 1652 ordered for sale
by the Parliament ; Index of Royalists
(Index Soc.), 42. He had died in the
Isle of Man in 1651, and his son Richard
in 1653 petitioned for the discharge ot
the Lower Moor, in which his father, 'a
Papist and delinquent,' had had a life

231

interest in accordance with the settlement
by Richard Bamber the grandfather in
1636 ; Royalist Comp. Papers (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), i, 120—4.

Captain Roger Bamber of the Moor
was in 1650 guardian of Edward Bamber,
aged about ten, his kinsman, whom he
was bringing up in the Protestant religion,
the father's estate being sequestered for
recusancy and delinquency ; ibid. 124.
Edward was probably a younger son of
John, but in Cal. Com. for Comp. iv, 2644,
he is called son of Edward.

50 Challoner, Missionary Priests, no.
184 ; Gillow, Bill. Diet, of Engl. Cat A. i,
120-2. The cause of his beatification
was allowed to be introduced at Rome in
1886 ; Pollen, Acts of Martyrs, 382.
The story is inaccurately given by
Challoner, if this be the Edward Bamber
alias Leonard Helmes who was arrested
at Plymouth in 1626 on a ship bound to
Newhaven. He had studied at St. Omers
and Seville, and had been ordained priest ;
Cal. S. P. Dom. 1625-6, p. 487. He con-
formed and was pardoned 5 ibid. 1627-8,
p. 84. A little later an Edward Bamber
was labouring in Lancashire ; Misc. (Cath.
Rec. Soc.), i, 115.

46 John Bamber as a ' Papist ' registered
his estate in 1717 ; Estcourt and Payne,
Engl. Cath. Nonjurors, 1 1 2. His son
Thomas left his estates to his nephew
Thomas, son of Robert Brownbill of
Liverpool, who became a bankrupt ;
Gillow, op. cit. i, 122 ; Piccope MSS.
(Chet. Lib.), iii, 272, from R. 18 of
Geo. II at Preston, &c.

57 Lane. Ch. ii, 428-30. Henry might
maintain a priest at his own expense, but
no injury to the tithes or other rights of
the parish church was to be caused. As
a guarantee he gave a rent-charge of 3.5.
on his water-mill in Carleton to the Prior
and monks of Lancaster. Henry his son
made a further agreement with the monks ;
ibid. 433.

58 Robert the Chaplain occurs in 1332 ;
Exch. Lay Subs. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches.), 64.

1 Two places of the same original name,
now distinguished as Stanah and Staynall,
lie on the west and east sides of the Wyre.
It is not always possible to determine
which of the two is intended in the
mediaeval references.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

ancient rablit warren and now formed into a separate
township, which includes Rossall on the western side
with its famous public school, founded in 1844.
The history of this school has been narrated else-
where in the present work.la In the remaining part
of Thornton the original village occupies the south-
east portion on slightly elevated ground overlooking the
Wyre. On the north-west slope of the same ground
is Stanah. Trunnah, the Ho'mes and Pool Foot are
in the centre of the township and have Burn Hall to
the north and to the west a little seaside resort called
Cleveleys. This last name has in common usage
superseded the ancient Ritherham or Ritherholme.
Burnt Naze or Bourne Naze lies on the Wyre on the
border of Fleetwood. The surface is low-lying and
flat, the ancient hamlets named occupying the more
elevated portions.

In more recent times there have been three
divisions: Thornton, in the centre, with 2,112
acres ; Stanah, in which is Thornton Hall, 1,427
acres, and Fleetwood, 2,848^ acres ; in all 6,387^
acres, including tidal water.2 The population in 1901
was 3,108 in Thornton proper and 12,082 in
Fleetwood, or 15,190 in all.

The principal road is that from Blackpool to Fleet-
wood, going north through the eastern side of the
township. It is joined by another road between the
same places going along the sea coast. From it other
roads branch out ; one goes west to Cleveleys, another
east to Thornton Church and then south to Poulton.
The Preston and Wyre railway goes north to Fleet-
wood, at which is the terminus ; there is a small
station called Cleveleys — a misleading designation —
to the south of Trunnah. On the western road
between Blackpool and Fleetwood an electric tram-
way runs.

A ' submerged forest ' has tokens near Rossall and
along the coast to Blackpool.

A special commission was in 1637 directed to
inquire into the possibility of gaining land from the
sea at Thornton Holmes or Poulton.1*

Thornton Marsh was inclosed in 1800.* One
result of the making of the railway to Fleetwood has
been that about 400 acres of marsh land at the
mouth of the Wyre west of the line have been
reclaimed.4

From various allusions to saltcotes it seems that
salt-making is an ancient industry of the place. A

' salt-weller ' of Thornton was buried at Poulton in
1676. There are modern salt and alkali works at
Burnt Naze.

The soil is various, with clay subsoil ; oats and
potatoes are grown.

A school board was formed in 1877.*

Fleetwood became an independent township in
l894.6 The remaining portion, the existing town-
ship of Thornton, is governed by an urban district
council of twelve members elected by four wards.

Two newspapers are issued at Fleetwood, the
Chronicle and the Express ; each appears twice a
week.

In 1066 there were three manors in this
MANORS township, all members of Earl Tostig's
Preston lordship, viz. Thornton, assessed
as six plough-lands, Burn and Rossall, as two each —
ten in all.7 They retained their individuality later,
but Thornton became still further subdivided.

In 12 1 2 it was found that THORNTON proper,
as five plough-lands, was held in thegnage by William
son of Robert de Winwick, who rendered 2OJ. a
year.8 The other plough-land, lying in STJNJH,
was held in drengage by Adam son of Eilsi and Alan
son of Hagemund, who rendered 5/. yearly.9 Robert
de Winwick had granted one of his plough-lands to
Uctred son of Huck,10 the ancestor of the Singleton
family, who by marriage acquired a further share of
Thornton and probably a moiety of the drengage
plough-land in Stanah. Thus in 1324 Adam son
of William Banastre held a moiety of Thornton, pay-
ing 8/., and a moiety of Stanah, paying 4/. 6J. ;
while the other moieties were held by Lawrence son
of Robert de Thornton and John son of John de
Staynolf respectively, paying corresponding rents,
viz. %s. and 4^. 6^.n The assessment of the whole
appears to have been reduced by one-half, and thus
in 1346 Thomas Banastre held one plough-land and
John son of Lawrence de Thornton another in
Thornton and Stanah, formerly Robert de Winwick's,
while the third plough-land in Stanah was held as to
one moiety by John de Staynolf and as to the other
by a number of tenants.1* In 1378 Thomas Banastre
and John de Thornton held the manor 13 and in
1445-6 Richard Balderston and the heir of John
son of Lawrence Thornton held a plough-land
each as before, but Stanah is omitted in the
record.14

la V.C.H. Lanes, ii, 614-15. A coat
of arms was granted in 1892.

* The Census Rep. 1901 gives : Thorn-
ton, 2,996 acres, including 19 of inland
water; Fleetwood, 2,510 and 46. To
these must be added 73 acres of tidal
water and 657 of foreshore in Thornton
and 134 and 2,778 respectively in Fleet-
wood.

Sa Duchy of Lane. Special Com.
no. 1 167.

3 Porter, Fylde, 271. The Act was
passed in 1799. The final award seems
to have been in 1 806 ; Lanes, and Ches.
Rec. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 56.
In 1739 the king leased to John Wilkin-
son the marshes called Thornton Marsh,
Holme Marsh, Stanah Marsh, Trunnah
Marsh and Haddle Moss for thirty-one
years ; Duchy of Lane. Misc. Bks. xxvii,
178.

4 Porter, op. cit. 227.

4 Land. Gate. 27 Nov. 1877.

• Loc. Govt. Bd. Order 31813.

7 y.C.H. Lanes, i, 2884. Thornton
proper seems to have contained four
plough-lands and Stanah two, afterwards
reduced (as stated in the text) to two and
one. Burn also was considered one
plough-land at a later time.

8 Lanes. Inq. and Extents (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), i, 46. The zos. rent
is named again in 1226 and 1297 ; ibid.
139, 289.

9 Ibid. 51. The second plough-land in
Stanah was included in William de Win-
wick's Thornton estate.

It appears to be this ' Stanhol ' which
is mentioned in the Pipe Rolls, &c., as
contributing to aids and similar taxes ;
Farrer, Lanes. Pipe R. 35, 130 (where
the tenants are called Uctred and Gilbert) ;
Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 135^ 176.

10 From the later history it seems that
this plough-land was half in Thornton and
half in Stanah. This may account for an

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error in 1226, when Robert de Winwick's
estate was called five plough-lands in
Thornton and half a plough-land in
Stanah.

11 Dods. MSS. cxxxi, fol. 40*. The
Stanah rent seems to be made up in each
case of a thegnage rent of zs. for the
moiety of a carucate pertaining to the
Winwick estate and zs. 6d. for the moiety
pertaining to the drengage land. Thus
Thornton (with half Stanah) paid zos. as
in 1 21 2, and the other half of Stanah 51.
as before. The tenants did suit to county
and wapentake.

12 Survey of 1346 (Chet. Soc.), 56.
The minor tenants in Stanah clearly
represent the Singleton or Banastre
portion ; the Thorntons do not seem to
have retained any part of it.

13 Dods. MSS. cxxxi, fol. 8ii.

14 Duchy of Lane. Knights' Fees,
bdle. 2, no. 20.

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

Of the two moieties of Thornton proper one, as
indicated, descended with the Singleton estates to
Banastre u and Balderston,16 and on the partition in
1564 was allotted to Gilbert Gerard,17 who died
possessed of it in 1593, the tenure not being recorded.18
It appears to have been purchased by the Fleetwoods
of Rossall, whose ' manor ' of Thornton was the only
one recognized in later times.19

The other moiety was held by a family using the
local surname, descendants, like the Singletons, of
Robert de Winwick, the earliest immediate lord of
the undivided manor of whom there is record. His
son William, the tenant in 1212, gave 10 marks
and two palfreys in 1201 for 30 acres of land in
Thornton, of which Theobald Walter had disseised
him, and for relief of his land.*0 He died before
1215, when Alan de Singleton gave the king 20 marks
that he might have Alice his daughter and co-heir.11
The other daughter Margaret or Margery married
Michael de Carleton, who had to pay 10 marks for

POULTON-LE-
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pardon in marrying without licence one who was in
the king's gift." Margery de Winwick died in or
before 1258 holding two plough-lands in Thornton
of the king in chief by the yearly service of z/., owing
suit to county and wapentake. Her son and heir
Richard de Thornton was of full age.83 The other
two plough-lands had become part of the Singletons'
estate.24

Of the Thornton family there is little to record.**
The Lawrence above-named left two sons, John, who
died in 1 396, and William.86 Another William seems
to have succeeded ; he died in 1429,** when the
heir of John was found to be Thomas Travers son of
Roger Travers by Alice daughter of John Thornton.
The daughters of William Thornton shared the
estate in spite of that finding.28 The story is obscure.
In 1 60 1 James Worthington purchased a sixth part
of the manor from Hugh Adlington and Sibyl his
wife.19 A minor family of the name appears in later
times holding land in the Holmes.30

16 William Banastre in 1323 held a
moiety of Thornton (except the half of
5 oxgangs of land) by a rent of 8*. and
»uit of court. It wa» worth £10 131. $.d.
a year ; Lanes. Inq. and Extents, ii, 1 60.

Thornton and the Holmes by Thornton
were among the lands of Sir Thomas
Banastre of Bretherton in 1379; Lanes.
Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), i, 1 5.

16 Richard Balderston in 1456 held a
moiety of the manor of Thornton and the
Holmes, of the king as of his duchy, in
thegnage by a rent of 8*. ; ibid, ii, 63.
The Stanah portion was probably omitted
because the tenants paid their small rents
direct to the duchy receiver. The manors
of Thornton and Holmes were in dispute
in 1508 ; Final Cone, iii, 164.

As in other cases, the 16th-century
inquisitions show that the Balderston
estate here was held by Edmund Dudley,
Thomas Radcliffe of Winmarleigh and his
successors, Alexander Osbaldeston and the
Earl of Derby.

17 In right of his wife Anne ; Pal. of
Lane. Plea R. 216, m. 10.

18 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xvi, no. 2.

19 The manor of Thornton was included
in a settlement of the Rossall estate in

1695 5 Pal- of Lanc- Feet of F- bdle- 235>
m. 75. It occurs later in a similar way.

10 Fine R. (Rec. Com.), 116 ; Farrer,
Lanes. Pipe R. 130. In 1205-6 he paid
2 marks to a icutage ; ibid. 205.

11 Ibid. 252. William de Winwick had
given the canons of Cockersand 3 acres
in Thornton, and afterwards Alan de
Singleton and his heirs were in posses-
sion, paying a rent of 41. to the abbey ;
Cockersand Chartul. (Chet. Soc.), i, 160.
William married one Maud daughter of
Robert, who had lands in Whittingham ;
ibid, i, 231—2. As Maud de Thornton
she was unmarried and in the king's gift
in 1222—6 ; Lanes. Inq. and Extents, \, 128.

13 Baldwin le Blund in 1215 offered 20
marks for permission to marry Margaret,
but before 1221 she had married Michael
de Carleton ; Rot. Lit. Claus. (Rec. Com.),
i, 190; Excerpta e Rot. Fin. (Rec. Com.),
i, 60. Michael was dead in 1226, when
hi» brother William purchased the ward-
ship of his heir ; ibid. 136.

13 Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 2 1 1 . Richard
de Thornton — probably there were two
or more of the name — occurs as juror,
&c., from 1244 to 1297 ; ibid. 160, 289.
He consented in 1246 to an agreement
between the Abbot of Cockersand and

Alice de Thornton as to the Whittingham
lands of his grandmother Maud ; Final
Cone. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 103.
He gave the monks of Lancaster a site
for their tithe barn in Thornton ; Lanc.
Ch. (Chet. Soc.), ii, 424.

14 Alice widow of Alan de Singleton in
1245 arranged with William the son of
Alan as to the succession of two plough-
lands in Thornton, she acknowledging
William's right and receiving it for life,
together with a third part of the fishery
at Singleton. If Alice should not be able
to grind in her mill of Thornton she
might use that of Singleton free of mul-
ture. She released to William all her
dower right and he gave her ^10 ; Final
Cone, i, 92.

15 From the text it appears that
Lawrence son of Richard de Thornton
was in possession in 1324 and John son
of Lawrence in 1 346. John was defen-
dant ten years later ; Duchy of Lanc.
Assize R. 4, m. i d. ; 5, m. 25 d.

A pleading of 1302 calls Richard de
Thornton the son and heir of Clarice
daughter of Robert Wath ; Abbre-v. Plac.
(Rec. Com.), 246. Another of 1356 gives
a different descent, stating that John de
Thornton was son of Lawrence son of
John (and Clarice) de Thornton, living in
the time of Edward I ; Duchy of Lanc.
Assize R. 5, m. 25 d. A step (Richard)
may have been omitted after Lawrence.

Amery and Thomas de Thornton con-
tributed to the subsidy in 1332; Exch.
Lay Subs. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.),
70. Richard son of Amery (fern.) de
Thornton was accused of taking a horse
from Henry de Carleton in 1 3 3 1 ; De Banco
R. 286, m. 24 d. John son of Richard de
Thornton occurs in 1352-55 Duchy of
Lanc. Assize R. 2, m. xj d. ; 4, m. I d.

In 1412 John son of John de Thornton
received land in Little Poulton from
William de Poulton ; Kuerden MSS. ii,
fol. 24 5 b.

3e Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), ii, 24.
He held the moiety of the manor of John
Duke of Lancaster in socage by a rent of
8*. ; it was worth £,10. His heir in
1429 was Thomas Travers, aged forty,
son of Alice daughter of John de Thorn-
ton by Margery his wife, daughter of
John de Bradkirk. John appears to have
had two sons named John, and they with
their uncle William had held possession
of the estate from 1396 onwards.

37 It does not appear who was

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father of William, who left four young
daughters, Agnes (aged ten), Katherine,
Elizabeth and Joan ; ibid, ii, 26. William
held the moiety of the manor as before.

A writ of Amoveas manus in favour of
the daughters was issued in 1432 ; Def.
Keeper's Rep. xxxiii, App. 33.

28 In 1450 William Tarleton, Katherine
his wife, Robert Adlington, Elizabeth his
wife, Christopher Worthington and Joan
his wife claimed three-fourths of the
moiety of the manor against Thomas
Travers, Lawrence Travers and Richard
his brother, William Travers, and William
Harebotell and Agnes his wife, and their
claim was allowed ; Final Cone, iii, 117.
The four daughters of William Thornton
are here named as married, but one of
them probably died without issue, this
moiety being afterwards held in thirds.

Very little is known about these frag-
ments. In 1487 a praecipe was issued
to William Heth and Agnes his wife
(daughter and one of the heirs of William
Thornton) to maintain with Christopher
Worthington a convention as to two mes-
suages, 50 acres of land, &c., in Thornton;
Pal. of Lanc. Writs Proton, file I & 2
Hen. VII. From a writ of 1513 it
appears that Katherine widow of Robert
Adlington (who must therefore have
married twice) became the wife of Giles
Lever, and had an interest in the family
estates in Adlington, Thornton, &c. ;
ibid. 4 Hen. VIII.

Hugh Adlington of Adlington died in
1525 holding four messuages, two salt-
cotes, a fishery, Sec., in Thornton of the
king as of his duchy by a rent of 2s. ;
Duchy of Lanc. Inq. p.m. vi, no. 73,
The rent is a fourth part of the old one.
His grandson Hugh Adlington died in
1556 holding similarly ; ibid, x, no. 34.

Joan Worthington died in 1501 holding
messuages and land in Thornton and the
Holmes of the king in socage by a rent
of zs. %d. ; ibid, iii, no. 108. The rent
is a third part of the old one. The family
was seated at Crawshaw in Adlington.

29 Pal. of Lanc. Feet of F. bdle. 63,
no. 86. Thomas Worthington died in
1627 holding six messuages, lands, &c.,
in Thornton of the king ; Towneley MS.
C8, 13 (Chet. Lib.), 1292.

80 Richard Thornton died in 1555
holding a messuage, &c., in Holmes in
Poulton of the Earl of Derby ; Hugh,
his son and heir, was forty-four years
old ; Duchy of Lanc. Inq. p.m. x, no. 42.

3°

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

This family probably descended from one of the
numerous tenants recorded in Stanah in I 346." The
principal of them, John de Staynolf, who took his
name from the place, has no further record,32 but his
estate may have been that held later by Banastre of
Bank.33 The estate of Lawrence of Ribbleton,34
Travers of Nateby 35 and Norcross 36 can be traced
for some time, and the later landowners occurring in
the inquisitions may have inherited or purchased

other of the shares. These include Finch of
Worthington," Albin," Brickell"9 and Hodgson.40
Some others are recorded.*1

BURN was among the possessions of Roger de
Heaton's heir in I2I2.42'3 Roger had had it taken
from him by Theobald Walter, but recovered it in
1199-1200, after John became king.44 It de-
scended in the Heaton family45 till the I $th cen-
tury, when it passed on partition to Westby of

81 Survey of 1 346, p. 56; they were
John de Staynolf, 4 oxgangs of land,
paying 4*. 6d. ; Roger de Northcross and
Thomas son of Robert de Staynolf, each
an oxgang, paying "j\d. ; William Law-
rence, Thomas Travers and John Boteler,
each the fourth part of an oxgang and
paying \6d., \6d. and nil (?) ; Adam the
Knight, 5 acres, \d. ; Richard Doggeson,
5 acres, 6d. There was one plough-land
in all, rendering 5*. drengage rent. The
rents, as here stated, amount to more
than the old 51. and 41., yet there has
probably been some omission.

Another version, preserved by Dods-
worth (Ixxxvii, fol. 66b), records John
Boteler as holding a third part of the
manor by a rent of zod. From the rents
it may be conjectured that Lawrence,
Travers and Boteler held the Thornton
part of this moiety of Stanah (under
Banastre), and that Norcross and the
others (with Boteler in part) held the
drengage moiety.

82 John de Steynhole died about 1264-5
holding a plough-land in Stanah of the
king by drengage and 5*. rent ; half was
in demesne and half in service. His son
Roger was of full age ; Lanes. Inq. and
Extents, i, 234.

Roger de Staynolf gave a messuage and
land in Thornton to William de Marton,
who married his daughter Margery. Their
son Richard had a daughter and heir
Margery, who in 1346 claimed them
against Thomas del Mere ; De Banco
R. 349, m- 243 5 354, m. 381 d.

Margaret mother of Richard de Staynolf
of Preston and wife of William Hudson
in 1396 held in her own right certain
lands in Little Staynoll (? Stanah), Holmes
and Thornton ; Richard was an outlaw in
1408 ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.),
i, 89 ; Dep. Keeper's Rep. xxxvii, App.

173 »*!» S3*-

In 1500 Robert Staynoll made a settle-
ment of lands in Thornton, Stanah and
Holmes, with remainder to William his
son and heir ; Brockholes of Claughton D.

83 Henry Banastre purchased in 1515
from Gilbert Charnock and Emma his
wife, it being Emma's property ; Pal. of
Lane. Feet of F. bdle. n, m. 231.
Richard Banastre in or before i 548 held
messuages, &c., in Thornton ; Duchy of
Lane. Inq. p.m. ix, no. 33. His son
William held in 1555 of the Earl of
Derby by zs. rent ; ibid, x, no. 37. The
estate descended to Henry Banastre in
1641 ; ibid, xxix, no. 15. In 1617 the
rent was given as 6d. only ; Lanes. Inq.
p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), ii, 77.

84 Final Cone, ii, 141 (1354); Lanes.
Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), i, 72 (1398). No
particulars are given. Robert Lawrence
in 1524 held his lands of the heirs of
William Singleton ; Duchy of Lane. Inq.
p.m. v, no. 57. Henry Browne held land
in Thornton in 1601 ; ibid, xviii, no. 23.

Here as elsewhere Lawrence and
Travers were no doubt the heirs of the
Haydock family, who about 1292-1305
had messuages and land in Thornton and

Great Carleton ; Assize R. 408, m. 61 d.;
De Banco R. 149, m. 109 ; 156, m. 75 d.

35 William Travers in 1524 held his
lands in Turnoll (Trunnah) of William
Kirkby by the service of a red rose ;
Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. v, no. 62.
The same tenure is recorded in later
inquisitions. Trunnah was regarded as
part of Holmes. In 1635 this estate
was held by Thomas Hull, who left a son
and heir John, aged sixteen ; Towneley
MS. C8, 13 (Chet. Lib.), 509. Another
of the family, Richard Hull of the Turn-
yate, in 1638 held his land of the king,
and left as heir a son Thomas, aged
thirteen ; ibid. 497. This Richard was
no doubt the son of Thomas Hull, who
died in 1614 holding messuages, &c.,
in Thornton of the king as duke in
socage and in Stanah by the hundredth
part of a knight's fee ; Lanes. Inq. p.m.
(Rec. Soc.), ii, 8.

36 In 1360-2 William son of Roger
(son of William) de Norcross claimed a
messuage and 5 acres of land in Thornton
against John the Knight of Holmes and
Ellen his wife ; Duchy of Lane. Assize R. 8,
m. I2d. ; De Banco R. 408, m. nod.

David (son of William) Norcross died
in 1593 holding a messuage, &c., in
Stanah of the queen as of her castle and
honour of Lancaster by the two-hundredth
part of a knight's fee and $d. rent. His
widow Agnes afterw»rds married John
Nelson. His heir was a daughter Mary,
aged six months ; Duchy of Lane. Inq.
p.m. xvi, no. 9.

37 Robert Finch in 1610 held mes-
suages, &c., in Thornton and Holmes,
Stanah, Trunnah, &c., of the king in
socage ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc.), i, 1 56.
Richard Finch, his cousin and heir, died
in 1629 holding messuages, &c., in
Holmes in Thornton of the king as of
his manor of Pontefract, also a salt marsh
of the king as duke ; Towneley MS.
C 8, 13, pp. 425-6. His heirs were the
sons of an elder brother, Christopher
Finch of Mawdesley.

38 Christopher Albin died in 1638 hold-
ing a messuage, saltcote, &c., in Thornton
of the king by a rent of 281. 4</. ; his
son and heir Robert was fourteen years
of age ; Towneley MS. C 8, 13, p. I.

39 Richard Brickell died in 1621 hold-
ing a messuage in Holmes of the king ;
Richard, his son and heir, was twenty-
eight years of age (perhaps in 1630 when
the inquiry was made) ; ibid. p. 55.

40 Robert Hodgson died in 1613 holding
a messuage and 14 acres of the king in
socage ; his son and heir John was
fourteen years old ; Lanes. Inq. p.m.
(Rec. Soc.), i, 258. John Hodgson
died leaving an only child, Ellen, in 1652
the wife of Robert Hoole (or Hull) of
Carleton, and was succeeded by a brother,
Richard Hodgson of Pool Foot, and he,
being a recusant, had two-thirds of his
estate sequestered. A younger brother,
William, had 'lived in Ireland till the
bloody insurrection began and then was
enforced to fly into England for the

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safety of the lives of himself, his wife and
children, leaving their livelihood and all
their fortunes behind them save only some
principal goods,' which he kept ' twelve
miles beyond Preston," till the Parlia-
ment's forces took Lancaster and other
places there, and then ' our party ' took
away those goods, not knowing that
William was in the Parliament's service in
London and had 'found a man to go
forth with the Earl of Essex.' He had
also sent his own son ' to sea in the
Adventure frigate against the Dutch, and
he continued there till peace was made
and since came home very sick ' and
chargeable. William, having had no
compensation for these losses, desired a
lease of his brother Richard's sequestered
estate ; Royalist Comp. Papers (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), iii, 233-6.

Thomas Hodgson in 1629 held land
in Thornton of the king ; his heir was
his son Richard, aged eleven ; Towneley
MS. C 8, 13, p. 509.

41 Beatrice de Marton and Margery
her sister claimed a messuage and half
an oxgang of land in Thornton against
Richard son of Jordan de la Merc ;
De Banco R. 257, m. 252.

The estate of Thomas Fleetwood of
Rossall in 1576 extended into Stanah,
Trunnah, Holmes and Ritherham ; Duchjr
of Lane. Inq. p.m. xii, no. 2.

George Duddell in 1589 had land in
Holmes in Thornton ; ibid, xv, no. 43.
Thomas Eccleston in 1592 held four
messuages, &c., in Thornton ; ibid, xvi,
no. 38. The tenures are not stated.

John Allen's estate in 1593 was said to
be held of the Earl of Derby in socage ;
Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc.), i, 197—9.

George Crane (of Skippool) died in 1636
holding a messuage, &c., of the king as
duke. His heirs were four daughters —
Margaret, aged fourteen, Anne, Janet and
Agnes ; Towneley MS. C 8, 1 3, p. 249.

Elizabeth Woodhouse, widow, died in
1637 holding a messuage, &c., of the
king in socage ; the next of kin and
heir was Peter Woodhouse, aged fifteen ;
Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xxx, no. 68.
Peter son of Peter Woodhouse of Thorn-
ton was baptized at Poulton 17 Apr.
1622 ; Reg.

42-3 Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 48.

44 Farrer, Lanes. Pipe R. 115. Sabina,
widow of Roger, sought dower there in
1203-4 ; ibid. 181.

45 Roger de Heaton in 1262 held
8 oxgangs of land of the king in chief by
a rent of I os. ; Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i,
231. About 1284 there was a dispute
as to the succession; Assize R. 1277,
m. 31 d.

In 1324 Adam Banastre was said to-
hold Burn by a rent of los. (Dods. MSS.
cxxxi, fol. 40^), but it was perhaps as
trustee ; for in 1346 William de Heaton
held in Thornton in the place which was
called Burn one plough-land in socage,
rendering 101. a year, also relief, and suit
to county and wapentake ; Survey o£
p. 56-

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

POULTON-LE-
FYLDE

Mowbreck.46 This family retained it for over 300
years,47 frequently residing there,48 and then it passed
by marriage to the Rev. J. Benison, who married
Anne daughter and co-heir of John Westby.49 After-
wards it was sold to Fleetwood and later to Horrocks
of Preston.80

ROSS4LL after the Conquest does not seem to
have been accounted a manor. It became a pasture
ground from which the lords of the honour derived a
profit of about £5 a year.51 In 1216 King John at
the request of the Earl of Chester bestowed it on the
abbey of Dieulacres in Staffordshire,52 and twelve
years later Henry III confirmed the gift.53 The
monks obtained surrenders of rights from most or all
of the previous landowners there,54 and received also
a number of gifts in other parts of Thornton and in
Bispham.55 In 1291 the goods of the abbot in
Rossall were taxed at £61 los. a year, but after the
Scottish invasion of 1322 at £16 i$s. \d. only.56
In 1498 the abbot was summoned to prove his right
to wreck of the sea at Rossall.57 After the Dissolu-
tion the Rossall estate remained in the Crown for
some years,58 but was in 1553 sold to Thomas

of a knight's fee.59 A year later he obtained a
further grant of monastic lands in Marton, Bispham
and Layton, together with the advowson of Poulton
vicarage.60 He died in 1 576 holding Rossall Grange,
with wide lands in the parishes of Poulton and
Bispham and elsewhere ; his heir was his son
Edmund, aged twenty-eight.61

Edmund Fleetwood, who recorded a pedigree in
i6i3,62 died in 1622 holding
Rossall Grange, with Rither-
ham and other lands in
Thornton, and the manors of
Norbreck and Little Bispham
of the king by the twentieth
part of a knight's fee, and
various other estates.63 His
son Paul, afterwards knight,64
was forty-six years old. Sir
Paul died about 1657, in-
volved in debt.65 His eldest
son Edward had died about
1644 without male issue, and
a younger son Richard suc-

FLEETWOOD of Ros-
sall. Per pale nebuly
azure and or, six martlets
counterchanped. a canton

o '

argent.

Fleetwood, who was to hold it by the twentieth part ceeded ; he recorded a pedigree in 1664, being then

48 In 1445-6 Ellen Westby held one
plough-land in Burn in Thornton in
socage, paying IQJ. rent, as before ; Duchy
of Lane. Knights' Fees, bdle. 2, no. 20.

47 See the account of Mowbreck in
Kirkham. William Westby in 1557 held
three messuages, &c., in Burn in Thorn-
ton of the king and queen as of the
duchy of Lancaster in socage by lot.
rent ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. x, no. 17.
Thomas Westby died at Burn in 1638
holding six messuages, a windmill, &c.,
there ; ibid, xxviii, no. 42.

48 They were sometimes described as
' of Burn.' There is a short notice of
the hall, which had a domestic chapel in
their time; Thornber, Blackpool, 312.
Burn Hall, originally of the 1 5th century
but altered at a later date, is now divided
into two tenements occupied by farmers.
Over the porch is the date 1786 with
the initials of Bold Fleetwood Hesketh.
One of the rooms has a good i8th-cen-
tury ceiling and a mantelpiece with the
Hesketh arms. In Whitaker's Rich-
mondshire (1823), ii, 444, it is said : ''At
Burn Hall are the remains of a domestic
chapel with an oak wainscot richly carved
with small statues, shields and foliage, and
bearing on a projecting portal the appro-
priate passage " Elegi abjectus esse in
domo Dei mei, magis quam habitare in
tabernaculis peccatorum." '

49 Thornber, loc. cit. ; Mr. Benison
* ruined his property in an attempt to culti-
vate it on the plan laid down by Virgil in
his Georgics.' An Act of 1731 per-
mitted the sale of the manor of Burn
and land there, but it does not seem to
have been acted upon ; 4 Geo. II, cap. 29.

50 Fishwick, Poulton (Chet. Soc.), 169.

51 This sum is recorded in the Pipe
Roll of 5 Hen. Ill, 4d. In 1212 Rossall
with its stock was in the king's hands,
the sheriff answering ; Lanes. Inq. and
Extents, i, 52.

63 Rot. Lit. Claus. (Rec. Com.), i, 284.
This was a grant ' in bail ' or during the
king's pleasure. Henry III ordered an
inquiry as to value in 1221 ; ibid. 474.

The boundary between the hey of
Rossall and Roger de Heaton's land of
Burn was denned in 1222 ; ibid. 518.

63 The king resumed possession in

1226 ; Rot. Lit. Claus. (Rec. Com.), ii,
1 60. Two years later he ordered the
sheriff not to interfere with the abbot's
sheep and other animals in the pasture
of Rossall, and on 14 July 1228 he
granted Rossall in alms for ever ; Cal.
Close, 1227-31, pp. 35, 62; Cal. Pat.
1225-32, p. 125 ; Cal. Chart. R. 1226-57,
p. 78. This grant was perhaps revoked,
but on 28 July 1247 a definitive charter
was passed, granting Rossall in free alms ;
ibid. 325 ; Dieulacres Chartul. (Wm. Salt
Soc.), 341.

Thomas de Rigmaiden, Adam son of
Agnes de Middleton and Adam son of
Alan de Middleton in 1290 claimed the
manor of Rossall from the abbot, who
alleged the charter of King Henry ; De
Banco R. 83, m. 40 d.

In 1292 the abbey's right was called
in question by the king, and the jury
found that Rossall had been held in bail
of King John for seven years, being then
worth £20 a year, which was also its
value for the first twenty-four years of
Henry III, but in the following six years
it was worth 40 marks yearly ; the abbot
was liable for the arrears — £780 in all ;
Plac. de Quo Warr. (Rec. Com.), 374-5.

44 Dieulacres Chartul. 346. Theobald
Walter, as heir of the lord of Amounder-
ncss in the time of Richard I, about 1230
released to the abbey all his title in
Rossall. William de Tatham in 1228
gave a similar release in return for 200
marks ; he had claimed three plough-lands
there ; Final Cone, i, 55. Of the three
plough-lands one may have formerly
belonged to Burn. William de Clifton
released his right for 9 marks. For
Clifton see also Close 44, 17 Hen. Ill, m.
9 d., 10 d. Roger de Heaton about 1235
released his claim between Saltholmpool
and Stodfoldpool according to the boundary
between Rossall and Burn fixed in the
time of Theobald Walter.

55 Roger son of Alan de Singleton gave
land, in Stanah, excepting right in the
field called Tranehole (Trunnah), and
made several other grants and exchanges
in the same part of the township ;
Dieulacres Chartul. 347-8. Henestebreck
and the Gald Rene are place-names.

William son of Alan de Staynole

(Stanah) gave a 'land ' at Foxholes upon
Trunnah, &c. ; ibid. 348—9. Roger son
of John de Stanah, William de Thornton
and Richard de Thornton gave shares of
the Crook in Stanah ; ibid. 349, 351. Some
'natives ' also were given ; ibid. 352-3.
86 Pope Nic A. Tax. (Rec. Com.), 329.

57 Pal. of Lane. Writs Proton. 15
Hen. VII.

58 About 1540 the farm of the Grange
amounted to ^13 6s. 8</. ; Dugdale, Man.
•Angl. v, 630.

5? Pat. 7 Edw. VI, pt. ix. The grant
included lands in Little Poulton, Bispham,
Norbreck, Ritherham and Thornton.

60 Pat. 2 Mary.

61 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xii, no. 2.
John Fleetwood of Penwortham was his
brother. Rossall Grange with its appurte-
nances was held, according to the patent,
by the twentieth part of a knight's fee.
In addition to this and the lands in Layton
and Marton he had scattered estates in
other parts of the county, including the
Peel in Hulton, Lostock Hall in Walton-
le-Dale, the manors of Eccleston and
Heskin, &c.

Thomas Fleetwood was also lord of the
Vache in Buckinghamshire, treasurer of
the Mint, sometime knight of the shire
and Sheriff of Buckinghamshire and Bed-
fordshire. He was buried in Chalfont St.
Giles Church, where there is a monument.

There is an account of the family in
Fishwick's Poulton, 1 57-67. The late J. P.
Earwaker made collections for a history of
them. The place from which their sur-
name is taken does not seem to be known.

» Vhit. (Chet. Soc.), 89. He was
Sheriff of Lancashire in 1606 (P.R.O. List,
73), and seems to have lived at Rossall.

68 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches.), iii, 315-16.

64 At Greenwich, 2 June 1623 ; Met-
calfe, Bk. of Knights, 181. He purchased
the manors of Preesall and Hackinsall.
See Exch. Dep. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches.), 22, 24.

Robert Fleetwood of Rossall, younger
brother of Paul, compounded in 1631 on
refusing knighthood ; Mite. (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), i, 221.

65 Fishwick, op. cit. 161-2. The family
estates were much reduced.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

forty-five years of age.66 He had three sons, but
Rossall went to a nephew Richard,67 son of his
brother Francis. This younger Richard had a son
Edward Fleetwood, whose daughter Margaret in
1733 married Roger Hesketh of North Meols, and
carried the estates into that family.68 Their great-
grandson Sir Peter Hesketh Fleetwood, bart.69 (i 80 1-
66), was the founder of the town of Fleetwood. He
sold Rossall Hall to the founders of the public school
there.

Also connected with Rossall, as lessees from Dieu-
lacres Abbey, was the family of Allen, which had a
considerable scattered estate in the district. In 1534
the Abbot of Dieulacres granted the grange of Rossall
to John Allen and George his son for their lives 70 ;
the abbot afterwards in I 5 3 8—9 gave a seventy years'
lease of the rest of the abbey lands, including Rither-
ham, a windmill in Norbreck, &c., and this seems to
have been confirmed about the same time for fifty
years by Nicholas Whitney of Walden, a rent of
£13 6s. %d. being payable to the king and £10 to
Whitney.71 John Allen's will, dated 1569 and
proved 1 5 70, was formerly among the Worthington
of Blainscough deeds. His son George had the
queen's licence in I 5 74 to go with his wife to the
Spa in Germany. He died in August 1579 holding
messuages and lands in Poulton, Thornton, Norbreck,
Great Bispham, Marton and many other places ;
part at least of his Thornton lands was held of the
Earl of Derby in socage.72 John, his son and heir,
was fourteen years of age, and Elizabeth, the widow,
sister of John Westby of Mowbreck, took charge of
the estates. She was a zealous Roman Catholic,
and in 1582 was indicted for not going to church.
This was the beginning of more serious trouble,
for at the end of the following year (1583),
Sir Edmund Traffbrd becoming sheriff, it was deter-
mined to arrest her, partly perhaps out of hostility to
her brother-in-law, Dr. William Allen, partly, too, it
is supposed, at the instigation of Edmund Fleetwood,
who had had disputes with her. On trial the widow
was outlawed and her property confiscated, she then

retiring to Rheims, where she could enjoy freedom
of conscience.73 John Allen died in 1593 without
issue, holding messuages and lands in Thornton and
other places as before ; his heir was his sister Mary,
who in 1612 was the wife of Thomas Worthington
of Blainscough in the parish of Standish.74

The glory of a family otherwise obscure, and one
of the greatest men the county has produced, is the
above-named William Allen,
brother of George.75 He was
born about 1532, and edu-
cated at Oxford, where he
became Fellow of Oriel and
principal of St. Mary's Hall ;
he was a canon of York in
1558. A zealous and resolute
adherent of Roman Catholi-
cism,76 he lost his preferments
soon after the accession of
Elizabeth, but stayed on in
Oxford as long as it was safe
to do so, flying to Louvain in
1561. His health suffering
he returned to his family near
Poulton, and though sought for
by the government he lived in
England from 1562 to 1565.

He returned abroad, was ordained priest, and at Rome
in 1567 broached his plan for the foundation of an
English college both for general education and the
training of learned priests ; the sending of missionary
priests to England was an afterthought. The fol-
lowing year the seminary at Douay was established,77
several Oxford exiles assisting Allen, who was created
D.D. in 1571. The plan succeeded and there were
1 20 students in I576.78 The college, however,
owing to popular excitement against the English, had
to be removed to Rheims in 1578, staying there till
1593. In 1584 Allen published what is considered
one of the most valuable of his books — the True,
Sincere and Modest Defence of English Catholics, in reply
to Lord Burghley's apology for the executions of

CARDINAL ALLEN is
said to have borne sable
a cross potent quarter
pierced or charged ivith
four gouttes gules, in chief
two lions' heads erased of
the second, all -within a
bordure engrailed tr-
minois.

66 Dugdale, Vis.it. (Chet. Soc.), in.

67 Ibid. ; aged eleven in 1664. He gave
,£1 o a year each to the churches of Poulton
and Bispham, of which he was patron ;
Gastrell, Notitia Cestr. (Chet. Soc.), ii,
398, 456. He died at Rossall in 1709
and his son Edward in 1737.

Settlements of the Rossall Grange
estate, including the manors of Thornton,
Layton, Bispham and Marton, with lands,
mills, malting houses, advowsons, &c.,
were made by Richard Fleetwood and
Margaret his wife in 1695 and by Edward
Fleetwood in 1733 ; Pal. of Lane. Feet
of F. bdles. 235, m. 75 ; 312, m. 46.

There were recoveries of the manors
of Rossall Grange, &c., in 1736 (Edward
Fleetwood and Roger Hesketh, vouchees)
and 1759 (Fleetwood Hesketh. vouchee) ;
Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 542, m. 10 ; 591,
m. 9.

68 See the account of North Meols.

69 He took the surname of Fleetwood
in 1831 by royal licence, and was created
baronet in 1838. He represented Preston
in Parliament from 1832 to 1847. There
is a notice of him in Diet. Nat. Biog.

70 This and other particulars of the
family deeds are from an old abstract of
the deeds of Worthington of Blainscough
in the possession of W. Farrer.

The father of John Allen was George
Allen of Rossall, whose will of 1530 is
printed by Fishwick op. cit. 126—7.
George was perhaps the son of John
Allen who occurs at Norbreck in 1490 ;
Final Cone, iii, 142.

Isabel widow of George Allen in 1556
purchased lands in Thornton and Holmes
from Hugh Thornton and Dulcia his wife ;
Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 17, m. 146.

71 Whitney, who was servant to Lord
Chancellor Audley, had a pension out of
Dieulacres ; L. and P. Hen. Fill, xiv (2),
p. 73 ; xvi, p. 351. It may be noted that
Thomas Fleetwood, afterwards purchaser
of Rossall, had at the same time an annuity
out of Sheen ; ibid.

78 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xiv, no. 80.
For his will see Fishwick, op. cit. 129.

73 A long account of the business from
Bridgewater's Concertatio is printed by
Fishwick op. cit. 136—57. The value
of the goods, &c., seized by the sheriff at
Rossall and Todderstaffe early in 1584
was ,£926 us. 4*/. Another inquiry
reported the value as £589 175. \od. ;
Duchy of Lane. Special Com. 256. At
the trial in Manchester the foreman of
the jury was Edmund Fleetwood.

From the pedigree of the family (Fish-
wick, op. cit. 156) it appears that two of

236

Mrs. Allen's daughter* became nuni at
Louvain.

74 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc.), i, 197-9.
The Worthingtons sold their estate in
Thornton in 1729 ; Piccope MSS. (Chet.
Lib.), iii, 240, from R. 2 of Geo. II at
Preston.

75 This sketch of Cardinal Allen's career
is from the Diet. Nat. Biog. and Gillow,
Bill. Diet. ofEngl. Catholics, i, 14-24 (with
full account of his works). See also the
introduction to Allen's Letters (ed. T. F.
Knox) ; Misc. (Cath. Rec. Soc.), vii.

76 He was in trouble even in the time
of Edward VI ; Fishwick, op. cit. 131,
citing Privy Council records. There is
a portrait of him in Green, Hist, of Engl.
People (illustr. ed.), ii, 817.

77 The story is given in detail in the
introduction to the Douay Diaries, edited
by T. F. Knox.

78 The first priests were sent to England
in 1574, and by 1580 over a hundred had
been dispatched ; ibid. Ixii. In this year
the first Jesuits went. The reply of the
English government was an Act making
it high treason ' to withdraw any of the
queen's subjects from the religion now
by her highness's authority established
within her highness's dominions to the
Romish religion,' and high treason also

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

POULTON-LE-
FYLDE

missionary priests, Seminarists and Jesuits. He
went to Rome in 1585, and lived there till his
death. About 1576 he began to take part in the
politics of the time, which were inextricably mixed
up with the religious struggle, and became an advo-
cate of the plans of Philip II, which resulted in
the Armada of 1588. 79 In 1587, in anticipation of
this expedition, he was made cardinal by the title of
St. Silvester and St. Martin in Montibus. He spent
the rest of his life in the ordinary duties of a cardinal,80
and dying 1 6 October 1594 was buried in Trinity
Church in the English College at Rome,81 which he
had assisted to found in I576-8.82 While his
political schemes failed, the college at Douay to some
extent fulfilled the objects of its founder, defeating
Elizabeth's anticipation that Roman Catholicism in
England would die out quietly — of starvation — by
supplying a long succession of missionary priests to
labour in England at the peril of their lives. After
more peaceful times came round at home the French
Revolution drove the college from its old seat, but it
is still represented by St. Cuthbert's, Ushaw, and
St. Edmund's, Ware.

There are several places of worship in Thornton
proper. In connexion with the Church of England
Christ Church was opened in 1835, and a separate
parish was assigned to it in 1862. The patronage is
vested in trustees.83 There is a mission church at
Burnt Naze and another at Cleveleys.

The Wesleyans built a chapel as early as 1812. **
There is also a Primitive Methodist chapel, and at
Thornton Marsh a meeting-place of the Society of
Friends. There is a Congregational mission room
at Cleveleys.

The Roman Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart,
near Burn, was opened in 1899.

As already stated, the modern town of FLEET-
WOOD owes its origin as also its name to the enter-
prise of Sir Peter Hesketh Fleetwood, who judged
that the mouth of the Wyre would form an excellent
site for a port. He procured the construction of a
railway line from Preston in I835-4O,85 the building
of the town proceeding at the same time.86 He ob-
tained an Act of Parliament in 1842 vesting the

government of the place in a board of commissioners.87
The town was very popular for many years as a sea-
side holiday resort, and when it declined some-
what in this respect the place improved as a seaport.
Queen Victoria and the royal family, travelling from
Scotland to London, landed at Fleetwood 20 Septem-
ber 1847. There is a considerable fishing industry,
it being the port for a large fleet of steam trawlers
which operate from the Portuguese coast to Arch-
angel. A dock was opened by the Lancashire and
Yorkshire Railway Company in 1877. In 1875 tne
manorial rights, with lands, buildings, &c., were pur-
chased by a limited liability company for _£ 120,000.
The railway company built a grain elevator in 1882,
and made provision for the fish trade by an ice
factory and cold storage ; it also maintains steamboat
services to Belfast and (in the summer) to the Isle of
Man. The government has a barracks and rifle range.
There is a ferry from Fleetwood to Knott End across
the Wyre.88 A coat of arms is used.

The town is now governed by an urban district
council of eighteen members,89 which meets in the
town hall close to the railway station.90 The
council possesses the market rights, and a market
was built in 1892. Friday is the market day. The
other public buildings include library, seamen's in-
stitute and cottage hospital. Water is supplied by
the Fylde Water Board and gas by a private com-
pany.

There are a number of places of worship. In
connexion with the Church of England St. Peter's
was built in 1841, and a separate parish was assigned
to it. The patronage is vested in the devisees of the
late Mrs. Meynell-Ingram. There is a mission
church of St. Margaret, built in 1893. The
cemetery is outside the town.

A Wesleyan church was opened in i847,91 and
the present one was built on the old site in 1899.
The Primitive Methodists also have a church. The
Congregationalist church was built in i848.92 The
Plymouth Brethren, the Society of Friends and
the Salvationists also conduct services.

Mass has been said since i84i93; the present
church of St. Mary was opened in 1867.

to be withdrawn or reconciled ; 23 Eliz.
cap. i. Eighty Douay priests are said to
have suffered death under this and other
penal statutes.

79 Inthisyearwasprinted his Admonition
to the English people to assist the in-
vaders on account of the various crimes
of the queen.

80 To support his dignity he had the
revenues of an abbot in Calabria and the
archbishopric of Palermo from the pope.
Philip II nominated him to Malines, but
he did not obtain that see.

81 The epitaph placed over him by his
brother Gabriel Allen and his nephew
Thomas Hesketh is in Fishwick, op. cit.
133. 'To the parish church of Poulton
where he was born, when the people there
became Catholics," he left certain vest-
ments, which meantime were to be kept
in the English college at Rome ; ibid. 134.

83 This college was intended for secular
priests, but in consequence of dissensions
was in 1579 given to the care of the
Jesuits, who retained it till 1773 ; the
students were seculars. Its Diary is (im-
perfectly) printed by Foley, Rec. S. 7. vi.

83 Porter, Fylde, 271-2.

84 Ibid. 273.

85 The original terminus was on the
south-east side of the town, near the
present dock. The line was continued
northward to the present terminus at
Wyre mouth, opened in 1883, to provide
facilities for the seagoing passenger traffic.
There is a passenger station also at the
docks.

86 The ttreets were made to radiate
from an eminence called the Mount on
the north side, by the Irish Sea. On
the sea side is a promenade over a mile in
length. To the east, at the mouth of the
Wyre, is a small ornamental green ; then
turning south the ferry to Knott End and
the railway terminus are seen. The docks
are on the south-west of the town, in a
bend of the river. The Pharos light-
house, built about 1840, stands between
the Mount and the station ; in conjunc-
tion with the Lower lighthouse on the
shore it assists in navigating the Wyre.
A third lighthouse, 2 miles north of
the town, marks the entrance to the
channel.

87 5 & 6 Viet. cap. 49. The area was
extended^ in 1882. The port of Fleet-

237

wood under the Customs Act of 1846
extends from Blackpool to the mouth of
the Wyre and thence to Broadfleet River,
both streams being included.

88 These particulars are from the
guide issued by the council. There is
a detailed account of the town in Porter's
Fylde, 218-67, and Mr. Frederick W.
Woods, clerk to the council, has afforded
information as to recent progress.

89 The council is the board of improve-
ment commissioners extended. In 1905
the district was divided into wards —
Central, East and West — and the number
of councillors increased from twelve to
eighteen, six being elected by each ward.

90 It was originally the custom house,
and then a private residence. It has
been used as the town hall since 1887.

91 Porter, op. cit. 234.

93 Nightingale, Lanes. Nonconf. i,
174—80. Preaching began in 1838, the
minister at Preesall officiating. A church
was formed in 1840, and a schoolroom
was built in the following year.

93 The first St. Mary's in Walmsley
Street, 1841, was afterwards turned
into cottages ; Porter, op. cit. 224.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

HARDHORN-WITH-NEWTON

Hordorn, 1332. Nuton, 1332.

Staininghe, Dom. Bk.; Steyininges, 1292 ; Stayn-
yng, 1297 ; Steyninge, 1302.

This township is bounded on the south and east
by the brook running from Marton Mere to join the
Wyre. The surface is in general low and level, but
there arc elevated portions rising to 50 ft. above sea
level in the centre, south and east. On the central one
stands the hamlet of Hardhorn ; to the south-west is
Newton and to the south Staining ; while near the
south-eastern boundary is TodderstafFe Hall. The
area is 2,65 11 acres and the population in 1901
numbered 597.

A road leads north-west through Staining and
Newton and then north to Poulton, with branches
west to Blackpool and north and east to Hardhorn
and Singleton. The Preston and Wyre railway runs
near the eastern boundary, with a station at Todder-
stafFe called Singleton.

Agriculture is the only industry, chiefly as dairy
farms. The soil is variable, with subsoil clay.

The township is governed by a parish council.

Richard Davie or Davies of Newton raised a
company for the Parliament's service in the Civil
War, but was killed with most of his men at the
capture of Bolton in 1 644.*

In 1066 STAINING, assessed as six
M4NOR plough-lands, was part of Earl Tostig's
lordship of Preston.3 Afterwards it was
held by the Constable of Chester, for about 1134
William Fitz Nigel, lord of Halton, granted three
plough-lands in Staining to his newly-founded priory
of Runcorn, while his son William recovered them
when he transferred the house to Norton, but

granted two-thirds of the demesne tithes to the
canons.4 His successor, John de Lacy, 1211-40,
gave the whole in free alms to Stanlaw Abbey.5
Later the monks were said to hold it by the service
of half a knight's fee and a castle-ward rent of
5/.Sa The grange of Staining seems to have been
the abbey's manor-house for all their estates in the
Fylde.

In I 348 the monks obtained a charter for a market
on Thursdays at their vill of Hardhorn and a fair
on the eve, day and morrow of St. Denis (8— IO
October) ; in the following year by another charter
the weekly market was assigned to Monday.6

The manor remained in possession of the monks
till the confiscation of the Whalley estates after the
rebellion of the north in 1537, and was sold by the
Crown to Thomas Holt,7 who sold to George Single-
ton.8 The family had probably been tenants under
the abbey for some time,9 and they continued in
possession until the beginning of the 1 8th century.
George Singleton, the pur-
chaser of Staining, died in
1551 holding the manor with
messuages, lands, &c., of the
king by the third part of a
knight's fee.10 His successor
was his son William, of full
age, who died in or about
1556 holding the 'manor or
grange ' of Staining as before

and leaving a numerous family,
. , . , . mi SINGLETON of Stain-

the heir being a son Thomas, ing Argentthreechcrve.
seven years old.11 Thomas roneh gules between ai

died in 1563, Still a minor, many martlets sable.

and a younger brother, John,

succeeded." He died in 1589 holding the manors

1 The Census Rep. 1901 gives 2,653
acres, including 1 3 of inland water.

* War in Lanes. (Chet. Soc.), 42, 50.

8 V.C.H. Lanes, i, 288*.

4 Ormerod, Ches. (ed. Helsby), i, 691 ;
Dugdale, Man. Angl. vi, 314.

6 Whalley Couch. (Chet. Soc.), ii, 419.
The benefactor also released the whole
farm of Staining. William the Monk
and Thomas de Beaumont his heir had
given to John Constable of Chester,
probably the grandfather of John de Lacy,
the whole vill of Staining for 15 marks
paid and 301. rent ; ibid. 420. This
grant was attested by Henry the prior
(of Norton), and throws some light on the
intermediate history of the place. In
1208 Philip brother of Geoffrey de
Valoines of Farleton had some estate in
it ; Rot. de Oblatis et Fin. (Rec. Com.),
425.

Cecily de Layton allowed the monks a
moiety of the marsh between Marton Mere
and Little Carleton, and William and
Richard le Boteler also made concessions
as to the marsh, which divided Staining
from Layton. Theobald Walter, butler
of Ireland, allowed them to draw water
from Marton Mere for their mill, but they
were not to take any fish ; ibid. 421-4 ;
Cal. Pat. 1225-32, p. 71. The other
charters in the Coucher refer to agree-
ments as to tithes made with the monks
of Sies and Lancaster as rectors of
Poulton ; see also Lane. Ch. (Chet. Soc.),
i, 70 ; ii, 527.

The Abbot of Whalley in 1469 claimed
common of pasture in Stainingand Weeton
against John Skillicorne ; Pal. of Lane.

Plea R. 36, m. 14. There were later
disputes ; Ducatus Lane, (Rec. Com.), i,
10 ; ii, 19, 31.

5a The Abbot of Whalley paid 41. a year
to the Earl of Lancaster in 1297, and in
1 302 held by half a knight's fee ; Lanes.
Inj. and Extents (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches.), i, 289, 316. The service for
Staining with Hardhorn and Newton was
that of half a knight's fee and 51. for
castle ward in 1324; Dods. MSS. cxxxi,
fol. 40. Similarly in 1346 the abbot held
five plough-lands in Hardhorn or Newton
or Staining for half a knight's fee, and paid
5*. for castle ward ; Survey of 1 346 (Chet.
Soc.), 54. The five (not six) plough-lands
appear again in 1445-6 ; Duchy of Lane.
Knights' Fees, bdle. 2, no. 20.

The tenant about 1 540 is not named,
but 6s. was paid for Staining Grange
itself. The principal tenants at that time
were Lawrence Rigson, house and wind-
mill, paying £2 ; Constance Singleton,
widow, house and 30 acres arable, 335. ;
Lawrence Archer, similar tenement,
30*. 4</.; and Thomas Wilkinson, a mes-
suage and 20 acres, £1 ; Whalley Couch.
iv, 1242-3.

6 Chart. R. 143 (22 Edw. Ill), m. 9,
no. 9 ; 144 (23 Edw. Ill), m. 8, no. 7.
Nothing further seems to be known of
them, but the Monday market of Poulton
may have been derived from the second
charter.

7 Pat. 35 Hen. VIII, pt. iv.

8 This is stated in the pedigree of 1664.

9 Cf. Constance Singleton above. In
a writ of 1474 there are named John
Singleton of Woodplumpton and Margaret

238

his wife, George Singleton of Staining
and Richard his son ; Pal. of Lane. Writs
Proton. 13 Edw. IV.

10 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. ix, no. 17.
He had granted certain messuages, &c.,
to George Browne and his heirs and
others to trustees for the use of Alice
wife of his son William Singleton. He
had also land in Woodplumpton.

A few deeds of the family are preserved
in Dods. MSS. cliii, fol. 73.

11 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. x, no. 30 :
the estate included two windmills. The
inquisition names his mother Margaret,
his grandmother Eleanor, late wife of
George Westby, his sons Richard, John
and George. His great - grandfather
Award Singleton in 1501 had settled a
burgage in Preston and a close in Wood-
plumpton called ' Mykelleghe ' on Eleanor
wife of Lawrence Singleton son of Award.
The descent thus appears : Award —».
Lawrence -». George -». William.
Daughters Helen and Margaret are named
in the next inquisition. It appears that
Lawrence Singleton died in or about 1518 ;
Fishwick, Poulton (Chet. Soc.), 69.

An annuity was granted by the Crown
(as guardian) to Alice widow of William
Singleton, together with the custody and
marriage of Thomas the heir, in 1557 5
Duchy of Lane. Misc. Bk. xxiii, 146 d.

13 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xi, no. 43.
Margaret widow of George Singleton had
married William Ambrose and was still
living ; Eleanor Westby had died. John,
the brother and heir, was aged thirteen.
Alice the widow of William Singleton
is named as if living at Staining, but her

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

of Staining and Carleton. He left two daughters 1S ;
but the manors went to a brother George, who died
in 1598, and was followed by his son Thomas, aged
six.14 The religious history of the family is not
known. Thomas was no doubt a Protestant, for he
was a justice of the peace,15 but his son Thomas was
a Roman Catholic l6 ; he raised a troop for Charles I
at the outbreak of the Civil War 17 and was killed at
the battle of Newbury in l643-18 His children were
very young, as appears by the pedigree recorded in
1 664 w ; four of them succeeded — John, Thomas,
George and Anne.80 The last-named died in 1719,
and Staining went to John Mayfield, son of her sister
Mary. The history then becomes obscure.81 The
manor in 1 8 1 o was purchased by Edward Birley, by
whose daughter it passed to her husband, William
Henry Hornby of Blackburn." He was succeeded
by his son Sir William Henry Hornby, bart.

Thornber states that the hall had its ' boggart,' the
wandering ghost of a Scotchman murdered near a
tree which has since recorded the deed by perfuming
the ground near it with the odour of thyme.83

TODDERSTAFFE M was another estate of import-
ance in former times,25 but of Hardhorn and Newton,
which give a name to the township,26 practically nothing

will, dated 1558, is said to have been
proved at Richmond in this year ; Fish-
wick, op. cit. 183.

A grant by the father to James Massey
of Layton and Richard Houghton of
Kirkham, comprising a windmill at
Hardhorn and lands at Staining, was the
subject of dispute soon after Thomas
Singleton's death ; Ducatui Lane, ii, 296.

13 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xv, no. 47.
In addition to the manors the estate com-
prised sixty messuages, three windmills,
&c., in Staining, Hardhorn, Newton,
Plumpton, Great and Little Carleton and
Poulton ; also a free fishery in Marton
Mere. In 1 5 8 3 he had settled the manors,
&c., on his wife Thomasine for life, with
remainder to his brother George, making
provision also for his daughters Alice and
Elizabeth, who at their father's death
were aged ten and five years respectively.
The tenure of Staining was recorded as
before, by the third part of a knight's fee.
John Singleton's will (1589) is printed in
Wills (Chet. Soc. new ser.), i, 106.

In 1592 Thomasine was wife of
Thomas Dutton, and in possession of
part of the estate ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of
F. bdle. 54, m. 14.2.

14 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xvii,
no. 26. George Singleton had married
Margaret Houghton, who survived him.
A family dispute led to the death of
Thomas Hoghton of Lea in 1590; see
the account of Lea in Preston.

The estates were in 1604 in the hands
of Henry Birkheved the younger and
Alice his wife ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F.
bdle. 65, no. 41. Alice was one of the
daughters of John Singleton ; Ormerod,
Ches. ii, 368.

15 Fishwick, op. cit. 188 (pedigree).
He had a dispute about tithes in 1616 ;
Exch. Dep. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches.), 1 8.

16 Thomas Singleton in 1632 com-
pounded with the Crown for the two-
thirds of his estates liable to be seques-
tered for his recusancy by an annual fine
of £20 ; Trans. Hist. Soc. (new ser.), xxiv,
176.

17 Lanes. War (Chet. Soc.), 19, 25.

18 Pedigree of 1664. The estate does

not appear to have been sequestered by
the Parliament.

19 Dugdale, Vint. (Chet Soc.), 274 ;
John the eldest son of Captain Thomas
was twenty-nine years old in 1664. He
married Jane Fleetwood and died in 1668,
after which his widow married Thomas
Cole (Fishwick), from whom Thomas
Singleton, brother and heir of John,
recovered the manors of Staining and
Singleton in 1681 ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of
F. bdle. 187, m. 29.

A settlement of the manors was made
by George Singleton, Christopher Ander-
ton, Alexander Butler, Dorothy (Single-
ton) his wife and Anne Singleton in 1686
(ibid. bdle. 216, m. 18) ; yet Thomas
Cole and Jane his wife were deforciants in
a fine of 1689 ; ibid. bdle. 224, m. 150.

20 As a ' Papist ' she registered her
estate in Little Carleton and Newton in
1717 ; the value was £75 5*. iod. a
year ; Estcourt and Payne, Engl. Cath.
Nonjurors, 133. She also had a house
at Crank in Rainford.

In 1722 Christopher Gradwell, trustee,
conveyed to new trustees the capital
messuage of Staining, late the inheritance
of George Singleton ; Piccope MSS.
(Chet. Lib.), iii, 212, from R. 5 (2) of
Geo. I at Preston.

sl The story is given in Fishwick, op.
cit. 187-8 : Mary Singleton, widow of
John Mayfield, was buried at Poulton,
1694; her son John died without issue,
the estate going to a nephew, William
Blackburn of Great Eccleston, whose son
James, dead in 1784, left as heir a sister
Anne wife of John Fielding. Their son
Gabriel, who married an actress, left the
neighbourhood.

John Mayfield, ' Papist,' was heir in
1722 ; Gastrell, Notitia Cestr. ii, 458.
A deed of 17 34 recites that Anne
Singleton, late of Singleton, spinster, had
by her will of 1719 directed lands in
Carleton, Staining and elsewhere to be
sold. John Mayfield and Mary his wife had
Staining Hall, with remainder to Mary,
and then to John eldest son of William
Blackburn of Singleton, &c. ; Piccope
MSS. iii, 248, from R. 5 (l) of Geo. II.
See ibid. 336, from R. 9 of Geo. II.

239

POULTON-LE-
FYLDE

can be stated, though from the former was derived a
surname varying between Hardern and Hordern.

The Abbot of Stanlaw obtained leave to have an
oratory at the manor of Staining,27 but this does not
seem to have led to a permanent chapel.

A barn in Hardhoru was in 1689 licensed as a
meeting-place for Presbyterians.88

MARTON

Meretun, Dom. Bk. ; Merton, 1 1 76 ; Mereton,
Merton, 1212 ; Marton, 1297.

The hamlets of Great Marton and Little Marton
stand on slight elevations, to west and east respectively,
near the northern boundary of the township.
Marton Mere lies on the boundary itself. The
two-thirds of the area to the south of the hamlets
named is a level and comparatively dreary district,
largely sand-covered and moss land extending west to
the sea ; but in the extreme south-east corner is the
ancient homestead called Peel on ground about 40 ft.
above sea level. Revoe adjoins Blackpool. The town-
ship contains 4,707^ acres,1 of which Great Marton
has 1,973 and Little Marton 2,734^. In 1901
the population was 1,603 f°r the reduced township.2

By fine in 1781 John Hankinson ob-
tained from John Fielding, Anne his wife,
James Law and Mary his wife various
messuages, lands, &c., in Staining, Hard-
horn with Newton, Poulton and Carleton ;
Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 405, m.
167.

M Fishwick, loc. cit. William Henry
Hornby, 1805—84, married Margaret
Susannah daughter and heir of Edward
Birley of Kirkham, and had issue ; Burke,
Landed Gentry.

33 Hist, of Blackpool (written 1837), 38.
He also mentions a tradition that John,
when Count of Mortain, sometimes
visited the place.

24 Taldrestath, 1332.

*5 Fishwick, op. cit. 168. It became
part of the Singleton estate of Mr. T. H.
Miller.

Todderstaffe was at one time tenanted
by the Aliens of Rossall, for in 1 543 it
was given by George Singleton of Mithop
to Elizabeth widow of George Allen ;
Worthington of Blainscough abstract.
Afterwards it reverted to the Singletons
and was part of the Staining estate given
to Dorothy wife of Alexander Butler ;
she had a daughter and heir Elizabeth, who
'married Robert Worswick ; Gillow in
Misc. (Cath. Rec. Soc.), iv, 173. See
also N. and Q. (Ser. 10), v, 468, 517. In
Urswick Church there is a monument
to Dorothy daughter of Alexander and
Dorothy Butler of Todderstaffe, dated
1687 ; North Lorn. Mag. ii, 160.

By the will of Richard Worswick of
Preston in 1746 land in Great Singleton
and the capital messuage of Todderstaffe
were ordered for sale ; Piccope MSS. iii,
350, from R. 20 of Geo. II at Preston.

26 So called in 1332 ; Exch. Lay Subs.
(Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), 59.

27 Whalley Couch, ii, 428-9.

18 Hist. MSS. Com. Rep. xiv, App. iv,
232.

1 The Census Rep. of 1901 gives the
portion outside Blackpool as follows :
3,503 acres, including 10 of inland water.

a To these should be added 7,659 in
Blackpool and 3 1 in St. Anne's, making
a total population for the old township of
9,293.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

There are various roads through the township
connecting Lytham and Blackpool, with cross roads.
The branch railway line forming the direct route
between Kirkham and Blackpool crosses Marton from
east to west, but there is no station.

Marton Mere * was formerly very extensive and
liable in time of floods to spread further over the
country around. An agreement as to clearing the
watercourse leading from it was made m 1731.*
* During the work of draining large quantities of the
trunks of oak and yew trees were found imbedded in
the soil, all of which were in a slanting position
towards the sea and some of them bore evidence of
having at some far-distant time been cut down.' 5

The soil is peaty, sand and clay ; wheat and potatoes
are grown, but much of the land is in pasture.

Thomas Fleetwood in 1 700 procured a charter allow-
ing three fairs to be held at Marton Mere, viz. 23-4
April, 22-3 June and 27-8 September each year.6

In 1894 Great Marton was added to Blackpool
and part of Little Marton to St. Anne's-on-the-Sea 7 ;
the remainder, the existing township of Marton, is
governed by a parish council.

Before the Conquest M4RTON, as-
MANORS sessed as six plough-lands, was a member
of Earl Tostig's Preston fee.8 Some time
afterwards, probably early in the 1 2th century, it
formed part of the honour of Peverel, forfeited in
1153. The Pipe Rolls record the receipts from
Marton 9 till the honours of Lancaster and Peverel
were in 1189 given to John Count of Mortain.
Before this time probably it had been divided, one
moiety being held immediately by a family bearing
the local surname and the other by Hervey Walter,
lord of the adjacent Weeton.

GREAT MARTON was about 1200 held by
Adam son of Matthew de Marton, a benefactor of
Stanlaw Abbey.10 Adam died in 1242 and was
succeeded by his son William,11 a benefactor of
Cockersand18 and Lancaster,13 as well as of Stanlaw.14
From the later descent of the manpr it appears that
William de Marton and Richard his son and heir 1S
conveyed the manor about 1260 to William le
Boteler of Warrington and his brother Richard le
Boteler of Rawcliffe,16 and in these families — the
latter having a branch, Boteler of Marton ir — it

8 For map see Lanes, and Ches. Rec.
(Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 24.

4 Fishwick, Pouhon (Chet. Soc.), 25-7.

5 Ibid.

6 Pat. 12 Will III, pt. iv, fol. 532,
no. 6.

7 Both changes were effected by Loc.
Govt. Bd. Order 31813.

8 V.C.H. Lanes, i, 288*.

9 In 1175-6 Randle de Glanville
rendered account of js. of the farm of
Marton, escheat of the honour of Peverel ;
Farrer, Lanes. Pipe R. 31. Similar re-
ceipts occur until 1188-9, when the
sheriff accounted for 6s. of the farm of
Marton and 4*. of Clifton received before
the Count of Mortain had them from
the king ; ibid. 72.

In 1216-22 the Earl of Ferrers was in
possession ; Lanes. Inq. and Extents (Rec.
Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 121.

Great Marton rendered 5*. a year to
the Earl of Lancaster in 1297 and Little
Marton lOs. ; ibid, i, 289.

Part may at one time have been held
by Busselof Penwortham ; secPen-wortham
Priory (Chet. Soc.), 3.

10 Whalley Couch. (Chet. Soc.), ii, 443.
He confirmed the right to draw water
from the Great Mere which had been
allowed the monks by Theobald le
Boteler, but reserved the right to build
a mill himself.

Matthew de Marton attested the grant
of half an oxgang of land in the vill
made by William son of Richard to
Adam his brother ; Lytham D. at Dur-
ham, 2 a, 2 ae, 4 ae, Ebor. no. 30.

Adam de Marton held three plough-
lands in 12 12 by knight's service ; Lanes.
Inq. p.m. i, 37. In 1236 he held the
fourth part and the twentieth part of a
knight's fee in Marton ' of ancient
feoffment ' 5 ibid, i, 144. Thus ten
plough-lands there made a knight's fee.

11 William paid 3 marks as relief in
May 1242, on succeeding; Fine R.
26 Hen. Ill, m. 9; Close R. 53, pt. i,
m. 2. In the same year he was found to
hold the tenth part ani the twentieth
part of a knight's fee of the king in
chief; Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 153.
This was a moiety of his father's tene-
ment.

18 As William son of Adam de Marton

he gave an acre in Landirg open-furlong
between land of Amery de Thornton and
Michael de Marton, also liberty to get
turf in the great moss of Marton ;
Cockersand Chartul. (Chet. Soc.), i, 153.

13 He gave a toft, &c., next that of his
brother Michael ; Lane. Ch. (Chet. Soc.),
ii, 439. For Michael see Assize R.
1265, m. 4.

14 As William de Marton, son of Adam
son of Matthew, he granted half a selion
extending from the Prior of Lancaster's
barn to Redcarr ; Whalley Couch, ii, 446.
As ' lord of Marton ' he granted half an
oxgang of land in Great Marton, with
2 acres on the east side of Suterdale,
in the Hall Stude and in Ketelsworth
towards Layton, and common of pasture,
also a house and garden ; ibid. 447—8.
Margery widow of William in 1271
released to the monks her right in these
gifts ; ibid. 449. She had married
William de Kirkby.

15 Richard son of William de Marton
about 1270 confirmed his father's grant
to Stanlaw ; Whalley Couch, ii, 450.

Gilbert the clerk of Lancaster and
John son of Robert de Shireburne had
granted certain oxgangs of land, &c., in
Marton to Cockersand Abbey and
Richard son of William de Marton con-
firmed the gifts ; Cockersand Chartul. i,
154—5. Gilbert de Lancaster, just
named, held half an oxgang of the monks
of Stanlaw for life, paying them 4$. rent
and promising his assistance in their
business in the county ; Whalley Couch, ii,
451.

16 A number of the charters are in
Raines MSS. (Chet. Lib.), xxxviii, 89, &c.,
389. From these it appears that William
de Marton (son of Adam son of Matthew)
gave half an oxgang of land in Great
Marton to Sir Richard le Boteler,
together with the homage and service of
Amery de Thornton and a fishery in the
Great Mere ; ibid. 93. He made another
grant and his eldest son Richard con-
firmed his father's charter ; ibid. 91, 89.
Alice the widow of Richard de Marton
gave a release in 1296 ; ibid. 99.

Richard son of William de Marton
gave land in Scoutlonglands and Redcarr
to Richard son of Richard le Boteler
and other land to Walter de Wilton and

240

William brother of Hugh de Marton ;
ibid. 91, 93. In the latter the grantor's
mother Margaret is named and it is
attested by Sir William le Boteler and
Sir Richard his brother. Amery son of
Simon de Thornton gave land in Great
Marton to Richard son of Sir Richard
le Boteler ; ibid. Henry de Haydock
gave half an oxgang of land in Norcross
to Richard son of Sir Richard le Boteler
and Ellen his wife, Henry's daughter.
The grantor had had it in free marriage
with Alice his wife ; ibid. 383. To the
same Richard, described as ' my nephew '
(nepos), Walter de Carleton son of Sir
William granted land in Great Marton
which he had received from his brother
William ; ibid. 107. This charter is
attested by Sir William le Boteler, Henry
his son, William his brother, William de
Singleton and Alan his son. Studholme,
Hallstead, Faethewra and Crooklands
are other places in Marton named in
these charters.

William le Boteler of Warrington
granted an oxgang of land in Marton, at
6d. rent, to Thomas son of William de
Bispham ; Add. MS. 32104, fol. ioo£.

Richard le Boteler (about 1277) granted
to Richard his son all his lands in Marton
received from William de Marton and
Richard his son ; Raines MSS. xxxviii, 89.

Isabel widow of Henry le Boteler in
1294 complained that she had been seized
at Marton and imprisoned and that her
corn there had been reaped ; but William
le Boteler of Warrington stated in reply
that she had sold him the growing corn
for 6 marks ; De Banco R. 103, m. 72,
66 d. ; 105, m. 60.

Isabel le Boteler, widow, in 1304
directed her tenant John de Staynall to
pay ft. to Father Humphrey, monk of
Whalley ; Whalley Couch, ii, 452.

17 Richard Boteler of Marton died in
1323 holding a capital messuage, lands
and the fourth part of a fishery in Marton
Mere of Nicholas son and heir of William
le Boteler of Rawcliffe by knight's service ;
other messuages, horse mill, &c., of
William le Boteler of Warrington by
knight's service ; and a windmill of the
heirs of Richard Russell by an arrow
rent. His son and heir Richard was four
years old ; Lanes. Inq. and Extents, ii,

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

descended18 until the middle of the 1 6th century, when
it was acquired by Thomas Fleetwood.19 It was given
to a younger son William, who in 1596 conveyed it
to his brother Edmund.20 From that time it de-
scended in the same way as Rossall until 1 841, when Sir
Peter Hesketh Fleetwood sold it to Thomas Clifton.21
The estate of the Botelers of Marton descended by
marriage to the Crofts of Dalton and Leghs of Lyme.22
There were a few minor holders of land in Marton

POULTON-LE-
FYLDE

whose names occur in charters and pleadings,23 as
also in the later inquisitions.24

LITTLE M4RTON descended like Weeton,25
the Earl of Derby holding it in the I5th and i6th
centuries. The manor was in 1522 farmed out to
William Lache, William and Robert Whiteside and
Thomas Gaulter for £9 6s. 8</. a year.26 It was after-
wards (about 1 600) acquired by Molyneux of Sefton
and sold in 1606 to Cuthbert Clifton, together with

145-7. The son became a ward of Sir
William le Boteler of Warrington, who
in 1323-4 granted the lands to Cecily
widow of Richard le Boteler ; Raines
MSS. xxxviii, 103. A description of
house (with chapel), &c., is given.

John son of Richard Boteler of Marton
appears in 1357, 1358 and 1361 ; Raines
MSS. xxxviii, 105 ; Duchy of Lane.
Assize R. 6, m. 4 d. ; Assize R. 441,
m. 2. John Boteler of Marton granted to
feoffees in 1362 all his lands, with the
reversion of those in Little Layton held
by Agnes widow of Nicholas Boteler, and
in 1367 the feoffees regranted them to
John Boteler and Margaret his wife ;
Raines MSS. xxxviii, 107. The seal to
the former charter shows a cheveron with
three fleurs de lis between three covered
cups. In 1369 Agatha daughter of John
Boteler gave a quitclaim to her father
and Margaret his wife ; ibid. 389.

John Boteler of Marton was living in
1385 ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), i, 22.
John the elder had a protection on going
to Ireland in 1386; Cat. Pat. 1385-9,
p. 189.

18 The Botelers of Warrington were
usually regarded as the chief lords of
Marton. Thus William Boteler and
Edmund Boteler in 1302 held half a fee
and the tenth part of a fee in Great (and
Little) Marton ; Lanes. Inq. and Extents,
i, 316. In 1324 William Boteler held
the manor with Layton, &c. ; Dods. MSS.
cxxxi, fol. 40.

In 1346 William Boteler held two-
thirds and Nicholas Boteler one-third of
the third part of a knight's fee in Great
Marton, paying yearly 51. for castle ward ;
Survey of 1346 (Chet. Soc.), 58.

Sir William Boteler in 1355 answered
for the tenth and twentieth parts of a
knight's fee formerly held by William de
Marton ; Feud. Aids, iii, 90.

Sir William Ferrers of Groby was said
to hold by knight's service in Marton in
right of his wife Elizabeth in 1431 ; ibid.
95. She was the widow of Sir William
Boteler.

Both lordships were recognized in
1445-6, when John Boteler (under age)
and Nicholas Croft held the third part of
a knight's fee in Great Marton in the
proportions of two to one ; Duchy of
Lane. Knights' Fees, bdle. 2, no. 20.

Great Marton is named in 1416 among
the manors of Sir William Boteler of
Warrington ; it was held by knight's
service ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), i,
113. Similarly it occurs in 1472 (ibid,
ii, 82) and later ; Duchy of Lane. Inq.
p.m. v, no. 13.

John Boteler of Rawcliffe in 1488
held messuages and lands in Great
Marton of Boteler of Warrington by
the third part of a knight's fee, and
his great-grandson, James Boteler, died
in 1504 holding lands in Great Marton
of Sir Thomas Boteler (of Warrington)
by knight's service ; Duchy of Lane. Inq.
p.m. iii, no. 43, 109.

7

Thomas Fleetwood in 1565 purchased
the Great Marton estate of Richard and
Henry Butler (of Rawcliffe) ; Pal. of
Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 27, m. 191.

19 It was sold by Sir Thomas Butler
of Warrington together with Layton to
Browne; Thornber, Blackpool, 325. In
1550 the estate was sold by John Browne
to Thomas Fleetwood ; Pal. of Lane.
Feet of F. bdle. 14, m. 276. See also
Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xii, no. 2 ;
held by Thomas Fleetwood by knight's
service in 1576.

20 Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 279, m. 7 d.
81 Fishwick, op. cit. 23. Marton is

named in fines, recoveries, &c., among
the Fleetwood manors.

28 In 1383-4 an agreement was made
for the marriage of Ellen daughter of
John Boteler of Marton with Nicholas
son and heir of John Croft ; Raines
MSS. xxxviii, 583. She had in 1378
been married to Edward son of Sir
Thomas de Lathom the younger, lands
in Layton being settled on them in that
year with remainders to John Boteler of
Kirkland, Thomas son of John Boteler
of Marton and John son of Nicholas
Boteler; ibid. 109. See Lanes. Inq.
p.m. (Chet. Soc.), i, 20, 141, and the
account of Dalton in Lonsdale. Nicholas
Croft was in possession in 1417 ; Dtp.
Keeper's Rep. xxxiii, App. 14.

2* To Stanlaw Abbey Richard son of
Henry de Marton, with the consent of
Margery hii wife, gave half a selion in
Marton fields, lying between land of
William de Marton and Amery son of
Simon de Thornton in Kettlesholme-
wathwra ; Whalley Couch, ii, 450.

Hugh ton of Richard le Rous of Marton
had an oxgang of land tenanted by Henry
de Whittington at a rent of zd. He gave
his whole right there to the canons of
Cockersand about 1240, and made other
grants ; Cockersand Chartul. i, 151-3.
Henry de Whittington son of William
son of Swain appears also in Carleton.

William le Boteler of Warrington
granted to Thomas son of William de
Bispham an oxgang of land in Marton
for his homage and 2^ oxgangs for 6d.
rent ; Brockholes of Claughton D.

Adam son of Hugh de Marton in 1283
claimed lands in the township against
Stephen and Paul sons of Henry de
Marton ; De Banco R. 48, m. 56.

The above-named Amery de Thornton
appears more prominently at Thornton
in Sefton. In 1282 Amy widow of John
de Warton claimed dower in a messuage
and oxgang of land in Marton against
Amery de Thornton ; ibid. 44, m. 32.
In 1 344 Alice widow of Amery de Thorn-
ton claimed dower in a messuage, &c., in
Great Marton and Great Layton against
John de Bradkirk ; ibid. 337, m. 33.

Joan widow of Richard de Thornton
in 1292 complained that William le
Boteler of Warrington had disseised her
of common of pasture in Great Marton,
but the jury found that the 6 acres of

241

marsh referred to were in Layton ; Assize
R. 408, m. 70 d.

34 From a charter cited it appears that
the Shireburnes held land in Great Marton
in the I3th century. In 1492 Robert
Shireburne held there of the Earl of
Derby in socage ; Duchy of Lane. Inq.
p.m. iii, no. 92.

George Allen of Rosiall in 1579 held
two messuages, &c., in Marton of William
Fleetwood in socage by 2od. yearly ; ibid,
xiv, no. 80. They were held of Sir
William Fleetwood in 1593 ; Lanes. Inq.
p.m. (Rcc. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i,
197-9.

In some cases the tenure is not stated,
but the following held of the king by
knight's service : John Hulton of Darleys,
1606 ; Robert Bamber, 1607, by the
two-hundredth part of a knight's fee —
son and heir John, aged fifteen ; Anthony
Veale, 1609; William Greenbank, 1610
— cousin and heir Lawrence Greenbank,
aged fifty; John Massey, 1618, by the
two-hundredth part of a knight's fee ;
ibid. 68, 77, 163, 177; ii, 117.

John Butcher died in 1623 holding
land in Great Marton, and leaving a eon
and heir John, aged thirty-four ; Duchy
of Lane. Inq. p.m. xxvi, no. 6. Thomas
Butcher (grandson of Robert) died in
1632 holding a messuage and lands in
the same place ; his heir was his brother
William, aged nineteen ; ibid, xxvii,
no. 6.

William Moore in 1632 held a mes-
suage, &c., of Sir Paul Fleetwood ; Hugh
his son and heir was two years old ;
Towneley MS. C 8, 13 (Chet. Lib.),
861.

« The heir of Theobald Walter held
three plough-lands in 1212 ; Lanes. Inq.
and Extents, i, 37. Sir Theobald le
Boteler in 1249 had three plough-lands
in Marton with Lynholme, worth ^8 to
£11 yearly; ibid. 172, 173. Again in
1285 it was found that Theobald le
Boteler had had 24 oxgangs of land in
Marton, each worth 101. in the hands of
free farmers, with land in Lynholme
worth 261. Sd. ; ibid. 265.

Edmund Boteler held in 1302; ibid.
316. John son of Edmund in 1324;
Dods. MSS. cxxxi, fol. 40. The Earl of
Ormonde in 1346 held three plough-lands
in Little Marton, and paid IQS. rent (or a
sor goshawk) for the fishery called Marton
Mere ; Survey of 1346, p. 54.

In 1355 Eleanor Countess of Ormonde
leased to John Boteler the hamlet of
Little Marton for ten years at a rent of
10 marks, with right of turbary there ;
Dods. MSS. xxxiii, fol. 42^ ; liii, fol.
86.

In 1445-6 Sir Thomas Stanley held the
three plough-lands and fishery, paying for
the latter zos. a year or a sor goshawk ;
Duchy of Lane. Knights' Fees, bdle. 2,
no. 20, fol. 8.

86 Derby Rental at Lathom. For the
fishery in Marton Mere ids. was paid to
the king as formerly.

3'

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

the adjoining manor of Lytham.*7 It has since
descended with the Clifton estates.*8

The PEEL in Little Marton was held by tht
Cliftons from the Earls of Derby long before they
acquired the lordship ; thus in 1522 William Clifton
paid £2 of old rent and £2 of increment.*9

In addition to the religious houses at Cockersand,50
Whalley 3l and Lancaster, Lytham Priory had pasture
rights in Marton.31

William Russell of Marton had a priest taken in
his house in 1604, and a number of other residents
were presented to the Bishop of Chester as ' suspected
of relieving seminary priests and Jesuits.' s$

Nicholas Sanderson of Great Marton and John his
son registered small estates in 1 7 1 7 as ' Papists.' 34

A house at Moss Side in Little Marton was
licensed for Nonconformist worship in 1762 and it
continued in use till the rise of Blackpool.35

Services in connexion with the Church of England
were held in the schoolroom, built about 1717, from
1748 at latest, for in that year James Fisher was
nominated to the ' chapel of Marton ' by the vicar of
Poulton.36 The church of St. Paul was built in
1 800 and consecrated in 1 804 ; it has been
considerably enlarged from time to time. A separate
parish was assigned to it in 1892. The vicars are
nominated by the vicars of Poulton.87 A mission
room is connected with it.

There is a Wesleyan chapel at Moss Side, built in
1872.

BISPHAM

BISPHAM WITH NORBRECK LAYTON WITH WARBRECK

This small parish, definitely separated from Poulton
in the I7th century, has become distinguished by
the growth of Blackpool into a leading place among
seaside pleasure resorts. The area is 3,983 acres,
and the population in 1901 numbered 40,674, of
whom all but a thousand were within the borough
of Blackpool.

The Pool or the Blackpool in Layton often occurs

in 1 7th-century documents 1 ; it was a peaty-coloured
pool of water, discharging by a little stream which
ran into the sea south of Fox Hall,* a mansion of
the Tyldesleys of Myerscough erected about 1660*
and still standing in part.4 About 1730 the place
began to be a local sea-bathing resort in the summer
time,5 but William Hutton's description of his visit
to it in 1788 made it known through a much larger

87 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 70,
no. 60, 40 ; Piccope MSS. (Chet. Lib.),
iii, 50.

»8 See Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 80,
no. 24, and the accounts of Lytham and
Clifton. Sir Cuthbert Clifton in 1 634 was
stated to hold the manor of Little Marton
and lands there (in reversion after the death
of Alice Dowager Countess of Derby) of
the king as of his duchy by knight's
lervice ; Duchy of Lane. laq. p.m. xxvii,
no. 43. He held two messuages, &c., in
the Peel as part of the same.

39 Derby Rental at Lathom. William
Clifton in his will (1537) desired his
trustees to obtain a grant of the Peel for
the benefit of his son Thomas ; Wilh
(Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), 71.

so The rentals 1451-1537 for Marton,
Poolhouse, Hayholm in Bispham and
Thornton are printed in the Cockersand
Chartul. iii, 1266—7.

31 The Whalley lands were acquired by
Thomas Fleetwood in 1 554 ; Pat. 2 Mary.

33 William son of Adam de Marton
gave the monks of Lytham entry for their
cattle, &c., in the whole moss pertaining
to the vill of Great Marton ; Lytham D.
at Durham, 2 a, 2 ae, 4 ae, Ebor. no. 32.
Richard son of William, as lord of
Marton, renounced all claim to common
in Lithcarr lying between Marton and
Lytham ; ibid. no. 35. Henry de Clifton
gave a quitclaim on his part ; ibid. no. 36.

33 Visit. P. at Chester Dioc. Reg.

34 Estcourt and Payne, Engl. Cath. Ntn-
jurors, 93, 107.

35 Nightingale, Lanes. Nonconf. i, 1 5 2- 9,
with view. The house of Matthew
Hoole (Hull) of Marton was licensed for
Presbyterian worship in 1689 ; Hist.
MSS. Com. Rep. xiv, App. iv, 232. This
may have been the original seat, for
Matthew son of Robert Hull of Little
Marton Moss Side was baptized at
Poulton in 1658 ; Regs.

36 Mr. Fisher was the schoolmaster of
Thornton and wai a native of Kendal ;
Ch. P. at Chester Dioc. Reg.

37 In 1804 George Hall was nominated
by Bold Fleetwood Hesketh and others ;
Ch. P. For list of ministers see Fish-
wick, op. cit. 60—2. In 1890 there was
a dispute as to the patronage.

1 It seems to be the Pool named in
Cockersand charters c. 1250, and among
the possessions of Sir William Boteler in
1415 ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), i,
113. If so, it was called a 'manor' in
1539 and later; see the account of
Layton. In the Bispham registers of 1 602
are entries of Bamber of Pool and Cowban
of Blackpool. Richard Bamber of Carle-
ton about 1630 had a tenement 'in le
Pool commonly called Blackpool ' ;
Royalist Comp. Papers (Rec. Soc. Lanes,
and Ches.), i, 122.

An account by Mr. C. Rocder is printed
in Trans. Hist. Soc. (new ser.), xviii, i,
with map and view*.

* It now forms the main sewer. The
Pool proper was on the east side of the
hall, about half a mile from the sea.
It was gradually reclaimed, and had been
turned into meadow land by 1788.
' Pool,' however, is often used for the
mouth of a stream.

The map of 1751 (by E. Bowen) in
Mr. Roeder's essay shows Marton Mere
drained by the Pool, which is impossible.

3 For an account of it see Fishwick,
Bispkam (Chet. Soc.), 105-14. After the
Revolution it is said to have been used
by its owners and other Jacobites as a
rendezvous, being then in a lonely spot on
the coast. There are many references to
it in the Tyldetley Diary, with a view.

Agatha Tyldesley of Blackpool, widow
of Thomas Tyldesley, registered her estate
as a 'Papist' in 1717. She had an
annuity of £20 out of the estate of her
son Edward and a freehold house called

242

Fox Hall ; Estcourt and Payne, Engl.
Cath. Nonjurors, 109.

4 Hutton thought it 'in ruins' in
1788. There is a description of its con-
dition about 1837 in Thornber, op. cit.
71-2. It was then divided into two
dwellings, and part was used for a beer-
shop. The surviving part is used at a
public-house.

5 The old cottages in Blackpool ' were
formed of clay, plastered upon wattles,
the roof and the whole fabric being sup-
ported by crooks, and the interior open
to the thatch, which was generally of
rush in the place of straw ; and they
contained a large capacious chimney,
above which was erected what was termed
a soot loft, the depository of lumber, form-
ing a canopy over the family hearth.
Near the door, to keep out the cold air,
was a " speere," better known by the name
of " God speed stoop," perforated with a
small light, to guard the door. These
buildings fronted the south, a position so
usual that, whatever views another aspect
might command, this general custom wa»
never broken"; ibid. 196. The turf
stack and the dunghill stood before the
door ; ibid. 201.

The same writer (p. 199) states that
the first habitation fitted up for visitors
was a long thatched building owned by
Ethart a Whiteside, c. 1750. Having
married a Welsh woman who proved to
be 'the only cook in the place,' he
ventured to cater for the public and
prospered for half a century. Every-
thing had then to be brought from
Poulton, there being no market or shop
at Blackpool.

In 1754 Pococke noted : 'At Black-
pool, near the sea, are accommodation*
for people who come to bathe ' ; Travels
through England (Camd. Soc.), ii, 6.

An early inn sign is printed in Lanes,
and Ches. Hist, and Gen. Notes, ii, 183.

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

part of the country.6 At that time about fifty houses
were scattered along a mile of the sea bank from Fox
Hall northward, and the visitors numbered about 400
in the height of the season. They were largely from
Manchester. The attractions were then as now the
beach, the breeze and the bathing. Amusements were
provided by strolling players who gave performances
in a barn.7 The development of the place was
hindered by the selfish policy of house-owners who
objected to the building of new dwellings lest their
existing houses should suffer for lack of visitors,8 and
by defective communication, the only approach being
from Preston by roads unfit for vehicles.9

A 'commodious public room,' furnished with
books, magazines and papers, was erected about 1 8oo.10
A free school was built in 1817" and a chapel of
ease to Bispham in 1821." About 1825 there were
three coaches to Preston daily and a daily postal
delivery.13 An outbreak of cholera in 1832 raised
the reputation of Blackpool, which was quite free
from the plague.14 The Preston and Wyre railway
brought passengers to Poulton in 1840, and six
years later a branch line was formed to Blackpool
itself ; a second and more direct line through Lytham
was opened in 1861, and a third, through Marton,
in 1903 for the summer traffic.

These facilities have brought a continuously in-
creasing number of visitors, and improvements in the
town itself have kept pace with the requirements of
the times. In 1847 water was supplied by the
Fylde Waterworks Company — since 1898 taken over
by a public board — and in 1853 gas was introduced
by the local board. The electric light is now used in
the principal streets. An electric tramway was
opened in 1885. The Parade or Promenade along
the sea front, one of the original features of the place,
was extended and improved in 1870, when a formal
opening took place. More recently it has been
further extended and greatly increased in width,
and now has a length of over 3 miles. The North

BISPHAM

Pier was opened in 1863, the Central Pier in 1868
and Victoria Pier, South Shore, in i893.15 The
tower, which was formed in 1891 and rises about
500 ft. from the ground, and the great wheel, about
200 ft. in diameter, 1896, are other popular attrac-
tions. Raikes Hall, first built about 1 76o,16 and the
residence of the Hornbys from 1834 to 1860, was
for that time the principal mansion. It was after-
wards used in various ways, the grounds becoming
pleasure gardens. Claremont Park was formed in
1862. There are theatres and opera houses, winter
gardens and other places of amusement ; also markets,
hospitals, technical school and free libraries. The
cemetery, north-east of the town, was opened in

1873-

South Shore, formerly a separate village to the
south of Blackpool,17 has shared in the growth of the
latter, and now forms one town with it.

The Territorial force is represented by part of a
battery of the 2nd West Lancashire Brigade of the
Royal Field Artillery.

Blackpool gives a name to one of the parlia-
mentary divisions of the county.

The agricultural land remaining in the parish is
thus occupied 17a : —

Bispham and
Norbreck .
Blackpool

Arable
land

315

Permanent
grass
ac.

946
1,465

Woods and
plantations

2,411

t*

51

The county lay fixed in 1624 provided that
Bispham and Norbreck should pay £2 3/. \d. and
Layton with Warbreck £2 6s. 6%d. when £100
was levied upon Amounderness.18 The more ancient
fifteenth required £1 $s. \d. and £i Js. 2\d.
respectively, showing the same relative valuation.19

8 There were three editions : London,
1804 ;Kirkham,c. 1805 ; Preston, 18174
Fishwick, Lanes. Lib. It was a small
pamphlet of some fifty pages. He says :
•When I intended to visit it, with my
family, I neither knew, nor could learn,
any particulars respecting its appearance
or accommodations,' and desired to make
its merits better known. He states that
there was ' neither hedge nor tree in the
whole neighbourhood.'

7 These particulars are from Hutton.
He 'frequently visited the adjacent
farmers for intelligence and found the
people extremely civil and very com-
municative.' He was not impressed by
the ' Lancashire Witches."

8 Thornber, op. cit. 216.

9 Hutton considered the roads good,
'safe and easy for the traveller,' but they
lacked milestones, so that owners of post
chaises were able to overcharge. Thornber,
on the other hand, referring to a little
earlier time, says : ' The highway to
Preston was unpaved — in winter and in
a rainy summer it was next to impass-
able ; in fact, about sixty years ago
[from 1837] the pack horse was the
only mode of conveyance for grain or
passengers from this quarter, and " Darby
and Joan " trotted to market and church
beguiling the way in family chat on a
sociable pillion' ; op. cit. 208. In another
place (p. 293) he states that on account

of the bad roads ' carriages were not then
in use ; in fact, carts in winter were laid
aside about home. Miss Bold, on her
way to Rossali Hall after her nuptials
with Fleetwood Hesketh, esq. [1759],
travelled attended by her bridesmaids on a
palfrey covered with silver net trappings,
a coach even at that period being too
cumbersome for the ioft nature of the
highways, which were neither paved nor
coated on the surface with gravel.'

A Manchester and Blackpool coach
was advertised in 1783 ; Roeder.

10 Preface to Hutton, Descr. of Black-
fool (ed. 2) ; Raines, Lanes. Dir. ii,
528.

11 Thornber, op. cit. 230.

18 Ibid. 231-3. An attempt had been
made as early as 1789 to provide a church
building, but had failed ; ibid. 209. The
morals of the people were low ; ibid.
203—4. Some illustrative anecdotes are
given, ibid. 74, 77-9. Smuggling was
carried on ; pp. 205-6.

13 Baines, Dir. ii, 528 ; in winter the
post came every other day. ' Mr. Cooke,
an American loyalist who was driven
from his home during the revolutionary
wars to labour for a livelihood at Black-
pool, was the originator of this post,
which commenced by travelling to Kirk-
ham three times each week during the
season. . . . Mr. Cooke was for many
years the Beau Nash of Blackpool ; he

243

died in 1820 and was buried at Bispham ' ;
Thornber, op. cit. 237.

14 Ibid. 225. A description of the
place about 1830 is given in Whittle's
Marina, with a view.

16 Steamers sail in the season not only
for short pleasure trips but for the Isle of
Man, Barrow and other places.

16 Tradition relates ' how a Mr. Butcher
of Blackpool suddenly sprang into conse-
quence from comparative poverty and
commenced the building of Raikes Hall
to the astonishment of his neighbours,
who, ignorant whence the necessary
funds were obtained, conceived with some
probability that his constant visits to
the sea shore had been rewarded by the
discovery of the wealth of three sisters
lost in a vessel which was wrecked about
the time upon the coast. . . . His son,
a wretched hypochondriac, as if conscious
that he had no title to the wealth he in-
herited, shunned the light of day and was
tormented with the horrible fancy that
an industrious cordwainer had taken up
his abode and laboured at his daily task
within his body, which (in hii depraved
imagination) he supposed to be of glass ' ;
Thornber, op. cit. 259.

17 The first house was built there in
1819 ; Thornber, op. cit. 344.

17» Statistics from Bd. of Agric. (1905).

18 Gregson, Fragments (ed. Harland),
23. 19 Ibid. 19.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

The early history of the church or
CHURCH 4LLH4LLOfrS*°isobsc\ire. It appears
to have been a parish church reduced to
the condition of a chapel after its grant to Lancaster
Priory.11 A chapelry it remained until the ijth
century, being so described in the Church Survey of
1650." Both before and afterwards Bispham is
found more or less clearly recognized as an independent
parish,13 and one Richard Higginson, citizen of
London, ' out of a pious sense of the great blindness
of the parishioners,' having rebuilt the church, offered
in 1658 to provide a free school and to settle £40 a
year 'towards the maintenance of such godly and
painful preacher of the Gospel as shall be from time
to time settled there.' 14 The church appears to have
been but irregularly served, either then or after the
Restoration, when it again became a chapel under
Poulton, being so described at the bishop's visitation
in 1677. Ten years later, however, it was called
'the parish church of Bispham.'" No Act of
Parliament seems to have been obtained.

That the patron of Poulton concurred in, or more
probably obtained the separation which gave him an
additional piece of patronage, is shown by the gifts
of Richard Fleetwood, which in 1717 constituted
the greater part of the endowment. The certified
income at that time was only £8 a year.*6 The
present income is said to be £200 a year." Mr. C. H.
Fleetwood-Hesketh is the patron.

The church stands at the north end of the village,
and is a stone building erected in 1 883 on the founda-
tions 18 of an older structure. It consists of chancel,
with organ chamber on the north and vestry on the
south side, wide aisleless nave, south porch and west
tower. The building is of a rather plain Gothic
style with rough stone facings and blue slated roof, and
the tower, which is 61 ft. high, has angle pinnacles.
No authentic record has been preserved of the old
church, but that a structure of some importance
stood here in the izth century is evident from the
Norman doorway which still remains within the
south porch. The church as rebuilt by Richard
Higginson is said to have consisted of a chancel,89
nave, south porch and a low but strong west tower and

to have been constructed of red sandstone from Furness.
It had a double gabled roof supported at the junction
of the gables by a row of black oak crooks, or piers,
down the centre,30 and the east window was of three
narrow lights. The pews were of black oak, and there
was a gallery at the west end. This building, how-
ever, was unroofed and gutted in 1773, practically only
the tower and the Norman arch being left untouched,
and a new wide aisleless nave erected. The chancel
seems at the same time to have been either curtailed
or pulled down altogether. The 1 8th-century church
finally gave place in 1883 to the present building.
No sufficient evidence exists to enable us to trace
the development of the old plan, but the position of
the tower, which is considerably to the south of the
centre line of the nave, suggests that the mediaeval
building was a narrow aisleless church, occupying
approximately the south half of the present nave, its
south wall being in the same position. The position
of the Norman door further suggests that the mediaeval
church was largely a rebuilding of the i zth-century
one, a tower being added on the west end, and in later
times the structure being enlarged northward by a
widening of the nave. During the demolition of
1883 the head of a three-light window, apparently
belonging to the 17th-century building, was found
in one of the walls, and it is now built into the
north wall of the porch. The Norman arch appears
to have stood untouched till 1883, when it was
pulled down, the stones numbered, and rebuilt again
in its original position. It had been long covered
with whitewash, and when this was removed it was
discovered that the stones forming the middle order
had carved upon them the signs of the Zodiac.31
The crab, the bull, the virgin could be easily
recognized, the scales and the scorpion were less
distinct, and the rest were almost defaced. The
arch consists of three orders, the inner one being
quite plain and the outer carved with the cheveron
ornament. The two outer orders spring from circular
shafts with cushion capitals and moulded bases. Un-
fortunately in the rebuilding the whole of the stone-
work was rechiselled and the Zodiacal carving was
entirely recut.32

90 This dedication is witnessed in 1530
by the will of George Allen of Rossall ;
Fish-wick, Poulton (Chet. Soc.), 126.

91 In the charters it is sometimes
called the ' church ' and sometimes the
' chapel ' of Bispham ; e.g. Lane. Ch.
i, 117, 124.. It was the former in 1196 ;
Final Cone, i, 6. In a grant by William
le Boteler apparently early in the reign
of Henry HI. Bispham is distinctly
called the mother church of Layton ;
Lane. Ch. ii, 436.

M Commonw. Ch. Surv. (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), 151. It was then
considered to have been a parish church
in former times, with two townships, and
the inhabitants desired that they might
again be made a parish and have a
competent maintenance allowed, the
minister at that time having only the
Easter dues, worth about £5.

83 For example, in 1646 'the rectory of
All Hallows in the Chapelry of Bispham ' ;
Plund. Mim. Accts. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches.), i, 28. »« Ibid, ii, 221.

M In the record of the gift of £10 a
year by Richard Fleetwood ; Ch. Papers
at Chester.

In 1686 a return of 'the minister and

churchwardens of the parish of Bispham '
to the bishop's articles of inquiry gives
some interesting particulars. The fabric
of the church was ' in good repair and
decency ' ; there were a stone font, with
cover, a communion table, with carpet
and linen cloth, two cups and a flagon,
and a fair surplice. There was neither
vicarage house nor glebe land. The
minister resided and was of sober life,
bidding and observing holy days and fasts.
The schoolmaster instructed his scholars
in the catechism of the Church of
England. The parish clerk was ' chosen
by the minister and approved by the
parish.' Similar replies were made in
later years. In 1725 Mr. Albin ad-
ministered the sacrament five times a year.

K Gastrell, Notitia Cestr. (Chet. Soc.),
ii, 398 ; land given by Richard Fleetwood
was worth £5 a year, Easter dues £3,
and in 1687 a rent-charge of £10 had
been given by the patron. There were
four churchwardens, two chosen by the
minister and two by the parish. It is
noteworthy that Gastrell says nothing as
to the former dependence of Bispham on
Poulton or as to the patronage.

27 Manch. Dioc. Dir. Augmentation*

244

were granted by private benefactors and
Queen Anne's Bounty, invested in the
purchase of Layton tithes ; Fishwick,
Bispham, 27.

28 With an extension eastward.

29 ' Mr. Fleetwood's own chancel ' is
mentioned in 1705.

80 Fishwick, Hist, of Bispham, 28.
Thornber, however, in his Hist, of Slack-
fool, 320, states that 'a row of semi-
circular arches supported on three plain
round pillars ran from the chancel to the
font,' and says his description of the
church is based on the authority of two
parishioners who had worshipped in the
old building. But there may be some
confusion here with Whitaker's account
of Poulton Church (Richmondshire, ii,
441—2). Thornber further states, however,
that the new roof in 1773 wa8 f°rmed 'by
raising the walls with the materials of
the displaced pillars.'

31 There are fourteen stones, the two
springers being carved with a cheveron
ornament.

38 The carvings are very good specimens
of modern sculpture, but the loss of the
original 12th-century work is greatly to
be deplored.

BISPHAM CHURCH : NORMAN DOORWAY (RE-ERECTED)

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

An ancient stoup of roughly hewn stone, which for
many years lay in the churchyard, has been built into
the north wall of the tower in the interior, and on
the north wall of the nave are four 18th-century
brasses to members of the Veale family of Whinney
Heys, and a chest in the vestry has the initials of the
four churchwardens, together with the figure 12,
probably for ijiz.33

There is one bell cast from two older ones by
Mears & Stainbank in 1883.

The plate consists of a chalice of 1608, in-
scribed 'The gift of Ann, daughter to John
Bamber, to ye churche of All Hallows in Bispham.
Delivered by John Corrit 1 704 ' ; a silver-gilt
chalice of Sheffield make, 1908, and a plated paten
and flagon.

The register of baptisms begins in 1599, but
after 1603 nearly thirty years are missing, after
which the entries continue till 1652, and are then
wanting till 1661. They are also missing between
October 1670 and June 1672. There is no register
of marriages till 1632, and between 1645 and 1697
only one marriage is recorded. The burials begin
in 1632, but are missing between 1651 and l678.34
The first five volumes (1599-1754) have been
printed.38

The churchyard has been twice enlarged, on the
north-west in 1888 and on the south-west in 1902.
On the south side is a sundial on a stone shaft, which
is probably a portion of the old churchyard cross. It
stands on two steps, the lower one of which is circular
and the second octagonal on plan. The plate bears
the date 1 704, together with the motto * Die dies
Truditur,' and the name of John Hull and that of
the maker, Jo" Heblethwaite. John Hull was probably
the donor of the dial, the initials I.H. being carved
on the north side of the stone shaft. On the west
side, nearer the bottom, are the initials R.B. roughly
cut in an upright position.38

B.A.49 (Brasenose
M.A.60 (Emmanuel

BISPHAM

The following have been curates 37 and vicars or
rectors : —

oc. 1598 Michael Rigmaiden 38
oc. 1 6 10 — Walkden39
oc. 1614 Robert Brodbelt40
oc. 1634-44 Robert Freckleton 41
oc. 1646 John Sumpner42
oc. 1648 John Fisher43
oc. 1651-4 John Berkeley44

? 1674 Robert Wayte45
1690 Thomas Riley46

1692 Thomas Sollom 47

1693 Jonathan Hay ton48
11725 Christopher Albin,

Coll., Oxf.)
1753 Roger Freckleton,

Coll., Camb.)
1760 Ashton Werden, LL.B.61 (T.C.D.)
1767 John Armetriding, B.A. (Trinity Coll.,

Camb.)
1791 William Elston, B.A.52 (Brasenose Coll.,

Oxf.)
1831 Charles Hesketh, M.A.63 (Trinity Coll.,

Oxf.)
1837 Bennett Williams, B.A.84 (Queen's Coll.,

Oxf.)

1850 Henry Powell 68
1857 William Abraham Mocatta, M.A.8a

(T.C.D.)

1 86 1 James Leighton 87
1874 Charles Stead Hope, M.A.88 (Sidney

Sussex Coll., Camb.)
1876 Francis John Dickson, M.A.89 (Trinity

Coll., Camb.)

1885 George Leighton, M.A. (Dur.)

The school above named, which was not the

first,60 was founded in i659-61 Provided by a

Puritan, it is noteworthy that it was in 1689

licensed as a meeting-place for Presbyterians.62 They

83 The inscription reads ; RB | TB |
IB | AG | CW. 12. The chest appears
to be of iSth-century date.

84 Fishwick, op. cit. 71.

35 Lanes. Parish Reg. Soc. Publ. xxxiii
(1908). Transcribed by W. E. Robinson.

86 These are said to be the initials of
Robert Brodbelt, parish clerk 1678-1715,
cut by him in hours of leisure while
resting on the steps. He was what is
known as a 'character.'

87 Some of the earlier names are taken
from Fishwick, op. cit. 37-66, where
biographical notices will be found. He
also gives William Silcock, curate in 1530,
and William Corwyn, 1552, attesting the
scanty list of church goods (ibid. 25).
From the visitation lists at Chester

Souters appears to have been there

in 1554 and Thomas Hankinson in 1562.

88 Visit. List at Chester Dioc. Reg.

89 Hist. MSS. Com. Rep. xiv, App. iv, 9 ;
he was 'no preacher." In 1604 there
was communion only once a year — at
Easter ; Visit. Papers at Chester. In 1605
the curate was presented to the bishop
for nonconformity, but he said that he
observed the Book of Common Prayer
and would do so ; ibid.

40 He served Lytham also at one time ;
Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i,
124. He died in 1674, being described
as ' minister of Bispham.' The ministers
recorded down to 1674 may have been
acting for him.

41 See the account of Poulton Church.

43 In the Commonwealth period an in-
come of £50 a year was given to the
minister of Bispham out of the sequestered
estates of Royalists, Sumpner being there
in 1646 ; Plund. Mins. Accts. i, 13.

43 He signed the Agreement of the
People as pastor, but had gone before
1650.

44 Appointed in 1651; Plund. Mins.
Accti. i, 104, 142.

45 In the visitation list of 1674 he is
called Robert Wayte alias Ward, curate ;
and in 1677 he showed letters of orders —
deacon 1668 and priest 1674 — but no
licence. He died in 1689.

46 No curate occurs in the lists of 1689
and 1691, so that Riley' s tenure was very
brief.

47 From this time the nominations of
the curates have been preserved in the
diocesan registry at Chester, Richard
Fleetwood and his successors beingpatrons.

48 He was resident and held no other
benefice, according to replies to articles
of inquiry 1703-12. He died in 1728.

49 Pedigree in Fishwick, op. cit. 55.
This incumbent, who was acting (perhaps
as curate) in 1723 and as 'minister' in
1725, is commemorated by a brass plate
in Bispham Church and a tombstone in
Poulton Church. He died in 1753.

50 He had been curate of Maghull.

61 In 1762 he resided at Paulton ; he
bad no other bruefice.

245

5* Nominated by his father, Thomas
Elston of Blackpool. For an anecdote of
him see Nightingale, Lanes. Nenconf.
i, 125.

55 Also vicar of Poulton ; afterward*
rector of North Meols.

54 Had licence of non-residence in
1847. Became rector of Bramshall.

65 He had been a missionary in India,
and in 1857 became vicar of Bolton-le-
Moors, &c.

56 Afterwards vicar of St. Thomas',
St. Helens.

57 Formerly a missionary in India ;
rector of Harpurhey 1884.

88 Vicar of Holy Trinity, Southport,
1876-1909.

59 Vicar of Ribchester 1885.

60 Fishwick, op. cit. 67.

61 End. Char. Rep. for Bispham. The
founder charged ,£30 for maintenance on
lands, &c., which had belonged to the
Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's, so that
the endowment failed at the Restoration.
His widow Elizabeth (who married John
Amherst) gave £200 for the school, so
that all might not be lost, and land was
purchased in Layton. This became very
valuable owing to the growth of Black-
pool, and the ,£200 is represented by
nearly £10,000 in consols, yielding £250
a year.

6a Hist. MSS. Com. Rep. xiv, App. iv,
232.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

probably obtained another building, the existence of
which was remembered in i837.63

The Wesleyans and the Congregationalists 64 now
have churches within the township of Bispham.

Apart from educational and re-
CH4RITIES ligious benefactions the only charities 6i
endowed are the Foxton Dispensary
and the Victoria Hospital, both of recent foundation
in Blackpool. The former is due to a bequest of
£6,000 in 1878 by Mrs. Catherine Dauntesey
Foxton of Agecroft Hall ; the dispensary in Clifton
Street, Blackpool, is for the benefit of the poor of the
borough and of the parish of Poulton. The endow-
ment fund of the hospital amounted to ,£5,422 in
1898.

BISPHAM-WITH-NORBRECK

Biscopham, Dom. Bk. ; Byspham, 1326.

Norbrec, 1195.

This composite township stretches along the coast
for about 3 miles, and has an area of 1,624 acres,1
including 1,119^ acres in Bispham and 504^ in
Norbreck. The church lies close to the eastern
boundary, about the centre of the township, with the
village of Bispham a little to the south of it. A small
detached part of Bispham lay at the south end of
Layton ; it was called Bispham Hawes, and was
added to Layton in 1883.* Of the three hamlets,
Little Bispham is inland to the north of the church,3
with Norbreck to the west of it on the coast ; Great
Bispham occupies the southern part of the township.
Angersholme is a farm in Norbreck. The population
of the present township was 985 in 1901.

The coast-line is protected by hillocks about 50 ft.
high, the inland portion being much lower. The
principal road is that from Blackpool to Cleveleys,
passing inland through the village and by the church.
There is a road from the village to the shore, also
one from Little Bispham to Norbreck. Formerly
the principal road seems to have gone north along
the coast, but it was undermined or washed away by
the sea.4 At present the electric tramway from
Blackpool to Fleetwood passes along near the shore.

The soil is variable, with subsoil of clay. The
people are mostly employed in agriculture, but there
was formerly some hand-loom weaving.

Most of the dwellers in Great and Little Bispham
seem to have signed the Protestation of 1 64 1.5

By the churchyard there was a spring known as
the Holy Well, now filled up.6 A cross stood at
Leys near Knowl, but has long disappeared.7

The township is governed by an urban district
council of nine members.

Earl Tostig in 1066 held Bispham
MANORS and Layton as parts of his lordship of
Preston or Amounderness. The former
manor was assessed as eight plough-lands.8 Afterwards
it was divided ; one moiety
was given to the abbey of
Shrewsbury and the other to
the lord of Warrington.

The former moiety,
LITTLE BISPH4M and
NORBRECK, was given to the
monks by Roger of Poitou.9
Between 1 1 29 and 1133
Henry I ordered Stephen
Count of Mortain to allow
them to hold the moiety of
Bispham free and quit of all
customs, pleas and suits of the
hundred court,10 and a few
years later David, King of

Scots, confirmed the moiety, to be held as freely as
in the time of any of his predecessors.11 About
1270 the Abbot and convent of Shrewsbury granted
their vills of Norbreck and Little Bispham to the
Abbot and convent of Dieulacres, who already held
the adjacent Rossall, in fee farm at a rent of 8 marks.1*
It thus became merged in the Rossall estate, and
after the Dissolution was with it granted in 1553 to
Thomas Fleetwood,13 and descended in the same
way. A manor of Chornet named in the inquisition
after his death as part of the Rossall estate does not
occur again.14

The other moiety, GREAT BISPH4M, was a
member of the lordship of Layton and descended
with it.15 It was purchased in 15 39 by John Browne
and sold by him in 1550 to Thomas Fleetwood,
who, as just stated, soon afterwards purchased the
rest of Bispham as appurtenant to Rossall.

Of the local families there is little on record. By
a grant which may be dated about 1 1 60 Robert

SHREWSBURY ABBEY.
Azure a crosier in bend
surmounted by a lion
rampant or, all 'within a
bordure of the second.

65 Thornbcr, Blackpool, 322. Some
account of the congregation, which seems
to have died out about the end of the
1 8th century, will be found in Nightingale,
Lanes. Nonconf. i, 116. The chapel is
noted by Gastrell, Notitia, ii, 398. About
1730 the 'teacher' was Thomas Cooper.
There were 126 families in the parish in
1755, viz. 122 Protestants, 3 Presby-
terians, and i Papist ; Return to the
Bishop of Chester.

64 The chapel, called Bethel, was built
in 1834, after some years' preaching.
See Nightingale, op. cit. i, 119-21.
There is a small endowment ; End. Char.
Rep. 1899, p. 7.

65 An official inquiry was made in
1898. The report, including a reprint
of that of 1824, was published in 1899.

1 The Census Rep. 1901 gives only
1,346 acres, including 5 of inland water.
There are also 473 acres of foreshore.
The modern area differs from the ancient
one by the inclusion of about 20 acres
from Little Carleton in 1877 (Loc. Govt.

Bd. Order 6910) and the loss of Bispham
Hawes to Layton, about 300 acres.
* Loc. Govt. Bd. Order 14712.

3 The houses round this are sometimes
called Church Town.

4 William Hutton (in his Description of
Blackpool) in 1788 records something of
this and tells the story of the Penny
Stone, then standing half a mile out to
sea : ' According to a tradition which was
allowed by the whole country, a public-
house some ages back stood by that stone
upon land as firm and high as that on
which we were ; and that iron hooks had
been fixed to the stone to which travellers
hung their horses while they drank their
penny pots, from whence the stone
acquired and still bears the name of Penny
Stone.'

5 The list of names may be seen in
Fishwick, Bispham (Chet. Soc.), 20-1. A
township assessment dated 1706 is
printed ibid. 125—6.

6 Ibid. 34. 7 Ibid. 128.
8 V.C.H. Lanes, i, 288*.

246

9 Dugdale, Man. iii, 519. Godfrey the
Sheriff gave tithes of Bispham to St.
Martin's Abbey, Sies ; Farrer, Lanes. Pipe
R. 299.

10 Ibid. 273. » Ibid. 274.

w Dugdale, Man. v, 629. Certain
tithes in Layton are mentioned. Accord-
ingly in 1291 the rent of £5 6s. %d. from
Norbreck and Bispham was recorded
among the possessions of the abbey ; Pope
Nich. Tax. (Rec. Com.), 309. After the
Dissolution £j 6s. %d. was received from
Bispham, Norbreck and Thelwall ; Dug-
dale, op. cit. iii, 528.

13 Pat. 7 Edw. VI, pt. ix. Little
Bispham and Norbreck were regarded as
separate manors in 1622 ; Lanes. Inq.p.m.
(Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), ii, 315.

14 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xii, no. 2.

15 William le Boteler of Warrington
and Sibyl his wife in 1326 purchased two-
thirds of an oxgang of land in Great
Bispham ; Final Cone. (Rec. Soc. Lanes,
and Ches.), ii, 64.

16 See the account of Layton.

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

Abbot of Shrewsbury restored to William son of the
daughter of Aschetil, as to the right heir, one plough-
land in Bispham which the said Aschetil had held in
the time of Henry I at a rent of 4/.17 As this deed
has been preserved among the Shireburne muniments,
the 5 oxgangs of land purchased by Walter de Shire-
burne from Roger son of Roger Noel and Maud his
wife in 1 3 1 o 18 were probably part of the plough-
land. The free rent of 2s. 6d. subsequently paid
agrees with this supposition.19

Bispham gave a surname to residents. In the time
of Henry III Richard de Bispham granted 2 oxgangs
of land held of the Abbot of Shrewsbury to a nephew
Adam, son of his brother Thomas, at a rent of zd.
in addition to the izd. which was payable to the
abbot.10 In 14.11-12 it was found that a former
Abbot of Dieulacres had purchased a messuage and
10 acres in Bispham from Amery de Bispham without
obtaining the royal licence.'1

Norbreck ** also provided a surname for residents,*3
but nothing definite is known of them. The Abbot
of Shrewsbury and William de Bispham had some
disputes in 1 1 94 respecting the succession to 6 oxgangs
of land in Norbreck.24 In 1241 Richard de Button
acquired 3 oxgangs of land in ' Norhicbiec ' — supposed
to be Norbreck — from Richard de Freckleton.*5 To
the Abbot of Dieulacres were granted several parcels
of land,86 and he was in 1362 found to have acquired
a messuage and 2 oxgangs of land in Norbreck from
John de Leckhampton.77 John Allen in 1490 claimed
land, rent, &c., in Norbreck from Henry Pleasington,18

BISPHAM

and later the Aliens were found to hold land there
of the Fleetwoods of Rossall.*9 The same is true of
other owners in that part of the township,30 but in
consequence of the alienations made by William
Fleetwood of Layton lands in Great Bispham were
usually said to be held of the king as of his duchy of
Lancaster.31

In 1323 a complaint was made by William Boteler
of the invasion of his turbary at Bispham by a number
of the neighbouring landowners and tenants. These
disputed the boundaries, stating that there were large
moors and turbaries in the vills of Thornton, Carleton,
Norbreck and Little Bispham, in which the plaintiff
had no right, and when his men would have dug
turves there Robert de Shireburne and the others
prevented them.81

Angotsmoss, where the monks of Dieulacres had
and gave rights,33 is identified with the present
ANGERSHOLME in Norbreck.84

In addition to Dieulacres, the priory of Lan-
caster had land in alms in Norbreck K and Great
Bispham.36

LAYTON WITH WARBRECK

Latun, Dom. Bk. ; Laton, 1236; Layton, xvi
cent. Warthebreke, 1279.

This township includes Blackpool with its suburb
of South Shore ; it has an area of 2,359 acres> but
was in 1894 extended so as to include the hamlet of
Great Marton,1 the area of the new township of

17 Shireburne D. at Leagram Hall.

18 Final Cone, ii, 9. In 1312 Joan
widow of Thomas de Singleton claimed
the performance of an agreement a» to
z£ oxgangs of land in Little Bispham
against Roger Noel and Maud his wife,
Maud being niece of Adam de Newton ;
De Banco R. 193, m. 87. See the note
on Angotsmoss below.

19 Richard Shireburne of Stonyhurst
died in 1513 holding lands in Little
Bispham of the Abbot of Dieulacres by
zs. 6d. rent ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m.
iv, no. 46. Thomas Shireburne held
similarly in 1536 (ibid, viii, no. 33), but
later the tenure was not recorded. For
a 41. rent see note 30 below.

10 Lytham D. at Durham, 43, 2 ae, 436,
Ebor. no. n. An Adam de Bispham
gave all his land in Bispham and Norbreck
to Shrewsbury Abbey ; Chartul. (copy)
in possession of W. Farrer, 70.

11 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), i, 97.
Amery occurs in 1354 ; Duchy of Lane.
Assize R. 3, m. I.

Ja Theobald son of Walter had 3 oxgangs
of land in Norbreck and about 1190
released them to the Abbot of Shrews-
bury ; Chartul. 144.

*3 They occur among the witnesses to
local charters ; Dieulacres Chartul. (William
Salt Soc.), 347, &c. Robert son of
Thomas de Norbreck released to Shrews-
bury Abbey all claim in 2 oxgangs of land
in Norbreck formerly held by his grand-
father Ellis ; Chartul. 147.

*4 Coram Rege R. 2, m. 13.

15 Final Cone, i, 79.

86 Richard le Boteler about 1260
granted the monks certain lands which he
had purchased from William son of
Alexander de Norbreck in Houkberch,
the Holme and Faldworthings at id.
rent ; Dieulacres Chartul. 347.

" Inq. p.m. 36 Edw. Ill fist nos.),

no. 1 20. The surname Leckhampton is of
early occurrence in the Fylde district ;
e.g. Dieulacres Chartul. 348—9.

88 Final Cane, iii, 142 ; Thomas Allen
was called to warrant.

19 George Allen in 1580 held his land,
&c., in Norbreck of Edmund Fleetwood
(Rossall) in socage, but that in Great
Bispham of William Fleetwood (Layton) ;
Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xiv, no. 80.
Similarly in 1593 ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec.
Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 197—9.

40 George Newsham of Newsham in
1585 held six messuages, &c., in Bispham
and Norbreck of Edmund Fleetwood in
socage by a rent of 41. ; Duchy of Lane.
Inq. p.m. xiv, no. 88.

In 1608 Thomas Tompson held part
of a messuage, &c., in Norbreck of
Edmund Fleetwood as of his manor of
Norbreck by i%d. rent. Robert his son
and heir was six years old ; Lanes. Inq. p.m.
(Rec. Soc.), i, i 34.

31 William Bamber died in 1605 hold-
ing a messuage and land of the king by
the thousandth part of a knight's fee.
His heirs were two daughters, Anne (aged
twenty-one) and Margaret (eighteen) ;
ibid, i, 136. Richard Bamber in 1639
held his messuage, &c., by the two-
hundredth part of a knight's fee ; John
his son and heir wss thirty-five years of
age ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xxx, no. 85.

William Dobson died in 1623 holding
a messuage and land in Great Bispham by
the two-hundredth part of a knight's fee,
also in Warbreck by a like service ; he
had common rights in Layton Hawes and
Marton Moss. His heir was a son
Richard, aged forty ; Lanes. Inq. p.m.
(Rec. Soc.), iii, 435.

John Singleton died in 1623 holding a
messuage and land by knight's service ;
his son and heir John was forty-eight
years of age ; Towneley MS. C8, 13

247

(Chet. Lib.), 1071. This family was of
the Knowl in Great Bispham ; Fishwick,
Bispham (Chet. Soc.), 115.

John Salthouse, 1629, held similarly ;
William his son and heir was thirty years
old; C8, 13, p. 1073.

The tenure is not stated in the case of
Richard Tinckler of Bispham, who died
in 1627, leaving as heir a son Christopher,
aged forty ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m.
xxvi, no. 15.

33 Coram Rege R. 254, m. 42. The
lords of the vills named were Adam son of
William Banastre, Lawrence de Thornton,
Randle Gentil, the Abbot of Dieulacres,
Robert de Shireburne and Henry de
Carleton.

33 In 1252 William de Newton, son of
Richard de Bispham and Hawise widow
of Richard, allowed the monks free pas-
sage for their sheep which came to be
washed in Little Bispham Mere ; Dieu-
lacres Chartul. 349, 351. A number of
tenants— Sir William de Carleton and
others — gave up all opposition to the
claims of the monks in the common moss
of Angotsmoss and Little Bispham mere,
and William le Boteler afterwards gave
a similar release ; ibid. 350—1.

34 Fishwick, Bispham, 127.

35 Adam son of Robert de Norbreck
granted all the land in the vill of Norbreck
formerly held of him by Amery de Leck-
hampton ; Lane. Ch. (Chet. Soc.), ii, 435.

88 William le Boteler granted an
oxgang of land formerly held by Adam
son of James ; ibid. 436.

1 Loc. Govt. Bd. Order 31813.

By a further Order (36320) made in
1896 the township or civil parish of
Blackpool was extended to include the
foreshore, 1,334 acres. The detached
portion of Bispham known as Bispham
Hawes wag added to Layton township
in 1883 ; Loc. Govt. Bd. Order 14712.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Blackpool — the name of Layton having been super-
seded— being 3,601 acres.1 The population of Black-
pool was 47,348 in 1901.* The surface, though
level, rises somewhat towards the east, and on the
higher land is placed the village of Layton, just out-
side Blackpool. Little Layton is about a mile to the
north of it with Warbreck to the west. Whinney
Heys is on the extreme eastern border. Layton
Hawes was at the south end of the township ; horse
races used to be held there yearly.4

Roads spread out in all directions from the centre
of the Blackpool shore line. There are three
approaches to the town by railway : the old line, a
branch from the Preston and Fleetwood railway
turning off at Poulton with a terminus at Talbot
Road, near the North Pier ; a second line, coming
from the south through Lytham, with a station at
South Shore and a terminus near the Tower ; and a
more direct line from Kirkham, having the same
terminus, but a separate station at South Shore.
Electric tramways run north to Fleetwood and south
to St. Anne's and Lytham.

In 1837 the market house and market field were
itill known, though the chartered market and fair
had long ceased ; the cross and stocks had also dis-
appeared.6 The cuckstool was still pointed out, and
' riding the stang ' had been a custom.6 The
' Layton miser,' one John Bailey, was remembered.7

In 1 296 a ship from Ireland laden with victuals for

the king was driven ashore at Layton ; the goods
were seized by the people and the king's men were
ill-treated. 8-9

In 1066 L4TTON was in the
MANORS hands of Earl Tostig as part of his
Preston lordship.10 It was in later times
a part of the Warrington fee, and in 1236 it was
recorded that the heirs of Sir Emery le Boteler held
three knights' fees in Warrington and Layton 'of
ancient feoffment,' n Layton being one fee." Thus
their tenure went back to the time of Henry I.
Layton was composed of Great and Little Layton,
Warbreck, the Pool, and Threfeld, and Great Bispham
was the other member of the fee. These, or most of
them, are spoken of as separate * manors.' Great
Marton was later added, though the tenure differed.
In 1297 William le Boteler held Layton with its
members (Great Marton not being included) of the
Earl of Lancaster by knight's service, rendering IDJ.
yearly.11 This payment was for castle ward. The
manors continued to descend in the same way as
Warrington14 until 1539-43, when Sir Thomas
Butler sold his Layton lordship, with Great Marton
included, to John Browne, citizen and mercer of
London,16 who in 1550 sold to Thomas Fleetwood,16
the purchaser of Rossall. It was given to his younger
son William,17 who, however, afterwards transferred
it in 1 596 to his brother Edmund.18 It descended
like Rossall19 till 1841, when Sir Peter Hesketh

* Census Rep. 1901. Thii area in-
cludes 7 acres of inland water, but not
the 75 acres of tidal •water (sea) and the
foreshore.

* This includes 7)659 in the added
portion of Marton.

4 Thornber, Blackpool, 198.

* Ibid. 270.

6 Ibid. 276 ; perhaps by ' cuckstool '
the pond was meant.

7 Ibid. 277.

8-9 Cal. Pat. 1292-1301, p. 216.

10 V.C.H. Lana. i, z88a.

11 Lana. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes,
and Ches.), i, 145.

la Ibid. 151 ; Layton was held in
demesne. The fee appears to have been
one of 10 plough-lands, made up thus —
Layton 6, Great Bispham 4.

"Ibid. 289, 316.

14 Survey of 1346 (Chet. Soc.), 58 ; at
that time i6s. %d. was paid for castle
ward and 6s. %d. for sake fee.

See also Final Cone. (Rec. Soc. Lanes,
and Ches.), ii, 40, 195 ; iii, 8, 122 ;
Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), {,113; ii,
73, 82 ; Dep. Keeper's Rep. xl, App. 536 ;
Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. v, no. 13.
The Layton estate appears from these
to have been regarded as a provision for
the widows or younger children of the
lords of Warrington. In 1299 Isabel
widow of Henry le Boteler claimed a
messuage and 30 oxgangs of land in
Layton as dower; De Banco R. 130,
m. 219 d.

John de Haydock and Joan his wife
put forward a claim to the manors in
1357 ; Duchy of Lane. Assize R. 6,
m. 4 d.

15 Pal. of Lane, Feet of F. bdle. 1 2
(1539), m. 31 ; the manors of Pool,
Warbreck, Great Marton, Bispham and
Little Layton, &c., are named. The
remainder of the Layton estate appears
to have followed in 1543 ; see Beamont,
quoting Bold D., in Lords of Warrington
(Chet. Soc.), ii, 454. Apart from their

being named separately there is nothing
to show that Pool and Warbreck were
independent manors.

16 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 14,
m. 276 ; John Browne and Christina his
wife were deforciants, and the estate in-
cluded the manors of Great Layton,
Great Marton, Pool, Warbreck, Bispham
and Little Layton, with messuages, lands,
windmills, water-mills, dovecotes, rents,
100 acres of alder, &c., in the places
named and also in Norcross, Trunnah,
Holmes, Stalmine, Staynall, Hambleton
and Rowall. ,£1,500 is the price named.

Queen Mary in 15 54 gave a confirma-
tion of his estate to Thomas Fleetwood,
the reason being that Sir Thomas Butler
had been indebted to Henry VIII and
had pledged and sold his manors in
consequence ; Pat. i Mary, pt. ii, printed
in Porter, Fylde, 306-7.

Thomas Fleetwood died in 1576 hold-
ing the manors of Great Layton, &c., of
the queen as of her duchy by one knight's
fee ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xii,
no. 2.

17 Fishwick, Bispham (Chet. Soc.), 9,
quoting Duchy of Lane. Plead. Eliz.
Ixxxix, F 2.

William Fleetwood in 1574 made a
feoffment of his manors of Great Layton,
Marton, Great Bispham, &c. ; Pal. of
Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 36, m. 181.

A special commission as to the manor
was issued in 1588 ; Lanes, and Ches. Rec.
(Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), ii, 343.

18 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 59,
m. 125. The deforciants were William
Fleetwood and Jane his wife, and the sale
included the manors of Great Layton,
Great Marton and Great Bispham, with
windmill, water-mill and open lands and
moor, &c., in Layton and the neighbour-
hood ; also the advowson of Poulton
vicarage.

A large number of messuages, with
lands, &c., and rights of common, in the
same hamlets and townships, were at the

24-8

same time gold to John Hulton and John
Hodgson ; ibid. m. 320. John Hulton
of Darleys died in 1606 holding lands in
Great Layton, the Pool, Warbreck, &c.,
of the king in chief by knight's service ;
Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches.), i, 68. A small part of the same
appears to have been acquired by John
Hodgson, who died in 1630 holding a
messuage in Great Layton and another
in Little Layton, with common of pasture
on the Hawes, &c. The tenure is not
recorded. The heir was a grandson
Richard (son of Henry son of John), who
was sixteen years old ; Duchy of Lane.
Inq. p.m. xxv, no. i. Robert Hodgson,
probably a younger son of John, held a
messuage in a place called the Pool in
Great Layton (i.e. at Blackpool), and
died in 1627, leaving a son and heir John,
aged sixteen, in 1634 ; ibid, xxvii, no. 62 ;
Towneley MS. C 8, 13 (Chet. Lib.), 512.
Richard Hodgson in 1630 held a messuage
in Little Layton of Sir Paul Fleetwood
and another in Great Layton of the king ;
his heir, a brother William, died in 1631,
leaving two daughters, Margaret wife of
Richard Bamber and Jane wife of Thomas
Elston ; ibid. 514.

The feet of fines for 1574 and there-
abouts show that William Fleetwood
disposed of much of his estate in parcels.

19 Edmund Fleetwood died in 1622
holding the manors of Great Bispham,
Layton and Marton of the king by the
two-hundredth part of a knight'* fee ;
Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches.), iii, 315. The manors of Layton
and Marton were in the hands of his son
Sir Paul Fleetwood in 1653-4 ; Pal. of
Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 153, m. 30. Some
later references may be added : 1695 —
the manors of Great and Little Layton,
Warbreck, Great Bispham and Great
Marton, &c., by William Fleetwood and
Margaret his wife ; ibid. 235, m. 75.
1733 — Layton with Warbreck, Great
Marton, &c., by Edward Fleetwood ;

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

BISPHAM

Fleetwood sold to Thomas Clifton of Lytham,20 and
the late Lady Drummond was lady of the manor.

Edward Fleetwood of Rossall in 1712 claimed the
right to keep a court leet and court baron for the
manor or pretended manor of Layton, but met with
some opposition."

'In 1835 the sole manorial lord of the parish
was Peter Hesketh Fleetwood, who held a court leet
and baron for Layton-with-Warbreck and Great
Bispham in October at Blackpool, when the usual
officers were appointed.' " The courts have long
ceased to be held.

Layton Hawes, about which the Botelers had
disputes with the Priors of Lytham,23 was inclosed
under an Act passed in 1767."

Henry III granted a charter to William le Boteler
in I 2 5 7 for a weekly market at Layton on Wednes-
day and an annual fair on the eve, day and morrow
of St. Andrew (29 November- 1 December).25 Free
warren in the demesne lands was added by Edward I
in 1 285.*" These rights were called in question in
1292 17 and 1498,** but approved.

LATTON HALL, the old manor-house, appears
to have been sold by William Fleetwood in 1592 to
Edward Rigby of Burgh in Duxbury,29 who died in
1627 holding it of the king by knight's service,
together with the tithes of grain in Great and Little
Layton, Warbreck and Blackpool, and various mes-
suages and lands.30 Somewhat later the hall seems to
have become the chief residence of the Rigbys."
After the sale of their estates in 1720 it was pur-
chased by William Clayton of Adlington, and he in
1736 conveyed it to trustees for Thomas Clifton
of Lytham. It has since remained in this family."
Manorial rights remaining, if any, are of no
value.

FOX HALL has been mentioned in the account
of Blackpool above given.

In Little Layton the Botelers of Marton had an
estate at one time," which probably reverted to the
lords of the manor. The chief estate there in later
times was WH1NNET HETS, purchased by James
Massey (of Carleton) from William Fleetwood in
1575" and descending to his heirs the Veale family."

ibid. 312, m. 46. 1759 — Layton with
Warbreck, &c., by Fleetwood Heskcth ;
ibid. ; Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 591, m. 9.

M Fishwick, op. cit. 1 8.

11 Ibid. 1 6 ; the opponents were free-
holders of Bispham.

M Ibid. 5.

18 From these disputes it appears that
the Hawes, chiefly within Layton, ex-
tended into Lytham.

Quenilda daughter of Richard son of
Roger gave the monks of Lytham her
share in the Hawes of Lytham ; D. at
Durham, 2 a, 2 ae, 4 ae, Ebor. no. 67. The
boundary must have been uncertain, for
William le Boteler about 1230 confirmed
the two-thirds of the pasture within the
Hawes of Lytham which Maud de Stock-
port had given with her body and Quenilda
daughter of Richard son of Roger had
further given ; ibid. no. 66. The bounds
were finally settled in 1272 ; ibid. Misc.
no. 5454.

The fifth part of half a plough-land in
the Hawes between Layton and Lytham,
within the fee of William le Boteler, was
before 1249 granted to Cockersand Abbey
by Thomas de Beetham and Amiria his
wife, and the gift was in 1271 confirmed
by William ; Cockenand Chartul. (Chet.
Soc.), i, 158.

The Prior of Lytham complained in
1338 that Sibyl widow of William Boteler
of Warrington had seized an anchor at
Kelgrimoll (at Greenskar pot), but she
asserted that it was taken within Great
Layton ; De Banco R. 315, m. 287.

In 1509 (?) the prior complained that
John Bispham had trespassed, but the
defendant said he had used the Hawes,
containing 1,000 acres of land within
the manor of Layton belonging to Sir
Thomas Boteler and adjacent to Lytham ;
Pal. of Lane. Sessional Papers, bdle. 4.

For a more violent dispute in 1531-2
see Duchy Plead. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches.), i, 206 ; ii, 9.

14 Lanes, and Chet. Antiq. Soc. vi, 122.

The award was made in 1769 ; Lanct.
and Ches. Rec. (Rec. Soc.), i, 56.

85 Cal. Chart. R. 1226-57, p. 476 ;
the name is wrongly given as Robert.

26 Ibid. 1257-1300, p. 326.

87 Plac. de Qua Warr. (Rec. Com.), 386.
Wreck of the sea was also claimed, as
having been an appurtenance of the lord-

ship from the time of William the
Conqueror.

18 Pal. of Lane. Writs Proton. 13
Hen. VII.

" Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 54,
m. 152. The hall is not specially named,
the estate being described as three mes-
suages, &c., in Great and Little Layton,
the Pool and Warbreck, together with the
tithes and fisheries at Marton and Layton.

30 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xxvi, no. 5.
In 1651 Jane Rigby, daughter of Alex-
ander Rigby of Burgh, farmed the demesne
of Layton ; Cal. Com. for Comf. iii, 1650.
A pedigree was recorded in 1664, the
family being described as ' of Layton ' ;
Dugdale, Vint. (Chet. Soc.), 244.

11 In 1671 Alexander Rigby of Layton
held messuages, &c., in Great and Little
Ljyton, Marton, Warbreck and Pool,
also, though no ' manor ' is named,
views of frankpledge in Great and Little
Layton and Pool (i.e. Blackpool) ; Pal.
of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 206, m. 32.
An account of this branch of the Rigby
family has been given under Duxbury ;
see also Fishwick, op. cit. 94-105, where
there is a pedigree. The estates were
sold under a Private Act i Geo. I,
cap. 45.

'* Ibid. 105. The manor was held by
Lady Drummond, widow of T. H. Clifton
of Lytham.

33 Richard Boteler in 1323 held land,
ice., in Little Layton occupied by Roger
le Waleys and Agnes his wife. The
tenure is not recorded ; Lanes. Inq. and
Extents, ii, 145. Earlier still, in 1303,
Richard Boteler, together with Adam de
Walton and Alice his wife, called upon
the custodee of William son and heir of
Nicholas Boteler (of Rawcliffe) to warrant
to them, inter alia, the third part of three
messuages and 3 oxgangs of land in
Little Layton claimed as dower by Mabel
widow of Nicholas ; De Banco R. 144,
m. 141. In 1315 Nicholas del Marsh
and Ellen his wife claimed dower in six
messuages and 6 oxgangs of land in
Little Layton against Agnes widow of
Nicholas Boteler, who called upon Richard
son of Richard Boteler to warrant her ;
ibid. 209, m. 252.

Two other pleas may be cited. In 1320
Maud widow of Ralph de Bickerstath
claimed dower in 100 acres of land against

249

Alice widow of Geoffrey de Cuerdale and
her daughters Agnes and Margery, while
in 1322 she claimed similarly against
Thomas Curwen, who held three mes-
suages and half an oxgang of land ; ibid.
235, m. 166 5 244, m. 15, 135 d.

Cecily widow of Richard le Boteler was
in 1336 the wife of Thomas de Molyneux,
and claimed her dower in Little Layton
against the above-named Roger le Waleys
and Agnes his wife ; ibid. 306, m. 268 d.

34 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 37,
m. 1 08. The property is described as
messuages, windmill, &c., in Little Layton
and Great Bispham. Massey probably
acquired further lands ; he died before
1600, when his son John had to defend
his title against claims put forward by the
Fleetwoods, who were desirous of limiting
the extent of the sales made by William
Fleetwood; Fishwick, op. cit. 10-13,
quoting Duchy of Lane. Plead. 42 Eliz.
Fi4.

John Masscy of Layton recorded a
pedigree in 1613 ; Visit. (Chet. Soc.),
79. He died in 1618 holding the capital
messuage called Whinney Heys in Little
Layton of the king as of his duchy
by the twentieth part of a knight's fee,
and other lands, &c., there ; Lanes. Inq.
p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), ii,
117-19. His heirs were hii daughters
Ellen wife of Edward Veale, aged thirty-
six, and Alice widow of Thomas Bamber,
aged thirty-four. The former had four
sons, of whom the oldest, John, was
about twelve years old.

35 For an account of them see Fishwick,
op. cit. 81-93, with a pedigree. The
succession appears to be thus : Edward
Veale, d. 1650 — s. John, d. 1669-8. John,
d. 1704 — s. Edward, d. 1723 —sister
Dorothy, d. 1748. Another sister, Sarah,
married Edward son of Richard Fleetwood
of Rossall. Their daughter Margaret
married Roger Hesketh, who inherited.

A letter of Edward Veale's, lamenting
'the miserable distress of this poor
Fylde ... by reason of the fearful infec-
tion ' of 1631, is printed in Hist. MSS.
Com. Rep. xiv, App. iv, 47. About the
same time he arrested a man for taking
a hawk, called a merlin, belonging to
Edmund Fleetwood, who proved unwilling
to prosecute ; ibid. He was a member
of the Presbyterian Classis established in

32

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

A pedigree was recorded in i664.36 Mr. Thornber
says : ' The traditions of the neighbourhood intro-
duce us to John Veale, esq.,
of Whinney Heys, as main-
taining this character [of the
plain old English gentleman]
during the eventful periods of
1715 and 1745, when he
acted as a magistrate in the
county. His lady, Mrs.
Dorothy Veale, with thrifty
care, superintended the labours
of her household and en-
couraged by the presence of
herself and family the inno-
cent mirth and hilarity of her
dependants. From what I

can gather of the pursuits of the Rigbys of Layton
Hall the family group, partaking of the boisterous
mirth and sports too generally practised by the
Cavalier party of the unfortunate Charles and his
son, formed a striking contrast to the domestic
arrangements of Whinney Heys ; the one family
employing the long winter's night in useful occupa-
tions, enlivened with cheerful conversation, the
other, according to stories still [1837] repeated, in
gambling, cards, dice and the drunken bowl.' 3r The
estate passed by marriage to the Fleetwoods of
Rossall.

A few other estates occur, but no connected history

VKALI of Whinney
Heys. Argent on a bend
sable three calves passant
or.

can be given of them.38 Warbreck occurs as a sur-
name.39 Lancaster Priory40 and Cockersand Abbey41
had land in the township.

Something has been related above
BOROUGH concerning the growth of BLACK-
POOL." A local board of nine
members was formed in 1853 under an Improvement
Act43; in 1871 the number
of members was increased to
eighteen.44 Five years later,
by charter 21 January 1876,
the town was incorporated,
and the council was to consist
of a mayor, six aldermen and
eighteen councillors, chosen
from six wards.4* In 1879
the municipal boundaries were
extended to include South
Shore and parts of Marton
and Bispham.46 In 1894 the
part of Marton within the
borough was united to Layton,
and the whole became one
township, Blackpool, the old
names and limits being obli-
terated. An increase in the
governing body was made in 1898, and the council
now consists of a mayor, twelve aldermen and thirty-
six councillors, chosen by six wards as formerly.47 It
became a county borough in 1904. The council has

BOROUGH or BLACK-
FOOL. Barry ivaiiy of
six sable and or a sea-
gull -volant proper, on a
chief argent a thunder-
bolt between a fieur de
Us and a lion rampant
gules.

1646 ; Baines, Lanes, (ed. 1868), i, 228.
A grandson, Edward Veale, was Noncon-
formist minister at Wapping, dying in 1708.

36 Dugdale, Visit. (Chet. Soc.), 321.

37 Blackpool, 87. In a list of the in-
habitants of the parish compiled about
1686 — the whole number was 385 — the
first place was taken by Alexander Rigby,
esq., his three daughters, ten menservants
and three maidservants ; and the second
by John Veale, gent., his wife, mother,
two menservants and two maidservants.

38 Robert Lawrence of Ribbleton, 1524,
had land in Layton ; Duchy of Lane.
Inq. p.m. v, no. 57.

William Smith died in 1602 holding
eight messuages, &c., in Little Layton,
also others in Thornton and Ribbleton —
perhaps the Lawrence estate — and leaving
a grandson and heir Alexander Smith (son
of Henry son of William), aged fifteen.
The Layton lands were held of Edmund
Fleetwood as of his manor of Great
Layton ; ibid, xviii, no. 22.

Lawrence Cowborne of Freckleton held
messuages and land in Layton and Bispham
in 1604 of the Earl of Derby by \d. rent
or ( ? by correction) of the king as of his
duchy by the fortieth part of a knight's
fee and 2.\d. rent ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec.
Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 32, 45.

The Bambers, who occur in neigh-
bouring townships, held land in Layton.
William Bamberof Pool in 1576 obtained
messuages, &c., in Layton and Bispham
from William Bamber the elder and
Edmund his son and heir-apparent ; Pal.
of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 28, m. 9. The
same William Bamber of Pool in 1579
made an agreement with Richard Bamber
of Marton as to a partition of lands ;
W. Farrer's Deeds. William Bamber
died in 1597 holding a messuage and
land in Great Layton and Warbreck of
the king as duke by the two-hundredth
part of a knight's fee. His son and heir

Robert was then thirty-seven years old ;
Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc.), i, 116.
This is probably the Robert Bamber
of Warbreck who died in 1624 holding
lands by the same tenure, and leaving
a son William, aged three ; ibid, iii,
462. Richard Bamber died in 1609
holding messuages and land in Great
Layton of the king as duke by knight's
service ; his son and heir John was forty-
seven years old ; ibid, i, 154. Some
further particulars will be found in Fish-
wick's Bispham, 116—19.

John Anion in 1609 held messuages,
&c., in Warbreck of the king as duke by
the one-hundredth part of a knight's fee ;
hi» heir was hi» son John, aged twenty-
two ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc.), i, 155.
This son seems to be the John Anion
who died in 1623 holding by the two-
hundredth part of a knight's fee. His
son and heir John was ten years old ;
ibid, iii, 435. See Fishwick, op. cit. 115.

Thomas Jollice in 1618 held a mes-
suage, &c., of the king as duke by the
three-hundredth part of a knight's fee ;
he left a son and heir Robert, aged five ;
ibid, ii, n i.

John Walsh died in 1624 holding land
in Layton of the king and leaving a son
Henry ; Lanes, and Ches. Antiq. Notes, i,
74, where some particulars of the family
are given.

Robert Crane died in 1627 holding a
messuage, &c., in Layton, tenure not
recorded ; his heir was a grandson Robert
(son of Richard son of Robert) Crane,
aged fifteen ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m.
xxvi, no. 31.

Robert Gaulter died in 1631 holding a
messuage, &c., in Little Layton of Paul
Fleetwood as of his manor of Little
Layton. His heir was his brother George,
aged forty-four; Towneley MS. C 8, 13,
p. 459.

39 Richard Waibreck, 1628, held his

250

messuage in Warbreck of the king by
the two-hundredth part of a knight's fee.
Thomas, his son and heir, was four years
old; ibid. 1309. See Fishwick, op. cit.
119, 125.

40 The priory seems to have had merely
an acre, given them by William son of
Emery le Botelcr, so that they might
build a tithe-barn there. This acre lay
by the pathway leading from the high-
road to the little mere ; Lane. Ch. (Chet.
Soc.), ii, 438. It was included in the
grant of the advowson of Poulton to
Thomas Fleetwood in 1554.

41 William le Boteler granted the
canons all his part of Threplands,
within his demesne of Layton, as marked
out by crosses, with right of way to the
sea and the pool, excepting 25 acres held
by Walter son of Swain (de Carleton) by
a rent of 6d. ; Cockersand Chartul. i,
155-7. Threplands or Threfelt was
between Layton and Marton. The same
benefactor gave 20 acres in Withroom,
on the west side towards the mill, and a
rent-charge of 40*. from his camera or
treasury; ibid, i, 156, 159, i6t.

42 Porter, Fylde, 311 62. Further
details, particularly with regard to the
recent changes, have been supplied by
Mr. T. Loftos, town clerk.

43 There are eight later Improvement
Acts.

44 Ibid. 339. The title was changed
from Layton-with-Warbreck Local Board
to Blackpool Local Board in 1868.

44 Ibid. 355-9. The original wards
were Claremont, Talbot, Bank Hey,
Brunswick, Foxhall and Waterloo.

46 42 &43 Viet. cap. 199. The part of
Bispham included was the detached por-
tion known as Bispham Hawes, south of
Layton. The boundaries of the wards
were altered.

47 The township boundary was ex-
tended in 1896 to include the foreshore.

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

carried out many works for the health and conveni-
ence of the people and the beautifying of the town.
It owns the gas and electric lighting and power works,
also the tramways. A new town hall was built in
1895-1900. A market, built in 1844, was acquired
by the local board in 1853 and enlarged in 1872;
the free library48 was built on the site in 1895, a
new market being opened in Lytham Road. A new
free library building has recently been given by Mr.
Carnegie ; a technical school was erected in 1905-6.
There are also a court-house, police stations and fire
brigade station. A bench of magistrates for the
borough was constituted in 1898. A coat of arms
was granted in 1899.

There was in the I3th century a chantry chapel in
Layton,4' but it disappeared, and the existing places
of worship in Layton are all modern and due to the
rise of Blackpool. In connexion with the Church of
England St. John's was erected in 1821 50 and re-
built in 1878 on the old site ; a separate parish was
assigned to it in 1 860. 51 The patronage is vested in
trustees. The incumbent from 1829 to 1846 was
the Rev. William Thornber, B.A., whose history of
the town written in 1837 has been quoted frequently
in the present work.41 Holy Trinity, South Shore,
built in 1836 and rebuilt in 1895, had a parish
assigned in 1871." Lady Drummond's trustees pre-
sent the vicars. Christ Church, Blackpool, built in
1866, became parochial in 1871." St. Paul's, North
Shore, was built in 1898-9. These two churches
are in the gift of bodies of trustees. There is a
mission church, St. Peter's, 1878, connected with
Holy Trinity ; also another, All Saints', connected
with St. John's ; and school-chapels at South Shore
and Marton Moss.

The Wesleyan Methodists opened a chapel in Bank
Hey Street in 1835 > ^'ls was replaced in 1861-2

PART OF
LANCASTER

by the present Adelaide Street church.53 They
have now two others in Blackpool and two in South
Shore. The United Methodist Free Church opened
their first chapel in i864,56 and have since added two
others in Blackpool and South Shore. The Primitive
Methodists, after meeting for some time in a room,
built a church in 187 5." The New Connexion,
now joined to the United Methodists, also has a
church.

The Baptists held services in a room from 1858"
till Union Chapel was opened in 1861 ; it was
rebuilt in 1 904. They have now a second chapel in
Blackpool and another in South Shore.

About 1820 the Congregationalists began preach-
ing in Blackpool, and in spite of much opposition
were able to open Bethesda Chapel, near Fox Hall,
in 1825. A larger building in Victoria Street was
built in 1 849, and for a time Bethesda ceased to be
used, except occasionally by the Methodists ; but
services there were resumed in i875-59 Another
chapel was opened at South Shore in I885,60 and
more recently (1901) another in Claremont Park.

A Unitarian chapel was opened in 1875," and
the present church succeeded it in 1883. The
Plymouth Brethren, Swedenborgians (New Church)
and Salvation Army are also represented at Black-
pool.

The Roman Catholic Church of the Sacred Hearts
of Jesus and Mary was built in 1857 and has been
enlarged.61 It is served by Jesuits. St. Cuthbert's,
South Shore, built in 1880, was succeeded by the
present church ten years later. St. Kentigern's,
Blackpool, was begun in 1907. These are served
by secular priests. There is a convent and boarding
school, the Holy Child Jesus, at Littk Layton.

The Jews have a synagogue, and there is a
Spiritualists' Hall.

PART OF LANCASTER
STALMINE WITH STAYNALL

Stalmine, Dom. Bk. ; Stalmin, 1205 ; Stalemynne,
1278.

Stainole, 1277; Staynol, 1292 ; Staynolf, 1331.

This composite township, with Stalmine to the
north and east and Staynall to the south-west, has a
total area of 2,583^ acres,1 the two hamlets having
1,771 and 812^ respectively, and the population in
1901 was 537. The River Wyre forms the western
boundary, and upon it, at the south of Staynall, is
the hamlet of Wardleys, where before the rise of

Fleetwood there was a small port, with warehouses,
from which the Kirkham spinners a century ago
drew their supplies.*

The surface is comparatively level, but there is a
ridge of higher land by the bank of the river, on
which Staynall is placed ; and inland, Stalmine, with
its church, stands on another piece of higher ground.
The greatest elevation is about 75 ft. above sea level.
The principal road is that from Shard Bridge to
Preesall, passing through Stalmine.

48 The Free Librariei Act was adopted
in 1879.

49 Lane. Ch. ii, 436.

&0 Porter, op. cit. 330.

51 Land. Gaz. 10 Mar. 1860.

M A memoir by Mr. C. W. Sutton is
prefixed to his tale called Penny Stone,
1886. He was the ion of Gile» Thornber
of Poulton, born about 1805, and educated
at Brasenose Coll., Oxf. ; B.A. 1828.
Hit History of Blackpool wa* first printed
at Poulton in 1837, and reissued later;
it is of great value, both on account of
the author's local knowledge and as re-
cording conditions that have long passed
away. He wrote other antiquarian

essays. He died at Stafford 8 Sept.
1885.

63 Porter, op. cit. 360 ; Land. Gam.
22 Dec. 1871.

M An iron church was erected in 1861 ;
Porter, op. cit. 341. For district, Lond,
Ga-z. 28 Mar. 1871.

55 Porter, op. cit. 335.

86 Ibid. 345. They had previously
used Bethesda Chapel. " Ibid. 359.

58 Ibid. 340. The congregation origi-
nated in a division in the Congregational
chapel ; Nightingale, Lanes. Nonconf. i,
148.

59 Ibid, i, 137-51; Porter, op. cit.
333, 338.

251

*° Nightingale, op. cit i, 162.

11 Porter, op. cit. 359.

« Ibid. 339 ; Kelly, Engl. Cath. Mis-
sions, 86.

1 The Census Rep. of 1901 gives 2,303
acres, including 3 acres of inland water.
There are also 58 acres of tidal water and
374 of foreshore.

1 In 1825 the Baltic produce used at
Kirkham was ' brought up the Wyre and
landed at Warleys,' where the Kirkham
manufacturers had Marge and commodious
warehouses' for storage. Wardleys waa
part of the port of Poulton ; Baines,
Lanes. Dir. i, 656.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

The soil is various, with subsoil of clay. Oats
and potatoes are grown. There are 646^ acres
of arable land, 1,472^ in permanent grass and n of
woods and plantations.

The township has a parish council.

8 Gregson, Fragments (ed. Harland), 23.
« V.C.H. Lanes, i, 288*.

5 Lanes. Inq. and Extents (Rcc. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), i, 47.

6 Ibid. ; Dep. Keeper's Rep. xxxvi, App.
163.

7 He gave 6 oxgangs of land to Si-ward
son of Huck in marriage with his daughter
Eva, chiefly, it would appear, in Staynall,
2 oxgangs each to his sons Henry and
Alan ; Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 47.
From the Cockersand and Lancaster
charters it appears that Alan had a
son Geoffrey and a daughter Maud,
who married William the Marshal and
had a daughter Godith wife of Randle
son of Michael the Clerk. John the son
of Randle de Stalmine was contemporary
with John son of Adam de Stalmine.

Mabel widow of Geoffrey de Stalmine in
1235 released her dower in half an oxgang
of land to the Abbot of Furness ; Final
Cone. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 68.
John de Stalmine (probably the son of
Randle) in 1256 released to Adam de
Stalmine his hereditary right in 3 oxgangs
and 30 acres of land ; ibid. 120.

8 Farrer, Lanes. Pipe R. 205 ; he paid
i mark to the scutage. From the charter
above referred to it appears that Peter's
wife was named Adelisa. The name of
Peter de Stalmine, paying los. for three
plough-lands held inthegnage in Stalmine,
occur« in the Pipe Roll of 1226, but he
may nave been dead at that time ; Lanes.
Inq. and Extents, i, 139.

^ In a grant to Furness Robert is called
son of Peter de Stalmine, so that William
must also have been a son ; Dep. Keeper's
Rep. xxxvi, App. 163. William was lord
of Stalmine in 1230; Lane. Ch. (Chet.
Soc.), ii, 362. William de Stalmine and
Robert his brother attested a Cockersand
grant ; Chartul. (Chet. Soc.), i, 105.

Henry and John sons of William de
Stalmine occur as benefactors to Furness ;
Dep. Keeper's Rep. xxxvi, loc. cit. As they

survived their father yet did not inherit
they must have been illegitimate.

10 Excerpta e Rot. Fin. (Rec. Com.), i,
306 ; Robert was to pay ioj. as relief.

11 Orig. R. 23 Hen. Ill, m. 2 ; Adam
son of Robert owed los. for relief. He
was a benefactor of Cockersand Abbey ;
Chartul. i, 86, &c. He gave a toft and
an acre in Fernbreck to Lancaster Priory
in 1256 ; Lane. Ch. ii, 375. He occurs
as juror from 1242 to 1255.

Adam's wife Helen survived him and
married William de Chamber, and was at
one time described as lady of Stalmine ;
Cockersand Chartul. i, 89—90. She claimed
dower in 1278 against William son of
William de Hambleton and against John
de Thornton and Clarice his wife ; De
Banco R. 24, m. 70.

13 John son and heir of Adam de Stal-
mine did fealty for his lands in 1259 on
succeeding, and had to pay zos. as relief ;
Excerpta e Rot. Fin. ii, 312. He gave an
acre on Harecarr Furlong to Cockersand,
and as 'lord of Stalmine' confirmed
another gift ; Ctckersand Chartul. i, 109,

"3-

John de Stalmine was summoned to
warrant two of the tenants of the manor
in 1288 ; De Banco R. 73, m. 7 d. 5 78,
m. 5 d.

In 1297 the i CM. rent was paid to the
Earl of Lancaster by the vill of Stalmine
with Staynall ; Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i,
289.

13 Plac. de Quo Warr. (Rec. Com.), 379-
80. He stated that Ellen de Stalmine
held 8 acres as dower, the Abbot of
Furness one plough-land, the Abbot of
Cockersand another, Simon the Clerk an
oxgang of land and Adam de Stalmine
another.

14 For the gifts to Cockersand in Stal-
mine see Chartul. i, 86-113, an<^ m
Staynall, 114—36 ; to Furness— Dep.
Keeper's Rep. xxxvi, App. 163—4; Beck,
Annales Furn. Ixxviii ; to Lancaster Priory

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The chapelry contributed as follows to the
county lay of 1624, which was based on the
older fifteenth: Stalmine with Staynall, £l i8/. ;
Preesall with Hackinsall, £2 p. 8^/., or a total of
£4 is. %\d. towards each £100 required from
Amounderness.3

Earl Tostig held ST4LMINE in
MANORS 1066 as part of his Preston fee; it
was then assessed as four plough-
lands,4 but in I z 1 2 as three. Later it was held
in thegnage of the king or the lord of the honour
of Lancaster by a rent of lo/.* The first re-
corded possessor is Robert de Stalmine, who with
Peter his son granted one plough-land called
Corcola at a rent of 8;. to the monks of Furness
about 1165.' He also granted other parts of his
land to younger children.7 The Peter just named
was lord in 1205. 8 He had a son William,9 to
whom a brother Robert succeeded in I235-6.10
Three years later Robert was followed by his son
Adam,11 and he by a son John," lord of the manor
in the time of Edward I. He was in 1292 sum-
moned to prove his title, but replied by saying
that he held part only.13 Adam de Stalmine and
other members of the family were benefactors of
Cockersand and Furness Abbeys and Lancaster
Priory.14 Instead of Stalmine the surname Beau-
front was used.14a

John de Stalmine transferred the manor to
William de Oxcliffe,15 whose son Nicholas 16 held

— Lane. Ch. ii, 363-75 for Stalmine and
355-61 for Staynall. Among the place-
names occurring in these charters are
Arghole and its pool, Harestane and Hare-
carr, Yarsmoor and Warlesmoor, Scaling-
stud, Faylid, Lawrence's Cross, Fernbreck,
KeHwellbreck, Lamypot, the Greenvray
and Oxenholme in Stalmine ; Cumbelow,
Alsergate, Argholestan, Risegreve, Wall-
gate, Smerepot, Hychum Oxgang and
Uttingland.

Ma John son of William Beaufront, who
was a benefactor of Cockersand Abbey
(Chartul. i, 95), seems to be the above-
named John son of William de Stalmine.
John de Stalmine son and heir of Adam
Beaufront gave land to Furness between
1274 and 1284 ; Dep. Keeper's Rep. xxxvi,
App. 163. In claims for the manor
against the Goosnargh family William
Beaufront son of John son of Adam de
Stalmine was plaintiff in 1334 and 1338,
and William Beaufront (perhaps a different
person) in 1354; De Banco R. 298,
m- 57 d- ; 311, m- 83 ; Assize R. 1425,
m. 4 ; Duchy of Lane. Assize R. 3, m. v.
Shortly afterwards John Beaufront claimed
the manor ; Dep. Keeper's Rep. xxxii,

App. 335-

15 The Abbot of Furness had in 1313-14
to complain of a small encroachment on
his land in Stalmine by William de Ox-
cliffe, Nicholas son of Nicholas (William)
de Oxcliffe, and William son of Alice de
Stalmine ; Assize R. 424, m. 2. In
defence it was stated that the former
William had entered by grant of John de
Stalmine, formerly lord of the town, but
the verdict was for the abbot.

William seems to have been a son of
John de Oxcliffe ; Assize R. 1425, m. 4.

16 William de Oxcliffe in 1311 gave
all his lands in Stalmine and Staynall,
together with the service (8s.) due from
Furness Abbey for the grange, to his son
Nicholas ; Dep. Keeper's Rep. xxxvi,
App. 164.

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

it in I324,17 and appears to have been succeeded by
a brother William, who alienated it to Thomas de
Goosnargh.18 This last held the lordship and two-
thirds of the vill in 1 346, and Nicholas Boteler of
Rawcliffe held the other third.19 Of the Goosnargh
family next to nothing is known.20 The manor
descended to Alexander Goosnargh, who died in
I 524 at Mansergh holding the manor of the king by
a rent of 5^. His son Thomas having died before

PART OF
LANCASTER

him, his heir was his grandson Alexander Waring
(son of a daughter of Margaret), aged eight.21 It
appears, however, that there was another daughter
Maud, afterwards wife of Robert Parker.22 They
sold the manor to the Butlers of Rawcliffe,23 and the
whole descended with Rawcliffe till the forfeiture in
1716. This estate seems to have been sold in parcels 24 ;
the Bournes of Hackinsall became the principal pro-
prietors,25 but the manor has disappeared.

William seems to have died about 1316,
in which year Nicholas de Oxcliffe claimed
a messuage and 9 acres of land against
John son of William de Norbreck ;
De Banco R. 216, m. 363. In the year
following Alice widow of William de
Oxcliffe claimed dower in a messuage
and 24 acres in Stalmine against Nicholas
son of William de Oxcliffe ; ibid. 220,
m. 231 d.

Nicholas was plaintiff in 1318 (ibid.
221, m. 9 d.), in which year he came
to an agreement with the monks of
Furness as to certain approvements ; Dtp.
Keeper's Rep. ut sup. From this it
appears that Nicholas had a salt-pan on
the waste and the monks had a water-
mill by their grange.

17 He held the manor of Stalmine and
Little Staynall by a rent of icu. and doing
suit to county and wapentake ; Dods.
MSS. cxxxi, fol. 40^.

At the same time the doomsmen of
Stalmine and Staynall are named in the
court roll of the hundred ; Lanes. Ct. R.
(Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), 115.

18 In 1338 Thomas de Goosnargh
claimed to hold by grant of William son
of William son of John de Oxcliffe ;
Assize R. 1425, m. 4. A William de
Oxcliffe had been defendant in the case
in 1334 ; De Banco R. 298, m. 57 d.

Thomas de Goosnargh and Margaret
his wife in 1357 obtained from John son
of William Beaufront a release of his
claim in the manor of Stalmine ; Dods.
MSS. liii, fol. 83.

19 Survey of 1346 (Chet. Soc.) 47;
Thomas de Goosnargh held two plough-
lands and paid 6s. %d. of the rent, while
Nicholas Boteler held one plough-land
and paid 35. 4^. ; but Thomas did the
whole suit to county and wapentake.
Later the manor seems to have been
held in moieties, each paying 5*.

Thomas son of Walter de Goosnargh
was in possession of the manor in 1354 ;
Duchy of Lane. Assize R. 3, m. 5. He
and his wife Margaret occur a year later ;
ibid. 4, m. 15.

10 In 1363 John de Oxcliffe appeared
against John son of Thomas de Goosnargh
to claim a messuage and land which
Ralph Gentyl had given to Nicholas de
Oxcliffe and Alice de Slyne and their
issue ; in default to remain to Nigel son
of the said Alice, and in default to the
right heirs of Nicholas. Nicholas, Alice
and Nigel had died without issue, and so
the right came to plaintiff. John de
Goosnargh said that Thomas his father
died in possession, and he was himself
under age, whereupon the trial was
deferred ; De Banco R. 416, m. 455 d.
John de Oxcliffe had claimed in 1360 ;
Dtp. Keeper's Rep. xxxii, App. 342.

Thomas Goosnargh and Nicholas
Boteler held in 1445-6 just as in 1346 ;
Duchy of Lane. Knights' Fees, bdle. 2,
no. 20.

Robert Goosnargh son of William
agreed with Joan his father's widow as to

dower in 1452 ; Dods. MSS. liii, fol. 92^.
Robert and Maud his wife in 1459
demised Redeford in Plumpton and a
messuage in Catterall for a term of
twenty years ; ibid. fol. 90^. Robert was
summoned to warrant by James Pickering
in 1473 in respect of a manor in Stalmine ;
Pal. of Lane. Writs Proton, file 13
Edw. IV.

31 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. v, no. 55.
Alexander was separated from his wife
Agnes daughter of John Boteler by an
arbitration in 1496, he retaining the
custody of the children ; Dods. MSS. liii,
fol. 91. He must have married again.

In 1518 Alexander Goosnargh made a
feoffment of the manor of Stalmine Hall,
&c., with remainder to his son Thomas ;
Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 123, m. 9. This
son probably died »oon after, for no
remainder was stated in another feoffment
in 1522; ibid. 131, m. 2. At his
death Alexander held lands in Stalmine
and Staynall, Hambleton, Goosnargh,
Woodplumpton and Catterall. By his
will (recited in the inquisition) he charged
his lands with a yearly stipend of 5 marks
for twenty-three years to find a chaplain
to celebrate at the altar of St. George in
Kirkby Lonsdale Church.

24 From the inquisition it might be
supposed that Margaret Waring was dead
in 1525, but in 1528 Richard Waring
and Margaret his wife demised to Edward
Mansergh certain messuages and lands in
Stalmine, together with seven saltcotes
there ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. n,
m. 157 d.

In 1540 Nicholas Butler purchased
from Robert Parker and Maud his wife
(she being the heir of Thomas Goosnargh)
a moiety of the manor of Stalmine, with
various lands (including thirty salt-pits)
there and in Staynall, Preesall, &c. ; ibid,
bdle. 12, m. 28. Possibly Alexander
Goosnargh had been married twice, and
Maud was half-sister to Margaret but
whole sister to Thomas. The purchase
of this moiety was confirmed by Maud
Parker, widow, with George Knott of
Canterbury and Joan his wife — Joan being
the daughter of Maud by a former husband
(William Cowper) and her sole heir — to
Richard Butler and Henry his brother
in 1564; ibid. bdle. 26, m. 101 ; Dods.
MSS. liii, fol. 83.

The other moiety seems to have been
obtained in 1537-45 by Nicholas Butler
from Margaret Waring, widow, daughter
and co-heir of Alexander Goosnargh ;
Dods. MSS. ut sup. ; Pal. of Lane. Plea
R. i8i,m. gd. It was perhaps a daughter
of Margaret who married Arthur Bayne,
for about 1556 he and Margaret his wife
complained that Nicholas Butler was
wrongfully holding lands in Stalmine
Manor and detaining their title deeds ;
Ducatus Lane. (Rec. Com.), i, 291. In
1559 a rent of £4 191. 8</. from
lands in Stalmine, &c., was settled on
Arthur Bayne and Margaret his wife, with
remainder to James Bayne ; Pal. of Lane.

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Feet of F. bdle. 21, m. 117. Yet some-
what later (1562) Agnes Warren and
Maud Parker claimed messuages, &c., in
Stalmine Manor against Richard Butler
and Margaret Waring ; Ducatus Lane, ii,
258. Again in 1565 James Bayne and
Margaret his wife (widow of — Waring)
claimed the estate of Alexander Goosnargh,
Margaret and Maud being daughters and
heirs, against Richard and Henry, sons
of Nicholas Butler, who defended by
alleging the feoffment by Margaret
Waring ; ibid. 303.

23 The available evidence is given in
the preceding notes. In 1571 the manor
of Stalmine was reckoned as part of the
Butler estates ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of
F. bdle. 33, m. 79.

It will have been seen from the text
that this family had long held certain
land in Stalmine, and there are some
charters in the Raines MSS. (Chet. Lib.),
xxxviii, 380-1. In 1323-4 Nicholas son
of William Boteler claimed a messuage
and land against Nicholas de ' Oxcleve '
and William son of Adam, to which
Nicholas replied that his name was
'Oxclyf,' and that William Boteler had
held his land of him by knight's service,
on which account he had taken posses-
sion. The jury did not accept the spell-
ing and also decided against him as to
the tenure, giving a verdict for the
plaintiff; Assize R. 425, m. 5. In 1502
the tenure of the lands in Stalmine and
Staynall was grouped with that in Thistle-
ton, Kirkham and Freckleton, as of the
Earl of Derby by knight's service and a
rent of Ss. ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m.
iii, no. 45. Shortly afterwards James
Boteler, who died in 1504, was stated to
have held messuages, lands, &c., in Stal-
mine and Staynall of the Earl of Derby
in socage ; ibid, iii, no. 109. This
same tenure was again recorded of Wil-
liam Butler, 1639, though the estate had
been increased by many purchases, so that
he held the manor of Stalmine with Stay-
nall, messuages, lands, twelve saltcotes,
two windmills, a ferry boat on the
Wyre and a fishery there ; ibid, xxx,
no. 1 8.

The manor is mentioned in a settle-
ment by Richard Butler in 1714 ; Pal.
of Lane. Plea R. 501, m. 2 d.

24 In 1752 Richard Harrison the
younger purchased from Nathan Arderne
and Elizabeth his wife a third of the
eighth part of the manor of Stalmine with
Staynall, court baron, &c. ; Pal. of Lane.
Feet of F. bdle. 349, m. 60.

*5 John Bourne of Stalmine (d. 1841)
was reputed to be lord of the manor in
1836; Baines, Lanes, (ed. i), iv, 550.
He was followed by Cornelius Bourne, the
reputed lord in 1850 ; Raines in Notitia
Cestr. (Chet. Soc.), ii, 443-

According to the pedigree in Foster's
Lanes. Peds. John Bourne (d. 1783),
grandfather of the above-named John,
married Jane daughter and co-heir of
Cornelius Fox of Stalmine Hall.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

, probably one plough-land,26 gave a
surname to the lords of it,17 but the family cannot be
traced, and the lordship probably became merged
in Stalmine. Sir Adam de Shevington and Emma
his wife in 1344. claimed messuages, lands and mills
in Great Marton and ' Staynolf,' but the defendants
— John son of Richard le Boteler, Clemency his
wife, Cecily wife of Richard le Boteler and others —
protested that there was no such vill as 'Staynolf'
absolutely ; either Great Staynolf or Little Staynolf
must be named, and the jury agreeing, the plaintiffs
were defeated for the time.18

In addition to the families named those of Hamble-
ton,19 Shireburne 30 and Singleton " had lands in this
township from an early time. Some later owners

appear in the records. The estate of the Butlers of
Warrington S1 seems to have passed with Layton to
the Fleetwoods of Rossall.88 Theobald le Boteler held
an oxgang of land in Staynall in 1 249." John Braddyll
in 1561 purchased messuages and fishery in Great
Staynall and Stalmine from Wilfrid Banastre,35 and at
his death in 1578 was found to have held them of
the queen in socage by 6d. rent,36 but later the
tenure was recorded as of Shireburne of Stonyhurst."
There were some other owners.38

Little can be said of the monastic estates. That of
Furness, Stalmine Grange,39 came in part at least to
a family named Smith, who held it for some time.40
That of Cockersand 41 seems to have been dispersed in
parcels, while that of Lancaster Priory may have been

26 The old distinctions of Great and
Little Staynall have disappeared.

In 1324 'Staynolf was used of Stanah
in Thornton and 'Little Staynolf of
Staynall. But see p. 234, note 3 I, above.

37 Siward son of Huck and Eva his wife
(daughter of Robert de Stalmine), the
latter described as the Lady Eva, granted
lands in Staynall to Cockersand Abbey ;
ChartuL i, 114, 118. Their sons Henry
and Richard were also benefactors ; ibid.
These took their surname from Staynall,
as did Henry son of Robert de Stalmine,
who seems to have had several children.
Robert and Roger, sons of Henry de
Staynall, were benefactors of Cockersand ;
ibid. 119-21 ; Kuerden MSS. iv, S 20.
Richard son of Richard son of Henry de
Staynall, who had a brother Peter, gave a
messuage and land to Lancaster Priory ;
Lane. Ch. ii, 355, 359. The said Peter
gave land to Cockersand ; ChartuL i, 121.

Adam son of Eva de Elswick in 1288
claimed half an oxgang in Staynall by
Stalmine against Richard son of Adam de
Staynall and Maud his daughter ; De
Banco R. 75, m. 61 d.

18 Assize R. 1435, m. 44.

28 Gilbert de Hambleton was a bene-
factor of Lancaster Priory, giving a toft
in Staynall which Gilbert son of Peter de
Hackinsall had held ; Lane. Ch. ii, 361.
Alice widow of William de Hambleton
was plaintiff in 1285 and 1292 in respect
of lands in Stalmine ; De Banco R. 59,
m. 2 ; Assize R. 408, m. 97.

William the Baker sou of Hugh de
Hambleton gave an oxgang of land in
Stalmine to Furness Abbey ; Dep. Keeper's
Rep. xxxvi, App. 163. William son of
William son of Henry de Hambleton
gave half an oxgang of land (held of Adam
lord of Stalmine) to William son of
William the Clerk of Hambleton ; ibid.
164,

The Hackinsall family just named
probably held lands in the township, for
their successor James Pickering in 1479
held messuages and a windmill in Stay-
nall, partly of the king in socage and
partly of Richard Staynall by i\d. rent ;
Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), ii, 107-8.
See also the later inquisitions of Booth
and Butler of Hackinsall.

Robert son of Gregory de Winmarlcigh
and Avice his wife were benefactors of
Cockersand, giving land in Stalmine in
1262 ; ChartuL i, 1 10 ; Final Cone, i, 135.

One Robert de Wath had land in the
same part of the township, and gave to
his daughter Clarice, who married John
de Thornton, and was a widow in 1 292 ;
Assize R. 408, m. 69 d. Their son
Richard de Thornton appears ten yeart
later ; Abbrev. Plac. (Rec. Com.), 246.

John son of Lawrence de Thornton held
a messuage and land in 1354; Dep.
Keeper's Rep. xxxii, App. 332.

A Peacock family occurs in 1350 ; De
Banco R. 362, m. 60.

John Shaffer and Emma his wife (in
her right) held land in Hackinsall and
Stalmine in 1395 ; Final. Cone, iii, 45.
Hugh Chaffar had messuage* and land in
Staynall in 1432 ; Brockholes of Claugh-
ton D.

30 Robert de Shireburne gave land in
Stalmine to Cockersand Abbey ; ChartuL
i, 1 06.

John Travers in 1318 released to
Robert de Shireburne his claim to tene-
ments which his brother Lawrence had
granted to Walter de Shireburne ; Dods.
MSS. liii, fol. 84*.

In 1321 William de Hornby and his
wife Alice (widow of Thomas Travers)
claimed dower in Stalmine against Robert
de Shireburne ; De Banco R. 238, m.
86 d.

Thomas son of Lawrence Travers in
1348 claimed two messuages and 20
acres there against William son of Sir
Robert de Shireburne ; De Banco R.
354, m. 326. Agnes widow of Richard
Shireburne was tenant in 1446 ; Lanes.
Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), ii, 53.

Richard Shireburne in 1513 held his
lands in Stalmine of Alexander Goosnargh
in socage ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. iv,
no. 46. A similar statement is made in
later inquisitions, but the property seems
to have been sold before 1600.

81 Maud widow of Robert de Singleton
gave land in Stalmine to Cockersand ;
ChartuL i, in. Thomas Banastre was
defendant there in 1292 ; Assize R. 408,
m. 97. Sir Thomas Banastre also held
there in 1385 ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet.
Soc.), i, 15.

This was probably the estate afterwards
shared by the Radcliffes of Winmarleigh
and other heirs of Balderston. The
tenure is not separately stated.

3* Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. v, no. 13 ;
lands, &c., in Stalmine and Staynall, of
tenure unknown.

83 Ibid, xii, no. 2. The lands held by
Thomas Fleetwood in 1576 are herein
regarded as part of the Great Layton
estate, formerly that of Butler of War-
rington.

34 Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 172-3. It
became merged in the estate of the Butlers
of Rawcliffe, having been granted by
Theobald Walter to his kinsman Richard
le Boteler in the time of Henry III ;
Kuerden MSS. iv, R. 5. In 1324
William son and heir of John Beaufront
released to Nicholas son and heir of
William Boteler the rent of 8s. 6d, which

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was due from an oxgang of land in Stal-
mine ; Dods. MSS. liii, fol. 83.

35 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 23,
m. 15 ; 26, m. 160. The estate was
perhaps the messuage, &c., in Stalmine
purchased by Sir Thomas Lawrence in
1503 from Thomas Standen and Ellen
his wife ; Final Cone, iii, 153.

86 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xiv, no. 85.

37 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes,
and Ches.), ii, 109.

38 Nicholas Beconsaw in 1407 granted
a windmill in Staynall to James Pickering ;
Dods. MSS. liii, fol. 102. The family
probably had other land there, for Cuth-
bert Clifton in 1562 purchased a messuage
and fishery at Staynall from William
Beconsaw ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F.
bdle. 24, m. 47. At his death in 1580
Cuthbert held messuages and land in
Stalmine and Staynall of Henry Butler
by id. rent ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m.
xiv, no. 76.

George Kirkby of Upper Rawcliffe
about 1560 held lands in Stalmine of
Richard Butler by $d. rent ; ibid, xi,
no. 8.

Richard Thompson purchased a mes-
suage, &c., in Staynall from the Heskeths
in 1569 ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle.
31, m. 98 ; 34, m. 117. Nicholas
Thompson of Larbreck in 1609 held a
messuage there of Henry Butler by zd.
rent ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes,
and Ches.), i, 202.

89 The Abbot of Furness in 1535-6
complained of trespass on his turbary at
Stalmine Grange by Nicholas Butler ;
Duchy Plead. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches.), ii, 74. At the Dissolution the
abbey received ,£8 6s. <)d. from Stalmine
Grange and Staynall, including ,£4 41. for
20 quarters of salt ; West, Furness (ed.
1813), 139.

40 John Smith died at Stalmine Grange
in 1598 holding messuages in Staynall,
Preesall and Hackinsall. His heir was
his grandson John Smith (son of Richard
son of John), aged seventeen ; Duchy of
Lane. Inq. p.m. xvii, no. 47. John Smith
of Stalmine was a freeholder in 1600 ;
Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 232.
See also Lanes, and Ches. Rec. (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), i, 96 ; ii, 277.

In the time of Elizabeth the tenants of
the Grange had various disputes with the
lords of the manor and others ; Ducatus
Lane. (Rec. Com.), ii, iii.

Parts of Stalmine Grange were granted
by the Crown to Edward Howard and
others in 1604-5 '•> Pat- 2 Jas< I» ?*• ''•
A saltcote and lands in Hackinsall were
included.

41 The rentals 145110 1537 are printed
in ChartuL iii, 1268-9.

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

treated similarly.4* The Knights Hospitallers had
lands in Staynall in izga.43

John Clifton of Stalmine compounded for his
recusancy in 1630 by an annual payment of
£2."

Christopher and Thomas Butler, who were sons of
Richard Butler of Rawcliffe, and James Danson, as
'Papists,' registered estates in 1717."

The chapel of Stalmine is first named
CHURCH about 1200, when it was a dependency
of Lancaster.46 When a cemetery was
consecrated in 1230 the lords of the 'parish' —
Geoffrey the Arbalaster of Hackinsall and William de
Stalmine — renounced all title to the advowson.47 It
seems probable that the townships of Stalmine and
Preesall had been either an entirely independent
parish reduced to a chapelry or else included in
the parish of Poulton, and that in the latter case
the monks of Lancaster, on receiving Poulton Church,
had made a separate chapelry at Stalmine, attaching it
to their own church at Lancaster.473 The names of
some of the earlier chaplains are on record,48 and in
1430 the vicar of Lancaster was made responsible for
the maintenance of a chaplain there.49 Its history after
the Reformation is doubtful, but as the small tithes —
valued at j£io a year in 1650 — appear to have been
devoted to the chaplain's stipend, it is most probable
that service was kept up with some regularity.40 During
the Commonwealth period £50 a. year was given to
the minister from Royalist sequestrations.*1 Later
some private benefactions raised the certified income

PART OF
LANCASTER

to £28 I2s. ifd. before 171 7," and the vicarage is
now returned as worth £320 a year.53 The vicar
of Lancaster is patron.

The chapel was rebuilt in 1806 and called St.
James's.64 The registers begin in 1593, but were
not regularly kept before 1 700. In the churchyard
is a sundial dated 1690.

The following have been curates in charge and
vicars S5 : —

c. 1593-1610 John Picke56
oc. 1622-42 Richard Leigh57
oc. 1646-51 Henry Jenny, M.A.58
oc. 1653 Henry Smith

1 669 Christopher Hall 59 (T.C.D.)

1 68 1 John Wells, B.A.60

oc. 1700 George Yates

1714 John Anyon 61

1725 Robert Loxham, M.A." (Trin. Coll.,

Oxf.)

1725 Thomas Holme63

1737 Thomas Knowles, M.A.64

!773 John Spicer

1778 Thomas Smith 65

1782 James Fenton, M.A.66 (St. Peter's

Coll., Camb.)

1787 James Thomas, B.A.67

1799 Joseph Rowley, B.A.68 (Queen's

Coll., Oxf.)
1864 Joseph Kirby Turner, M.A. (Trin.

Coll., Camb.)
1894 Henry Barnett, M.A.69 (T.C.D.)

42 Lands of Cockersand were granted
to Roger Dalton in 1579 for twenty-one
years 5 Pat. 21 Eliz. pt. xi ; see also Pat.
42 Eliz. pt. xvi and 2 Jas. I, pt. xix.

Thomas Danson in 1628 held mes-
luages, &c., in Stalmine and Staynall of
the king, partly as of the manor of East
Greenwich and partly as of the honour of
Tutbury. His son and heir James was
eleven years old ; Towneley MS. C 8,
13 (Chet. Lib.), 344.

43 Plac.de Quo Warr. (Rec. Com.), 375.
From the change of tenure recorded it is
probable that this was the Braddylls' land.

44 Tram. Hist. Soc. (new ser.), xxiv, 173.

45 Estcourt and Payne, Engl. Cath.
Nonjurort, 133-4. Christopher Butler
made a point of his lease of Stalmine
Hall being in right of Agnes (Goss), his
Protestant wife.

46 Lane . CA. i, 117.

47 Ibid, ii, 362.

47a From the saving of the right of the
church of Poulton in 1230 it may be
inferred that Stalmine, though separated
by the Wyre, had been part of that parish ;
while the similar saving of the right of
Lancaster Church shows that it had
already been included in the parish to
which it has continued to belong.

The chapel of Stalmine is specially
named as one of those held plena jure by
the monks of Lancaster about 1290 ; ibid.
i, 145.

48 Robert ; ibid, ii, 360. John (Cocktr-
tand Chartul. i, 102) was a benefactor of
the canons. Geoffrey the chaplain of
Stalmine attested a deed in 1297 } Raines
MSS. (Chet. Lib.), xxxviii, 379.

49 Lane. CA. iii, 578.

At an inquiry in 1527 it was recorded
that there was a free chapel at Stalmine,
of which John Lawfield had been incum-
bent for seven years at the will of the
vicar of Lancaster. It was worth jT6 a

year ; Duchy of Lane. Rentals, bdle. 5,
no. 15.

The list of church goods seized by the
Crown in 1552 is imperfect ; Chet. Misc.
(new ser.), i, 10.

50 This is shown by some entries in the
register being as old as 1583 and by the
list of curates.

51 Common-w. CA. Sur-u. (Rcc. Soc. Lanes,
and Ches.), 127. The additional £50 was
ordered as early as 1 646 ; Plund. Mins.
Accts. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i,
13,28.

M Gastrell, Notitia Cestr. (Chet. Soc.),
ii, 443-4. Of the income £1 was derived
from tithe of hay and geese in Stalmine,
£2 from surplice fees and £5 IQS. from
Easter dues ; while £6 i p. 4</. was a
rent-charge given by Richard Fleetwood of
Rossall in 1687 on condition that he and
his heirs should have the nomination
of the curate — a condition never observed
— and jTiz 9*. was the interest on a gift
of £324 (part lost) from Mr. Tite. In
addition ^i a year was given from Robert
Carter's school charity. The clerk's in-
come was derived from fees of zd. from
each house, is. at a marriage, 6d. at a
burial and zd, at a churching. Each of
the townships had a chapel-warden.

58 Manck. Dioc. Dir.

54 The ancient chapel is said to have
been St. Oswald's. 'The day on which
the village wake is celebrated (the first
Sunday after 12 Aug.) is still [1836]
called Tossets Day, by corruption of
St. Oswald ' ; Baines, Lanes, (ed. i), iv,
550.

A short description of the building by
Col. Fishwick is printed in Pal. Note Bk.
ii, 244.

65 Some details are due to Col Fish-
wick's article above cited.

68 Hist. MSS. Com. Rep. xiv, App. iv,
8 ; he was 'no preacher.' Edward

255

Rawstorne, clerk, is named in the visita-
tion papers about 1611, but is not
described as curate.

57 Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.),
i, 69 (lecturer), 124 (curate).

88 Plund. Mins. Accts. i, 14, 239;
Commoniv. CA. Sur-v. 127. He was
afterwards minister of St. Michael's for
a short time.

59 Appeared at the visitations of 1674
and 1677.

60 Visit. List, 1691.

61 From this time the licences to the
curacy are recorded in the church papers
at Chester Dioc. Reg. They state that
' John Anyon was educated in the Presby-
terian way and lately came over to the
church and was accepted as curate to
Mr. Harrison, late vicar of Poulton.
After Mr. Harrison's death Mr. Hall
(now vicar) continued Mr. Anyon as his
curate at Stalmine.'

62 Loxham became vicar of Poulton
1726-70. Bishop Gastrell (Notitia Cestr.
ii, 445) names Alexander Bagot, A.B.,
as curate in July 1725 ; he must have
been a temporary assistant.

63 Also rector of Claughton 1711-41.

64 Thomas Knowles in 1760 made a
list of the old 'customs' belonging to
the parochial chapel ; they included an
estate in Preesall, consisting of a house,
barn and 17 acres of land, a rent-charge
of £6 131. on Clarkson's tenement in
Preesall and 9 acres of land in Thornton.
He was rector of Claughton 1741-73.

65 Also curate of Admarsh.

66 Son of James Fenton of Lancaster ;
rector of Doddington-with-Althorpe 1787.

67 Also vicar of Bolton-le-Sands.

68 He held the incumbency till his
death in 1864. He was non-resident,
being chaplain of Lancaster Castle } Lane.
CA. (Chet. Soc.), iv, 698.

69 Rector of Quernmore 1890-4.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

1901 William Poole, M.A. (Dur.)
1910 Daniel Schofield70

In 1689 a Presbyterian meeting was licensed at
Thomas Dicconson's house at Stalmine,71 and about
1717 Bishop Gastrell recorded that ' the presbyterian
meeting house is very near the chapel.' 72 Nothing
seems to be known of it now.

Apart from the school endowments
CHARITIES for Preesall and small gifts for re-
ligion there is no charitable founda-
tion 73 in the chapelry except io/. a year from Robert
Carter's benefaction, 1710. This sum is divided
among about eight poor persons who are by custom
selected from residents in the Pilling Lane portion of
Preesall. Thomas Bell of the Ridge in Pilling had
in 1723 left 5-r. a year for the poor of Preesall, but
this had been lost by 1826.

PREESALL WITH HACKINSALL.

Pressouede, Dom. Bk. ; Presoure, 1 168 ; Pressore,
1176; Presho, 1199; Preshou, 1246; Presoude,
Presehou, Presthowe, 1292.

Haccumeho, Hacunesho, 1 199 ; Hacumesho, 1 200;
Hakinishal, 1244; Hakonesho, 1246. Hackensall
is a common modern spelling.

The township is bounded by the River Wyre on
the west, the Lune estuary on the north and a small
brook on the south. In the north-west angle is
the hamlet of Knott End, with a ferry across the
Wyre to Fleetwood ; to the south, on a stretch of
higher land, is Hackinsall ; while Preesall lies a mile
to the east, on the side of another tract of higher
land, and Pilling Lane occupies its north-east
corner.1 The surface to the north and east is flat
and lies very low, much of it below the 25 ft. level,
but the highest land in the township is about 100 ft.
above the sea. There is a wide expanse of sands to
the north. The area in all measures 3,393 acres,2
and there was a population of 1,423 in 1901.

Preesall is the central point of the township ; from
it roads spread out in various directions — south to
Staynall and Stalmine, east towards Garstang and
north-west to Knott End. From this last another
road goes east along the coast to Pilling. There is a
salt mine to the south-west of Preesall, and from it a
railway runs down to the Wyre. The railway from
Knott End to Pilling and Garstang was opened in
1908.

In Preesall is the cemetery for the chapelry.

The township is governed by an urban district
council of twelve members.

The soil is various, with subsoil of clay and gravel.
Wheat, oats and potatoes are grown. Of the land,
869 acres are arable, 1,648 in permanent grass and
20 in woods and plantations.2*

A small detached part of Pilling was added to
Preesall under the Divided Parishes Act of 1882.

There was a fairy well to the north of Preesall
village.

In 1066 PREESALL was assessed as six
MANOR plough-lands and was included in the
Preston fee of Earl Tostig.3 The demesne
tithes were in 1094 granted to St. Martin of Sees
by Roger of Poitou,4 and later still, in 1168-9,
Preesall was in the demesne of the honour of
Lancaster.5 About 1 1 90 John Count of Mortain
granted Preesall and Hackinsall to Geoffrey the
Arbalaster or crossbowman,6 and renewed the gift
after he came to the throne.7 It appears, however,
that 4 oxgangs of land in the township had long
before been held by serjeanty by Hugh de Hackinsall,
whose son Robert obtained confirmations from John
when Count of Mortain, and afterwards when king.8
An agreement respecting the same was made between
Geoffrey, as lord of the whole, and Peter de Hackin-
sall,9 and, as Geoffrey's descendants assumed their
surname from HACKINSALL, they no doubt
obtained a surrender of the 4 oxgangs.10

Geoffrey the Arbalaster held the six plough-lands
in 1 2 1 2 by the service of two crossbows yearly.11

70 Previously vicar of Wyreidale.

71 Hist. MSS. Com. Ref. xiv, App. iv,
230. Dicconson was one of the trustee!
for Carter'* school.

72 Notitia Cestr. ii, 444.

73 An official inquiry was held in 1901.
The report, published the following year,
includes a reprint of the former official
report of 1826.

1 Formerly called the Lower End of
Pilling. -

1 The Census Rep. of 1 90 i gives
3,232 acres, including 3 of inland water.
There are also 105 acres of tidal water
and 5,428 of foreshore.

The acreages of the three hamlets
separately are — Preesall, 2,038 ; Hackin-
sall, 541 ; and Pilling Lane District, 814.

** Statistics from Bd. of Agric. (1905).

3 V.C.H. Lanes, i, 288*.

4 Farrer, Lanes. Pipe R. 290.

5 Ibid. 12 ; it contributed to the aid
in 1168-9 together with Preston, &c.
Again in 1176-7 it is found paying
i mark to an aid; ibid. 35. 6 Ibid. 431.

7 Geoffrey in 1201-2 proffered 15
marks to the king for confirmation
(ibid. 152), and received a charter ac-
cordingly ; Lanes. Inq. and Extents (Rec.
Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 45.

8 Ibid., to be held by the ' free service
of free serjeanty.' Robert de Hackin-
sall had given io marks for the con-

firmation in 1199-1200 ; Farrer, op. cit.
1 1 6, 1 24.

9 Geoffrey acknowledged the 4 ox-
gangs of land in Hackinsall and
Preesall to be the right of Peter (son of
Robert and grandson of Hugh), who was
to hold of Geoffrey and his heirs by free
serjeanty of performing suit to county
and wapentake for Geoffrey's land and
of summoning pleas of Geoffrey's court
in the vill. Exception was made of 18
acres of land, and the messuage formerly
Peter's, a fishery adjoining and an acre
of meadow lying east of the path through
the ealand called Holm ; these were to
be Geoffrey's. Peter was released from
the payment of 5*. a year for four cows
which Geoffrey had farmed to him, and
he was at liberty to make two new
fisheries on the sea side of Geoffrey's ;
Final Cone. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.),
i, 9. From the date of the fine (i 199)
it appears that Robert died and Peter
succeeded in that year.

10 Robert de Hackinsall gave the third
part of his land in Hackinsall and
Preesall to Cockersand Abbey, his heir
assenting ; Cockersand Chartul. (Chet.
Soc.), i, 72. Nothing further is known
of Peter son of Robert, but Alan son of
Peter de Hackinsall gave the same abbey
land on Northcrofts, Hackinsall and the
Coteflatt ; also his share in the waste

within bounds beginning at the Stocken-
pool, where there was a cross, and going
directly south to the cross on the Tongue ;
ibid, i, 72-3.

Roger de Hackinsall, a defendant in
1292, may have been Alan's successor.
Anabil (or Aline) de Preesall had left a
son William and a daughter Sabina, who,
as her brother's heir, claimed a messuage
and land in Preesall from Roger ; Assize
R. 408, m. 47 d., 63. Roger de
Hackinsall was plaintiff and Thomas son
of Thomas de Hambleton defendant in
respect of theii inheritance from 1301 to
1313 ; Assize R. 419, m. 4 ; 424, m. 5.

In 1364 Maud widow of Thomas de
Carleton claimed land in Hackinsall
against Margaret wife of William »on of
John son of John son of Alan de
Hackinsall and Ismania her sister ; De
Banco R. 417, m. 214.

11 Lanes. Inq. and Extents, 1,44. Geoffrey
gave to Cockersand Abbey lands in Pree-
sall, viz. all that between Colecross and
Fauerbeck ; also 2 oxgangs which Michael
the reeve had held, 2 acres in the field
called Kirkgate, other parcels, also a
fishery on the Wyre to the north of
Hackinsall 5 Cockersand Chartul. i, 67-9.

Geoffrey was a benefactor to St. Mary's,
Lancaster, giving land for the repair of
the church, including the site of a grange
which he gave when Ranulf Earl of

256

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

His son John,12 known as Arbalaster and de Hackinsall,
in 1 246 agreed with Eva, his father's widow, as to
dower.13 At the same time he claimed wreck of the
sea at Hackinsall, but without good ground.14 John
died in 1262 holding six plough-lands in Hackinsall
and Preesall as before, also three plough-lands in
Hambleton ; Geoffrey his son and heir was of full
age.15 John the son of Geoffrey succeeded before
iz84,16 and was himself followed about 1299" by a
brother Richard.18 John the son of Richard de
Hackinsall 19 had a son William, who was in 1335 to
marry Alice daughter of John de Bradkirk.20 William
had a daughter Ismania,21 whose daughter Joan
married James Pickering,22 and in 1402 James and
Joan had a dispute with the Abbot of Cockersand
respecting 900 acres of land in Preesall held by the
abbot, a dispute renewed in 1437 by the plaintiff's
son James Pickering.23

It was probably this James who died in 1479 in
possession of the manor, but leaving four daughters as

PART OF
LANCASTER

co-heirs — Margaret wife of Richard Boteler, Isabel
wife of John Leyburne, Mabel wife of Thomas
Acclamby and Joan wife of Nicholas Acclamby.
Each of them had a fourth part of the manor,24 but
the descent is by no means clear, as the subdivisions
are given differently at different times.

The Boteler share may be that held by the Butlers
of Hackinsall.25 William Butler died in 1586 holding
a fourth part of the manor of Hackinsall, with
messuages and lands in Hackinsall, Preesall, Poulton,
Thistleton, Staynall and Elswick.26 The heir was
his grandson William, aged twenty-three, who died
in 1613 holding a moiety of the manor of the king
in socage, and leaving a son Henry to succeed him.27
Henry's daughter Ellen carried the estate to William
Fyfe of Wedacre.28 Their daughter Catherine became
heir, and marrying John Elletson, this part of the
manor has descended to Mr. Henry Chandos Elletson
of Parrox Hall.29 He is said to hold a third part of
the manor.

Chester was at Jerusalem (1219) ; Lane,
Ch. (Chet. Soc.), ii, 352.

In 1227 a confirmation of Preesall and
Hackinsall was granted to Geoffrey de
Riffbrd (Balistarius in margin) ; Cal.
Chart, R. 1226—57, p. 39.

12 John son of Sir Geoffrey de Hackinsall
was also a benefactor of Cockersand, and
he and his wife Amabil desired to be
buried in the abbey ; C»ckers*nd Chartul,
69-71. His charters included part of
Licol (Lickow) field, within Hackinsall,
and 2 half-oxgangs of land in Preesall ;
the carr, the deep moss and Sandiford in
Preesall are named.

18 Final Cone, i, 96. Eva, as the
widow, was in the king's gift, but William
de Lancaster had her marriage ; Assize
R. 404, m. 22. That Geoffrey died
about 1246 seems to be implied in a
claim by William de Hambleton to prove
his liberty against Geoffrey de Hackinsall,
ending in his acknowledging that he was
John's villein ; ibid. m. 4.

14 Ibid. m. 22 ; it appeared that Geoffrey
had had three casks of wine cast up by
the sea which the king had granted to
him in the name of wreck.

16 Lanes, Inq. and Extents, i, 229 ;
H ckinsall and Preesall were worth
£12 a year. The estates were in the
escheator's hands for six weeks, during
which time ^3 3*. was received by him ;
ibid. 231. The rent of two crossbows
due to the king was payable in 1297 to
the Earl of Lancaster ; ibid. 289.

Geoffrey son and heir of John de
Hackinsall gave land in Preesall to Lan-
caster Priory, including the meadow in
the field called Flimingswell Syke ; also
2 acres in Petit Middleargh in his demesne
of Hackinsall ; Lane, Ch, ii, 353. The
same Geoffrey made a number of gifts to
Cockersand Abbey, confirming also his
father's; Chartul. i, 73-81. One clause
gave permission for the canons' cattle to
cross the sands in summer from Preesall
to Cocker. He also allowed a fishery
in the Wyre between that of Alan
de Hackinsall and one the canons had,
for their sustenance. Certain disputes
having arisen between him and the canons
as to dykes around their lands in Preesall
a friendly agreement was made in 1271,
by which he allowed them to make a dyke
from that at the Blacklache straight across
to their eastern dyke ; ibid. 83.

In 1266-7 Geoffrey the Arbalaster son
of John released to Edmund his lord son

of King Henry, Richard son of Lyol de
Singleton and William his brother, with
all their sequela and chattels ; Great
Coucher, i, fol. 62, no. 14.

16 In that year there was a dispute as
to 40 acres in Hackinsall, of which
20 acres were held by John son of
Geoffrey de Hackinsall, 9 by Amery
widow of Geoffrey, 9 by the Abbot of
Cockersand and 2 by the Prior of Lan-
caster. It was alleged that one Adam
de Dissheford had held them, and the
claimant was his daughter Alice widow
of Simon son of Henry de Hambleton ;
Assize R. 1268, m. II d.

17 Writ of diem cL extr. issued 25
June 1299 ; Excerpta e Rot. Fin. (MS.),
ii, 27 Edw. I, m. 13.

18 Assize R. 420, m. lod. Richard
de Hackinsall held the manor, together
with Preesall and Hambleton, in 1324,
by the service of two crossbows and
401. ; Dods. MSS. cxxxi, fol. 40*. The
40.5. was for Hambleton.

19 Maud de Preesall in 1331 claimed
a messuage and land in Preesall against
Richard de Hackinsall, John his son and
William the Pinder. It appeared that
Richard was dead and John was then
tenant. A verdict was recorded against
William; Assize R. 1404, m. i8d.

10 A settlement was made by which the
manor of Hackinsall and 4 oxgangs of
land in Preesall were given to John son
of Richard de Hackinsall, with remainder
to William (son of John) and Alice and
their issue. There were a sheep walk,
&c., held by Jordan del Celer, 20 acres
held by William de Hackinsall and Ellen
his wife, 12 acres held by Master
Edmund de Lacy and Margaret daughter
of Richard de Hackinsall and Isabel
daughter of Master Edmund ; also an
oxgang of land held by Thomas dc
Goosnargh for life ; Final Cone, ii, 95.
A further agreement as to 5 oxgangs of
land in PreesalJ was made at the same
time, these being given to John de
Hackinsall and Christiana his wife, with
remainder to William their son and Alice
his wife, daughter of John de Bradkirk ;
ibid. 98.

In 1346 John de Hackinsall held a
plough-land and a half, the Abbot of
Cockersand a plough-land and John
Lawrence half a plough-land by the
service of two crossbows (or 4.5.) yearly ;
Sur-v, of 1 346 (Chet. Soc.), 54.

21 William son of John de Hackinsall

257

and Alice his wife in 1357 granted the
manor of Hackinsall, with exceptions, to
John son of Robert de Dalton for life ;
Final Cone, ii, 151.

*a The descent is given in Def, Keeper's
Rep. xl, App. 534. The name of
Ismania's husband is not recorded.

» Ibid.

14 Lanes, Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), ii,
107—8. The manor was held of the
king as of his duchy in socage by the
annual service of two crossbows or zs, 8<£,
and was worth ,£20 a year. The ages of
the daughters were forty, thirty-six, thirty-
four and thirty-three years respectively.

85 The Richard husband of Margaret
was son of John Boteler of Rawcliffe, as
appears by an arbitration deed of 1478
among the Dalton of Thurnham
muniments.

The paternity of William Butler, who
acquired part of Hackinsall, seems to
have been doubtful. He had three aliases
— Ward, Parr and Taylor. Richard
Butler had two sons, George and Thomas,
and a daughter Margaret, who married
John Lancelyn ; William Butler alleged
in 1540 that he was the son of Thomas ;
Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 168, m. 6 ; 171,
m. 14.

William Butler of Preesall in 1535
granted the marriage of his son George
to Nicholas Butler of Rawcliffe ; Dods.
MSS. liii, fol. 84*.

William Butler appears as plaintiff in
,.549 respecting the fourth part of
Hackinsall Hall and lands, &c., Henry
Barton and Barbara his wife being
defendants. Butler held in common
with Sir Marmaduke Tunstall, William
Mordaunt, Anne his wife and — Bewley.
Barbara claimed by grant of John Booth,
as recorded later ; Duchy of Lane.
Plead. Edw. VI, xxxi, B 8.

16 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xiv, no.
47 ; the premises in Hackinsall were
said to be held of the queen as of her
duchy by the fourth part of a knight's
fee and the rest of the estate in socage.

87 Lanes, Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes,
and Ches.), i, 240-1 ; all was held of the
king in socage. Henry Butler was twenty-
two years old. Henry Butler in 1631
compounded for refusing knighthood ;
Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 222.

*8 Dugdale, Vhit. 113. The marriage
took place in 1648.

89 Foster, Lanes, Fed. ; abstract of titli
in possession of W. Farrer. William

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A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

P4RROX HALL is a low two-story H-shaped
house with rough-cast and whitewashed walls and
grey slated roofs, very much modernized, but still
preserving some of its ancient features. The building
itself offers no architectural evidence of a date earlier
than the first half of the iyth century, but there
have been so many alterations at different times that
it is quite possible the structure may incorporate parts
of an earlier building, though whether of date prior to
the 1 6th century it is impossible to say. Any earlier
building which may have stood on the same site was
probably pulled down wholly or piecemeal at the
time the present house was erected or came into
being.

The principal front, which is about 75 ft. in length,
is now north, but this is probably a later modification
of the original design, the entrance having been most
likely on the south side, now the garden front. The
east or kitchen wing is over 60 ft. in length, but the
west wing is very much shorter with only a slight
projection north and south. The original plan
appears to have been changed, perhaps more than
once, and how far the modern work reproduces old
features it is now impossible to say. An arched
entrance at the south end of the east wing, if it
represents in any way an older feature, suggests the
entrance gateway to a courtyard on the south side of
the house.293

The hall occupies the west end of the main wing
and is 22 ft. 6 in. long by 16 ft. in width, with a
stone fireplace at the east end. The entrance is in
the middle of the north side by a door which appears
to be an 18th-century insertion, and the staircase,
which occupies a gabled bay in the angle formed by
the main and west wings, leads from the north-west
corner. The hall and screens may have originally
occupied the whole of the middle wing, the eastern
end of which is now occupied by the dining-room,
but this is uncertain. A modern pointed doorway at
the north-east corner, now disused but opening into

a passage north of the dining-room between the hall
and east wing, if it reproduces an original entrance,
suggests the north doorway of the screens, but there
is no other evidence that this was so. The hall,
however, may always have been its present size with
a passage-way behind the fireplace as at Speke. The
walls are wainscoted their full height with iyth-
century oak in diamond-shaped panels and the stair-
case has square newels and turned balusters. The
floor is flagged diagonally, and the ceiling, which is
8 ft. 8 in. high, is of plain plaster crossed by two
cased beams running its greater length. With the
exception of four mullioned windows in the north
front, a large one of six lights in the west wing and
the others in the east wing, all the windows are
modern sashes or casements, and externally the build-
ing has little or no architectural interest. The interior
contains some good oak furniture, but more has been
taken away, and in one of the bedrooms is a good
oak mantel. There appears to have been a restoration
in the 1 8th century, most of the internal oak panelled
doors being apparently of that date, but except
for the hall the interior has been almost wholly
modernized.

It is not clear what became of the Leyburne share,
but that of Thomas and Mabel Acclamby or Aglaby
descended to their daughter Agnes,30 whose son
Thomas Booth succeeded in 1514, and was followed
by his brother John Booth, D.D., Archdeacon of
Hereford,31 after whose death32 there was much
contention as to the inheritance, which had been
augmented to a moiety of the manor.33 William
Mordaunt and Agnes his wife, who acquired it, were
succeeded by William Twynehoe and Etheldreda his
wife.34 They sold to Edmund Fleetwood of Rossall
in I596,35 and it descended to his son Paul in 1622.

The other Acclamby share seems to have been
divided between two daughters, of whom one, Mabel,
carried an eighth part of the manor to her husband,
Reginald Preston, who in 1519 was succeeded by

Elletson and Elizabeth his wife had lands
in Hackinsall, Preesall and Stalmine in
1759 ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 360,
m. 46. James Pickering in 1456 gave
Parrock hey to Richard Boteler and Mar-
garet his wife ; Dods. MSS. liii, fol.

let.

»9a The walls here, however, are of
brick and plaster of no particular thick-
ness and are apparently modern.

30 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. iv, no. 60.
It appears that her first husband was
Roger Booth of Old Durham ; she after-
wards married Richard Skelton. The
fourth part of the manor, with messuages
and land in Hackinsall and Preesall, was
held of the king by the rent of the fourth
part of two crossbows or zs. %d. Thomas
Booth her son was twenty-four years
old.

31 Ibid, vi, no. 56. The estate is
described as 'the manors' of Hackinsall
and Preesall ; it had in 1515 been settled
on Alice wife of Thomas Booth and widow
of John Lawrence. The service due to
the king as duke was two crossbows or
zs. Sd. Thomas Booth died 13 Mar.
1527-8. His brother John was thirty-
three years old.

38 John Booth was Archdeacon of Here-
ford 1523-42; Le Neve, Fasti, i, 481.
In 1533 he obtained the king's licence to
acquire from John Ashton, John Jackson,
Charles Booth and Douce Booth their

estate in a fourth part of the demesne
lands of Hackinsall, and also to acquire
both moieties of another fourth part ;
L. and P. Hen. VIII, vi, g. 1060 (3).
He died in August 1 542, leaving a moiety of
the manor of Hackinsall, with messuages,
&c., there and in Preesall, Stalmine and
Staynall, all held of the king as duke by
knight's service and a rent of zs. %d. His
next heir was a niece, Anne Booth,
daughter of his brother Charles, aged
thirteen; but he had in 1540 demised
the moiety of the manor to Francis Booth
(son and heir of Roger) and his wife
Barbara Booth, the last-named being a
cousin, at a rent of £j a year ; Duchy of
Lane. Inq. p.m. vii, no. 18 ; ix, no. 42.
The latter inquisition, taken in 1549,
gives Agnes (daughter of Charles) as the
name of the heiress. Anne and Annes
were frequently confused.

It would appear that the Booths had
acquired the Leyburne share of the manor,
and that they were responsible for the
whole service due to the duchy.

83 Geoffrey Starkie and Barbara his wife,
formerly wife of Francis Booth, in 1550
complained that William Westby detained
the title deeds of the moiety of the manor ;
Duchy of Lane. Plead. Edw. VI, xxvii,
S. 1 6. They also claimed arrears of rents
and profits for saltcotes, with boons,
services, &c., against William Mordaunt,
Anne his wife and others (ibid, xxxii, 89),

258

and a little later had a further dispute
with William Mordaunt and Annes hi»
wife ; ibid. Eliz. xxxix, M 3.

From the pleadings it appears that the
Starkies held the Booth moiety for the
term of a hundred years from 15 39 under
the grant of Archdeacon Booth ; also the
Butler fourth part under grant of William
Butler for thirty years from 1538. Sir
Marmaduke TunstaH held one-half the
remaining part an«i Thomas Bewley the
other half ; these portions had also been
leased to Geoffrey Starkie, so that he
held the whole manor of Hackinsall and
Preesall.

34 William Mordaunt and Anne his
wife in 1573 made a settlement of the
moiety of the manor of Hackinsall and
Preesall, with messuages, dovecote, lands,
&c. ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 35,
m. 12. They made a further settlement
in 1587, the estate being described as the
manor of Preesall and a moiety of the
manor of Hackinsall, the remainder being
to William Twynehoe and Etheldreda his
wife and the heirs of Etheldreda ; ibid,
bdle. 49, m. 28.

35 Ibid. bdle. 59, m. 171. Edmund
Fleetwood died in 1622 holding a moiety
of the manor of Hackinsall and Preesall,
with lands, &c., of the king as of his
duchy by a rent of zs. ; Lanes. Inq. p.m.
(Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), iii, 315-
16.

PREESALL WITH HACKINSALL : PARROX HALL : NORTH FRONT

PREESALL WITH HACKINSALL : PARROX HALL : THE HALL

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

their son Thomas.36 This portion was sold to
Tunstall,37 then to Starkie.38 The other eighth part
seems to have been held about 1555-68 by Thomas
Bewley.39

In 1555 an agreement was made as to the
partition of the manor between Sir Marmaduke
Tunstall, Thomas Bewley, William Butler and
William Mordaunt and Anne (Agnes) his wife.40

The fourth part of the manor held by Robert
Dalton of Thurnham in 1578 resulted from the
purchase of the Tunstall and Bewley shares 41 ; the
tenure was not known.42 This part was purchased
by the above-named Paul Fleetwood in l6i8.43

The three-fourths of the manor was in 1729 sold
by Edward Fleetwood of Rossall to the executors of
Edmund Hornby of Poulton, and to Robert Loxham,
vicar of Poulton, in moieties, and in 1797 the
former moiety was sold to James Bourne by Geoffrey
Hornby the younger.44

In 1813 the manor was held by Daniel Elletson,
James Bourne and Robert Loxham.45 The second of
these seems to have become the chief owner, and
Hackinsall Hall descended to his brother Peter, who
died in 1 84.6,46 and was succeeded by his son
Sir James Bourne, bart.47 Dying in 1882, he was
followed by his son Sir James Dyson Bourne, who
survived his father only a year, and the inheritance
then passed to his sister Harriet Anne Dyson, who
married Mr. James William Seaburne May of
Liverpool. He took in 1897 the additional sur-
name of Bourne, and Mrs. Bourne-May continues to
own the estate, which is said to include two-thirds of
the manor.

PART OF
LANCASTER

HACKINSALL HALL, now used as a farm-house,
is a large irregular two-story building of i/th-cen-
tury date with mullioned and transomed windows,
but it retains few or none of its original architectural
features, having undergone a very thorough restoration
about the year 1873. The walls are entirely of
rough-cast, the roofs covered with blue slates, and the
mullioned windows throughout are modern. The
restoration, however, probably reproduces more or
less the original characteristics of the building, though
little of the actual structure but the masonry of the-
walls remains. Built into a low gable on the south
side is a stone inscribed : —

F

R A

GOD'S PROVI-
DENCE 1656

the initials being those of Richard and Anne Fleet-
wood, and the date probably that of the erection of
the house.

' The famous boggart of Hackinsall Hall had the
appearance of a huge horse, which was very industrious
if treated with kindness ; thus we hear that every
night it was indulged with a fire, before which it
was frequently seen reclining, and when deprived of
this indulgence by neglect it expressed its anger by
fearful outcries.' 48

The Cockersand Abbey estate, chiefly in the
LOWER END of Pilling, was in 1346 considered a
third part of the vill.49 After the Dissolution it seems
to have been granted out in parcels.50 Roger Dalton

36 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. v, no. 18 ;
Mabel died before her husband. Thomas
Preston was twenty-two years old. The
manor was said to be held of the king as
duke by the serjeanty of rendering to the
king two crossbows or 41.

37 Sir Marmaduke Tunstall (of Thur-
land) in 1543 purchased the manor of
Hackinsall from Wilfrid Preston and

Joan his wife ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F.
die. 12, m. 69. He died in 1557 hold-
ing an eighth part of the manor of
Hackinsall and Preesall, with land, &c.,
of the king and queen as of their duchy,
by knight's service ; Duchy of Lane. Inq.
p.m. x, no. 5. His son Francis and Alice
his wife in 1563 sold to Geoffrey Starkie ;
Pal. of Lane. F~eet of F. bdle. 25, m. 138.

38 Geoffrey Starkie has already been
mentioned as interested in the manor
through his wife Barbara.

Thomas Starkie, as nephew and heir
of Geoffrey (viz. son of Richard Starkie
of Stretton), claimed the manor in 1568
against Richard Hothersall and Edmund
Clerkson, who alleged a conveyance from
Geoffrey. Hothersall had married Anne
daughter of Geoffrey, whose wife Bridget
(apparently a second wife) survived him ;
Duchy of Lane. Plead. Eliz. Ixxvii, S 16.
Barbara's right went to Robert Dalton,
and two years later William Mordaunt
and Agnes his wife claiming by Charles
Booth, her father, sought lands, &c., in
Hackinsall against Richard Hothersall,
Anne his wife, Bridget Starkie and Robert
Dalton ; ibid, xciii, M 16 ; ci, M 10.

39 In 1568 an eighth part of the manor
of Hackinsall, with lands in Preesall, a
fishery in the Wyre, &c., was held by
Thomas Bewley, who in conjunction with
his son and heir William conveyed to

Richard Hothersall, John Smith and John
Aglaby ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle.
30, m. 8 1. Of these three Hothersall
appears to have conveyed to Dalton ; John
Aglaby sold in 1582 to Henry Thompson
(ibid. bdle. 44, m. 129) ; and John Smith
(of Stalmine Grange) died in 1598 hold-
ing two messuages, &c., in Hackinsall
and Preesall, tenure not recorded ; Duchy
of Lane. Inq. p.m. xvii, no. 47.

40 Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 197, m. 10.

41 From preceding notes it may be
gathered that Richard Hothersall acquired
the Tunstall-Starkie eighth and also that
of Bewley. See also Dods. MSS. liii,
fol. 102^. In 1569 Robert and Thomas
Dalton purchased the manor of Hackin
sail, with dovecote, lands, &c., from
Richard Hothersall and Anne his wife ;
Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 31, m.
28.

William Butler in 1571 complained
that in the conveyance by Hothersall to
Dalton his fourth part of the manor, the
thirty years' lease of which had expired,
had been wrongly included ; Duchy of
Lane. Plead. Eliz. xc, 638.

41 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xiv, no.
i ; the heir was Robert Dalton son of
Thomas (brother of Robert), who had
left a widow Anne.

43 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 94,
no. 17.

There are a number of references to
the Hackinsall estate of the Fleetwood
family (1628-57) m Exch. Dep. (Rec.
Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), and some of the
depositions are printed in the introduction
to that volume, pp. x-xxiv.

In 1658 Richard Fleetwood held the
manor of Preesall and a moiety of the
manor of Hackinsall, with lands, free

259

warren, &c. ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F.
bdle. 162, m. 164. In 1695 the manor
of Hackinsall with Preesall is named
among the Fleetwood properties ; ibid,
bdle. 235, m. 75.

44 Abstract of title in possession of W.
Farrer.

45 Pal. of Lane. Fines, 53 Geo. Ill,
m. 9 ; Richard Dickson was plaintiff.

46 Foster, Lanes. Pedigrees. There are
family monuments in Stalmine Church.

47 Sometime M.P. for the borough of
Evesham.

48 Thornber, Blackpool, 333.

49 See a former note. Rentals from
1451 to 1537 are printed in the Chartul.
iii, 1268—71.

60 Part of the Cockersand lands was
leased to Roger Dalton for 21 years in
1579, and a lease of the same to other
persons was given in 1600 ; Pat. 21 Eliz.
pt. xi ; 42 Eliz. pt. xvi. Robert Dalton
claimed the messuage, &c., called Tunges
in 1 60 1 against Richard Hoghton \Ducatus
Lane. (Rec. Com.), iii, 436, 457. In
1583 lands in Preesall and Hackinsall,
late of Cockersand Abbey, called the Lower
End of Pilling, were given to Theophilus
and Robert Adams, to be held of the
manor of East Greenwich by 51. rent ;
Pat. 25 Eliz. pt. iv. Another grant was
made to Edward Badby and others in
1622-3 > Pat> 2O Jas< I» Pt- *"• Land
called Tongues, lately of Cockersand
Abbey, was in 1588 granted to Edward
Wymcock ; Pat. 30 Eliz. pt. vii.

James Fisher died at Preesall in 1640
holding a messuage, &c., there of the
king as of his manor of East Greenwich.
His heir was his son John, aged thirty-
three ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xxx,
no. 1 6.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

had some of it, which was sold in 1587 to Robert
Bindloss of Borwick,51 and he died in 1595 holding
the Lower End of Pilling, but the tenure is not
recorded.52

At the byrlaw or hurley court of Robert Bindloss
in 1 590 various persons were fined for non-attendance,
including John Smith of Stalmine Grange. It was
ordered that the watercourses must be * scoured and
drawn' before St. Helen's Day, 'being the 3rd day of
May.' Fines were ordered for foldbreak (breaking
the lord's pinfold), rescues, bloodwick and hubble-
showe (affray), playing unlawful games, keeping
unlawful fences and neglect to ring swine. Turf
was not to be taken without the owner's leave ;
scolding women were to be punished by fine ; and
* inmakes or bysiers ' were not to be entertained by
anyone in the lordship.58

John Lawrence was a partner in thevill in 13 46,"
and his estate may be that subsequently held by
Beconsaw and Clifton of Westby."

Though it is Preesall which is named in Domesday

Book, the manor in later times seems to have been
known as Hackinsall ; yet in the 1 6th century and
later a manor of Preesall is separately mentioned,
usually in connexion with Hackinsall.56 A family of
Bradshaw of Preesall occurs.67

It would appear that Hereward Abbot of
Cockersand (1216-35) undertook, in return for the
gifts to his abbey, to find a fit monk to celebrate in
the chapel of Hackinsall for the souls of King John,
Geoffrey and Eva and others, but the chapel is
not mentioned again.58

There are now two places of worship in the
township. St. Oswald's was built in 1898 in con-
nexion with the Church of England, and is a chapel
of ease to Stalmine. Bethel Congregational Chapel
was built in 1835 and enlarged in 1888. Services
were first begun about 1830, owing to the efforts
of the minister of Elswick, who described this district
as ' destitute of the Gospel,' but ' ready to attend
it if preached.' 59

Two schools were founded in Preesall about lyoo.60

ST. MICHAEL-ON-WYRE

UPPER RAWCLIFFE WITH TARNACRE
OUT RAWCLIFFE
GREAT ECCLESTON

INSKIP WITH SOWERBY

ELSWICK

WOODPLUMPTON

The church from which the parish takes its name
lies in the township of Upper Rawcliffe, on the
south bank of the Wyre, which river divides the
area into two unequal parts. The district is for the Upper Rawcliffe
most part flat and lies low, except in the extreme Out Rawcliffe .
south, where a height of about 120 ft. above sea Great Eccleston
level is attained. The acreage amounts to i8,888£, Elswick .
and the population in 1901 was 3,691. Inskip with \

The history of the parish has been extremely Sowerby }
placid, and there is even yet no railway line within Woodplumpton .
its boundary. The population is employed almost
entirely in agriculture, and the land is now occupied
as follows ' : —

Permanent Woods and
grass plantations

I,99I

2,437
1,125
690^

1,875
4,492

12,611

49
46

3
15

10

'54

51 Dalton probably purchased from
Adams. An estate of forty messuages,
500 acres of salt marsh, &c., was in 1586
granted to feoffees by Anne Dalton,
widow, Barnaby Kitchin, Hugh Hesketh
and Alice his wife ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of
F. bdlc. 48, m. 48. In the following
year the feoffees, in conjunction with
Roger Dalton, sold the greater part to
Robert Bindloss ; ibid. bdle. 49, m. 21.

4> Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xvii, no. 7.

68 Preston Guard. 29 June 1878.

54 See a former note. Edmund Law-
rence of Lancaster had land in Preesall in
1358; Duchy of Lane. Assize R. 7,
m. 4 d.

55 Cuthbert Clifton in right of William
Beconsaw of Wray claimed in 1574 a
messuage, &c., in Stalmine, with common
of pasture on the waste grounds of Preesall
called Preesall Park and Park Moss, and
other wastes of Hackinsall and Preesall.
Beconsaw also had messuages and lands in
Preesall and others, known as Wheatholme
Carr, in Hackinsall. He conveyed all to
Cuthbert Clifton, whose right to common
was denied by Robert Dalton, partly in
virtue of a lease of Cockersand Abbey

lands and partly in virtue of his lordship
of part of the manor ; Duchy of Lane.
Plead. Eliz. c, C 6.

Cuthbert Clifton died in 1580 holding
lands, &c., in Hackinsall and Preesall of
the heirs of Thomas Booth in socage by
suit at the court of his manors ; Duchy
of Lane. Inq. p.m. xiv, no. 76. In 1585
the Clifton lands were stated to be held
of the queen as of her duchy by the
service of two crossbows ; ibid, xiv, no. 21 ;
Ct. of Wards Inq. p.m. xxi, 238.

In 1581 Roger Dalton claimed turbary
in Preesall Moss and a messuage called
Quatholme (or Wheatholme) against
Robert Carter, whose right was derived
from William Beconsaw ; Ducatus Lane.
iii, 94, 126. Thomas Carter died in 1622
holding land in Hackinsall of the king as
duke in socage ; George his son and heir
was fifteen years of age ; Lanes. Inq. p.m.
(Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), iii, 317.

56 The manor of Preesall is named
separately in a deed of 1642 by Henry
Philpott and Robert Swayne ; Com. Pleas
Recov. R. Trin. 18 Chas. I, m. 5.

Maud daughter of Sabina de Preesall
in 1319 claimed a messuage and land in

260

Preesall from William son of Robert de
Leyland ; De Banco R. 230, m. 92. See
note 10 above.

Christiana widow of William Wikock-
son claimed dower in a messuage in
Preesall in 1342 against John son of
John de Poulton ; ibid. 332, m. 524 d.
Maud daughter of William Wilcockson of
Preesall claimed lands there in 1357 ;
Duchy of Lane. Assize R. 6, m. i.
Henry Blundell and Alice his wife in
1371 claimed (in Alice's right) a messuage
and land in the same place against Maud
daughter of William Wilcockson ; De
Banco R. 443, m. 306.

Thomas Dobson of Preesall made a
purchase there in 1355 from Richard
Page and Amabil his wife ; Final Cone, ii,
148.

57 Dugdale, VIM. 55. They occur also
at Scale in Skerton.

58 Kuerden MSS. ii, fol. 216.

69 Nightingale, Lanes. Nonconf. i,
166-73.

60 Richard Fleetwood's, 1687-95, and
Robert Carter's, 1710; End. Char.
Rep.

1 Statistics from Bd. of Agric. (1905).

PREESALL WITH HACKINSALL : HACKINSALL HALL

ST. MICHAEL'S ON WYRE CHURCH FROM THE NORTH-EAST

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

m

The plague of 1349—50 visited the parish, taking
off many of the people.13 Sir Richard Kighley of
Inskip was one of those who fought at Agincourt,
being killed in the battle.2 The Reformation was
long resisted by a number of the people here as
elsewhere in the Fylde.3 In the Civil War the
principal squires — Butler and Kirkby — lost sons in
the cause of Charles I ; but men were raised also
for the Parliament,4 <ind around Elswick there was
sufficient Puritanism to stir the people to the build-
ing of a place of worship. The Jacobite rising of
1715 brought disaster to the Butlers of Rawcliffe,
but in 1745 the parish seems to have been untouched
by the invasion.

To the ancient tax called the fifteenth St.
Michael's contributed £6 4*. when the hundred paid
^56 4/. 8^.,5 and to £100 leviable on the same
district for the county lay of 1624 this parish would
contribute £ i o izs. ^d^

The church of
CHURCH ST. MICH4EL1
stands close to the
left bank of the River Wyre,
which bounds the church-
yard on the north side, the
west end facing on to the
road immediately south of the
bridge. It consists of a chan-
cel 33 ft. 6 in. by 19 ft. 8 in.
with north vestry, nave
45 ft. 6 in. by 19 ft. 8 in.,
south aisle 15 ft. 10 in. wide
extending the full length of
nave and chancel, short north
aisle 8 ft. 3 in. wide, and
north chapel 24 ft. 8 in. by
1 2 ft. 9 in., south porch and
west tower 13 ft. square, all
these measurements being in-
ternal.

The building is substanti-
ally of 1 5th and early 16th-
century date, but there may
be portions of an older struc-
ture in the north wall of the
chancel and at the west end

of the south aisle adjoining the tower, the masonry
of which may date from the I3th century. The
evidence of the building, however, is not sufficient to
make it possible to trace the development of the
plan or to arrive at any conclusion as to the extent

ST. MICHAEL-
ON-WYRE

and appearance of the earlier structure, except that
its length must have been about the same as that of
the present building. On the north chancel wall
the older masonry, which is of red sandstone, in-
cludes a buttress 2 ft. 6 in. wide with a 10 in.
projection, and at the west end of the south aisle
the fragment of old walling, which is 3 ft. 6 in.
wide and stands 6^ in. in front of the later wall,
has been pierced by a pointed window z ft. 9 in.
high and 1 2 in. wide, now built up. The present
plan is that of the 15th-century building, but there
is said to have been a restoration or partial rebuild-
ing in I549,8 when the tower is said to have been
erected and new bells purchased. The tower seems
to have been rebuilt or refaced in 1 6 1 1 by Henry
Butler, whose arms and initials together with the
date are carved on the north-west merlon of the
parapet facing west. The north chapel, originally

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the chantry of St. Katharine, was repaired in 1797,
and in 1854 the church was reseated and some resto-
rations carried out, the old square pews being
taken away and the whitewash removed from the
arches and columns of the nave.9

la Engl. Hist. Rev. v, 529 ; fourscore
men and women was the Archdeacon of
Richmond's estimate. The jury appear
to have allowed zos. out of the 50*.
claimed for probates.

* Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), i, 1 1 6.

3 This appears in the township histories,
but the only residents who in 1630—2
compounded for the two-thirds of their
estates liable to sequestration for recusancy
were Thomat Kirkby of Rawcliffe (by
an annual payment of ,£5), Leonard
Clarkson of Woodplumpton (£3), and
Robert White of Great Eccleston
(£8 13*. 4</.) ; Traru. Hist. Soc. (new
ser.), xxiv, 176-8.

A list of recusants in 1610 is printed
in Fishwick's St. Michael's (Chet. Soc.),
12—14. A large number of the people
refused to make the Protestation of 1641 ;

ibid. 16—17. An annotated list of the
convicted recusants c. 1670 will be found
in Misc. (Cath. Rec. Soc.), v, 166, 180-2,
190-2, 204-6.

4 War in Lanes. (Chet. Soc.), 42. The
same chronicler shows that the royal and
parliamentary troops crossed the parish
from time to time ; e.g. 38, 67.

8 Gregson, Fragments (ed. Harland), 19.
The details were : Upper Rawcliffe,
8j. Bo". ; Out Rawcliffe, £i 6s. ; Great
Eccleston, i6s. \d. ; Elswick, 191. 4</. ;
Inskip with Sowerby, 101. $d. ; Wood-
plumpton, £z 31. 4«/.

6 Ibid. 23. The details were : Upper
Rawcliffe, 14*. iof<£ ; Out Rawcliffe,
/.; GreatEccleston,,£i 75. nj</.;
1 135. of</. ; Inskip with
171. 8</. ; Woodplumpton,

Elswick,
Sowerby,

£3 '4*. *

Extracts from Subsidy Rolls 1523-80
are printed in Fishwick, op. cit. 9—1 1 ;
they give the names of the principal
residents.

7 The invocation appears in Domesday
' Michelescherche." It had then one
plough-land. The distinguishing phrase
'upon Wyre' is found in 1216.

8 Fishwick, op. cit. 62. The state-
ment seems to be based only on the fact
that in 1549 Thomas Singleton by
his will left 401. ' towards the churche
and buyldinge of the steple of Seynct
Mychaells.' The later notes to Glynne's
Churches of Lane. 24 give the date of re-
building as 1525.

9 Some work was apparently done in
1809 and 1811, these dates being on
spout heads on the south side of the
building.

261

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

The chancel and nave are uuder one continuous
blue-slated roof and the south aisle has a separate
gabled slated roof finishing behind an embattled
parapet. The walls are generally constructed of
rubble masonry with sandstone dressings, the whole
of the parapet of the south aisle, together with its
eastern gable, being of dressed stone.

The east wall of the chancel, however, is built of
red sandstone blocks and may be a lyth-century
reconstruction. The east window is of three
trefoiled lights with perpendicular tracery and
moulded jambs and mullions with a very slight
reveal and without hood mould. On the south side
the chancel is open to the aisle by two wide arches,
but there is a 5 ft. 6 in. length of straight wall at
the east end in which is a piscina with cinquefoiled
head and chamfered jambs, now only 19 in. from the
floor and without bowl, and on the east wall to the
north of the window is a plain stone bracket. The
north wall sets back 6 in. at a distance of 7 ft. 3 in.

16 CENT
17'bCENT

(EviIl8tbCENT

CU MODERN

PLAN OF ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH

from the east, forming a slight recess about 9 ft. long,
to the west of which is a modern two-light traceried
window. Before the erection of the vestry there was
a second window to the eastward, the position of
which may still be seen in the plastered wall within
the recess, of which part of the external hood mould
remains. The arrangements of the sanctuary being
altered in 1907 necessitated the vestry door being
pushed further westward and a skew passageway
being formed through the wall. There is no chancel
arch or screen and no distinction between the chancel
and the nave, except in the construction of the roof,
which in the chancel is boarded and consists of three
bays with plain king-post trusses, the tie-beams
cutting across the top of the east window. The
same roof is continued over the nave with collared
principals and shaped wood brackets on stone corbels,
and is of seven bays plastered between the trusses
and with three modern dormer windows on the
south side.

The south arcade consists of six pointed arches of

262

two chamfered orders springing from octagonal piers,
I ft. 8 in. diam., with moulded capitals and bases and
from responds at ends. The two easternmost arches
to the chancel are wider than those to the nave, the
piers are thicker and the detail of the capitals different,
but they appear to have been built at the same time.
The north arcade consists of four pointed arches on
octagonal piers similar to those on the south side, the
capitals only slightly differing in detail. The piers are
5 ft. 6 in. in height to the top of the capitals, the height
of the arches above being 10 ft. 2 in. to the crown.
There is a 4 ft. length of blank wall at the west end
of the nave on the north side and the whole of the
interior walling is plastered. The windows of the
south aisle are all square-headed, of three lights with
external hood mould,10 and are probably of 16th-
century date. There are two windows and a priest's
door to the chancel aisle and a single window and
doorway to the nave. The east window of the aisle
has a four-centred head with three pointed lights

and hollow-chamfered
mullions and the west
window is modern.

The porch, which
is dated 161 1, stands
12 ft. from the west
end of the aisle, and
is built of wrought
stone with a blue-
slated overhanging
roof and segmental
outer arch. It is very
plain in character and
small in size, measur-
ing only 8 ft. 3 in. by
8 ft. II in. wide, and
has a seat on each side.
The north aisle pro-
per is confined to the
two western bays of
the nave, beyond
which, to the east, it
is merged into the
chantry chapel. Its
west end, which now
forms the baptistery,
is lighted by a modern

three-light segmental-headed traceried window, and
has a pointed north door opposite the second
bay. The wall west of the doorway is occupied by
a modern Gothic memorial to members of the
Swainson family, and the floor of the baptistery is
raised two steps above that of the nave. The aisle
roof is a continuation of that of the nave, with low
overhanging eaves.

The Butler chapel, or St. Katharine's chantry, is
now seated with modern pews and open to the nave,
but at the west end is separated from the aisle by
an ornate early igth-century Gothic screen, said to
have been made at Lancaster and bearing the arms
of the France and Wilson families.11 The floor is
boarded and raised two steps above that of the nave,
and the chapel is covered with a separate low-pitched
gabled roof with flat plaster ceiling, the latter probably
introduced in 1 797. At this time, too, a fireplace was

10 The westernmost one is slightly different in detail.

11 Fishwick, op. cit. 57.

SCALE or FEET

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

ST. MICHAEL-
ON-WYRE

built in the north-east corner, and is still in position
though bricked up. There are two segmental-
headed windows on the north side, each of three
cinquefoiled lights and trefoiled tracery, and at the
east end a taller three-light window of similar type
with perpendicular tracery.12 On the exterior, which
is almost entirely covered with ivy and has a modern
straight parapet and two square buttresses and a
diagonal one at the north-east corner, is a shield with
the arms of Butler. The chapel contains no monu-
ments, but on a framed board at its west end is an
escutcheon with the arms of Roe of Rawcliffe, with
helm, crest, mantling and motto.

The tower is faced with large wrought sandstone
blocks and is very irregular in shape, the west and
south walls being at an obtuse angle. It has a pro-
jecting vice in the south-east corner and diagonal
buttresses of five stages finishing below the belfry
stage, which is slightly set back with a plain splay.
The belfry windows are of two flat trefoiled lights
without hood mould, and have slate louvres, and the
tower finishes with an embattled moulded parapet,
angle pinnacles and leaded roof, the height to the
top of the parapet being 46 ft. 6 in. The west
door has a four-centred head of two hollow-chamfered
orders and hood mould, and above is a three-light
segmental-headed transomed window of poor detail,
with plain chamfered jambs and mullions and rounded
heads to the lights. There is a clock on the east and
west sides, but the north and south sides are plain
except for the belfry windows and a square opening
immediately below. The date 1 6 1 1 on the parapet
is probably that of the whole of the external walling,
if not of the entire rebuilding of the tower. The
tower arch is of two chamfered orders placed high up
above the roof principals, obtuse and awkward in
shape.

All the fittings, including the font and pulpit, are
modern, but there are fragments of ancient glass in
the north chancel window and westernmost window
of the chapel, the former heraldic and the latter a
circular piece with a picture of sheep-shearing,
one of a former series representing the months or
seasons.13

There is a ring14 of three bells, the first dated

1652, with a long inscription in Gothic letters
difficult to decipher. The second bell is dated 1663
and inscribed ' God save the King,' and with various
initials, and the third is by Abel Rudhall of Gloucester,
1742.

The plate consists of two silver chalices of 1792,
with the arms of Wilson impaling France, two silver-
plated patens and a plated flagon.15

The register of baptisms begins in 1659 and those
of marriages and burials in 1662. From 1659 to
1707 the registers have been printed.16

The churchwardens' accounts begin in 1667.

In the churchyard is a sundial, the plate dated
1796 and bearing the names of the Rev. Hugh
Hornby, vicar, and of five churchwardens. The
oldest dated gravestone is 1667.

At the Conquest the church was
JDfOWSON no doubt in the gift of Earl Tostig
as lord of Amounderness. No change
seems to have been made afterwards, so that Theobald
Walter, when lord of the wapentake, 1 190 to 1200,
had this advowson also, for he gave the church of
St. Michael with all its appurtenances to the Abbot
and monks of Wyresdale in alms ; they were to
appoint a vicar with a portion sufficient for his
maintenance.17 The monks accordingly appointed
one H. to the charge, allowing him the land to the
east of the church with the fishery there and half a
mark yearly. They also undertook to provide a
clerk to assist him.18

The monastery was transferred to Ireland, and the
gift of the church appears to have lapsed, for when
in 1 203—4 it was alleged that Garstang was a chapel
pertaining to St. Michael's the patron was the king.19
From that time the advowson remained with the
honour of Lancaster20 until 1409, when Henry IV
gave it to the newly-founded college of St. Mary
Magdalen at Battlefield near Shrewsbury.21 A vicar
was appointed in 1411, on the death of the last
rector.22 When the college was suppressed with
other chantries in I 546-8, the rectory and advowson
were taken by the Crown, and after minor grants 23
the rectory was in 1 6 1 1 sold to Francis Morrice and
Francis Phillips of London, but the advowson was
reserved.24 This, however, with the rectory soon

u The lower part of all these windows
to a height of 18 in. has been filled
in with brick, so as to form a window
seat inside.

13 It bears the figure of the crab and is
lettered 'Junius.'

14 In 1692 it was ordered that during
the winter the sexton should ring the
great bell at 8 p.m. and 4 a.m. ; Fishwick,
op. cit. 65. In 1742 the churchwardens
reported their two bells out of order, 'the
great bell being lately burst ' ; Visit. Ret.

15 On 21 Apr. 1671 Thomas Knowles
and Ann his wife bestowed on the church
a piece of silver plate inscribed ' Ex dono
Thomae Knowles et Annae ejus uxoris
de Sowerby,' to remain for ever as a
proper right of the parish to be employed
about the holy sacrament of the body
and blood of Christ. This appears to
have been lost.

16 Lanes. Parish Reg. Soc. Publ. xxvii
(1906). Transcribed by Henry Brierley.

17 Farrer, Lanes. Pipe R. 336; from
the confirmatory grant by William de
Chimelli, Archdeacon of Richmond, be-
tween 1194 and 1198.

18 Ibid. 337-8. If H. did not him-
self act as chaplain he was to provide a
sufficient deputy. The monks reserved
the right to construct a mill on the land
to the east of the church.

9 See the account of Garstang
Church.

20 Thomas Earl of Lancaster had the
advowson in 1316, and received the
king's licence to alienate it 5 Cal. Pat.
1313-17, p. 512.

21 Duchy of Lane. Misc. Bks. xvi,
139 (pt. iii) ; Cal. Pat. 1408—13, p. 59.
The papal confirmation was obtained ;
Cal. Papal Letters, vi, 226.

M Dugdale, Man. viii, 1427. The
college was to keep the chancel in repair.
An imperfect translation of the ordina-
tion of the vicarage in 1411 may be seen
in Porter's Fyldet 458-9.

88 Some of the lands, particularly in
Tarnacre, were granted to John Pickerell
and John Bernard in 1 549 ; Pat. 3
Edw. VI, pt. xi. The rectory was leased
to Robert Worsley for eighty years in
1575; ibid. 18 Eliz., pt, vi. Other
church lands in Tarnacre were granted

26.3

in 1589 ; ibid. 31 Eliz., pt. vii. Further
details from the Duchy Pleadings are
printed in Fishwick, op. cit. 46—53.

An agreement as to the rectory between
William Doddington and Henry Kirkby
was enrolled in 1564 in the Common
Pleas ; Mich. 6 & 7 Eliz.

M This is stated in an abstract of title
of William Johnson's trustees in the
possession of W. Farrer ; the date is
28 July 1611. In the following October
the grantees sold to Thomas Gatacre and
Richard Taylor, who in 1613 sold to
John Cook of Hartwell Park, Northants.
The purchaser had already secured the
interest of Worsley and others to whom
grants had been made. In 1620 Cook
sold to William Johnson. For this see
also Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 326, m. 3 d.

The Patent Rolls show grants apparently
at variance, viz. in 1610 to John Eldred
and others in fee (Pat. 8 Jas. I, pt. xxi), and
in 1612 to Robert Earl of Salisbury for
forty years ; ibid. 9 Jas. I, pt. x.

Various references are given in Exch.
Dep. (Rcc. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), 10,
12, &c.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

afterwards became the property of William Johnson."
After various sales the advowson came into the
possession of the Rev. Hugh Hornby, vicar from
1789 to 1847, and it has descended to his grandson
the present patron, Mr. Hugh Phipps Hornby.*6

In 1216-26 the rectory, then in the king's gift,
was valued at 30 marks yearly," but not long after-
wards, in 1 24.6, it was said to be worth 70 marks.'8
The value continued to increase, and in 1291 was
recorded as £66 1 3/. 4</.,*' but this after the raid of
the Scots in 1322 was reduced to little more than a
third, viz. £23 6s. 8</.30 This valuation was con-

firmed in 1 34 1.31 In 1527 the rectory, appro-
priated to Battlefield College, was valued at £20
a year and the vicarage at _£8.s* Some eight years
later, however, the farmers of the rectory paid
£31 is. \d. to the college,33 while the vicarage was
worth £10 ijs. 6d. clear.34 By 1650 the value of
the vicarage had increased to £50 a year,35 but about
1717 was certified as £44 icxr.36 The vicar and
patron in 1816 obtained an Act of Parliament to
commute the vicarial tithes, &c., for a corn rent,
securing a clear annual income of £joo,37 and the
net value is now given as £584 a year.38

The following have been rectors and vicars : —

RECTORS
Instituted Name Patron

c. 1196 . . . . H.39 Wyresdale Abbey

oc. 1 204 .... Mr. Matthew the Physician 40 . .

c. 1216 . . . . Mr. Macy41 King John

c. 1224 .... William of Savoy 4* Henry III . .

1 5 Oct. 1227 . . Mr. William de Avignon 43 ... „ . .

15 Nov. 1227 . . Mr. Henry de Bishopston44 ... „ . .

6 Mar. 1237-8 . Mr. Peter de Aqua Blanca45 ... „ . .

oc. I 246 .... James de Monasteriis 4S ....

1 9 Feb. 1264-5 • Richard le Rus 46a Henry III . .

oc. 1289-95. . . Walter de Langton "

oc. 1294. . . . Thomas son of Alan 48

oc. 1 3 1 2 . . . . Simon de Balderston 49 ....

Cause of Vacancy

prom. — of Savoy

84 How he acquired the advowson does
not appear — perhaps in virtue of the
Worsley lease — but he presented in 1628,
when the king also presented by way of
confirmation.

The above-named abstract mentions
William Johnson, Julalia his wife, Alex-
ander and Richard his sons. Alexander
about 1630 married Anne Turner, and
in 1654 was described as of Rushton
Grange in Yorkshire ; his son William
was married to Mary daughter and heir
of Thomas Coomber, D.D. The will of
Alexander Johnson was dated 1666 and
that of his son Richard 1680 ; the latter
left a son and heir Alexander, who
married in 1681 Mary sister of Allen
Bellingham of Levens. They had a son
Allen, who in 1706 was to marry Eliza-
beth Lawson of Wakefield.

Allen Johnson and others had the
advowson in 1703 ; Pal. of Lane. Plea
R. 478, m. 5 d.

Some further particulars of the family
are given in Fishwick, op. cit. 45, where
it is stated that Allen Johnson sold the
advowson to the Rev. Richard Cromble-
holme, whose son Edward sold it to
Thomas Whitehead ; his great-grandson,
of the same name, rector of Eccleston,
sold it to the Rev. Christopher Swainson ;
his grandson sold to Joseph Hornby,
who gave to his brother the Rev. Hugh
Hornby.

36 See the account of Ribby-with-
Wrea and the pedigree in Burke., Landed
Gentry.

37 Lanes. Inq. and Extents (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), i, 120.

88 Assize R. 404, m. 22 ; it was in
the king's gift.

29 It was worth 100 marks, and in the
Earl of Lancaster's gift, in 1297 ; Lanes.
Inq. and Extents, i, 298.

s° Pope Nick. Tax. (Rec. Com.), 307,
327.

81 Inq. Nonarum (Rec. Com.), 37. The
decline was attributed in part to the
allowance of hay tithes and other altar-

age (£14. 13*. 4^.) and £2 for glebe, but
chiefly to the invasion of the Scots and
other misfortunes, resulting in a decline
of £26 131. 4</. The separate townships
contributed thus : Upper Rawcliffe, £2 ;
Out Rawcliffe, £4 ; Eccleston, Elswick
and Inskip-with-Sowerby, £2 131. 4^.
each, and Woodplumpton £9 61. %d.

82 Duchy of Lane. Rentals, bdle. 5,
no. 15.

88 Valor Eccl. (Rec. Com.), iii, 195.

84 Ibid, v, 263. The mansion-house
and glebe were worth us. ^d., small
tithes £3 os. 8</., Easter roll £j 131.
The vicar paid ecclesiastical dues amount-
ing to js. 6d.

35 Common-iv. Ch. Sur-v. (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), 146-8. The vicar
had a house, 10 acres of glebe (in Tarn-
acre) and the small tithes, out of which
he had usually paid the curate of Wood-
plumpton £4. a year. The value of the
tithes was much reduced by prescriptions.
In 1651 an augmentation of ,£50 a year
was ordered out of the sequestrated estates
of Sir Thomas Tyldesley and others ;
Plund. Mins. Accts. (Rec. Soc. Lanes,
and Ches.), i, 105, 114, &c.

36 Gastrell, Notitia Cestr. (Chet. Soc.),
ii, 448. The glebe, 24 acres, was worth
£10, Easter dues and small tithes
^24 los., surplice fees £$, legacy
from Ralph Longworth £5. There
were five churchwardens, being one for
each township, except Woodplumpton.

87 Ibid. 449.

38 Manch. Dioc. Dir. For the Terle-
ways land see a later note.

89 Farrer, op. cit. 337. A much later
charter relating to Ellel and Sowerby
was attested by H. chaplain of the church
of St. Michael and Thomas, deacon of
the same place ; Dods. MSS. liii, fol. 90^.
This H. is no doubt the ' Henry the
Chaplain ' named in Cockersand Chartul.
(Chet. Soc.), i, 245.

40 Farrer, op. cit. 192 ; the king's
physician. He proffered 10 marks in order
that the trial of his claim that Garstang

264

was a chapelry of St. Michael's might
come on without delay. He occurs several
times in the Patent Rolls, &c., until 1209.

41 Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 119. He
may be the same as Master Matthew.

a The rectory about 1220 seems to
have been much sought for. The Patent
Rolls show that in 1224 Randle, clerk of
the son of the Earl de Ferrers, had letters
of presentation to it ; Cal. Pat. 1216-25,
p. 472. In 1225 William de Thornour,
clerk, was presented by the king ; ibid.
1225-32, p. 8. Yet about the same
time a son of the Count of ' Salvata ' held
it, as is shown by the cause of vacancy
in 1227 ; Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 119.
It appears that this was William son of
Thomas Count of Savoy, Bishop of
Valence from 1226 till 1241, when he
was succeeded by his brother Boniface,
Archbishop of Canterbury, 1242-70;
Gallia Christiana, xvi, 314.

43 The rector having been promoted to
a bishopric the king presented two clerks
one after the other ; Cal. Pat. 1225-32,
pp. 147, 169. William de Avignon was
presented to Bromsgrove in the same
year ; ibid.

4* There are many references to this
rector in the Patent Rolls of the time.
According to Le Neve he refused the
deanery of Salisbury.

45 Cal. Pat. 1232-47, p. 211 ; he is
described as clerk to the bishop-elect of
Valence. He had a grant of the arch-
deaconry of Salop in 1239 ; Le Neve, Fasti,
i, 482-

46 Assize R. 404, m. 22.

46a Cal. Pat. 1258-66, p. 408.

47 Cal. Papal Letters, i, 508, &c. ; dis-
pensations to hold other benefices. See
Manchester. This busy ' king's clerk '
discharged his duties by deputy.

48 Cal. Pat. 1 292-1 301, p. 123. From
the Cal. Papal Letters, i, 559, it would
seem that Langton still held St. Michael's
in 1295.

49 De Banco R. 193, m. 40 d. ; rector
of St. Michael's on Wyresbank.

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

ST. MICHAEL
ON-WYRE

Instituted

oc. 1322-60.
oc. 1367-88.
i Mar. 1390

oc. 1428 . . .
5 June 1444 .
oc. 1451-2 . .
1 8 June 1463 .
oc. 1504-8 . .
oc. 1509-30. .
[IS32 • •
1535 • •
23 Sept. 1537 .
1 6 July 1549 .
27 June 1577 .
31 Dec. 1628)

8 May 1629) '
oc. 1651-2 .
1 6 Feb. 1658-9

5 Mar. 1663-4
25 Feb. 1668-9
29 Feb. 1715-16

Name

William de Balderston 50
William de Hornby61 .
Thomas de Herdwick a

Richard Raby 63 . . .
Thomas Wainwright M.

Peter 55 . . .

William Houghton46 .
Robert Richardson " .
John Preesall M . . .
Robert Hill ....
Christopher Gradell 59 .
Michael Thornborow M
Thomas Cross61
Adam Wolfenden «. .

Nicholas Bray61 . .

Henry Jenny, M.A.64 .
Nathaniel Baxter, M.A.65
John Greenwood M .
Thomas Robinson, B.A.67
Richard Crombleholme 68

Patron

Cause of Vaca

ncy

VICARS

Battlefield Coll.

d. R. Raby

Battlefield Coll.

Battlefield Coll. .

Exors. Bp. Blythe.

Battlefield Coll. .

G. Kirkby, &c. .

The Queen
( William Johnson )
\ The King )

Alex. Johnson .

William Johnson
Thomas Clitherall

d. J. Preesall
d. C. Gradell
d. M. Thornborow
d. T. Cross

res. A. Wolfenden

exp. N. Baxter

d. T. Robinson

50 He had a dispute as to the tithes of
Myerscough with the monks of Lancaster
in 1326 ; it was stated that he had carried
away the tithes for five years past ; Lane.
Ch. (Chet. Soc.), 453-5. He seems to
have been resident, as he occurs in local
deeds; in 1348, Towneley MS. C 8, 5
(Chet. Lib.), Edw. Ill, no. 10 ; in 1360,
Towneley MS. OO, no. 1565. The sur-
name is given as Balderston and Bolleron ;
Duchy of Lane. Assize R. 6, m. 4 ; 7,
m. 6.

51 Rector of Ribchester (q.v.) 1350-65.
He is named as rector of St. Michael's,
De Banco R. 426 (1367), m. 221 ; 440,
m. 33 ; 463 (1376), m. 67. He was
still rector in 1386 ; Dep. Keeper's Rep.
xxxii, App. 361—5. He was living in 1389,
receiver of the duke, and probably re-
tained the benefice till his death; ibid. 365.

In 1383 Margaret daughter of William
son of Robert de Hornby called upon
William de Hornby, rector of St. Michael's,
and John de Hornby, rector of Tatham, to
hold to an agreement regarding lands in
Bentley, &c. ; De Banco R. 491, m. 574.

M Fishwick, op. cit. 109, quoting reg.
of Richmond. He complained to the
Archbishop of Canterbury as Lord
Chancellor that Thomas de Urswick
held the church (which was in the king's
patronage) and would not allow him to
take the profits, disregarding the king's
order ; Early Chan. Proc. bdle. 16, no. 47.
The date must lie between 1392 and
1396 or 1407 and 1409.

Thomas de Herdwick had a prebend in
Lincoln Cathedral, which he exchanged
for one at Lichfield in 1394. He died in
1411, and was buried in the latter
cathedral ; Le Neve, Fasti, i, 587 ; ii,
223. His executors in 1416 gave fine
for a writ ; Final Cone. (Rec. Soc. Lanes,
and Ches.), iii, 85.

58 He is named in local deeds ; Dods.
MSS. Ixii, fol. 90 ; cxlix, fol. 332 (quoted
by Fishwick) ; Towneley MS. DD, no.
178.

54 Raines MSS. (Chet. Lib.), xxii, 373.

8S Brockholes of Claughton D.

56 Fishwick, op. cit. 1 1 o. He is named
as vicar in deeds from 1465 to 1478 ;
Kuerden fol. MS. 72, 37. He was vicar
in Dec. 1496; Towneley MS. C 8, 13

(Chet. Lib.), 6204. Also in 1503;
Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. iii, no. 73.

57 Kuerden MSS. iv, P 121, no. 74;
Fishwick, loc. cit.

58 In a return of 1527 already cited
John Preesall (Presewe) is stated to have
been vicar for eighteen years ; Duchy of
Lane. Rentals, bdle. 5, no. 15. See
Fishwick, op. cit. in.

49 The vicarage was vacant in 1532,
when William Knight, Archdeacon of
Richmond, Humphrey Thomas alias
Lashford, clerk, and Robert Hill, clerk,
were ordered to permit the executors of
Geoffrey (Blythe), Bishop of Lichfield,
to present ; Pal. of Lane. Writs Proton.
no. 46, 24 Hen. VIII.

A grant of the presentation by the
master and brethren of the college led to
a dispute. It appears that they granted
the bishop the next presentation as early
as 1515, but on the vacancy presented
the above-named Robert Hill. Judgement
was in 1535 given in favour of the
executors and Christopher Gradell was
instituted. Hill was ordered to restore
half of the fruits of the vicarage which
he had received ; Pal. of Lane. Plea R.
158, m. 9.

Gradell was vicar in 1 5 3 5 ; Valor Eccl.
v, 263.

60 Mr. Earwaker's note from ' Ledger,
P- 33°.'

61 The patrons for the turn were George
Kirkby and Nicholas Lawrenson by grant
of John Hussey, Master of Battlefield
College ; Earwaker. Cross had been one
of the chantry priests.

63 Earwaker. Wolfenden was curate
of Wigan in 1576 ; Pennant's Acct. Bk.
John Cottam as executor of Lawrence
Cottam claimed the right to present on
the ground of a further grant (1544) by
the college to the said Lawrence ; Pal. of
Lane. Plea R. 241, m. 28. Robert
Worsley was joined in the defence with
the Bishop of Chester and Wolfenden.

At the visitation in 1598 the chancel
was reported to be ' very ruinous,' and a
sequestration was ordered.

The vicar was returned as ' no preacher '
both in 1590 and 1610 ; S. P. Dom. Eliz.
xxxi, no. 47 ; Hist. MSS. Com. Rep. xir,
App. iv, 8.

265

Being above the age of eighty, and
having been vicar for fifty years and more,
he in 1628 resigned the vicarage, desiring
the bishop to institute Nicholas Bray ;
Ch. Papers at Chester Dice. Reg.

For fuller accounts of the vicars see
Fishwick, op. cit. 113-25.

63 The double presentation (a resigna-
tion intervening) was due to a doubt as
to Johnson's right. See Chester Act Bks.
1579-1676, fol. <)\b, 114^5 Inst. Bks.
P.R.O. as printed in Lanes, and Ches.
Antiq. Notes, i, 95, &c.

Bray is said to have been a zealous
Independent; Fishwick, op. cit. 115.
St. Michael's was not recognized in the
Presbyterian Classis of 1646, and its
minister did not sign the ' Harmonious
Consent' of 1648.

An anecdote of his hostility to Charles I
is given in Loc. Glean. Lanes, and Ches.
ii, 20.

64 Plund. Mins. Accts. i, 106, 141.

65 Ibid, ii, 288. He was educated at
Jesus Coll., Camb. ; M.A. 1660 ; and
was ordained at Manchester in 1659,
having obtained the vicarage through the
influence of Isaac Ambrose, vicar of
Garstang ; Manch. Classis (Chet. Soc.),
412 ; Newcome's Autobiog. and Diary.
Like Ambrose he was ejected in 1662,
and afterwards laboured as a Nonconfor-
mist minister at Beauchief Hall, Derby-
shire, and afterwards at Sheffield. He
died in 1697 ; Calamy, Nonconf. Mem.
(ed. Palmer), ii, 99-101.

In 1660 Baxter secured the king's
patent for his vicarage, the patronage
apparently being still doubtful ; Pat. 12
Chas. II, pt. i, no. 82 ; Dep. Keeper's
Rep. xlvi.

66 Nothing seems to be known of this
vicar. He was buried in the chancel of
the church on 6 Dec. 1668.

67 Educated at Trinity Coll., Dublin ;
Visit. List at Chester. He was 'con-
formable* to the government in 1689;
Hist. MSS. Com. Rep. xiv, App. iv, 229.

68 The church papers at Chester Dioc.
Reg. record the institutions from this
time. As already stated, this vicar acquired
the patronage, in which he was succeeded
by his son Edward. The name is also
spelt Cromleholme.

34

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Instituted

14 June 1729

Z4 Sept. 1765

2 Aug. 1768

1 4 July 1784
19 Oct. 1789

Mar. 1847

15 Sept. 1885

Name

William Crombleholme69 .

Robert Oliver, M.A.70 . .
Anthony Swainson, M.A.71

Charles Buck, M.A.71 . .

Hugh Hornby, M.A/1 . .

William Hornby, M.A.74 .
Phipps John Hornby, M.A.74

Patron

Edw. Crombleholme
Richard Whitehead

» •

John Swainson . ,

Joseph Hornby .

William Hornby .

This list of clergy does not call for any comment,
though one or two of the early rectors were men of
eminence. The service of the parish church, chantries
and chapelries before the Reformation would require
a staff of at least five priests. The list of 1548 does
not seem to have been preserved,76 but in 1554, and
again in 1562, three names are entered in the Bishop
of Chester's visitation list." Afterwards there were
apparently only the vicar at the parish church and the
curate at Woodplumpton.78 Copp chapel was added
in 1723. A religious census was made in 175 5, when
the vicar and churchwardens recorded the 367 families
in the parish (apart from Woodplumpton) thus :
Church of England, 297 ; Protestant Dissenters or
Presbyterians, 26 ; Quakers, 3 ; Papists, 4i.79

There were two endowed chantries. One was
founded by John Boteler of Out Rawcliffe (d. 1534)
at the altar of St. Katharine in the north aisle of the
church.80 The priest was to celebrate for the souls
of the founder ind others and to teach a grammar
school. The clear revenue at the confiscation in
1547-8 was £5 los. %d., derived from lands in
Great and Little Eccleston, Esprick and Staynall
Mill.81 The other chantry, of the B.V. Mary, was

Cause of Vacancy

d. R. Crombleholme
d. W. Crombleholme
res. R. Oliver
d. A. Swainson
res. C. Buck
d. H. Hornby
res. W. Hornby

founded by William Kirkby of Upper Rawcliffe, and
had an endowment of £4 i$s. io</.8i A gift of
land in Great Sowerby, made by Thomas Urswick in
1423 for the support of a chaplain in the parish
church,85 may have become merged in the general
endowment.

The old grammar school was destroyed with the
chantry, and the next schools were not founded till
the beginning of the 1 8th century.

Official inquiries as to the endowed
CHARITIES charities of the parish were made in
1824 and 1898, and the report of
the latter M contains also a reprint of the former
report. It appears that the gross income is £303 a
year, but £104 is devoted to the schools and £6j to
ecclesiastical purposes. It is singular that there are
no funds for apprenticing children and no almshouses.
For the whole parish there is an ancient bread
charity of £2 yearly, distributed after morning
service at the parish church on the second Sunday of
the month in ' cobs ' of bread.

For the poor of Great Eccleston there are sums of
£3 ijs. 6<t. from the benefactions of William
Gualter,8' Jonathan Dobson 86 and William Fyld,87

Richard Crombleholme had been curate
of Hambleton 1706—17 (q.v.). For his
epitaph and will see Fishwick, op. cit.
73, 120.

69 In 1730 there was ' communion four
times a year at least ' ; Visit. Ret. In

. 1 742 the report was ' Lord's Supper six
times in the year ' ; ibid.

70 Educated at Worcester and Merton
Colls., Oxf. ; M.A. 1734 ; Foster, Alumni
Oxon. He was schoolmaster of Preston,
curate of St. George'* in that town, and
vicar of Warton.

71 Educated at Worcester Coll., Oxf. ;
M.A. 1767 ; Foster, Alumni. For an
account of him »ee Hewitson, Our Country
Churches, 445.

78 Educated at St. John's Coll., Camb.;
M.A. 1781. Became curate of Warton
in KJrkham in 1789.

73 Younger brother of the patron, from
whom he obtained the advowson. Hugh
Hornby was educated at Christ's Coll.,
Camb. ; M.A. 1790. He was incumbent
of Whitworth near Rochdale 1804—29.

74 He was the only son of the preceding
vicar, and was educated at Christ Church,
Oxf.; M.A. 1836. He was appointed
Hon. Canon of Manchester in 1850 and
Archdeacon of Lancaster in 1870. He
died 20 Dec. 1899.

75 Archdeacon of Lancaster 1909. He
is a younger son of the late Archdeacon
Hornby ; educated at Balliol Coll., Oxf. ;
M.A. 1879. He has afforded information
to the editors on several points.

76 The record of church goods in 1552 is
printed by Fishwick op. cit. 63.

77 Chester Dioc. Reg. One of the
three, Christopher Thompson, is noted as
extra ; see Chester Ordin. Bk. (Rec. Soc.),
1 08, and the account

78 This was the case in 1622 ; Misc.
(Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 68—9.

79 Visit. Ret.

80 The altar existed before the chantry
and St. Katharine's aisle is named in the
will of Alice Boteler, widow, 1504 ; she
left 2od. for the light burning there ;
Fishwick, op. cit. 55.

81 Raines, Chantries (Chet. Soc.), 217.
Neither of the chantries is mentioned in
the Valor Eccl. of 1535. William
Harrison wat the priest of the Boteler
chapel in 1548 and fifty-four years old.
There is a fuller account by Fishwick
loc. cit., it being shown that this chantry
was founded about 1528.

In 1 548 the king allowed Thomas Cross
a pension of £4 1 31. loJ. in respect of the
late chantry ; Add. MS. 32106, no. 890.

82 Raines, op. cit. 220. Thomas Cross
(afterwards vicar) was incumbent and
forty years of age. It was part of his
duty to ' assist the curate ' of the parish.
From the full account in Fishwick (op.
cit. 58—62) it appears that this chantry
was founded before 1505, and that
William Richardson, Edmund Clarkson
(there in 1526) and Thomas Cross had
been the chantry priests. William
Kirkby, the reputed founder, died about
that time.

88 Add. MS. 32106, fol. 309, no. 384.
Lord Derby's rental of 1522 (quoted
below) shows that 14$. was paid yearly.

At an inquiry made in 1561 it was
stated that lands in Claughton called
Mickle and Little 'Tirlaweys' (Terle-
ways) of the yearly rent of 6j. had been
given by Dame Ellen Urswick (see Upper
Rawcliffe) to St. Michael's Church. The
tradition was that she had intended to
give them to Garstang, but someone had

266

remarked that it would be more meri-
torious to give to the other church,
' because St. Michael must weigh her
soul,' and so she changed her mind ;
Duchy of Lane. Special Com. 33.

The land was secured for the church
(see Ducatus Lane. [Rec. Com.], ii, 283),
and now yields £46 a year. It was
formerly the custom to have a dinner
for vicar and wardens out of the funds on
5 November, on which day a sermon
' against popery ' was preached ; the rest
was applied to the church rate. The dinner
and sermon are things of the past, and
the net receipts are given to the church
expenses account ; End. Char. Rep. In
1796 it was ordered that the balance,
after paying for the dinner and a quart of
ale for each participant, should accumulate
for the purchase of an organ ; Porter,
Fylde, 465.

84 Issued in 1899.

85 By his will, dated 1748, he left two
messuages and a close called the Town
Field in Great Eccleston to support two
poor widows of the township. The sale
produced £58, which is now held by the
trustees of Copp School. The interest,
£i igs. 6d.t is distributed by the clerk of
the parish council in money doles to
poor widows, the number not being
limited.

86 Jonathan Dobson the elder about
1760 left £20 for the poor. This sum
also is held in part by the Copp School
trustees, but part was lost through the
failure of Pedder's Bank, Preston, and
1 8i. is paid as interest. It is distributed
in doles at the same time as Gualter' s
charity.

87 By his will in 1719 he left a rent-
charge of 40;. a year on land called the

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

distributed in money doles,88 and £i from Ellen
Longworth for bread for the poor attending Copp
Church.89 Elizabeth Hoole or Hull gave about
2 acres of meadow in Elswick to the Roman Catholic
chapel in Great Eccleston, charging it with the pay-
ment of ^3 a year to the poor of Elswick.90 This
sum is distributed by the parish council in money
gifts at Christmas.

Thomas Knowles of Sowerby in 1686 gave his
estate at Loudscales in Goosnargh for the benefit of
the poor of Great and Little Sowerby, Inskip, Tarn-
acre and Goosnargh, in equal shares. The gross
rental is £90. Three-fourths of the net income,
about £82, is divided equally between Inskip with
(Great) Sowerby and Upper Rawcliffe with Tarnacre
(which includes Little Sowerby). The money is
given by the trustees in doles averaging about i^s. in
December.91 For Inskip with Sowerby there is a
further money dole of £16 i8/., due to the gift of
John Jolly in i75o,M and for Upper Rawcliffe with
Tarnacre other doles of £2 los. from Ralph Long-
worth 9J and £2 from John Hudson.94 In Out
Rawcliffe £l is. a. year used to be given, but had
ceased by i8z4.9*

The township of Woodplumpton has £23 i8j. \d.
a year from the benefactions of Thomas Houghton **
and George Nicholson,97 applicable in kind, or in
medical relief, money gifts or education. It has also
£8 i 5/. a year, given in money, from the bequest of
Richard Edward Waterworth in i85<D.M

UPPER RAWCLIFFE WITH
TARNACRE

Rodeclif, Dom. Bk. ; Rotheclif, 1301 ; Uprouthe-
clyve, 1288. Up Rawcliffe was the form commonly
used till about 1700, when Upper Rawcliffe, which
appears in the 1 6th century, displaced it.

ST. MICHAEL-
ON-WYRE

Trenaker, c. 1250.

This township, which contains the parish church,
has a total area of 3,839$ acres,1 of which two-thirds
lie north of the River Wyre and the remaining third
south. The population in 1901 was 518. Tarnacre
or Trenacre, the acreage of which is now estimated
as 486, is in the north-east,1 Turnover Hall about
the centre, on the north bank of the river, with
Stockenbridge to the south ; White Hall is on the
western border. The Brock flows into the Wyre
half a mile east of the church. The surface is flat
and low ; the highest ground, about 50 ft. above sea
level, is in the north, in Rawcliffe Moss.

The principal roads go from east to west through
the township, to the south and north of the river,
from Myerscough to Great Eccleston (past the church),
and from Catterall to Hambleton respectively. Near
the church there is a bridge across the Wyre by which
these roads are connected.

A parish council administers local affairs.

The soil is mostly light peat with subsoil of blue
clay ; oats, potatoes, turnips, &c., are grown.

There are ghost stories connected with two of the
old houses. Major Longworth of St. Michael's Hall
was said to have haunted the place after his death.
To lay his ghost the ' combined power of priest and
parson was brought into operation. The ghost was
" laid" under the bridge near the hall, with the injunc-
tion that it had to remain quiet " so long as the water
flowed down the hills and the ivy remained green." '
The other ghost was said to appear in the garden of
White Hall.4

In 1066 Earl Tostig held a RAW-
MANORS CLIFFE assessed as three plough-lands
and a MICHAELKIRK assessed as one.5
Probably the whole was granted together with Gar-
stang to form the Wyresdale fee of the Lancaster
family.6 In 1242 Lambert de Multon held the twelfth
part of a knight's fee in Rawcliffe.7 He was then

Stone Lands, for ' the poorest sort of
householders ' in the township. The
charge is still paid, and the money is
distributed with Dobson's.

88 The list of recipients is settled by
the parish council.

89 She left £20 in 1789 for the purpose
named. The capital is intact, and £i a
year is paid as interest. This provides
ten twopenny ' cobs,' which are given
after morning service at Copp Church on
the last Sunday of the month to poor
people who have attended the service.

90 The rent-charge now exceeds the
annual value of the land.

91 The other fourth part goes to the
poor of Goosnargh.

98 He left the residue of his estate for
the benefit of poor housekeepers in the
township. The whole amount was £3 70,
but £170 was said to have been lost by
the bankruptcy of a trustee ; the re-
mainder is lent on mortgage, and owing
to various charges only a small amount
yearly has recently been available for
distribution. The trustees give it in
sums of is. to p. about Christmas time.

93 His will was dated 1691. In 1824
the £2 lot. was paid out of the estate
called St. Michael's Hall, which had
been owned by John Ashton Nelson of
Fairhurst, and after his death in 1822
by hit sister. Archdeacon Hornby was
the owner in 1898, and paid the rent-
charge through his tenant. The sum

was added to Knowles' chanty and simi-
larly distributed.

94 By his will in 1722 he left his
estate in Upper Rawcliffe to his son
Robert charged with £2 to be paid in
equal sums to four of the poorest persons
in the township 'to buy them such things
as they should stand most in need of,
against the great yearly festival of the
Nativity.' Ralph Baines was the owner
in 1824. and William Baines Porter in
1898 ; the rent-charge is duly paid and
given in sums of 101. to four poor persons.

95 It had been paid by John France and
then by his widow ; but there was nothing
to show that it was not a voluntary gift,
and on her death about 1822 it ceased.

96 He in 1649 devised an estate in
Woodplumpton and Broughton for chari-
table uses ; see End. Char. Rep. for
Preston. A fourth part of the income
(;£6?) is available for Woodplumpton.
It used to be given in money doles, but
is now united with Nicholson's gift, as
follows.

97 He left money for 'needful poor
people ' in the township about 1666 ; and
in 1672 it was decreed that ,£210 was
the sum due to the poor. The income,
now £j 31. 4</. from consols, was, like
Houghton's charity, formerly distributed
in money doles, but since 1870 the two
have been combined and regulated under
a scheme of the Charity Commissioners,
allowing payments at in the text. The

267

income is applied to paying bonuses to
contributors to a clothing club, care being
taken to allow larger sums to the poorer
members.

98 He left £600, half the interest to
be paid to the incumbent of Woodplumpton
Church and half to be distributed in
money or bread among poor persons, over
sixty years of age, recommended by the
said incumbent.

1 The Census Rep. of 1901 gives
3,842 acres, including 38 of inland
water.

1 It appears from charters, &c., that
this hamlet was formerly much more
extensive, reaching to the south side of
the Wyre by the church.

3 Hewitson, Our Country Churches, 437.

4 Fishwick, St. Michael's (Chet. Soc.),
167. s V.C.H. Lanes, i, 288*.

* Ibid, i, 357, n. 13 ; Final Cone. (Rec.
Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 214 ; ii, 51.

7 Lanes. Inq. and Extents (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), i, 154. Lambert
de Multon married Amabil daughter and
co-heir of Richard de Lucy by Ada
daughter and co-heir of Hugh de Morvill
and Helewise de Stutevill, widow of
William de Lancaster II. Ada de Lucy
married for her second husband Thomas
de Multon, the father of Lambert. It
seems to have been in this way that
Lambert obtained a part at least of Upper
Rawcliffe ; Cockersand Chartul. (Chet.
Soc.), i, 178 n.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

apparently the immediate lord of the manor, but may
not have retained it long.

William de Lancaster III gave part at least of
Upper Rawcliffe to Richard son of Roger de Kirkby,8
no doubt of Kirkby Ireleth.9 Richard acquired from
his brother Roger 2 oxgangs of land in Rawcliffe,
with tofts and part of the meadow called Meadow-
gate, also the proportion of the fishery pertaining to
2 oxgangs and liberty of grinding at the mill without
multure.10 Roger had had the same from William
de Tarnacre for the rent of a pound of cummin.11
Richard made some further acquisitions,12 and at his

UPPER RAWCLIFFB : ST. MICHAIL'S VILLAGE

death left a son John to succeed him.13 Another
son Peter is also named.14 By them Upper Rawcliffe
was given to William de Whittingham, clerk, and

Ellen his wife,15 and in this way apparently passed to
William de Southworth,16 who was in possession of
the manor in I3H,17 and in 1316-17 granted it to
his son Thomas, together with the reversion of lands
held in dower by Ellen widow of John de Kirkby
and by Elizabeth widow of Nicholas de Southworth,
son of William.18

Thomas de Southworth in 1331 obtained a messuage,
&c , from William son of Robert the Miller of Upper
Rawcliffe. Part of the tenement was then held in
dower by Ellen widow of John de Kirkby.19 He
obtained from Ellen daughter of Nicholas de South-
worth a release of her
interest in the manor
in I336.20 Edmund
de Wedacre in 1 348-9
claimed common of
pasture in Upper
Rawcliffe against
Thomas son of William
de Southworth and
Alice his wife.21

The next step shows
the Urswick family in
possession, but the
story is confused and
doubtful. It would
seem that Margaret
the daughter and heir
of Thomas de South-
worth married one
Robert de Hornby, for
Robert and Margaret
occur in 13 50-2. 22
Soon afterwards Mar-
garet de Hornby
married Robert de
Urswick, and in 1367

obtained the papal dispensation for an impediment
of which they had been in ignorance at the time
of marriage.23 In 1369 Robert de Urswick and

8 John son of Richard de Kirkby in
1x85 gave to William de Whittingham,
clerk, and Ellen his wife all the tene-
ment and demesne in Upper Rawcliffe
which his father Richard had had from
William de Lancaster ; Dods. MSS.
cxlix, fol. 75.

9 Richard was probably the son of
Roger of Kirkby Ireleth by a daughter of
Gilbert Fitz Reinfred, who is mentioned
in 1222 ; see the account of Kirkby
Ireleth.

10 Dods. MSS. cxlix, fol. 75*.
» Ibid.

18 Walter de Sowerby gave to Richard
son of Roger de Kirkby the homage of
two tenants of an oxgang of land in
Rawcliffe for the rent of two barbed
arrows ; Kuerden fol. MS. 380.

Richard de Kirkby obtained half an
oxgang of land from Richard de Rise,
also a fishery from Sir William de
Carleton, who had received it from
William de Lancaster for a rent of 6J. ;
Dods. MSS. cxlix, fol. 96, 97.

11 John son of Richard de Kirkby
granted to Roger son of Henry de
Forton a toft and a selion called Croft-
land in Upper RawclifFe, and William de
Whittingham, clerk, renewed or con-
firmed the gift; ibid, fol, 85*. The
same John also granted to Sir William
son of Sir Richard Boteler the moiety of

hit fishery in Out RawclifFe ; ibid. fol.
97/>. To Ralph de Catterall he gave half
an oxgang of land, &c., in Upper Raw-
clifFe at id. rent ; Add. MS. 32104,
no. 497. The same John son of Richard
de Kirkby held 2 oxgangs of land of
Henry de Beconsaw, who transferred
his homage and service to Thomas son of
Thomas Banastre ; ibid. no. 1317.

14 Peter son of Richard de Kirkby
released to William de Whittingham all
his right in the lands in Upper RawclifFe
which should have descended to him
after the death of Roger de Kirkby his
brother ; Dods. MSS. cxlix, fol. 96.

14 See preceding notes. In 1281 John
son of Richard de Kirkby gave land, in-
cluding a piece by the mill called Peule,
to William de Whittingham ; ibid. fol.
95, 96.

William de Whittingham acquired half
an oxgang of land from Richard son of
Adam de Inskip, part of the mill of
Skippool from John son of William son
of Richard de RawclifFe, and the fishery
(formerly John de Kirkby's) in Out
RawclifFe from William son of Sir Richard
Boteler ; ibid. fol. 85*, 96*, 97 A.

19 It is possible that Whittingham and
Southworth were the same person, or
that the latter was son of the former.
See Claughton.

17 In that year William de Southworth,

clerk, granted turbary in Upper Raw-
clifFe Moss to Henry son of Henry de
Croft of Catterall, who had married his
daughter Joan ; Towneley MS. DD, no.
13. In or before 1315-16 he made an
exchange of lands with Adam son of
Richard del Hall, who transferred his
part to John de Celer -, Dods. MSS.
cxlix, fol. 90^.

18 Ibid. fol. 97. The settlement was
confirmed by fine in 1318, with re-
mainder to Adam the brother of Thomas.
There was an exception of two mes-
suages, 2 oxgangs of land, &c. ; Find
Cone, ii, 26.

19 Kuerden fol. MS. 257.

30 Dods. MSS. cxlix, fol. 90.

21 De Banco R. 357, m. 27 d.

22 Maud daughter of John de Celei
(see above) in 1350 gave all her lands to
Robert de Hornby and Margaret his wife ;
Dods. MSS. cxlix, fol. 95. In 1352
Roger de Kirkby gave to the same Robert
and Margaret a messuage and garden in
Upper RawclifFe ; ibid.

»3 Towneley MS. HH, no. 925.

There appear to have been several
Roberts, and this creates some uncertainty.
Adam de Urswick, who had land in
Westmorland, died in 1361, leaving as
heir his son Robert the younger, of full
age ; Chan. Inq. p.m. 35 Edw. Ill, pt, ii
(ist nos.), no. 88. In 1 366, Sarah widow

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

Margaret his wife claimed from William de Scargill
and Rose his wife the custody of the land and heir
of John de Balderston in respect of a plough-land,
&c., in Upper Rawcliffe held of Thomas de South-
worth, the father of Margaret.24 Robert de Urswick
the younger and Margaret his wife made a feoffment
of the manor of Upper Rawcliffe in the same year.25
Robert de Urswick of Tatham in 1376 obtained a
grant of free warren for Badsworth, Tatham, Cants-
field and Upper Rawcliffe.26

Sir Robert Urswick died in 1402 holding jointly
with Joan his wife a rent from Langbargh Wapentake
in Yorkshire. His son and heir, Sir Robert, was
thirty years of age.27 Robert son of Robert de
Urswick and Margaret his wife had acquired land in
Yorkshire in I39i-2.27a Sir Robert was Sheriff of
Lancashire in 1415-16 and I4i8.28 As lord of the
manor or vill of Upper RawclifFe he in 1420 made
an agreement with the free tenants, viz. the Abbot

ST. MICHAEL-
ON-WYRE

of Cockersand, Nicholas Boteler, and others.89 In
the same year he made a feoffment of his lands in
Claughton, RawclifFe, Eccles-
ton, Goosnargh and Bilsbor-
row.30 He died about the
same time, and Thomas his
brother was found to be his
heir.31 Thomas Urswick suc-
ceeded to Badsworth,32 and
apparently the same Thomas
occurs in Lancashire,33 but the
manor of Upper RawclifFe
went to daughters and heirs
of Sir Robert. These appear
to have been Ellen, who mar-
ried Roger Kirkby, and Joan.34
The latter or more probably
a daughter and co-heir Joan
was wife of William Clifton in I443-4.36 Another

URSWICK. Argent
on a bend sable three
lozenges of thefeld each
charged with a saltire
gules.

of Adam de Urswick made a grant to her
ton Robert ; Dods. MSS. cxlix, fol. 91^.

It is possible that Margaret died about
1370 and that Robert married again.
Thus Robert de Urswick and Ellen his
wife, executrix of the will of Sir John de
Dalton, gave a receipt for money at Upper
RawclifFe in 1372 and are named in 1 379 ;
ibid. fol. 97^, 92^. Again Robert de
Urswick of Upper Rawcliffe, Ellen his
wife and a daughter Ellen occur in 1382 ;
Final Cone, iii, 12, 13.

The same or another Robert, not
described as a knight, was escheator for
Lancashire in 1384-91 ; Lanes. Inq. p.m.
(Chet. Soc.), i, 12, 45. One Robert de
Urswick was an esquire of John Duke of
Lancaster in 1395 ; Cal. Pat. 1396-9,
p. 547. Robert de Urswick, one of the
king's esquires, received an annuity in
1373, which was confirmed in 1378 and
1399 ; Cal. Pat. 1377-81, p. 240 ; 1399-
1401, pp. 29, 35.

*4 De Banco R. 433, m. 451. It is
noteworthy that the Balderstons also
occur at Badsworth in Yorkshire, where
the Urswicks obtained an estate ; Hunter,
Deanery of Doncaster, ii, 438 ; Torks.
Arch. Journ. x, 349.

In connexion with the Balderstons
may here be cited a complaint by William
son of William de Balderston, in con-
junction with John and Nicholas sons of
Thomas Banastre, in 1334, respecting
4 acres of moor in Upper Rawcliffe. It was
alleged in defence that the same William
son of William and a certain Adam
Verious were lords of the vill ; but the
jury, while finding for the defendants,
said that Adam Verious never had any-
thing there ; Coram Rege R. 297, m.
103 d. An Adam de Aspinwall and
Elizabeth his wife had some claim in the
township in 1318; De Banco R. 223,
m. 105. *5 Final Cone, ii, 177.

"Chart. R. 162 (47-51 Edw. Ill),
m. 6, no. 13.

37 Chan. Inq. p.m. 4 Hen. IV, no. 15 ;
Dep. Keeper's Rep. xxxiii, App. 4. In an
inquisition taken in 1418 Sir Robert son
of Robert son of Adam de Urswick is
stated to have been thirty-four years old
and upwards ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.),
i, 136.

Sir Robert de Urswick is mentioned
in various ways from 1386 to 1402 ;
ibid. 1385-9, pp. 233, 471; 1401-5,
p. 130. In 1398 he had a wife named
Joan; ibid. 1391-6, p. 375 ; 1396-9,
p. 402.

John de Urswick, who married Con-
stance Banastre, but died without issue,
is said to have been a son of Sir Robert ;
Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), i, 1 6.

»7* Dods. MSS. cxlix, fol. 91. In 1412
it was stated that Margaret wife of Sir
Robert de Urswick was divorced from
him and married to Gilbert de Kighley ;
Towneley MS. HH, no. 936.

*8 P.R.O. List, 72. He is not de-
scribed as knight in this place, but else-
where is designated chivaler ; Lanes. Inq.
p.m. (Chet. Soc.), i, 134.

In 1406 Sir Robert de Urswick gave
to Thomas his brother all his lands ;
Dods. MSS. cxlix, fol. 92/1. He made a
feoffment in 1410 ; ibid. fol. 93^.

39 Ibid. fol. 91.

80 Ibid. fol. 95*.

81 Dep. Keeper's Rep. xxxiii, App. 19 ;
Pal. of Lane. Chan. Misc. bdle. i, no. 14.

M Hunter, op. cit. ii, 436 ; Sir Thomas
Urswick held Badsworth in 1424-5 ; it had
in 1402 been held in moieties by Robert
and Thomas Urswick. Sir Thomas had
a son Robert who married Katherine
Harrington of Hornby, and their daughter
and heir Isabel (d. 1471) married William
Vavasour ; ibid. 437, 441.

33 The feoffees of Sir Robert gave lands
to Thomas Urswick in 1424 ; Dods. MSS.
cxlix, fol. 95^. Thomas Urswick, esquire,
and Dame Katherine Urswick are named
together in 1443 and 1455 ; ibid. fol.
94. See also Torks. Arch. Journ. xvii,
119.

Thomas Urswick, receiver to the king's
father and the king for twenty-four years,
was in 1442 rewarded with an annuity
of £10 secured on the herbage of
Myerscough, Fulwood and Wyresdale ;
Towneley MS. RR, no. 1664. See also
Cal. Papal Letters, vii, 330; Cal. Pat.
1422-9, p. 405 ; Anct. D. (P.R.O.),
C 2978. In 1452 he was made serjeant-
at-law and attorney in all the king's
courts of Lancashire ; Pal. of Lane.
Chan. Misc. file i, bdle. i, no. 60. He
was dead in 1456, when his successor
was appointed ; ibid. bdle. I, file 1 1,
no. 4. He is named in various pleadings,
e.g. Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 7, m. 21.

Another Thomas occurs in the Raw-
cliffe deeds as holding lands in Caton,
Great and Little Eccleston, Elswick and
Upper Rawcliffe in 1473 ; Dods. MSS.
cxlix, fol. 94^. He was recorder of
London in 1455 an^ chief baron of the
Exchequer from 1471 till his death in
1479. He held manors, &c., in Essex ;

269

Foss, Judges ; Diet. Nat. Biog. (called son
of Thomas Urswick).

84 Roger son of Sir Richard Kirkby in
1420-1, i.e. shortly after Sir Robert's
death, demised to Thomas Urswick the
moiety of the manor of Upper Rawcliffe
which he (Roger) held by reason of the
minority of (blank in the deed) the
daughters and heirs of Ellen hi$ wife lately
deceased, viz. as father of the heirs, Roger
being the nearest relative, to whom their
estates held in socage could not descend ;
Dods. MSS. cxlix, fol. 91. This deed it
is difficult to explain in view of others.
It is usually stated (e.g. in the recorded
pedigree) that it was John, a younger son
of Sir Richard Kirkby of Kirkby Ireleth,
who married Ellen Urswick. Roger was
the son and heir of Sir Richard ; West,
Furness (ed. 1774), 240.

A fragment of pedigree in Towneley
MS. HH, no. 936, gives Sir Robert de
Urswick and Margaret his wife two
daughters, Joan wife of Richard de
Kirkby and Ellen wife of Roger de
Kirkby.

In a pleading as to the manor of Bads-
worth in 1424 Thomas Urswick called
the heirs of Sir Robert to warrant him,
viz. John Worsley and Joan his wife,
Margaret Kirkby and Joan Kirkby, of
whom the last was under age ; De Banco
R. East. 2 Hen. VI, m. 32gd. (quoted
in Gen. [new ser.J, xvii, 22). The two
Kirkbys may have been daughter* of
Richard, and may have married Latus
and Clifton respectively ; Joan was perhaps
their mother, formerly wife of Richard.

In 1437-8 John son of Roger Kirkby
by Ellen his wife, daughter of Sir Robert
Urswick by Margaret his wife, made a
settlement of his purparty of the manor
of Upper Rawcliffe and lands, &c., in
Thistleton and Tatham ; also the reversion
of others held for life by his brother
Roger ; Kuerden fol. MS. 213.

A John son of Richard Kirkby had the
manor and advowson of Waberthwaite in
1427-8 ; Dods. MSS. cxlix, fol. 98*.
In the same collection of charters are
some relating to the town of Kendal,
where the Kirkbys of Rawcliffe later
held land.

85 William and Joan received lands,
&c., from Thomas Urswick about that
time ; Kuerden fol. MS. 410, 87.
From abstracts preserved by Towneley it
appears that some at least had been
acquired from Robert Jenkinson of
Bispham ; HH, no. 453.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

sharer in 1454 was William Latus.36 A certain
Elizabeth about 1468 made a settlement of part of
the manor in conjunction with her husband Henry
Holme.37 In 1484— 5 a partition was sought between
William Kirkby, Richard Latus and Robert Clifton
as co-heirs of Sir Robert Urswick.38

Of thesjs families the Kirkbys were resident. They
appear to have inherited a moiety of the manor, and
possibly acquired the whole. Going back a little, it
appears that in 1454-5 J°^n Kirkby and Clemence
his wife had lands in Moorbreck.39 In 1459 John
Kirkby complained that Nicholas and John Boteler
of Rawcliffe were obstructing the flow of water to
his mill in Upper Rawcliffe.40 William the son and
heir of John Kirkby was about 1458 contracted to
marry Isabel daughter of John Pudsey.41 In 1475,
perhaps after the actual marriage, John Kirkby
granted his part of the manor to his son and heir
William.42 William and Isabel had a moiety of
the manor in 1486-7, as well as lands in Goos-
nargh, Haighton and Kendal.43 John the son and
heir of William Kirkby was in 1485-6 contracted to
marry Elizabeth daughter of Henry Banastre of
Bank.44 He was living in I5OI,45 but it is unlikely
that he outlived his father, for in 1507 Isabel was
widow of William,46 and about the same time
received dower from William son and heir of John
Kirkby.47

William Kirkby the younger was in 1506-7 con-
tracted to marry Elizabeth daughter of William
Thornburgh.48 He was living in 1549, at which
time he was involved in disputes concerning the
chantry lands.49 His son George died in 1558
holding the manor of Upper Rawcliffe and Tarnacre
of the queen and John Rigmaiden as of the lordship
of Wyresdale in socage by 6d. rent ; also various
lands there and in nearly twenty other townships.
The heir was a brother William, thirty years of
age.60 William Kirkby made a settlement of the
manor in 15 64s1 and recorded a pedigree at the
visitation of 1567. 62 In 1588 inquiry was made as
to the weirs on the Wyre, including one of William
Kirkby's which had lately been pulled down, appa-

KIRKBY of Upper
Rawcliffe. Argent two
bars gules on a canton of
tht last a cross moline or.

rently because it was too high for the salmon to
pass.83 He and Isabel his wife in 1591 agreed that
their son William should marry Joan daughter of
Thomas Fleetwood of Col-
wich.64 William Kirkby died
in December 1596 holding
the manor of Upper Raw-
cliffe, with messuages and
lands there and in Tarnacre
and Little Sowerby, a water-
mill, and a fishery in the
Wyre, of the queen as of her
honour of Lancaster by the
twelfth part of a knight's fee.
William his son and heir was
fifteen years of age.65

The religious position of
the neighbourhood in 1595 is

shown clearly enough by someone zealous 'for the
furtherance of Christ His glorious gospel,' in the
Protestant sense, who wrote to the authorities to
urge attention to it. In the parishes of Garstang
and St. Michael's, he said, there were ' as many
farmers notorious recusants ' as would make two
grand juries. He therefore advised the prosecution
of those known to be rich, naming among gentle-
women Isabel wife of William Kirkby of Rawcliffe,
Anne wife of Henry Butler of the same, and
Elizabeth wife of William son of Henry. The
husbands of these attended church perhaps not so
much as monthly and the churchwardens should
warn them to conform once a month. If they
would not do so the gentlewomen and their husbands
should be confined ' during their obstinacy ' to the
houses of Protestant gentlemen, so that they could
neither 'frequent shriving, massing, nor relieve
papish priests or seditious seminaries, to the peril of
their souls, great danger of their husbands, and utter
spoil of their husbands' simple seduced tenants and
neighbours.' 86

From this time the Kirkbys declined in import-
ance.57 William Kirkby was said to be of full age in
1602 68 ; in that year he and his son Thomas were

86 In 1454 John Kirkby received 401.
and William Latus zos. from Thomas
Urswick in satisfaction of profits he had
taken of lands in Kendal, formerly Sir
Robert Urswick's and then belonging to
John and William and their co-heirs ;
Dods. MSS. cxlix, fol. 102. The
proportions indicate a moiety for Kirkby,
and half of the other moiety for Latus.

3J Final Cone, iii, 132 ; they had a
sixth part of the manor, i.e. the third of
a moiety. It was to be held by Elizabeth
for life and then to revert to Robert
[? Clifton] and his heirs.

38 Pal. of Lane. Writs Proton.

39 Dods. MSS. cxlix, fol. 996. Clemence
was living in 1488-9 ; ibid. fol. 101.

40 Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 21, m. 25.

41 Dods. MSS. cxlix, fol. 101 ; a grant
to Isabel of lands in Bolton and other
places, with remainder to William son
and heir of John Kirkby.

« Ibid. fol. 10 1 b. *3 Ibid. fol. 101.

44 Ibid. fol. 100, loob ; lands in
Thistleton, Goosnargh, Wray, Over
Kellet, Cantsfield and Tatham were
assigned to her for life.

45 Ibrd. fol. loot. « Ibid. fol. 100.
47 Ibid. fol. 99 (? misdated 23 Hen.

VIII for VII). Isabel was to have

20 marks a year, half the heriots in
Waberthwaite, Keltontree and Kendal,
and should enjoy the demesne lands of
Upper Rawcliffe with the mill and fish-
ing until the following Martinmas ;
also the tithe corn of the demesne, paying
30*. for it. She was excommunicated at
Kirkham in 1510; ibid.

48 Ibid. fol. 98.

49 Fishwick, St. Michael on Wyre
(Chet. Soc.), 59. William son of
William Kirkby was engaged in further
contests in 1579 ; ibid. 6 1.

50 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xi, no. 8 ;
Towneley MS. 'Lanes. Tenures' (in
possession of W. Farrer). The socage
tenure is noticeable, as agreeing with the
statement of a charter cited above.

Ellen widow of George Kirkby was in
1567 the wife of Edward Horsfall ; Dods.
MSS. cxlix, fol. too ; Pal. of Lane.
Feet of F. bdle. 29, m. no.

61 Ibid. bdle. 26, m. 199.

M Visit. (Chet. Soc.), 41 ; George
Kirkby is not named in it.

53 Duchy of Lane. Special Com. 426.
It was deposed that William Kirkby had
an ancient mill called Cross Mill and a
weir for the same on the Wyre. It
stood over the other side of the water

270

from ' one white house called Cross
House.' The foundation being washed
out by the river, the mill fell, and was
erected on a new site close by. At spring
tides the sea water reached nearly a mile
further up the river. The water called
Sowerby or Yowcles ran into the Brock.

The jury in their verdict noticed all
the weirs ; the mill weir at Dolphin-
holme was the highest up the Wyre.
Corles Mill, Cleveley Mill, a mill weir
near Goberthwaite Bridge and others are
named. 54 Dods. MSS. cxlix, fol. 88.

85 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xvii, no. 1 6.
The change of tenure was perhaps the
result of a search in the records, being
the same as that recorded in 1242 for
Lambert de Multon.

Isabel the widow was in 1598 the
wife of Gabriel Croft ; Dods. MSS. loc.
cit.

*6 Hist. MSS. Com. Rep. xiv, App. iv,
584-5.

William Kirkby of Rawcliffe and Isabel
his wife had been summoned before the
ecclesiastical commission in 1583, but
had conformed ; English Martyrs (Cath.
Rec. Soc.), i, 70.

87 Fishwick, op. cit 163-5.

*8 Dods. MSS. loc. cit.

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

enrolled at Preston Guild.59 They were or became
recusants, as the above quotation indicates, and in
1632 Thomas Kirkby of Rawcliffe compounded by an
annual payment of £5 for the two-thirds of his
estate which was liable to sequestration for his
religion.60 In the Civil War he was a Royalist, and
his estate, after being sequestered by the Parliament,
was in 1652 ordered for sale.61 Three of his sons
were stated to have been killed in the service of
Charles I.62 He was dead in 1655, when Edward
Tyldesley of Myerscough petitioned to be allowed to
contract for the estate.63 After that a family named
Whitehead64 long held the manor, but there is
nothing to record of them.68 The manor is now
stated to be held by the Earl of Derby.

A considerable portion appears to have been sold
before 1655 to George Westby,66 a son of Thomas
Westby of Mowbreck, who built White Hall,67 in
later times regarded as the manor-house. He also
was a recusant and a Royalist, and suffered the
sequestration and confiscation of his lands by the
Parliament.68 He regained them through the agency
of friends. A pedigree recorded in 1 664 shows that
he had sons Thomas (aged ten) and John.69 In 1717
John Westby of Upper Rawcliffe, son of John and
nephew of Thomas Westby, registered his estate as
a ' Papist.' 70 He was accidentally killed in a mill in
1728 and left a son Thomas as heir. This branch
of the family succeeded to part of the Mowbreck
estate, but all has been sold in the last half-century.
White Hall was in 1857 sold to — Stevenson, whose
son, J. C. Stevenson of Leamington, was the owner
in 1891.

WHITE HALL, now a farm-house, stands close to
the River Wyre, facing south, but is without archi-
tectural interest, having been almost entirely rebuilt

ST. MICHAEL-
ON-WYRE

and modernized about 1857; most of the old
timbers were, however, again used. The building
dated substantially from the beginning of the 1 7th
century, the older house of the Kirkbys having
entirely disappeared, but had been for a long time in
a state of decay. The present structure is covered
with rough-cast and whitewashed, the roofe covered
with blue slates and all the windows are new. There
is an old open fireplace in the kitchen now walled
up. The west wing is three stories in height with
an unequal gable to the front, but the house generally
is of two stories, with a projecting gabled two-story
porch. The east wing appears to have been pulled
down about i87o.70a

Other portions of the Urswick estate cannot be
traced. One-fourth probably descended to Clifton
of Kidsnape, but William Clifton in 1517 held only
' messuages and lands ' in Upper Rawcliffe of the
king and Thomas Rigmaiden as of their manor of
Nether Wyresdale by a rent of 6d.n His widow
Margaret claimed dower in the fourth part of the
« manor.' 73

Rawcliffe gave a name to some of the earlier
tenants, who with others were benefactors of Cocker-
sand Abbey.73 Warine de Cornay, one of them, in
1246 claimed certain land from the Abbot of
Cockersand.74

T4RN4CRE or Trenacre also was used as a
surname. The same abbey received land from
William de Tarnacre, with his body, and from Alice
his widow and Alan his son.78 About 1270 the
abbot and canons agreed with Thomas son of Adam
de Inskip as to an exchange of land,76 and other
Inskips appear later in the township.77 Alan son of
William de Tarnacre and others gave land to Lytham
Priory78 and to the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem.79

*9 Pretton Guild R. (Rec. Soc. Lanes,
and Che».), 54. They were also enrolled
in 1622 ; ibid. 78.

60 Tram. Hist. Soc. (new ser.), xxiv, 178.
About the same time he paid £10 for
having refuted knighthood ; Misc. (Rec.
Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 221.

61 Index of Royalists (Index Soc.), 41.
" Castlemain, Cath. Apology, as quoted

by Challoner. Their names are given as
William, Thomas and Edward in Gillow,
Bill. Diet. ofEngl. Cath. iv, 53.

63 Royalitt Comp. Papers (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), iv, 46.

64 To a fine of 1656 respecting the
manor of Upper Rawcliffe the following
were parties : Plaintiffs — Richard White-
head and James Taylor ; Deforciants —
Edward Tyldesley, William Kirkby,
Edward Kirkby, George Westby, Ralph
Longworth, Richard Bannister, Dorothy
his wife and James Curwen ; Pal. of
Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 159, m. 93.
Richard Whitehead acquired other lands ;
Lanes, and Ches. Rec. (Rec. Soc. Lanes,
and Ches.), i, 33.

65 See the accounts of Claughton and
Forton and the pedigree in Fishwick,
Garstang (Chet. Soc.), ii, 254.

Thomas Whitehead was vouchee in a
recovery of the manors of Rawcliffe and
Tarnacre in 1724 ; Pal. of Lane. Plea
R. 521, m. 4d. Richard Whitehead was
lord of the manor of Upper Rawcliffe and
Tarnacre in 1794; Preston Guard. Loc.
Notes, no. 1 129.

66 See the fine above cited.

67 Fishwick, op. cit. 165-7, fr°m
which the later descent has been taken.

68 Cal. Com. for Comp. iv, 3138, where
his residence is called ' Ratcliffe Hall';
Index of Royalists, 44.

69 Dugdale, Visit. (Chet. Soc.), 332.

70 Estcourt and Payne, Engl. Cath.
Nonjurors, 128.

76a Fishwick, St. Michaets -on- Wyre,
167. Baines mentions a 'gateway half
pulled down,' a secret place formerly used
as a chapel and a priest's hole. The gate-
way had disappeared when Fishwick
wrote in 1891. 'On pulling down the
old house a secret room was discovered.
The chapel was in what is now a bed-
room on the third story ' ; ibid.

71 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. v, no. 21.
7i Pal. of Lane. Sessional Papers, bdle. 4.
n Cockersand Chartul. (Chet. Soc.), i,

178-83. The benefactors were William
son of Alan de Rawcliffe, William son of
Alan de Tarnacre (perhaps the same
person), William son of Simon de Raw-
cliffe, Warine de Cornay, Thomas son of
Robert de Rice, Adam and William sons
of Richard. One of the gifts was of half an
oxgang of land, of which Richard son of
William de Ireland was tenant at i ^d. rent.

Among the place-names are North-
breck, Old Goredale, Kirkflat, War-
oxgang, Tunstead, Swineland, Dunandes-
pool on the Wyre and Serlescalespool.

T* Assize R. 404, m. 4 d. ; he did not
prosecute.

75 Cockersand Chartul, i, 247-51. Other
benefactors were William son of Alan de
Wath and Richard de Tarnacre. The
place-names include Kirkcroft, Priestpot
and Cleanfield.

76 Ibid. 251-2. The canons gave an acre

271

in Kilncroftfield for an assart adjoining
their land and that of Roger de Wedacre.

77 In 1288 Agnes daughter of Adam
de Inskip complained that Richard son of
Adam de Inskip had disseised her of half
an oxgang of land ; Assize R. 1277, m.
31. Agnes daughter of Richard de Inskip
was plaintiff in 1301 ; ibid. 1321, m. 8 d.
William son of Adam son of Richard de
Inskip claimed 8 acres of land in 1351 ;
Duchy of Lane. Assize R. i, m. 5 d.

78 Alan gave the monks of Durham
2 acres on the east of Morbreck and all
his land called Culnstyde (Kilnstead),
with easements in Rawcliffe and Tarn-
acre ; Lytham D. at Durham, 2a, 2ae, 4ae,
Ebor. no. 52. He gave Lytham also an
oxgang of land in Rawcliffe, formerly that
of Richard son of Alan, in pure alms ;
ibid. no. 54.

Warine de Cornay gave the monks an
acre and a perch in Rawcliffe ; Lathbutt,
Netherfield and the mill are mentioned 5
ibid. no. 53.

Among the same charters is one from
William son of Alan de Romecliue
( ? Rouecliue) to his brother Richard,
granting 2 oxgangs of land formerly held
by Gamel and Walter son of Hartholf,
at a rent of 40^. As ' gersum ' 40*. was
given. The fishery and demesne were
excepted, and in exchange for that part
of the appurtenances lying in Holebrook
Richard was to have two esselgones (selions)
in Northfurlong ; ibid. no. 55.

79 Lands of the Hospitallers in Rawcliffe,
Tarnacre and Sowerby are mentioned in
1292 ; Plac. de Quo Warr. (Rec. Com.),
375-

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Alan's charter was alleged in a dispute in 1292
between Hugh son of Hugh de Mitton and Roger
de Wedacre, when Richard son and heir of William
son of Alan de Tarnacre was called to warrant. The
Prior of the Hospitallers had granted the land to
Maud daughter of Hugh de Mitton ; she married
Roger de. Wedacre and bore him a son Robert, whose
estate was in his father's hands.80 The Cockersand
lands81 were after the Dissolution purchased by
John Braddyll,8* and the Hospitallers' lands by the
Shireburnes.83

The pleadings afford some details of the mediaeval
tenements M ; the inquisitions also preserve the names
of landowners there.84 In the i8th century and
later the house called Turnover Hall was held
successively by Shuttleworth 86 and Westby.87

Stockenbridge was owned by a family named
Blackburne. Richard Blackburne of Eccleston and
Tarnacre, holding in the latter place of the king,
died in 1641, and had for heir a son John, aged
forty-four.88 Richard and Edward Blackburne, re-
cusants, in 1654 sought to compound for the seques-
trated portions of their estates.89 A later Richard
Blackburne, described as of Stockenbridge, yeoman,
in 1717 registered his estate as a 'Papist.' He died
about I7Z5-90 John Blackburne of Field Plumpton,
who had a son Thomas, made a settlement in 1727
of the capital messuage called Stockenbridge, lately
in the possession of Richard son of (the said) John
Blackburne, who had died leaving a daughter
Margaret wife of Thomas Eccles of Dil worth." From

a deed of 1748 it appears that another daughter,
Ellen, had married William Hathornthwaite, and
their son John had Stockenbridge.9* The estate
afterwards passed by marriage to Leckonby of Great
Eccleston and to Phipps.93

Tarnacre Hall, now St. Michael's Hall, near the
church, was owned by the
Longworth family, who re-
corded a pedigree in 1664.
Isabella Longworth had it in
1770; next year, after her
death, it was advertised for
sale.94 The Butlers of Out
Rawcliffe had from an early
date estates in Upper RawclifFe
and Little Sowerby which
were sometimes called
manors.96

LITTLE SOWERBT was
included in the Singleton

estate; thus in 1293 Joan widow of Thomas de
Singleton released to Thomas Banastre and Joan his
wife all her right in land there.96 Richard Balderston
had land in Sowerby in I456,97 and the Earl of
Derby's rental for 1523 shows lands in Upper
Rawcliffe and Tarnacre.98 It was reckoned as a
manor, for the manors of Great and Little Sowerby
occur in feoffments of the Derby estates.99 The
manor is held together with the manor of Upper
RawclifFe by the present Earl of Derby, and courts
are held.100

LONGWORTH. Argent
three wolves' headi
erased sable.

80 Assize R. 408, m. 73 d.

81 For the tenants 1450-1537 see
Cockersand Chartul. iii, 1270-1.

82 Pat. 36 Hen. VIII, pt. ii.

83 See the account of Stidd. Richard
Shireburne held land in RawclifFe in 1628 ;
Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xxvi, no. 4.
The family, however, had held lands much
earlier, for a pleading of 1334 already
cited shows that Sir Robert de Shireburne
held two messuages and half a plough-
land in Old Upper Rawcliffe — a designa-
tion which has not been noticed again —
and that Nicholas Boteler, Richard son of
Richard Travers, and Thomas son of
Thomas de Rigmaiden were also owners ;
Coram Rege R. 297, m. 103 d.

84 In 1291 Richard son of William
de Eccleston claimed a toft, the moiety
of a water-mill and the fourth part
of a fishery against Geoffrey son of
William de Eccleston and John de Rig-
maiden, but did not succeed ; Assize R.
407, m. 3 d. In the following year
Roger de Wedacre claimed the moiety of
a water-mill against the same Richard
(whose father William had died in seisin)
and John de Rigmaiden, to whom Richard
had demised it ; ibid. 408, m. 63, 71.

Alan son of William de Eccleston,
William son of Geoffrey de Whittingham,
Roger son of Alan de Rowall and Mar-
gery widow of Richard de Sale were
concerned in pleadings in 1292 ; ibid.

m. 44, 32> 54 d-

In 1334 John son of Amice daughter
of Alan de Sowerby claimed messuages,
&c., in Upper Rawcliffe against John son
of Roger Tunnison and John de Birewath ;
De Banco R. 300, m. 70 d. ; 304, m. 45 d.
The Hornby family have been mentioned
in the account of the Kirkbys ; see also
Final Cone, ii, 145 ; Duchy of Lane.
Assize R. 6, m. 2 d.

There are a number of pleadings re-

specting Tarnacre in Ducatus Lane. (Rec.
Com.), i (2), ii (3).

In 1492 Agnet and Margery, daughters
and heirs of Richard Walton, had lands
in Upper Rawcliffe ; Pal. of Lane. Plea
R. 78, m. 4 d. Agnes married John son
and heir of Richard Boteler, and about
1528 her land in Upper Rawcliffe, Wood-
plumpton and Ncwsham was sold to
Bartholomew Hesketh ; ibid. 144, m.
19 d. ; 154, m. 5 d.

85 William Walton of Walton-le-Dale
in 1638 had the reversion of a messuage,
&c., in Tarnacre ; Duchy of Lane. Inq.
p.m. xxv, no. 3 5, 49. From the pedigree
in the Visit, of 1613 (Chet. Soc.), 100, it
appears that this was inherited from
William's mother, Priscilla daughter of
John Cottam of Tarnacre and wife of
Thomas Walton. John Cottam was a
freeholder in 1 600 ; Misc. (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), i, 233.

Thomas Eccleston in i 592 held three
messuages and land in Tarnacre ; Duchy
of Lane. Inq. p.m. xvi, no. 38.

James Raby died in 1635 holding a
messuage and land in Tarnacre of Robert
Viscount 'Kilnemurrie' and Eleanor his
wife (in her right) as of the manor of
Nether Wyresdale by knight's service ;
also, of the king, 2 acres improved from
the waste there. His son and heir Richard
was eight years of age ; ibid, xxviii, no. 22.

86 Margaret Shuttleworth of Turnover
Hall, widow of William, in 1717 registered
her estate as a ' Papist ' ; Estcourt and
Payne, op. cit. 141. A later William
Shuttleworth died in 1745, leaving a son
Thomas (s.p.) and a daughter Margaret,
who married Thomas Westby of White
Hall ; Fishwick, op. cit. 167-8.

87 The house was bequeathed to another
Thomas Westby, who died in 1830,
leaving it to three daughters ; ibid.

88 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xxix,

272

no. 8 1. This family is stated to have
been the senior branch of the more con-
spicuous (Protestant) family of Blackburne
of Orford and Hale ; Dugdale, Visit. 36.
89 Cal. Com. for Comp. iv, 3178,

3185.

% Estcourt and Payne, op. cit. 92.
His wife Mary was daughter and heir of
Lawrence Livesey of Ravenhead.

91 Piccope MSS. (Chet. Lib.), iii, 234,
from R. i and 2 of Geo. II at Preston.

93 Ibid, iii, 354, from R. 22 of Geo. II.

93 Ibid, i, 361.

94 Dugdale, Visit. 190 ; Piccope MSS.
ii, 244. According to this, Ralph Long-
worth, d. c. 1634, was the first of Upper
Rawcliffe -s. Richard, d. 1660 -s. Thomas
-s. Richard, who married Fleetwood
daughter and co-heir of Edward Shuttle-
worth of Larbreck, by Alice daughter and
heir of John Woodhouse of Larbreck
-s. Edward -s. Ralph. A letter from
R. Longworth, St. Michael's, 1690, is
printed in Hist. MSS. Com. Rep. xiv,
App. iv, 247.

95 Lands in Upper Rawcliffe and Little
Sowerby are named among the Boteler
possessions in 1333 ; De Banco R. 295,
m. 102. See also ibid. 287, m. 307 d.
The tenure is not recorded in the inquisi-
tions beyond the statement that these
(with others) were held of the king ;
Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. viii, no. 8.

Among their charters was a grant by
Thomas de Galwayth in 1386 to Roger
de Birewath of lands in Little Sowerby in
the vill of Upper Rawcliffe 5 Dods. MSS.
liii, fol. gob.

96 Kuerden MSS. iv, 83.

97 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), ii, 63.

98 Rental at Lathom.

99 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 175
(1665), m. 143 ; 260 (1708), m. 53.

100 Information of Mr. Windham E.
Hale.

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

ST. MICHAEL-
ON-WYRE

From a grant by Richard son of Richard de
Tarnacre to Cockersand Abbey it appears that Little
Sowerby was also called Aldred Sowerby, for land in
it touched the Brock.101 Walter de Ellel granted
land in Aldrith Sowerby to Walter son of Richard
le Boteler.102

Some of the Commonwealth sequestrations for
religion and politics have been recorded above.
Dr. Wildbore, vicar of Garstang and then of Lancaster,
had land in ' Up Ratcliffe ' and Tarnacre which he
gave to his daughter Elizabeth. She married Thomas
Challoner, and the estate was sequestered for the
husband's 'delinquency.' After his death she married
Samuel Barker, who in 1650 petitioned for the
removal of the sequestration.103 Roger Hesketh as a
' Papist ' had had two-thirds of his lands in Tarnacre
and Claughton sequestered ; after his death in 1649
his son Richard petitioned for the removal of the
sequestration or leave to compound.104 Thomas
Wilkinson of Tarnacre was another who had two-
thirds of his estate sequestered for his religion.105
Several 'Papists' registered estates in 171 7. 106

The parish church is situated in this township,
and is the only place of worship there.

A school was in 1708 founded by Richard Cornall
in Upper Rawcliffe.107

OUT RAWCLIFFE

Rodeclif, Dom. Bk. ; Routecliue, 1 206 ; Routhe-
clif, 1212.

Middelrotheclyue, 1273 ; Mideste Routheclif,
1309.

Outroutheclif, 1328.

The surface is undulating, much of it very low, but
rising both in the south-east and in the west to 50 ft.
above sea level. In the former more elevated patch
is Rawcliffe Hall, the village lying a mile to the
west. Liscoe is in the extreme south-west and Ashton
in the north. The Wyre forms the southern boundary.
The area measures 4,593^ acres,1 and there was a
population of 705 in 1901.

The principal roads run from east to west, one
near the river from St. Michael's to Hambleton, and
another further north from Garstang to the same place.
Cartford Bridge in the south-east gives a passage over
the Wyre, and from it a road goes north to Pilling.

The township has a parish council.

The soil is clay and moss, with clay subsoil ; wheat,
oats and potatoes are grown

The portions of the township once
MANORS known as MIDDLE and OUT RAW-
CLIFFE seem originally to have been
separate manors, and in 1066 the two Rawcliffes, each
assessed as two plough-lands, were part of the Preston
lordship of Earl Tostig.2 A century later they were
part of the fee of the Botelers of Weeton,3 and Hervey
father of Hervey Walter gave to Orm son of Magnus,
with his daughter Alice, four plough-lands in Rawcliffe,
Thistleton and Greenhalgh, tenable by knight's ser-
vice.4 The Rawcliffe here intended seems to be
Mid Rawcliffe, which was in 1 249 held by Sir John
de Thorn hill of Theobald Walter by the twelfth
part of a knight's fee,5 Out Rawcliffe at the same
time being held by tenants at will for the most part.6
In 1346 it was recorded that the Earl of Ormonde
held four plough-lands in Out Rawcliffe,7 and his
mesne lordship, as in the case of Weeton, passed to
the Earls of Derby.

Theobald Walter in 1266-7 granted to his 'cousin'
Sir Richard le Boteler all the land of Out Rawcliffe
together with an oxgang in Staynall, for which he was
to render the farm the men of the place had been
accustomed to pay.8 At the same time he ordered
these men to render their services to the said Richard,9
whom they were to consider as their lord. The
rents seem to have amounted to £j a year, for this
was the sum remitted or commuted to a pair of gloves
or id. by Theobald Walter, butler of Ireland, when
William le Boteler, the son and heir of Richard,
married Joan de Syfrewast.10 Richard had also acquired
Mid Rawcliffe from Richard de Thornhill n and John
Debaud,12 and thus held the whole, though by different
tenures. From this time until 1716 his family re-
tained possession, and there are practically no records
of any other tenants. The manors seem to have been
regarded as one, called indifferently either Middle or
Out Rawcliffe ; but sometimes these were named
separately. The Botelers also held manors and lands
in Hoole, Whittle-le- Woods, Freckleton, Goosnargh
and other places.

Sir Richard le Boteler, brother of Sir William le
Boteler of Warrington,13 was living in 1 273,14 but must
have died not long afterwards, leaving a widow

101 Cockersand Chartul. i, 244. Styrop
and the Sourlands are other field-names
in the charter.

101 Dods. MSS. liii, fol. 1006.

108 Royalist Comp. Papers (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), ii, 17—19.

104 Ibid, iii, 195-8. Some field-names
are mentioned — Breckfield, Little Brick-
hill, &c.

105 Cal. Com. for Comp. iv, 3178.

106 In addition to those already given
was the small estate of Richard Richardson
of Garstang in the tithes of Tarnacre on
the south-east side of the Wyre ; Estcourt
and Payne, op. cit. 142.

107 Gastrell, Notitia Cestr. (Chet. Soc.),
li, 451 ; End. Char. Rep.

1 The Census Rep. of 1901 gives 4,501
acres, including 13 of inland water.
There are also 45 acres of tidal water
and 147 of foreshore.

2 V.C.H. Lanes, i, 288*.

3 In 1205-6 Rawcliffe' s I2t. of tallage
follows next after Weeton ; Farrer, Lanes.
Pipe R. 202.

4 Lanes. Inq. and Extents (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), i, 37, 115, 145.

4 Ibid. 174. Of the two plough-lands
2 oxgangs were held in demesne, and the
other tenancies are thus recorded : Roger
son of Roger, 2 oxgangs at 51. rent ;
Jordan son of Roger, i, at 21. 6d. ; UctreH
the Smith, i, at zs. 6d. ; Sir Otto de
Rowall, 5, by knight's service ; Richard
de la Hay the same.

6 Ibid. 172-3. Of these two plough-
lands 1 5 oxgangs were worth Io6j. ^d.
yearly, and the remaining one was held
by the service of performing suit to the
county and wapentake courts. The mill
was worth i6s. a year, the moor 6s. 8</.,
and the marsh izd.

7 Survey of 1346 (Chet. Soc.), 54 ; for
castle ward 5*. was payable.

8 Dods. MSS. xxxiii, fol. 29 ; liii, fol. 99.

9 Ibid, xxxiii, fol. 29^ ; this charter
supplies the date.

10 Ibid. fol. 30. Should William and
Joan have no issue the rent was to revert
to the grantor or his heirs.

273

11 Dods. MSS. liii, fol. 85 ; a grant of
all Thornhill's land, made about 1253,
Sir Robert de Lathom being sheriff and
attesting. Richard de Thornhill directed
his tenants in future to answer to Richard
le Boteler as to their lord ; ibid.

Richard de Thornhill granted 2 oxgangs
of land and a half in Middle Rawcliffe to
Richard de Thornton in free marriage
with his ' cousin ' Olive ; ibid.

In 1308-9 William son of Nicholas
Boteler made a claim respecting a tene-
ment in Midst Rawcliffe against John de
Thornhill and others, but did not prose-
cute it ; Assize R. 423, m. 2 d. 5.

li Dods. MSS. liii, fol. 99 ; a direction
to the tenants to render services to
Richard le Boteler.

13 Raines MSS. (Chet. Lib.), xxxviii,
93 ; Beamont, Annals of the Lords oj
Harrington, i, 60, 79.

14 In 1273 the sheriff was ordered to
fix a boundary between the lands of
Richard le Boteler in Middle Rawcliffe
and those of the Abbot of Cockersand in

35

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Alice.15 His eldest son William did not long sur-
vive him, being dead in 1287 ; his widow Joan had
by that time married Thomas de Singleton.16 The son
Nicholas was a minor at his father's death,17 and by
his wife Mabel left a son William, a minor in I3C>5.18
This son also appears to have died young. By his
wife Isabel he left a son Nicholas, who served as
knight of the shire in I344,19 and occurs from I32820
until about 1364. He was succeeded by his son Sir
John Boteler,21 who rendered public service as sheriff
of the county 22 and in other ways.23

Sir John died 27 September 1404, leaving as heir
his son Nicholas, about twenty years of age, and

Pilling Grange ; De Banco R. 3, m. 24.
There had already (in 1270) been an
agreement as to bounds, which were to
go from the head of Pilling straight
between Scytholme and south by the
hedge to the head of Westpool ; Dods.
MSS. cxlix, fol. 1 20. In 1273 Richard,
in bequeathing his body to the abbey,
released his right in Pilling pasture ; ibid. ;
Cockersand Chartul. (Chet. Soc.), 1,47-50.

15 She was the daughter of William de
Carleton ; Whittle-le-Woods and part of
Goosnargh appear to have come to the
Botelers through her. In 1281 dower
was granted to her by her eldest son
William, viz. the whole manor of Middle
Rawcliffe. The other sons were Henry,

£>hn, Richard, Edmund and Geoffrey ;
ods. MSS. liii, fol. 85. For Richard
see the account of Marlon in Poulton.

Alice, when widow, granted to Richard
son of Sir Henry de Kighley all her part
of the fishery of Wyre, given her by her
brother Adam ; ibid. fol. <)jb.

16 At the beginning of 1287 Joan widow
of Theobald le Boteler claimed dower in
Rawcliffe — as to 6 oxgangs of land, &c.,
against Nicholas son of Theobald le
Boteler, who was custodee of the land and
heir of William son of Richard le Boteler ;
and as to 10 oxgangs, &c., against Thomas
de Singleton and Joan his wife ; De Banco
R. 66, m. 27 d. It appeared that Joan,
who held in dower, was the widow of
William le Boteler, whose son and heir
Nicholas was under age ; ibid. 68, m. 21 d.

17 Nicholas occurs in a Wrightington
plea in 1292 ; Assize R. 408, m. 41.

18 Assize R. 420, m. 9 d. ; from which
it appears that William's wardship had
been granted to Richard de Lathom by
John de Kirkby as superior lord of
Wrightington, where the family had lands.
The lord of Weeton seems for the time
to have been overlooked, but in 1313
Edmund the Butler of Ireland appeared
against William son and heir of Nicholas
Boteler for having intruded himself into
the manor of Out Rawcliffe, which had
been held of plaintiff by the said Nicholas
by knight's service, so that William's
wardship belonged to him ; De Banco
R. 198, m. lod.

19 Pink and Beaven, Par!, Repre. of
Lanes. 29.

20 In that year Nicholas son of William
Boteler claimed the third part of £j rent
from Out Rawcliffe against Randle de
Singleton and Mabel his wife. Mabel
was the widow of Nicholas Boteler, who
had held the manor of a certain William
(sic) Boteler by the rent of a pair of
gloves. From Nicholas it had descended
to William as son and heir, and he had
granted Mabel a third of two-thirds of
the manor for dower. The descent of
the manor was traced (as in the text) ;
it was stated that Joan, as widow of the

first William (son of Richard), had re-
ceived the £7 rent until her death, and
it was argued that a third part of this was
due from Mabel to the lord of the manor.
The defence was that the rent had been
extinguished by the charter to William
and Joan ; Assize R. 1400, m. 233 d. ;
De Banco R. 276, m. 93.

Isabel widow of the second William
(father of Nicholas) had married Sir
Henry de Croft by 1331 ; ibid. 287, m.
307 d. Dower was claimed in seventy-
two messuages, lands, &c., in Middle
Rawcliffe, Out Rawcliffe, Upper Rawcliffe,
Great and Little Sowerby, Inskip and
many other places against Nicholas son
of William Boteler ; ibid. 295, m. 102 ;
Cal. Pat. 1330-4, p. 388.

Nicholas occurs again in 1346—7 ; De
Banco R. 348, m. 286 ; 351, m. 109 d.

zl Sir John son of Nicholas Boteler of
Rawcliffe in the time of Richard II re-
covered a moiety of the manor of Freckle-
ton ; Dods. MSS. cxlix, fol. 116.

Sir John Boteler of Rawcliffe and Agnes
his wife occur in 1401; Final Cone. (Rec.
Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), iii, 62.

™ From 1371 to 1374 ; P.R.O. List, 72.

23 In 1386 he went to Ireland with
Sir John de Stanley on the king's ser-
vice : Cal. Pat. 1385-9, p. 126. John
Duke of Lancaster in 1397 retained Sir
John Boteler of Rawcliffe for his service
in peace and war, giving him a fee of
£20 yearly ; Add. MS. 32106, no. 860.
A similar grant was made to him in
1399; Cal. Pat. 1396-9, p. 557.

34 Towneley MS. DD, no. 1460. The
tenure of the lands in Middle and Out
Rawcliffe is not stated. The marriage is
also noted in Dods. MSS. cxlix, fol. 97^.

*3 Pink and Beaven, op. cit. 50, 52.
Licence for an oratory was in 1428
granted to Nicholas Boteler of Rawcliffe
and Margery his wife ; Raines MSS.
(Chet. Lib.), xxii, 407.

36 In 1441 Nicholas appears to have
married Katherine widow of Sir Thomas
Radcliffe, and lands in Catterall, Gar-
stang and elsewhere were assigned to
her ; Dods. MSS. liii, fol. 93. Nicholas
was living in 1443 and 1451, as appears
by the note following, but was dead in
1455 ; ibid. fol. 98. John Boteler of
Rawcliffe, as son of Nicholas, granted
lands to Katherine, his father's widow,
in 1464 ; ibid. fol. 92.

John son of John Boteler and brother
of Nicholas released to trustees all his
right in lands in Catterall, &c. ; ibid,
cxlix, fol. 115^.

27 A feoffment by Nicholas Boteler
occurs in 1443 ; Final Cone, iii, 108-9.

In 1423 an agreement was made
between Nicholas Boteler of Rawcliffe
and John son and heir of Sir Richard
Boteler of Warrington for the marriage
of John son and heir of the former and

274

married in 1401 to Margery daughter of Sir Richard
Kirkby.24 Nicholas Boteler, who was knight of the
shire in 1419 and I4z6,25was about 1452 succeeded26
by a son John,27 who died in September 1488 a very
old man, his heir being a great-grandson James, twenty
years of age. The manor of Out Rawcliffe, with
messuages, lands, &c., there and in Stalmine, Staynall,
Thistleton, Kirkham and Freckleton, was held of the
Earl of Derby by knight's service and the rent of 8/.28
James Boteler, who married Elizabeth daughter of Sir
Thomas Molyneux of Sefton,29 died in 1504, leaving
two sons John and Nicholas,30 of whom the former
proved his age in I 5 1 2.31 This John Boteler recorded

Elizabeth si«ter of the latter ; Dods.
MSS. liii, fol. 83*. In 1451 Nicholas
made a grant of moss and turbary to his
son John ; ibid.

An earlier deed (about 1430) records
an agreement between Nicholas Boteler
and John his son on the one side and Sir
Thomas Radcliffe on the other for the
marriage of John's son and heir-apparent
Nicholas to Thomas's daughter Alice.
There are mentioned Sir John, the father
of Nicholas, Margery his wife and Eliza-
beth wife of his son John ; ibid. fol. 97.

John and Richard, sons of Nicholas
Boteler, were defendants in 1449 ; Pal.
of Lane. Plea R. 12, m. 2.

In 1467 William son of John Boteler
of Rawcliffe received lands in Freckleton,
and in 1502-3 John son and heir of
William Boteler, on marrying Beatrice
daughter of Richard Singleton, had lands
in Esprick, Thistleton and Freckleton ;
Dods. MSS. liii, fol. 101-2.

88 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. iii, no. 43,
45. The descent is thus given : John
Boteler the elder -s. Nicholas -t. John
—s. James.

From later pleadings it appears that
the younger John married Elizabeth, one
of the daughters and heirs of Robert
Lawrence of Ashton, &c.

29 The agreement was made 1 8 July
1488 ; Dods. MSS. liii, fol. 98*. But
in it James Boteler is styled ' esquire.'

30 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. iii, no. 109.
The manor of Rawcliffe was held of the
Earl of Derby by knight's service. James
Boteler had in 1500 granted various mes-
suages and lands in Freckleton, Warton,
Tarnacre, &c., to trustees for Anne
daughter of Sir Richard Shireburne and
wife of his son John Boteler; in 1501
James made a grant to his brother Richard,
and in the same year another to his son
Nicholas. At his death his son and heir
John was fourteen years of age.

Elizabeth Boteler, widow of James, died
in Nov. 1508, and Richard Boteler in
Oct. 1507 ; ibid, iv, no. 33.

31 Ibid. no. 23. It was stated that
John Boteler was born at Rawcliffe on
1 6 Aug. 1489, and baptized at St.
Michael's ; John Rigmaiden and Mar-
garet wife of John Kirkby of Thornton
were sponsors. 'A certain missal was
shown, and in the calendar of the said
book the day of birth of the said John
Boteler was written by Richard Brid, a
brother of the order of Preachers on the
said Morrow of the Assumption ... in
these words : John Boteler son of James
Boteler was born 1489.' One witness
remembered being sent by the father to
announce the birth .to Dame Anne
Molyneux, who sent him back with a
' royal ' for the said John.

For a recovery of the manor in .1521
see Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 132, m. nd.

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

ST. MICHAEL-
ON-WYRE

a pedigree in 1 533," and died in 1534, leaving by
his wife Anne Shireburne four daughters as co-heirs,
viz. Elizabeth, who married
James Standish of Duxbury ;
Isabel, who married Thomas
Radcliffe of Winmarleigh, and
left a daughter Anne, after-
wards wife of Sir Gilbert
Gerard ; Eleanor, who married
Henry Rishton of Rishton ;
and Grace, who married Hugh
Anderton of Euxton.33 The
manor of RawclifTe, however,
went with other estates to
the heir male, the above-
named Nicholas, brother of
John. He died about 1555,

leaving a son Richard,34 who was succeeded by his
brother Henry,35 with whom the pedigree recorded
in 1664 begins.

BUTLER of Rawcliffe.
Azure a che-veron be-
t-ween three covered cups

This family, like most of those in the district,
adhered to Roman Catholicism at the Reformation, but
appear to have attended the reformed services occa-
sionally in order to avoid fines and sequestrations.36
Henry Butler, grandson of the above-named Henry,37
lived through the Civil War period, and lost his son
in the king's service ; but, though his estates appear to
have been sequestered by the Parliament, it was for
' delinquency ' only.38 Another Henry, great-grand-
son of the foregoing, succeeded to the estates later,39
and had a son Richard,40 who joined the Jacobites in
1 71 5, and was tried and condemned for high treason.
He died in prison.41 His estates were declared
forfeit," and the manor of RawclifFe was in 1729 ac-
quired by Thomas Roe, an attorney, whose daughter
carried it in marriage to John France of Little
Eccleston, and it descended in this family for a time.43
Mr. Robert John France Aiston is said to be the
present lord of the manor. Courts have been held in
recent times.431

32 Vhit. (Chet. Soc.), 93.

33 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. vii, no. 4.
The manor is herein called Middle Raw-
cliffe. John Boteler's will is given, and
it is recorded that he had begun a chantry
and service in St. Michael's Church. The
ages of the heirs are given : Daughters —
Elizabeth, twenty-seven ; Isabel, twenty-
five ; Eleanor, twenty-two ; and Grace,
twenty-one. Brother — Nicholas, thirty-
three.

Anne the widow received dower in
1534; Dods. MSS. liii, fol. 98*. The
daughter Eleanor was engaged to marry
Henry son and heir-apparent of Richard
Rishton in 1527 ; ibid. fol. 94^.

For the descent see Pal. of Lane. Plea
R. 172, m. ii.

34 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. x, no. 4 ;
the will of Nicholas Butler is recited, his
two sons Richard and Henry being men-
tioned, and daughters Elizabeth (wife of
John Orrell), Alice and Catherine. There
was a remainder to William Butler of
Esprick and heirs male. Richard was
fifteen years old at his father's death.
The manor of Middle Rawcliffe, with
windmill, messuages, &c., was held of the
Earl of Derby by knight's service. Out
Rawcliffe is separately named, but no
tenure is recorded. For an inventory of
the goods at Rawcliffe see Fishwick,
St. Michael's (Chet. Soc.), 147.

Nicholas Butler in 1538 obtained a
dispensation from Archbishop Cranmer
to enable him to marry Anne Bradshagh,
widow ; Dods. MSS. liii, fol. 94^. His
will (ibid. 91^) mentions also a bistard
son James and a son-in-law John Butler
of Kirkland.

Richard Butler, the heir, is said to have
married Agnes daughter of Sir Richard
Hoghton ; Dods. MSS. liii, fol. 98^.
The date is wrongly given ; perhaps it
should be 31 Hen. VIII.

35 Richard Butler in 1564 settled Raw-
cliffe and Stalmine on himself for life,
with remainder to his brother Henry ;
Dods. MSS. liii, fol. 98* ; Pal. of Lane.
Feet of F. bdle. 26, m. 253. In 1571
an agreement respecting the Butler manors
and lands was made by Gilbert Gerard,
Anne his wife, Thomas Standish, Margaret
his wife, James Anderton — these repre-
senting John Butler — Richard Butler,
Henry Butler and Anne his wife ; ibid,
bdle. 33, m. 79 ; Fishwick, op. cit. 150 ;
Lanes, and Ches. Rec. (Rcc. Soc. Lanes,
and Ches.), ii, 254.

36 See the note on Kirkby of Upper
Rawcliffe ; also Fishwick, op. cit. 151—2.

37 In 1591 William Burgh of Larbreck
charged Henry Butler of Middle Rawcliffe
with trespassing on his fishery in the
Wyre, catching twelve salmon called
mortes, worth izs., twenty flukes (20^.)
and 100 eels (6s. %d.) ; Pal. of Lane.
Plea R. 268, m. 9.

The elder Henry Butler died at Middle
Rawcliffe on 24 Feb. 1620-1 holding
the manor of Middle Rawcliffe and Out
Rawcliffe of the Earl of Derby by fealty
and 6s. 8</. rent ; also two ferry-boats for
the passage of the water of the Wyre in
the said manor and a free fishery in the
same river, with other manors and lands.
Anne his widow died a week after him.
William Butler, his son and heir, was sixty
years of age ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m.
x.xvi, no. 36.

The manor of Middle Rawcliffe, &c.,
was the subject of a settlement in 1632
by William Butler, Henry his son, and
William son of Henry ; Pal. of Lane.
Feet of F. bdle. 121, m. I.

William Butler died in 1639, his son
Henry being then fifty-four years of age ;
Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xxx, no. 1 8.
Various settlements are recited, from
which it appears that William married
Elizabeth daughter of Cuthbert Clifton
of Westby, and Henry married Dorothy
daughter of Henry Stanley (of Bicker-
staffe). William had brothers named
Nicholas (with son Richard), Thomas
and Robert, and younger sons Cuthbert,
Nicholas and John. The tenure of
Rawcliffe was recorded as before ; there
were there sixteen saltcotes.

38 Royalist Comp. Papers (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), i, 260-1. Henry
Butler's sequestration is just mentioned.
His son Richard had left a widow
Elizabeth, whose jointure lands had been
in part sequestered for her ' popery." She
was dead in 1655, when Henry petitioned
for the removal of the sequestration, the
lands having reverted to him.

The son named, Captain Richard Butler
of RawclifFe, had been taken prisoner at
the capture of Liverpool in 1644, and
died soon afterwards, apparently while a
prisoner at Manchester ; War in Lanes.
(Chet. Soc.), 60. The same writer states
that ' — Butler, the young heir of Raw-
cliffe,' was killed at Brindle in the fight of
1651. Dugdale, contrary to his custom,
does not record these facts in the pedigree

275

of 1664; Visit. (Chet. Soc.), 64. Two
other members of the family, William
and Edward Butler of Rawcliffe and
Myerscough, have been noticed in the
account of the latter place.

The pedigree referred to gives : Henry
Butler, aged eighty -s. Richard, d.v.p. -s.
Richard, aged thirty-two -s. Henry, aged
six. Henry Butler the elder died in 1667;
Fishwick, op. cit. i 54, where an abstract
of his will is given. Richard Butler of
Rawcliffe, with Henry and five other sons,
were Preston burgesses in 1682 ; Preston
Guild R. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), 182.

39 Henry Butler was vouchee in a
recovery of the manor of Out or Middle
Rawcliffe in 1708 ; Pal. of Lane. Plea
R. 488, m. 7.

40 Richard Butler was vouchee in a
recovery of the manor in 1714; ibid.
501, m. 20.

41 Gillow, Bill. Diet, of Engl. Cath. i,
364—5. Catherine the daughter and heir
of Richard married Edward Markham
and had Thurland Castle. See Lanes, and
Ches. Rec. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.),

', '77-

It appears that Henry Butler, the father
of Richard, was still living in 1720, when
he ' put in a claim to the estate for
himself and Anne his wife, but as they
were both Papists they were incapacitated
and their interest declared void ' ; Fish-
wick, op. cit. 155. Henry Butler,
Catherine his daughter, and Mary the
widow of Richard in 1717 registered
their estates as ' Papists ' ; Estcourt and
Payne, Engl. Cath. Nonjurors, 145, 148-9.

4* Rawcliffe was sold in 1723 to the
Rev. Richard Cromleholme, John Leyland,
Cornelius Fox and James Poole for
,£11,260 ; Fishwick, op. cit. 156.

43 Op. cit. 156-7, where the succession
is thus given : John France, d. 1774
-s. John, d. 1817, having bequeathed to
Thomas Wilson, who took the name of
France and died in 1828 -s. Thomas
Robert Wilson France, d. 1853-3. Robert
Wilson France, d. 1858, having be-
queathed Rawcliffe to his natural son,
Robert John Barton Aiston, who assumed
the name of Wilson France. 'In the
event of his death without issue, the
property, subject to certain contingencies,
will [1891] go to Greenwich Hospital.'

The manor of Out Rawcliffe was held
by John France in 1775 ; Pal. of Lane.
Feet of F. bdle. 393, m. 86.

43a Fishwick, op. cit. 40.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

RAWCLIFFE HALL stands in a pleasant situation
a little over a quarter of a mile to the north of the
right bank of the Wyre, facing south, and is a two-
story building of I Jth-century date very much
modernized and added to in recent years. It has,
however, at one time been of considerable interest
and yet retains some of its ancient features, though
the disposition of the original plan is no longer easy
to trace. The principal elevations face the south and
west where the walls are covered with rough-cast and
the windows modern. All the roofs are covered with
blue slates. The greater part of the building appears
to be of late I yth-century brickwork, but this only
shows at the back where no rough-cast has been
applied. The north side of the principal or south
wing, however, retains its original timber construction
facing a small courtyard about 24 ft. by 21 ft.,
possibly a late I yth-century development of the
original plan, the east and west walls having
apparently been built up against the timber framing
of the main wing. This timber work remains a very
picturesque feature and may indeed be of Elizabethan
date, or at any rate part of the ' new buildings of the
Hall of Rawcliffe ' which are mentioned shortly
before 1619." The timber framing extends the
whole height of the building, but the lower part is
filled in with 2 J in. brickwork, including, however, a
good door with traceried panels. The upper part
has a long range of mullioned and transomed wood
windows glazed with diamond quarries, and a plaster
cove below the eaves, the framing under the
windows being composed of two rows of square
panels with quatrefoil and other fillings. The timber
is without paint, and the work being generally very
little ' restored ' makes a very charming picture.
The courtyard, however, has been encroached upon
on the west side, and has been altered on the north,
from which side it was entered. At the north end
of the west wing is a large room going up the full
height of the building, now used as a billiard-room,
but said to have been originally the chapel. The
west front, though modernized, retains substantially
its 17th-century lines, being well broken up with
chimneys, one of which is incorporated in an
embattled two- story bay window. The south front
is uninteresting, although John France, who died in
1774, left instructions in his will that this side of the
house should never be altered. ' It is questionable,
however, whether the wish was observed, as the
modernization seems to be later in date.' 44a There
is a central porch going up both stories, but the roof
runs the length of the front with overhanging eaves
and a gable east and west. The entrance hall has
the remains of an open fireplace, and there is a small
oak staircase with dog gate. There are I 8th-century

additions on the north-east side and in other parts,4Su
and on one of the outbuildings to the north-west is a
stone inscribed 'Tho. Roe, Ano. Dni. 1734.' On
the lawn on the west side is a lead statue of a girl in
haymaker's costume commemorating one of the farm
servants who lost her life under peculiar circum-
stances.

Apart from the Butler family there is little to
relate of the township,453 but several ' Papists ' regis-
tered estates in I7I7-46

For the Church of England St. John's was built in
1838; the vicar of St. Michael's presents to the
vicarage.47

The Wesleyan Methodists built a chapel in 1844,
but services were discontinued in 1873, the congre-
gation having dwindled away.48

GREAT ECCLESTON

Eglestun, Dom. Bk. ; Eccliston, 1212 ; Ecleston,
1285 ; Great Eccleston, 1296.

This township has a considerable amount of low-
lying land by the Wyre, which river forms the
northern boundary ; but the Copp, which occupies
the south-west quarter, rises to a height of 55 ft.
above the sea level. On the northern slope of it
is the village of Great Eccleston. The area is
1,469 acres,1 and in 1901 the population numbered

583.

The roads spread out from the village. Eastward
goes one to St. Michael's ; east and south, another to
Inskip ; west, to Little Eccleston, in the parish of
Kirkham, affording a way across the Wyre by Cart-
ford Bridge ; south, through Copp hamlet to Elswick.

The township is governed by a parish council.

There have long been three cattle fairs — in March,
April and November, held by custom.

The soil is clay, and principally used for pasture
land, but wheat, oats, barley and beans are grown.
Rushes were formerly a staple commodity, and rush-
lights were made.

Thomas Barrow, a local portrait painter of some
ability, was born at Great Eccleston in 1737 and
buried at St. Michael's in 1822.*

A ghost story was connected with Cress House,8
formerly owned by the White family.

In 1066 Earl Tostig held GREAT
MANORS ECCLESTON, assessed as two plough-
lands, as a member of his Preston lord-
ship.4 Later it is found to have been included in
the Wyresdale or Garstang fee of the Lancaster
family, and the immediate tenants in 1212 have
been identified as Ralph de Eccleston and Walter
son of Swain, lord of Carleton.5 In I 242 Adam de

44 Fishwick, Sr. Michael' s-on-Wyre, 157.
In a document drawn up by Henry Butler
shortly before his death (24 Feb. 1620-1)
the following places are mentioned in
Rawcliffe Hall : 'All the buildings on the
south side of the gates, the chamber over
the gates, the chappell, the east buttery
with the chamber over it called the lower
Heigh chamber, the closet in the same
over the porch, the kitchen, the larder,
the old rye barn, the slaughter house, the
slaughter house barn, the old stable, and
the kiln.' Also the ' chamber where my
son William usually does lie."

41a Ibid.

45 Fishwick, writing in 1891, says the
east side was modernized and partly re-
built ' about thirty years ago.'

45a Geoffrey the Carpenter about 1247
released to William de Eccleston an
oxgang of land in the vill of Rawcliffe,
Hugh the chaplain having been the
tenant ; Dods. MSS. cxlii, fol. 57. This
may refer to Upper Rawcliffe.

46 Estcourt and Payne, Engl. Cath.
Nonjurors, 96, &c. Their names were
Hilary Ashton, Philip Butler and Henry
Curwen, in addition to the three Butlers
above mentioned.

47 Fishwick, op. cit. 95-6.

276

48 Ibid. 132.

1 The Census Rep. of 1901 gives
1,467 acres, including 13 of inland water.

J Fishwick, St. Michaefs (Chet. Soc.),
199.

8 * It is said that strange and unaccount-
able noises have been heard in the house,
and on several occasions a lady dressed in
white has appeared at a small window
looking out of the attics into the garden
below ' ; Hewitson, Our Country Churches,
419.

4 F.C.H. Lanes, i, 288^.

5 Land. Inq. and Extents (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), i, 2, 3.

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

ST. MICHAEL-
ON-WYRE

Carleton to Richard le Boteler about 1260."
Thomas de Bartail died in 1 349 holding a third
part of Great Eccleston.1'3 Of the Boteler tenure
there is little to record.1*13

The Bartail manor, or part of the manor, was
in 1592 held by Thomas Eccleston of Henry Butler

Eccleston held of William de Lancaster by knight's
service.6 In 1347 it was found that in William de
Coucy's lordship of Wyresdale Sir Richard de Kighley
held one plough-land by knight's service, and the
heir of William de Bartail or Bartle held another
plough-land similarly.7 At other times Kighley and
Bartail were said to
hold two-thirds and
one-third respectively.
In the absence of
evidence it is impos-
sible to trace the lord-
ships clearly. The
Kighley manor seems
to represent that of
Adam de Eccleston in
1242,* and to have
been joined in practice
with Inskip 9 ; it de-
scended to the Caven-
dish family.10 The Earl
of Derby is now said
to be lord of the
manor.11 The Bartail
manor was held of
Boteler of RawclifFe,
whose title came, in
part at least, from a
grant of the homage of
William son of Uctred
de Eccleston made by Walter son of Sir William de of Rawcliffe in socage," and descended to his son

i !*»»

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GREAT ECCLESTON : RAIKES ROAD

6 Lanes. Inq. and Extents (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), i, 154. Adam de
Eccleston was non-iuited in a claim
against William de Lancaster in 1246 ;
Assize R. 404, m. 5.

Adam de Eccleston seems to have been
living in 1258 ; Lanes. Inq. and Extents,
i, 212. His successors were perhaps the
Roger and his son Richard of whom the
Kighleys were later stated to have held.

7 Inq. p.m. 20 Edw. Ill (2nd nos.),
no. 63.

3 In 1285 Alice widow of Richard le
Boteler acknowledged the right of Henry
de Kighley and Ellen his wife to the
manor of Inskip and two-thirds of the
manor of Great Eccleston ; these were to
descend to the heirs of Ellen, with rever-
sion in default to the heirs of Alice ;
Final Cone. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.),
i, 163—4. Alice was daughter of William
de Carleton ; see Out RawclifFe. Henry
de Kighley and Ellen in 1296 purchased
the third part of an oxgang of land in
Great Eccleston from Roger de Kirkby
and Margaret his wife ; ibid. 181.
Another half oxgang was acquired by
Richard de Kighley in 1326, the vendo'rs
being John de Thurstinton and Maud his
wife ; ibid, ii, 64.

Richard de Kighley in 1323 made an
exchange of land in Roscaldcarrfield with
Richard son of Robert de Eccleston (see
below); Add. MS. 32106, no. 87 (fol.255).

A moiety of the manor (i^ oxgaugg
excepted) was settled by the Kighleys in
1330 ; Final Cone, ii, 193.

Gilbert de Kighley in 1357 granted
his share of the stream and fishery of the
Wyre — from Crossford to Skepulford — to
Robert de Hornby, Margery his wife,
and William their son ; Dods. MSS. cxlix,
fol. 95.

IJ Sir Henry Kighle/ in 1526 held the
manor of Inskip with lands in Eccleston

of the heir of Richard Eccleston ; Duchy
of Lane. Inq. p.m. vi, no. 44. Henry
Kighley in 1567 was said to have held
of the heir of Richard son of Roger de
Eccleston ; ibid, xi, no. 10.

10 See the account of Inskip. Lord
Chesham was recently reputed lord of the
manor, but »ee p. 281 below.

11 Information of Mr. Windham E. Hale.

" Dods. MSS. liii, fol. 86 ; the tene-
ment is described as 5 oxgangs of land
and the third part of an oxgang.

The tenant is elsewhere called William
son of Uctred son of Swain, so that he
may have been a relative of William de
Carleton. He gave land in the field
called Gaseflosland to Cockersand Abbey ;
Chartul. (Chet. Soc.), i, 190. To him
Emma daughter of Roger de Eccleston
sold a toft in Eccleston ; Dods. MSS. cxlii,
fol. 59.

William son of Uctred de Eccleston
about 1 240 granted his part of the fishery
to his lord William de Lancaster, who
gave it to Richard de Kirkby ; Dods.
MSS. cxlix, fol. 87, 87*.

William seems to have been succeeded
by Robert de Eccleston, who occurs from
1249 to 1297 ; Land. Inq. and Extents,
i, 172, 297.

William son of Robert de Eccleston
gave his brother Richard, about 1304, all
his right in 2 oxgangs of land in Great
Eccleston ; Add. MS. 32106, fol. 2546.

Robert son of Richard de Eccleston in
1319 granted all his lands in the vill to
his son Richard ; Dods. MSS. cxlii, fol. 53.
This Richard son of Robert has been
named above (note 8).

William de Bartail summoned John de
Bildeswath in 133010 hold to a covenant
respecting the third part of the manor of
Great Eccleston ; De Banco R. 283,
m. 23 id. He in 1331 secured the
third part of the third part of the same

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manor from Thomas de Eyvill and Mar-
gery his wife ; Final Cone, ii, 79. The
said William soon afterwards purchased
half an oxgang of land there ; ibid. 90.
The Coucy inquest already cited shows
that William de Bartail was dead in 1346.

12a He held of the king (through escheat
after the death of William de Coucy) by
knight's service. There were 2j oxgangs
of land, worth 2s. ; a fishery (part), 4.1. rent
from a free tenant, also half an oxgang of
land held of Sir Richard de Kighley by
the rent of a pair of gloves. John son
of John Dautry was next of kin and heir,
and six years old ; Inq. p.m. 23 Edw. Ill,
pt. ii (ist nos.), no. 112.

By 1 3 5 3 William de Tarleton and Mar-
garet his wife (in her right) had succeeded
to this third part of the manor ; Final
Cone, ii, 137. In 1361 they claimed
lands, &c., in Great Eccleston against
Gilbert de Kighley and others, but did
not prosecute ; Assize R. 441, m. i d.
An agreement had probably been made ;
Dods. MSS. cxlii, fol. 5 8 b.

12b Richard son of Robert del Hall of
Eccleston complained in 1 346 that Nicholas
Boteler had taken a horse of his in the
shortbutts at Westmeadowend. Nicholas
said that he took it for rent due, the
tenement being part of 5^ oxgangs of
land which he held of the king by paying
nd. yearly and 31. 4</. to a scutage of
40*. ; De Banco R. 346, m. 22 d. In
1354 an agreement as to a fishery in the
Wyre was made between Sir Richard de
Kighley, Gilbert his son and William de
Tarleton on one side and Sir Nicholas
Bwteler on the other ; Dods. MSS. liii,
fol. 97^. The manor of Great Eccleston
is named among the estates of Nicholas
Butler in 1555, but the tenure is not re-
corded ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. x, no. 4.

13 Ibid, xvi, no. 38. Nothing is known
of any connexion of this Eccleston family

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Adam, then sixteen years of age.14 Soon afterwards
it was sold to Sir Richard Hoghton,15 and then
acquired by Thomas Stanley,16 whose son Richard
died in 1640 holding of William Butler the capital
messuage called Eccleston Hall in the Fylde, a wind-
mill and lands, and leaving a son and heir Robert,
aged five years.17 Thomas, the father, died in 1641,
and his grandson Robert following him about six
weeks later, the heir was another grandson, Thomas,
aged six.18

The Stanleys were Roman Catholics,19 but the
youth of the heir probably saved his estates from
sequestration during the Commonwealth period.20
Thomas Stanley recorded a pedigree in 1 664,21 and
left a son and heir Richard. He married Anne
daughter and eventual co-heir of Thomas Culcheth
of Culcheth, by whom he had a son Thomas, a

Jacobite attainted in 1716, when the Eccleston Hall
estates were forfeited.22 The hall was advertised for
sale in 1796, the owner at that time being James
Greenhalgh of Heysham.23 It was in 1891 owned
by the Misses Westby, but it does not appear that
any manor is claimed.

Among the minor families of the place were
Heriz,24 Peacock 28 and Whittingham 26 in earlier
times, and Blackburne, Gaunt,27 Leckonby, Shire-
burne,28 White and others29 later. The Blackburnes
of Stockenbridge in Upper Rawcliffe 30 were also land-
owners in Great Eccleston ; their estates descended
to the Leckonbys, another recusant family long resi-
dent in Eccleston and Elswick, who were ' ruined by
the dissipation or extravagance of Richard Leckonby,'
a prisoner for debt in Lancaster Castle from 1762 to
1783, when he died.31

with the earlier tenants. The father of
Thomas was named William and died in
or before 1563 ; Dods. MSS. cxlii, fol.
$6i. A John Eccleston of London,
grocer, obtained land in the township in
1538 ; Add. MS. 32106, no. 820.

Thomas Eccleston's estate spread over
several neighbouring townships and in-
cluded Singleton Grange. He purchased
Ellison House in 1582 from Henry
Ellison, and acquired other land ; Pal. of
Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 44, m. 13 ; 45,
m. 44; 51, m. 60; Add. MS. 32106,
no. 958.

14 A settlement of the moiety of the
manors of Great Eccleston and Elswick,
with various lands, &c., was made by
Adam Eccleston in 1596 ; Dods. MSS.
cxlii, fol. 56^.

15 The sale took place in 1598 ; ibid. ;
Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 60, m. 359.
In the following year Sir Richard Hoghton
made a further agreement respecting a
moiety of the manor with James Worth-
ington and Anne his wife ; ibid. bdle. 61,
no. 23, 328. It appears to have been
sold or mortgaged in 1602, Sir Richard
Molyneux and Sir Richard Hoghton being
deforciants ; ibid. bdle. 64, m. 17. The
real purchaser in 1602 was Sir Edward
Brabazon ; Raines D. in Chet. Lib.

A number of references to the estate,
1593-1601, will be found in Ducatus
Lane, ill, 280, &c.

From the contemporary pedigree it
appears that Anne Worthington was a
daughter of Adam Eccleston and co-heir
to her nephew Adam Eccleston ; Dug-
dale, Visit, of 1613 (Chet. Soc.), 126.
From this the relationship of the two
Adams is left obscure, but the elder was
probably great-grandfather of the younger.

16 Thomas Stanley was an illegitimate
son of Henry fourth Earl of Derby
(d. 1593). The purchase is recorded in
Richard Stanley's inquisition. Thomas
Stanley was 'of Eccleston' in 1622;
Preston Guild R. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches.), 79. He in 1631 compounded for
refusing knighthood by a payment of
£13 6s. 8</. ; Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches.), i, 222.

17 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xxviii,
no. 73 ; the marriage settlement (1629)
for Richard Stanley and Mary Tyldesley
is recited. Thomas, the father, was still
living at Eccleston in 1639. The lands
were held of William Butler of Rawcliffe
in socage.

18 Ibid, xxix, no. 14. The lands in
Eccleston were held of Henry Butler in
socage.

19 Fishwick, St. Michael's (Chet. Soc.),
187, where there is a pedigree.

20 Mrs. Stanley, probably the widow of
Richard, showed hirself friendly to the
Cavaliers ; War in Lanes. (Chet. Soc.), 61,

74-

11 Dugdale, Visit. (Chet. Soc.), 286 ;
Richard the son of Thomas was three
years of age.

M Fishwick, loc. cit. ; Lanes, and Ches.
Rec. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 175.

In 1724 an annual charge of ,£30 on
the lands in favour of Henry Stanley was
operative, but the lands had passed to
William Greenhalgh. The pedigree is
thus given : Thomas Stanley -s. Richard,
who married Anne Culcheth -s. Thomas
and Henry ; Piccope MSS. (Chet. Lib.),
iii, 228, from R. 10 of Geo. 1 at Preston.
Henry was a priest, S.J.

13 Preston Guard. Loc. • Sketches, no.
1273.

*4 In 1 249-50 Mabel widow of Geoffrey
Heriz claimed dower in 3 oxgangs of land
in Eccleston, a fishery being appurtenant,
against Richard Heriz ; Curia Regis
R. 137, m. i6d., I7d. Again in 1314
dower was claimed by Margery widow of
Richard de Heriz in seven messuages,
5 oxgangs of land, &c., in Great Eccleston
against Henry de Croft the elder ; De
Banco R. 204, m. 3.

45 In 1315 Anabil widow of Alan son
of William de Eccleston obtained dower
in half an oxgang of land, &c., in Great
Eccleston against John Pacok ; De Banco
R. 211, m. 48. John Pacok and John
Pacok the younger occur in 1332 ; Exc/i.
Lay Subs. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.),
62. In 1369 Robert Pacok and Agnes
his wile obtained an oxgang of land, &c.,
from John Pacok ; Final Cone, ii, 175.

26 Geoffrey de Whittingham in 1297
had a rent of 41. from Eccleston ; Lanes.
Inq. and Extents, i, 283. Adam de Whit-
tingham in 1401 granted to Robert de
Urswick the younger two messuages and
5 acres of land in Mickle Eccleston, which
Thomas de Whittingham, grantor's uncle,
formerly had of the gift of Clemency
sometime wife of Sir Gilbert de Kighley ;
Dods. MSS. cxlix, fol. 92^.

* John Gaunt and Nicholas White were
freeholders in 1600 ; Misc. (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), i, 232-3.

Four messuages, &c., were in 1563
held by John Lawson, Joan his wife, Joan
Lawson, widow, Roger Gaunt and William
Thornton ; the remainders were to Roger
Gaunt, Isabel his wife, William Thornton,
Joan his wife, to the right heirs of Joan
wife of John Lawson and Joan Lawson,

278

widow ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 25,
m. 41. A moiety of four messuages, &c.,
was in 1594 held by John Gaunt ; ibid,
bdle. 56, m. 45. William Thornton had
a son John 5 ibid. bdle. 57, m. 163. See
Ducatus Lane. (Rec. Com.), ii, 214.

a(> Robert Shireburne of Stonyhurst in
1492 held land, &c., in Great Ecclest< n
of Sir Henry Kighley in socage ; Duchy
of Lane. Inq. p.m. iii, no. 93.

*9 Henry Beesley of Goosnargh and
Jane his wife had land in Great Eccleston
in 1578 ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle.

40, m. 8 1. Jane Beesley died in 1585, but
the tenure of her land was not recorded ;
Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xvi, no. 24.
Francis Beesley in 1609 held of the heir
of Henry Kighley ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec.
Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 138—9.

William Pleasington of Dimples held
of the king in socage in 1621 ; ibid, ii,
240. This family had held lands as early
as 1489 ; Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 68,
m. 6d.

The tenure was not recorded in regard
to the tenement of Richard Burgh of
Larbreck, 1639 ; Duchy of Lane. Inq.
p.m. xxx, no. 100.

Thomas Taylor of Freckleton held land
in Eccleston in 1640 of the king as of
his duchy in socage ; ibid, xxx, no. i 5.

30 In 1579 Joan wife of William
Thornton (named in a former note) was
called daughter and co-heir of Richard
Blackburne ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle.

41, m. 179.

A later Richard Blackburne held a
cottage and land in Eccleston of Henry
Butler in socage ; Duchy of Lane. Inq.
p.m. xxix, no. 8 1.

John Blackburne, who had sons Richard
and Edward, had his estate sequestered for
recusancy under the Commonwealth. After
his death (about 1649), his son Richard
being also a recusant, the younger son
Edward, apprentice at York, applied to
have a messuage and land which had been
assigned to him by his father ; Royalist
Comp. Papers (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.),
i, 186—9.

sl Fishwick, op. cit. 188-9, where a full
pedigree is given, showing the descent
thus: John Leckonby, d. 1 6 50 -s.Richard,
d. 1675 —s. John — neph. William (son of
Richard), d. 1729 — s. Richard, d. 1783
— gd.-dr. Mary (da. of William), who
married Thomas Henry Hele Phipps of
Leighton House, Wilts.

John Leckonby of Eccleston and Richard
his son were burgesses of Preston in 1642,
and other members of the family in 1662 ;
Preston Guild R. 115, 148.

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

ST. MICHAEL-
ON-WYRE

The Whites can be traced back to the 141!!
century.3* John White died in July 1557 holding
a capital messuage, &c., in Great Eccleston of the
heir of William Pleasington in socage by 4^. rent, and
other property in Esprick and Upper Rawcliffe. His
heir was a cousin Nicholas, son of William White,
aged twenty-two.33 The residence of the family was
known as Cross House,34 and remained with them
till about a century ago.35

A small piece of land was granted to Cockersand
Abbey,36 but more considerable gifts were made to
Dieulacres,37 which, together with Rossall, were
acquired by the Fleetwoods after the Dissolution.38

Some sequestrations are recorded in the Common-
wealth period,39 and in 1717 several ' Papists ' regis-
tered estates.40

There are four places of worship in the township.
For the Church of England, St. Anne's, Copp,
was erected in 1723, because, Elswick Chapel 'being
never consecrated and in the possession of Dissenters,
it was thought more proper to build a new chapel
here than to seize upon that.' 41 The vicar of
St. Michael's presents to this church.

The Wesleyan Methodists, after holding meetings
in a cottage, built a chapel in 1841." The Baptists
also have a chapel.

As the chief resident families adhered to Roman
Catholicism at the Reformation, it is probable that
mass was said with comparative regularity during the
times of proscription, but no connected story of the
mission in the township can be given before 1700,
soon after which there appears to have been a chapel
of St. Lawrence at Raikes, rebuilt in 1760. The
present church of St. Mary, in the village, was
opened in l835.41

INSKIP-WITH-SOWERBY

Inscip, Dom. Bk. ; Inskyp, 1246 ; Insckyp, 1285;
Ineskyp, 1331.

Sorbi, Dom. Bk. ; Soureby, 1256.

This township has a total area of 2,979^ acres,1 of
which Inskip proper has 2,046, Sowerby 86S£, and
Carr House Green Common 65. The north and
east portions are flat and lie low, but the south-west
quarter has two rather higher plateaux, 50 ft. above
sea level, divided by a small valley running from west
to east. On the more northerly of these elevations
stands the village of Inskip ; the southerly contains
Higham. Crossmoor lies on the western border ;
Sowerby is in the lower land to the east. There was
a population of 450 in 1901.

The principal road goes north-west and west from
Woodplumpton, through the village of Inskip to Els-
wick and Singleton, with two branches going north by
Sowerby and by Inskip to St. Michael's, and another
south-west through Higham to Wharles and Kirkham.

There is a parish council.

The soil is light and peaty, with subsoil gravel.
Wheat and oats are grown. Rush wicks were
formerly made in Sowerby.

Though INSKIP, assessed as two
MANORS plough-lands, is named in Domesday
Book among the manors of Earl Tostig
in 1066,* its subsequent history is very obscure. In
the I 3th century it seems to have been held by the
Carleton family,3 and to have been joined to their
part of Great Eccleston. Walter son of Sir William
de Carleton about 1280 granted his son William the
homage and service of Sir Richard le Boteler for his
tenement in Inskip and Eccleston.4 In 1285 Henry

Richard Leckonby, described as 'of
Elswick,' took arms against the Parlia-
ment, and submitted at Greenhalgh Castle
in 1645 ; he took the National Covenant
and Negative Oath, and compounded for
his estate ; Royalist Comp. Papers, iv, 76-7.
The family afterwards became Roman
Catholics, and in 1717 William Leckonby
a» a ' Papist ' registered his estate at
Eccleston and Elswick, subject to a rent-
charge of £25 to Anne his wife ; Estcourt
and Payne, Er.gl. Cath. Nonjurors, 132.
Through this marriage the Leckonby*
acquired the manor of Hothersall. The
son Richard, named -in the text, by his
marriage acquired Stockenbridge and other
estates ; his wife was Mary daughter of
William Hathornethwaite of Stonyhurst
and in 1757 heir to her brother John ;
Piccope MSS. (Chet. Lib.), iii, 288, from
R. 31 of Geo. II at Preston. For the
bankruptcy see ibid, iii, 372, 380, 384.

M Roger the White contributed to the
subsidy in 1332; Exch. Lay Subs, 62.
John son of Roger the White had a dispute
concerning land with Adam son of Roger
the White and Adam »on of Hugh de
Elswick in 1348; De Banco R. 355,
m. 124.

13 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xi, no. 55.
A settlement of messuages, &c., in Much
Eccleston and Tarnacre was made in
1590 by Nicholas White and Isabel his
wife ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 52,
m. 119.

Thomas White in 1560 claimed a
capital messuage, &C., in Eccleston, Tarn-
acre, Upper Rawcliffe and Charnley Eaves
against Nicholas White ; Ducatus Lane.
ii, 235. In 1589 the tenure was in

dispute, Robert Pleasington alleging that
it was by fealty and a rent of 45., while
Nicholas White asserted that it was in
socage by a castle-guard rent of 6s, ;
ibid, iii, 225.

14 This was part of the rectory estate,
having belonged to Battlefield College ;
Fishwick, op. cit. 190.

35 Ibid. 191—2. An account of a dis-
pute as to a settlement by Thomas White
in 1675 was printed in Preston Guard.
Loc. Notes, 1 6 Feb. 1878. For the
family, who were recusants, see Misc.
(Cath. Rec. Soc.), v, 190.

36 Cockersand Chartul. i, 190.

37 Dieulacres Chartul. (Wm. Salt Soc.),
324. Uctred son of Swain released to
the monks Roger and Adam sons of Elsi
of Great Eccleston, and William son of
Uctred confirmed this grant, as he did
also that of half an oxgang of land made
by Adam son of Richard de Eccleston.
The dates range from about 1210 to 1230.

38 Pat. 7 Edw. VI, pt. ix ; Duchy of
Lane. Inq. p.m. xii, no. 2.

39 See preceding notes. Two-thirds of
a small tenement in Much Eccleston was
sequestered for the recusancy of William
Gurnall. He being dead in 1653, his son
Robert, aged six, who was ' a conformable
Protestant,' petitioned for the discharge
of the sequestration, and it was granted ;
Royalist Comp. Papers, iii, 137.

40 Elizabeth Butler, widow ; Thomas
Penswick, Alice Taylor and Joan Caton,
widow ; Estcourt and Payne, Engl, Cath.
Nonjurors, 105, 135, 141.

41 Gastrell, Notitia Cestr. (Chet. Soc.),
ii, 453—4. From correspondence printed
in the notes ibid, it appears that the

279

chapel was built by subscription and that
Mr. France was the chief promoter. See
also Fishwick, op. cit. 89-95, where a
list of curates and vicars is given ; Hewit-
son, Our Country Churches, 420.

4* Fishwick, op. cit. 133 ; Hewitson,
426.

43 Fishwick, op. cit. 96— 102 ; Hewitson,
423. The first resident priest known is
William Caton, of a local family, educated
at the English College, Rome, 1694-
1701 ; Foley, Rec. S. J. vi, 445 ; Tyldesley
Diary, 6 1, 109, 174. There is a short
notice of the Caton family in Misc. (Cath.
Rec. Soc.), v, 191.

In 1774 there were confirmed 114
persons, and ten years later thirty-seven.
Belonging to the church are a portable
altar-stone such as the missionary priests
carried with them in the penal times,
two early chalices, and another of Queen
Anne's time ; Fishwick, loc. cit.

1 The Census Kep. of 1 901 says that there
are 2,984 acres, including 7 of inland
water,

3 V.C.ti. Lanes, i, 288*.

1 In 1246 Richard de Whittingham
and Hawise his wife claimed common of
pasture against William de Carleton re-
specting certain lands in Inskip, but were
non-suited ; Assize R. 404, m. 3. Robett
son of Adam at the same time unsuccess-
fully claimed certain pieces of land
(che-viciae], about 2 acres in all, against
William de Carleton ; ibid. m. 7.

4 Dods. MSS. cxlii, fol. 83. Ellen
widow of Robert de Stockport in 1275
claimed from Richard le Boteler a third
part of 21. rent in Inskip ; DC Banco
R. 10, m. 71 d.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

de Kighley and Ellen his wife obtained from Alice
widow of Richard le Boteler the manor of Inskip and
two-thirds of the manor of Great Eccleston.5 Henry
de Kighley was knight of the shire in 1297, 1298
and 1 30 1.6 Sir Richard de Kighley in 1330 settled
the manor of Inskip and other estates, with succession
to his son Gilbert and his heirs by Clemency his
wife.7

Gilbert de Kighley appears to have had a son
Sir Henry,8 whose three sons John, Hugh and
Richard were in the remainder to ' Nicholas Manor '
in Tyldesley in 1385.' Of these Richard 10 is prob-
ably the knight who was slain at Agincourt, 14I5,11
and was followed by a son Henry,12 who occurs down
to I446.13 Then came another Richard, described as
son and heir of Henry in \<\.6j.u Sir Henry
Kighley15 died in 1526 holding the manor of Inskip
with messuages and lands in Inskip and Eccleston of
the heir of Richard Eccleston in socage by the rent
of a barbed arrow. His grandson Henry Kighley,
aged thirty, was his heir.16 The heir, who recorded
a pedigree in 1533," left a son Henry, who was dead

in 1554, when his heir was a son also named
Henry.18 This Henry Kighley proved to be the last
of his name; he died in July 1567, leaving two
daughters as heirs — Anne, aged four years, and

KIGHLEY. Argent a
feise sable.

CAVENDISH. Sable
three stags' heads ca-
boshed argent.

Katherine, aged four months.19 The former married
William Cavendish, ancestor of the Dukes of Devon-
shire, and the latter married Thomas Worsley of
Booths.*0 On partition the manor of Inskip was

5 Final Cone. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches.), i, 163-4; should Henry and
Ellen die without issue the manors were
to revert to Alice. In 1296 the same
Henry and his wife acquired a further
part of Great Eccleston and the manor
of Bedford in the parish of Leigh ; ibid.
1 8 1— 2. The surname is derived from
Keighley in Yorkshire, where Sir Henry
de Kighley held six plough-lands in 1303 ;
Kirkbys Inq. (Surtees Soc.), 192-3.

6 Pink and Beaven, Parl. Repre. of
Lanes, n, 12.

7 Final Cone, ii, 193 ; the other estates
were a moiety of the manor of Great
Eccleston and the manor of Keighley.
The trustee in the settlement was Thomas
son of Henry de Kighley. Nicholas le
Boteler put in his claim. The manor of
Bedford was at the same time settled on
Gilbert and Clemency ; ibid. 77. Robert
and John, apparently other sons of the
same Richard, had land in Eccleston in
1326 ; ibid. 64. Sir Richard de Kighley
was in 1346-7 engaged in disputes with
Sir Nicholas le Boteler as to the manor of
Inskip; De Banco R. 347, m. 217 d. ;
349, m. n8d. He, with others, acted
in 1351 as surety for William de Balders-
ton, clerk ; Assize R. 431, m. I d.

8 Gilbert de Kighley was in 1353 con-
cerned in a dispute as to a mill in Bed-
ford ; Assize R. 435, m. 5, 32. In 1356
he attested a Sowerby deed ; Add. MS.
32106, no. 3.

Henry son of Gilbert de Kighley was,
together with Roger de Bradshagh of
Westleigh and others, charged in 1375
with wrongfully imprisoning Adam son
of Robert de Buckley the tlder at Pen-
nington ; De Banco R. 4157, m. 34 d.

Henry de Kighley of Leigh was named
in a recognisance of debt in 1378 ; Add.
MS. 32108, no. 1657.

Gilbert's brother was Nicholas de
Kighley, who was executor of Sir Richard's
will (1366-70) ; De Banco R. 423,
m. 318 ; 438, m. 344. Nicholas de
Kighley and Joan his wife transferred in
1378 various messuages and lands to
Robert [?de Urswick] ; they were situated
in Inskip, Great and Little Eccleston and
Elswick ; Final Cone, iii, 4. See the
account of Hapton in Whallcy.

9 Final Cone, iii, 26.

'" Richard' son of Sir Henry de Kighley

in 1396 obtained the manor of Lightshaw
(ibid. 49), which descended like Inskip.

Richard de Kighley is named in writs
in 1409 and 1411 ; Add. MS. 32108,

no- IS95, 1533-

Sir Richard de Kighley and Katherine
his wife, widow of Sir Peter Maulcverer,
occur in 1410 ; Final Cone, iii, 69.

11 Nicolas, Agincourt (ed. 1827),
ccxxxii, ccxxxvi.

12 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), i, 1 1 6.
The lands in Inskip were said — no doubt
wrongly — to be held of the heir of Sir
William Boteler (of Warrington). Henry,
the heir, was twenty-four years old.

Henry, as executor of his father,
rendered account of sums expended in
the Agincourt campaign ; Army Accts.
Exch. K.R. bdle 44, no. 29. Sir Richard
had taken in his retinue fifty Lancashire
bowmen at 6d. a day. One of them was
William Tailor of Inskip, who died at the
siege of Harfleur.

A contemporary, Sir John Kighley,
was bailiif of Rouen in 1420, and is
otherwise mentioned ; Dep. Keeper's Ref>.
xlii, App. 388, &c. Sir Gilbert Kighley
also occurs ; ibid, xliv, App. 579.

18 Henry Kighley was a trustee in
1432 and 1446 ; Final Cone, iii, 99, 113.
In 1473 tne executors of the will of
Henry Kighley were Constance the
widow and James, Ralph and Christopher
Kighley ; Pal. of Lane. Writs of Assize,
bdle. 13.

14 Dods. MSS. cxlix, fol. ioib ; in a
bond of £40 to abide by an arbitration
as to disputes with John Kirkby of Raw-
cliffe. Richard Kighley, esq., was plaintiff
respecting a tenement in Great Eccleston
in 1459 ; Pal. of Lane. Writs of Assize,
bdle. 5 (37 Hen. VI). He was a juror
in 1464 ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.),

", 77-

15 He was made a knight by Lord
Stanley during the Scottish expedition of
1482 ; Metcalfe, Bk. of Knights, 7.

16 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. vi, no. 44.
The heir was son of Richard son of Sir
Henry. The other Lancashire estates
were the manor of Lightshaw, with lands
in Golborne and Pemberton ; also others
in Bedford.

17 Visit, of 1533 (Chet. Soc.), 92 ; his
wife was Cecily daughter of Thomas
Boteler of Bewsey, and his son Henry

280

had married Elizabeth daughter of Sir
Alexander Osbaldeston.

18 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. x, no. 49 ;
it is noteworthy that the manor of Inskip,
called Inskip Hall, was stated to be in
the vill of Eccleston. The inquisition
recites the provision made by Henry the
father on his son's contract of marriage
(1523) with Elizabeth Ofbaldeston. His
father's widow was named Isabel ; she
had married Nicholas Tempest before
1552. Part of the younger Henry's will
is given, naming daughters Margaret and
Anne. Of these the former married
William Hulton.

In 1552 an annuity of £30 wag
settled on Isabel Tempest for life ; Pal.
of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 14, m. 97.

19 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xi, no. 10 ;
the manor of Inskip, or Inskip Hall,
with messuages and lands in Eccleston
and Cross Moor, was held of the heir of
Richard son of Roger de Eccleston by
the rent of a barbed arrow.

The will of Henry Kighley, 1567,
is printed in Richmond Wills (Surtees
Soc.), 198. He desired to be buried
in St. Michael's Church near the place
where his father was buried. Mary
his wife, Anne his daughter, Isabel
Tempest (widow of Henry Kighley his
grandfather) and Mr. Justice Carus his
father-in-law are named. He left ' to
every one of my servants and to every
one of my mother's servants at Light-
shaw one whole year's wages.'

Elizabeth Kighley of Lightshaw, widow,
was a recusant in 1577 ; Gibson, Lydiate
Hall, 215, 217.

80 A moiety of the manor of Inskip,
with view of frankpledge, &c., was in
1585 held by William Cavendish and
Anne his wife ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F.
bdle. 47, m. 133. The other moiety was
in 1589 held by Thomas Worsley and
Katherine his wife ; ibid. bdle. 5i,m. 13.
An agreement seems to have been made
in 1 593; ibid. bdle. 55, m. 1 61, 1 80. In
1594-5 Thomas Worsley and Katherine
sold messuages in Inskip and Cross Moor
to John de Cardenas and Nicholas and
William Thompson ; ibid, bdles. 56,
m. 122 ; 57, m. n.

John de Cardenas sold his land to
Sir Richard Shuttleworth in 1596 and it
descended with the Gawthorpe estates ;

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

allotted to the former,11 and descended in the main
line until 1819, when it was given to a younger
branch,1* and so descended to the trustees of the
Earl of Burlington, who, with the Hon. Charles
Compton Cavendish, in 1843 23 sold it to the thirteenth
Earl of Derby, whose successor is now lord of Inskip
and Great Eccleston. Manor courts are held.14

A manor of Inskip was claimed by the Cliftons of
Westby.14 This appears to have been the tenement
of the Whittingham family16 which about I 308 passed
to the Shireburnes of Stonyhurst.17 A family sur-

ST. MICHAEL-
ON-WYRE

named Inskip 1S and a few other landowners occur in
the records.18

Cockersand Abbey *° and the Knights Hospitallers n
had lands in the township.

SOWERBT was in 1066 assessed as one plough-
land, and, like Inskip, formed part of Earl Tostig's
fee.*3 Afterwards Great Sowerby was part of the
Wyresdale lordship,33 and the chief owners appear to
have been the Banastre M and Hoghton w families.
The Earls of Derby have long been lords of the
manor,56 and courts are held.17

Fiihwick, op. cit. 30 ; Pal. of Lane.
Feet of F. bdle. 59, m. 210. Cross Moor
belonged to the lords of Inskip in 1580 ;
Exck. Dtp. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches.), 2.

11 William Lord Cavendish had Inskip,
&c., in 1614 ; Pat. 1 2 Jas. I, pt. xxvi.

** See the account of Brindle. Inskip
was among the manors of the Right Hon.
William Cavendish in 1747 ; Pal. of
Lane. Plea R. 567, m. 6.

** Fishwick, op. cit. 19.

84 Information of Mr. Windham E.
Hale.

•"In 1514 it was found that William
de Clifton about 1300 had had the
homage and service of Richard Shireburne
for his manor of Inskip as parcel of the
manors of Clifton and Westby, and that
this had descended to Cuthbert Clifton,
who died in 1512 ; Duchy of Lane. Inq.
p.m. iii, no. 3. Similar statements are
made later ; ibid, ix, no. 6.

96 Richard son of Warine de Whitting-
ham gave 2 acres in Inskip to Cocker-
sand Abbey ; Chartul. (Chet. Soc.), i, 1 84.
In 1246 Geofrrey de Whittingham ob-
tained an oxgang of land, &c., from Richard
de Whittingham and Hawise his wife ;
Final Cone, i, 99. Richard de Whitting-
ham gave an oxgang of land in Inskip to
Roger de Wharles with his daughter
Alice in exchange for an oxgang in
Elswick, and Roger and Alice afterwards
released it to John lord of Whittingham,
son of Richard ; Towneley MS. DD,
no. 1906. John son of Richard de
Whittingham in 1279 claimed land
against Walter de Carleton and William
his son ; De Banco R. 31, m. 32. John
son of John de Whittingham in 1 305
claimed a messuage, 2 oxgangs of land,
&c., in Inskip against his father and his
brother William, with whom was joined
Adam de Lever ; Assize R. 420, m. 6.
There are two charters relating to it in
Kuerden foL MS. (Chet. Lib.), 330 (68),
331 (96).

17 The Shireburne abstract book at Lea-
gram affords the following notes : John
de Whittingham to John his son, all his
lands in Sowerby (s.d.). John de Whit-
tingham of Sowerby to John son of
Nicholas de Sowerby, all lands in Great
Sowerby which he had from Sir Henry
de Kighley (s.d.). William son of John
de Whittingham to Robert de Shireburne,
homages and services in Elswick, Inskip
and Sowerby (Inskip, 1308).

In 1354 John the Chapman of Preston
claimed against Alice widow of Robert
de Shireburne two messuages, 100 acres
of land, &c., as nephew and heir of John
son of Nicholas de Sowerby, being son of
John's sister Margery. The land had
been granted to Roger de Sowerby, but
his son and heir (John) had died without
issue. Alice alleged that Roger was a
bastard, so that his lands escheated to
her, but the jury found for the claimant ;

Duchy of Lane. Assize R. 3, m. v d.
Margery widow of Nicholas de Sowerby
occurs in 1292 ; As ize R. 408, m. 36.

Sir Adam de Howick in 1358 pur-
chased messuages, &c., in Inskip from
John the Chapman of Preston, William
le Grigour and Alice his wife ; Final
Cone, ii, 159.

Inskip is named among the Shireburne
estates in the later inquisitions, but the
tenure is not recorded. It can only be
gathered from the Clifton inquisitions
cited already.

*8 Adam de Inskip to his son Thomas
land on Moorbreck (perhaps in Upper
Rawcliffe), for which id. rent was due to
Lytham Priory; Kuerden fol. MS. 188.

Richard de Inskip granted to Richard
le Boteler the waste pertaining to I ox-
gang of land in Inskip, also part of the
windmill j Kuerden MSS. iv, S 4.

About 1226 William de Carleton
released to Dieulacres Abbey his right in
Richard son of Richard son of Alan de
Inskip ; Dieulacres Chartul. (Wm. Salt
Soc.), 352.

89 An agreement was made in 1271-2
between Richard son of Geoffrey de
Chipping and Gilbert ton of Paulinus de
Wedacre and Godith his wife as to land,
etc., in Inskip and the twelfth part of the
mill ; Anct. D. (P.R.O.), C 1912.

Adam de Catterall in 1397 held a
messuage, &c., of the duke in socage ;
Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), i, 66.

James Anderton of Clayton and
Dorothy his wife had an estate here in
1602 ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 64,
m. 233. In the inquisition he is said to
have had 201. rent from Inskip ; Duchy
of Lane. Inq. p.m. xxvii, no. 56.

30 Chartul. i, 184.

31 Plae. de Quo Warr. (Rec. Com.), 375.
w V.C.H. Lanes, i, 2880. There is

nothing to show whether this refers to
Great and Little Sowerby or to one
portion only.

83 Ingram de Gynes held Sowerby in
1324 ; Dods. MSS. cxxxi, fol. 39^.

84 The Banastre of Bretherton estate
was probably derived from the Singletons.
In 1346—8 John Trussell and Petronilla
his wife were claiming her dower in
various messuages and lands in Sowerby
against Robert de Haldeleghs and his son
John ; De Banco R. 347, m. 165 ;
354, m. 300.

In i $21 the Banastre estate was held
by Thomas Radcliffe of Winmarleigh and
Thomas Earl of Derby ; Duchy of Lane.
Inq. p.m. v, no. 3 (and later), 68. The
tenures in Sowerby are not recorded
separately from the rest of the Balderston
estate.

In 1563 Edward Earl of Derby acquired
land in Great and Little Sowerby and in
Myerscough from John Osbaldeston and
Jane his wife ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F.
bdle. 25, m. 104.

In 1662 a rent of 161. 8t/. for the

28l

manor of Sowerby was due to Moore of
Bankhall, Kirkdale ; Pat. 14 Chas. IL

ss John the Chapman of Preston in
1356 granted to Sir Adam de Hoghton
all his messuages and lands in the hamlet
of Great Sowerby in the vill of Inskip ;
Add. MS. 32106, no. 3. From a pleading
above cited it appears that the grantor
was heir of a John de Sowerby. Maud
Chapman, widow of John, wa» living
sixty years later, releasing her dower
right in the vill of Sowerby to Sir Richard
de Hoghton in 1417 ; ibid. no. 670.
Sir Richard de Hoghton in 1387 demised
his lands, &c., in Great Sowerby to
William de Hornby the younger for life ;
ibid. no. 64 (2).

Sir Adam de Hoghton in 1358 com-
plained that Sir Nicholas Boteler had
seized certain cattle of his in the vill of
Inskip in a place called the Highfield in
Great Sowerby. Sir Nicholas replied
that his tenant John Chapman, who
should pay 61. 8</. a year, was in arrears ;
but the jury found that the place of
seizure was outside Boteler's fee, and he
was fined 4.0 J. ; Assize R. 438, m. 9.

Sir Richard Hoghton in 1415 was
found to have held of the heir of Adam
de Winkley j Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet.
Soc.), i, 146. In later Hoghton inquisi-
tions the tenure is recorded as of the
king by knight's service ; e.g. Duchy of
Lane. Inq. p.m. v, no. 61. A fishery in
Sowerby mere it named in 1519; ibid,
no. 66.

36 The rental of the Earl of Derby in
1522 (in possession of the Earl of
Lathom) shows that from Great and
Little Sowerby and Myerscough
£27 141. ^d. was received from Sir
Henry Kighley, who farmed the estate,
and that the following free rents were
paid : To the heirs of James Boteler, 34*. ;
Richard Hoghton, ijj. ; the chaplain of
St. Michael-on-Wyre, 14*. ; Hugh
Shireburne, 62*. lod. ; and the heirs of
John Lawrence, 335. 4^. For the
Balderston lands 46*. %d. was paid, of
which one half went back to the Earl
of Derby and the other to Radcliffe and
Osbaldeston. Thomas first Earl of
Derby had purchased lands belonging to
Roger Birewath and — Hyde producing
331. 8</. a year.

It does not appear that the Earls of
Derby, though they must have owned a
large part of the land, claimed any manor
at that time, but in 1665 the manors of
Great and Little Sowerby were held by
Charlotte Dowager Countess of Derby aad
in 1678 by William Earl of Derby,
while in 1708 they were among the
Derby estates in the hands of John Earl
of Anglesea and Henrietta Maria his
wife ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdles. 175,
m. 143 ; 201, m. 37 ; 260, m. 53 5
267, m. 75.

87 Information of Mr. Windham E.
Hale.

36

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

The distinction between Great and Little Sowerby
was often ignored, and the same families appear to
have held lands in both hamlets, so that much con-
fuiion results. Among the owners were the
Carleton58 and Ellel families," the latter adopting
Sowerby as a surname, and later the Botelers of
Rawcliffe,40 Lawrences,41 and others.4* Except perhaps
the Sowerby and Charnley families, none of these
was resident.

One or two sequestrations in Sowerby are recorded
in the Commonwealth period,4* and two Inskip
« Papists ' registered estates in 1 7 1 7."

Before the Reformation there was a chapel at
Inskip,4* but it disappears afterwards, being probably
claimed by the Kighleys as private property.

In 1 848 St. Peter's was consecrated for the services
of the Church of England. The vicar of St. M Jehad's
is patron.4*

A Baptist congregation, due to a division in
Elswick Chapel, was formed in 1794 and met in
Inskip ; the chapel was built in i8i7-47

In 1680 Thomas Tomlinson of Crossmoor was
presented to the Bishop of Chester for keeping
conventicles of Quakers in his house.48

ELSWICK

Edeleswic, Dom. Bk. ; Etleswhic, 1 202 ; Ethelis-
wyck, 1242. Elleswyk, xv cent.

Exceptional forms are Eckeleswyk, Etheneswyk,
and Echemeswyk, 1292.

This is the smallest township in the parish, having
an area of 1,036$ acres1 ; the population in 1901
was 227. The eastern half is occupied by com-
paratively high land, 50 ft. above sea level ; the west
is low and flat.

The village of Elswick stands on the higher land,
centrally placed ; the Leys and the Grange are to
the south of it.

The principal roads cross at the village, going east
to Inskip, north to Great Eccleston, west to Thistleton
and Singleton, with a branch north to Little Eccleston,
and south to Roseacre and Wharles.

The soil is clayey ; wheat, oats, barley and beans
are grown.

The township has a parish council.
Several cannon balls have been found near Elswick
Grange ; they are supposed to be traces of the passage
of the Earl of Derby and his troops in 1643.

In 1066 Earl Tostig held, as member
MANORS of his Preston fee, ELSWICK, assessed
as three plough-lands.* Afterwards it
was included in the lordship or barony of Penwortham,
and in part at least was given by Richard Bussel to
Richard Fitton.* This gift was probably surrendered,
there being no indication that the heirs of the Fittons
had any share in Elswick. Before 1212 it had been
given to the lord of Freckleton to be held by knight'*
service.4 It was then assessed as two plough-lands,
of which a fourth part was in 1242 held in demesne,
while a plough-land was held by Warine de
Whittingham and the other half plough-land by

88 William de Carleton wai defendant
in a plea respecting a tenement in
Sowerby in 1246 ; Assize R. 404, m. 7.
Ten years later Wimark daughter of
Adam released to Walter de Carleton
2 oxgangs of land in Sowerby and
20 acres in Plumpton, receiving other
land in Sowerby ; Final Cone, i, 128.

89 Walter de Ellel son of Grimbald
gave Adam son of Henry the rector of
Bolton 3j acres in the Balgerfield and
other land in Fourlands (apparently in
Sowerby) ; Dods. MSS. liii, fol. looi.
Richard de Sowerby and Roger White of
Eccleston attested.

40 Walter de Ellel granted Sir Richard
le Boteler the wardship and marriage of
his eldest son Richard with his inheritance
in Ellel and Sowerby ; Dods. MSS. liii,
fol. 90*. Hugh de Sowerby, with the
assent of Henry his son and heir, gave
certain land in Sowerby to John son of
Richard le Boteler ; ibid. fol. loob.

In 1284 Richard de Sowerby com-
plained that Alice le Boteler had disseised
him of a tenement in Sowerby which he
had demised to William son of Richard
le Boteler for eight years. William had
granted it to his brother Edmund, and he
to Alice ; Assize R. 1265, m. 21 ; 1268,
m. 1 2. William son of Walter de Carleton
was joined in the defence.

John Butler in 1534 was found to have
held of the king in socage ; Duchy of
Lane. Inq. p.m. vii, no. 4.

41 A fourth part of the manor of
Sowerby was in 1340 settled by Robert
de Washington the elder and Agnes his
wife upon Robert de Washington the
younger and Margaret his wife ; Final
Cone, ii, 113.

This is probably the same fourth part
as that held by Robert Lawrence in 1450,
the tenure being of the king as duke by
the rent of a grain of pepper ; Lanes. Inq.

p.m. (Chet. Soc.), ii, 57 ; also 122, 131.
The Lawrence inheritance became much
divided. Thus Thomas Rigmaiden of
Wedacre in 1520 held lands in Carleton
and Sowerby of the king as of his duchy
by the tenth part of a knight's fee ;
Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. v, no. 65.
Richard Skillicorne of Preese also had a
share, which was in 1557 described as
1 40 acres of land held in socage by a rent
of id. yearly ; ibid, vii, no. 3 ; x, no. 25.
Evan Haughton in 1608 held part by \d.
rent ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes,
and Ches.), i, 125-6.

42 Sir Richard Shireburne died in 1513
holding land in Sowerby of the Earl of
Derby in socage ; Duchy of Lane. Inq.
p.m. iv, no. 46. A similar statement is
made in later inquisitions.

George Newsham, who died in 1585,
held his land in Sowerby of the Earl of
Derby in socage ; ibid, xiv, no. 88.

Alexander and Thomas Charnley had
disputes with John and George Newsham,
1547-60; Ducatui Lane. (Rec. Com.),
ii, 94, 222, 230. Robert Charnley of
Myerpool was a freeholder in 1600 ; Misc.
(Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 232.
John Charnley in 1636 held a capital
messuage called Myerpool in Inskip with
Sowerby of the Earl of Derby, lands in
Woodplumpton, &c. His heir was his
son Robert, aged thirty ; Towneley MS.
C8, 13 (Chet. Lib.), 244.

Norton Abbey in Cheshire had an alms
of £1 los. yearly from ' Sawarby,' perhaps
this township ; Ormerod, Ches. (ed.
Helsby), i, 686.

In 1596 there wat a suit between
Thomas Farington and Brian Jackson
respecting lands in Sowerby, late of the
Earl of Derby ; E&ch. Dep. (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), 8.

48 Dorothy Grant of Sowerby had two-
thirds of her estate sequestered in 1653

282

for ' Popery ' ; Royalist Comp. Papers (Rec.
Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), iii, 92.

Bartholomew Jackson, for a like reason,
had two-thirds sequestered, but part of
the estate had not been surveyed, and
this led to further inquiries ; ibid, iv, 23-8.

Richard Parkinson of Sowerby, refusing
to abjure his religion in 1653, likewise
had two-thirds of hit estate sequettered ;
Cal. Com. for Comp. i, 656.

44 Thomas Eccles registered a house
called Gradwell's ; Estcourt and Payne,
Engl. Cath. Nonjurors, 101. The other
was Christopher Medcalfe ; ibid. 106.

45 It is named in a description of
boundaries- — ' straight upon Inskip chapel'
— in a Clifton rental first compiled in
1509; Towneley MS. OO. For its
equipment see Fishwick, op. cit. 170—1.
In 1650 it* existence was remembered
by the people ; Commoniv. Ck. Surv.
(Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), 148. The
inhabitants were ' often debarred from
church by water and moist ground.'

46 Fishwick, op. cit. 95 ; Hewitson,
Our Country Churches, 427.

47 Fishwick, op. cit. 133 ; Nightingale,
Lanes. Nonconf. i, 90 ; Hewitson, 431.

48 Visit. Ret.

1 The Census Rep. 1901 gives 1,038
acres, including 5 of inland water.

1 f.C.H. Lanes, i, 288*.

s Farrer, Lanes. Pipe R. 374 ; dated
between 1159 and 1164.

4 Lanes. Inq. and Extents (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), i, 34. In 1202 land
in Elswick was included in the agreement
between Roger de Freckleton and
William dc Winwick and Maud his wife,
noticed under Freckleton ; Feet of F.
Yorks. 4 John, no. 45.

Richard son of Roger de Freckleton
gave an oxgang of land in Elswick to his
son Richard on his marriage ; Kuerden
MSS, iv, F 13.

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

ST. MICHAEL-
ON-WYRE

Alan de Singleton.5 These subdivisions were in-
creased by later grants, and in 1322 the holders
were Ralph de Freckleton, 4 oxgangs of land ; Adam
son of William Banastre, 3 oxgangs ; Thomas de
Bradkirk, £ oxgang ; Orm Travers, 5 oxgangs ;
and William son of Ellen J oxgang, rendering the
service due where eight plough-lands make one
knight's fee.6

The Freckleton demesne descended like the chief
manor 7 to Huddleston and the Earls of Derby, whose
estate was augmented by a share of the Singleton
portion.8 In 1603 the manor of Elswick was sold
with other estates to a number of purchasers and
probably subdivided.9 The demesne lands were
afterwards the property of the Leckonbys of Great

Eccleston, whose estates were dispersed in 1 762, this
portion being purchased by Edward Rishton ; from
him it descended by marriage to Alderman King of
Manchester (iSgi).10

Another part of the Freckleton share seems to
have been held in the I5th century by Dicconson,
who sold to Clifton.11 A Molyneux family had some
lordship,12 Swarbrick,13 Ballard14 and Turner16 all
holding of William Molyneux in the time of James I.
Other lands were held of the Crown ls and of Butler
of Rawcliffe.17

The Whittingham moiety of the manor became
subdivided.18 Bradkirk19 — to whom in part succeeded
Goosnargh *° — and Travers 81 seem to have been the
chief participants in 1322, but others who took the

5 Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 1 5 2.

6 Ibid, ii, 1 3 5-6 ; gome of the tene-
ments are calculated. In the accounts
of the Penwortham fee in 1341-2 the
following tenants of Elswick are named :
Adam Banastre, J oxgang of land ;
Thomas de Bradkirk, the same ; William
son of Ellen ; Mins. Accts. bdle. 1091,

DO. 6.

7 Ralph de Freckleton held the demesne
of Elswick in 1371 ; Kuerden MSS. iii,

F3-

8 The Singleton part of the manor
descended like Little Singleton to
Banastre, Balderston and their heirs.

William Banastre was in 1323 found
to have had the reversion of a messuage
and 3 oxgangs of land held of Adam
de Freckleton by paying zz^d. towards a
scutage of 401. — i.e. by three sixty-fourth
parts of a knight's fee ; Lanes. Inq. and
Extents, ii, 159. Sir Thomas Banastre
had lands in Elswick in 1379; Lanes.
Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), i, 14.

Elswick was in the time of Henry VIII
enumerated among the Balderston lands
in the inquisitions of Edmund Dudley,
Radcliffe of Winmarleigh, the Earl of
Derby and Sir Alexander Osbaldeston.

The Coppull of Coppull family had
land in Elswick, and this was probably
part of the estate sold to the Stanleys ;
Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 20, m. 14.

Lord Derby's rental in 1522 shows
ion. 3</. rents of the tenants at will, and
a few other payments.

9 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 65,
no. 69 ; Thomas Lord Ellesmere, Alice
his wife and others were deforciants.

10 See the account of Great Eccleston,
and Fishwick, St. Michael's (Chet. Soc.),
189.

11 In 1489 John Dicconson and Cecily
his wife held land in Elswick of Richard
Huddleston (of Freckletoa) ; Pal. of
Lane. Chan. Misc. bdle. i, file 10. In
the same year they sold to James Clifton ;
Final Cone. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.),
iii, 142.

Cuthbert Clifton died in 1512 holding
in Elswick of Thomas Earl of Derby ;
Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. iv, no. 12.
The later inquisitions of the Clifton* of
Westby give a similar record.

12 A William Molyneux of West-
houghton occurs in 1600 ; Misc. (Rec.
Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 248.

13 William Swarbrick of Roseacre died
in 1619 holding land and a corn-mill in
Elswick of William Molyneux in socage
by \od. rent ; also another piece of land
of the king as of his honor of Clitheroe.
John, his son and heir, was twenty years
of age ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), ii, 138.

It is stated that early in 1643 tne Earl of
Derby ' stayed at Elswick whilst his com-
pany plundered Mr. William Swarbrick's
books' ; ffur in Lanes. (Chet. Soc.), 28.
The victim was not a mere student,
but shortly afterwards raised soldiers for
the Parliament, having the rank of
captain, and took part in the campaign ;
ibid. 42, 49, 50. He was the son of
John Swarbrick of Roseacre, and his sister
Ellen married Cuthbert Harrison, the
founder of Nonconformity after the Res-
toration ; Nightingale, Lanes. Nonconf.
i, 8 1.

14 John Ballard held a messuage and
land by lod. rent, and at his death in
1619 was succeeded by his son Thomas,
aged forty ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc.),
ii, 141.

Thomas Ballard died in 1635 holding
a messuage, &c., in Elswick of Richard
Molyneux and land in Tarnacre of the
king as of the manor of East Greenwich.
He left four daughters as co-heirs —
Janet, Ellen, Anne and Dorothy — their
ages ranging from seventeen to eight
years ; Towneley MS. C 8, 1 3 (Chet.
Lib.), 60.

15 Edward Turner of Goosnargh in
1604 held 12 acres and left a son Chris-
topher, aged fifty in 1620 ; Lanes. Inq.
p.m. (Rec. Soc.), ii, 191.

William Turner died in 1632 holding
a messuage, &c., in Elswick of the king
as of his manor of Clitheroe. Thomas,
his son and heir, was fifty years of age ;
Towneley MS. C 8, 13, p. 1190.

16 William Butler of Hackinsall in
1586 held land in Elswick of the queen
as of her duchy in socage ; Duchy of
Lane. Inq. p.m. xiv, no. 47. See also
Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc.), i, 241.

John (son of William) Bell died in
1625 holding land and a mill in Elswick
of the king ; his heir was William his
son, aged twenty-five ; Towneley MS.
C 8, 13, p. 66.

Thomas Noblett died in 1636 holding
a messuage, &c., of the king as of his
duchy in socage. Edmund, his son and
heir, was twenty years of age ; Duchy of
Lane. Inq. p.m jcxx, no. 67.

In some cases, as those of Eccleston
and Stanley of Great Eccleston, the
tenure has not been recorded.

17 John Wilkinson of Little Eccleston
so held in 1628 ; Towneley MS. C 8, 13,
pp. 1311-12.

18 John de Whittingham gave to his
friend Thomas Banastre of Bretherton a
rent of zs. from an oxgang of land in
Elswick in 1301 ; Dods. MSS. cxlix,
fol. 46*.

19 Adam de Bradkirk (before 1226)
gave to Richard son of Alan in marriage

283

with Amabil his daughter 3 oxgangs of
land in Elswick, which had been given by
Warine de Whittingham ; Whalley Couch.
(Chet. Soc.), ii, 459. Amabil granted
one of the oxgangs to John de Elswick,
another to Adam son of Lewe, and the
third to Robert son of Hugh ; ibid. She
was afterwards known as Amabil de
Sowerby ; ibid. 462.

10 Adam son of Adam de Bradkirk
gave land to Randle de Goosnargh son of
Robert, viz. one of the oxgangs which
Warine de Whittingham had given Adam
his father and which Adam son of Lewe
had released. A rent of zs. was to be
paid to cover the rent payable to Warine
de Whittingham. This charter was en-
rolled because the wax fell off when in
the hands of the justices in eyre ; Assize
R. 408, m. 44.

Alice widow of Randle de Goosnargh
in 1292 claimed dower in half an oxgang
of land in Elswick against Adam son of
Henry son of Ulf and Agnes his wife ;
ibid. m. 24. In 1316 Maud widow of
Alexander de Goosnargh claimed dower
in i oxgang of land against Henry de
Carleton and Godith his wife ; De Banco
R. 216, m. 194.

About the same time Hugh son of
Randle de Goosnargh released to Thomas
de Bradkirk his claim in 2 oxgangs of
land with a messuage in Elswick formerly
his brother Alexander's, of which i ox-
gang was formerly held by Adam son of
Roger, while the other was then held
by Henry de Carleton and Godith his
wife for life ; Kuerden fol. MS. 154.
Hugh also gave his sons Richard and
Thomas a chief messuage in Withington
(Weeton) and the reversion of the lands
held in Elswick by Maud widow of Alex-
ander de Goosnargh and Godith daughter
of Randle ; ibid. The said Godith, as
widow, gave the 2 oxgangs of land to
Thomas son of Adam de Bradkirk in
1320-1 and her whole right in 3
oxgangs ; ibid.

21 Paulin de Preston, who had sons
William and Adam, held an oxgang of
land in Elswick in 1292 ; Assize R. 408,
m. 24, 76. Earlier than this he had
granted an oxgang of land there to his
son William ; it had been purchased
from Adam son of Richard de Elswick ;
Add. MS. 32108, no. 70. In 1295
Thomas Travers obtained a messuage
and the third part of an oxgang from
Hugh son of Paul de Preston and Alice
his wife ; Final Cone, i, 178.

Alice widow of Thomas Travers
claimed dower in 1317 in Elswick and
Thistleton against Robert son of William
Cowdray and Margaret his wife ; De
Banco R. 219, m. 131 d.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

surname of Elswick** had shares. William de Elswick
gave his lands to the Singletons in return for
maintenance.*8

Whalley M and Cockersand " Abbeys and the Priory
of St. John of Jerusalem had lands in Elswick,"
represented later probably by the estates of Fleet-
wood,*7 followed by Hulton,*8 Eccleston w and Shire-
burne.10 Other of the neighbouring landowners also
had lands in this township.

An apportionment of the pasture was made in
1305, when Thomas Travers, Dame Joan Banastre,
Walter de Goosnargh and Roger son of Adam de
Elswick were lords. By it the holder of an oxgang
of land was allowed to send four oxen, four cows,
four young beasts, two horses or mares, ten sheep,
and four geese with one gander at the close time.
There was also a horse-mill in the township, and for
its maintenance five horses or mares might be sent
to the common pasture."

Apart from the Leckonby family the sequestrations
by the Commonwealth authorities do not seem to have
affected this township. In 1717 several 'Papists'
registered estates.1*

During the Commonwealth period the inhabitants
built a chapel on the waste or Leys, and had an
allowance of £50 a year from the Committee of
Plundered Ministers." After the Restoration this
stipend would cease, and it is said that the Prayer
Book services were occasionally used in it S4 ; but the
vicars of St. Michael's, perhaps themselves indifferent
or finding no support from the people and land-
owners, do not seem to have made any serious attempt
to gain it. It was therefore used as a school until
the brief indulgence of 1672, when it was licensed for
Congregationalists.35 From before the Revolution M
it has been regularly used by this denomination, and
from it many other churches have sprung. It was
rebuilt in 1753, and succeeded by the present church
in 1873-4.

WOODPLUMPTON

Plunton, Dom. Bk. ; Plumpton, 1256; Wode-
plumpton, 1336.

The prefix Wood distinguishes this township from
Field Plumpton, Great and Little, in Kirkham. The

w Amabil daughter of Adam de Brad-
kirk, as widow, granted to Robert son of
Hugh de Elswick the oxgang of land
which Richard the Dispenser had when
he took his way to the Holy Land, at 2s.
rent, and this was confirmed by her
brother Adam de Bradkirk and her son
Richard de Sowerby ; Whalley Couch, ii,
460-2. To a grant by the same Robert
son of Hugh de Elswick the following
were witnesses : Adam son of Hugh de
Elswick, Stephen his brother, Adam son
of John de Elswick "and Alexander de
Elswick, clerk ; ibid. 456. Richard son
of Adam de Elswick confirmed a grant by
Robert his uncle ; ibid. 458. William
de Elswick released lands to his brother
Robert ; ibid. 463. Alexander de Els-
wick, clerk, granted land in Sowerby to
his son Richard ; Kuerden MSS. iv, S 3.
William son of Alexander the clerk in
1292 called upon Adam son of Henry de
Elswick to fulfil an agreement made in
1280 that William's son and daughter
should respectively marry Adam's daughter
and son, but the decision was adverse ;
Assize R. 408, m. 93 d.

Robert son of Alexander de Elswick
obtained half an oxgang of land in 1298
from Adam son of Ulf and Agnes his
wife ; Final Cone, i, 184.

Some other early tenants occur. In
1 304 Cecily widow of Alan de Warlowes
(Wharles) claimed dower in a tenement
(including I oxgang of land) in Elswick
against John de Fulborne and Joan his
wife, and William Banastre was summoned
to warrant ; De Banco R. 151, m. 5 d. ;
1 54, m. 28 d. Cecily, called widow of
Alan de Faisacre, gave all her right in
Elswick to William Banastre ; Dods.
MSS. cxlix, fol. 5*.

William son of Ellen de Haighton was
in 1 326 found to have held, in conjunction
with Alice his wife, 4^ acres of arable
land in Elswick of the king in chief as of
the honour of Lancaster, by knight's
service and a rent of $d. to the castle ;
Chan. Inq. p.m. 19 Edw. II, no. 51.

Richard Southworth of Gressingham
and Alice his wife had lands in 1413 ;
Final Cone, iii, 72. The tenure of John
Southworth's lands in 1484 was not
known ; Lanes. Inj. p.m. (Chet. Soc.),
ii, 113.

Nicholas son of Robert Mythop in
1413 released to Robert Taylor all right
in lands in Elswick and Great Eccleston
held of him by Robert ; Dep. Keeper's
Rep. xxxvii, App. 174.

38 Lanes. Inq. and Extents, ii, 138-9.
William had granted three messuages, a
horse-mill and 2 oxgangs of land to
Thomas de Singleton and Joan his wife,
who in return bound themselves to pro-
vide him with sustenance like that of the
free men in their household, a cloak at
Christmas, and 4*. 6d. for shoes at
Michaelmas. The inheritance having in
1322 descended to Adam Banastre, a
minor, William found himself deprived
of his sustenance. Order was thereupon
made that it should be restored to him.

*4 Robert (son of Hugh) de Elswick
granted to Stanlaw Abbey half an oxgang
of land (excepting that part already given
to Cockersand) ; the monks were to pay
izd. a year to Adam de Bradkirk, he
paying the same to the heirs of Whitting-
ham ; Whalley Couch, ii, 457. The gift
was confirmed by others interested (ibid.
463-4), and a toft was added ; ibid. 454-5.

The lands of the abbey were described
about 1400 as eight 'lands' in the Page
Croft (next land of John Southworth), a
broadland on the Tunstead, a headland
in the Wadfurlong that shot upon the
Tunstead (next land of John Coppull),
land shooting into the Trathorne (next
Henry Marshall's land), and a toft called
the Granger yard ; ibid. 465.

25 Warine de Whittingham gave an
acre ; Richard son of Roger de Freckleton
gave a messuage, &c. ; and Robert son of
Hugh de Elswick gave land for a barn ;
QockersandChartul. (Chet. Soc.), i, 187-8.
Among the field-names arc a selion
called Cock and Hen, Turmurfurlong and
Smerebrook.

For the tenants 1451-1537 see ibid, iii,
1266—9. John Southworth and his heirs
were among them.

26 Plac. de Quo Warr. (Rec. Com.), 375.
87 The grant to Thomas Fleetwood in

Elswick was said to be of lands formerly
of Whalley Abbey ; Pat. 2 Mary. Els-
wick is named in the inquisition after his
death, along with Great Layton, and was
to go to his younger son William ; Duchy
of Lane. Inq. p.m. xii, no. 2.

284

*8 William Fleetwood »old to John
Hulton and John Hodgson in 1596 ;
Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 59, m.
320.

John Hulton of Darley* died in 1606
holding lands in Elswick of the king by
knight's service ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec.
Soc.), i, 68. Richard Hodgson of Layton
died in 1630 holding land there of the
king ; Towneley MS. C 8, 13, p. 514.

33 The tenure is not recorded, but the
land in Elswick was probably acquired
with Singleton Grange.

30 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xxvi,
no. 4.

31 Dods. MSS. cxlix, fol. 34. There
were 16 oxgangs of land in the vill,
each containing 24 acres of land and
meadow.

32 Elizabeth Hoole, John Turner,
William Smith and John Clarkson ;
Estcourt and Payne, Engl. Cath. Non-
jurors, 105, 125, 134-5.

33 Commoniv. Ch. Surv. (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches), 148. No minister had
then (1650) been approved. The order
for ^50 a year (out of Lord Derby's
estates) was made in Dec. 1649, and
about a year later William Bell, a ' godly
and orthodox divine,' was ' settled minis-
ter ' there ; Plund. Mini. Acets. (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), i, 83, 89, 103, 235.

84 ' Divine service was performed in
this chapel in the memory of several now
[1722] living,' was the vicar of St.
Michael's statement ; Gastrell, Notitia
Ctstr. (Chet. Soc.), ii, 452.

35 Nightingale, Lanes. None onf. i, 83-92,
where a full account may be read ; a view
of the present church is given. Cuthbert
Harrison, curate of Singleton till 1662,
is said to have been minister at Elswick
in 1672.

36 From ' King James's Toleration,'
according to the vicar of St. Michael's.
In 1689 Elswick Chapel was certified
' for John Parr and his congregation ' ;
Hist. MSS. Com. Rep. xiv, App. iv, 231.
The first minister recorded by Mr. Night-
ingale is Jonathan Nightingale, 1703—5.
There is supposed to have been a lapse
into Arianism about 1760. The registers
are at Somerset House.

The chapel of 1753 is described in
Hewitson'i Our Country Churches, 41 5-18.

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

surface on the whole rises steadily from the low level
of the more northerly parts of the parish. Thus
the 5o-ft. level crosses it from east to west when
about a third of the length of the township has been
traversed, and the i oo-ft. level when the second third
is reached going south. Two brooks flow through
it, mainly to the north-west, towards the Wyre ;
that to the north comes from Barton through Hollow-
forth ; that to the south is called Blundel Brook in
Broughton, but here Woodplumpton Brook, for its
course takes it through the centre of the township.
The village of Woodplumpton lies on its northern
bank, with Bartle to the south and Ambrose Hall to
the north. Swillbrook and Catforth lie to the north-
west, on the westerly side of the brook, and Woods-
fold near the northern boundary, with Lewth to the
east of it and Eaves to the north. The area is
4,970^ acres,1 shared by the four hamlets thus :
Woodplumpton, 949 ; Bartle, 1,341 ; Catforth,
1,828 ; and Eaves, 852^. In 1901 there was a
population of 1,208.

The two principal roads meet near Woodsfold.
One of them comes from the south, passing through
Bartle and Catforth ; the other from the south-east,
passing Ambrose Hall, Moorside and Lewth. These
are connected at the south by a cross-road from
Bartle through Woodplumpton to Ambrose Hall.

The township is governed by a parish council.

Woodplumpton was visited by plague in i63i.2

The land is largely in pasture. The soil is clayey.

Henry Foster, R.N., born at Woodplumpton in
1796, being son of the incumbent, attained dis-
tinction as a navigator and astronomer, and was
elected F.R.S. in 1824. He took part in Parry's
Polar expeditions of 1825-7 and did exploring work
in the South Seas. He was accidentally killed in the
River Chagres, near Panama, in 1831. There is a
memorial tablet in Woodplumpton Church.3

Mag Shelton, the Singleton witch, is supposed to
have been buried at Woodplumpton. A boulder

ST. MICHAEL-
ON-WYRE

stone, known as the Witch's Stone, marks the grave
in the churchyard. Her spirit had to be ' laid ' by
a priest.4

In 1676 there were said to be 646 inhabitants, of
whom 46 were ' popish recusants ' and 3 Dissenters.8
A more elaborate return in 1755 is as follows : —

Papists
56
78
65
69

Protestants Dissenters Quakers

Plumpton . 147
Bartle . . 112 I

Catforth . . 313 7

Eaves ..114 — 7

or 969 persons in all.6

Earl Tostig held WOODPLUMP-
MANORS TON in 1066 as part of his Proton fee.
It was assessed as five plough-lands.7
Afterwards it was held of the Crown or of the
honour of Lancaster in thegnage by a family whose
pedigree seems to connect them with the pre-Conquest
owners. Raghanald, the earliest of them on record,
must have lived about the time of the Conquest, for
his son Ravenkil attested the grants made in 1094
by Count Roger of Poitou to the abbey of Sees,8
and Roger son of Ravenkil, who gave Linacre to the
Knights Hospitallers,9 occurs from 1130 to II7I.10
His son Richard, the founder of Lytham Priory,
lived in the time of Henry II and Richard I, holding
by knight's service Kirkby, Argarmeols, Kellamergh
and Bryning, and in thegnage Woodplumpton,
Lytham, Carleton, Bootle and part of Formby.11

Richard son of Roger left five daughters as co-
heirs,12 but ultimately the inheritance became divided
between two — Maud, who married Robert de Stock-
port, and Amice, who married Thomas de Beetham.
Woodplumpton appears to have gone entirely to the
former,13 and as early as 1256 Robert de Stockport
was sole lord, allowing John de Lea common of pas-
ture on Bartle Moor.14 The manor, which rendered
17*. 4</. a year to the Earl of Lancaster in I297,18
descended regularly to the Warrens of Stockport and

I The Census Rep. 1901 gives 4,986
acres, including 1 8 of inland water. The
area was increased about 1882 by the
addition of a small detached part of
Broughton lying within Woodplumpton.

* Hist. MSS. Com. Rep. xiv, App. iv, 47.

3 Fishwick, St. Michael's (Chet. Soc.),
87, 78 ; Diet. Nat. Biog.

4 Fishwick, op. cit. 200 ; Gillow, Hay-
dock Papers, 41.

5 Visit. Ret. to the Bishop of Chester.

6 Ibid,

7 V.C.H. Lanes, i, 2884.

8 Farrer, Lanes. Pipe R. 290, 296.

9 See the account of Bootle in V.C.H.
Lanes, iii, 31.

10 Roger son of Ranchil owed 30 marks
in 1129—30 for an agreement with the
Count of Mortain respecting lands between
Ribble and Mersey ; Farrer, op. cit. I.
He was surety in 5 marks for a pardon
in 1169-71 ; ibid. 16, 20, 23.

II Ibid. 44. In 1176 Richard son of
Roger paid 5 marks in order to obtain an
inquiry as to the manor of Kirkby, which
had been taken into the king's hands
because he had married his daughter and
heir without the king's licence, and he
had to pay £100 to recover his lands ;
ibid. 31,42-3. The payment of several
instalments is recorded in the Pipe Rolls.
In 1 1 94 he Incurred a further penalty for
having shared in Count John's rebellion ;
ibid. 90, 92. The Priory of Lytham was

founded by him between 1189 and 1194 ;
ibid. 346—9.

In 1199 Maud Banastre made a claim
respecting sisters' portion against Richard
son of Roger and Margery his wife (her
sister), who put Robert de Stockport in
their place ; Rot. Curia Regis (Rec. Com.),
'» 359* Plaintiff was perhaps the Maud
de Hastings who had then another dispute
with Richard son of Roger ; ibid. 227,
301 ; Excerpta e Rot. Fin. (Rec. Com.),
i,87.

lz The three not named in the text were
Quenilda wife of Roger Gernet, Margaret
wife of Hugh de Moreton and Avice wife
of William de Millom.

13 It was probably the marriage of Maud
with Robert de Stockport in 1176 which
created the trouble above referred to.
Robert de Stockport in 1200—1 paid a
part of the 200 marks and five palfreys
which he had offered the king on suc-
ceeding to the lands of Richard son of
Roger ; Farrer, op. cit. 1 30.

Robert de Stockport died before 1206,
when his widow, as Maud Banastre, having
adopted her mother's surname, proffered
20 marks and a palfrey for freedom from
a compulsory marriage and for a reason-
able share of her father's and mother's
lands. At the same time others of
Richard's daughters are noticed ; ibid.
203 ; Rot. de Finibus (Rec. Com.), 352.

From the inquest of 1212 it appears

285

that the heirs of Richard son of Roger
held nine plough-lands in thegnage by a
rent of 4 (? 3) marks, of which 8*. lod. had
been remitted on the foundation of
Lytham Priory ; Lanes. Inq. and Extents
(Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 46. From
later inquests it appears that the proportion
due from Woodplumpton was ijs. $d. or
171. 6d. The assessment seems to have
been reduced from five to four plough-lands.

Maud de Stockport appears to have been
unmarried in 1216-22, when she held
lands worth 2 marks yearly ; ibid. 117.

Robert de Stockport, apparently the
son of Maud, released certain lands ( ? in
Woodplumpton) to Adam son of Swain
and his heirs ; Add. MS. 32106, no. 805.

14 Final Cone. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches.), i, 123. This Robert de Stockport
was the grandson of Maud. His father
Robert in 1242 held shares in other parts
of the inheritance of Richard son of
Roger in conjunction with Gernet and
Beetham ; Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 149,
153-4. The younger Robert succeeded
in 1248, being of full age ; ibid. 175, 184.
The king received the homage of Robert
son and heir of Robert de Stockport in
May 1248 ; the relief was 341. lod. ;
Excerpta e Rot. Fin. ii, 33. On the death
of Quenilda Gernet in 1252 a further
share of the inheritance accrued to him ;
Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 191.

» Ibid. 289.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Poynton,18 but these, though among the great families
of Cheshire, took little part in Lancashire affairs.17
Sir John Warren18 died in 1386 holding the manor
of Woodplumpton of the Duke of Lancaster by a
rent of I js. 6</., and was succeeded by his son
Nicholas,19 whose son Lawrence held it in I4i8.20

In later times the tenure was described as by
knight's service.21 Thus John Warren, who died in
I474,23 was said to have held the manor. He had
in 1445 granted various messuages and land in
Woodplumpton to trustees for Isabel daughter of
Robert Legh of Adlington, and other messuages,
&c., in 1471 to Eleanor, who married his grandson
Sir John Warren.23 This Sir John was aged thirty-six
in 1506, and died in 1518 holding the manor of
Woodplumpton, with fifty messuages, lands, meadow,
wood, turbary and moss of the king by the fifth part

of a knight's fee and the rent of I js. 6d. Lawrence,
his son and heir, was thirty-three years of age.24
The tenure was recorded in the same terms in the
inquisition after the death in 1540 of Sibyl widow of
Lawrence, when his son Edward, aged thirty-five,
was found to be the heir.28

Sir Edward Warren, made a knight during the
Scottish expedition of 1 5 44,26 died in October 1558
holding the manor of Woodplumpton as before, and
leaving as heir his son Francis, aged twenty-four.27
Francis had, however, been disinherited by his
father,28 and so his brother John succeeded, and his
grandson, another John Warren, mortgaged the manor
to Sir Robert Banastre for £4,000, and, failing to
pay, forfeited it.29 Woodplumpton remained for
some time in the hands of the Banastre family,30
but in 1667 was recovered by Edward and John

14 The history of the family was told
in detail by John Watson, rector of
Stockport, in his Memoirs of the Ancient
Earls of Warren and Surrey (Warrington,
1782) ; and there are later pedigrees, &c.,
in Earwaker, East Ches. i, 343 ; ii,
286-9 5 and Ormerod, Ches. (ed. Helsby),
iii, 795-6, 685-7; i, 626. The
following outline shows the descent of
the manor of Woodplumpton.

Robert de Snckptrt, d. 1205 — ». Robert,
d. 1248 -§. Robert, d. c. 1274 — s.
Richard, d. 1 292 —da. Joan, d. c. 1 3 3 1 , who
married Nicholas de Eton of Rotley -s.
Robert, d. c. 1350 -s. Richard -s. Richard
—sister Isabel, d. 1369 -cos. John Warren
(s. Cecily, da. of Joan de Eton), d. 1386
— s. Nicholas, d. 1413 -s. Lawrence, d.
1444 — s. John, d. 1474 — gdson. John
(s. of Lawrence), d. 1518 -s. Lawrence,
d. 1530 — s. Edward, d. 1558 — s. Francis
(disinherited) — bro. John, d. 1587 -s.
Edward, d. 1609 — s. John, d. 1621 -s.
Edward, d. 1687 — s. John, judge of
Chester, d. 1706 -s. Edward, d. 1718 -s.
John, d. 1729 -bro. Edward, d. 1737 -s.
George, d. 1801 —da. Elizabeth Harriott,
d. 1826, wife of Thomas James Viscount
Bulkeley (who d. s.p. 1822).

The heiress bequeathed Woodplumpton,
&c., to the second Lord de Tabley, heir of
her family, being descendant of her great-
aunt Anna Dorothea sister of Edward
Warren, who married Sir Daniel Byrne
of Timogue, — s. John, d. 1742 — s. Peter,
who assumed Leicester as a surname,
d. 1770 —s. John Fleming, cr. Lord de
Tabley, 1826, and d. 1827 -s. George,
who took the surname of Warren in
1832 and d. 1887, having sold the
manor of Woodplumpton.

The Warren family has occurred pre-
viously in the accounts of Blackburn
Hundred and Goosnargh.

17 A claim for common of pasture was
in 1274 made by Adam de Acton
(Aighton) against Robert de Stockport ;
De Banco R. 6, m. 2. In the following
year Ellen widow of Robert claimed a
third part of the manor of Plumpton as
dower against Richard de Stockport ;
ibid. 10, m. 71 d.

Nicholas de Eton held the manor of
Woodplumpton in 1324 by the rent of
171. 6d. ; Dods. MSS. cxxxi, fol. 39^.
John de Davenport the younger (as
trustee for Eton) held (four) plough-lands
in Woodplumpton in 1346, rendering
171. 6d. ; Survey of 1346 (Chet. Soc.), 52.

18 In 1382 the escheator was ordered
to give seisin of the manor of Wood-
plumpton to Sir John de Warren, son of
Cecily sister of Robert son of Nicholas de

Eton. A feoffment of the 'manor had
been made by John son of Sir John de
Davenport to the said Robert de Eton
and Isabel his wife, with remainder to
John brother of Robert, &c. ; Dep.
Keeper's Rep. xxxii, App. 354.

19 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), i, 25,
34,47. In 1382 Sir John de Warren
had granted this manor to John de
Davenport and others ; after his death a
dispute ensued between the Duke of
Lancaster and these trustees as to the
custody of the manor, lasting from 1387
to 1392 ; Dep. Keeper's Rep. xl, App. 525.

20 Margaret the widow of Sir John de
Warren (Waryng) afterwards married
John Mainwaring, but had the manor
of Woodplumpton for her life, with
remainders to Nicholas and Margaret, Sir
John's children. Parcel of the manor
was in 1396 given to Nicholas de
Warren on his marriage with Agnes, who
had a son Lawrence. To him a parcel
of the manor was granted in 1415.
Margaret his grandmother died in 1418
holding the manor of the king as of his
duchy by a rent of ijs. 6d. ; it* clear
value was £6 ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet.
Soc.), i, 131-3; Dep. Keeper's Rep.
xxxiii, App. 1 6 ; Final Cone, iii, 76. For
the Worsley claim appearing in thii fine
see Watson, op. cit. ii, 237.

Agnes Warren in 1421 received
£9 ioj. as farmer of Woodplumpton ;
Add. MS. 32105, GG 2652.

81 Sir Lawrence Warren of Stockport
was in 143 1 said to hold the manor of
Woodplumpton by the service of one
knight's fee ; Feudal Aids, iii, 95. In
1445-6, however, his knight's fee included
not only the four plough-lands in Wood-
plumpton but the lands in Bryning, &c.,
which had anciently been held by knight's
service ; Duchy of Lane. Knights' Fees,
bdle. 2, no. 20.

22 Ches. Inq. p.m. 14 Edw. IV, no. 6.
The Lancashire inquisition quoted below
gives 1480 as the date of death.

23 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. iii, no. 86.
One John Warren was made a knight

at Ripon in 1487 ; Metcalfe, Bk. of
Knights, 18.

** Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. iv, no. 89.
In a recovery of the manor in 1525
Lawrence Warren was the defendant ;
Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 141, m. 3.

25 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. viii,
no. 15. Sibyl Warren had had the
manor granted to her for life. Edward
Warren, the son, had granted certain
messuages and lands to Francis, his son
and heir, and Mary his wife, daughter of
Sir Edward Fitton.

286

86 Metcalfe, op. cit. 77.

27 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xi, no. 66.
By a fine of 1557, therein quoted, the
manor of Woodplumpton, a fourth part
of the manor of Formby, with messuages,
water-mill, &c., in those townships and
in Liverpool and Didsbury, were by Sir
Edward and his son Francis settled on
the younger son John Warren and his
heirs, with remainders to other sons,
Lawrence and Peter. The fine it Pal.
of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 17, m. 90.

28 Watson, op. cit. ii, 131. The reason
is not given. Francis died without issue
in 1576.

John Warren and Margaret hit wife
made a settlement of the manor of
Woodplumpton in 1582; P*l. of Lane.
Feet of F. bdle. 44, m. 172. Edward
Warren and Anne his (second) wife had
four messuages, &c., there in 1591 ;
ibid. bdle. 53, m. 91. Again in 1598 a
settlement of the manor and various
lands was made by Edward Warren and
Susanna his wife ; ibid. bdle. 60, m. 3 8.
Another settlement was made in 1613
by John Warren, Anne his wife and
Margaret widow of John Warren ; ibid,
bdle. 81, no. 68.

Edward Warren was M.P. for Liver-
pool in 1589; Pink and Beaven, Parl.
Repre. of Lanes. 184.

From entries in the Woodplumpton
registers it appears that the Warrens
resided there about 1604-6.

39 Cal. S. P. Dom. 1637, p. 545.
Edward Warren, son of the mortgager,
stated that his father had been im-
prisoned for debt and there died, leaving
petitioner in ward to the king. He had
sought to regain the manor, but Sir
Robert Banastre, who at first appeared
willing, alleged that he had so settled
it at the marriage of his son that he had
no power.

so A feoffment of the manor was made
in 1634 by Sir Robert, Lawrence and
Henry Banastre ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of
F. bdle. 122, no. 6.

Sir Robert Banastre of Passenham,
Northants, was made a knight in 1605 ;
Metcalfe, op. cit. 155. He died in 1649.
His daughter and heir Dorothy married
William second Lord Maynard (d. 1698),
and bore him two sons and a daughter.
The eldest son, Banastre, born in 1642,
succeeded his grandfather and his mother
at Woodplumpton in 1649, and in 1651—4
made claims for the discharge from
sequestration of tenements in Wood-
plumpton which had been held by re-
cusants; Cal. Com. for Comp. iv, 2751.
In 1662 in a fine concerning the manor

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

ST. MICHAEL-
ON-WYRE

Warren from Banastre Maynard and Elizabeth his
wife.31 The manor descended, with other Warren
estates, to Lord de Tabley, but was sold to the
Birleys of Milbanke, Kirkham, and became the pro-
perty of Charles Birley of Bartle Hall, who died in
1891, leaving issue. The eldest son, Charles Addison
Birley, succeeded, and at his death in 1908 was
followed by his son Mr. Charles Fair Birley, the
present lord of the manor. Courts leet and baron
were held annually till recently.32 The hall was
sold to Dr. Thomas Calvert, Warden of Manchester
1 823-40. 33

In 1542 there arose disputes as to the wastes,34
and an agreement as to the division of parcels of the

commons and waste lands within the manor was made
in 1573 between John Warren, lord of Wood-
plumpton, and the various charterers. The details are
preserved in Christopher Towneley's MS. numbered
OO ; the lord received 210 acres and the charterers
i68.3S

The Singleton family or families had lands in
the township, those of the senior branch descend-
ing in the usual way,36 and those of the Chingle
Hall,37 Brockholes 38 and Staining branches 39 ap-
pearing in their inquisitions. Others of the neigh-
bouring landowners also appear in the records,40
with minor local families such as Beck,41 Billing-
ton,42 Duddell,43 Gregson,44 Harrison,48 Mason,48

William Lord Maynard was plaintiff
and Nicholas Banastre deforciant ; Pal.
of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 169, m. 76.
In another fine, 1665, Thomas Banastre
was plaintiff and Banastre Maynard
deforciant; ibid. bdle. 175, m. 41.
Banastre succeeded hit father as third
Lord Maynard, and died in 1718 ;
G.E.C. Complete Peerage, v, 277.

31 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 179,
m. 24. In a later fine (1710) Edward
Bere$ford was plaintiff and the following
were deforciants — Anne Warren, widow ;
Edward, Hugh and John Warren, esquires;
Edward and Talbot Warren, gentlemen ;
ibid. bdle. 265, m. 53. Again in 1761
the deforciants were Sir George Warren
and Jane his wife ; ibid. bdle. 366,
m. 66. Thomas James Viscount Bulke-
ley and Harriet his wife were in posses-
sion in 1802 ; Pal. of Lane. Lent Assizes,
42 Geo. Ill, R. 8.

Sir George Warren (K.B. 1761) repre-
sented Lancaster in Parliament 1758-80
and 1786-96 ; Pink and Beaven, op. cit.
126-7.

" Fishwick, St. Michael's (Chet. Soc.),

25. The court baron it mentioned in

1601 ; Ducatus Lane. (Rec. Com.), 111,436.

33 Raines in Notitia Cestr. (Chet. Soc.),

», 455-

84 Ducatus Lane. (Rec. Com.), ii, 69.
K A list of the charterers, with the
acreage of their separate ' inlands,' is ap-
pended. The queen had 26 acres.

36 Robert de Stockport, lord of Plump-
ton, leased land in the manor to Thomas
Banastre in 1287; B.M. Add. Charter
20149. la I3°o Joan widow of Thomas
Banastre claimed dower in a messuage
and land in Woodplumpton against
Gilbert de Grimsargh ; De Banco R. 133,
m. 127. Thomas Banastre had in 1296
demised to Gilbert (for life) various lands
held by gift of Richard de Stockport ;
Kuerden MSS. ii, fol. 256.

In 1 346-8 John Trussell and Pernell
his wife (widow of Adam Banastre)
claimed dower in ten messuages, &c.,
against Edmund de Dacre and Ellen his
wife ; De Banco R. 347, m. 165 ; 354,
m. 3°°- Robert de Singleton appeared
as plaintiff in 1369 against Robert son of
Edmund de Dacre and Godith his wife ;
Final Cone, ii, 177.

Later lands, &c., in Woodplumpton
appear as portion of the Balderston
estates (ibid, iii, 165) in the possession
of Edmund Dudley, Radcliffe of Winmar-
leigh, Alexander Osbaldeston and the Earl
of Derby, as appears by the inquisitions
p.m. It should be noted, however, that
in 1521 the Woodplumpton land of
Thomas Radcliffe was not placed among
the Balderston inheritance, but was de-
clared to be held of Lawrence Warren by

a rent of 2s. ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m.
v, no. 3. Similar statements are made
in later inquisitions, but in 1593 Plump-
ton was included with other Balderston
lands ; ibid, xvi, no. 2.

37 They held a windmill, three mes-
suages, &c., of the Warrens in socage ;
Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. vi, no. 32 ;
viii, no. 9 ; ziii, no. 16.

Belonging to a minor family of the
district was John Singleton, whose will
of 1545 is printed in Richmond frills
(Chet. Soc.), 57.

38 Robert Singleton in 1525 held land,
Sec., in Woodplumpton of Lawrence
Warren in socage ; Duchy of Lane. Inq.
p.m. vi, no. 4. In 1573 what was pro-
bably the same estate was described as
'in Newsham,' which was within the
lordship of Woodplumpton ; ibid, xii,
no. 34. In a later inquisition the tenure
was said to be of the queen by knight's
service ; ibid. no. 30.

39 In 1551 George Singleton was said
to hold in Woodplumpton of George
Newsham in socage ; Duchy of Lane.
Inq. p.m. ix, no. 17. The tenure is not
stated in later inquisitions.

40 The tenure of John Newsham of
Newsham in 1515 was not known, and
in 1585 the whole estate in Newsham
and Woodplumpton was combined, as
held of John Warren in socage ; ibid, iv,
no. 75 ; xiv, no. 88.

The lands of Alexander Goosnargh of
Stalmine were in 1524 said to be held of
the king by a rent ; ibid, v, no. 55.

George Hesketh of Poulton in 1571
died holding land, &c., of John Warren
by a rent of 6s. %d. ; ibid, xiii, no. 1 5.
It was held similarly in 1622 of Sir
Robert Banastre ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec.
Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), iii, 363-6.

Anthony Pickering of Catterall in 1613
held land, &c., in Catforth and Wood-
plumpton of John Warren by 10*. rent ;
ibid, i, 242-3.

Alexander Rigby of Goosnargh in 1621
held of the heirs or assigns of John
Warren, marking the transition to
Banastre ; ibid, iii, 457-9.

Thomas Gregory in 1622 held of Sir
Robert Banastre by a rent of id. ; ibid,
iii, 403-^4.

William Haydock of Cottam held of
the same in 1624; Towneley MS. C 8,
13 (Chet. Lib.), 529.

In some other cases no tenure has been
recorded.

41 Richard Beck died in 1585 holding
a messuage, &c., of John Warren in
socage by a rent of 4*. ; Roger Beck, the
son and heir, was nineteen years of age ;
Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xiv, no. 46.
Roger Beck was in possession in 1590 ;
Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 52, m. 506.

287

The property seems to have been iold to
Duddell, as below.

42 Anthony Biilington by his will
of 1575 desired to be buried in the
'parish church* of Woodplumpton. He
names his sons John and Thomas ; Fish-
wick, op. cit. 193. A later Anthony
Biilington died in 1631 holding of Robert
Banastre. John his son and heir was
nineteen years old ; Duchy of Lane. Inq.
p.m. xxvii, ne. 17 ; xxx, no. 70.

43 In the case of George Duddell (1589)
the tenure is not recorded, but his son
William in 1613 was said to have held
in part of the king as of his duchy by the
fiftieth part of a knight's fee and in part
of John Warren by 6s. rent ; Lanes. Inq.
p.m. (Rec. Soc.), ii, 13-15. The estate
included purchases from Roger Beck and
Thomas Harrison, and was bequeathed to
his nephew George (son of John) Duddell
of Clifton, and in default of male issue to
another nephew, William (son of Richard)
Duddell, &c. George Duddell, the next
heir, was seventeen years old.

Thomas Harrison and Ellen his wife
sold to William Duddell in 1558 ; Pal.
of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 20, m. 105. In
1563 they sold to William Ambrose;
ibid. bdle. 25, m. 119. The Duddells
took the Parliamentary side in the Civil
War. Captain Duddell, eldest son of
George, raised a company for service, and
was killed at the capture of Bolton in
1644; War in Land. (Chet. Soc.), 42, 50.

44 Robert Gregson died in 1613 holding
a messuage, &c., of John Warren by
41 . ifd. rent, and 6 acres (from the waste)
of the king as of his duchy by the
hundredth part of a knight's fee. John
Gregson, the son and heir, was seven years
of age ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc.), i,
257.

John Gregson was a 'delinquent ' during
the Civil War time, having assisted the
forces raised against the Parliament.
In 1650 he compounded by a fine of
,£51 ; Royalist Comp. Papers (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), iii, 128.

45 The will of James (son of Thomas)
Harrison of Catford, 1587, shows that he
had land in Woodplumpton and Bils-
borrow. His sons were James and
Andrew; Fishwick, op. cit. 194. James
Harrison, who died in 1612, held his land
of John Warren by 5*. rent ; his son and
heir John was aged seventeen ; Lanes.
Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc.), ii, 6.

46 Robert Mason, who died in 1599,
held of Sir Edward Warren by a rent of
31. $d. He left three daughters and co-
heirs, viz. Alice widow of Richard Am-
brose, and aged fifty in 1623 ; Elizabeth
wife of Robert Lache, forty-seven ; and
Jane wife of John Larrimer, forty-four j
Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc.), ii, 155.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Richardson 47 and White 48 ; but the chief residents
in the I5th century and later seem to have been the
Ambrose family of AMBROSE HALL™ and Cat-
forth. Their estates passed by sale in 1650 to
Richard Shaw, and about 1870 to Charles Birley.60
CAT. FORTH, called a manor, was held by the Shire-
burnes of Stonyhurst,51 and B4RTLE gave a surname
to a local family who in the I4th century had part

of the manor of Great Eccleston.83 In this part of
the township is Moor Hall, which has for a long
time been held by a branch of the Threlfall family.83
Isolated references are all that can in most cases be
given.54

George Nicholson of Woodplumpton in 1631 paid
£10 on declining knighthood.68 Several sequestra-
tions for religion or politics marked the Common-

47 William Richardson and Anne hit
wife in 1590 gave two messuages, &c., to
William Waring ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of
F. bdle. 52, rri. 219.

Thomas son of William Richardson,
who died at Myerscough in 1637, held
three messuages, &c., in Woodplumpton
and other lands in Claughton, Bils-
borrow and Sowerby, and left a son and
heir William, one year old. The re-
mainder in default of heirs male was to
trustees for the maintenance of a school-
master at Garstang ; Duchy of Lane.
Inq. p.m. xxviii, no. 76.

48 Anthony White acquired a messuage,
&c., in 1582 from Nicholas White ; Pal.
of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 44, m. 132.
Anthony White died in 1606 holding in
socage and leaving as heir a daughter
Margaret wife of Henry Singleton and
twenty-nine years of age ; Lanes. Inq. p.m.
(Rec. Soc.), i, 100.

49 William Ambrose the elder settled
messuages, &c., in Woodplumpton,
Kirkham, Goosnargh, Garstang and
Lancaster in 1421 ; Final Cone, iii, 79.
The remainders appear to have been to
his son William, and in default of issue
to Joan, Ellen and Margaret sisters of a
Nicholas (?) Ambrose. About the same
time a William Ambrose is found acting
as arbitrator in Furness ; West, Furnest
(ed. 1805), 264.

Nicholas Ambrose in 1448 complained
of trespass by John Hestholm, Joan his
wife and others ; Pal. of Lane. Plea R.
1 1, m. zb.

Richard Ambrose in 1478 made a
feoffment of lands, &c., in Kirkham and
Woodplumpton 5 Towneley MS. C 8, 13
(Chet. Lib.), A in.

Alexander Ambrose in 1492 obtained
licence to agree with Agnes and Margery
daughters of Richard Walton concerning
their holding in Woodplumpton, News-
ham and Upper Rawcliffe 5 Pal. of
Lane. Plea R. 78, m. 4 d. Richard son
of Richard Walton and Agnes his wife
occur in 1474 ; Pal. of Lane. Writs
Proton, file 15 Edw. IV.

The lands of William Ambrose were
estimated for the subsidy of 1523—4 at
301. a year ; Fishwick, op. cit. 9.

In 1541 Nicholas Ambrose of
Plumpton sold to William Eccleston a
messuage with appurtenances in Wood-
plumpton ; Add. MS. 32106, fol. 337 d.
In 1548 a settlement of Ambrose Hall,
with ten messuages, lands, &c., in Wood-
plumpton, Penwortham, Goosnargh and
Winmarleigh, was made by Nicholas
Ambrose, the remainder being to his son
and heir William ; but three messuages,
&c., the dower of Elizabeth Ambrose,
widow, were to go to Thomas Sing/eton 5
Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 13,
m. 149. In 1555 Nicholas appears to
have sold a further part of his estate in
Woodplumpton and Charnley Eaves to
William Eccleston ; ibid. bdle. 16, m. 128.
These, however, were re-sold to William
Ambrose in 1559, a tenement in Little
Eccleston being given for them ; Add.
MS. 32106, fol. 199.

William son and heir of William
Ambrose made a feoffment in 1564 ; Pal.
of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 26, m. 212. In
1577 he made a settlement of the whole
or part of his estate, which included a
water-mill, with contingent remainders
to his brothers Thomas, Ewan and George
and to Richard and Leonard sons of
William Ambrose of Catforth Hall ;
ibid. bdle. 39, m. 58.

A pedigree was recorded in I 567 show-
ing the descent thus : Richard Ambrose
-s. William — s. Nicholas —sons William,
Thomas, Henry, Roger, Ewan, George,
and da. Ellen ; Visit. (Chet. Soc.), 46.

Thomas Ambrose claimed a capital mes-
suage in 1595 against Thomas Richardson
and Isabel his wife (widow of Roger
Ambrose) as heir of his brother William ;
Ducatus Lane. (Rec. Com.), iii, 409.

Roger Ambrose had died in 1585 hold-
ing a messuage called Little Blacklache
of John Warren by izd. rent; this and
another piece of land held by knight's
service were parts of William Ambrose's
estate (then deceased), and Roger had also
acquired a further parcel from John
Singleton of Chingle Hall, held of the
queen as of her duchy by knight's
service. His son and heir William was
seven years of age ; Duchy of Lane.
Inq. p.m. xiv, no. 62.

William died unmarried in 1641 and
the estate went by a deed of 1607 (in
possession of William Farrer) to the
allied family of Catforth Hall. For
confirmation Richard Ambrose of this
place obtained in 1612 a royal grant of
Ambrose Hall for himself and his heirs ;
Pat. 10 Jas. I, pt. xv. In 1650-1
William Ambrose of Catforth, Elizabeth
his wife and Richard his son and heir
mortgaged Ambrose Hall to William
Shaw of Preston, who eventually became
the owner ; W. Farrer's Deeds, and
Fishwick, op. cit. 183-5, where pedigrees
will be found. William Ambrose of
Catforth had succeeded his father Richard
by 1631 ; W. Farrer's Deeds.

50 Fishwick, loc. cit.

51 Catforth was called a manor in
1422 ; Dunkenhalgh D. The deeds
noticed in the Shireburne abstract book
at Leagram Hall begin with a grant by
Sir Robert de Stockport to Richard de
Newsham of land in Woodplumpton to be
held by a rent of I2<£ Afterwards the
land seems to have passed to the Fishwick
family (1366 to 1522), and in 1575
Thurstan Southworth sold messuages,
&c., in Woodplumpton to Sir Richard
Shireburne, while Robert Midghalgh and
George his son and heir in 1591 sold
land in Newsham called Ravenshawhalgh
(or Rainshalgh) to the same.

Though these deeds are silent, it appears
that Sir Richard Shireburne in 1508 gave
the manors of Aighton and Catforth, with
various lands, &c., to his executor to
fulfil the trusts in his will, and that
Catforth was held of Sir John Warren in
socage ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. iv,
no. 46. Similar statements were made
in later inquisitions, but the abstract

288

book shows that part of the demesne was
in 1546 sold to Elizabeth (or Ellen)
Rodes by Sir Richard Shireburne and
Maud his wife ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F.
bdle. 12, m. 299. Probably the other
parts were also alienated, and in 1594 the
Shireburne estate in Catforth was not
called a manor.

Gilbert de Catforth attested some early
charters.

52 See the account of Great Eccleston.

58 Information of Mrs. Charles Threl-
fall. Edward Stanley acquired land, &c.,
in 1588 ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F.
bdle. 50, m. 23. In his will, dated 1587,
he names his nephew Thomas Threlfall ;
Fishwick, op. cit. 196. In 1595 Thomas
Threlfall claimed a messuage, &c., in
Woodplumpton against William Richard-
son and Anne his wife ; Ducatus Lane.
iii, 387. It was probably the same who
was chapel-warden in 1610 ; Fishwick,
op. cit. 231.

54 Some examples may be recorded.

In 1310 John de Cottam and Denise
his wife claimed dower in three mes-
suages, &c., in Woodplumpton against
Richard son of William de Rediford ;
De Banco R. 181, m. 224 d. John son
of Robert de Rediford claimed a messuage,
&c., in 1333 against Robert son of Ralph
de Dardeslow. It appeared that John de
Rediford, grandfather of plaintiff, gave
to Joan his daughter, but she died
without issue. The defendant said that
the gift was to his father Ralph and his
heirs ; ibid. 293, m. 91 ; 295, m. 58 d.

Henry son of Richard Russel of Wood-
plumpton and Cecily his wife in 1336
acquired three messuages, &c., from John
son of John son of Simon de Howick ;
Final Cone, ii, 101.

Sir John Tempest and Alice his wife
were plaintiffs in 1352 ; Duchy of Lane.
Assize R. 2, m. I. Margery de Nettleton
claimed against Robert de Newsham and
Alice his wife in 1359 ; ibid. 7, m. i.
John son of Robert de Rainford and
Agnes his wife appear in 1361 ; Assize
R. 441, m. i d. Robert de Newsham
and Joan his wife had lands in 1388 ;
Final Cone, iii, 30.

Robert Lache of Bartle and James his
son and heir in 1522 granted a windmill
and land to William Braboner of Goos-
nargh ; Add. MS. 32107, no. 393-5.
See Ducatus Lane, iii, 63.

The Subsidy Roll of 1 545-6 shows the
following owners of land : Nicholas
Ambrose, Henry Charnley, Thomas
Henryson, George Kighley, William
Latus, John Newsham and the wife of
John Richardson ; Fishwick, op. cit. 10.
Some other rolls are given ibid.

Christopher Hudson made a purchase
from John Fell in 1555 ; Pal. of Lane.
Feet of F. bdle. 16, m. 113. Richard
Hudson had land, &c., in 1582 ; ibid,
bdle. 44, m. 102.

65 Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.),
i, 222. A later namesake was a bene-
factor of the poor. Alice Nicholson of
Bartle, widow, founded the school at
Catforth.

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

wealth period,56 while a number of ' Papists ' regis-
tered estates in ijij."

The piety of Richard son of Roger
CHURCH makes it probable that a chapel existed
in his demesne before 1200. Though
this is confirmed by remains in the building, there
seems to be no direct documentary evidence58 of the
chapel till 1552, when its 'ornaments' were seized
for the king.59 About the same time it was locally
styled a 'church.' 60 There was no endowment, but
the vicar of St. Michael's allowed ^4 a year to the
curate,61 and service there appears to have been main-
tained after the Reformation. In 1650 the minister
had an allowance of £50 a year from the Committee
of Plundered Ministers.62 The certified income in
1717 was only £3, but further endow-
ments were procured about that time,63
and the net value is now given as

ST. MICHAEL-
ON-WYRE

40 ft. long by 1 6 ft. wide. This may have been
extended eastward in the late I5th or early i6th
century and a south aisle added, and later again in
the 1 6th century a further aisle added on the south
side, the first aisle then becoming the nave. The
evidence for this is, however, far from being conclu-
sive, the chief reasons in support being the nature
of the walling at the west end of the north aisle, the
width of the aisle itself, which is greater than that of
the nave, and the difference of detail of the two
nave arcades, which seems to point to that on the
south being later in date, though perhaps at no great
interval of time, than that on the north.66 The nave and
aisles are under three separate and continuous gabled
roofs, that over the south aisle and the north slope of

14S CENTURY

15J2CENTUBY
152CENTUBY
CHI MODERN

The church of ST. 4NNE stands at
the south end of the village, near the
edge of the higher ground before its fall
to Woodplumpton Brook, and consists of
chancel and nave with north and south
aisles forming a parallelogram measuring
internally 72 ft. 6 in. long by 47 ft. 6 in.
wide, with north-east vestry and small
western tower with octagonal lantern.
The oldest part of the building is the
western half of the north aisle wall, in
which there are a window of c. 1 300 and
a door of about 100 years later, the east
part of the wall, together with the east
wall of the aisle, being either of 1 5th or
early 1 6th-century date, or an older wall
restored with later windows inserted.
The north and south arcades belong to
the late I5th or early 16th-century
period, but the rest of the structure,
comprising the whole of the west and
south walls and the east wall as far as the
north side of the chancel, was rebuilt or
refaced in the i8th century, probably in
1 748,64a at which time the tower was
also erected. The development of the plan is not
clear from the evidence of the building, but the
present north aisle may represent the nave of a 1 4th-
century building which would be perhaps about

SCALE or FEET

PLAN OF WOODPLUMPTON CHURCH

the north aisle being covered with stone slabs and
the others with modern blue slates. The older
masonry is of red and yellow sandstone intermixed,
but the 18th-century walling consists of squared

66 Edward Browne of Bartle, ' adhering
to the forces raised against the Parlia-
ment,' had his lands sequestered, but took
the National Covenant, &c., in 1646
and was allowed to compound ; Royalist
Comp. Papers (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.),
i, 251-5.

Jane Brewer, widow, had two-thirds
of her estate sequestered for recusancy,
'conformed' in 1648, but had in 1651
failed to secure discharge of her land.
She then seems to have renounced Pro-
testantism, for she petitioned in 1654 to
be allowed to contract for the seques-
trated part under the Recusants Act ; Cal.
Com. for Comp. iv, 2886. John Ward's
ca»e, 1652, appears to be of the same
kind ; ibid. 2991.

Other recusants were William Beesley
and his wife, both dead in 1653, when
Peter Blackburn and Katherine his wife
(heir of Henry son of William Beesley)
petitioned for discharge, and George

Green ; ibid. 3155, 3174 ; Royalist
Comp. Papers, i, 172.

57 Francis Almond of Lawton House,
Edmund Baine of Catforth, Elizabeth
Billington, William Billsborough, Richard
Clarkson (steward for Sir N. Shireburne),
Perpetua Clarkson, Anne Crichlow, Robert
Kellet, William Kitchen, Richard Latui
and Thomas Willasey ; Estcourt and
Payne, Engl. Cath. Nonjurors, 91, 103, &c.

58 The house of Gilbert the chaplain of
Plumpton is named in a Sowerby charter
about 1240 : Cockenand Chartul. (Chet.
Soc.), i, 245. 'Of Plumpton' may be a
surname. The chapel is not named in
the grant of St. Michael's to Battlefield.

59 Fishwick, op. cit. 76.

60 As in wills quoted ibid. Ellen Top-
ham, widow, in 1556 left 2OJ. to the
church of Woodplumpton (where she
desired to be buried), and 6s. Sd. to
Nicholas Lawrenson to pray for her soul ;
Richmond Wills, 88.

289

61 Commoniv. Ch. Sur-v. (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), 147.

62 Ibid. 148 ; no minister is named.
The £50 was given in 1646 out of T.
Clifton's sequestered estates ; Plund.
Mins. Accts. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.),
i, 26. The chapel was vacant ; ibid. 32.

63 Gastrell, Notitia Cestr. ii, 454-5.
The chapel was ' duly served by a curate.'

64 Manch. Dioc. Dir.

64a Among the briefs collected in the
parish of Ryton, co. Durham, is one for
'Woodplumpton Chapel in Com. Lane."
received 12 June 1748. The charge was
,£1,246 ; Proc. Soc. Antiq. of Newcastle, x,

34-

65 A local tradition that the early
window and door in the north aisle were
brought to Woodplumpton from a place
not named and inserted during the igth
century would, if true, destroy the argu-
ment for the supposed early 14th-century
date of part of the north walL

37

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

blocks of gritstone with sandstone dressings. The
south wall is a fairly good piece of classic work with
semicircular-headed windows and doorways and
angle pilasters and entablature, above which, however,
the embattled parapet of the earlier wall has rather
unfortunately been set. The doorways have moulded
imposts and blocked keystones with a straight moulded
weathering on blocked corbels above, and the windows
have plain jambs and heads with blocked imposts
and keystones. At the east and west ends the walling
is of plainer character.

The church seems to have been repaired and re-
roofed in 1639, that date being on one of the
principals of the north aisle, and was later filled with
square pews ; but there seems to have been no
adequate restoration in modern times till the year
1 900, when the interior was stripped of many coats
of whitewash which covered the walls and the
masonry laid bare, the old square pews removed and
new seating erected, the chancel re-arranged, new
quire stalls and other fittings being inserted, and the
vestry enlarged by being extended westward. In the
course of this latter work various fragments of an
earlier church were discovered, including two por-
tions of shafts with scalloped capitals, indicating the
existence of a building here in the 1 2th century,
lome bits of 14th-century tracery, and a red sandstone
slab with floreated cross. All these fragments are
now built into the vestry wall.

The chancel and nave are without structural
division, the chancel, which is inclosed by modern oak
screens and is 27 ft. 6 in. by 14 ft., occupying the
first and half the second bay from the east, a 6-ft.
length of plain wall forming the original 15th-
century sanctuary at the east end. The east window
is a modern pointed one of four lights with per-
pendicular tracery, and the roof, together with those
of the nave and south aisle, is also modern. The
north arcade consists of five pointed arches of two
chamfered orders on octagonal piers, 20 in. in
diameter, with moulded caps and bases, 6 ft. in
height to the top of the caps, the arches all being of
equal width. On the south side the arcade differs
somewhat in the setting out, though the number of
bays is the same and the detail somewhat similar.
The work, however, is rather more rough in cha-
racter and the piers are 6 in. more in height. There
is a 4-ft. length of straight wall at the west end, and
the two outer arches, east and west, are less, and the
second one from the east greater, in width than
those in the north and the remaining arches on the
south side. The north aisle is 16 ft. in width and
is lit at the east end by a three-light window with
low four-centred arched head and external hood
mould, and at the west by a new four-light square-
headed Gothic window inserted in the 1 8th-century
wall. The north side had originally three windows,
but the easternmost one was removed when the vestry
was enlarged, the reveal alone remaining as a recess.
Next to this, about the middle of the aisle, is a late
two-light square-headed opening, and further west
the interesting early 14th-century window already
mentioned, of two pointed trefoiled lights with
a rounded trefoil in the head and segmental rear
arch. The north door, which may be c. 1400, has
a pointed arch with plain sunk chamfered jambs and
head on which are carved symbolic paterae, including
three four-leafed flowers, a rose, fish, and the initial

M (twice). The north wall has apparently been
raised about three courses, probably in the iyth
century, when the roof was renewed, and is built in
the lower part of blocks of red and yellow sandstone
3 ft. to 4 ft. long, but of less size above, and is
strengthened by two buttresses each of two stages.
The roof retains some of the 17th-century oak
principals, but is otherwise new, and has overhanging
eaves, and on the south slope is pierced by two dormer
windows of six lights each.

The south aisle is 1 3 ft. wide, with a two-light
segmental-headed window at each end and four
windows and two doors on the south side. The
west tower, or campanile, measures 6 ft. square
inside, and is set towards the north side of the
nave gable, to the height of which it is carried up
square, finishing with a moulded cornice, above
which is an octagon lantern with an open arch on
each face, surmounted by a small stone dome with
ball and fish weather-vane. The lower part of
the campanile, which is open to the church with
a modern arch filled in by a modern oak screen, has
a round-headed west window with keystone and
blocked jambs, and on the south side is an old
disused clock-face.

The font now in use is a modern one (1901) of
red sandstone. An old round font, found some years
ago at the back of the church, fell into the hands of a
local mason, by whom it was re-cut, re-chiselled and
reduced to octagon form, all vestiges of its original
character being destroyed. It now stands outside, to
the north of the turret.

Many of the old 1 8th-century oak pew ends, carved
with various initials and dates between 1716 and
1746, have been used as panelling round the walls,
and at the east end of the south aisle is the 1 7th-
century oak communion table with the initials ' WA '
and the date 1635.

There are two bells, one dated 1596 and the other
1837, but without other inscription or founders'
name.

The plate is all modern and comprises a chalice,
paten and flagon of 1859, given by Mr. Charles
Birley of Bartle Hall ; a paten of 1896, 'The gift of
Gertrude Emily Birley, Easter 1896' ; and a small
flagon of 1897, given by Richard Marsden in memory
of his son James Marsden. There are also two
chalices, two breadholders and two flagons of pewter,
all inscribed ' I. Woods and R. Parker Churchwardens
1822.'

The register of burials begins in 1603 and those
of baptisms and marriages in 1604, from which
year they are complete with the exception of gaps
between 1625 and 1628 and between 1648 and
1653. The first two volumes (1614-59) have
been printed.66

The churchyard lies principally on the south and
west sides. There is an octagonal stone shaft sur-
mounted by a sundial, the plate of which is dated
1657, and on the south wall are traces of a large
painted sundial with the motto ' Sic transit gloria
mundi ' on the architrave. Near the entrance on the
south side are the remains of the stocks, on one pillar of

.... AB
which is cut — •

66 Lanes. Parish Reg. Soc. Publ. xxvii (1906). Transcribed by
Henry Brierley.

2QO

WoODPLUMPTON CHURCH FROM THE SOUTH-EAST

WoODPLUMPTON CHURCH : THE NAVE, LOOKING EAST

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

GARSTANG

The incumbents, styled vicars, are appointed by
the vicar of St. Michael's. The following is a list of
them67 : —

oc. 1552—62 Nicholas Lawrenson 68
oc. 1604—13 John Hollinworth 69
oc. 1 6 1 4 R . . . Lomax 70

oc. 1621 Roger Farrand 71

oc. 1629-30 John Dugdale 72
oc. 1637-41 JohnGregge73
oc. 1 646-7 Peter Jackson 7*
oc. 1650 John Wright76

1651 John Haydock78

oc. 1669 Robert Wayte 77

oc. 1676-80 John Harrison

1684 Thomas Kirkham, B.A.78

c. 1695 Thomas Cockshutt, B.A.79 (Pembroke

Coll., Camb.)
1700 Timothy Corles, B.A.80 (Emmanuel

Coll., Camb.)
1704 Ralph Loxam, B.A.81 (Jesus Coll.,

Camb.)

1708 Robert Butterworth

oc. 1735 Matthew Worthington 82

1797 Charles Buck, M.A.83 (St. John's Coll.,

Camb.)

1803 Henry Foster

1836 Isaac Mossop 8t

1884 William Henry Ramsbottom M

1889 Ernest Turner Millard

A free school was founded at Catforth in i66i-6.86

Roger Kitchen's house in Woodplumpton was
licensed in 1689 as a meeting-place for Noncon-
formists,87 but the congregation does not seem to have
continued.

The Wesleyan Methodists have a chapel at Wood-
plumpton, erected in iSig88 ; the Primitive Metho-
dists appeared at Catforth in 1815, and soon afterwards
a chapel was built there, replaced in 1863 by the
present one.89

St. Andrew's Roman Catholic church, at the south
end of the township, is known as Cottam Chapel, as
representing the old mission maintained by the Hay-
dock family at Cottam Hall, close by. This had to
be given up in ijij, on the estate passing into the
hands of Protestants, but a new chapel was soon after-
wards opened in Woodplumpton. It was destroyed
in 1 746, after the defeat of the Young Pretender, and
again in 1768 by mobs from Preston. The present
church succeeded it in I793.90 St. Robert's, Catforth,
was opened in i877.91

NETHER WYRESDALE
HOLLETH
CLEVELEY (PART)
CABUS
WINMARLEIGH

GARSTANG

NATEBY

GARSTANG

KIRKLAND

BARNACRE-WITH-BONDS

CATTERALL
CLAUGHTON
BILSBORROW
PILLING

The parish of Garstang has an area of 28,88 1 acres,
and the population in 1901 numbered 5,896,*
employed for the most part in agriculture, though
there are some scattered factories.

The northern boundary is peculiar, Holleth being
quite detached from the main body of the parish and
having a small part of its area within the parish of
Cockerham, in which also is contained about three-
fourths of Cleveley. Some evidences of the Roman
occupation have been found.2 Before the Conquest

only three manors existed — Garstang, Catterall and
Claughton — and these three, with the addition of
Bilsborrow, were all the townships existing in
1 3 27-41. 3 It was only slowly that the other town-
ships became separate. In 1624 the county lay was
apportioned as follows : Garstang, £10 f,s. 3^. ;
Catterall, £1 i$s. ^\d. ; Claughton, iBs. y\d. ; and
Bilsborrow, £l \s. 6£J., making a total contribution
of £14 2s. ^d. towards the £100 levied upon the
hundred.4 The older fifteenth was of similar pro-

67 Much of the list is due to Col. Fish-
wick, who gives biographical notices, op.
cit. 80-8. It will be seen that the
curates changed very frequently, the
chapel being often vacant, until the iSth
century.

68 His name occurs in the inventory of
church goods and in the visitation lists of
1554 and 1562; Chet. Miic. (new ser.),
i, 10.

69 His name appears in the registers.
He was 'no preacher" ; Hist. MSS. Com.
Rep. xiv, App. iv, 8.

70 In 1619 the name occurs as George
Lomas ; he was presented to the Bishop
of Chester for making clandestine
marriages ; Visit, records at Dioc. Reg.
He seems to have moved to Broughton.

71 Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.),
i, 69. Afterwards at Broughton.

73 Raines MSS. (Chet. Lib.), xxii, 70.

73 Misc. (Rec. Soc.), i, 124.

74 Registers.

75 Plund. Mitts. Accts. i, 235.

76 Ibid. 236. Haydock was still there
in 1654 ; ibid. 140.

77 Afterwards of Bispham. The curacy
was vacant in 1674; Visit. Paper* at
Chester.

78 Visit. Papers at Chester, 1686.
Kirkham was curate and ' conformable '
in 1689 ; Hist. MSS. Com. Rep. xiv, App.
iv, 230. In 1691 he was at Garstang
and in 1693 at Melling.

79 The church papers in Chester Dioc.
Reg. begin with this curate.

80 Afterwards of Longton.

81 Afterwards rector of North Meols.

82 Afterwards vicar of Childwall.

85 He had been vicar of St. Michael's.

84 For the church in his time see A.
Hewitson, Our Country Churches, 59.

85 Formerly a solicitor, 1877-80. Went
to South Africa, 1890.

88 Gastrell, Notitia Cestr. ii, 45 5 ; End.
Char. Rep. From the visitation present-

291

ments at Chester (Dioc. Reg.) it appears
that George and Robert Boulton were
teaching school, unlicensed, in 1622.

87 Hist. MSS. Com. Rep. xiv, App. iv,
232.

88 Fishwick, op. cit. 132 ; Hewitson,
op. cit. 554.

89 Fishwick, loc. cit. ; Hewitson (op.
cit. 551) states that it originated in a
camp meeting at Great Eccleston.

90 Gillow, Haydock Papers, 53-6, 76,
&c. ; Liverpool Cath. Annual ; Hewitson,
op. cit. 55. A priest was labouring in
the district in 1653, as appears by the
story of John Baines of Woodplumpton,
admitted to the English College, Rome,
in 1674 ; Foley, Rec. S. J. v, 425.

91 Liverpool Cath. Annual,

1 This does not include any in Cleveley.
* Pal. ftote-Bk. v, 15.
8 Subs. R. of 1332 ; Inq. Nonarum, 37.
4 Gregson, Fragments (ed. Harland),

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

portions.6 The townships had by that time become
distinct,6 and Bishop Gastrell in 1717 reckoned them
as eleven, arranged in four quarters — Garstang,
Claughton, Barnacre and Wyresdale ; Pilling was in
the first-named quarter.7

Garstang is midway between Preston and Lan-
caster, on the ancient road to Scotland, and has thus
witnessed many stirring events, such as the devas-
tating raid by the Scots in 1 322,* but ancient remains
are scanty.9

There was a visitation of the plague in ij^g-jo.10
In 1444 William Marsden and others were charged
with having broken into a fulling mill at Garstang
and stolen forty ells of woollen cloth called russet,
value 40^., the goods of John Ingoll,11

Leland, journeying north about 1535, says : ' After
I rode over Brock water, rising a vi miles off in the

Garstang out of the hills on the right hand and
cometh by Greenhalgh, a pretty castle of the lord of
Derby's, and more than half a mile thence to Garstang
in Amounderness. Some saith that Garstang was a
market town.' lf

The district was hostile to the Reformation 1S and
favourable to the king's cause in the Civil War,
though some companies were raised for the other
side.14 Greenhalgh Castle was one of the two impor-
tant fortresses remaining till 1645 to give trouble to
the Parliamentarians. Their historian gives the
following account of its surrender : —

Colonel Dodding with his regiment, with Major Joseph
Rigby's companies, laid close siege to Greenhalgh Castle, keep-
ing their main guard at Garstang town, into which [castle]
were gotten many desperate Papists. Their governor was one
Mr. Anderton. They vexed the country thereabouts extremely,
fetching in the night time many honest men from their houses,

WINMARLEIGp-

**"• Tyro* .^"'

GARSTANG.

hills on the right hand and goeth at last into Wyre.
Calder rising about the same hills, goeth also into

Tjrr T J •«. T> M.I. > J r Winter. me country was pui iu cALiauiuiuai^ luaigra in

Wyre; I rode over it. By the town's end of maintaining the northrern men, who made a prey without pity,

Garstang I rode Over a great Stone bridge on Wyre 8UCh abundance of provision they weekly destroyed. The

ere I came to it. Wyre rises a viii Or ten miles from Leaguers had thought to have undermined the castle and blown

making a commodity of it. They sallied out oft upon the
Leaguers and killed some. They stood it out stoutly all that
winter. The country was put to extraordinary charges in

5 Gregson, Fragments (ed. Harland),
19 ; Garstang paid £6, Catterall igs. %d.,
Claughton lit., and Bilsborrow 141. \d.
towards the hundred's total of £56 4*. %d.

6 A schedule of tenants in the manor
of Nether Wyresdale in 1604 names
Barnacre and Bonds as separate town-
ships ; Fishwick, Garstang (Chet. Soc.),
47-8.

7 Notitia Cestr. (Chet. Soc.), ii, 409.

8 John the Tailor of Kirkland, flying
from the Scots, complained of being
robbed near the Lostock in Leyland ;
Coram Rege R. 254, m. 42.

9 Fishwick, op. cit. 2-4.

10 Engl. Hist. Rev. v, 526, 528. The

archdeacon of Richmond alleged that 2,000
had died, but the jury allowed only £3
out of his claim for £13 for probate dues.

11 Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 6, m. 22*.

u I tin. v, 97.

13 The patent rolls of the early years of
James I show a number of sequestrations
for recusancy in the parish, e.g. Oliver
Cottam in Barnacre and Bilsborrow ;
Pat. 6 Jas. pt. xxi.

In 1630-2 the following compounded
by annual fines for the two thirds of their
estates liable to sequestration for recu-
sancy : Barnacre — John Bee jTz, Robert
Layfield ,£3 ; Catterall— Robert Shire-
burne £20 ; Kirkland — John Butler

292

,£3 6s. %J. ; Pilling — John Bradshaw (for
his wife) £5, Thomas Dalton £3 6s. 8J.;
Winmarleigh — Thomas Molyneux ^5 ;
Wyresdale — William Baines ^2, Thomas
Parkinson £3, William Parkinson
£z 131. 4-d. ; Trans. Hist. Soc. (new ser.),
xxiv, 175, &c.

Large numbers refused to sign the Pro-
testation of 1641 ; Fishwick, op. cit.
264—72. For the case of William Capes
see Cal. 5. P. Dom. 1638-9, pp. 156, 171.

14 ' Mr. Fyfe that dwelt at Woodacre,
Mr. Christopher White of Claughton,
Mr. Whitehead of Garstang town ; these
raised their companies within Garstang
parish ' ; War in Lanes. (Chet. Soc.), 42.

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

GARSTANG

it up with gunpowder, and great cost was spent about it to
pioneers, but to no effect ; the ground was so sandy it would
not stand. At last this Anderton died, and them there within
being thereby discouraged, they were glad to come to a compo-
sition to deliver it up upon conditions — which were, that they
might go to their own houses and be safe. It was ordered that
the castle should be demolished and made untenable and all the
timber taken out of it and sold, which was done. And so it
lies ruinated. ... It was very strong, and builded so that it
was thought impregnable with any ordnance whatsoever, having
but one door into it, and the walls of an exceeding thickness and
very well secured together.15

Celia Fiennes, who passed through this 'little market
town ' about 1 700, was here ' first presented with the
clap bread which is much talked of, made all of oats.' "

In the Jacobite rising of 1 7 1 517the town clerk, Roger
Muncaster, joined their forces, as did several others of
the district. Muncaster was executed at Preston, and
three of the local men at Garstang on 14 February
17 1 5- 1 6. 18 Though Prince Charles Edward and his
army passed through in 1745," it does not appear
that they secured any adherents in this parish.

A century ago the district was famous for its
cattle, which were of a peculiar breed, ' of a smaller
size than the Lancashire, of elegant shape and beauti-
fully curled hair, with wide spreading horns and
straight backs.' The Wyre then supplied the inhabit-
ants with plenty of fine soft water, and afforded
good diversion to the angler as abounding with trout,
chub and gudgeon and in springtime with smelts.20

The following table *0;i shows the manner in which
the agricultural land is now employed : —

Arable

Permanent

Woods and

land

grass

plantations

ac.

ac.

ac.

Barnacre-with- Bonds

94

3,804$

394

Bilsborrow

43

821

Cabus ....

45

1,285

i7i

Catterall ....

67

1,082

2

Claughton . . .

48

3,138

298

Garstang

423

Holleth ....

59

285

15

Kirkland ....

48

839

3°

Nateby ....

HI!

1,183

43

Pilling . . . .

2,874

2,248

33

Winmarleigh

604

«i*34

6o£

Nether Wyresdale .

10

2,853^

157

4,733$

1,050

The church of ST. HELEN'1 stands

CHURCH on the south side of Churchtown village,

close to the right bank of the River

Wyre, about l£ miles to the south-west of the town
of Garstang, and consists of a chancel with north and
south aisles and north vestry, clearstoried nave with
north and south aisles, south chapel, south porch,
and west tower.22

The earliest parts of the building are the pier and
responds on the north side of the chancel and the
piers of the nave arcades, which are of 13th-century
date, indicating a church at that period of about the
same length and width as at present. This early
building, however, would probably be without
clearstory, and would terminate at the west end with
a gable, from a window in which the nave would be
lighted. The chancel may have been originally
without a south aisle, but there is no evidence of this,
as the arcade on that side is of later date, probably
work of the 1 4th century, to which period the chancel
arch belongs. The chancel was most likely entirely
reconstructed at this period and a south aisle added,
the pier and responds on the north side being re-
tained perhaps by reason of the beauty of the work,
which is unusually good for this part of the country,
or possibly for merely structural reasons. In the
i 5th century,23 and again in the i6th century,84 the
church was largely rebuilt, the whole of the outside
walls belonging to these periods, a chapel added on the
south side of the south aisle of the nave and a tower
erected at the west end, the building assuming in a
large measure its present appearance. The windows
are all of this last date with perpendicular tracery,
with the exception of those at the west end of the
nave aisles, which are of 14th-century date and may
have been originally in the south quire aisle. The
small irregularly-shaped two-story vestry at the
north-east corner of the building is apparently of
1 6th or early 1 7th-century date, and a gabled hearse-
house against the west side of the porch was probably
erected in the middle of the 1 8th century. In 1 746
an inundation of the Wyre overflowed the church-
yard and so much injured the church that it was
thought that it would be necessary to take it down
and entirely rebuild it, but on inspection the building
was found to be structurally sound, so that restora-
tion alone was necessary.

In 1 8 1 1 the walls of the nave and chancel were
raised and a clearstory erected in place of the gabled
dormer windows which had before existed, and the
whole of the building was at the same time re-roofed
and ceiled. A more thorough restoration took place
in 1865— 8, 2i when the square pews and galleries
which had been erected in the previous century were

15 War in Lanes. (Chet. Soc.), 60. The
date of surrender is not given, but it was
in or after May 1645. The defender
was Capt. Nicholas (son of James)
Anderton of Clayton ; Castlemain, Cath.
Apology 5 Foley, Rec. S. J. iii, 779.

16 Through England on a Side-saddle, 156.
Kuerden's account of his tour through
this part of Lancashire notices the water-
mill and the ' fair stone bridge ' at the
entry into Garstang ; Loc. Glean. Lanes,
and Ches. i, 217.

17 The Highland army passed through
the ' small market-town ' on 9 Nov. ;
Patten, Hist, of Rebellion (ed. 1745), 79.

18 Fishwick, op. cit. 70—3. Mun-
caster was executed at Preston on 27 Jan.;
those at Garstang were Joseph Wadsworth
and Thomas Goose of Catterall and
Thomas Cartmell of Claughton. Others

who joined were John Leyburne of
Nateby, Edward Sykes of Nether Wyres-
dale and Thomas Walmesley of Bils-
borrow. The place of execution is
uncertain ; one tradition gives it as Stocks
Lane End in Catterall, but another as
Lancaster Lane, about half a mile north
of Garstang ; Hewitson, Our Country
Churches, 474.

19 Advancing 27 Nov., retreating
13 Dec. At the former date the
treasure chest is said to have been stolen
by some of the people, but was restored
after a threat to put all the inhabitants to
the sword ; Hewitson, loc. cit.

20 Cooke, Lanes. (1805), 122-3.
' Drunken Barnaby ' thus notices the
local cattle :

'Veni Garstang, ubi nata
Sunt armenta fronte lata.'

20a Statistics from Bd. of Agric.
(1905).

21 So called circa 1200 (note 30).

22 Cf. Glynne, Lanes. Churches (Chet.
Soc.), 24 ; Hewttson, Our Country
Churches, 449-62 ; Whitaker, Richmond-
shire, ii, 453.

K In 1403 the king ordered the chief
forester of Myerscough to deliver four
'keisnes ' to the parishioners of Garstang
for the repair of the church ; D. of Lane.
Misc. Bks. xv, 51 d. (pt. ii).

34 Thomas Graystock in 1561 left
6s. %d. towards the building of the new
aisle ; Richmond Wills (Surtees Soc.),
151.

K 'A restoration committee was formed
in 1864. ... It took about five years
to complete the work ' ; Hewitson, North'
•ward, 44.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

removed, the nave re-seated, and the roofs opened
out, the interior then assuming its present appearance.

The walls are of rubble masonry with ashlar
dressings, finishing with a plain ashlar parapet to the
aisles and chapel, but the chancel and nave roofs,
which are of flat pitch, have overhanging eaves. The
chancel roof is slightly lower than that of the nave,
and their east gables being unmarked by a cross
or other apex stone, an appearance of flatness is pro-
duced. The external appearance of the church has
no doubt lost much of its distinction by the removal
of the old higher-pitched roofs.

The chancel is 36 ft. 9 in. long by 19 ft. 3 in.
in width, and has a five-light pointed window with
perpendicular tracery, moulded jambs and head, and
external hood mould with carved terminations. The
line of the I 5th-century roof shows on the exterior
of the gable, the east wall of the 1 8 1 1 clearstory

walling. The north aisle, which is 12 ft. 10 in.
wide, is the full length of the chancel, and is lighted
by two three-light pointed windows with perpendicular
tracery on the north side and a similar one at the
east end. Below the east window, close to the floor
level, is a square-headed opening, now built up,
19 in. high by 6\ in. wide, splaying to 2 ft. 9 in.
inside, the sill of which is 2 ft. 4 in. above the
ground on the outside, the purpose of which is
not clear. On the south side of the chancel is a
6 ft. length of wall containing a piscina with trefoil
head and projecting bowl moulded on the underside,
and beyond an arcade of two pointed arches of two
chamfered orders springing from an octagonal pier with
moulded capital and base, and from semi-octagonal
responds. On the east wall to the south of the
chancel window is a moulded corbel or bracket,
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being simply built above it. The wall on the north
side of the chancel for a distance of 1 3 ft. from the
east end is of 15th-century date, with a pointed
doorway to what was probably a vestry built at the
east end of the original shorter aisle, but which is
now part of the aisle itself. West of this is an arcade
of two pointed arches of two chamfered orders spring-
ing from a central eight-shafted pier with moulded
base and carved capital, and from a respond of similar
detail at the east end. At the west end the arch
dies into the wall, stopping with a four-leaved flower,
but the 13th-century respond still remains set back
within the later masonry. The detail of the pier
and responds is very good, the bases having the water
moulding, and the caps, which are 1 2 in. deep, being
carved with stiff-leaved foliage. The capital of the west
respond is 3 ft. lower than the others, the height of
which to the top of the capitals is 8 ft. 3 in., it having
probably been mutilated and built up in the later

ornament, 5 ft. above the floor. The south chancel
aisle, which is 1 3 ft. 4. in. wide and has a pointed
south door with moulded jambs and head, is about
9 in. less in length than the chancel, and, like the
north aisle, is lighted by two three-light pointed
windows with perpendicular tracery on the south
side and one at its east end. The chancel is sepa-
rated from the aisles by modern oak screens, and has
two clearstory windows, similar to those of the nave,
on either side. The roof is a modern timber one
of four bays and the floor is tiled, the aisles being
paved with flags.

The chancel arch is of two orders each with the
wave moulding, springing from similar responds
having modern caps, but retaining their original
moulded plinths, which are mutilated, on either side
for a former screen. In the pier south of the
chancel arch facing east is a segmental-headed door-
way with hollow-chamfered jambs and head, which

294

GARSTANG CHURCH FROM THE NORTH-EAST

GARSTANG CHURCH : THE NAVE, LOOKING EAST

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

GARSTANG

led formerly to a stone staircase, the underside of
three of the steps of which are still visible above
the opening. The lower steps have been removed
and a skew passage-way cut through the masonry to
the nave, the pier having been rebuilt and the stair-
case done away with. Previous to the restoration of
1868 the south aisle was blocked from floor to
ceiling by a large stone ' vault,' and a faculty had to
be obtained for its removal, the materials being used
in the restoration of the church.

The nave, which is 55 ft. 6 in. long by 21 ft. 9 in.
wide, has an arcade of five pointed arches of two
chamfered orders on each side, springing from circular
piers 2 ft. in diameter, with plain moulded capitals and
bases. On the north side the height of the piers to the
top of the capitals is 10 ft. 3 in., but on the south
the height is 6 in. less, and the top member of the
cap is octagonal in plan instead of circular as in the
north. The north-east respond is half-octagonal,
but the others are of the same type as the piers,
those at the west being something less than half a
circle, and the westernmost pier on the north side
leans badly to the west. The arches are of later
date than the piers, belonging probably to the 15th-
century rebuilding. All the stonework of the arcade,
both of piers and arches, has been re-chiselled. There
are three square-headed clearstory windows of three
pointed lights on each side, and the roof, which is
of five bays, is modern. The north aisle is 1 3 ft. 3 in.
wide, and has two pointed three-light windows, with
perpendicular tracery on the north side and a pointed
doorway in the second bay from the west, of two
hollow-chamfered orders and external hood mould,
above which is a niche with a crocketed canopy,
now much worn. The west window is of red sand-
stone, with three trefoiled lights and straight bar
tracery and quatrefoils in the head, but without a
hood mould. At the west end of the south aisle,
which is 1 2 ft. wide, is another- pointed sandstone
window of three cinquefoiled lights, with quatrefoil
tracery, the mullions crossing in the head ; both these
windows, which, as already mentioned, are of 14th-
century date, have plain chamfered details. The
south aisle is open to the chapel at its eastern end
by two wide pointed arches of two chamfered orders
springing from an octagonal pier and responds, to
the west of which and I 3 ft. from the west wall is
the south doorway, with segmental head and square
splayed jambs. The chapel, formerly the chantry ot
the Blessed Virgin, is 33 ft. 3 in. by 12 ft. 8 in., the
floor being raised two steps above that of the nave.
In the south wall is a piscina with trefoiled head and
wide chamfered jambs, and the roof is the original
flat one of oak divided into seven bays by moulded
beams, with intermediate moulded pieces, forming
in all twenty-one squares. On the south wall are
stone corbels, lower than the crown of the window
arches, carrying portions of an older beam moulded
on the edges, above which, carved along the wall-
plate, is the inscription * SANCTA MARIA ORA -p NOBIS

DEMON SCRIBIT IBI CVNCTA LOCVTA SIBI A° DNI
M°D°XXIX HOC OPVS AGITAT IN TEMPLO GENTES

CAVEANT SIMVL ESSE LOQVENTES.' The chapel has tWO

pointed windows of three trefoiled lights, and with
perpendicular tracery and external hood moulds on
the south side, and on the east a window of later
date, with four-centred arch and three plain pointed
lights.

The porch is 12 ft. 10 m. by 8 ft. 6 in. wide,
with a stone seat on each side, and open outer arch
of two chamfered orders 6 ft. wide by 10 ft. high,
with plain gable above set between the higher wall
of the south chapel and the wider gable of the hearse-
house, which is flush with it.

The west tower, the centre line of which is about
2 ft. to the south of that of the nave, is 1 1 ft. square
inside, and has a projecting vice with stone spirelet
in the north-east corner, and diagonal angle buttresses
on the west side of six stages going up to the string
immediately below the belfry windows, which are of
two trefoiled lights under a square labelled head.
The embattled parapet has been rebuilt apparently
in the 1 8th century and is poor in detail. There
is a clock on the north side towards the village, but,
except for a small square-headed window to the
ringing chamber, the north and south walls below
the belfry are quite plain. The west door has a
pointed arch of two hollow-chamfered orders and
external label, and the window above is a pointed
one of three trefoiled lights with perpendicular
tracery. The tower arch is of two chamfered orders,
the outer one dying into the wall at the springing.

The north-east vestry is built of large blocks of
squared stone, in contrast to the rubble masonry of
the rest of the building, and is entered from the
north chancel aisle by a four-centred arched doorway.
It measures internally 10 ft. 6 in. square, with a bay
window 3 ft. 6 in. deep on the east side, and is now
open to the roof, the original upper floor having
been removed.26

The pulpit is of oak, dated 1646, with a new
stem and top mould, and is a good piece of Jacobean
woodwork with square moulded panels. At the east
end of the north quire aisle are preserved portions of
oakwork said to have been originally round the stalls,
bearing the inscription ' Bona consuetude excutiat
quod mala extruxit. Minus semper dicito qua facias.'
The stalls themselves have been restored, four of the
six on each side having carved misericordes. There is
a good 18th-century brass chandelier in the nave,"
but the font and the rest of the fittings are modern.

There is a ring of six bells by T. Mears of London,
1828.

The plate consists of a chalice19 of 1658 inscribed
' Garstang,' with the maker's mark T C linked ; a
chalice inscribed ' Garstang 1 690 ' without date letter,
but with the maker's initials R M thrice repeated ; a
paten of 1719 without inscription ; two flagons of
1795, both inscribed 'The gift of Isabella Pedder,
wife of John Pedder, vicar of Garstang, for the use
of that church, 1795'; and a paten of 1872-3
without inscription.

The registers begin in 1567, but there are gaps
from January to June 1601, January to March 1609,

26 'In 1836 the vestry underwent some
repairs, and over the ceiling was dis-
covered a email room. In it were some
of the brasses now on the church walls '
(Fishwick, Hist, of Garstang, 92). A list
of the mural tablets and inscriptions

is given by Fishwick. They are
chiefly of tyth and 18th-century date.
The earliest brass commemorates George
Ainsworth, who was vicar from 1575 to
1610.

17 It was given by the contractor for

295

the 1746 restoratioc ; Baines, Lanes, (ed.
1836), iv, 460.

88 The churchwardens in 1680 gave a
report on the state of the church and its
furniture. There were a silver chalice and
two pewter flagons. Visit. Ret. at Chester.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

September to December 1653, and from April 1659
to December 1660.**

The churchyard, which lies principally on the north
and south sides, is entered from the village at the
north-west corner, and is bounded on the west and
south-east by a line of beech trees. On the south
side are the base and octagonal stump of a cross, the
latter 2 ft. 6 in. high, and further west an i8th-
century pedestal sundial, the plate dated 1757, with
the name of John Miller, Preston, and the motto
' Pereunt et imputantur.' On the east side is a stone
slab, much mutilated and worn, with the raised full-
length figure of a man with hands clasped.

The advowson of the church of
ADVQWSQN Garstang was held by the Lancaster
family as appurtenant to their manor
or fee of Nether Wyresdale, and in 1204-5 Gilbert
Fitz Reinfred and Helewise de Stuteville were able
to'prove their right against the rector of St. Michael's,
who alleged that Garstang was a chapelry to which
he should appoint.10 Gilbert afterwards granted the
advowson to Cockersand Abbey,31 and the canons
held the church and rectory down to the Dissolution.
Queen Mary, in refounding the Savoy Hospital in
1556-8, included the advowson of Garstang," and
the master of the hospital in 1558, immediately
after Elizabeth's accession, demised it to Christopher
Anderton of Lostock for ninety-nine years." After-
wards the advowson appears to have been acquired
absolutely, and was in 1679 8O^ by Sir Charles
Anderton of Lostock to Silvester Richmond, a Liver-
pool physician,34 whose son and namesake in 1 740

39 Some extracts are given in Fishwick' s
Garstang (Chet. Soc.), 127-40. The
vestry books go back to 1734 ; ibid. 125.

30 Gilbert (who was grandson of Rein-
fred) said that the advowson of the church
of St. Helen of Garstang belonged to his
wife Helewise, who had not been sum-
moned. She was the daughter and heir
of William de Lancaster by Helewise (de
Stuteville), the other defendant to the
claim on behalf of St. Michael's. This
Helewise said she claimed nothing except
as dower, and called Gilbert and Helewise
his wife to warrant her ; Assize R. 1039,
m. 3. The date is known by an entry
in the Pipe Roll, stating that Matthew
the Physician owed 10 marks for the
summoning of a jury to decide whether
the church of Garstang was a chapel of
St. Michael's or not ; Farrer, Lanes.
Fife R. 192. The jury stated that
St. Helen's had always been regarded
as a mother church, and pointed out
that it had never been regarded as in
the king's gift (as St. Michael's was) in
inquiries made in the time of Henry II
and of John himself when Count of
Mortain ; Curia Regis R. 32, 36.

31 Cockersand Chartul. (Chct. Soc.), i,
278 ; the gift was made for the souls
of Kings Henry and Richard, also of
King John, the grantor and his wife,
with the consent of William de Lancaster
his heir. The date is about 1215, in
which year King John ratified it ; ibid.
46. Helewise de Stuteville also con-
curred ; ibid. 279. William de Lancaster
confirmed his father's gift and added
4 oxgangs of land ; ibid. 280.

William Archdeacon of Richmond
approved the gift, reserving the right to
ordain a vicarage ; ibid. 281. Gregory IX
confirmed it in 1232 ; ibid. 25.

The Abbot of Cockersand was rector

in 1246, when he claimed an oxgang of
land as the free alms of his church and
not the lay fee of Jordan son of Thorfin ;
Final Cone. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.),
i, 106. Jordan relinquished his claim ;
Cockersand Chartul. i, 276.

33 Anderton D. (Mr. C. J. Stonor).

33 Ibid. The list of vicars shows that
Christopher Anderton presented in 1559.
In 1650 another Christopher Anderton,
' a Papist delinquent,' was patron ; Com-
monw. Ch. Sur-v. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches.), 149.

34 Fishwick, op. cit. 83, citing Pedder
D«- An account of the Richmond family
is given ibid. 83-6. 85 Ibid. 86.

36 The descent is thus given : Richard
Pedder -gth s. James (vicar, 1755-72)
-s. John (vicar, 1794-1835) — s. James
(vicar, 1835-56) — bro. John (vicar,
1856-9) — bros. Thomas and Richard, of
whom the latter survived ; he was of
Preston and Finsthwaite House, Ulvers-
ton, d. 1891 -bro. Wilson (vicar, 1859-
91) and his son John Wilson, present
vicar, who has afforded the editors this
and other information.

37 Pope,Nich. Tax. (Rec. Com.), 307, 327.

38 Inq. Nonarum (Rec. Com.), 37. The
contribution of Garstang was recorded as
£9 6s. $d., Claughton ,£1 13*. 4.d.t
Catterall £1 6j. Bo1, and Bilsborrow £i ;
the glebe also produced £1 6st So1. ; a
total of £14 131. 4</. Waste due to the
destruction made by the Scots accounted
for the £12 reduction. Claughton (and
perhaps also the glebe) appertained to the
vicarage.

89 Valor Eccl. (Rec. Com.), v, 261.

40 L. and P. Hen. VIII, xiv (i), 609 ;
a grant by the Court of Augmentations
in 1539. A lease for twenty-one years
was made to Edward Turner in 1588 ;
Pat. 30 Eliz. pt. xv.

296

sold to Richard Pedder of Preston.34 It has since
descended in this family, the present patron being the
vicar, the Rev. John Wilson Pedder.36

The rectory was in 1291 valued at £26 i 3*. 4^.
a year, but after the incursion of the Scots in 1322
this was reduced to £ i o 37 ; an increase to £12 was
recorded in I34i.38 The valuation of 1535 was
only j^ig.39 After the Dissolution the Crown leased
the rectory out apart from the advowson,40 and in
1604-5 sold it to Lawrence Baskervill.41 It appears
to have been purchased by Robert Bindloss of Ber-
wick,42 who also acquired the lessees' interest,43 and in
1622 the tithe corn was farmed for a gross sum of
£2 74." A rent of ^40 was paid to the Crown, and this
was part of the queen's income.46 The main portion
of the rectory passed to Standish of Standish by
marriage, and has since descended with this manor.46

A vicarage was ordained in 1241 by John Romaine,
then Archdeacon of Richmond. The vicar was to
have the tithes, &c., of Claughton, which included
the hamlets of Douansargh and Heyham, the obla-
tions of the entire parish at Christmas, Easter and
the patronal feast, with mass pennies and other dues.
The vicar was to be responsible for the due celebra-
tion of divine service, the payment of the arch-
deacon's dues, Peter's pence, &c. A residence was
allotted to him at Philiptoft, by the churchyard, also
an oxgang of land in the town fields of Garstang
exempt from tithes.47 The vicar's income was in
1291 taxed as £13 6s. 8d., reduced after 1322 to
j£5.48 In 1535 the gross value was estimated as
8.f. 8</.,49 by 1650 this had advanced to £60,*

41 Pat. 2 Ja$. I, pt. xvii.

4a Though it does not appear that the
lay rector was in any way responsible for
the church services, complaint was made
in 1621 that Sir Robert Bindloss refused
to keep a curate in the rectory of Gar-
stang which he had purchased, so tfiat six
hundred persons were destitute of services ;
Cal. S. P. Dom. 1619-23, p. 283.

Sir Robert Bindloss of Berwick and
Rebecca his wife made settlements of the
rectory of Garstang, &c., in 1650 and
1660 ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle.
149, m. 38 ; 165, m. 4.

43 Fishwick, op. cit. 88, citing ' Exch.
Bills and Answers, Jas. I," no. 156.

44 Ibid. 89.

45 Pat. 2 Chas. I, pt. iv (14 Mar.).

46 Fishwick, op. cit. 90. About 1717
'Lady Standish, a Papist, [was] impro-
priator of six townships and Mr. Butlet
of the other four ' ; Gastrell, Notitia Cestr.
(Chet. Soc.), 409.

47 Cockersand Chartul. i, 282-3.

48 Pope Nich. Tax. 307.

49 Valor Eccl. v, 263 ; the manse and
demesne lands were worth 2s. clear,
tithes of grain £8 131. 4^. and of wool,
&c., £i 131. 4<£, other small tithes and
dues as in the Easter roll ,£4. The vicar
was liable for synodals 21. and procura-
tions 31. 5*/.

In 1571 the vicar was alleged to claim
'plough pence* and 'house money,
otherwise called smoke money or smoke
pence,' belonging to the rectory ; Fishwick,
op. cit. 88.

60 Commoniv. Ch. Surv. (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), 149-50; the vicarage-
house and 3 acres of glebe were worth £3
a year, Stout House, on the glebe, worth
£1 3 6s. 8</., but then detained by John
Greenwood of Lancaster under a lease from
Dr. Wildbore ; tithes of Claughton £45.

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

GARSTANG

and by 1717 to £73 io/.51 At the present time the
net value is £266 a year.52

The names of some of the early rectors are known,

Robert occurring about ii9O-i2o6,53 both singly
and in conjunction with Henry04; also William
somewhat later.55

The following have been vicars : —
Instituted Name

. Benedict56 . . . .
Roger de Cockersand 57
. William de Skipton " .
William de Lonersale 59
. William de Caton «° .
Richard Pacock61

Patron

Cause of Vacancy

oc. 1277-8 . .
29 May 1281

oc. 1330 . . .

oc. 1 341 . . .

oc. 1347 . . .

c. 1356 . . .

21 Oct. 1380 .

oc. 1385 . . .
1 6 Mar. 1395-6

? 1410 . . .

1 6 Nov. 1421 .

3 Aug. 1422 .
14 Feb. 1422-3

29 Sept. 1429 .
oc. 1461 (r) .

oc. 1481 . . .
oc. I 500 .

oc. 1 508 . .

c. 1515 . .

oc. 1535 . . .

Oct. 1545 .

1 8 Jan. 1558-9

28 July 1562 .

81 Gastrell, Notitia, ii, 408 ; glebe £
tithes of Claughton ^46 io.t., modus
for tithe hay £1, Easter reckonings ^5,
and surplice fees £j. This value had
increased to over £80 a year by 1725 ;
ibid. 409. The glebe land measured 16
or 17 acres. A terrier of 1736 is in the
Visit. Ret.

The glebe is situated partly in Kirkland
(the vicanige, &c.), but chiefly in Garstang
(Stout House). 62 Munch. Dioc. Dir.

63 R. de Garstang was a surety to the
monks of Wyresdale for the chaplain of St.
Michael's between 1 194 and 1 199 ; Farrer,
Lanes. Pipe R. 338. He is no doubt the
Robert de Garstang who attested a
Conishead charter about 1190 ; ibid. 361.
Robert rector of Garstang and Paulin his
brother also occur ; Cockersand Chartul. i,
291. See also Lane. Ch. (Chet. Soc.), i,
57 ; ii, 387 (dated 1205-6).

Paulin was perhaps the ancestor of
Edmund de Wedacre living in 1340 ; De
Banco R. 321, m. 294.

54 Robert and Henry, rectors of
Garstang, made an agreement as to the
tithes of Bilsborrow with Robert the Clerk
of Preston, the latter releasing his claim ;
Cockersand Chartul. i, 334.

55 Lane. Ch. ii, 362 (dated 1230), 429.
William de Lancaster (HI), sending
greeting and sincere love to William
rector of Garstang, directed him to render
his homage and service for land in Nateby
to Gilbert the Clerk ; Dods. MSS. cxlix,
fol. 77. About 1260 one William was
' chaplain ' of Garstang ; Cockersand
Chartul. i, 292.

66 Benedict vicar of Garstang attested
Claughton charters ; Add. MS. 32104,
no. 933, 1309. In 1278 he complained
of a ditch in Garstang, made by John le
Tailor, but died about that time ; Assize
R. 1238, m. 31 ; 1239, m. 39. Also
lief. Keeper's Rep. xlvi, App. 166.

57 Tork Reg. Wick-wane (Surtees Soc.),
119 ; collated by reason of the archbishop's
visitation. He was a priest.

Archbishop of York

Richard de Preston 61 Cockersand Abbey

Roger Pacock63

Thomas de Green 64 Cockersand Abbey

Robert Lancaster

Robert Carrington Cockersand Abbey

Roger Garnet „ .

Robert Overton ,, .

Thomas Hoton G5 „ . .

Henry *

John Bradford663

John Woods'7

Thomas Bowland 67a

John Lancaster68

James Dugdale69

Richard Preston, M.A.70 .... John Kechyn . . .

James Anderton 71 Christopher Anderton

Hugh Anderton, B.C.L." . . . The Queen ....

d. R. Lancaster

res. R. Garnet
res. R. Overton

d. last inc.
d. last inc.
res. J. Anderton

Roger vicar of Garstang in 1292 made
a claim against Henry de Haydock and
William the White, executors of the will
of Adam de Brockholes, and recovered
40*. ; Assize R. 408, m. 98. He may
be the Roger afterwards Abbot of
Cockersand ; Chartul. i, p. xxii.

58 He claimed 50*. as owing by John
de Bardsey, Thomas de Southworth and
Gilbert de Howath ; De Banco R. 283,
m. 280 d.

59 John de Pleasington in 1341 com-
plained that William de Lonersale, vicar
of Garstang, had broken down his hedges
and trespassed in his corn and grass there ;
De Banco R. 327, m. 151.

60 Ibid. 352, m. 537 d.

61 Complaint was made that he kept
greyhounds and dogs for hunting foxes
and hares, to the hurt of the deer ;
Duchy of Lane. Forest Proc. bdle. I,
no. 20, m. 3.

M This and some later institutions are
taken from Whitaker, Richmondshiret ii,
453, citing Torre's MSS.

Richard de Preston was vicar in 1382 ;
Towneley MS. DD, no. 1468.

68 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), i, 91.

64 Thomas Green became Abbot of
Cockersand in 1410 ; Chartul. i, p. xxii.

65 In 1444 a monition was issued
against the vicar of Garstang for non-
residence ; Raines MSS. (Chet. Lib.),
xxii, 373. Thomas Hoton as vicar in
1467—8 witnessed the last will of Roger
Dugdale, who left one of his animals for
the repair of Garstang Bridge ; Richmond
Wills (Surtees Soc.), 5.

66 Kuerden MSS. iv, G 4. The date
is erroneous.

66a Cockersand Chartul. iii, 1133, &c.
He was a c»non of the abbey and vicar as
late as 1497.

87 Ibid. 1144. He also was a canon
of Cockersand.

67a Named in a settlement by Ralph
Catterall recited in Duchy of Lane. Inq.
p.m. iv, no. 4.

297

68 In a return made to the king in 1527
it was stated that Garstang Rectory,
appropriated to Cockersand Abbey, was
worth £20 a year and the vicarage £10.
The latter hnd been held by John Lancas-
ter, one of the canons of the house, for
twelve years and more ; Duchy of Lane.
Rentals, bdle. 5, no. 15. In 15 24 Lancas-
ter had some dispute with John Brock-
holes, John Rigmaiden, Robert Pleasing-
ton the elder and Richard Cottam ; the
award was that, after anyone died, his rep-
resentatives should give the vicar, ' for the
solemn singing," id. if unable to give the
rector a mortuary, zs, if able to give a
mortuary, and 3*. if a gentleman ; Add.
MS. 32105, no. 823.

In 1520 Robert Walhill was 'parish
priest,' or curate in charge ; Fishwick,
op. cit. 217. In 1524 Adam Astley was
' curate ' ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. v,
no. 62.

69 Valor EecL v, 263.

70 Act Bks. at Chester, 1502-76, fol.
23/1. In 1538 the Abbot of Cockersand
granted the next presentation to Sir
William Poulet and John Kechyn ; Church
Papers in Dioc. Reg. Chester. The Churck
Papers and Act Bks. have supplied the
later vicars, where no other references are
given. Accounts of the various incum-
bents will be found in Fishwick, op. cit.
145—200 ; Raines, Lanes, (ed. Croston), v,
421—4. Richard Preston was still vicar
in Sept. 1557 ; Catterall D. (W. Farrer);
also in 1558-9, according to Piccope,
Wills (Chet. Soc.), iii, 74 ; but there
must be a mistake in the date.

71 In old pedigrees 'James Anderton,
priest,' is named as a brother of Peter
Anderton of Anderton ; e.g. Harl. MS.
1549, fol. 22. In the Visit. List of 1562
he was said to be at Oxford, but the entry
(though James is named) may refer to the
next vicar.

73 Of this vicar nothing seems to be
known except that he joined with Chris-
topher Anderton, the patron, in granting

38

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Instituted Name Patron

10 Mar. 1574-5 . George Ainsworth 7S Bishop of Chester . . .

2 Feb. 1609-10 . George Mitton, B.A James Anderton . •, .

17 Feb. 1620-1 . Augustine Wildbore, D.D.74-S . . Master of Wards . . .
Apr. 1645 . . Christopher Edmundson 76 . . .

29 Nov. 1654 . . Isaac Ambrose, M.A.77 Master of Savoy .

3 June 1663 . . Robert Ditchfield, B.A.78 . . . . Bishop of Chester . > .
28 July 1677 . . Henry Patten, M.A.79 The King

6 Jan. 1678-9. . Robert Hunter80 Silvester Richmond . .

9 Mar. 1679-80 . Richard Richmond, M.A.81 ... „ ...

28 Nov. 1684 . . Richard Wroe, D.D.8J .... Richard Richmond . .
10 Mar. 1696-7 . Robert Styth, B.A.83 Sarah Richmond, &c.

4 Apr. 1698. . . Henry Richmond, B.A.84 .... „ „

I Mar. 1706-7 . Thomas Waring, M.A.84 .... Richard Richmond, &c. .

4 Mar. 1722-3 . Thomas Hayward, M.A.86 . . . Silvester Richmond . .

14 July 1731 . . Le»h Richmond87 „ . . .

i June 1750 . . Thomas Hunter, M.A.88 .... „ ...

3 Sept. 1755 . . James Pedder, B.A.89 Richard Pedder . . .

29 June 1772 . . James Fisher90 James Pedder . . . .

22 Aug. 1794 . . John Pedder, M.A.91 John Pedder ....

27 July 1 835 . . James Pedder, M.A.SI James Pedder . . . .

Feb. 1856 . . John Pedder, M.A.'3 John Pedder . . . .

18 Oct. 1859 • • Wilson Pedder, M.A.94 .... Richard & Thomas Pedder
1 4 July 1 89 1 . . John Wilson Pedder, M.A.9S . . . J. W. Pedder . . . .

Cause of Vacancy

d. G. Ainsworth

depr. I. Ambrose

d. Rt. Ditchfield
res. R. Hunter
res. R. Richmond
res. R. Wroe
res. R. Styth
res. H. Richmond
d. T. Waring
res. T. Hayward
res. L. Richmond
res. T. Hunter
d. J. Pedder
res. J. Fisher
d. J. Pedder
d. J. Pedder
d. J. Pedder
d. W. Pedder

a lease of the vicarage to Thomas Ander-
ton ; Fishwick, op. cit. 146, citing Pedder
D. Hugh Anderton graduated from St.
Mary Hall, Oxf.; B.A. 1566, B.C.L.
1572 ; Foster, Alumni. From an agree-
ment dated 1583 between John Bold,
farmer of the vicarage, and Thomas
Brockholes of Claughton it appears that
a grant of the vicarage was made in 1581
by Thomas and Hugh Anderton of
Chorley during the life of the said Hugh
Anderton, B.C.L. ; Add. MS. 32105,
foL zz8i. There is therefore something
doubtful about the time and manner of
Ainsworth's succession.

73 The bishop collated ' by lapse.'
George was a younger brother of Henry
Ainsworth, the Brownist.

In a return made in 1590 he was
described as 'no preacher'; S. P. Dom.
Eliz. xxxi, 47. A similar report was
made of him about 1610, but at that time
one of the king's preachers had been
stationed at Garstang ; Hist. MSS. Com.
Rep. xiv, App. iv, 8.

74-5 From this time the institutions are
recorded in the Inst. Bks. P.R.O. printed
in Lanes, and Ches. Antiq. Notes, i, 95, &c.

Dr. Wildbore was vicar of Preston
1626-30, and of Lancaster 1630 onwards.
Both benefices were sequestered by the
Parliament, he being a Royalist. He
died in 1654.

76 It is improbable that Edmundson
had any legal title to the vicarage, as Dr.
Wildbore was sequestered only for 'delin-
quency,' but he is styled vicar in the
registers. He was approved by the
Assembly of Divines as 'godly and
orthodox,' and required to officiate as
vicar and preach diligently, having for his
pains therein the vicarage-house, &c. ;
Plund. Mini. Accts. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches.), i, 3. He was a member of the
Classis in 1646, and signed the 'Har-
monious Consent' in 1648; he was
approved as ' a diligent painful minister '
in 1650; Commoniv. Ch. Surit. 150.
Edmundson's title ceased on the termina-
tion of the sequestration by Dr. Wild-
bore's death in 1654, and the people
petitioned that Ambrose, who had long
had the office of king's preacher in the
neighbourhood, should be appointed, 'there

being a great necessity of such a reverend
and able man among us in regard to the
extraordinary profaneness, lukewarmness,
popery and several strange heresies so
much abounding' ; Fishwick, op. cit. 1 68.
Edmundson was presented to Hawkshead
in 1657 (Plund. Mins. Accts. ii, 182,
307), probably conformed in 1662, and
died at Hawkshead in 1675.

Hiet Edmundson, son of Christopher,
entered St. John's Coll., Camb., in 1661,
aged seventeen ; he was described as ' of
Oldham.' He graduated B.A. in 1664,
and became vicar of Deeping ; Mayor,
Admissions to St. John's, i, 149 ; Wilson^
Sedbcrgh Reg. 85.

77 Vicar of Preston 1639-57. He was
presented to Garstang i Sept. 1654, and
the appointment was ratified 29 Nov. ;
Plund. Mins. Accts. ii, 54. On the
restoration he obtained a new presenta-
tion from the king ; Def. Keeper's Rep.
xlvi, App. 19. He was deprived for
nonconformity in 1662 and retired to
Preston.

78 The bishop presented by lapse. This
vicar, who was of St. Mary Hall, Oxf.,
B.A. 1662 (Foster), appears to have had
a doubtful title. In 1676 the king pre-
sented Richard White, M.A., to the
vicarage ; Dep. Keeper's Rep. xlvi, App.
121. Ditchfield died at Garstang in July
1677.

79 The king presented ' by reason of
simony or other cause ' ; Patten was
instituted, but his title must have been
faulty, as the next vicar was presented as
successor to Ditchfield. Henry Patten
matriculated at Oxford in 1664 (Foster,
Alumni), but the source of his degree is
not known.

80 Hunter was curate of Liverpool
1670-88 ; he probably occupied Garstang
till Richard Richmond was of proper age.

81 In the Inst. Bks. P.R.O. and the
Church Papers the date is given as in the
text; in the Act Bks. as 30 Oct. 1679.
For this vicar see the accounts of the
rectors of Sefton (1684-1721) and Walton
(1690-1721).

82 Also Warden of Manchester (q.v.J
1684-1718.

83 The patrons were Sarah, Richard,
Silvester and Henry Richmond and

Richard Houghton. Styth was one of
the curates of Liverpool, and occupied
Garstang for twelve months only, till
Henry Richmond (one of the patrons)
was ready.

84 Educated at Brasenose Coll., Oxf. ;
B.A. 1695; Foster, Alumni. He became
one of the rectors of Liverpool in 1706.

85 Educated at Christ Ch., Oxf. ; M.A.
1688 ; Foster.

86 Educated at Brasenose Coll., Oxf. ;
M.A. 1719; Foster. He was head
master of Warrington Grammar School,
and held Garstang only until the patron's
son was of age for institution.

87 Son of the patron. He resigned
Garstang on being presented to the rectory
of Stockport, 1750-69 ; Earwaker, East
Ches. i, 396, 372. His grandson, of the
same name, wrote the Dairyman's
Daughter, &c.

88 Educated at Queen's Coll., Oxf., but
left without graduating. He had Balderston
chapel, but resided at Garstang ; Visit.
Ret. In 1771 the degree of M.A. was
granted by the University for his Philo-
sophical Character of Lord Bolingbroke.
He wrote other works. From 1755 till
his death in 1777 he was vicar of Weaver-
ham, Cheshire. See Fishwick, op. cit.
193-7 ; Diet. Nat. Biog.

83 The patron is described as ' of
Preston, linen draper'; the vicar was
his son. He was educated at Brasenose
Coll., Oxf. ; B.A. 1753 ; Foster. A
' threatening letter ' by him, addressed to
the priest at Claughton, is printed by
Hewitson op. cit. 460.

90 The patron, an infant, was son of the
late vicar.

91 The patron presented himself in this
and some following cases. John Pedder
was educated at Trinity Coll., Camb. ;
M.A. 1794.

92 Educated at Christ's Coll., Camb. ;
M.A. 1829.

93 Educated at St. John's Coll., Camb. ;
M.A. 1829.

94 Educated at Brasenose Coll., Oxf. ;
M.A. 1842, vice-principal of Wells
Theological Coll. 1842-7, vicar of
Compton Dando 1847 ; J.P. for Lanes.

95 Educated at Brasenose Coll., Oxf. ;
M.A. 1876.

298

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

GARSTANG

Before the Reformation the vicars appear to have
been, as a rule, canons of Cockersand ; one or two
became abbots, but nothing is known of them further.
The services of the church, its chantries, and the
chapels at Garstang and Pilling would normally
require five priests, or a nominal staff of six should
the vicar be non-resident or only occasionally resident.
In the visitation list of 1554 six names appear, but
in that of 1562 only two are given, the non-resident
vicar and the curate, who appeared but did not
subscribe.96 The story during the remainder of
Elizabeth's reign is unknown ; probably the vicar or
a curate was in sole charge. The religious people in
general probably remained Roman Catholic. An
incident in 1 600 shows the popular sympathies. The
Bishop of Chester having sent a pursuivant to arrest
' some obstinate recusants ' in and near Kirkland, the
vicarage was attacked during the night by a number
of armed men and shots were fired at the house to
intimidate the vicar and pursuivant.97

In view of the state of the people, one of the four
' King's Preachers ' had already been stationed at
Garstang,98 and later the famous Puritan Isaac
Ambrose held the office there. In 1619 Anne wife
of John Butler of Kirkland was presented to the
Bishop of Chester ' for being of bold, insolent and
offensive behaviour in maintaining of popish supersti-
tion and making choice of popish recusants to be her
servants ' ; and two of the gentry, Edward Kirkby
and Bartholomew Jackson, did ' offensively keep
argument in maintaining of popery and disgracing of
the profession of the Gospel, especially on the Sabbath
day.' "

Under Bishop Bridgeman an effort at improvement
was made, for a curate of Pilling is named in 1639. 10°
Even under the Commonwealth the only resident
ministers were the vicar and the curate of Pilling,
and the latter had been silenced.101 Isaac Ambrose
is the only vicar of eminence, and after his expulsion
in 1662 the list contains no name requiring com-
ment, except that of the non-resident Wroe. The
parish was not neglected.102 The diary of Thomas
Parkinson, curate 1723—5, shows that 'prayers were
then said in the church on all Wednesdays and
Fridays, and all saints' days and holy days throughout

the year.' The communicants were numerous, being
236 on Good Friday and 285 on Easter Day, I723.103
Soon afterwards the vicars appear to have resided, so
that with curates at Garstang and Pilling the normal
staff" was raised to three.

In 1755 the churchwardens made a religious census
and recorded 461 Protestant families, 154 Papist,
and 1 8 Dissenters.104 The number of ' Papists '
in the parish reported to the Bishop of Chester
increased from 230 in 1717 to 837 in ij6j.lMa

There were two chantries. The principal was
that of St. Mary, at the altar on the south side of
the church. It was founded by Margaret Rigmaiden,
one of the daughters and co-heirs of John Lawrence
of Ashton near Lancaster, for a priest to celebrate
for the souls of her ancestors, a stipend of £5 6s. 8</.
being allowed out of her hereditary lands. Her
heir John Rigmaiden about 1547 refused to pay the
stipend, and so the chantry ceased.105 This refusal
was probably due to a desire to save the endowment
from confiscation ; if so it did not succeed, for in
1606-7 a grant was made by the Crown of ' Ashton's
lands ' belonging to a chantry in Garstang Church.106
The other chantry was that of the Brockholes family,
which may have been the one they were bound to
maintain by the tenure of Claughton. Nothing
but a stipend of 40^. belonged to it ; Henry Hey
was the incumbent in I547.107

Official inquiries into the charities
CHARITIES of the parish were made in 1824 and
iSgS.108 Apart from several small
educational endowments, amounting in all to j£i33,109
the poor receive money doles out of a gross total of
£82 i6t. 3</. available.

Elizabeth Caton of Cabus in 1728 left £30 for
money or cloth for the poor of the whole parish.
John Caton of Claughton in 1720 left £40 for the
poor, and Christopher Caton of the same place in
1721 left another £40 for the poor of Claughton.
With these sums Round Meadow in Forton was
purchased, and in 1824 part of the rent was spent
in cloth at Martinmas and part in money at Christmas.
Margaret Blackburn of Scorton in Nether Wyresdale
in 1718 bequeathed ^50 to the poor of this township
and £40 ' for the learning of poor children.' 110 John

96 Visit. Lists at Ches. Dioc. Reg.
The church 'ornaments' remaining in
1552 were scanty; Fishwick, op. cit.
8 1-2.

97 Cal. S. P. Dom. 1598-1601, pp.
466-7. Over ninety persons were sum-
moned before the justices.

98 This is evident from the story ; see
also Cal. S. P. Dom. 1633-4, p. 467.

99 Visit, presentments at Chester.
Several persons were in trouble in 1624
for taking part in a funeral in which the
corpse was set down at crosses by the
wayside, with ' obeisance to the same in
superstitious manner,' and was ' buried
without the minister's aid or any prayers
made" ; Fishwick, op. cit. 274.

100 Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.),
i, 124. The vicar was non-resident,
holding Lancaster also. Ambrose was
king's preacher from 1635, and resided
at Garstang till his appointment to Pres-
ton ; Fishwick, op. cit. 163.

101 Common-w. Ch. Sur-v. i 50. The visit,
list of 1691 shows a vicar (non-resident),
a curate and a second curate at Pilling.

lu* In 1680 the churchwardens reported

'many Papists, or reputed for to be, and
some Quakers' ; Visit. Ret.

103 Parkinson, Old Ch. Clock (ed. 1880),
188—9; at Eastertide 1724 the com-
municants numbered about 740. See
also Baines, Lanes, (ed. 1870), ii, 532.

104 Visit. Ret. at Chester.

1Wa Trans. Hist. Soc. (new »er.), xviii,
217.

loi Raines, Chantries (Chet. Soc.), 1 99 ;
there was no plate.

106 Pat. 4 Jas. I, pt. xiii.

107 Raines, op. cit. 201. An inquiry
was made into the matter in 1561.
John Rigmaiden, then aged thirty-six,
produced the will of Margaret Rigmaiden,
dated 19 June 1516. She directed her
trustees to set aside 8 marks a year ' to
hold and keep therewith a sufficient and
able priest to read and sing in the said
church of Garstang continually for ever,
in manner following : That is to wit, to
say mass three days in every week, and
Placebo and Dirige with three lessons
every ferial day, the commemoration,
Pasch time and octaves precipue only
except ; and also every year to make a

299

solemn obit with note and mass of
Requiem in like wise for my husband's
soul, my soul, all our parents' and friends'
souls ; and also help to maintain and
keep divine service in the said church
every Sunday and holy day at matins,
masses and evensong in his surplice as oft
as there shall happen to be company to
do the said service with note." Her son
Richard Rigmaiden was the first priest
appointed ; on his death John Pye suc-
ceeded, and dying was followed by Thomas
Lawrenson (1543), who was cantarist for
two years or more. It was then that
John Rigmaiden, deceased, refused to pay,
and Lawrenson died in Holborn of the
plague about 1550 ; Duchy of Lane.
Special Com. 33.

108 The report of the 1898 inquiry,
issued in 1899, contains also the report
of 1824.

109 The Sunday school attached to the
parish church has also a small endowment.

110 The will declares, ' though I ex~
elude no sort of poor from partaking of
my charity, yet still I would have poor
Catholics preferred before others.'

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Jenkinson in 1733 left £20 for the poor of the same
township, and Henry Barton in 1784 left the residue
of his personal estate, which residue amounted to
£354, for the poor of Nether Wyresdale and
Claughton in equal shares. These sums, with
assistance from the Caton estate, were used to purchase
the Cook Green Farm in Forton. These charities
have long been administered together. The landed
estate was sold in 1886 and the proceeds, £1,400
invested in consols, yield, with the interest on £24
in the savings bank,111 £38 lo/. 8</. a year. This
income is apportioned thus : Claughton, £20 los. ;
Scorton, £11; Garstang, £$ los. %d. ; trustees'
allowance, £i los. 'The original trusts are partly
for clothing, but the distribution is now made in
money. ... It has long been customary to confine
the Caton charities to Roman Catholics.'

William Baylton in 1679 gave to trustees Dimples
Field in Barnacre and Calder Field in Catterall for
the poor of Barnacre and of Garstang and Catterall,
and added £60 in money, which was spent on land
in Forton. The estate is intact and produces
£36 I 5/. id. a year, with a prospect of increase. In
1898 it was the custom 'to distribute £10 to the
poor, £6 to hospitals, £4 each to four public
elementary schools, and to reserve the balance for
expenses.' U1

A rent-charge of £4 on land in Claughton granted
by Elizabeth Parker in 1757 in fulfilment of the
wish of her father Joseph Chorley is given thus :
£i in Catterall, £ l in Claughton and £2 in Preston
to poor persons not in receipt of poor law relief.

Margaret Catterall, widow, in 1868 left £100 to
the incumbent and churchwardens of St. Lawrence's,
Barton, for the poor of Bilsborrow, the interest to
be given in either money, clothing or food. The
income is £2 los. a year.113

John Corless in 1721 left £20 to the poor of
Garstang, the interest to be given in wheat. The
capital was in 1756 spent on the town hall, and £l
a year has since been given from the funds of the
town, I/, each being given to twenty poor widows or
others on St. Thomas's Day. Elizabeth Vasey in
1811 bequeathed £20 for gifts of is. each to poor
widows of Garstang on Christmas Day. The trustee
died insolvent about 1858, and the capital was lost.

Gregory Sturzaker of York left £50 for the poor
of Winmarleigh. This is now considered to be
represented by a rent-charge of £2 on a farm in
the township, part of the late Lord Winmarleigh's
estate. It is distributed by two of the farmers in
small doles at Christmas time.

NETHER WYRESDALE

Wyresdale, I 246.

The township retains the name of the large dis-

trict of which it forms part. The River Wyre in
general bounds it on the west, and Grizedale Brook,
on which at one point a reservoir of the Fylde water-
works has been formed, forms about three-fourths of
the southern boundary. The surface, level along
the Wyre, rises to the south and the east, 1,000 ft.
being attained on the side of Grizedale Fell. The
small village of Scorton lies in the south-west corner,
Dolphinholme in the extreme north. The area
measures 4,215 acres,1 and in 1901 there was a
population of 454.

The principal road, from Garstang into Over Wyres-
dale, passing through Scorton goes thence north-west
through the township, being crossed about the centre
by another road, south-east from Ellel. From Scorton
a road goes west to Cockerham, crossing the Wyre
by a bridge ; there are various minor roads, and
several other bridges over the Wyre, including one at
Dolphinholme. The London and North-Western
Company's main line to Scotland crosses the south-
west end, and has a station called Scorton near that
village.

The pipe-line of the Thirlmere-Manchester water
supply passes through the township.

The soil is loamy and clayey ; practically all the
land is in pasture. There is a fish hatchery, in the
hands of a limited liability company, on the River Wyre.
Formerly there was a cotton factory at Scorton.

The township has a parish council.

At Cross Hill, Scorton, is the base of an ancient
cross.*

In 1066 this township was part of the
MJNOR large manor of G4RST4NG, rated as
six plough-lands, which was a member of
Earl Tostig's Amounderness lordship,3 and in later
times NETHER WTRESDALE and Garstang were
used indifferently to denote the fee of the barons of
Kendal in this part of Lancashire, including the whole
or large parts of the parishes of Cockerham, Gar-
stang and St. Michael's, and some part of Lancaster
also. Members of the fee were granted out to free
tenants or to religious houses,4 but Nether Wyresdale,
Holleth and Cabus in Garstang seem to have been
retained in demesne.

The story of the Lancaster family has already been
told.5 William de Lancaster I held a knight's fee
in Warton and Garstang in the times of Stephen and
Henry II. He gave Cockerham to monks of Leicester,
and at his death in or about 1170 left as successor a
son William, the founder of Cockersand Abbey. The
second William, by his wife Helewise de Stuteville,
left a daughter and heir Helewise to succeed him in
1 1 84. She married Gilbert son of Roger son of
Reinfred,6 who died in 1220 and had a son known
as William de Lancaster III. He married Agnes de
Brus, but died without issue in 1246'; his widow
had Garstang and other manors in dower.8 His

111 The origin of this sum has not been
ascertained.

112 Barnacre has half, Catterall and
Garstang each a quarter of the income.

113 Protestant Nonconformists are ad-
mitted to the distribution, but Roman
Catholics excluded.

1 4,243 acres, including 57 of inland
water; Census Rep. (1901). A small
detached portion of Cleveley was added
in 1887 by Loc. Govt. Rd. Order 20097.
At the same time (ibid. 20100) a small
part of Ellel was added.

2 Lanes, and dies. Antiq. Soc. xx, 207.
To the north of the township is the site
of Bradshaw Cross ; ibid. 206.

3 V.C.H. Lanes, i, 2886.

4 Lanes. Inq. and Extents (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), i, 2—5.

& y.C.H. Lanes, i, 357-65, of which
the account here given is an outline.

6 Gilbert, usually called Fitz Reinfred,
held one knight's fee in Lancashire in
1 2 12 ; Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 2.
This fee was usually said to contain
twenty-four plough-lands, and the Wyre»-

3OO

dale portion was separately reckoned as
half a knight's fee.

7 Ibid, i, 144, 165. He held in all
thirty-six and a half plough-lands in
Lancashire, either in demesne or granted
out in service or alms, by the service of
one knight. The yearly value was
£93 iOi. 8j^. The heirs were Peter
de Brus, of full age, and Walter son of
William de Lindsay, aged sixteen.

8 In 1269-70 Agnes de Brus distrained
Robert de Holland to appear at her court
of Garstang ; Curia Regis R. 1 99, m. 4 d.

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

GARSTANG

heirs were the representatives of his three sisters,
Helewise, Alice and Sarot, married respectively to
Peter de Brus, William de Lindsay and Alan de
Multon ; but the last-mentioned sister having no
children the Lancaster inheritance was divided
between Brus and Lindsay.

The Brus moiety of Nether Wyresdale or Gar-
stang descended to Peter son of Peter and Helewise,
and on his death without issue in or before 1274
his four sisters were found to be co-heirs, namely
Margaret married to Robert de Ros, Lucy to
Marmaduke de Thweng, Agnes to Walter de
Fauconberg, and Ladarena to John de Bel'.ew.9
Of these Margaret de Ros had Kcndal and appears
to have had little or nothing to do with Wyres-
dale 10 ; and the others, concerned chiefly in York-
shire, granted their rights to John de Rigmaiden,
who appears about 1290," and founded the family
of Rigmaiden of Wedacre or Woodacre, seated for
over three centuries in the adjacent township of
Barnacre.

The Thweng family, however, remained for about
a century the nominal lords of part of Wyresdale.1*
Marmaduke de Thweng died in or before 1322
holding part of the Lancaster inheritance, but Wyres-
dale is not expressly named.13 He left a son and heir
William, thirty years of age, who soon afterwards
began a long series of lawsuits concerning the lord-
ship and various lands against John son of John de
Rigmaiden and others.14 It was in 1333 alleged for
the defence that Marmaduke de Thweng had alienated
the tenement in dispute to John de Rigmaiden and

Isolda his wife before iz85.15 William de Thweng
died in 1340 or 1341 holding die fourth part of a
knight's fee in Garstang, Ellel, Scotforth and Ashton
of the Earl of Lancaster, but
took no profit to his own use
beyond the rent payable to
the earl. His heir was his
brother Robert, aged forty-
six.16

Robert de Thweng died
within three years, leaving
another brother, Thomas, to
succeed him.17 In 1346
Thomas son of Sir Marmaduke
de Thweng is found prose-
cuting the claim to the fourth
part of the manor of Garstang,
&c., already referred to.18 He
died in 1374 holding four messuages, &c., in
Garstang, and leaving four nephews and nieces as
heirs.19 Of their descendants Sir John Lumley
occurs in 1420 as holding the tenement in Garstang.20

The Fauconberg and Bellew families scarcely
appear in this lordship. Walter and William sons of
Walter de Fauconberg in the father's lifetime were
concerned in various local suits from 1276 to 1292."
John son of Walter de Fauconberg in 1333—43
claimed a rent of £10 from Garstang, alleging that
it had been granted by John de Rigmaiden in 1305
to his father Walter, lord of Whitton in Lincoln-
shire.** John's son, Sir Walter de Fauconberg,
renewed the claim in 135 1-2. 23

THWENG, Argent a
Jesse gules between three
popinjays vert.

9 Torks. Inq. (Yorks. Arch. Assoc.), j,
147—50. For the Brus or Bruce of
Skelton family see Ord, Cleveland, 249-50.

In 1278 Roger de Wedacre claimed a
messuage and lands in Garstang against
William dc Lindsay, who replied that he
had a share of the inheritance of William
de Lancaster in conjunction with Walter
de Fauconberg, Agnes his wife, Marma-
duke de Thweng, Lucy his wife, John de
Bellew, Ladareaa his wife and Margaret
de Ros. These were accordingly sum-
moned, Margaret being in Westmorland ;
De Banco R. 24, m. 50 d. The land
claimed may have been in Barnacre,
'Garstang' being used for the whole of
the fee within the parish.

Later in the same year Richard de
Tresal (? Threlfal), Ellen his wife and
Agnes daughter of Warine de Blyth
claimed 60 acres in Garstang against John
le Tailor of Garstang (Kirkland), and
he called to warrant him the repre-
sentatives of William de Lancaster, viz.
William de Lindsay, Walter de Faucon-
berg, Agnes his wife, Marmaduke de
Thweng, Lucy his wife, Margaret de Ros,
Sibyl and Joan, daughters and heirs of
Ladarena de Bellew, which Sibyl and Joan
were under age and in custody of John de
Bellew, who lived in Yorkshire ; De
Banco R. 27, m. 41. Margaret de Ros
does not appear again in connexion with
Garstang.

In 1292 Roger de Wedacre (a grandson
of Paulinus) claimed certain tofts, &c.,
against Ingeram de Gynes, Christiana his
wife, Ada widow of William de Lindsay
and Walter son of Walter de Fauconberg ;
the trial was adjourned to the full age of
Lucy daughter of Robert de Thweng and
of Joan daughter of John de Bellew ;
Assize R. 408, m. 38. Joan and her
elder sister Sibyl, wife of Miles de

Stapleton, are named as heirs in 1292;
Plac. de Quo Warr. (Rec. Com.), 383.

The Bellews do not appear again in
Wyresdale except in the statement as to
William de Coucy's court (1344) quoted
later.

10 For the partition in 1281 see Cal.
Close, 1279-88, pp. 105-6.

11 In 1290 Marmaduke de Thweng
and John de Rigmaiden were defendants
to a Garstang claim by one Robert de
Hasthorp ; Assize R. 1288, m. I3d.
From 1294 onwards John de Rigmaiden
appears to have been in sole occupation ;
Assize R. 1299, m. 16 ; De Banco R.
106, m. 145. In 1301 John and his wife
Isolda were stated to have a third part of
the lordship of the vill of Garstang ;
Assize R. 1321, m. 5 d. In 1309 Isolda,
as widow, called Marmaduke de Thweng
and Walter son of Walter de Fauconberg
to warrant certain land to her ; De Banco
R. 179, m. 164.

13 Marmaduke son of Robert de
Thweng, according to later pleadings,
granted various lands in Wyresdale and
apparently a part of the lordship to his
son Marmaduke, which latter Marma-
duke had a son William, the plaintiff in
1333 ; Coram Rege R. 294, m. 47. The
first-named Marmaduke must have been
the husband of Lucy and father of the
Robert whose daughter Lucy was a Lan-
caster co-heir in 1292, as recorded above ;
«ee Plac. de Quo Warr, loc. cit.

13 Lanes. Inq. and Extents, ii, 147.

14 The suits began in 1325 and lasted
for many years ; see De Banco R. 258,
m. 284 ; 264, m. 61 ; 275, m. 33 d.

15 Coram Rege R. 294, m. 47. For
further details see De Banco R. 304,
m. 286 ; 305, m. 339 ; 323, m. 19 d.

16 Inq. p.m. 15 Edw. Ill (ist nos.),
no. 4. Among other land he held a piece

301

of waste called Solam or Sulam in Garstang
(in Barnacre), named in later inquisitions
of the family.

17 Inq. p.m. 18 Ed w. Ill (i st nos.), no. 45.

18 De Banco R. 345, m. 2 d. ; the pedi-
gree is given as Marmaduke de Thweng
—s. Marmaduke -s. Sir Marmaduke — s.
Thomas. It appears that Robert and
Thomas were priests, the latter being rector
of Kirkleatham ; Ord, Cleveland, 269.

19 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), i, 4.
His three sisters (all dead) were Margaret
wife of Sir Robert de Hilton, Katherine
of Sir Ralph Daubeny and Lucy of Sir
Robert de Lumley. The first left two
daughters, Isabel wife of Sir Walter
Pedwardine and Maud, represented in
1374 by her son Sir John de Hotham ;
the second left a daughter Elizabeth wife
of Sir William de Botreux ; and the third
was represented by her grandson Robert
de Lumley (son of Marmaduke).

20 Chan. Inq. p.m. 10 Hen. VI,
no. 42 ; he held four messuages, &c., in
Garstang of John Duke of Bedford, also
a messuage in the same place called
Sulam, uncultivated. Thomas Lumley,
his son and heir, was aged twenty-two in
1431, when the inquiry was made.

The Lumley estate in Wyresdale and
Cleveley was by Private Act of 1531
granted to the king in exchange for other
lands and given to his illegitimate son
Henry Duke of Richmond. This son
dying in 1536 the lands were granted to
Sir William Parr ; L. and P. Hen. Fill,

*ii(0»g- 795 (H).

21 De Banco R. 13, m. 8 d. ; 17,
m. 89 d. ; 51, m. 48 d. ; 55, m. 45 ;
Assize R. 408, m. '3.

22 De Banco R. 296, m. 188 ; 326,
m. 204 d. ; Assize R. 1435, m. 52.

23 Duchy of Lane. Assize R. i, m. 4
(Mich.), 5 d. (Lent).

The heir to the Lindsay moiety of Wyresdale in
1246 was Walter son of William de Lindsay.24
Walter died in or before 1272, his son William being
then of full age and married to Ada daughter of John
de Balliol.25 William de Lindsay died in 1282, and
soon afterwards his daughter and heir Christiana was
by the King of Scotland married to Ingram or Ingel-
ram de Gynes, she being then in Scotland.26 This
part of the manor was in the escheator's hands for six
months in 1282-3, and tne receipts amounted to
£72 3/. 4^.27 In 1292 Ingelram and Christiana
were called upon to prove their right to the assize of
bread and ale, gallows and infangenthef, and market
at Warton and Garstang, but it was alleged that at
the latter place only assize of ale was exercised, and
that all the rights had been held by William de
Lancaster.28 In 1297 half a knight's fee in Amoun-
derness was held of the Earl of Lancaster by Ingram
de Gynes, Walter de Fauconberg and Marmaduke de
Thweng, who rendered 5^. a year for castle ward *9 ;
and in 1302 Ingram de Gynes and John de Rig-
maiden were tenants of the half-fee in Garstang.30

Ingram and Christiana were involved in many local
suits, as was a Gilbert de Lindsay, and in 1313-14
the defendants to a claim for common of pasture in
Garstang were Marmaduke de Thweng, Walter de
Fauconberg, Ingram de Gynes, Christiana his wife,
Gilbert de Lindsay, a number of Rigmaidens and
others.81 Baldwin de Gynes was enfeoffed of the

TAAAJ

Lindsay moiety of Wyresdale before 131 8/2 and in
one version of the feodary of 1324 he appears as
tenant by knight's service, rendering zs. 6d. a year
for castle ward.33 Ingram de Gynes died in 1324,
but Wyresdale is not named in the inquisition.
His son and heir was William, aged thirty-six.34
Christiana obtained the lordship of Wyresdale from
Baldwin de Gynes, without the king's licence, and
received a pardon in 1325." She was still living in

I333-36.

William de Gynes, also known as de Coucy from
his French lordship, in 1335,
after his mother's death,
granted the barony of Lindsay
and various manors and lands
in Scotland 37 and England,
including Wyresdale, to his
son William.38 Robert de
Gynes, however, another son
of Ingram, seems to have been
made lord of Wyresdale ; on
the outbreak of war with
France he took the French
side, and all his English lands
were declared forfeit. William
de Coucy, his nephew, was placed in possession,39 but
died in 1342, when his brother Ingram was found
to be the heir.40 Several inquisitions were taken,41 for
Ingram died or forfeited his rights,41 so that the

mnnz

mnog

Coucy. Barry
six iiair and gules.

24 Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 166, 168.
The family had the barony of Lindsay in
Berwick-on-Tweed and various manors,
&c., in Scotland.

25 Ibid. 236-8.

26 Cal. Doc. re!, to Scotland, ii, 69, 72.
In 1292 Edward I caused inquiry to be
made as to the loss he might have sus-
tained by the marriage of the heiress, but
it was alleged to be the custom that when
an heir had lands both in Scotland and
England the marriage was granted where
the body was found ; Coram Rege R. 134,
m. 38.

For the pedigree see Duchesne, Hist,
des Maisons de Guines . . . et de Coucy,
1631.

The homage of Ingram de Gynes and
his wife was specially named in a grant
by Edward I to his brother Edmund in
1291 ; Duchy of Lane. Misc. Bks. xi,
42 d.

27 Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 258.

28 Plac. de Quo Warr. (Rec. Com.), 383 ;
a statement of the descent is given. In
1291 Ingram de Gynes had been com-
manded to do homage to Edmund the
king's brother for the lands in the honour
of Lancaster held in right of his wife ;
D. of Lane. Royal Chart, no. 172-3.

39 Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 289, 297.

3°Ibid. 316.

31 Assize R. 424, m. 2.

31 De Banco R. 225, m. 435 d.

38 Dods. MSS. cxxxi, fol. 396, which
gives Ingram instead of Baldwin (probably
his brother). The latter name appears in
the version printed in Gregson's Frag-
ments (ed. Harland), 341. The lordship
extended over Great and Little Eccleston,
Great Carleton, Upper Rawcliffe, Cat-
terall, Sowerby and Rowall.

34 Lanes. Inq. and Extents, ii, 164.

35 Cal. Pat. 1324 7, p. 172; Inq.
a.q.d. file 186, no. 8 (19 Edw. II).

36 De Banco R. 294, m. 291 d. She
died soon afterwards ; Cal. Pat. 1330-4,
p. 561.

37 Cal. Doc. rel. to Scotland, iii, 210.
The pedigree above referred to states that
William married Isabel de St. Paul.

38 Cal. Pat. 1340-3, pp. 69-70. In
1334 there was a treaty of marriage
between John Earl of Cornwall (son of
Edward III) and Mary daughter of
William de Gynes, lord of Coucy, but
the marriage did not take place ; Rymer,
Foedera (Syllabus), i, 274.

The elder William appears to have
died in or before 1339, leaving his son
William a minor; Cat. Pat. 1338-40,
p. 252. Robert de Gynes was uncle of
William the son ; ibid. 1340-3, p. 70.
Ingram brother of the elder William is
named in 1341 ; De Banco R. 326,
m. 191 d.

39 In 1337 Edward III granted the
custody of Robert's lands to his nephew
William de Coucy, the king's yeoman ;
Cal. Pat. 1334-8, p. 404. It seems
from this grant that William's own lands
had for the time been seized.

William de Coucy in 1 340 obtained a
grant of free warren in his demesne
lands of Wyresdale and elsewhere ; Chart.
R. 14 Edw. Ill, m. 2, no. 7.

40 Inq. p.m. 17 Edw. Ill (ist nos.),
no. 51 ; Robert son of Ingram de Gynes
is named, and Ingram, brother and heir
of William, was of full age. The manor
of Wyresdale (of which William had held
a moiety) was held of the Earl of Lan-
caster by knight's service. The manor
(place) was worth \zd. ; 60 acres of
arable land held by tenants at will ren-
dered 6d. a year each, as did 1 1 acres of
meadow. Various tenants at will paid
;£i8. There was a park rendering 91.
yearly ; the moiety of three water-mills
rendered ,£4 and a fulling-mill los. The
court was held jointly with Robert de
Bellew from three weeks to three weeks,
and was estimated to produce zos. in all.
There were also nine free tenants of the
Coucy moiety, holding by knight's service
and rents amounting to 241. 10^. William

302

de Coucy had by the king's grant held
certain estates which had belonged to
Robert de Gynes.

The inquiry as to the estates of the
said Robert, ' an adherent of the king's
enemies in France,' was made a year
later. It was found that he had held of
the Earl of Lancaster a moiety of the
manor of Wyresdale in fee in the vill of
Garstang by knight's service ; William
de Coucy had occupied it for his life, and
after him the king had granted it to the
Countess of Pembroke ; Inq. p.m. 18
Edw. Ill (2nd nos.), no. 58.

41 A further inquiry was made in 1347 ;
Inq. p.m. 20 Edw. Ill (2nd nos.), no. 63.
It gives many details. The pasture of
the manor site was worth 6d. ; 75^ acres
of demesne farmed to various persons
were worth 1121. io$d. ; in Hallsteads
and Mekmyr were 4 and 4^ acres of
meadow, 17^.; a several pasture, 401. ;
tenants at will of improved land,
^38 7*. lod. ; 8 acres more might be
improved, worth 8j. ; Thomas de Rig-
maiden, who held per indi-viso with the
other lord, inclosed 12 acres, of which
6 acres belonged to the Coucy moiety, 6s
At Cleveley a water-mill and the moiet)
of another were worth £4, a mill at
Garstang 401., the moiety of a mill at
Sandholm 461. 8</., a fulling-mill at
Cleveley and the moiety of a mill at
Calder 20*. The sale of wood produced
6s. %d. The rents of free tenants came
to 241. lod.

There were two courts — a common
court, the perquisites of which were worth
201. a year, and a several court, 131. 4^.
Other profits arose from the pannage o{
pigs, dead wood, the fishery of the Wyre,
honey and bees in the park and outside
wood.

Other inquisitions were taken in
1365—6, as cited below.

42 The lands of Ingram son of Ingram
de Gynes were escheated in 1 342 ; Cal.
Close, 1 341-3, p. 452. Tint may refer to

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

GARSTANG

Crown entered into possession and made various
grants.43

In 1346 the land of Wyresdale seems to have been
assessed as three plough-lands, half being described as
lately held by William de Coucy and the other half
as held by John son of Thomas de Rigmaiden ; each
moiety rendered zs. 6d. for castle ward.44 John de
Coupland, a distinguished soldier of the time, who
captured David King of Scots at NevilPs Cross in
1346, had a grant of ^500 a year partly at one time
charged on the Coucy manors.45 Joan wife of John
de Coupland also had a grant of Wyresdale,46 but
after her death it was in 1365 restored to Ingram
son of the above-named Ingram de Coucy, who won
the favour of Edward III,47 receiving the king's
daughter Isabella in marriage and being created Earl
of Bedford in I366.48 Ingram's daughter and co-
heir, Philippa wife of Robert de Vere Earl of
Oxford and Duke of Ireland, had his English estates
and died in 1411-12. Wyresdale was granted to
John Duke of Bedford, son of Henry IV, famous in
the French campaigns of the 1 5th century,49 and
later still to Edmund Earl of Richmond in 1453
and in 1487 to Margaret Countess of Richmond,

mother of Henry VII.50 On her death in 1509 it
descended to the king, and was granted out on lease
to Sir Thomas Parr and others.51

A compotus of 1495 preserved at Sizergh Castle
shows that the rents of the Crown moiety of Nether
Wyresdale amounted to £5 i zs. jd., including zs.
from Sir Thomas RadclifFe for Winmarleigh, accord-
ing to a rental renewed in 1461. The mill at
Sandholme paid zos. 8^. a year. Lord Derby paid
4/. for ' Grenoll,' Thomas Rigmaiden 3^. for the
' Boundes.' The free tenants of the Bonds in all
paid 5/. $d.

The Crown moiety of Wyresdale was purchased
in IS7482 by Sir Gilbert Gerard, Master of the
Rolls ; and as his son Sir Thomas Lord Gerard of
Gerard's Bromley 53 acquired the other moiety in
1602 from the heirs of Rigmaiden,54 the whole
lordship was reunited in his family. Lord Gerard
died in 1617 55 and his son Gilbert in i6z^,56
leaving a son and heir Dutton, who died in i64O.57
Gilbert had married Eleanor Dutton, heiress of the
great Cheshire family ; she afterwards married Robert
Needham Viscount Kilmorey, and occurs in con-
nexion with Wyresdale.58 Dutton's son Charles was

a *on of the earlier Ingram. In 1343
a preliminary grant of William de
Coucy's lands was made to his brother
Ingram ; Cal.Pat. 1343-5, p. 36.

43 A grant to the Countess of Pembroke
(Mary de St. Pol) has been recorded
above. After the expiry of her term the
manor of Wyresdale was to go to Aymer
Darcy for life; Cal. Chic, 1343-6,
p. 643. The Earl of Lancaster was in
1345 suing her for her free tenement in
Garstang, viz. a moiety of the manor of
Nether Wyresdale; Assize R. 1435,
m. 35 d.

44 Survey of 1346 (Chet. Soc.), 50,
52. The former moiety is wrongly
described as one plough-land only. The
sheriff's compotus of 1348 gives it
correctly.

45 Cal. Pat. 1345-8, p. 370. The
Archbishop of York in 1368 gave licence
to the Prior and Canons of Kirkham (in
the East Riding) to remove the body
of John de Coupland from Carham to
their church ; Dods. MSS. vii, 202. For
will sec Wills and Invent. (Surt. Soc.),
i, 29.

46 The Duke of Lancaster in 1361
claimed a moiety of the manors of
Mourholme and Wyresdale against John
de Coupland and Joan his wife ; Assize
R. 441, m. 2 d. Joan is described as
daughter and heir of John de Rigmaiden ;
Feud. Aids, iii, 90. She died early in
1365 holding by grant of Edward III
the Coucy part of the Lancaster family's
possessions. The moiety of the manor
of Wyresdale was held of John ( of Gaunt),
Duke of Lancaster, by knight's service,
with reversion to Ingram de Coucy Earl
of Bedford and Isabella his wife ; Inq.
p.m. 49 Edw. Ill, pt. i, no. 29.

47 In Sept. 1365 a fresh inquiry was
made as to the lands, &c., of William son
of William de Coucy ; Inq. p.m. 49
Edw. Ill, pt. i, no. 22. It was stated
(erroneously) that William had died
without heir in 1335 and that he was
' a man of the kingdom of France.'
In the next year another jury found that
William de Coucy had held the moiety
of the manor of Wyresdale, &c., as before,
that he died in Feb. 1341-2, and that his

heir was Ingram de Coucy Earl of
Bedford, son and heir of Ingram brother
of the said William ; ibid. 50 Edw. Ill
(ist nos.), no. 1 8. William the English
and then John de Coupland and Joan his
wife were said to have occupied the
manors, Sec., after William's death.

48 G.E.C. Complete Peerage, i, 292 ;
' Ingelram or Engucrraud dc Coucy,
Sire dc Couci, La Fere and Oisi in the
district of Marie, <fec., only s. and h. of
Enguerraud de Couci of the same . . .
succeeded his father in 1 344, being then
in his fifth year. He was one of the
hostages for John King of France to
England, where he arrived in 1 360. The
English king showed great favour to him,
restoring him to lands in Lancashire, &c.'
He in 1367 gave the king the reversion
of his manors, then held by Joan widow
of Sir John de Coupland (Arch. Journ.
xxxv, 1 66), and finally renounced his
English honours in 1377. Mention is
made of a grant by him ; Cal. Pat.
1385-9, p. 413.

49 G.E.C. op. cit. i, 293. At his death
in 1435 he held the manor or lordship of
Wyresdale of the king in chief by knight's
service, and other parts of the Lancaster
inheritance ; Chan. Inq. p.m. 14 Hen. VI,
no. 36. The king was his nephew
and heir. Jaquetta his widow had as
dower the third part of a moiety of
Wyresdale, &c., and held it till her death
in 1472 ; Dods. MSS. cxxxi, fol. 91.
Richard Boteler of Kirkland was the
farmer of the lordship ; Cal. Pat.

H36-4i» P- 275-

A rent from the manor is named
among the possessions of John Duke of
Somerset in 1444 ; Chan. Inq. p.m. 22
Hen. VI, no. 19.

50 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. iv, no. 28.
Henry VI granted all the late Duke of
Bedford's manors, &c., to Edmund Tudor
Earl of Richmond (d. 1456), from whom
they descended to his son afterwards
Henry VII ; as king he gave the same
to his mother for life. She had dower in
1459, confirmed 1464 ; Cal. Pat. 1461-7,
p. 363. For a grant by her to Sir
William Parr (1472, 1475) see ibid.
1467-77, pp. 334, 532. She survived

303

her son three months, dying 14 July 1509,
and Henry VIII succeeded her. She
had a further connexion with Lancashire
as wife of the Earl of Derby, and some-
times lived at Lathom ; Cooper, Lady
Margaret, 57.

In 1498 a writ was issued summoning
Margaret Countess of Richmond and
John Rigmaiden to hear judgement in a
plea concerning their right to assize of
bread and ale in Garstang ; Pal. of Lane.
Writs Proton. 15 Hen. VII.

81 To Sir Thomas Parr in 1513 for
forty years ; Pat. 4 Hen. VIII, pt. i.
To William Parr Earl of Essex in 1546 ;
Pat. 38 Hen. VIII, pt. vi. To Henry
Earl of Cumberland in 1553—4 for
twenty-one years ; Pat. i Mary, pt. iv.

52 Pat. 1 6 Eliz., pt. ii ; the grant, to
Gilbert Gerard and his wife and their
issue, included the manors of Nether
Wyresdale, Ashton, Carnforth and Scot-
forth.

53 G.E.C. Complete Peerage, iv, 17-18 ;
Ormerod, Ches. (ed. Helsby), i, 653.

54 A third part of a moiety from
Charles Fleming and another third part
from Thomas Brockholes ; Pal. of Lane.
Feet of F. bdle. 64, no. 21, 28. A
settlement of the manors of Wedacre,
Nether Wyresdale, Winmarleigh, &c., was
made in 1611 ; ibid. bdle. 77, no. 58.

55 Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), ccclxviii,
119 (16 Jas. I) ; the purchase of the two
moieties of the manor is recited, also a
settlement on Eleanor wife of Gilbert
Lord Gerard for life with remainder to
Gilbert in tail male. Gilbert, the son
and heir, was twenty-one years of age.

56 Ibid, cccci, 119; Dutton, the son,
was nine years old.

57 Ibid, dxcix, 92 ; Charles, the son
and heir, was five years of age.

58 The following refer to settlements of
the manors : — 1618, by Gilbert Lord
Gerard ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle.
94, no. 7. 1635, by Dutton Lord
Gerard, Robert Viscount Kilmorey and
Eleanor his wife ; ibid. bdle. 127, no. 7.
1662, by Charles Lord Gerard and Jane
his wife ; ibid. bdle. 168, m. 7.

Lord Kilmorey is named in Cal. Com.
for Comp. ii, 1284-5.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

in 1667 succeeded by his son Digby, who married a
distant cousin, Elizabeth daughter of Charles Gerard,
Earl of Macclcsfield, lord of the manor of Halsall in
Lancashire. Digby's heir was his daughter Eliza-
beth, who in 1698 married James fourth Duke of
Hamilton, killed in the celebrated duel with Lord

GERARD, Lord
Gerard of Gerard's
Bromley. Argent a
saltire gules.

HAMILTON, Duke of
Hamilton. Gules three
cinquefoils pierced er-
mine.

Mohun in lyiz.89 The lordship of Wyresdale
descended with the dukedom until i853,60 when it
was sold to Peter Ormrod of Bolton,61 who settled
at Wyresdale Park. He diei about 1875, after
which his widow held it for life. On her death in
1 890 it went to James Cross Ormrod, nephew of
Peter, who was in 1895 succeeded by his son Captain
Peter Ormrod, stated to be now lord of the manor.62
Wyresdale Park, a modern house, had a herd of
deer ; a pack of staghounds is maintained.

Courts are held.63 In 1642 it was ordered by
the jury that the court should be elected out of the
several townships in rotation, the first year out of
Barnacre, Bonds and Tarnacre, the second year out
of Cabus, Cleveley and Holleth, and the third year
out of Wyresdale, Longmoor or Pilling Moss and
the remainder.64 The meeting-place was at Gober-
thwaite or Gubisthwaite in Cabus.65 Gubberford
and Gubberford Lane are marked on the ordnance
map in Cabus and adjoining Woodacre, and the
bridge over the Wyre is named Gubberford Bridge.
The courts are still held in Cabus.

The lords of the manor having been almost sole
landowners, no other families occur to be noticed
specially in the township.66 There were some
sequestrations under the Commonwealth.67

Dolphinholmc in Nether Wyresdale Forest was
the subject of dispute in I59I.68 Wyreside, in this
part of the township, is the seat of Captain Charles
Henry Garnett.69 Scorton Old Hall belonged to the
Blackburnes in the I7th century.70

In connexion with the Church of England St.
Peter's, Scorton, was built in 1878-9 ; Captain
Peter Ormrod is patron.71

The Wesleyan Methodists have a chapel at Scorton,
built in 1 843, 72 and another at Dolphinholme. The
Congregationalists have one at the latter hamlet.73

The Roman Catholic church of St. Mary and
St. James, built in 1861-2, replaced an earlier one,
and represents missionary work at different home-
steads in the township and district, which can be
traced back to the early part of the 1 8th century.74

59 G.E.C. Complete Peerage, iv, 146-50.
The descent may be given in outline as
follows : James, 4th duke, killed 1712
-s. James, 5th duke, d. 1743 -s. James,
6th duke, d. 1758 -s. James George,
7th duke, d. 1769 — bro. Douglas, 8th
duke, d. 1799 —uncle Archibald, gth
duke (son of James, 5th duke), d. 1819 -s.
Alexander, loth duke, d. 1852.

Lord Archibald Hamilton (afterwards
duke) was knight of the shire 1768-72 ;
Pink and Beaven, Part. Repre. of Lanes.
85. He died at Ashton Hall.

There were fines and recoveries of the
manors of Nether Wyresdale, &c., in
1701 by James Duke of Hamilton and
Elizabeth his wife, 1737 by James Duke
of Hamilton, 1762 by Lord Archibald
Hamilton, and 1800 by Archibald Duke
of Hamilton and Alexander Marquess of
Douglas ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F.
bdles. 247, m. 105 ; 319, m. 10 ; Plea
R. 596, m. 5 ; Aug. Assizei, 40
Geo. Ill, R. 6.

60 Fishwick, op. cit. 54.

61 The Ormrods were cotton spinners
of Bolton. James Ormrod of Chamber
Hall died in 1825, leaving two sons,
Peter and James ; Barton, Bolton Glean.
i, 153. The latter was father of Col.
James Cross Ormrod named in the text.
Peter Ormrod rebuilt the parish church
at Bolton ; his brother James built St.
Peter's, Scorton, in memory of him.

The price paid for Nether Wyresdale
(4,027 acres) was £110,500, for
Cleveley (693 acres) £35,100, and for
Cabus (1,359 acres) £54,100; Preston
Guard. 21 Nov. 1874.

63 Hcwitson, Northward, 75.

63 Fishwick, op. cit. 57.

64 Baines, Lanes, (ed. 1870), ii, 528.
Fishwick (op. cit. 47-54) gives a list of
the tenants in 1604-5 w'th the allot-

ments of common made to each by
agreement with Lord Gerard.

65 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. vi, no. 72 ;
the manor of Wyresdale is here called
Goburthwaite. See the account of Little
Eccleston.

68 Scabgill in Wyresdale was in 1615
held by Robert Foxe of the king as of
his manor of Wenden Ferrens in Bucks,
in socage. Thomas Foxe, aged twenty,
wa» next of kin and heir ; Lanes. Inq.
p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), ii,

122.

Park House, part of the lands of
William (Parr) Marquess of Northampton,
was in 1561—4 in dispute between
Anthony Harrison (in right of his wife
Margaret, daughter and heir of Richard
Hodgekinson) and William Harrison, &c. ;
Ducatus Lane. (Rec. Com.), ii, 286-7.

There were disputes as to tenures in
the manor in 1664 and later, yielding
the names of many of the tenants 5
Exch. Dep. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.),
38, 43, 44. The depositions were
printed in the Preston Guard. 6 Nov.
1886 and later. A court held at
Wedacre is named. There were further
disputes in 1687, Lady Elizabeth Gerard
being in possession ; Exch. Dep. 71.

67 William Baines, recusant, had two-
thirds of his estate under sequestration in
1653 ; Royalist Camp. Papers (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), i, 157. John Baines,
aged thirty, admitted to the English
College, Rome, in 1659, was son of
William. He stated that his parents,
4 Catholics of the middle classes, descended
from an ancient stock . . . suffered much
on account of their religion and were
reduced to very slender means in con-
sequence ' ; Foley, Rec. S. J. v, 3 99. He
was ordained and sent to England. John
Baines, who had taken part in the ' second

304

war ' on the king's side, escaped with a
fine of £3 5 Royalist Comp. Papers, i, 1 1 8.
Thomas Mercer and Mary his wife,
who were leaseholders under Lady Kil-
morey, for recusancy suffered sequestra-
tion, but were dead in 1655 ; ibid, iv, 130.
The surname is given as Myerscough in
Cat. Com, for Comp. v, 3242. John
Rigmaiden of Wyersdale, recusant, de-
sired to contract for the two-thirds of his
estate in 1654; ibid, v, 3186. John
seems to have died soon after, the trustees
of his daughter Anne, wife of Roger
Green, petitioning for discharge later in
the year; ibid, iv, 2851. William
Windress, though not actually sequestered,
compounded in 1651 for having been in
arms for the king in 1643 ; ibid, iv, 2899.

68 Ducatus Lane, iii, 275.

69 Burke, Landed Gentry.

70 Fishwick, op. cit. 256.

71 A district was formed for it in 1880 ;
Land. Ga*. 17 Sept.

'* Hewitson, Our Country Churches, 524.
A poor woman, employed at the mill,
held a class meeting in her house ; this,
after some persecution, found protectors
in the mill-owners and regular services
were instituted.

73 Services began in 1875 and an iron
church was opened in 1881 ; Nightingale,
Lanes. Nonconf. i, 207.

74 Hewitson, op. cit. 521-3. Mass used
to be said at Brackenlea (occupied by the
Jenkinsons), and there was a priest's
hiding-place at Foxhouses. ' The original
Catholic chapel at Scorton was a small
rude thatched building. In its early career
the building, it is said, was used as a
clogmaker's shop on weekdays and for
Catholic worship on Sundays. It was
eventually replaced by another building,
set apart entirely for religious purposes.'
This was afterwards used as a schoolroom.

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

GARSTANG

A school existed at Cross Hill as early as 1717,
and another was built at Scorton in 1793, each with
a small endowment.76

HOLLETH

Holouth, 1326 ; Holuith, 1329 ; Holough, 1375.

This township is entirely separated from the
main part of the parish by Forton in Cockerham,
and about 60 acres of its southern edge lie in the
latter parish. The area is 358^ acres,1 and may
be said to consist of a hill reaching about 100 ft.
above sea level and sloping away to the boundary
on all sides. In 1901 the population numbered
twenty-five only. There is no considerable residence
within it. A minor road from Cockersand eastward
to join the north road from Preston to Lancaster
crosses the south-west corner, as does also the Kendal
Canal.

The base of Buck's Cross remains, and the site of
another ancient cross is known.1

HOLLETH seems to have belonged to
M4NOR Forton.* There was never any manor,
but Holleth is named in 1345 among
the Rigmaiden properties.4 It descended with
Wedacre,5 and so came to the Gerards and Hamiltons,
lords of Wyresdale. At the sale in 1853 it was
purchased by Mr. Richard Cardwell Gardner of
Liverpool, who died in 1882.*

The canons of Leicester had right of common in
Holleth in the parish of Garstang, but released it to
Thomas de Rigmaiden in consideration of an annual
rent of zosJ

The Cawson family occur in the I7th century.8

CLEVELEY

About a fourth part of this township, in the south-
east, lies within Garstang parish ; the remainder is
in Cockerham, where an account of the whole will
be given.

CABUS

Cayballes, 1328 ; Caboos, 1550.

This township has an area of 1,388 acres,9 and a
population of 171 according to the Census of 1901.
From the Wyre on the east the surface rises till about
100 ft. above the ordnance datum is attained and
then falls away to the west. The hamlet of Patten
Arms lies in the north-west corner. Two roads go

through it from Garstang northwards, one to Lan-
caster, the other to Cockerham. The railway from
Preston to Lancaster crosses the north-east corner,
and the canal between the same places winds along
near the western side.

Carr Holme in Cabus was added to Garstang in
1887 ; at the same time a detached part of Barnacre
with Bonds was added to Cabus.10

The soil is a heavy loam with clay subsoil. The
land is almost entirely in pasture. About 1880 there
was a tile manufactory worked by Mrs. Ormrod.

The pedestal of an ancient cross remains near
cross roads on the north-west boundary.11

There was never any separate manor
M4NOR of C4BUS, but the courts for the lord-
ship of Nether Wyresdale were formerly
held here at Goberthwaite.11 This place is named in
a grant by William son of Swain to his son Henry
the Clerk.13 Cabus occurs in an agreement made in
I 340 between Dame Christiana de Lindsay and the
abbey of Leicester.14 It descended with Nether
Wyresdale 14 and was purchased in 1853 by Peter
Ormrod. It is now owned by Captain Peter Ormrod.

WINMARLEIGH

Wynomerislega, Wynermerisle, 1212; Wimerleg,
1241 ; Winmerly, 1244; Wynnemerley, 1262;
Wymerlay, 1292. The accent is on the second
syllable.

On the eastern side of this township the land is
50 ft. or more above sea level, and here is placed the
hall ; but westwards about two-thirds of the surface
lies below the 2 5 -ft. level, much of it being moss-
land. There is no village or considerable hamlet.
The area is 2,342^ acres,1 and in 1901 there was
a population of 284.

Northward through the eastern side go roads from
Garstang to Cockerham, and the west end is crossed
by one from the former place to Pilling ; these are
connected by another passing through the centre of
the township, having the hall on one side and the
church on the other. The Garstang and Knott End
single-line railway crosses the western corner, with a
station called Coglie Hill, and the Lancaster Canal
at one place bends so as to come within the north-
east boundary.

The soil is clay and peat, with clay subsoil ; wheat
and potatoes are grown, but two-thirds of the land
is in pasture.

For the convicted recusants in Nether
Wyresdale and Cabus c. 1670 see Misc.
(Cath. Rec. Soc.), v, 172-4. The names
include Baines, Blackburn, Cawthorne,
Cross, Hubbersty, Myerscough, Parkin-
son, Sykes and Windress.

The Garstang churchwardens in 1755
reported a ' Papist chapel ' at Wyresdale ;
Visit. Ret. at Chester.

75 End. Char. Rep. for Garstang, 7, 8.

1 359 acres, including 2 of inland
water; Census Rep. 1901.

2 Lanes, and Ches. Antiq. Soc. xx, 209.
8 The place is named in an agreement

as to tithes between Cockersand and
Leicester Abbeys in 1 242 ; Cockersand
Chartul. (Chet. Soc.), ii, 382. Also in
an agreement between Leicester Abbey
and Dame Christiana de Lindsay in 1320 ;
ibid, i, 299.

4 In that year Thomas son of Marma-

duke de Rigmaiden complained that
certain persons had broken his close
there ; De Banco R. 345, m. 152. A
similar complaint was made by Thomas
de Rigmaiden in 1375 against Edmund
de Washington ; ibid. 457, m. 34 d.

4 It is named in the Rigmaiden inqui-
sitions as a dependency of their manor
in Garstang. John Rigmaiden in 1583
complained of destruction of his wood in
Holleth ; Ducatus Lane. (Rec. Com.), iii,
149.

6 Fishwick, Garstang (Chet. Soc.), 33.

7 Cockerham charter* in MS. Laud.
H 72, fol. 48.

8 Richard Cawson in 1647 and John
and George Cawson of Cocker House in
1663-4, tenants of the manor of Nether
Wyresdale ; W. Farrer's D.

9 1,392 acres, including 20 of inland
water; Census Rep. 1901.

305

10 By Loc. Govt. Bd. Order 20097.

11 Lanes, and Ches. Antiq. Soc. xx, 207.
1J See the account of Nether Wyresdale.
" Add. MS. 32106, no. 806. The

grantor gave all his land in Gubisthwaite
(otherwise Goberthwaite or Gubber-
thwaite) within these bounds : From
Gubisthwaite Pool, up the River Wyre
to Drypool, by Drypool to the carr,
round it to the pool which falls by
Hagrimai, and down that pool to Gubis-
thwaite Pool. The land was to be held
as three-eighths of an oxgang where
24 carucates made a knight's fee.

14 Cockersand CAartu/.(Chet. Soc.), 1,299.

15 Cabus and Goberthwaite are both
named among Walter Rigmaiden' a lands
in 1587 ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xiv,
no. 5.

1 2,343 acres, including 7 of inland
water 5 Census Rep. 1901.

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A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

The moss-lands in the neighbourhood provide
materials for the manufacture of moss litter.

The township is governed by a parish council.

Two oxgangs of land in Wyresdale
M4NOR were granted by William de Lancaster II,
who died in 1184, to Harvey the
Falconer,* and this estate probably formed the nucleus
of the later manor of WINMARLEIGH. Harvey'*
son Hugh adopted the local surname,3 which con-
tinued in use for some centuries, perhaps by several
of the freeholding families,4 but the descent cannot
be traced clearly. In 1347 Thomas le Gentyl held
2 oxgangs of land by knight's service of the king, as
representing William de Coucy, late lord of Wyres-
dale,6 and shortly afterwards, in 1359, Nicholas le
Gentyl claimed the manor against Thomas son of
Marmaduke de Rigmaiden.6 From fines of an earlier
time it seems that Robert de Pleasington had obtained
a moiety of the manor from Thomas le Gentyl.7 The

Pleasington inheritance probably descended to an
heiress who married Richard Radcliffe.8 The Rad-
cliffes also obtained in 1472 part of the inheritance
of Roger de Winmarleigh, which by a daughter
Christiana had descended to Christopher Rowall.9
Sir John de Harrington of Farleton died in 1359
holding a messuage and 40 acres in Winmarleigh as
of the manor of Wyresdale, formerly William de
Coucy's.10

Richard son of William de Radcliffe in 1375
complained that Joan widow of Roger de Winmar-
leigh had abducted the heir, and he claimed the
custody of a moiety of the manor until the majority
of Robert son and heir of Roger.11 Richard was the
kinsman and heir of Robert de Radcliffe of Astley,
which manor he acquired.18 Winmarleigh descended
regularly15 to Richard Radcliffe, who died in 1477
holding the manor of the Earl of Richmond in socage
by a rent of ^d. ; he also held the moiety of Astley

2 Lanes. Inq. and Extents (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), i, 3 ; in 1212 Hugh
de Winmarleigh held by knight's service.

3 Hugh son of Harvey the Falconer
about 1200 granted Camel's toft and
croft of 3 acres to Cockersand Abbey,
with easements of his fee in Winmarleigh,
including pasturage for thirty oxen and
cows, &c. ; Cockersand Chartul. (Chet.
Soc.), i, 290. William son of Harvey is
also named ; ibid, i, 291. William son
of Hugh de Winmarleigh made a further
grant to Cockersand ; ibid, i, 296. Alice
was the widow of Hugh ; ibid.

4 Grants to Cockersand were made
by Roger son of Hamelin and his son
Richard, by Richard son of Robert de
Winmarleigh, and several (one dated
1246) by Gregory de Winmarleigh, who
names his brother Richard, also by
Richard de Wath ; ibid, i, 290—7. John,
Robert and Thomas de Winmarleigh are
named in these charters.

There is nothing to show whether
Gregory was the successor of Hugh or
the lord of that part of Winmarleigh not
in Hugh's fee ; he occurs from 1241 to
1253 ; Final Cone. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches.), i, 82 ; Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i,
159, 191. John de Winmarleigh is
named in 1257 5 'bid. i, 210. Robert
son of Gregory and Avice his wife had
land in Stalmine in 1262 ; Final Cone, i,
135. John de Winmarleigh was defendant
in 1276 ; Assize R. 405, no. 30.

5 Inq. p.m. 20 Edw. Ill (2nd nos.),
no. 63. Thomas appears to have been
son of William le Gentyl of Poulton in
Lonsdale ; Final Cone. (Rec. Soc. Lanes,
and Ches.), ii, 9, 1 1 8.

6 Duchy of Lane. Assize R. 7, m. id.;
Dtp. Keeper's Rep. xxxii, App. 346.

'In 1338 Robert de Pleasington ob-
tained a messuage and lands in Garstang,
including wood called Eskland, from
Thomas le Gentyl and Katherine his
wife ; Final Cone, ii, no. The same
Robert in 1343 obtained a moiety of the
manor of Winmarleigh (except two mes-
suages, &c.) from the same and their son
Randle ; ibid. 116. At the same time
Robert granted to Thomas ten messuages,
&c., and certain homages. The field-
names include Herneshead, Lawesteghele,
Hyngilka, Briggemouridding and Deres-
lowe. Very soon afterwards these ten
messuages, &c., were granted to Robert
de Pleasington and Ellen his wife ; ibid.
117. It seems possible that Katherine
and Ellen were the heirs of Winmarleigh.

In 1 344 Robert de Pleasington obtained
a messuage and land in Winmarleigh from
Robert the Grayve ; Add. MS. 32104,
no. 906. In 1348 he acquired another
in Garstang from John son of Thomas de
Rigmaiden ; Final Cone, ii, 126. John de
Pleasington in 1354 successfully claimed
the manor and 2s. rent from Gilbert de
Haydock and Ellen his wife ; Duchy of
Lane. Assize R. 3, m. 3 d.

8 Dodsworth (MSS. cliii, fol. 48) states
that Richard de Radcliffe of Winmarleigh
(living 1407) married the daughter and
co-heir of Henry de Pleasington by Isabel
his wife. From pleadings cited below
it is clear that Richard's grandfather had
part of the manor in 1376.

9 One Roger de Winmarleigh was
plaintiff in 1292 and 1302; Assize R.
408, m. 96, 97 d.; 418, m. ii, izd.
William son of Roger occurs in 1330;
Assize R. 1400, m. 235. Again in 1345
Robert de Pleasington complained that
Roger de Winmarleigh had cut his grass,
&c. ; De Banco R. 344, m. 613.

Thomas Henryson de Rowall, as heir
of his mother Christiana daughter and
heir of Roger de Winmarleigh, in 1425
granted a moiety of the demesne of
Winmarleigh in the vill of Garstang to
his brother Christopher, with remainder
to another brother Richard ; Dods. MSS.
cliii, fol. 47^. From what is stated
below it appears that Thomas and Chris-
topher sold much of their inheritance.
John Rowall son of Christopher had to
wife Ellen daughter of Thomas Jenkinson
in 1447—8 ; ibid. fol. 48. A messuage,
&c., was granted to John and Ellen in
1490—1, with remainder to their son
Edward ; ibid. An elder son Richard
had in 1480 married Janet daughter of
William Colous ; ibid. Ellen the widow
of John Rowall was living in 1500—1 ;
ibid. fol. 48 b. Deeds of 1436 and 1447—8
are in Pal. of Lane. Chan. Misc. bdle. i,
files i and 6.

Edward son of Richard Roo alias Rowall
died in 1531 holding six messuages, &c.,
in Winmarleigh, held of Thomas Rad-
cliffe by a rent of 2s. His heir was a
daughter Alice, aged six in 1535. Edward's
mother Joan and wife Anne survived
him ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. viii,
no. 39. For an earlier marriage of
Edward see Add. MS. 32106, fol. 284,
no. 234.

In 1472 John son and heir of John
Rigmaiden released all his right in lands
obtained from Christopher Rowall and

306

Thomas his brother (sons of Henry) to
Ralph, Hugh and Richard Radcliffe ;
Dods. loc. cit. Hugh Radcliffe had pre-
viously obtained messuages, &c., from
Christopher Rowall, which in 1468 he
demised to Thomas Myerscough ; ibid.

10 Inq. p.m. 36 Edw. Ill, pt i, no. 99,
1 20. Nothing further seems known of
this tenement, which was held by knight's
service and rendered 40*.

11 De Banco R. 457, m. 10, 95. In
1376 Richard and Isabel his wife were
plaintiffs and John de Southworth and
Joan his wife defendants in the same
matter; ibid. 462, m. 330. Later in
1376 Isabel widow of Richard son of
William de Radcliffe continued the plea.
She alleged that Roger, father of the heir,
had held a moiety of the manor of Win-
marleigh of her by homage and fealty,
paying 20*. to a scutage of 401. and 2s.
rent. The defendants alleged that Roger
had made a feoffment of his moiety to
William de Curwen and William de
Hornby, and that Joan, the defendant
and mother of the heir (of tender years),
had had charge of him, and was in pos-
session of the moiety of the manor by a
grant from the feoffees in 1374; ibid.
464, m. 53 ; 219, 430 d. From the
terms of Isabel's claim it might be inferred
that she was the heiress of Winmarleigh.
She may have been heiress of GentyL

13 V.C.H. Lanes, iii, 446 ; Final Cone.
ii, 128.

18 The pedigree is shown in Lanes. Inq.
p.m. (Chet. Soc.), ii, 32-4, thus : Richard
de Radcliffe and Isabel his wife -s. Thomas
-s. Sir Richard, d. 1431 -s. Sir Thomas,
aged forty.

Joan widow of Thomas Radcliffe of
Winmarleigh occurs in 1410 and 1417 ;
Final Cone, iii, 69, 85. The inquisition
after the death of Sir Richard Radcliffe
above cited concerns the manor of Astley
only.

Proof of the next step is afforded by
an entry in the court rolls of Ightenhill
in 1441, Richard Radcliffe son and heir
of Sir Thomas being accused of wrong-
fully withholding a tenement called the
Chamber in Pendle from Lawrence
Parker of Foulridge ; Add. MS. 32105,
fol. 251.

Sir Thomas's daughter Joan married
Robert Shireburne of Stonyhurst ; Lanes.
Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), ii, 53. Thomas
son of Sir Thomas came to a violent end
at Whalley in 1439 > P*'- °f Lane. Chan.
Misc. bdle. i, file 7. The executors of

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

GARSTANG

and lands, &c., in Chatburn, Clitheroe, Hapton,
Great Marsden and Showley. His grandson Richard
son of Thomas was his heir and under age.14

Richard Radcliffe died in 1500, leaving a son and
heir Thomas, aged seventeen,15 and this Thomas
died in 1521, leaving as heir a son of the same name,
five years old.16 The younger Thomas died in 1538,
when his son William was only four years old.17 This
son died at Astley in 1561, without issue, and his
half-sister Anne, wife of Gilbert Gerard, obtained
Winmarleigh.18 As already shown, Gilbert purchased
the superior lordship of Wyresdale,19 but at his death
in 1593 he was said to hold the manor of Winmar-
leigh by the old tenure, viz. of the queen as of her
earldom of Richmond by knight's service and $d.
rent. His son and heir Sir Thomas Gerard was
aged twenty-nine.10 Some estate in Winmarleigh
was at that time held by the Rigmaidens,11 whose
manors were afterwards purchased by Sir Thomas.

The manor descended to Button third Lord
Gerard of Bromley," and was granted to his daughter
Elizabeth, who married the Hon. William Spencer.
It descended to their great-granddaughter Elizabeth
wife of Edward eleventh Earl of Derby, and was sold
to Thomas Patten in 1 744." From him it descended
to John Wilson-Patten,24 who after a long and

honourable career in the public service, having been
knight of the shire as early as 1830, was raised to the
peerage in 1874 and took his title from this manor.
Lord Winmarleigh died in 1892, and his son and

PATTIN. Loxengy
ermine and table a canton
gules.

WILSON. Sable a

wolf salient or, in chief

three estoiles of the
second.

grandson having died before him the title became
extinct. He was sole landowner, and built Win-
marleigh House in iSji.K Lady Headfort, widow
of the son, is tenant for life of the manor. No courts
are held.*6

John Goose was a freeholder in 1600." A few
names of former landowners can be recovered from

the will of Sir Thomas were in 14.4.2-3
summoned to answer Margaret widow of
Sir Richard concerning lands, &c., demised
to her in Astley and Clitheroe ; ibid.
file ii.

14 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), ii,
103. The son Thomas, who married
Ellen daughter of Richard Balderston and
so obtained a considerable increase of the
family possessions, died before 1473 ;
ibid. cj2. The heir's age was given as
fourteen in 1473 and as twelve in 1477.

15 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. iii, no. 75 ;
the manor of Winmarleigh was said to
be held of the Earl of Lincoln by services
unknown. It had in 1495 been settled
upon Alice daughter of Sir Thomas
Gerard for life. Other grants are
recited, including one in favour of
Richard's brothers John and Roger. Alice
married Thomas Radcliffe and was living
in 1538 ; ibid, viii, no. 26.

16 Ibid, v, no. 3. The will of Thomas
Radcliffe is recited making provision for
his wife Alice, his children Thomas and
Cecily, his sister Margaret and others.
The manor of Winmarleigh was stated
to be held of the king as Earl of Chester
in socage by $d. rent. In 1524 Alice
widow of Thomas Radcliffe claimed dower
in the manor of Winmarleigh, &c. ; Pal.
of Lane. Plea R. 135, m. 4.

17 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. viii, no. 26 ;
the manor of Winmarleigh was said to
be held of the king as of his duchy of
Lancaster by knight's service and 5</.
rent.

18 Ibid, xi, no. 7 ; the jurors ignored
the half-blood, and found that William's
heirs were John Singleton, aged twelve,
and Joan Radcliffe, aged fourteen. Win-
marleigh was found to be held of the
queen as of the earldom of Richmond by
knight's service and ^d. rent. William
had shortly before his death made a settle-
ment of his manors, &c., in favour of his
sister Anne.

William Radcliffe married Anne
daughter of Sir John Holcroft, by whom
he had a son and three daughters who

died in infancy, and he was buried at
Culcheth, where a memorial brass records
the facts.

The heirs named by the jury were the
grandson and the daughter of his aunt
Cecily.

There is a Radcliffe pedigree in the
Visit, of 1613 (Chet. Soc.), 43-4.

19 A settlement of the manor of Win-
marleigh was made by Gilbert Gerard and
Anne his wife in 1574; Pal. of Lane.
Feet of F. bdle. 36, m. 269.

30 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xvi, no. 2.
A large collection of deeds (already
quoted) relating to disputes as to the
Radcliffe inheritance has been preserved
by Towneley in Add. MS. 32105, fol.
237 onward. These show that Cecily
Radcliffe above mentioned was twice
married : (i) to Thomas Farington, by
whom she had a daughter Alice, wife of
(William) Singleton (of Staining), whose
son John left two daughters — Elizabeth
wife of James Massey (s.p.) and Alice
wife of Henry Birkenhead ; (2) to Edward
Radcliffe of Mearley, by whom she had
another daughter Joan, wife of Ralph
Assheton of Great Lever, whose son was
Sir Ralph Assheton, bart.

Thomas Farington appears as plaintiff
in the time of Henry VIII ; Ducatus Lane.
i, 205.

81 Winmarleigh is named in the inquisi-
tions of Walter and John Rigmaiden,
1587—8, but without separate details.

18 See the account of Nether Wyres-
dale.

33 Fishwick, Garsfang (Chet. Soc.),
44—5, where a lease of 1668 is quoted,
showing the services required. William
Spencer (third son of the second Lord
Spencer) and Elizabeth had a son William,
who left four children — John, Charles,
Alice and Elizabeth. Elizabeth married
Robert Hesketh of Rufford, and her
daughter and heir, the Elizabeth named
in the text, married in 1714 Sir Edward
Stanley, afterwards (1736—76) eleventh
Earl of Derby. Collins states that the
first William Spencer had no issue.

307

A deed of 1667 by the Hon. William
Spencer of Ashton and Elizabeth his wife,
sole daughter and heir of Dutton Lord
Gerard by Elizabeth his (second) wife,
recites a conveyance of the manor, with
remainder to the right heirs of Elizabeth ;
Piccope MSS. (Chet. Lib.), iii, 60. The
following fines, &c., relate to this manor :
1658 — William Spencer and Elizabeth his
wife (the Gerard manors) ; Pal. of Lane.
Feet of F. bdle. 162, m. 161. 1667 — the
same (Winmarleigh only) ; ibid. bdle.
179, m. 9. 1669 — the same with Giles
Russell and Milcham his wife ; ibid,
bdle. 182, m. 4 ; 183, m. 4. 1710 — John
Spencer, vouchee ; Pal. of Lane. Plea
R. 491, m. 6d. 1713 — Charles Spencer ;
ibid. 497, m. 5.

24 Thomas Patten of Bank Hall, War-
rington, d. 1772 -s. Thomas Patten,
d. 1806 -3rd s. Thomas Wilson-Patten,
d. 1826 -2nd s. John Wilson-Patten,
born 1802 ; Burke, Commoners, iii,
83—4; Gregson, Portfolio (ed. Harland),
186-7.

15 Diet. Nat. Biog. ; G.E.C. Complete
Peerage, viii, 189 ; Pink and Beaven,
Parl. Repre. of Lanes. 89-93. He sat for
Lancashire as a Tory 1830-1, and for
North Lancashire 1832—74, in twelve
Parliaments ; chancellor of the duchy
1867-8, constable of Lancaster Castle
1869.

His son Eustace John Wilson-Patten
died in 1873, leaving a son John Alfred
(who died unmarried in 1889) and
daughters. His widow (Emily daughter
of Lord John Thynne) afterwards married
the third Marquess of Headfort, who died
in 1894.

*6 Information of Messrs. John White
& Co., Warrington.

n Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i,
232.

Sir Gilbert Gerard in 1591 purchased a
messuage, &c., in Winmarleigh from John
Goose and Mary his wife ; Pal. of Lane.
Feet of F. bdle. 53, m. 83. For the
Goose family see Ducatus Lane, iii, 149,
327.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

the inquisitions28 and the sequestrations of the
Commonwealth period.29

In connexion with the Church of England
St. Luke's was built in 1876 and enlarged in iSSj.30
The patronage is vested in the Hon. Misses Ellinor
and Elizabeth Wilson-Patten, daughters of Lord
Winmarleigh.

NATEBY

Natebi, Nateby, 1204.

Nateby is a level and low-lying township, the
highest land, on the eastern side, not rising much
above 70 ft. over sea level. The small hamlet of
Nateby lies near the centre of the township, but the
hall is near the northern border. The area measures
2,087 acres,1 and in 1901 the population was 297.

Along the eastern border goes the road from
Garstang to Cockerham, while through the centre
goes that from Garstang to Pilling. The single-line
railway between these places also runs through the
township, and has a station called Nateby. The
Preston and Lancaster Canal crosses the north-east
portion.

The old divisions into Great and Little Nateby
are now forgotten. The former was in the north
and the latter in the south.

Wheat and oats are grown, but more than half
the land is in pasture. The soil is light with clay
subsoil. Tiles are made.

The township is governed by a parish council.

Sir Roger Strickland, admiral and Jacobite, was a
son of Walter Strickland of Nateby. He was born
in 1640, and died at St. Germains in 1717.*

As a part of Wyresdale NATEBT was
M4NOR held by the Lancaster family and their
successors. William de Lancaster II, who
died in 1 1 84, granted an oxgang of land there to
Hugh the Northman. A rent of 4;. was to be paid,
but all easements and common rights of the vill of
Garstang, ' both within the Wyre and without,' were
allowed.2* William de Lancaster III gave the lord-
ship of Nateby, or part of it, to his clerk Gilbert de
Garstang, as pertaining to land in Scotforth.3

The oxgang named appears to have been in Great
Nateby. The owners adopted the local surname,
and in 1292 William son of Ralph de Nateby sold
his estate to Lawrence son of Lawrence Travers.4
This was afterwards transferred by Lawrence to his
brother Thomas.8 It descended in this family, who
also held part of the manors or lands in Ribbleton,
Tulketh, Esprick and Trunna in Thornton down to
the time of Charles I. In 1 347, however, the tenants
of William de Coucy for this part of Wyresdale
were stated to be John de Pleasington for I oxgang
of land in Great Nateby, Robert de Pleasington and
Robert de Bour (Bower) for an oxgang in Little
Nateby, all holding by knight's service.6 Little
Nateby, which was later held by Travers, was probably
the messuage and 40 acres in Nateby claimed by
William de Layton from Ingram de Gynes and
Christiana his wife in 1292. Their defence was a
technical one — that Nateby was not a vill.7

Thomas Travers in 1308 transferred an oxgang of
land in Garstang to his son John,8 while two years
later John Travers surrendered 2 oxgangs of land
there to Thomas Travers and Alice his wife, with
remainders to Lawrence and Alexander sons of

88 For Rowall and Rigmaiden see earlier
notes. John Sale or Saule compounded
for refuiing knighthood in 1631 ; Misc.
(Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 222. He
died in 1634 holding a messuage, &c., in
Gargtang and Winmarleigh of Dutton
Lord Gerard as of his manor of Winmar-
leigh. Christopher his son and heir was
thirty-two years of age ; Towneley MS. C 8,
13 (Chet Lib.), 1087.

William Ambrose of Woodplumpton
had land in Garstang in 1421 ; Final
Cone, iii, 79. It wat perhaps in Winmar-
leigh, for William Ambrose and John
Kuerden sold a messuage, &c., there to
John Rigmaiden in 1567 ; Pal. of Lane.
Feet of F. bdle. 29, m. 58.

49 Anne Molyneux had two-thirds of
her tenement sequestered for recusancy,
and died in 1654, the heirs at law being
William Latus of Catterall, Dorothy his
wife and John Goose of Winmarleigh.
She had in 1652 devised her estate to
Robert Pleasington of Garstang. There
was a suspicion that this was on trust for
some priest or delinquent or convicted
recusant, but one John Charnock of Cabus,
a Protestant and communicant at Garstang
Church, claimed ; Royalist Comp. Papers
(Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), iv, 140—3.

30 A district was assigned to it in 1876 ;
Land. Ga-z. 5 Dec.

1 2,088 acres, including 12 of inland
water} Census Rep. 1901.

8 Diet. Nat. Siog.

3* Dods. MSS. cxlix, fol. 77 ; Robert
son of Bernard was a witness (dead in
1206). Another version of the charter
(or perhaps a different grant) is in Kuerden
MSS. iv, G 3^>. It gives the bounds as
beginning where Rosnyt descends into

Pilling Moss, and going by various sykes,
moor, moss and wood till the ford of
Winmarleigh was touched, thence down
to Stockenbridge and to Pilling Moss.

It is possible, if not probable, that the
two plough-lands in Scotforth granted to
Hugh by William de Lancaster I (Lanes.
Inq. and Extents [Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches.], i, 4) included the whole or part
of Nateby.

3 Dods. loc. cit. ; in a letter addressed
to William rector of Garstang, who
occupied land in Nateby. Scotforth and
Nateby occur togather in fines of 1 204,
by which Hawise wife of Gilbert Fitz
Reinfred secured the third part of two
plough-lands there ; Final Cone. (Rec.
Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 22-3.

4 Kuerden, loc. cit. ; ' Rosnyt ' is here
spelt ' Rasich.' The date is fixed by the
accompanying fine ; Final Cone, i, 175.
On the same day William de Nateby
obtained a release of what appears to be
the same tenement from Roger de
Wedacre ; ibid. 173. A pleading of the
same year shows that Roger was brother
and heir of Hugh son of Robert son of
Paulin brother and heir of Robert, who
had held the same in the time of King
John. Roger appears to have proved his
right in the court of Ingram de Gynes
held at Garstang in 1286 ; Assize R. 408,
m. 69. The last-named Robert was
probably the rector of Garstang.

John son of William de Nateby and
William de Nateby occur in 1308-9;
Assize R. 423, m. 4.

5 Dods. and Kuerden, loc. cit. ; the
date was between 1298 and 1302, Master
Richard de Hoghton, then sheriff,
attesting. Thomas Travers was sheriff

308

in 1302-6; P.R.O. List, 72. In 1301
Isabel widow of William de Nateby
complained that Lawrence Travers and
others had disseised her of a messuage, an
oxgang of land, &c., in Garstang, and
Lawrence replied that he had found that
she and her husband, being childless, had
desired to enfeoff Thomas Travers of the
same, and he had taken possession ; Assize
R. 1321, m. 10 ; 418, m. 13. After the
grant to his brother Lawrence in 1301
wrote to Isabel to direct her in future to
render to Thomas the services she had
hitherto rendered to himself ; Dods. loc. cit.
In 1300 Thomas Travers, Cecily his
wife and Alexander their son were
defendants to a claim for a messuage, &c.,
in Garstang made by Benedict son of
Ralph de Nateby; De Banco R. 131, m.
33d. The same three with a daughter
Margaret were in 1301 defendants to a
like claim by Roger de Brockholes and
others ; Assize R. 419, m. 13.

6 Inq. p.m. 20 Edw. Ill (2nd nos.),
no. 63. A Robert de Bure (Bower) claimed
common of pasture in Garstang against
the Abbot of Leicester and others in 1301
and later; Assize R. 1321, m. 12 ; 418,
m. 4, 14. Robert son of Adam del Boure
was in 1317 summoned to warrant Roger
de Wedacre, against whom Alice widow
of Adam son of Robert del Boure was
claiming dower in certain messuages, &c.,
in Garstang ; De Banco R. 2 1 8, m. 1 54 d. ;
221, m. 16.

Little Nateby in the town of Garstang
occurs in a plea Wedacre v. Catherton in
1352 ; Duchy of Lane. Assize R. 2, m. I.

7 Assize R. 408, m. 42 d.

8 Dods. MSS. liii, fol. 89*. John
Travers restored the same to Thomas his

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

GARSTANG

Thomas.9 Thomas son of Lawrence Travers was in
1331 contracted to marry Eleanor daughter of John
de Kirkby,10 but Lawrence was still living in I339-11
Thomas son of Lawrence Travers in 1349 granted
to John his son and heir and to Alice daughter of
Robert de Pleasington a windmill and lands in
Stanah in Thornton, Ribbleton, Ashton, Elswick and
Ingol, and in default of issue to his other sons
Lawrence, Edmund, Thomas, Roger, William and
Richard.12 John Travers died in 1361 holding
lands, &c., in Tulketh, Ribbleton, Thornton and
Winmarleigh in the vill of Garstang, this last being
held of the moiety of the manor of Wyresdale for-
merly William de Coucy's, by a rent of 4/.13 His
son and heir Roger was eight years old. Roger
occurs from 1389 to 1420. 14 His son Thomas was
forty years old in I429,18 and appears to have been
still in possession in I448.16 Robert son of Lawrence
Travers was in 1452—3 contracted to marry Katherine
daughter of Richard Radcliffe of Clitheroe.17 At
this point there is a defect in the evidence.18

William Travers died on 28 July 1524 holding
messuages, &c., in Nateby and other places, having in
the May previous bequeathed * the whole manor of
Nateby ' to his wife Margaret for her life, two tene-
ments only being excepted. The Nateby lands were
said to be held of the king in socage by the rent of
\i. yearly. The heir was a son Lawrence, aged

thirteen.19 William Travers, said to have been a
younger brother of Lawrence, succeeded, dying in
July 1558 in possession of the capital messuage
called Nateby and lands, &c., there held of the queen
as of her manor of Nether Wyresdale in socage by a
rent of 4J.20 His son and heir Richard, then fifteen
years of age, died in April 1576 holding in addition
a messuage in Little Nateby in Garstang of the queen as
of her castle of Lancaster in socage by a rent of zs. id.
and a pair of gauntlets worth 6£^. The heir was
again a minor, being his son William, aged thirteen.21
A pedigree recorded in 1 6 1 3 22 enables the descent
to be carried a little further. William Travers and
Richard his son in 1626 sold the manor to George
Preston of Holker,23 and he gave it to a younger son
George Preston, who had a command in the royal
army in the Civil War and was killed at Bradford.24
His son George in i6542S transferred it to Walter
Strickland of Sizergh ; his son Robert gave it to
George Leyburne of Cunswick, who had married a
daughter of George Preston. The new owner
resided at Nateby, and was in 1 704 succeeded by his
son John Leyburne. Being a Jacobite, he joined the
Highland force in 1715, and his estates were con-
fiscated.26 Nateby was re-purchased, and through
a sister descended to Michael Anne of Frickley, and
was by him sold in i8o6.27 After passing through
the hands of several owners28 it was in 1868

father and Alice his wife ; Kuerden, loc.
cit. John Travers in 1323-4 was author-
ized to grant lands in Bolton-le-Sands, &c.,
to his daughter Katherine ; Dods. MSS.
cxlix, fol. 78^.

9 Final Cone, ii, 8 ; the following put
in claims — Ingram de Gynes and
Christiana his wife, Gilbert de Lindsay,
Isolda widow of John de Rigmaiden and
Lawrence Travers the elder.

From the accounts of Ashton near
Preston and Ribbleton it will be seen that
Lawrence Travers the younger married
Aline daughter and co-heir of Henry de
Haydock, and so acquired lands in those
townships. 10 Kuerden, loc. cit.

11 Ibid. The account of Stanah shows
that Thomas Travers was in possession in
1346.

13 Dods. MSS. cxlix, fol. 78*. John
Travers occurs at Ribbleton in 1362.

13 Inq. p.m. 36 Edw. Ill, pt. ii, no. 52.

14 Roger was a juror in 1389-90;
Lanes. Inq, p.m. (Chet. Soc.), i, 38. In
1402 he made a settlement of the manor
of Nateby, lands in Preston and Elswick
and the reversion of the fourth part of the
manor of Ashton ; the remainders were
to his sons Thomas and John, and in
default of male issue to Katherine
daughter of Roger and Alice, formerly
his wife, daughter of John de Thornton ;
Kuerden, loc. cit. (Two versions are
given ; in one John is called son not
brother of Thomas.) Thomas seems to
have been in possession as early as 1415 ;
account of Ribbleton. As late as 1420,
however, the feoffees regranted to Roger
Travers of Nateby and Joan his wife the
manor of Tulketh with remainder to
Thomas the son of Roger ; Dunken-
halgh D.

ls Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), ii, 25.
In 1430 the Archdeacon of Richmond
gave licence to Thomas Travers to have
an oratory at Nateby ; Raines MSS. (Chet.
Lib.), xxii, 407.

16 Thomas occurs at Ribbleton in
1445. In 1447 Nicholas Boteler of Raw-

cliffe claimed a debt of 10 marks from
Thomas Travers of Nateby, 'gentleman.'
The defendant pleaded that he was very
illiterate, and being told that the promise
to pay was conditional upon his son John
not submitting to arbitration regarding
certain trespasses he agreed to it. The
verdict was for the plaintiff ; Pal. of Lane.
Plea R. 10, m. 26. Thomas Travers,
'esquire,' was defendant in 1448 ; ibid.
II, m. ib ; 12, m. 6.

17 Kuerden MSS. iv, 64, no. 7. The
writ of diem cl. extr. after the death of
Robert Travers was issued in 1479 5 Add.
MS. 32108, no. 1413.

18 The pedigree in Travers Family
(1864) states that Robert Travers died
1479—80 and was 'buried at Calais'
(Dods. MSS. Ixxxvii, fol. 1130), and left
a son Richard, ' buried in the north aisle
of the minster at Canterbury ' ; his son
was the William Travert who died in
1524.

19 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. v, no. 62.
*° Ibid, xi, no. 68. His will, recited in

the inquisition, is printed in Fishwick's
Garstang (Chet. Soc.), 248-50 .

21 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xii, no. 22 ;
the hall of Nateby and appurtenances were
held of Gilbert Gerard, attorney-general,
as of his manor of Nether Wyresdale, by
a rent of 41. See note 29 below.

Richard Travers in 1574 obtained a
messuage, &c., in Nateby from Walter
Preston and Margaret his wife ; Pal. of
Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 36, m. 215. This
may have been Little Nateby.

22 Visit, of 1613 (Chet. Soc.), 85.
William Travers was then living and
had a son Richard, twenty-three years
of age.

23 This account of the descent is taken
from Fishwick, op. cit. 250-1, where
details are given from the title-deeds.

24 Misc. (Cath. Rec. Soc.), i, 124.
Walter Strickland of Rydal in 1649,

as cousin and heir, desired to compound
for an estate descending to him by the
death of George Preston in 1644. He

309

said he had always been well affected
towards the Parliament, but desired to
compound rather than attend the Com-
mittee of Sequestration. This was
allowed, £266 being the fine. After-
wards it was alleged that George Preston
had been ' a Papist in arms and an active
delinquent,' and that Strickland himself
was a sequestered delinquent. The latter
protested that a mistake had been made
between George Preston of Nateby and
George Preston of Holker, his father.
These difficulties delayed the discharge
until 1651 ; Cal. Com. for Comp. iii,
1888-9.

25 In 1668 Robert Strickland obtained
the manor of Nateby, &c., against Francis
and Richard Biddulph ; Pal. of Lane.
Feet of F. bdle. 181, m. 35.

26 Tyldesley Diary : Gillow, Bibl. Diet.
ofEngl. Cath. iv, 240.

87 John Leyburne's sister Anne married
Thomas Walton of Winder. Their
daughter Elizabeth married (i) Thomas
Cholmley and (2) George Anne of Frickley ;
her daughter by the second marriage gave
the estate to her father absolutely. He
married (2) Mary Needham, and had sons
George and Michael the vendor ; Fish-
wick, op. cit. ; Burke, Landed Gentry.

There was a recovery of the manor by
George Anne in 1783 ; Com. Pleas Recov.
R. East. 23 Geo. Ill, m. 91. There
was a fine concerning the manor in 1803,
Henry Maire v. Michael Anne ; Pal. of
Lane. Aug. Assizes, 43 Geo. III.

88 Thomas Swarbrick and John Valen-
tine, purchasers in 1806, conveyed to
John Birley of Kirkham, who in 1818
sold to Thomas Butler-Cole of Kirkland.
In 1826 it was purchased by Richard
Thompson of Lancaster, whose daughter
Elizabeth married John Stewart. He and
his son sold it in 1868 ; Fishwick.

In 1826 there was a fine concerning
the manor, Richard Thompson v. Thomas
Fawcett and wife and Richard Thompson
and wife ; Pal. of Lane. Fines, Aug. 7
Geo. IV.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

purchased by John Wilson-Patten, afterwards Lord
Winmarleigh.

Nateby Hall, now occupied as a farm-house,
stands in a sheltered position surrounded by a belt
of trees, but is a building of no architectural interest,
the greater part having been destroyed by fire about
1 870 and the remainder modernized. The exterior is
stuccoed and all the windows are modern sashes.283
In the garden is a fine mulberry tree.

In Little Nateby is Bowers House, built about
1627 by Richard Green.29 He or his son Richard,
as ' a Papist delinquent,' had his estate sequestered
under the Commonwealth,30 and at last sold by the
Act of i653.31 It seems to have been part of the
endowment of the Savoy Hospital.

The house, though to some extent modernized,
preserves a good deal of its original appearance.
The building is of three stories with a middle and

house doubtless possessed originally some architectural
features, but, though these have been lost, it retains
some degree of picturesqueness, added to by the
dwarf fence wall and tall stone gate piers in front,
the latter with large ball finials. The chapel is said to
have been in the top room in one of the gables. On
the lintel of an outbuilding now used as a wash-house
are the date 1627 and the initials R. G., G. G.,
referring to members of the Green family.

A large part of the soil remained in the hands
of the lords of Nether Wyresdale, and in 1853
the Duke of Hamilton held 1,802 acres in Nateby
and the neighbourhood. This estate was pur-
chased by William Bashall of Farington Lodge for

Among the recusants who in 1654 sought to com-
pound for their sequestrated two-thirds was John
Miller alias Atkinson of Nateby.33 There were a

BOWERS HOUSE

projecting end wings, but the old mullioned windows
have given place in the front to modern insertions
and others have been blocked up. The walls are
whitewashed and the gables quite plain, being with-
out barge-boards or ornament of any kind. The

number of convicted recusants in this township and
Winmarleigh after the Restoration.34 Three brothers
of John Leyburne of Nateby registered estates as
'Papists' in 1717, viz. James (Croxteth), Nicholas
(Prestwood) and George (Nateby) ; the last was a

28:1 There is a local legend of a subter-
ranean passage from Nateby Hall to
Bowers House.

19 Fishwick, op. cit. 252—3. In 1631
Richard Green of Garstang compounded
for refusing knighthood ; Misc. (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), i, 222.

Thomas Bower died in 1557 holding a
messuage, &c., in Garstang, held partly
of the queen as of her manor of Nether
Wyresdale by knight's service and zs. j\d.
rent, and partly of the queen in socage
by 31. $d. rent. His heir was a daughter

Margaret, a year old ; Duchy of Lane.
Inq. p.m. xiii, no. 29. Another inquisi-
tion (later) gives a different account of
the tenure, viz. all was held of the queen
as of her castle of Lancaster in socage by a
rent of zs. id. and a pair of gauntlets value
t>\d. for castle ward. Margaret, the
daughter, was in 1570 the wife of Walter
Preston of Preston in Westmorland ; ibid,
xiii, no. 28. This may refer to Bower
House in Nateby.

80 Royalist Comf. Papers (Rec. Soc. Lanes,
and Ches.), iii, 95—100. Richard Green

310

took part in the burning of Lancaster by
the Royalists ; Cal. Com. for Comf. i, 21.

31 Index of Royalists (Index Soc.), 42.
The estate appears to have been recovered
for the family, for in 1717 Agnes Green,
spinster, registered her leasehold estate at
Garstang as a ' Papist ' ; Estcourt and
Payne, Engl. Cath. Nonjurors, 141.

32 Preston Guard. 21 Nov. 1874.

83 Royalist Comf. Papers, iv, 139.

84 Misc. (Cath. Rec. Soc.), v, 171-2;
in the notes will be found an account of
the Green family.

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

GARSTANG

secular priest. Their estates consisted of annuities
out of the manor.85

Owing to a division in the Congregational church
at Garstang a Particular Baptist church was established
at Nateby, the chapel being opened in i839.38

From early in the 1 7th century there were mis-
sionary priests' stations at Bowers House 37 and
Nateby Hall.38

GARSTANG

Cherestanc, Dom. Bk. ; Geresteng, Grestem,
1204; Gayrestan, 1236; Gayerstang, 1246; Gayr-
stang, 1274; Gayrestang, 1292.

This township, which gives its name to the parish,1
extends for about 2 miles along the western bank of
the Wyre, but its breadth seldom exceeds half a mile,
and the area measures but 502^ acres.8 The little
town of Garstang lies along the main road from
Preston to the north, which here crosses the Wyre
by a two-arched stone bridge.3 At the south end of
the town is the modern church, and at the north
end is a station on the single-line railway which
branches from the London and North- Western main
line to go to Pilling and Knott End.4 Various roads
lead to Cockerham, Pilling and Churchtown. The
Preston and Kendal Canal comes into the township
by an aqueduct over the Wyre and crosses into
Nateby.

The surface is generally even, between 50 ft. and
70 ft. above sea level for the most part, but at the
north end attaining 100 ft. The population in
1901 was 808.

The relative importance of the place has greatly
declined since the opening of the railway route to
the North. There are no manufactures, and the
land is entirely in pasture. The township is now
governed by a parish council. Gas is supplied by a

private company formed in l88os and water by the
Fylde Water Board.

William Lancaster issued a farthing token in 1663*

In 1690 Ogilby described Garstang as 'a good
thoroughfare, with a market for corn, cattle, &c., on
Thursdays.' Pococke in 1750 thought it 'a very
poor town ' ; he ' saw to the east the smoke of some
iron-smelting houses, which are erected there on
account of the great plenty there is of wood.' r

The market cross, restored in 1897, stands in the
main street. Near it were formerly the well and
pump and the fish-stones. The old stocks are pre-
served in the town hall.8

As already explained, Garstang usually
MANOR denoted the lordship of Nether Wyres-
dale, but a smaller subordinate manor
was created in 1246 in the present township of
G4RSTJNG by one of William de Lancaster's
death-bed gifts — that of 4 oxgangs of land, which he
granted with his heart to Cockersand Abbey.9 This
manor, after the Suppression, was given by Philip
and Mary to the Savoy Hospital 10 ; it afterwards
reverted to the Crown, and was let on lease,11 but was
in 1750 sold to the lessee, the Hon. Edward
Walpole, under a special Act of Parliament." Through
his daughter the lordship has descended to Mr.
Bertram William Arnold Keppel of Lexham, Norfolk.13
Courts baron have been held down to the present
time.

In 1310 the canons of Cockersand obtained a
royal charter for a market every Thursday at their
manor of Garstang and a yearly fair on 28-9 June.14
The right fell into abeyance, and Leland's statement
that ' some said ' it was a market town shows that
markets had ceased to be held long before the Reforma-
tion. In 1597 Elizabeth granted the inhabitants a
weekly market and two yearly fairs * for the relief of

35 Estcourt and Payne, op. cit. 121,
148, 150.

36 Nightingale, Lanes. Nonconf. i, 203 ;
Fishwick, op. cit. 124.

37 Ibid. 252.

38 Gillow, op. cit. iv, 241.

1 Perhaps it would be more correct to
say that it takes its name from the parish.

2 488 acres, including 13 of inland
water; Census Rep. 1901. A small de-
tached part of Cabus was added in 1887
by Loc. Govt. Bd. Order 20097. At the
same time some adjustments were made
with Baraacre township.

3 The first Earl of Derby left £20
towards the building of a bridge here ;
V.C.H. Lana. iii, 160, n. 6.

4 This railway was opened in 1870 as
far as Pilling, and completed to Knott
End in 1908.

5 Act 43 & 44 Viet. cap. 61.

6 Lanes, and Ches. Antiq. Soc. v, 77.

7 Ogilby, Bk. of Roads ; Travels through
Engl. (Camd. Soc.), i, 13.

' Lanes, and Ches. Antiq. Soc. xx, 197.
Remains of two other crosses are known ;
the cross itself in one case is at Bowgrave ;
ibid. 201.

9 Lanes. Inq. and Extents (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), i, 165 ; it was then
worth 2 marks yearly. The brief charter
is in Cockersand Chartul. (Chet. Soc.), i,
281. This may be a confirmation or
extension of a previous grant of 4 oxgangs
of land (ibid. 280), the bounds of which
are given — from Belanspot Ford to Kiner-
syke and thence to Tilversheimholme
Ford beyond the Moss.

Its history under the rule of the canons
appears to have been unmarked by note-
worthy incidents. An oxgang of land was
in dispute in 1246 ; Assize R. 404, m. 6.
Names of tenants, with their rents, from
1451 to 1538 will be found in the printed
Chartulary, iii, 1272-5. In 1538 the
abbots and canons leased their manor
and other estates in the district to John
Rigmaiden for ninety-nine years at a rent
of £10 8*. ; Fishwick, Garstang (Chet.
Soc.), 14.

10 Pat. 4 & 5 Phil, and Mary, pt. xv.
The advowson of the parish church was
included. The master of the hospital
gave a lease to Henry Saville, its term of
ninety-nine years to begin on the expiry
of the Rigmaiden lease. This prospective
lease was acquired by John Rigmaiden
and passed by the sale of the Wedacre
estate to Lord Gerard ; Fishwick, op.
cit. 15.

Thus in 1667 William Spencer and his
wife Elizabeth were involved in disputes
with Lord Gerard, with Thomas Green
as to messuages held on lease, and with
Hugh Barton and others as to the customs
and tenant rights of the manor as observed
by the abbey of Cockersand and the
masters and chaplains of the Savoy Hos-
pital ; Exch. Dep. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches.), 45. There was a fine respecting
the manor of Garstang, &c., in 1689
between Elizabeth Spencer, widow, and
William Spencer and Mary his wife ;
Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 224, m. 63.

11 After the expiration of the leases
named above the Crown in 1742 let the

311

manor to William Hall, who transferred
to the Hon. Edward Walpole, and he in
1751 obtained a fresh lease for thirty-one
years ; Fishwick, op. cit. 16-17 > Pat-
25 Geo. II, pt. iii.

1J 23 Geo. II, cap. 7, private. The
Act was passed for the benefit of the
town and district, it being represented
that the lessee, having only a short lease,
was discouraged from any attempt to
improve it ; Fishwick, loc. cit.

13 Edward Walpole was second son of
Sir Robert, the great statesman, created
Earl of Orford in 1742. Edward was
Chief Secretary for Ireland, created K.B.
in 1753 (Collins, Peerage, v, 49) and
died unmarried in 1784. His natural
daughter Louisa, who received Garstang,
was the wife of Dr. Frederick Keppel
(son of the second Earl of Albemarle),
Bishop of Exeter 1762—77 -s. Frederick
of Lexham, d. 1830 — s. Frederick Wal-
pole, d. 1858 -bro. (Col.) Edward George
Walpole, d. 1859 -bro. (Rev.) William
Arnold Walpole, d. 1888 -s. (Col.)
William Henry Augustus, d. 1889 — ».
Bertram W. A. Keppel, b. 1876 ; Burke,
Peerage under Albemarle ; Diet. Nat.
Biog. lix, 205.

The estate was offered for sale in 1867.

14 Chart. R. 4 Edw. II, m. 22, no. 59 ;
Cal. Chart. R. 1300—26, p. 138.

On the fair day, 29 June 1369, there
came to the fair John de Derby, canon
and warden of Cockerham, John de
Chacoumbe and various men of Cocker-
ham, with force and arms, to seek a
certain Thomas and maltreat him, and

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

the poor.' 14 In this way the distinction between
Garstang Churchtown and Garstang Market-town
became established, and now the latter is known as
Garstang absolutely, the former being Churchtown.

In 1679 a charter of incorporation
BOROUGH was granted by Charles II, constitut-
ing a free borough of Garstang with
bailiff and burgesses. The charter appointed William
Spencer the first bailiff, the office to be an annual
one, and named the seven burgesses, who held for
life. A common seal was allowed, and the market
and two fairs, with court of pie powder, were ratified
and extended.16 Freemen were elected and a town
hall was built.17 The corporation was dissolved in
1886 under the Municipal Corporations Act of 1883,
and the Garstang Town Trust was then formed to
manage the property, viz. the town hall, with offices,
warehouse and cottage, market tolls, piccage and
stallage ; fair tolls ; furniture of the town hall ; two
constables' halberds, a silver-topped staff, the common
seal and documents. The gross income is about
£50 a year ; any balance over expenses is to be
applied to the establishment of a library or other
institution for the benefit of the inhabitants.18

In 1654 Jane Hodgkinson, widow, of Garstang,
desired to compound for the two-thirds of her estate
sequestered for recusancy.19 Roger Green and Richard
Richardson registered estates in 1717 as 'Papists.'20
In 1437 the inhabitants obtained a
CHURCH licence for one year for the chapel of
Holy Trinity in Garstang." This is
supposed to refer to a chapel in what is now called
Garstang. No clear evidence of its continuance is
forthcoming n till 1 646, when the Committee of
Plundered Ministers made a grant of £$o a year
from Royalists' estates in order to provide a minister
for ' the chapel of the Market town of Garstang.' w
Bishop Gastrell in 1717 found that it had no endow-

ment, but was 'supplied by the vicar.'24 In 1734
the churchwardens reported that service was ' seldom
performed ' there.25 It was rebuilt on a new site in
1770, and some endowments were obtained. It is
now called St. Thomas's, and has been enlarged and
restored.26 A separate district was assigned to it in
1 88 1,27 and the vicars are presented by the vicar of
Garstang. The net value is ^197. The following
have been in charge 28 : —

1723 Thomas Parkinson 29

1736 John Sutton, B.A. (Trin. Coll., Camb.)
c. 1738 John Hunter30

1762 James Fisher sl

1773 John Moss32

1800 William Wayles Thornton, B.D. (Em-
manuel Coll., Camb.)

1822 James Pedder, M.A.33 (Christ's Coll.,
Camb.)

1835 William Armitstead

1879 George Boys Stones, M.A. (St. John's
Coll., Oxf.)

A school was built in 1756, the lord of the
manor, Sir Edward Walpole, granting a piece of
land at the north end of the great street of Garstang
at a rent of is. 6d.zt

John Wesley visited Garstang in 1765 and 1770,
but the Wesleyan Methodist chapel was not built
till l8l4-35 He preached in the Congregationalist
chapel,86 which is of unknown origin, but the lease
had thirty years to run in 1823." A fresh beginning
was made by the Congregationalists in 1829, and
the chapel was altered and improved in 1868. A
graveyard is attached.38

Roman Catholics during the time of the penal
laws were served by the missionary priests harboured
at a number of the houses in the district, such as
Dimples in Barnacre S9 or Bowers House in Nateby.40
They had a chapel in the town from 1784 until

this to the terror of the people and disturb-
ance of the peace ; Assize R. 45 1, m. 2.
It does not appear that they found him.

15 Cal S. P. Dom. 1595-7, P- 347-
The market was to be kept (on Thursday)
on the street way and the fairs were to
be held on 29 June and n November;
Fishwick, op. cit. 59. The revived market
became popular, and is noticed by
'Drunken Barnaby.' Blome in 1673
says there was ' a great market for corn,
cattle, yarn and fish on Thursdays ' ;
Brit. 135 (quoted by Baines).

16 The charter is printed by Fishwick,
op. cit. 59 ; here also may be seen the
seal (ibid. 68) and extracts from the
town's books (61-7). The annual meet-
ing of the corporation used to be held on
29 September. The weekly market on
Thursday was continued by the charter
and the fairs were extended to two days
each, viz. 28-9 June and 10-11 November.
The June fair has long been discon-
tinued, but the Martinmas fair (affected
by the change of style) is held still on
22-3 November for cattle and horses.
A market-house was built in 1843 and
the Thursday market continues. There
is no authority that a charter of incorpora-
tion was granted in 1314, but ' burgages '
occur in Kirkland.

An additional fair instituted in 1830
to be held on 12-13 April has ceased to
exist ; ibid. 68.

17 It was rebuilt 1755-64 ; Baines,
Lanes, (ed. 1870), ii, 534.

18 End. Char. Rep. for Garstang, 1899,
pp. 21—3. There are eleven trustees —
two ex officio, viz. the guardians of the
poor for the parish, four elected by the
parish council, one nominated by the
Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian
Society — a noteworthy case — and four
co-optative, appointed by the other trustees
to serve for seven years. It is added that
several of the old freemen were living and
were exempt from the fair and market tolls.

19 Royalist Comp. Papers (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), iii, 231.

20 Estcourt and Payne, Engl. Cath. Non-
jurors, 142.

21 Raines MSS. (Chet. Lib.), xxii, 409.

22 Robert Beck, draper, of Manchester
in 1556 left 161. 8^. towards the buying or
making of a chalice for ' the chapel of Gar-
stang ' ; Piccope, Willt (Chet. Soc.), i, 84.

23 Plund. Mins. Accts. (Rec. Soc. Lanes,
and Ches.), i, 24. It is called ' the chapel
of Garstang' in 1648 ; ibid. 63. Thomas
Smith in 1648 signed the ' Harmonious
Consent ' as ' preacher at Garstang
Chapel,' but he had removed to Cocker-
ham by 1650. Edward Lawrence was
there in 1656; Fishwick, op. cit. 137.
In 1650, 'the chapel at Garstang market
being two miles distant from the parish
church and in the high road between
Preston and Lancaster,' the people of the
neighbourhood desired it to be made a
parish, with a minister and a ' competent
maintenance ' ; Commoniu. Ch. Surir. (Rec.
Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), 150.

312

24 Notitia Cestr. (Chet. Soc.), ii, 412.

25 Visit. Ret. at Chester. In 1743
service was performed every Sunday after-
noon, excepting those days when the
sacrament was administered at the parish
church ; ibid.

26 The title being defective, the chapel
was not consecrated until 1848 ; Notitia
Cestr. ii, 413. Some details are given by
Fishwick, op. cit. 100— i. A descriptive
account is given in Hewitson, Our Country
Churches, 477-81.

27 Land. Ga-z. 1 8 Jan. 1 88 1.

28 This list is mainly derived from
Fishwick, op. cit. 102-4, where further
details may be found.

29 Parkinson, Old Church Clock (ed.
1880), 187-90.

30 Afterwards curate of Pilling.

31 Afterwards vicar of Garstang.

32 Hewitson, op. cit. 481.

33 Afterwards vicar of Garstang.
»4 End. Char. Rep.

35 Hewitson, op. cit. 492.
86 Fishwick, op. cit. 124, citing R.
Allen, Methodism in Preston.

37 B. Nightingale, Lanes. Nonconf. i,
196.

38 Ibid. 191-203 ; Hewitson, op. cit.
482. The cause was injured by the
secession of the more extreme Calvinists in
1828 ; see Nateby.

39 See Tyldesley Diary, 94, 158.

40 Ibid. 59. In 1687 Bishop Leyburn
had at Nateby Hall confirmed 1,052
Roman Catholics ; ibid. 22.

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

GARSTANG

1858, when the church in Bonds was opened.41 The
old building is now a public institute.

KIRKLAND

Kirkelund, 1246; Kyrkelund, 1254; Kyrkelond,
1292; Kyrkeland, 1331.

This township is bounded on two sides by the
Wyre, which flows south and then turns sharply to
the west at a point where it is joined by the Calder
from the east ; on its north bank is situated the old
parish church, nearly two miles south of Garstang.
The hamlet called Churchtown adjoins. The hall is
somewhat to the north of it, and Humblescough lies
in the north-west corner. The area measures 974^
acres,1 and in 1901 there was a population of 274.

The principal road follows the course of the river
from Garstang to St. Michael's ; there is a bridge
somewhat to the west of the bend named above, by
which there is a connexion with the main road to
Preston. The surface is in general level and lies
low, the highest ground, about 50 ft. above the
ordnance datum, being near the eastern edge.

The dead-wood of ' Kirkelund ' is mentioned in a
charter made before 1245.' There is now very
little wood in the township, the land being mostly in
pasture. The soil is gravelly, with subsoil of sand
and clay.

A large boulder stone lying about half a mile from
the church is called Crappencrop. It is said to
have been thrown from the church tower and to
turn round when the bells ring. The spot was con-
sidered haunted.3

The township is administered by a parish council.

The village cross has a sundial.4

Sir Edward Frankland, a distinguished chemist,
was born at Churchtown in 1825. After a long
and brilliant career he died in Norway in 1899.*

This formed part of the lordship of
M4NOR Nether Wyresdale. All his land of
KIRKL4ND was by William de Lan-
caster III granted to Robert the Tailor and his
heirs,6 with other land adjacent and free fishery in
all waters within his demesne of Wyresdale.7 The
Tailors were sometimes styled ' de Kirkland.' The
manor descended regularly 8 to William de Kirkland,
who died in 1361 holding various lands of that
moiety of the manor of Wyresdale which had
belonged to William de Coucy by the service of \d.
or half a pound of cummin yearly. He had three
daughters, and his wife Margaret was pregnant at his
death,9 but the child if a son must have died early,
as Kirkland passed with the eldest daughter Alice to
her husband John Boteler and their issue.10 The
descent is not clearly established,11 but William
Boteler died in I 505 holding the manor of Kirkland

41 Fishwick, op. cit. 121.

1 975 acres, including 1 1 of inland
water; Census Rep. 1901.

2 Cockersand Chartul. (Chet. Soc.), i,
280.

3 Hewitson, Our Country Churches, 4.49.
•* Lanes, and Ches, Antiq. Soc. xx, 203.

The bases of the churchyard cross and
Hagwood cross remain ; ibid. 200, 204.

5 Diet. Nat. Biog.

6 Dods. MSS. Ixii, fol. 89.

7 Ibid. William de Lancaster died in
1246 and among the gifts he made on his
death-bed was one of 56 acres of arable
land in the townfields of Kirkland (worth
i8j. 8</. a year) and of the wood of Kirk-
land (worth 20$.) ; Lanes. Inq. and Extents
(Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 165.

In 1253-4 Hilda widow of Robert the
Tailor claimed dower in Kirkland against
Agnes widow of William de Lancaster
and in Ravenmeols against William del
Well; Curia Regis R. 154, m. 10.

8 John de Kirkland in 1253-4 gave
the king 201. for an assize of mort
d'ancestor ; Orig. R. 38 Hen. Ill, m. 10.
John son of Robert the Tailor paid
i mark for an assize in 1269 ; Excerptae
Rot. Fin. (Rec. Com.), ii, 490. John the
Tailor was defendant in 1 278 ; De Banco
R. 23, m. 62. William son of Alan de
Cathirton in 1285 released to John son
of Robert le Tailor of Kirkland all claim
in forty pigs which of right he should
have in the wood of Kirkland by inherit-
ance ; Dods. MSS. Ixii, fol. 90.

John son of John the Tailor about
1285 confirmed a charter granting the
dead-wood of Kirkland to the abbey of
Cockersand, for which they allowed him
and his successors to approve parcels of
wood, waste and pasture in Garstang
within the bounds of Kirkland ; one
piece lay between Ounespool and Pilling
Moss and between Humblescough and
the Wyre ; another 4 acres lay in parcels
from John's manor-house to the gate
called the Lodyat, leading to Howath
Bridge, also 6 acres by his manor in the

Hallhursts. Rights of way were allowed
to the canons, including one within
Kirkland Wood to Fildingford and thence
to Pilling Moss ; Cockersand Chartul.
(Chet. Soc.), i, 269—71. Oak trees are
named as growing in the wood. Ounes-
pool seems to be the brook falling into
the Wyre a quarter of a mile west of
Garstang Church. Sir Henry de Lea was
then sheriff ; Dods. MSS. Ixii, fol. 90*.

In 1292 John the Tailor of Kirkland
was non-suited in a claim for common of
pasture in Garstang against Ralph de
Catterall ; Assize R. 408, m. i d. This
appears to have been the elder John, for
John son of Robert the Tailor was plaintiff
in 1294; Assize R. 1299, m. 16, i6d.
In 1298 William de Wedacre complained
that John son of Robert the Tailor had
taken his goods at Kenandesaker and did
not perform a covenant about messuages,
&c., in Garstang; De Banco R. 122,
m. 141, 113 d.

In 1306 John the Tailor of Kirkland
released to William le Gentyl common of
pasture ; Dods. MSS. Ixii, fol. 90^. The
monks of Leicester in 1327 demised to
John the Tailor of Kirkland — perhaps
the same or a son — Margaret his wife
and William his eldest son a messunge
and land situate partly in Boulandwra by
Kirkland ; Dods. MSS. Ixx, fol. 161.
John and William had previously granted
a release of the same ; ibid, cviii, fol. 115.
John the Tailor held of William de
Coucy by knight's service in 1346 ; Inq.
p.m. 20 Edw. Ill (2nd nos.), no. 63. In
1349 the feoffees granted the manor of
Kirkland to John the Tailor and Margaret
his wife with remainders to William de
Kirkland and his brothers John, Nicholas,
Lawrence and Robert ; Dods. MSS. Ixii,
fol. 90. At the same time the feoffees
gave lands to three younger brothers in
Woodslac, Gildouscroft, Halecroft, &c.,
Kuerden MSS. iv, K 19. It appears
safe to assume that the William son of
John the Tailor of 1327 was the William
de Kirkland of 1349.

313

9 Inq. p.m. 36 Edw. Ill, pt. i, no. 102.
He had a messuage and 60 acres in Kirk-
land, worth 6os. a year ; also 10 marks
rent from tenants at will. He had given
his manor, &c., to trustees for his wife
(for her life) and then for his daughters
in succession — Alice, Joan and Katherine.
The trustees made a grant accordingly ;
Kuerden, loc. cit.

Various inquiries as to the descent of
the manor were made in 1365 and later.
From these it appears that Margaret the
widow married John Boteler, that the
daughters were aged five, three and one
respectively at the father's death, and
that the charter granting the manor to
the widow was suspected but proved
good ; Memo. R. (Q.R.) 143 ; (L.T.R.)
130, xxix ; 131.

10 A settlement of the manor of
Kirkland and i6d. of rent in Garstang
was made by John Boteler and Alice his
wife in 1392. The remainder was to
the sons of Alice, and in default to
Margaret daughter of Alice and John and
to her sisters Joan, Katherine, Ellen,
Elizabeth and Isabel, &c. Nicholas de
Kirkland was still living ; Final Cone.
(Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), iii, 39. In
1397 the feoffees granted to Alan son of
William de Warburton and Margaret his
wife, daughter of John Boteler of
Kirkland, all the lands in Claughton,
with the whole demesne, which they had
received from Alan, with remainders to
Robert de Blackburn of Arley, to John
son of William de Bradkirk, to William
son of Thomas Rigmaiden, and to the
right heirs of Joan de Fetherby ; Dods.
MSS. Ixii, fol. gob.

11 The next in possession after John
and Alice was Richard Boteler, at one
time (1420 onward) escheator in the
county, but his paternity is not stated in
the notices of him ; Lanes. Inq. p.m.
(Chet. Soc.), i,i 33. In 1400-1 Boniface IX
granted a dispensation for the marriage
of Richard Boteler of Kirkland with
Elizabeth daughter of Sir John Boteler

40

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

and various lands, &c., of Margaret Countess of
Richmond by the service recorded in 1362. His
son and heir Thomas was six years of age.1*

Thomas Butler died in 1526 holding the manor
of the king and John Rigmaiden as of the lordship
of Goberthwaite in socage.11 He left a daughter
and heir Margaret, aged eight, but the manor went
to his brother John, who died in possession in 1543
holding of the king by a rent of id. and other service
not known. The heir was his son John, aged ten.14
This John Butler recorded his pedigree in 15 67,"
and his son and heir John made a settlement in 1591,
including the capital messuage called Kirkland Hall
in the town of Garstang, forty messuages, water-mill,
&c., and a parcel of meadow called Bolon-wray ;
he died a few days afterwards, leaving a son James,
only four years old.16 James Butler died in 1600,
during his minority, and his younger brother John,
aged nine, succeeded him.17

John Butler, who recorded a pedigree in i6i3,18
lived on until 1659. Though he compounded for
recusancy in i63219 the estates do not appear to
have been molested by the Parliamentary authorities
during the Civil War.20 His son John fought for
the king and took part in the burning of Lancaster * ' ;
he was killed at Marston Moor, 1644.** His son
Thomas, aged twenty-nine in 1665, succeeded his
grandfather and recorded a pedigree.13 By this
time the family had probably become Protestant, but

Thomas's son Alexander is said to have been a
Jacobite.24 He died in 1 747,** and his son Thomas
in the following year, leaving a son Alexander Butler,
high sheriff in ij6"j,K and constable of Lancaster
Castle. Through his mother Dorothy Cole he
acquired Beaumont Cote, near Lancaster. He had
no children and bequeathed his estates, with an
obligation to take the surname of Cole, to his brother
Thomas's grandson Thomas,17 who on succeeding in
1 8 1 1 was sixteen years old.

Thomas Butler Cole, an eccentric man,28 died in
1864, having bequeathed Kirkland to Major Thorn-
ton for life, with remainder to Captain Clarke,
maternal uncle, with remainder to his second son and
male issue ; failing issue it was to revert to the heirs
of the Butler family.29

Kirkland Hall stands about half a mile to the
north of Churchtown village and has a plain
18th-century brick front facing south, three stories
in height, with cornice, wide pediment, and sash
windows retaining their original wood bars. On the
pediment are the Butler arms and over the porch is
the date 1760 with the initials of Alexander Butler.
The oldest part of the house, however, is at the
back, a stone at the north-west corner bearing the
date 1668 and the initials of Thomas Butler and
Elizabeth (Fleetwood) his wife. Another stone in a
gable near to this has the same initials and the date
1 679, and on the north-east side is a good 1 7th-cen-

(of Rawcliffe) ; they were related in the
fourth degree ; Dods. MSS. liii, fol. 91*.
Richard Boteler was in 1427 accused of
having made false returns of the profits of
his escheatorghip ; Add. MS. 32104,
fol. 179. An inquiry was in 1433
ordered into a charge that he had held a
market at Kirkhouse in Wyresdale to the
prejudice of the Duke of Bedford's
tenants ; Dtp. Keeper's Rep. xl, App. 533.

In 1428 the feoffee* gave to John son
of Richard Boteler of Kirkland and Ellen
his wife, daughter of Gilbert Barton, a
messuage in Kirkland ; Dods. MSS. Ixii,
fol. 90. Richard the father was living in
1448, when he gave land in Kirkland in
the vill of Garstang to trustees for
Elizabeth wife of Edward son of John son
of the said Richard ; Kuerden MSS. iv,
K 19. A charter by John the son of
Richard dated 1446 has been preserved ;
it gave Walkerholme and Aldfield in
Garstang to trustees ; ibid. Nicholas,
another son of Richard Boteler, had land
in Homelsco in Kirkland in 1457 ; Dods.
MSS. liii, fol. 986. In 1441 Richard,
Thomas and Nicholas Boteler of Kirk-
land were charged with trespass on the
fishery of Richard Catterall at Garstang
and Catterall ; Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 3,
m. 17.

William Boteler and Alice Rigmaiden
had in indulgence in 1482 ; Dods. MSS.
Ixii, fol. yob. The first recorded ped'gree
begins with Robert father of William
Boteler.

la Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. iv, no. 44.
He made a settlement of the manor, &c.,
in 1501 in favour of his male issue by
Al'ce his wife and in default to his right
heirs male. His will (1505) is recited
also ; it provides for his son John and
other younger children. Alice, the
widow, and two daughters were executors ;
Dods. MSS. Ixii, fol. 90. Thomas, the
heir, was at once contracted to marry
Isabel daughter of John Brockholei •. ibid.

13 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. vi, no. 72.
Isabel in 1528 claimed dower in the
manor of Kirkland against John Boteler
and others ; PaL of Lane. Plea R. 142,
m. 3.

14 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. vii, no. 32.
His will is recited. He left zos. to the
parish church ; to his son John 'all
things belonging to my chapel, with my
velvet night-cap, my damask doublet and
all the harness that I have, to the
intent that the said harness with all
things pertaining to my said chapel and
my clock shall be left at my manor of
Kirkland as heirlooms for ever." He
had in 1527 made a settlement on
Elizabeth daughter of Thomas Farington,
whom he was to marry ; Pal. of Lane.
Plea R. 178, m. 3. Another, of 1538,
is in Towneley MS. DD, no. 679.

15 Vint, of 1567 (Chet. Soc.), 43.
The grant of a crest in 1560 is printed

in Gregson's Fragments (ed. Harland), 267.

16 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xv, no. 17 ;
the deceased is called grandson of John
Butler late of Kirkland. Kirkland Hall
was held of the queen as of her manor of
Nether Wyresdale in socage by the rent
of half a pound of cummin ; Bolon-wray
was held of the queen in chief by knight's
service and a rent of 41. By the settle-
ment recited the remainders were to
James and John, sons of John Butler,
and then to his brother James.

17 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xvii,
no. 29.

1S fUt. of 1613 (Chet. Soc.), 74.
There was a recovery of the manor of
Kirkland in 1612, John Butler and Anne
his wife being vouchees ; Pal. of Lane.
Plea R. 310, m. 4. Another settlement
was made in 1636 by John Butler and
John his son and heir ; Pal. of Lane.
Feet of F. bdle. 129, no. 2.

19 Trans. Hist. Soc. (new ser.), xxiv, 175.

*° John Butler gave certain lands to
younger children — James, Elizabeth and

Mary (wife of James) Anderton — and
they being recusants the lands were
sequestered, so that the purchaser,
Thomas Cole of Cotes, had in 1651 lost
possession ; Royalist Comp. Papers (Rec.
Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 261-2. Wear-
ingmoor, Kinsacre and Bredenham are
among the field-names given.

Part of the manor-house of Kirkland
was in 1659 in possession of Thomas
Carus, Mary his wife and Reginald
Heber ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle.
164, m. 80.

41 Cal. Com. for Comp. i, 21.

M Dugdale, Visit. (Chet. Soc.), 63.

» Ibid.

84 According to a local tradition re-
ported in Hewitson, Our Country Churches,
447-8 ; it refers apparently to 1715.

*5 The remaining part of the descent
has been taken from Fishwick, Garstang
(Chet. Soc.), 227-30, where fuller details
may be read.

The following recoveries of the manor
of Kirkland are on record : — 1696, Alex-
ander Butler, vouchee ; Pal. of Lane.
Plea R. 463, m. 12. 1728, Alexander
Butler ; ibid. 529, m. 6 d. 1 762, Alexander
Butler ; ibid. 595, m. 3.

M P.R.O. List, 74. His monument
in Garstang Church declares that 'he
chose an elegant retirement as most con-
genial with his literary and philosophical
pursuits ' ; Fishwick, op. cit. 94.

37 The brother Thomas was rector of
Bentham in Yorkshire and Whittington
in Lancashire 1793-1825. His son
Thomas, a custom-house officer at Liver-
pool, married Sarah Clarke and had a
son Thomas ; Fishwick.

Thomas Butler was deforciant in a fine
of the manor in 1826; Lane. Aug.
Assizes, 7 Geo. IV.

28 Hewitson, Our Country Churches, 456.

39 Fishwick. The Rev. Henry Clarke
of Torquay is one of the beneficiaries,
having a life interest.

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

GARSTANG

tuty doorway with moulded jambs and hood mould,
the ornamental head of which is dated 1695 and
has the initials of Alexander Butler and Elizabeth
(Parker) his wife. The door, which is the original
one, with ornamental iron hinges and ring handle, is
panelled and profusely studded with nails.

The whole of the land in this township except the
glebe has long belonged to the Butlers, so that there
is little or nothing to record of minor families.30 At
one time Leicester Abbey owned the pasture called
Bolon-wray mentioned above.31 Robert White of
Garstang compounded in 1631 for declining knight-
hood.32 In the Civil War he took the king's side ;
his lands in Garstang, Kirkland and Catterall were
declared forfeit,33 and were purchased by John White
his son.34 It is noteworthy that ' burgages ' are
mentioned in the White possessions in Kirkland and
the neighbourhood.

The history of the parish church has already been
given. There is no other place of worship in the
township.

The school was formerly considered a grammar
school. It was founded, according to Bishop
Gastrell, by the representatives of Walter Rigmaiden
of Wedacre in 1602, and certainly existed in 1624,
when an inquiry was made as to its funds.35 The
Butlers of Kirkland gave £100 for endowment, and
this was augmented later.36

BARNACRE WITH BONDS

Bernaker, 1450. Byrewath, 1292; Byrewayth,
1357. Grenolf, 1347. Howath, 1274; Hawath,
1276. Lingarth, 1276. Wedacre, Wedaker, 1276 ;
Wodacre, 1292.

Bonds lies in the south-west of the township,
occupying 960 acres out of the total area of 4,494^.*
The name is applied especially to the hamlet by the
bridge over the Wyre, carrying the high road from
Preston to the north into the adjacent town of
Garstang. The surface is in general level, but there
is a small hill in the south, round which are Dimples
to the east, Bowgrave and Howath south-east and
Byrewath or Byerworth west. In the north end of
Bonds are the remains of Greenhalgh Castle and the
farm or hamlet of Lingart.

Barnacre, the main portion of the township,
occupies higher ground to the north and east, over
600 ft. above sea level being attained, but the surface
falls away somewhat at the eastern and northern

boundaries, formed respectively by the Calder and
Grizedale Brook. In the north-west corner, on level
ground beside the Wyre, is Woodscre, formerly
Wedacre ; towards the eastern border are Eidsforth
and Kelbrick, and in the south-east arc Sullam Side
and Stirzacre. On the high land at the north end
are reservoirs of the Fylde Waterworks.

A detached part of Catterall was added to this
township in 1887; at the same time a detached
portion of Barnacre called the Banks was added to
Cabus.2 The population of the township, including
Bowgrave and Calder Vale, was 1,117 'in 1901-

The principal road is that already mentioned from
Preston northwards ; from it another branches off
east and then north over the hilly portion of the
township. The London and North-Western Com-
pany's main line to Scotland runs north through
the western side, having a station named Garstang
and Catterall nearly two miles by road from the town
of Garstang. From the station a single-line railway
branches off westward to Pilling and Knott End. The
Preston and Lancaster Canal winds through Bonds and
crosses the Wyre into Garstang by an aqueduct.

The Garstang Union Workhouse, built in 1876,
is in Bonds.

The soil is clay ; wheat is grown, but most of
the land is in pasture. There was formerly a paper-
mill on the Calder.

The enlarged township is governed by a parish
council.

The Thirlmere water supply is conveyed through
the township towards Manchester.

A square masonry well near Woodacre Hall is
known as the Spa Well, and is believed to have
healing qualities.3

The base stone of an ancient cross remains at
Stirzacre, and the sites of four others are known.4

Though in some late documents a
MANORS manor of B4RNJCRE is named,5 the
place was formerly no more than a
hamlet in the manor of Garstang or Nether Wyres-
dale.G There were within it a number of smaller
estates or manors which call foi notice.

The principal of these is Woodacre or WEDACRE,
once the residence of the Rigmaiden family. They
were for three centuries lords of a moiety of Nether
Wyresdale, and this moiety was spoken of as the
manor of Wedacre. The origin of their title having
been narrated above,7 it remains to give an account
of the descent. John de Rigmaiden and Isolda his

80 For Crombleholme of the Cross see
Fishwick, op. cit. 259.

31 See previous notes and Pat. 31
Eliz. Also Exch. Dep. (Rec. Soc. Lanes,
and Ches.), 5.

The chartulary of the abbey (MSS.
Laud. H 72, fol. 46) records a demise by
the canons in 1327 to John le Taylor,
Margaret his wife and William their
eldest son, at a rent of 4*.

M Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.),

i, 222.

88 Index of Royalists (Index Soc.), 44 ;
Robert White, described as ' of Kirkland,'
was dead in 1652.

84 Cal. Com. for Comp. iv, 2506.
Robert White was recusant and delinquent,
but John 'had been in service for the
Parliament and ever well affected.'

85 Notitia Cestr. (Chet. Soc.), ii, 410-1 1.
The free school was to have been erected

in ths churchyard, but according to Gas-
trell was built on a piece of the waste
granted by the lord of the manor.

Thomas Richardson of Myerscough
died in 1637, leaving his lands, in the
case of failure of issue in the heirs named,
to trustees for the maintenance of the
schoolmaster at the school of Garstang ;
Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xxviii, no. 76.

In 1689 a master was nominated by
Dame Elizabeth Gerard as guardian of the
heiress of the manor-house of Wedacre ;
Garstang Ch. Papers at Chester Dioc.
Reg.

36 End. Char. Rep. 1899.

1 4,969 acres, including 96 of inland
water ; Census Rep. 1901.

3 Loc. Govt. Bd. Order 20097. At
the same time some adjustments were
made in the boundary between this town-
ship and Garstang.

315

3 Hewitson, Our Country Churches,
487.

* Lanes, and Ches. Antij. Soc. xx, 200-1,
207 ; the sites are Brunahill, Grizedale,
Ringing Hill and Whittingham's.

5 In 1776 in a recovery of the Earl of
Derby's estate in the district ; Pal. of
Lane. Plea R. 623, m. la.

6 William Banastre of Bretherton in
i 362 granted to Adam de Meols of North
Meols all his lands in the hamlet of Barn-
acie in the vill of Garstang; Towneley
MS. OO, no. 1570.

This may have been the oxgang of land
in Garstang settled on Richard Banastre
of Bretherton in 1304, with remainders
to Isolda daughter of Richard Ulf of
Wyresdale, &c. ; Final Cone. (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), i, 204.

7 See the account of Nether Wyret-
dale.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

wife, the first in possession,8 had two sons, John and
Marmaduke. John son of John de Rigmaiden in 1323
settled two plough-lands, &c., in Wyresdale and Gar-
stang upon his son Thomas and Joan his wife, together
with a moiety of the manor of Wyresdale and rents
in various townships.9 John was still living in I33I,10
but Thomas was dead in 1328, and his widow Joan
afterwards married Robert de Culwen ; she was still
living in I348.11 Thomas left an infant son John,12
who married Lettice, afterwards the wife of Richard
de Molyneux of Great Crosby.13 John de Rigmaiden
died in 1 3 5 5 13a ; his heir was a daughter Joan, who
died without issue in or before I362.14

Wedacre was then claimed by Thomas de Rig-
maiden, son of Marmaduke above named.15 A settle-
ment was made by him of this moiety of the manor
of Wyresdale in 1366—71, the remainders being to
John the son of Thomas, who was to marry Margaret
daughter of Robert de Hornby, and in default of
issue to Richard, William and Peter, brothers of
John ; to John son of William de Bradkirk and Agnes
his wife, daughter of Thomas de Rigmaiden.16 John
de Rigmaiden afterwards married Elizabeth,17 and
dying at Wedacre in I37918 before his father, left
by her a son and heir named Thomas, who proved
his age in I397-19 Thomas Rigmaiden held the

8 These have been frequently named.
Isolda had a daughter Nichola, who is
described as her heir, and who married
Roger de Brockholes of Claughton. It
does not appear what Isolda's name was
or her estate, and, as the later Rigmaidens
descended from her, she must have been
twice married.

John de Rigmaiden and Isolda his wife
were defendants in 1292 ; Assize R. 408,
m. 66. In 1303 they made a claim
against Hugh de Akovere concerning
waste; De Banco R. 148, m. 31. They
appear again in 1304; Assize R. 419,
m. 9. In the same year Gilbert de
Lindsay complained that John de Rig-
maiden, John his son and Robert de
Pleasington had cut trees in his several
woods, viz. Chapelfield in the park of
Arkestanheved, &c. John replied that
he and his wife held a wood in common
with Gilbert; Coram Rege R. 176,
m. 46 d.

Robert de Leyburn and Isolda his wife
in 1311 claimed against Ingram de Gynes
and Christiana his wife certain services
demanded for a tenement in Garstang by
Gilbert de Lindsay and Isolda widow of
John de Rigmaiden; De Banco R. 185,
m. 57. Ten years later the Abbot of
Leicester demanded common of pasture
in Garstang, of which he alleged he had
been disseised by Isolda widow of John
de Rigmaiden and others ; ibid. 238,
m. in d.

9 Final Cone, ii, 51, 55. In each case
one-third was said to be held of the king
as of his honour of Lancaster and the
rest of the lords of the fee. This probably
refers to the subdivisions of the Brus
moiety, John then holding one share
immediately and the rest as tenant of
Thweng and (probably) Fauconberg. See
also Cal. Pat. 1321-4, pp. 281, 284.

10 He was defendant to claims by the
Abbot of Leicester in 1325 ; De Banco
R. 257, m. 123 d., I34d. About the
same time Christiana daughter of William
de Lindsay and widow of Ingram de Gynes
claimed a messuage in Garstang against
him, alleging that Isolda de Rigmaiden
had intruded after the death of Christiana
de Howath ; ibid. 258, m. 453. John
de Rigmaiden, Joan his wife and others
were in 1328 charged with an assault by
Richard son of Alan de Catterall ; ibid.
273, m. 45 d. John de Rigmaiden,
Joan his wife and John and Roger his
sons, Thomas son of Marmaduke de Rig-
maiden, Robert de Culwen and Joan his
wife, William de Heaton and Anilla his
wife, were defendants in 1330; Assize
R. 1400, m. 235. John son of John
de Rigmaiden the elder was again de-
fendant in 1331 ; De Banco R. 287,
m. 25.

Joan widow of John de Rigmaiden was

a plaintiff in 1334 respecting her dower
in forty-two messuages, mill, &c., in
Garstang ; ibid. 297, m. 230 d. ; 300,
m. 204 d.

11 In 1328 William de Thweng claimed
six messuages, lands, the fourth part of a
mill, &c., in Garstang, against John de
Hornby and Joan widow of Thomas son
of John de Rigmaiden ; also four mes-
suages, &c., against Thomas son of
Marmaduke de Rigmaiden, &c. ; ibid.
275, m. 3 3 d.

The fine of 1 323 concerning the moiety
of the manor was adduced in 1334, when
John son of John and Thomas de Rig-
maiden both being dead, Joan the widow
(then wife of Robert de Culwen) claimed
to benefit ; another John son of John
de Rigmaiden was one of the defendants ;
Coram Rege R. 297, m. 127. Joan was
wife of Robert de Culwen in 1331;
De Banco R. 287, m. 25. She was again
a widow in 1348 ; ibid. 355, m. 124 d.

A family named Croft appears in Gar-
stang about this time. Isabel (or Isolda)
widow of William de Croft claimed
warranty from Ingram de Gynes and
Christiana his wife in 1291—2 ; ibid.
91, m. 129 d. ; 92, m. 146 d. William
de Thweng in 1332 recovered land against
John son of William de Croft ; ibid.
292, m. 537 d.

12 John son of Thomas de Rigmaiden
appeared in some of the pleadings of
1334; ibid. 297, m. 230 d. He was
called to warrant by John de Lingart in
1336, but was under age; ibid. 305,
m. 339. He was again called to warrant
in 1348 ; ibid. 355, m. 124 d. In
the account of Nether Wyresdale it
has been shown that he held a moiety of
the manor in 1346. In 1350-1 the
Abbot of Cockersand claimed against him
60 acres of moor and pasture in virtue of
4 oxgangs of land granted by William
de Lancaster to his abbey and the church
of St. Helen of Garstang, but he answered
that he was jointly seised with John de
Coupland ; Assize R. 1444, m. 2 d. ; 431,
m. I. He again appears in 1352, being
described as the great-grandson of John
de Rigmaiden, whose wife was Isolda ;
Duchy of Lane. Assize R. i, m. 5 d.

13 Final Cone, ii, 181. Lettice widow
of John de Rigmaiden died in 1387 hold-
ing in dower the third part of the manor
of Wedacre of the duke in chief by
knight's service and lod. a year for castle
ward. The heir was Thomas son and
heir of John de Rigmaiden (of the other
line, as will be seen), then twelve years
old and in ward to the duke ; Lanes. Inq.
p.m. (Chet. Soc.), i, 26. The custody of
that third part was granted to Joan widow
of Thomas de Rigmaiden (he was grand-
father of this heir) at a rent of 20 marks ;
ibid, j Def>, Keeper's Rep. xl, App. 526.

18a The writ of diem cl. extr. after his
death was issued 20 July 1355 ; Dep.
Keeper's Rep. xxxii, App. 334.

14 Joan was in possession in 1355 as
daughter and heir of John de Rigmaiden,
she and John de Coupland contributing
to the aid for half a kmght's fee in
Garstang with its members ; Feud. Aids,
lii, 90.

Ji In 1362, Joan having died without
issue, Thomas de Rigmaiden claimed from
the Earl of Lancaster (John of Gaunt) a
moiety of the manor of Wyresdale, &c.,
in accordance with the fine of 1323 ; De
Banco R. 411, m. 246 d.

Thomas ton of Marmaduke son of (the
first) John de Rigmaiden and Isolda was
plaintiff in 1372 respecting a further
part of his inheritance ; De Banco R. 444,
m. 351 ; 447, m. 322, 346 (where the
pedigree is set out fully). Marmaduke
was living in 1313 (Assize R. 424, m. 2),
but died in or before 1321, when Isolda
widow of John de Rigmaiden, calling him
her son, acknowledged the receipt of
money due from him ; Towneley MS.
C 8, 1 3 (Chet. Lib.), R. 46. His widow
probably was the Anilla who as wife of
William son of William de Heaton is
frequently joined in the pleadings with
Thomas son of Marmaduke, e.g. De
Banco R. 257, m. 134 d. (1325). In 1338
Thomas gave William and Anilla a release
of all actions concerning his inheritance in
Garstang and Ellel ; Towneley, op. cit.
R. 5 1. Ten years later, however, Thomas
son of Marmaduke de Rigmaiden was
plaintiff against William de Heaton ; De
Banco R. 356, m. 369 d. The same
Thomas made a claim against John son
of Thomas de Rigmaiden (i.e. of the
elder line) in 1352; Duchy of Lane.
Assize R. 2, m. i.

16 Final Cone, ii, 181.

In 1372 Thomas de Rigmaiden claimed
compensation for waste from Adam the
Calfherd in a messuage and land demised
to him for ten years. The jury found
that Adam had thrown down a kitchen
and a chamber (each worth 40 J.) and had
cut down and sold four ash trees worth
10 d. each, but acquitted him of the further
charges ; De Banco R. 448, m. 56d.

The writ of diem cl. extr. after the
death of Thomas de Rigmaiden was issued
on i Feb. 1383-4; Dep. Keeper's Rep.
xxxii, App. 356. Dower was in March
assigned to his widow Joan and the custody
of the heir — his grandson Thomas (son of
John son of Thomas) — was granted to her
at a rent of £1 3 13*. \d. ; Lanes. Inq. p.m.
(Chet. Soc.), i, 12 ; Dep. Keeper's Rep.
xxxii, App. 357 ; xl, App. 522.

17 On this marriage his father granted
them lands called ' Yngtonthintill ' in the
vill of Garstang ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. i, 12.

18 Ibid. 19 Ibid, i, 67.

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

GARSTANG

moiety of Nether Wyresdale in I43I,20 and appears
to have left a son Nicholas, in possession in i-f-fS-21

Nicholas Rigmaiden died in 1478 holding the
manor of Wedacre of the king as of his duchy by
fealty and a rent of ^s. 6d. ; his son John having
died, the heir was John's son Nicholas Rigmaiden,
then thirty years of age.22 This Nicholas died in
or before I49623 ; he seems to have married Margaret,
one of the daughters and co-heirs of Robert Lawrence
of Ashton and Carnforth,24 and to have left a son
John,25 whose son and heir Thomas proved his age
in I5I4,26 and died in 1520, leaving a son John,
only five years old.27 John Rigmaiden died in 1557
holding a moiety of the manor of Nether Wyresdale
of the king and queen by knight's service and a rent
of zs. 6J. yearly.28

The heir was a namesake, grandson of the above-
named Thomas's brother John, and thirty years of
age. He recorded a pedigree in 1567,^ and in
1585 was discharged from his office of master forester

of Quernmore and Wyresdale on account of disorders

there and destruction of the deer.30 He died in

1587 holding the moiety of

Nether Wyresdale as before,

and leaving a son Walter,

thirty years of age,31 who was

a lunatic.32 He died between

1598 33 and 1602, and in the

latter year his representatives

sold his estate to Sir Thomas

Gerard,34 who had inherited

the other moiety of Nether

Wyresdale.

After this Wedacre for a
time ceased to be a seat of
the lords of Wyresdale and

in itself became the residence of a family named
Fyfe.35 John Fyfe raised a company of men for the
Parliament in the Civil War,36 and was killed at the
storming of Bolton by Prince Rupert in i644.37 He

RIGMAIDEN. Argent
three stags7 heads ca-
boihed sable.

20 Feud. Aids, iii, 95 ; he held a moiety
of the manor of Garstang by the fourth
part of a knight's fee. The writ of diem
cl. extr. after his death was issued 18 Aug.
1440 ; Dep. Keeper's Rep. xxxiii, App. 39.
He was found to hold the eighth part of
the manor of Garstang by knight's service
and the rent of i^d. ; Harl. MS. 2085,
fol. 446^. There may be some confusion
between contemporaries of the same
name, so that the descent outlined in the
text is only probable.

21 In 1438 a settlement of six mes-
suages, &c., in Garstang and Cockerham
was made by Nicholas Rigmaiden and
Eleanor his wife ; Final Cone, iii, 103. In
1440 the escheator was ordered to deliver
to Nicholas, son and heir of Thomas
Rigmaiden, the eighth part of the manor
of Garstang which Thomas had held in
fee, as also other lands, &c., which he
had held conjointly with Alice his wife 5
Dep. Keeper's Rep, xxxiii, App. 39.

In 1445-6 Nicholas Rigmaiden was
said to hold in Garstang a plough-land and
a half for the fourth part of a knight's
fee ; the relief was 251. which the escheator'
had received ; Duchy of Lane. Knights'
Fees, bdle. 2, no. 20.

M Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), ii, 106.
The zs. 6d, was for castle ward (note 1 3).
Some other Rigmaidens occur in the
pleadings contemporary with Nicholas ;
Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 3, m. I 3 (John) ; '
6, m. zb (Thomas) ; 10, m. 3 (John and
Gilbert his brother).

In 1444 William Rigmaiden, ' esquire,'
claimed an account of their receiverships
against Nicholas Rigmaiden of Wedacre,
'gentleman,' and Richard son of Gilbert
Barton of Barton ; ibid. 6, m. 7. In
the recorded pedigree the descent is traced
through a William who was a younjer
son of the Thomas who died in 1384;
see the fine of 1371.

John Rigmaiden, ' esquire,' occurs in
1462, together with many others of his
family and neighbourhood, charged with
assault ; Pal. of Lane. Writs Proton, file 2
Edw. IV.

23 Towneley MS. CC (Chet. Lib.), no.
641 ; writ of diem cl. extr. He held a
moiety of the manor of Wyresdale in
Garstang by the fourth part of a knight's
fee ; Harl. MS. 2085, fol. 449.

14 Margaret Lawrence married a
Rigmaiden, but his Christian name is
not stated in Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 163,
m. 2O. Margaret Rigmaiden died in

1516 holding forty messuages, &c., in
Garstang of the inheritance of Thomas
Rigmaiden, being parcel of the manor of
Wedacre, which manor was held of the
king as of his duchy by the fourth part
of a knight's fee and zs. 6J. rent ; Duchy
of Lane. Inq. p.m. iv, no. 73. It is
here stated that Margaret was mother of
John father of Thomas, but her hus-
band's name is not given.

25 John the son and heir of Nicholas
Rigmaiden in 1489 was married or con-
tracted to {Catherine daughter of Sir John
Pennington of Muncaster ; Hist. MSS.
Com. Rep. x, App. 228. The writ of diem
cl. extr. after John's death was issued
14 Feb. 1504-5 ; Dep. Keeper's Rep. xl,
App. 544. The wardship and marriage
of Thomas son and heir of John
Rigmaiden were soon afterwards granted
to John Lawrence ; Dep. Keeper's Rep.
xl, App. 544.

46 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. iv,
no. 52 ; it was stated that Thomas was
born at Wedacre 10 June 1493.

37 Ibid, v, no. 65. His will is recited,
from which it appears that he had an
uncle James, brothers John and Richard,
a sister Katherine and daughters Isabel,
Margaret and Eleanor. There is also
recited a demise by the feoffees of his
father John (1503) made in 1506 in
favour of Joan wife of Thomas. The
manor of Wedacre and lands, &c., in
Barnacre, Garstang and elsewhere were
stated to be held of the king as of his
duchy by the moiety of a knight's fee.
The will is printed by Fishwick, Garstang
(Chet. Soc.), 215. The custody of the
manors was granted to John Porte ;
Duchy of Lane. Misc. Bks. xxii, 57.

As mentioned in a previous note there
was a minor Rigmaiden family in the
township. In 1521 there died a Nicholas
Rigmaiden holding two messuages, land,
&c., in Barnacre and Wyresdale of the
king as duke by the twentieth part of a
knight's fee. He left a son and heir
John, aged six ; Duchy of Lane. Inq.
p.m. v, no. 37. Again John (son of
John) Rigmaiden of New Hall in Barn-
acre was about 1556 called upon to
answer John Rigmaiden (of Wedacre) re-
specting his title to Bradley House, &c. ;
Fishwick, op. cit. 217. A settlement of
New Hall, dovecote, water-mill, &c., in
Barnacre and Winmarleigh was made by
John Rigmaiden in 1563 ; Pal. of Lane.
Feet of F. bdle. 25, m. 63.

317

28 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. x, no. n.
The estate was a moiety of the manor of
Nether Wyresdale in Garstang, with
eighty messuages, three water-mills, half
a water-mill at Sandholme, land, &c.

John Rigmaiden was master forester
of Wyresdale ; Ducatus Lane. (Rec. Com.),
i, 303.

49 Visit, of 1567 (Chet. Soc.), 54. The
descent is given as Thomas (1520) -bro.
John -s. John -s. John (1567).

30 Duchy of Lane. Special Com. 381.
John Calvert of Cockerham succeeded
him. Details were given of the deer
killed in the forest since the beginning
of the queen's reign.

81 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xiv, no.
87. In 1573 he had made a settlement
on his son Walter on marrying Anne
daughter of Edward Tyldesley. Margaret
North, sister • of John Rigmaiden, is
named. An abstract of his will is printed
in Fishwick, op. cit. 218.

He was one of those summoned in
1568 to be made an example of, because
of his known opposition to Elizabeth's
regulation of religion. He answered that
he had attended his parish church and
heard divine service, but he had not re-
ceived the communion ; he had enter-
tained some of the deprived clergy, but
was not aware he was offending ; Gibson,
Lydiate Hall, 206, from S. P. Dom. Eliz.
xxxvi, no. 10. He was soon afterwards
found among those who refused to attend
church, and was reported to have
harboured a priest named 'Little
Richard ' ; ibid. 216, 226, 229, 231, 239,
quoting from reports in the State Papers.
In 1592 the sheriff was called upon to
account for £254 of the goods of John
Rigmaiden seized for his recusancy ;
Exch. L.T.R. Recusant R. 34 Eliz.

33 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xiv,
no. 5. The inquiry as to his condition was
made immediately after the father's death.

Like his father Walter Rigmaiden was
a recusant and fined therefor ; his fines
were not excused by his lunacy ; Misc.
(Cath. Rec. Soc.), iv, 170.

33 Fishwick, op. cit. 219.

34 See the account of Nether Wyresdale.

35 Fishwick, op. cit. 220-2. The Fyfes
held by lease, as appears below.

36 War in Lanes. (Chet. Soc.), 42.

37 Ibid. 50.

John Fyfe appears to have left some
children ; Royalist Camp. Papers (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), iii, 304.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

was succeeded by his brother William,38 a physician,
who recorded a pedigree in 1664— 5. 39 On his death
in 1671 the lord of the manor took up his residence
there. It was sold with other of the Duke of Hamil-
ton's estates in 1854, an^ became the property of
William Thompson of Underley and Kendal, whose
daughter and heir Amelia married the Earl of Bective,
who in 1870 after her death became Marquess of
Headfort and died in 1 894. Their son Thomas Earl
of Bective had died in 1893 and his daughter Olivia
wife of Lord Henry Cavendish Bentinck succeeded
to Wedacre, Greenhalgh and other estates.40 Wedacre
and the Barnacre estate, together with Greenhalgh
and Lingart, were purchased from Lord Bective's
representatives in 1899 by the late Thomas Henry
Rushton. On his death in 1903 they descended to
his son, the present owner, Mr. James L. Rushton
of Barnacre Lodge.403

Wedacre occurs as a surname.41 Of the other
tenants there is little record.42 Stirzacre is partly in
Catterall.43 Sandholme, Sullam and Eidsforth are
other places in Barnacre occasionally mentioned.

Bonds does not appear to be an ancient name, but
in this part of the township are several estates once
of some note. HOWATH. was a general name for
the southern part,44 which, like much of Barnacre,

was regarded as pertaining to Catterall,45 but the
' manor of Howath ' was the estate of the Knights
Hospitallers there. It was described as the mansion
of St. John Baptist upon Howath with the chapel
and lands, and about 1 200 was given to the order
by Robert son of Bernard lord of Catterall, together
with other lands.46 There appears to have been
a small hospital there.463 Roger de Wedacre was the
tenant in 1302, when the prior complained that
goods seized in distraint for a fine imposed at the
prior's court had been rescued by Robert son of
Simon de Garstang.47 Afterwards it was acquired
by Richard Shireburne of Stonyhurst together with
S.idd,48 and descended with his estates till the i8th
century.49 The chapel of St. John there is not heard
of later. The Hoghtons of Hoghton so had lands
in Howath and Catterall held of the Hospitallers
by zs. 6d. rent.81 William Baylton died in 1638
holding a messuage, &c., in Catterall and Barnacre
of the king as of the Hospital of St. John of
Jerusalem.52 His son William, then thirty years of
age, was a Royalist, and in the Commonwealth period
had to compound for his lands.83

Cockersand Abbey had land in Howath S4 and
BTREWATH™ which latter place was held by
Brockholes of Claughton.56

38 William Fyfe of Wedacre in 165 1
held the demesne with mill and kiln by
lease from Lord Kilmorey. Great
damage had been done by the incursion
of the Scots in 1648. 'Old Mrs. Fyfe,'
the mother of Captain John Fyfe, had
paid £200 a year under the lease, the
fines and perquisites of Wyresdale Court
being included. Mrs. Fyfe, ' a staunch
Parliamentarian,' had lost two sons and a
son-in-law in the service, at Bolton, but
had been put out by Ewan Wall, clerk to
the Sequestration Committee at Preston ;
ibid, i, 162—5 5 £"'• Com. for Comp. ii,
1284.

39Dugdale, Visit. (Chet. Soc.), 114.
See also the account of Hackinsall
and Preesall. There is an anecdote of
Dr. Fyfe in Fishwick, op. cit. 220 ;
Lanes. And Ches.Antiq. Notes, i, 63.

48 Hewitson, Northward, 68. The
Countess of Bective, mother of the
heiress, used to live at Barnacre.

*°a Information of Mr. Rushton.

41 Roger de Wedacre has been named
in preceding notes. In 1276 he claimed
two messuages, land, Sec., against William
de Lindsay; De Banco R. 14, m. 50 d.
He also occurs in 1292 ; Assize R. 408,
m. 4d. 38.

Robert de Wedacre was plaintiff in
1246 ; Assize R. 404, m. lod. William
de Wedacre was plaintiff in 1276 ; De
Banco R. 15, m. 45 ; 17, m. tlltL

For an early pedigree see De Banco R.
321, m. 294. See also notes 47, &c.,
below.

4a John Hudson of Barnacre, a 'delin-
quent' who had been 'in arms against
the Parliament,' compounded for his
leasehold tenement in 1649 ; Royalist
Comp. Papers, iii, 306.

48 See the account of Catterall.

44 ' Howath bridge over the Wyre '
shows that Howath extended over all
Bonds, though the name is now applied
to the south-east corner. Halecath or
Holcath seems to have embraced both
Howath and Stirzacre ; Lanes. Inq. and
Extents, i, 3.

45 Stirzacre in Catterall has already
occurred.

46 Dods. MS5. liii, fol. 93^5 Dujdale,
Man. vi, 806 ; Kuerden MSS. v, fol. 82.
The bounds began at the bridge of
Howath, followed the Wyre as far as the
bridge over the Wyre towards St. Helen's,
and so to the dyke near the donor's
house in Catterall ; thence to the road
from Preston, crossing it and going along
the road towards Slireshagh as far as land
formerly Sparling's, and thence to the
Wyre.

Howath is named in the list of Hos-
pitallers' lands in 1292 ; Plac. de Quo
Warr. (Rec. Com.), 375.

46a Lands situated by the Brock, be-
tween Hecham and Duuenshaw, were
granted to St. John and the hospital of
Howath by Matthew son of Adam 5
Add. MS. 32107, no. 2998.

The brethren of St. John the Baptist
of Howath, with the consent and advice
of the brethren of St. John of Jerusalem,
made a gift to Hawise wife of Robert son
of Bernard ; Dods. MSS. liii, fol. 89^.

47 De Banco R. 143, m. 176. Hugh
de Wedacre and William his brother had
been tenants in 1274-6 ; De Banco R. 6,
m. 8 ; 13, m. 17.

48 See the account of Stidd in Dutton.
A rental of 1613 shows that a court was
held and that the Hospitallers' lands in
Claughton, Bilsborrow and other adjacent
townships were subject to it ; Kuerden
MSS. ii, fol. 132.

49 Howath occurs in Richard Shire-
burne's lands in 1628 ; Duchy of Lane.
Inq. p.m. xxvi, no. 4 ; also among the
Duchess of Norfolk's possessions in 1737 ;
Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 544, m. 13.

80 Richard de Wedacre about 1280
granted to Adam son of Sir Ad^m de
Hojhton and his heirs all his Ian 1 in
Howath in Catterall inherited from his
father ; a rent of 35. was to be paid to
the Hospital of Jerusalem ; Dods. MSS.
cxlii, fol. 6 1, no. 54. Richard son of
Adam de Hoghton gave all his land in
Howath, with part of the mill, to Richard
de Bury and William his brother, for the
donor's life ; the remainder was to his
son Richard de Hoghton ; in default to
Edmund, Richard and Adam, sons of

318

William son of Adam de Graystock ;
ibid. fol. 68A.

In 1351-2 Adam de Hoghton obtained
releases from William brother of Richard
de Bury and from Edmund son of William
de Graystock ; Add. MS. 32106, no. 725,
fol. 286, 319/1.

51 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), ii, 146,
127. The same estate occurs in later
Hoghton inquisitions. In 1559 it was
said to be held of the queen as of her
duchy in socage ; Duchy of Lane. Inq.
p.m. xi, no. 2.

52 Towneley MS. C 8, 13 (Chet. Lib.),
54. He had compounded for refusing
knighthood in 1631 ; Misc. (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), i, 222.

53 Royalist Comp. Papers, i, 1 5 5-7. His
' delinquency ' was that he had refused to
take the covenant, he living within a mile
of Greenhalgh Castle, then one of the
king's garrisons. He took it in May 1646.

The same or a later William Baylton
was a benefactor.

54 Adam de Wedacre gave the canons
half an acre in Howath on the field called
the Lawe, the south head abutting on
the great moor of Catterall, with ease-
ments of the vill of Catterall ; Cockersand
Chartul. (Chet. Soc.), i, 276, 286.

55 Byrewath was held, in part at least,
of the church of Garstang, and Henry de
Casterton (son of Gilbert) released all
right in it to Cockersand ; ibid, i, 277.

46 Robert de Byrewath released to
Roger de Brockholes and Christiana his
wife certain land, probably in Byrewath ;
Add. MS. 32105, fol. 8£; 32io6,no. 1105.

In 1268 Adam de Brockholes held the
Cockersand parcel, paying 35. 6d. a year
and half a mark at death ; Chartul. loc. cit.
In 1290 Adam was stated to have held
an oxgang of land in Byrewath in Gar-
stang of Walter de Londe by I2</. yearly ;
Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 274.

This estate descended in the line of
Brockholes of Claughton, and Roger de
Brockholes was in 1 347 found to hold an
oxgang of land in Byrewath of the king
(in right of William de Coucy) as of the
manor of Wyresdale, by knight's service ;
Inq. p.m. 20 Edw. Ill (2nd nos.), no. 63.

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

GARSTANG

GREENHALGH, 2 oxgangs of land, was in 1347
held of the lord of Wyresdale by William Banastre
by knight's service.57 This land afterwards came
into the possession of the first Earl of Derby, who
in 1 490 obtained the king's licence to fortify his
manor-house there and to inclose a park.58 Camden
states that the earl was ' in fear of certain outlawed
gentlemen of this shire, whose possessions King
Henry VII had freely given unto him ; for many
an assault they gave him and other whiles in hostile
manner made inroads into his lands, until the moderate
carriage of the good and worthy man, and process of
time, pacified these quarrels.' 69 The castle then
erected became famous in the Civil War, as already
stated, and after being destroyed the ruin remained
in the hands of the earls till about i865,60 when it
was sold to Lord Ken lis, afterwards (1870) Earl of
Bective.61 As above stated, it is now the property
of Mr. Rushton.

The ruins of the castle 68 stand on a slight emi-
nence half a mile or more to the east of Garstang,
and consist of the remains of a single tower 24 ft.
square externally, constructed of rubble sandstone
masonry, with angle quoins, the walls of which are
5 ft. thick. Whitaker, writing about 1822, states
that the building had been ' a rectangle nearly
approaching a square, with a tower at each angle
standing diagonally to each adjoining wall. The
interval between the two towers was 14 yds. on one
side and 1 6 yds. on the other.' a The elevation on
which the castle stands is said to have been originally
surrounded by a marshy swamp, the only natural
connexion with firm land being on the north-east
side, but the wet land has long been drained.64 It
would, however, add to the defensive position of the
building, and was probably a contributing factor to
the choice of site, helping, in addition, to supply

the moat, traces of which are still visible. Apparently
nothing has been done to preserve the castle since
the siege of 1645, the action of time and weather,
supplemented by the local practice of using the ruins
as a stone quarry, having reduced it to its present
condition.

The portion still standing is one of the western
towers, the highest part of the walling of which, on
the north-east and north-west sides, is about 25 ft.
to 30 ft. in height. It shows internally marks of a
wooden floor 10 ft. above the ground, and there was
probably another floor above this ; but the upper
part of the walls is entirely gone and the building is
open on the south side, the walls being only about
5 ft. above the ground. In the east angle is a
passage-way 3 ft. 6 in. wide, which formerly led to
the main building, and opposite in the west wall are
three embrasures, one in the centre and one set
diagonally at each angle, that on the west facing
directly towards Garstang and commanding the bridge
or ford across the Wyre. The interior of the tower,
which measures 14 ft. 6 in. by 14 ft., is now strewn
over with broken masonry, large portions of walling
having fallen within the last forty years,65"6 and the
lower parts of the external angles and masonry
bordering the window openings are broken away.
On the north-east side are garderobes, and in the
portion of the south-west wall which still remains
part of an embrasure like that on the north-west.
The top of the knoll occupied by the ruins forms a
square of about 35 yds., the excavation of which
would probably disclose the foundations of the
castle.

The Pleasington family or families frequently occur
in the parish.67 One of them was in the i6th and
1 7th centuries seated at DIMPLES,68 and recorded
a pedigree in i6l3-69 They were recusants and

In 1496 Roger Brockholes died holding
messuages and land in Garstang of the
king as of his duchy by knight's service ;
and Byrewath, part at least of this tene-
ment, was in the occupation of Robert
Ambrose ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. iii,
no. 73, 77. The place was leased to
Thurstan Tyldesley in 1541 ; Add. MS.
32105, fol. 208/1.

Walter dc Byrewath in 1292 claimed a
tenement in Garstang against John de
Rigmaiden, but was nan-suited ; Assize
R. 408, m. 37 d.

Particulars as to the later descent of
Byrewath will be found in Fishwick, op.
cit. 235-6. The capital messuage called
Byrewath was in 1582 demised by Sir
Gilbert Gerard to Edward Horsfall and
Ellen his wife for forty years ; Towneley
MS. C 8, 13 (Chet. Lib.), G 49. Byre-
wath was sold in 1784 by William Fitz-
herbert Brockholes to the Jackson family ;
Mr. Jonathan Jackson of Brooklands,
Garstang, was the owner in 1879. He
also had Dimples, Howath and Stirzacre,
but these (except Dimples House) were
sold in 1902 and later ; information of
Mr. F. Jackson.

57 Inq. p.m. 20 Edw. Ill (2nd nos.),
no. 63.

» Towneley MS. CC (Chet. Lib.),
no. 580 ; free warren was allowed.
Nothing is known of an earlier castle in
the neighbourhood, but in 1343 a robbery
was reported at Castelhow near Garstang ;
Assize R. 430, m. 14.

The Derby rental of 1522 records
761. 8</. as received from various tenants

of land in Greenhalgh, Barnacre and
Ellel, 'which lately belonged to Nicholas
Rigmaiden.' The same rental shows 405.
received from Howath, but claimed by the
farmer as his fee as parker of Greenhalgh.
In 1556 the Earl of Derby granted to
Sir Richard Shireburne the custody of
Greenhalgh Castle and park, profits, &c.,
as Thurstan Tyldesley had held the same ;
Shireburne Abstract Bk. at Leagram.

59 Brit. (ed. Gibson), 753.

60 The castle is named in fines and
recoveries of the Derby estates down to
1776 ; Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 623, m. la.

It was probably confiscated under the
Commonwealth, being in 1656 in posses-
sion of Gilbert Mabbott and Martha his
wife ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 158,
m. 51. Mabbott purchased several parts
of the estates of James Earl of Derby in
the neighbourhood ; Royalist Comp. Papers,
ii, 237-8. The castle had been regained
by the Earl of Derby in 1667 ; Pal. of
Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 179, m. 28 (William
Fyfe v. Charles Earl of Derby and Dorothy
Helen his wife).

61 Hewitson, North-ward, 55.

68 The site is described in F.C.H. Lanes.
ii, 550.

63 Richmondshire, ii, 456, where an
illustration is given.

64 Palatine Note-bk. iv, 130.

K-6 Mr. A. Hewitson, op. cit. 55,
describes the state of the castle as he
found it on three successive \isits, in
1871, 1898 and 1900. Nearly the whole
of the south-eastern side of the tower
and about two-thirds of the wall on ih»

319

south-western side disappeared between
1871 and 1898.

67 See the accounts of Nateby, &c. ;
Final Cone, ii, no; iii, 29. John de
Pleasington had a tenement in Garstang
in 1354; Def>. Keeper's Rep. xxxii, App.
332. John son of Richard son of Robert
de Pleasington was a minor in 1355 ;
Duchy of Lane. Assize R. 5, m. 27.

88 An account of the family, with
pedigree, will be found in Fishwick, op.
cit. 230—3. William Pleasington of
Dimples was living in 1475 ; Dunken-
halgh D. The Pleasingtons named in
the will of Thomas Rigmaiden (1521)
are supposed to have been of Dimples ;
Fishwick, op. cit. 215-16.

Robert son of William Pleasington
inherited Dimples from his father and
was in possession before 1592 ; ibid. 231.
Robert was a freeholder in 1600 ; Misc.
(Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.),i, 232. Two-
thirds of his estate was sequestered for
recusancy in 1607 ; Cal. 5. P. Dom.
1603-10, p. 383. He was living in
1613 (pedigree), when his son William
was thirty-eight years old. William
Pleasington died in 1621 holding the
capital messuage called Dimples in the
manor of Nether Wyresdale and town-
ship of Garstang of Gilbert Lord Gerard
by the hundredth part of a knight's fee.
He had lands in Catterall, Eccleston,
Goosnargh and Whittingham. The heir
was his son Robert, twenty-two years of
age ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes,
and Ches.), ii, 240.

69 visit. (Chet. Soc.), 75.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Royalists,70 and in 1716 the estate was forfeited,
John Pleasington being convicted of high treason.71
His uncle John Pleasington was a priest, residing
chiefly at Puddington Hall in Cheshire. In the
excitement created by the Gates Plot private malice
caused him to be denounced and arrested. It was
difficult to procure evidence against him, but three
former members of his flock who had become Pro-
testants swore to his having said mass and otherwise
exercised his office. He was thereupon condemned and
executed at Chester 19 July 1679.™ The cause of
his beatification was allowed to be introduced at
Rome in i886.73

LINGART, Lingard, or Lingarth is another estate
of which some particulars are on record. It belonged
in part to the abbey of Cockersand,74 and gave a surname
to the family holding it.75 A branch of the Faring-
tons succeeded76 ; a pedigree was recorded in 1567."

Few other references to the township occur.78 An
inclosure award was made in ijjz.73

In 1689 the Presbyterians had a licensed meeting-
place in Barnacre and the Quakers one in Wedacre.'0
These do not seem to have resulted in permanent
buildings. In 1828, however, a meeting-house for
the Society of Friends was built in Bonds, near
Calder Bridge, and it continues to be used.81

The Roman Catholic church of St. Mary and
St. Michael was built in 1 8 5 8 in Bonds, near Garstang
Bridge, to replace the older chapel in Garstang.88

CATTERALL

Catrehala, Dom. Bk. ; Catrehal, 1272; Kater-
halle, 1277 ; Caterhale, Caterale, 1292.

Catterall lies along the southern bank of the Calder
and the Wyre, with Rohall at the extreme west ; it
has a detached portion,1 in which is Landskill, some
distance to the north-east. This detached part lies
upon the slope of Bleasdale Fell, and a height of
745 ft. above sea level is reached on the east ; but
the main portion of the township is low-lying and
comparatively level, though the surface rises a little
from west to east. The area is 1,741^ acres,2 and in
1901 the population was 317.

The principal road, on which the village is situated,
is that from Preston to Garstang and the north. The
London and North-Western main line crosses the
eastern end, as does the canal from Preston to
Lancaster.

The detached portion above named was in 1887
added to Barnacre with Bonds.3 In it is the hamlet
known as Calder Vale, founded in 1835 by Richard
and Jonathan Jackson, who built a cotton-mill by the
river and added houses for the workpeople.4

In the main part of the township a little wheat
and oats are grown, but the land is mostly in pasture.
The soil is heavy, with clay subsoil. A century ago
there were large cotton-printing works at Calder
Bridge, but they were given up in i83O.5

A parish council governs the township.

Earl Tostig held CATTERALL in
MANORS 1 066 as part of the lordship of Preston ; it
was assessed as two plough-lands.6 After-
wards it was included in the Garstang or Nether
Wyresdale fee held by the Lancaster family and their
successors.7 William de Lancaster II gave two
plough-lands in Halecath and Catterall to Bernard
son of Eilsi, and in 1212 Richard son of Swain (de

70 Robert Pleasington's estate calle.l
Dimples Farm was confiscated and sold
by the Parliament in 1652 ; Index of
Royalists (Index Soc.), 43. Ralph Long-
worth had purchased it in 1653 ; Cal.
Com. for Comp. iv, 3 1 34. In the fol-
lowing year Robert Pleasington, who is
described as ' of Kirkland in Garstang,'
desired to contract on the recusants' Act for
two-thirds of his sequestered estate ; ibid.

71 Fish wick, op. cit. 232, where the
subsequent history of Dimples is thus
traced : 1719, William Greenhalgh of
Myerscough ; 1736, by will to Edward
Styth of Great Eccleston, who took the
name of Greenhnlgh and d. 1769 -a.
James, d. 1799 — s. Edward, who sold to
Henry Fielding— s. Henry Barrow Fielding
in 1852 sold to Jonathan Jackson, one of
the founders of the Quakers' meeting-
house near Dimples. It remains in his
family (see note 56).

72 Challoner, Missionary Priests, no. 201.
He was ' indicted of high treason for
having taken orders in the Church of
Rome and remaining in this kingdom
contrary to the statute of 27 Elizabeth.'
His last speech is given.

73 Pollen, Acts of Martyrs, 382.

74 Walter de Fauconberg (about 1280)
granted to the abbey the service of
Walter de Lingart for his whole tenement
in Garstang, his rent being half a mark ;
Cockersand Chartul. i, 60. The rent of
6s. 8</. was in 1451 paid by the heir of
John Lingart and in 1501 by Henry
Farington ; ibid, iii, 1272, &c.

75 Walter de Lingart was living in
1276 ; De Banco R. 15, m. 41. John
son of John de Lingart made complaint
of waste by Ellen widow of John de

Lingart in 1306 ; ibid. 1 60, m. 289.
Probably the same John, a minor, made a
release to the Abbot of Cockersand in
1313; Kuerden MSS. iv, G 4. William
de Thweng in 1332 claimed land in
Garstang against John de Lingart, Isolda
his wife and others ; De Banco R. 290,
m. 273 d.

In 1347 John de Lingart held 2 ox-
gangs of land of the lord of Nether Wyres-
dale (the Coucy moiety) by knight's ser-
vice ; Inq. p.m. 20 Edw. Ill (2nd nos.),
no. 63.

The feoffees in 1356 gave a messuage,
&c., in Garstang to Robert son of John
de Lingart and Christiana his wife ;
Kuerden, loc. cit. Five years later the
same Robert granted a messuage to
Richard his brother and Roger de Cocker-
ham ; ibid. John son of Robert de
Lingart and Ellen his wife made a feoff-
ment in 1416 ; ibid. Edmund son of
John Lingart in 1421 became bound to
the Abbot of Cockersand ; ibid. In the
same year John son of Robert de Lingart
made a feoffment of his estate in Gar-
stang and Little Eccleston ; Brockholes D.

76 Alice (or Cecily) wife of Henry
Farington was in possession in 1461 ; ibid.
In 1537-8 the Abbot of Cockersand made
a grant of the wardship of Henry son and
heir of Nicholas Fnrington deceased ;
Kuerden MSS. iv, W5i. Thomas son
of Henry Farington died in or about
1592, bequeathing to Richard Whitting-
ham of Goosnargh his brother ; ibid, and
G4- From other deeds here preserved it
appears that there ensued a division be-
tween Whittingham and John Farington
of York (brother of Henry), and that
both portions were in 1601 sold to James

320

Anderton of Clayton. It is named in his
inquisition, 1630 ; Duchy of Lane. Inq.
p.m.xxvii,no. 56. The tenure is not stated.

Richard Whittingham of Lingart,
' Papist,' was a freeholder in 1600 ;
Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 232.

In 1653 complaint was made that
Lingart had been sequestered by the
Parliament as James Anderton's, whereas
it really belonged to John Preston ; Cal.
Com. for Comp. iii, 1903.

Richard Ackers of Claughton, as a
' Papist,' registered his estate in 1717 ; it
consisted of a house called Lingart and
36 acres at Barnacre ; Estcourt and
Payne, Engl. Cath. Nonjurors, 141.

77 Visit. (Chet. Soc.), 48.

78 John Mercer of Barnacre had had
two-thirds of his estates sequestered for
recusancy only under the Commonwealth
and in 1653 desired to contract for it ;
Cal. Com. for Comp. v, 3186.

79 Lanes, and Ches. Rec. (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), i, 55.

80 Hist. MSS. Com. Rep. xiv, App. iv,
232, 230. That of the Quakers still
existed in 1717; Gastrell, Notitia Cestr.
(Chet. Soc.), ii, 408.

81 Hewitson, Our Country Churches, 518.
An account of the Jackson family is given.

82 Fishwick, op. cit. 121 ; Hewitson,
op. cit. 487.

1 It is known as Higher Catterall.

2 1,279 acres, including 29 of inland
water ; Census Rep. 1901.

3 Loc. Govt. Bd. Order 20097.

4 Hewitson, Our Country Churches, 53°-

5 Baines, Lanes, (ed. 1836), iv, 472.

6 V.C.H. Lanes, i, 288*.

7 See for example Lanes. Inq. and Extent!
(Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), ii, 147-9.

KIRKLAND : CHURCHTOWN CROSS

BARNACRE WITH BONDS : GREENHALGH CASTLE

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

GARSTANG

Catterall), Beatrice daughter of Robert and Michael
de Athelaxton or Ellaston held the same by knight's
service.8 Bernard was lord of Goosnargh, and the
descent of that manor shows that of Catterall, the
three daughters of his son Robert sharing the inherit-
ance. Of the two portions of Catterall named, each
seems to have been considered one plough-land ;
Halecath probably included Howath, Stirzacre and
Landskill, Catterall in its wider meaning thus ex-
tending over the southern half of Barnacre with
Bonds.9

Richard son of Swain, who married Isolda or Iseult,
one of the daughters of Robert de Goosnargh, appears
to have had Catterall proper assignei to him in right
of his wife, and he and his descendants assumed the
local surname. Richard died about 1 220, and between
1222 and 1226 it was found that his son Richard was
of the king's gift and in ward to Henry de Whitting-
ton.10 He died about 1243 holding land in Catterall
of William de Lancaster, and leaving a son Ralph,
twelve years of age.11 Ralph de Catterall occurs in
various ways down to 1305 12 ; his eldest son John13
had a son John who was living in 1346 but appears

to have died without issue.13* In virtue of a
settlement made in 1287 Ralph was succeeded by
another son Alan,14 who obtained the manor of
Little Mitton with Loretta
his wife, daughter of Richard
de Pontchardon, and died in
1322 holding a capital mes-
suage in Catterall, with lands
in demesne and service, of John
son of John de Rigmaiden
by the eighteenth part of a
knight's fee and paying 3^.
yearly for castle ward. Richard
his eldest son was thirteen
years of age.18

Richard Catterall's son
Adam16 died in 1397 hold-
ing a third part of the manor of Catterall of Thomas
de Rigmaiden by knight's service and paying ^d. for
castle ward.17 His son and heir Richard, then fifteen
years of age,18 proved his age in I4O4.19 The descent
appears to be clear and uneventful from this time20
until the death of Thomas Catterall in 1579, when

CATTERALL.
three mascles or.

Azun

8 Lanes. Ittq. and Extents (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), i, 3 ; also the account
of Goosnargh.

In 1242 Richard de Catterall, Hugh de
Mitton and Henry de Longford held of
William de Lancaster III by knight's
service ; ibid, i, 154.

At the partition of the Lancaster
inheritance in 1281 the following were
lords of Catterall — Adam de Hoghton,
Hugh de Mitton and Ralph de Catterall ;
Cal. Close, 1279-88, pp. 105-6. Eustace
de Cottesbech in 1293 obtained a messuage
and two plough-lands in Catterall from
John de Knyttecote of Leicester ; Final
Cone. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 176.
The meaning of this fine is unknown ;
' plough-lands ' may be used in a sense
other than that of the ancient assessment.
Hugh de Mitton in 1295 did not prosecute
his claim against Eustace de Cottesbech,
Ralph de Catterall, John de Rigmaiden,
John de Knightcote and Christiana his
wife, Thomas de Singleton and John de
Fetherby ; Assize R. 1306, m. i6d.
Hugh de Catterall — apparently identical
with Hugh de Mitton — claimed the manor
of Catterall in 1306, Master John de
Leicester and Christiana his wife being
concerned ; De Banco R. 161, m. 145.

9 William son of Alan de Tarnacre
about 1 220 released to Michael de
Athelaxton and Avice his wife all that he
and his predecessors had in the third part
of a plough-land in Halecath, which he
had claimed in the court of Dame Hele-
wise de Stuteville at Garstang ; Dods.
MSS. liii, fol. 9 5 b. Richard son of John
Perpont perhaps fifty years later released
to Henry le Boteler son of Sir Richard
all right in lands in Catterall, Rowall and
'Aleke' ; ibid. fol. 91.

10 Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 134.

11 Ibid. 159-60; his Catterall lands
were worth 301. \od. a year in demesne
and in service. He also held land in
Goosnargh, Threlfall, Chipping, Preston
and Wrightington. He was living in
1242, but dead in 1244, when the king
granted the wardship and marriage of his
heir to William de Lancaster for 40
marks; ibid. 154, 160.

After Ralph had come of age two
further inquisitions were made in 1257-8 ;
by one it was found that Richard had

held 5^ — corrected to 5^ — oxgangs of
land and one-third part in Catterall by
knight's service, where twenty-four
plough-lands made a fee ; also land in
Howath of the Hospitallers; ibid. 210-12.
The service due was the thirty-sixth part
of a knight's fee.

In 1246 Alice widow of Richard de
Catterall was in the king's gift and
marriageable ; Assize R. 404, m. 22.

12 Henry son of William de Catterall in
1292 complained of loss of common of
pasture caused by approvements by the
three chief lords of the vill, Henry son of
Richard le Boteler, Hugh son of Hugh de
Catterall and Ralph son of Richard de
Catterall ; Assize R. 408, m. 61.

13 John de Catterall is mentioned in
1302; Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i, 318.
In 1323 Robert de Grotton and Agnes
his wife, she being widow of John son
and heir of Ralph de Catterall, claimed
dower in three plough-lands m Catterall,
Goosnargh and Wrightington ; De Banco
R. 248, m. 229. Agnes was one of the
co-heirs of Towneley of Towneley. An
earlier dower claim had been made (in
1316) against Alan de Catterall respecting
the manor of Catterall, and against Adam
de Catterall respecting 4 oxgangs of land
there ; ibid. 216, m. I9<1.

18a V.CM. Lanes, vi, 458.

14 In 1287 Ralph granted to Alan de
Catterall and his issue a messuage and the
third part of two plough-lands in Catterall,
with remainders to Adam and Paulin de
Catterall ; Final Cone, ii, 1 24-5 ; Towneley
MS. DD, no. 8.

In 1305 he granted to Alan his son his
lands in Wrightington except the portion
already given to another son Adam ;
W. Farrer's D.

John de Hudleston granted land in
Arnolby in Millom to Alan son of Ralph
de Catterall for life; Dods. MSS. xci,
fol. 159.

ls Lanes, Inq. and Extents, ii, 140—2.
Lora the widow and Richard the son
of Alan de Catterall were plaintiffs in
1334; Coram Rege R. 297, m. 3 d. A
fine already quoted indicates some dispute
as to the inheritance, for in 1347 Richard
son and heir of Alan arranged with John
de Catterall, ' cousin and heir ' of the
Ralph of 1287 ; Final Cone, ii, 125.

321

Katherine widow of John son of Richard
de Catterall the elder and William son
of John occur in 1421 ; ibid, iii, 87, 123.

The writ of diem cl. extr. after the
death of Richard de Catterall was issued
in 1381 ; Dep. Keeper's Rep. xxxii,
App- 353-

16 The descent is thus stated in a
pleading of 1511 : Richard -s. Adam
-s. Richard -s. Richard -s. Ralph (plain-
tiff) ; Pal. of Lane. Plea R. no, m. 2, 3.
A charter was adduced by which Richard
de Catterall gave a messuage, &c., in
Catterall to Adam his son and his issue.

Adam son of Richard de Catterall in
1392 granted land called the Slyched to
John Boteler of Kirkland and Alice his
wife ; Dods. MSS. Ixii, fol. 90.

17 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), i, 66.
The other lands, &c., were in Little
Mitton, Goosnargh, Wrightington and
Inskip. Isabel mother of Adam was
living. Her name seems to identify the
Richard de Catterall who sold a moiety
of the manor of 'Cundeshalgh 'in 1380
to Alan de Catterall ; Final Cone, iii, 9, 42.
This manor may have been in Goosnargh.

18 Lanes. Inq. (Chet. Soc.), i, 67 ; the
wardship and marriage were granted to
Sir Ralph de Ipre. See also Pal. of
Lane. Chan. Misc. bdle. i, file 12.

19 Towneley MS. DD, no. 1468.
Nicholas de Singleton was then guardian
of the heir. Thomas de Hesketh stated
that Richard was born in Easter week
1382, and baptized at Garstang Church
by Richard de Preston, the vicar, Richard
de Winkley and Cecily the Webster
being his godparents.

80 Richard Catterall the elder made
a feoffment of his manor of Catterall, &c.,
in 1432 ; Add. MS. 32104, no. 501, 503
(fol. 116). He names his son William
in a deed of 1457 ; ibid. no. 511. To
Roger, another son, he gave 200 oaks in
Mitton woods in 1460; ibid. no. 515.
In 1467 Ellen widow of Richard claimed
dower against his son Richard Catterall ;
Pal. of Lane. Writs Proton. 7 Edw. IV.

Robert (cousin and heir of Robert)
Shuttleworth released lands in Little
Mitton to Richard Catterall in 1468 ;
Towneley MS. DD, no. 30. A John
Catterall the elder of Selby had lands in
Goosnargh and elsewhere in Lancashire

41

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

his seven daughters became co-heirs.21 A pedigree
was recorded in i$6j.22

With Dorothy, one of the daughters, the manor
had been given to Robert Shireburne, who died in
1572 holding a capital messuage called the Crow's
Orchard, &c., in Catterall of the queen as of her
duchy by the fortieth part of a knight's fee, lands
called Conigree in Claughton, and others in Mitton.
The heir was his son Thomas, aged six.23 Thomas
Shireburne died in 1636 holding the manors of
Catterall and Little Mitton by knight's service, and
leaving a son Robert, aged forty-four.24 Under the
Commonwealth Robert's estate was sequestered for
recusancy and delinquency,25 and finally confiscated
and sold in l6$2.26

The Shireburnes, being apparently much in debt
already, were not able to clear their estates, and about
1665 these were finally sold to Alexander Holt,
citizen and goldsmith of London.27 His descendants
in 1 704 sold Catterall to Thomas Winckley of
Preston ; from him it descended to Lady Shelley,
whose trustees in 1876 sold to Joseph Smith of Lan-
caster (d. iSSg).28 His executors sold the Catterall
Hall estate about 1 906 to Mr. Yates.29

It does not appear that any manor is now
claimed, and it is difficult to trace the third parts
held by the Mitton and Longford families. The
former third seems to have been granted to a junior
Mitton family, who assumed the name of Catterall,30
and to have passed later to Croft,31 Winkley,32

which he forfeited by attainder in or
before 1471 ; Chan. Inq. p.m. 1 1 Edw. IV,
no. 35. He may have descended from
the Alan of 1380, who had land in
Goosnargh.

There is a difficulty at the next point.
At an inquisition in 1504 it was found
that Richard Catterall died in 1487
holding the manor of Catterall of the
king as duke by knight's service, also
Little Mitton, &c., and that his heir
was his son Richard, aged thirty at his
father's death ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m.
ii, no. 12. But already, in 1478, Ralph
son and heir of Richard Catterall and
Elizabeth his wife had made a settlement
of messuages, lands, &c., in Catterall and
other places ; Add. MS. 32104, no. 513.
The same or another Ralph and Emma
his wife (widow of Robert Boteler) were
in 1482 bound to William Kirkby of
Rawcliffe to abide an arbitration ; Dods.
MSS. cxlix, fol. 99 d. Ralph as son and
heir of Richard CatteraU made a grant of
land in Little Mitton in 1481 ; DD,
no. 36. In 1 501 he exchanged a messuage,
&c., on the west side of Howath with
James Boteler ; ibid. no. 28.

Ralph Catterall died on Christmas Day,
1515, holding his part of Catterall of the
king as duke by the thirty-sixth part of a
knight's fee and a rent of -$d. He had
in 1508 made a feoffment of all his
manors and lands for the fulfilment of his
will, assigning part to Katherine daughter
of John Langley, who was to marry his
son John. The actual deed, with some
others of the family, is in the possession
of W. Farrer. John CatteraU, the son,
succeeded, being thirty-six years of age ;
Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. iv, no. 62.
He died less than two years after his
father (1517), and by his will made
provision for his five sisters ; ibid, iv,
no. 4. The descent is given as Richard
-s. Ralph -». John. John's son Ralph
succeeded, being ten years old.

Ralph died in or before 1526, and was
succeeded by his brother Thomas, fifteen
years old. He was stated to have been
born at Mitton in 1510 and baptized at
Whalley ; ibid, vi, no. 4. The inquisition
in the Record Office (vi, no. 77) is almost
illegible, but a brief abstract is given in
Towneley'sMS. 'Lanes. Tenures' (fol. 75)
in the possession of W. Farrer ; this states
that the manor of Catterall, with some
other lands, was held of the king as duke
by the sixth (thirty-sixth) part of a
knight's fee and ^d. rent.

A settlement of the manor was made
by Thomas Catterall in 1557 ; Pal. of
Lane. Plea R. 204, m. 2.

21 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xiv, no. 4 ;
he held the manor or capital messuage

of Catterall, called the hall of Catterall,
ten messuages and two water-mills, los.
free rent, &c., in the township. All was
held of the queen as duke by the old
service, the thirty-sixth part of a knight's
fee. He had in 1561 granted his manors
of Catterall and Little Mitton to Robert
Shireburne of Gray's Inn, who had
married his daughter Dorothy. (This
was confirmed in 1562—3 ; Pal. of Lane.
Feet of F. bdle. 24, m. 235 ; 25, m. 59,
94.) Robert Shireburne died, leaving
a son Thomas, and Dorothy, who after-
wards married Richard Braddyll, was
living at Catterall in 1579, aged thirty.
The other daughters were Anne wife of
Thomas Townley, aged forty ; Elizabeth
wife of Thomas Procter, thirty-eight ;
Katherine wife of Thomas Strickland,
thirty-five ; Dame Margaret Atherton,
then wife of William Edwards, thirty-four;
Mary wife of John Grimshaw, thirty-two ;
and Jane, aged twenty-five.

Further particulars are given in the
account of Goosnargh. The Procters
seem to have had some claim on the
manor of Catterall ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of
F. bdle. 43, m. 130.

" risit. (Chet. Soc.), 39.

23 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xiii, no.
10. There were three children in all —
Thomas, Robert and Jane. Their, uncle,
Sir Richard Shireburne, was guardian ;
Catterall D. (W. Farrer). For an account
of this branch see C. D. Sherborn, Family
of Sherborn, 91-9. His widow married
for her third husband John Whipp, and
died in 1620 holding the manor of
Catterall, &c., of the king as duke by the
fortieth part of a knight's fee ; Lanes. Inq.
p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), ii, 228.

Robert Shireburne granted land in
Catterall (held of the queen as of her
duchy) to William Parkinson, whose son
Edward died in 1631 holding lands there
and in Myerscough and Claughton, his
heirs being William Butler and Anne
Shireburne, widow. The former (aged
sixteen) was son of Cecily daughter of
Edward Parkinson, and the latter (aged
seventeen) daughter of Isabel, another
daughter of Edward ; Duchy of Lane. Inq.
p.m. xxviii, no. 74 ; xxvii, no. 57.

A deed relating to the manors is en-
rolled in Common Pleas, Easter 1599,
R. 9 (19).

24 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xxix, no. 43.
A settlement of the manors had been

made by Thomas Shireburne and Isabel
his wife in 1629 ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of
F. bdle. 112, no. 23.

25 Cal. Com. for Comp. iv, 25 14-1 5. Sir
Edward Mosley of Hough End had a
mortgage on the Catterall part of the
estate, and secured this on the sale.

322

36 Index of Royalists (Index Soc.), 44.

27 For disputes see Exch. Dep. (Rec.
Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), 49, 50.

*8 This account is from Fishwick,
Garstang (Chet. Soc.), 239-42, where full
details are given. For the Holt family
see Whitaker, Whalley, ii, 24, and for
the Winckleys the account of Brockholes
in Preston.

The following references maybe added :
1686, William Daniellv. Robert Holt,
manors of Little Mitton and Catterall,
lands, &c. ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle.
216, m. 27 ; 1704, purchase by Thomas
Winckley; Piccope MSS. (Chet. Lib.),'
iii, 318, 326 ; 1710, Thomas Winckley
v. Alexander, Edward and William Holt,
the above manors ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of
F. bdle. 264, m. 83 ; 1745, John Winckley
and Nicholas his son and heir-apparent,
vouchees in a recovery of the manor of
Catterall, &c. ; Pal. of Lane. Plea R.
560, m. 2.

49 Information of Mr. Richard Smith.

30 Hugh de Mitton was party to several
suits in 1292 concerning obstruction, &c. ;
Assize R. 408, m. 57, 63 d., 67, 73, 74.
He seems to be called also Hugh son of
Hugh de Mitton and Hugh de Catterall,
as above. Roger brother and heir of Hugh
son of Robert de Wedacre successfully
claimed common of turbary in 5 acres in
Catterall against Hugh son of Hugh de
Mitton, alleging that his brother had been
disseised by Hugh the father ; ibid. m. 50 d.
Margery widow of Ralph de Mitton
claimed dower against Hugh son of Hugh
de Mitton in respect of three messuages
and 3 oxgangs of land in Catterall ;
against Henry le Boteler in respect of
2od. rent ; and against William de Wed-
acre in respect of a messuage and gd.
rent ; ibid. m. 62.

81 The mode in which this family ac-
quired part of Catterall is unknown.
They appear in Claughton also.

In 1314-15 Gilbert de Southworth,
clerk, gave Henry son of Henry de Croft
and his issue by Joan daughter of the
grantor free turbary in Upper Rawcliffe
Moss for the manor of the said Henry in
Catterall; Dods. MSS. xci, fol. 159.
Henry de Croft the elder in 1325 demised
all his arable lands in Catterall Field to
William dc Tatham for three years at a
rent of 4 marks ; Add. MS. 32104, no.
408. Edmund de Myerscough in 1344
complained of novel disseisin by Henry
son of Henry de Croft of Catterall ; Assize
R. 1435, m. 37. John de Croft occurs
in 1371 ; De Banco R. 443, m. 370 d.

32 John son of Roger de Croft in 1 3 74
released to Richard de Winkley and
Margaret his wife his manor (house) of
Catterall, the third part of Howath water-

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

GARSTANG

Rishton 33 and Shireburne in succession. By Sir
Richard Shireburne the estate was given to his
brother Robert, who, as shown above, had the Catte-
rall third with his wife.34

The remaining third, including ROWALL, seems
to have been acquired by the Hoghtons 35 and the
Botelers of Rawcliffe.36 It came in 1572 into the
hands of Sir Gilbert Gerard,37 and was later sold to
George Preston of Holker.38

STIRZ4CRE, partly in this township and partly

in Barnacre, was at one time owned by the Botelers
of Rawcliffe, becoming an appurtenance of Rowall.39
It gave a surname to a family frequently occurring
in the district.10 John Leigh in 1631 held a messuage,
&c., in Stirzacre in Catterall of the heirs of Richard
son of Geoffrey de Stirzacre as of the manor of
Catterall.41 In the same year Thomas Richardson
of Stirzacre compounded for his refusal of knight-
hood 42 ; he was probably the Thomas Richardson
who in 1654 desired to compound for the two-thirds

mill, the third part of the manor of
Catterall, and right of turbary and fishery
in Pilling Moss in the vill of Upper Raw-
cliffe ; Dods. MSS. xci, fol. 159. Richard
de Winkley and Katherine his wife were
concerned in Howath in 1383-4; ibid,
cxlii, fol. 64. Richard de Winkley in
1409 or later settled his third part of the
manor on Henry son of John de Winkley,
his next of kin, with remainders to
Richard and Henry sons of Adam de
Winkley ; ibid, xci, fol. 159^.

33 Nicholas Rishton clerk in 1443 ob-
tained a messuage called Winkley's Place,
a third part of the manor of Catterall,
and various messuages, lands, &c., in
Catterall, Howath and Garstang, from
Richard Winkley and Margaret his wife 5
Final Cone, iii, 109 ; Pal. of Lane. Plea
R. 5, m. 5.

A few years later, 1449, Henry Rishton
and Agnes his wife granted their manor
of Catterall to Margaret widow of Henry
Rishton, grandfather of the former Henry ;
Dods. MSS. xci, fol. 160. See also
Towneley MS. HH, no. 116. Henry
Rishton (of Clayton-le-Moors) and Mar-
garet his wife were living in 1390 ; Final
Cone, iii, 36.

One Henry Rishton (perhaps the Henry
of 1449) died about 1490 holding the
manor of Catterall of the king in chief by
knight's service ; Towneley's MS. ' Lanes.
Tenures ' (in possession of W. Farrer),
fol. 8 ; Dep. Keeper's Rep. xl, App. 541.
Nicholas Rishton about 1520 held mes-
suages, &c., in Catterall by knight's ser-
vice, and his son Richard Rishton later
held messuages and lands in Little Cat-
terall of the king by the fortieth part of
a knight's fee ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m.
vi, no. 36, 9. Henry Rishton son of
Richard held similarly (ibid, ix, no. 30).

34 In 1557 the Rishton family's Cat-
terall estate was sold by Ralph Rishton
to Sir Richard Shireburne, who in 1563
gave it to his brother Robert ; Pal. of
Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 1 7, m. 24 ; Dods.
MSS. xci, fol. 160. It was no doubt
this estate which was recorded in the
Inq. p.m. of Robert Shireburne already
cited (note 21).

35 In 1255-6 Adam de Hoghton was
bound to warrant Richard le Boteler in
the third part of the manor of Catterall,
but Adam retained the third part of
Howath and its mill ; Dods. MSS. xci,
fol. i6oi. In 1313-14 Richard son of
Adam de Hoghton granted his son
Richard the homage of William son of
Nicholas le Boteler and the yearly rent
of 6i. 8</. from the lands held of the
grantor by the said William ; ibid. Alex-
ander Hoghton in 1498 had a rent of
61. %d. from the land of James Boteler
in Catterall, and held a tenement in
Howath and Catterall of the king as of
his duchy by services unknown ; Duchy
of Lane. Inq. p.m. iii, no. 66. In 1501
and later the tenure was described as
socage ; ibid, v, no. 66 ; xi, no. 2.

In 1554-5 Thomas Catterall and Sir
Richard Hoghton had a dispute as to
Crakemer and Waterings in Catterall,
also as to the mill ; Ducatus Lane. (Rec.
Com.), ii, 153-4. Robert Shireburne in
1566 purchased some of Thomas Hogh-
ton's estate in the township ; Pal. of
Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 28, m. 54. Richard
Hoghton and Katherine his wife had
lands in Catterall and Nether Wyresdale
in 1598 ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle.
60, m. 107.

36 Robert son of Bernard confirmed to
William de Rowall all Rowall, i.e.
2 oxgangs of land ; Dods. MSS. liii, fol.
90^. Henry de Rowall confirmed to
Richard le Boteler his father Henry's
capital messuage, with land, &c., and the
homage of Thomas de Rowall and the
daughters of Alexander de Elswick ;
ibid. fol. 8 3 b. Among the witnesses were
Hugh de Mitton, Ralph and Peter de
Catterall. Richard son of Henry de
Rowall released to Henry le Boteler the
rent of 21. due from a tenement in Rowall
in Catterall ; ibid. fol. 956.

William son of Alexander de Elswick
granted his hereditary estate in Rowall
(descending from his brother Thomas) to
Thomas son of Alan de Singleton and
Joan his wife ; ibid. fol. 89^. He also
granted to Henry son of Sir Richard le
Boteler the homage and service of Thomas
his brother for a tenement in Rowall ;
ibid. fol. 100.

Ralph son of Richard de Catterall
granted to Peter de Catterall, clerk, all the
waste in Catterall between Thevethorn-
lands and Blackbrook and another piece
of waste ; ibid. fol. 100, loob. Peter de
Catterall gave Richard le Boteler certain
land and received from him all his land
in Thevethornlands ; he also made a
grant to Nicholas son of Richard le
Boteler; ibid, too, loob, 89^. Ralph
son of Peter the Clerk released all his
right in the vill of Catterall to Henry
son of Sir Richard le Boteler, and gave
4^ acres to Nicholas son of Richard le
Boteler; ibid. fol. loob. Maud daughter
of William de Winwick sold to Nicholas
le Boteler the rent she had received from
Rowall ; ibid. fol. 89.

Richard le Boteler confirmed to Henry
his son all his land in Catterall, as well
in Rowall as in Stirzacre, with water-
mill, Sec. ; ibid. fol. gib. William son
of Richard le Boteler about 1280 con-
ceded to Henry his brother all the land
of Catterall, within the vill and without,
that is to say, both in Rowall and in
Stirzacre ; ibid. fol. loob.

Thus it came about that Henry le
Boteler was one of the three lords of
Catterall in 1292, as above stated. Ralph
son of Peter the clerk of Aukelaund in
that year claimed a tenement in Catterall
against Henry le Boteler, but was non-
suited ; Assize R. 408, m. 21 d., 42. In
1311 Roger de Wedacre, as heir of his
brother Hugh, claimed turbary in Catterall

323

against Henry son of Richard le Boteler ;
De Banco R. 184, m. 3od. The estate
appears to have reverted soon afterwards
to the main line of Boteler of Rawcliffe,
and is in 1331 named among their lands,
then held by Sir Henry de Croft and
Isabel his wife ; De Banco R. 287, m.
307 d.

In 1443 lands in Catterall, Rowall and
Stirzacre were held by Nicholas Boteler
of Rawcliffe ; Final Cone, iii, 108-9.
James Boteler in 1501 acquired from
Ralph Catterall all his lands in Rowall ;
Dods. MSS. liii, fol. 92. He died in
I 504 holding certain lands in Catterall of
Ralph Catterall in socage, and other lands
there of the king ; Duchy of Lane. Inq.
p.m. iii, no. 109.

Sir Thomas Boteler of Warrington was
said to hold land in Rowall in 1522;
ibid, v, no. 13.

37 On a partition of the Butler inherit-
ance in 1572 the manors of Catterall
and Rowall were assigned to Gilbert
Gerard and Anne his wife ; Pal. of Lane.
Plea R. 231, m. 8. Sir Gilbert at his
death in 1594 held the manors, with
messuages, water-mill, &c., of the queen
as of her duchy by knight's service ;
Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xvi, no. 2.

38 Dodsworth states that Sir Gilbert
himself sold it; vol. xci, fol. i6ob.
George Preston of Holker in Cartmel
died in 1640 holding Rowall in Catterall,
which with Nateby Hall he gave to a
younger son George ; Chan. Inq. p.m.
(ser. 2), dc, 122.

89 In 1281 Ralph de Catterall allowed
Henry son of Sir Richard le Boteler to
bring water from the Calder across Stirz-
acre marsh to his mill at Stirzacre, Henry
giving land in Catterall and \d. rent by way
of recompense ; Dods. MSS. liii, fol. 89.
Henry le Boteler in 1310 demised his
water-mill at Stirzacre to William son of
Christiana de Howath for six years ;
ibid. fol. 89/1. Hugh son of Hugh de
Catterall granted the third part of Stirzacre
with all its appurtenances in Catterall to
Nicholas son of Sir Richard le Boteler ;
ibid. fol. 100. To the same Nicholas
Maud daughter of Walter de Winwick
released all right in Stirzacre ; ibid,
fol. 89.

40 Lawrence Stirzacre (' Steresacre ')
and Joan his wife in 1420 made a feoff-
ment of their lands in Claughton and
Catterall ; Anct. D. (P.R.O.), C 1320.

From a plea in 1446 it appears that
William Stirzacre granted a messuage
and land in Catterall to his daughter
Alice. She married Nicholas Pleasington,
and their son William recovered the box
containing the evidences, which had been
detained by his mother's second husband
Alan Clapham of Laithwaite in Garstang ;
Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 9, m. zob. For
Laithwaite see the account of Cockerham.

41 Towneley MS. C 8, 13, p. 747.

42 Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.),
i, 222.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

of his estate sequestered for recusancy.43 Thomas Goose
of Stirzacre House registered his estate as a ' Papist ' in
1717 ; his son Thomas had taken part in the Jacobite
rising of 1715, and was executed at Garstang.44

L4NDSKILL was part of the estate of Brockholes
of Claughton.45 Other landowners occur from time
to time in the pleadings and inquisitions, but little
of interest is known about them. The names of
Catterall, Rowall,46 Wedacre,47 Brereworth 48 and
Myerscough49 occur in the I3th and 1 4th centuries,
Brand,50 Pickering 51 and others later.82

Cockersand Abbey had some land in Catterall and
Rowall.63

A few recusants and Royalists had their estates
sequestered under the Commonwealth,54 and two
' Papists' registered estates in I7I7.55

In Calder Vale St. John the Evangelist's was built
in 1863 for the Church of England.56 The vicars
are collated by the Bishop of Manchester. The
Wesleyan Methodists have a small chapel in the
township proper, dating from i825,57 and another,
built in 1900, at Calder Vale.

CLAUGHTON

Clactune, Dom. Bk. ; Clacton, 1184; Clagton,
Clahton, 1253 ; Claghton, 1284.

Local pronunciation, Clyton.

Lying between the Calder on the north and the
Brock on the south, this township, sometimes called
Claughton-on-Brock, has an area of 3,78 5 £ acres.1
The population numbered 561 in 1901. At the
western end the surface is somewhat undulating ; the
hall with its park lies near the centre ; further east
the ground steadily rises, till about 740 ft. above sea
level is attained at the border of Bleasdale. There is
no village or considerable hamlet, Matshead on the
Brock having a few dwellings. The north road from
Preston passes through the western end ; from it
another road goes east until near the Brock ; then
turning north-east and north, according to the
boundary, passes into Bleasdale at the northernmost
point. The London and North-Western Railway
and the Lancaster Canal cross the west end of the
township.

43 Cal. Com. for Comf. v, 3185.

44 Estcourt and Payne, Engl. Cath.
Nonjurors, 141.

45 It was part of the estate given by
William de Tatham to Roger son of John
de Brockholes in 1338, having been
acquired from William de Southworth ;
Add. MS. 32105, fol. 94. John de
Brockholes had in 1324 acquired all
Henry son of Henry de Croft's land in
the field called Thevethornlands below
the forest of Myerscough in the vill of
Catterall ; Add. MS. 32105, SS 680.

Roger Brockholes in 1496 held three
messuages, 40 acres of land, &c., in
Catterall of the Prior of St. John of
Jerusalem ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. iii,
no. 73. Thomas Brockholes in 1567
held various lands there of the queen as
of her duchy by the service of half a
knight's fee ; ibid, xi, no. 6.

Landskill as a ' chantry farm ' was in
dispute in 1589 and 1595 ; Ducatus
Lane, iii, 264, 474 ; Exch. Dep. 8 ; Pat.
31 Eliz., pt. v. In 1659 and 1690 it
was in the possession of the Sheringtons
o'f Worsley; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F.
bdle. 164, m. 120 ; 225, m. 65.

46 Roger son of Alan de Rowall was a
plaintiff in 1277 ; De Banco R. 18,
m. 54. Henry de Rowall about 1320
granted land in Ollershaw to William de
Tatham, clerk; Add. MS. 32104, no.429.
William de Bartail in 1332 complained
that Ralph de Rowall, Maud his wife
and Roger his son had carried off his
goods at Catterall ; De Banco R. 292,
m. 312 d.

47 Hugh Wedacre in 1271-2 charged
Benedict Gernet and others with having
burnt his grain at Catterall ; Curia Regis
R. 208, m. 34. Henry de Wedacre was
defendant in 1280 (De Banco R. 36,
m. 55 d.), while in 1292 he and Christiana
his wife claimed dower against William
the Clerk of Whittingham ; Assize R.
408, m. I d. At the same time Paulin
and William, sons of Henry de Wedacre,
and John son of Walter de Wedacre occur
in Catterall pleadings ; ibid. m. 32 d.

54-

In 1330 Roger de Garstang claimed
a messuage, &c., against Thomas de
Goosnargh, who held by demise of
Edmund de Wedacre ; De Banco R. 282,
m. 277 d. Alexander Goosnargh held

land in Catterall of the king in 1524, but
the tenure is not separately given ; Duchy
of Lane. Inq. p.m. v, no. 55.

John de Pleasington as trustee granted
lands in Catterall and Claughton to
Edmund de Wedacre in 1349 ; Add. MS.
32104, no. 911. The Pleasingtons them-
selves had land in Catterall and Claughton ;
Final Cone, iii, 29. The family occurs
again in 1483 ; Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 57,
m. 1 6 ; 63, m. 14. Isabel daughter of
John Pleasington and widow of Sir
Richard Sapcote was claimant in 1489 ;
ibid. 68, m. 6 d. ; 70, m. 12.

48 John de Brereworth the elder and
Margery his wife claimed messuages, &c.,
in Catterall and Goosnargh in 1358
against Sir Adam de Hoghton, Roger de
Wedacre and others ; Duchy of Lane.
Assize R. 6, m. 3 d. The jury was
set aside.

49 In 1 304 Christiana daughter of
Godith and William son of Alan claimed
a messuage, &c., against John son of
William de Myerscough ; De Banco R.
149, m. 266.

50 This family seems to have succeeded
Wedacre, for in 1515 Richard Brand
claimed the third part of a messuage called
Wedacre's Place by inheritance from his
mother Margaret ; Towneley MS. DD,
no. 20. He made a settlement of his
estate in 1618 ; Pal. of Lane. Plea R.
123, m. 4d. William Brand died in
1619 holding a messuage, &c., of the
king as duke by knight's service ; James
his son and heir was nine years old ;
Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes and
Ches.), ii, 132, 216 (correcting).

61 Roger Pickering in 1438 demised a
moiety of the Cowfield in Catterall to
John Urswick, Ellen his wife and Thomas
their son; Anct. D. (P.R.O.), C 815.
James Pickering in 1611 held 7 acres of
the king as duke by the two-hundredth
part of a knight's fee, and left as heir his
son John, aged fifteen ; Lanes. Inq. p.m.
(Rec. Soc.), i, 194.

Anthony Pickering died in 1613 holding
his tenement of Thomas Lord Gerard by
knight's service and 41. rent, doing suit
at the manor court of Catterall. His son
William being dead, the heir was a grand-
son Anthony, who, though only twelve
years of age, had been married to Cecily
daughter of James Barnes ; ibid, i, 242-4.

3H

Anthony Pickering as a recusant petitioned
in 1654 to contract for the two-thirds of
his estate sequestered for recusancy ; Cal.
Com. for Comp. v, 3186.

52 John Urswick, Helen his wife and
Thomas their son had land in Catterall
in 1438 ; Anct. D. (P.R.O.), C 815.

William Bank in 1497 obtained lands
in Catterall, &c., from 'Ralph Hoghton;
Final Cone, iii, 146.

George Hesketh of Poulton (1571)
held of Thomas Catterall in socage ;
Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xiii, no. 15.

Thomas Allanson died in 1608 holding
of Thomas Lord Gerard in socage by
id. rent. His son and heir Ellis was
aged fifty ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), i, 135.

Alexander Rigby of Goosnargh (1621)
held of the king in socage ; ibid, iii, 457.

Thomas Bateson died in 1629 holding
a messuage, &c., of the heirs of Thomas
Catterall ; Robert, his son and heir, was
twenty-eight years old ; Towneley MS.
C 8, 13 (Chet. Lib.), 55.

William Barnes died in 1633, leaving a
son George, aged twenty-four ; Duchy of
Lane. Inq. p.m. xxviii, no. 21. In this
and some other cases the tenure is not
recorded.

Thomas Adamson in 1640 held his
messuage, &c., of Robert Shireburne in
socage. His heir was his son John,
aged forty ; ibid, xxx, no. 60. Edmund
Adamson occurs in 1550; Ducatus Lane.
i, 232, 252.

58 Ralph son of Hugh de Mitton gave
land by the Calder, together with a
'scaling' in Havedargh, and Beatrice his
mother confirmed the same ; Cockersand
Chartul. (Chet. Soc.), i, 273. William de
Rowall gave land there, and the gift of
Nuncroft by Isolda daughter of Robert
son of Bernard was probably in the same
part of the township ; ibid. 274-5.

84 The cases of Shireburne, Richardson
and Pickering have been referred to.

55 Elizabeth Melling, widow, and David
Cross ; Estcourt and Payne, Engl, Cath.
Nonjurors, 142.

56 A district was assigned to it in 1 864 ;
Land. Gaz. 4 Mar. See Hewitson,
Our Country Churches, 532-

87 Baines, Lanes, (ed. 1836), iv, 472.
1 3,788 acres, including 39 of inland
water ; Census Rep. 1901.

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

GARSTANG

The soil is clay, and the land is nearly all in
pasture. There was formerly some linen manufac-
ture,2 now there are file-cutting works.

The place was thus described about forty years
ago : ' For sweetness of position, richness of isolation,
and wealth of umbrageous beauty, for sunny hillsides
and shady dells and peaceful glades, for smiling farm-
steads and magnificent woodland scenery and rippling
brooks, and all that makes country life a joy and a
talisman, commend us to Claughton. . . . To anyone
anxious for a day's serene pleasure, for a sweet and
pure and unalloyed rural treat, for scenery deliciously
pastoral and air delightfully fresh, we could not
recommend any place in this part of the country half
so excellent.' 3 Many Preston people spend their
holidays there. Around the hall there is a park of
about 600 acres in extent.

The pedestal of an ancient cross remains at Char-
nock House 4 ; three other cross sites are known.5

Before the Conquest CL4UGHTON
MANOR was held by Earl Tostig as part of his
Preston fee, and was assessed as two plough-
lands.6 Afterwards it formed part of the barony of
Penwortham,7 and for a time seems to have descended
with Warton in Kirkham ; thus Roger le Boteler was

concerned in it in 1 1 84-5 8 and Richard le Boteler
in 1 208. 9 The immediate tenants appear to have
been numerous, four — each holding a fourth part —
being named in I2o8,luand very quickly the mesne
lordship of the Botelers II and their successors was
forgotten, and the lords of Claughton were said to hold
of the Lacys or of the Earls and Dukes of Lancaster.1^

The subdivision of the manor makes it difficult to
trace the descent. One moiety was held by the
Singletons and their successors — Banastre, Balderston,
&c.13 The other moiety was acquired by the
Brockholes family in the time of Edward II and
later ; ultimately they acquired the whole manor,
though the steps are not clearly made out.

It has already been stated l4 that Adam de Brock-
holes inherited Byrewath in Bonds, holding it till his
death in 1290. His son Roger, under age, married
Nichola daughter and heir of Isolda wife of John de
Rigmaiden.15 Roger was dead in 1311, but he left
two sons, John and Adam, and a division of the
inheritance seems to have been made, John receiving
lands in Garstang, while Adam had the manor of
Brockholes, near Preston, from which their surname
was derived.16 John de Brockholes held land in
Claughton,17 but it was his son Roger who in 1338

2 Lewis, Topog. Diet. A cotton factory
was built about 1791 on the Brock;
Preston Guard. 24 May 1884.

3 Hewitson, Our Country Churches, 286.

4 Lanes, and Ches. Antiq. Soc. xx, 199.

5 Shepherd Hill, Langtree's and
Catterall House; ibid. 199, 200.

6 y.C.H. Lanes, i, 288*.

7 Lanes, Inq. and Extents (Rcc. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), i, 36.

8 Farrer, Lanes. Pipe R. 56, 60 ; Roger
desired that Richard and Robert, sons of
Uctred, should have their tenure of two
plough-lands in Claughton denned : was it
in fee or only for a term ? The tenants
were of the Singleton family.

9 Final Cone. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Chei.), i, 33. Gilbert Fitz Reinfred and
Hawise his wife (she was daughter and
heir of William de Lancaster II) obtained
from Richard le Boteler an acknowledge-
ment that the plough-land he himself held
was the fee and right of Hawise, and that
the other plough-land, held (? lately) by
Richard son of Uctred and Robert de
Stanford, was also her right.

10 Ibid. Hawise was to receive the
services due from these tenants, who were
Adam de Claughton, Michael de Claugh-
ton, Walter de Winwick and Richard de
Stanford. Here nine plough-lands were
reckoned to a knight's fee.

11 As in the case of Warton this passed
to the lords of Woodplumpton. Quenilda
Gernet in 1252 held two plough-lands in
Claughton of Edmund de Lacy Earl of
Lincoln, but received nothing from it
except wardship and relief ; Lanes. Inq. and
Extents, i, 190. Ralph de Beetham in
1254 held the two plough-lands, but
received nothing because others had been
enfeoffed freely by the fee of a hauberk ;
ibid, i, 202. Nicholas de Eaton held
Quenilda's right in 1311-12 ; ibid, ii,
21.

18 In 1297 Claughton rendered zs. zd.
to the Earl of Lancaster, probably for
castle guard ; Lanes. Inq. and Extents, i,
290. In 1324 the lord (or lords) of
Claughton held the manor of Alice de
Lacy (as of the fee of Penwortham) by
the sixteenth part of a knight's fee and

rendering 2s. zd. a year for castle guard ;
Dods. MSS. cxxxi, fol. 396.

In 1346 Queen Isabella paid the zs. zd.
rent for two plough-lands in Claughton ;
Survey of 1346 (Chet. Soc.), 44. The
tenants' names were thus recorded in
1355 : Thomas Banastre, Robert de
Haldleghs, Henry de Kuerden, Richard de
Towneley and John de Stamford or
Stanford, having the I28th part of a
knight's fee which William de Whitting-
ham formerly held ; Feud. Aids, iii, 88.
This return appears to be erroneous, but
William de Whittingham had in 1323
held land in the township of Adam
Banastre ; Lanes. Inq. and Extents, ii, i 54.

In 1431 Richard Balderston and John
Brockholes of Heaton held the manor of
Claughton by the fifth part of a knight's
fee ; Feud. Aids, iii, 95. In 1445-6
Richard Balderston was named as sole
tenant ; Duchy of Lane. Knights' Fees,
bdle. 2, no. 20.

13 The preceding note affords proof of
this. William Banastre was in 1324
found to have died seised of a moiety of
the vill of Claughton held of the Earl of
Lancaster (as of the inheritance of Alice
de Lacy) by the eighth part of a knight's
fee and zd. yearly. In the other moiety
he held lands of the Hospitallers and
Cockersand Abbey ; Lanes. Inq. and
Extents, ii, 160. The Banastre lands in
Claughton are again mentioned in 1379 ;
Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), i, 14, 1 6.
In 1456 Richard Balderston was found
to have held the manor of the king as of
his duchy by i6d. rent ; ibid, ii, 63.

The same estate is mentioned in the
following century in the inquisitions after
the death of Edmund Dudley, the Earl
of Derby, Radcliffe of Winmarleigh, Sir
Gilbert Gerard and Sir Alexander
Osbaldeston.

The manor of Claughton was held by
the Earl of Derby in 1 600 ; Pal. of
Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 62, no. 113. It
was sold in 1602, with other estates, by
the representatives of Ferdinando the
fifth earl ; ibid. bdle. 64, no. 44. For
names of tenants, &c., see Add. MS.
32108, no. 677-8.

14 In the account of Barnacre with
Bonds. It does not appear that Adam
had any land in Claughton.

15 Isolda occurs frequently in the story
of the Rigmaidens of Wedacre, but her
parentage is not given, nor is it stated
how Nichola was her heir. Various
details as to Roger and Nichola will
be found in the account of Brockholes.

Roger de Brockholes acquired a mes-
suage and land in Claughton from Godith
de Myerscough ; Brockholes of Claughton
D. in the possession of Mr. Fitzherbert-
Brockholes. Roger son of Adam de
Brockholes and Nichola his wife in 1292
claimed a tenement in Wlgarheved and
Garstang against John de Rigmaiden and
Richard de Pleasington ; Assize R. 408,
m. 46 d. Nine years later (Michaelmas,
1301) it was stated that Roger, Nichola
his wife and John their son were all
under age; ibid. 419, m. 13. Nichola
widow of Roger was living in 1 344 ;
ibid. 1435, m. 37 d.

16 See the account of Brockholes. In
1316 Nichola widow of Roger de Brock-
holes granted land in Garstang to John
de Brockholes her son and Margaret his
wife with remainder to John's brother
Adam; Towneley MS. C 8, 13 (Chet.
Lib.), 8171.

17 John son. of John de Rigmaiden con-
ceded to John de Brockholes the homages
of certain tenants, among these being
William de Tatham ; Brockholes D.
William son of Gilbert de Rigmaiden
gave him lands at Turnhurst in Garstang
for life ; Towneley MS. C 8, 13, B 173.

In 1323 William de Tatham, then
rector of Halton, granted various lands
in Claughton to John de Brockholes ;
Brockholes D. From Final Cone. (Rec.
Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), ii, 50 it appears
that William in 1324 received them from
John for life at the rent of a rose, and
that Ralph de Stirzacre put in a claim.
In 1327 John de Brockholes quitclaimed
to Richard son of Walter de Claughton
all right in the Priestridding in Claughton
which Richard had had from William de
Tatham in exchange for land in Dikoun-
ridding ; Brockholes D.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

received from William de Tatham, rector of Halton,
the ' manor ' of Claughton purchased from Adam son
of Richard de Claughton, also a number of other
tenements including Langscale, now Landskill, in
Catterall. This grant was charged with the main-
tenance of a chaplain in Claughton or at Garstang
Church, a stipend of 66s. %d. being payable.18

Roger de Brockholes appears to have been killed in
December I 34 1 ,19 His widow Ellen died in December
1357 holding a messuage and land in Byrewath of
the king by knight's service and by rendering £</.
yearly for castle ward ; also a messuage, 80 acres of
land and 10 acres of meadow in Claughton, Bils-
borrow and Catterall of the heir of William de

Tatham in socage, and other land in Tatham of the
said heir. Her heir was Roger son of Roger de
Brockholes, aged fifteen.20 The younger Roger,
whose age might appear understated81 — for in July
1 342 he was contracted to marry Ellen daughter of
Sir Adam de Clitheroe M — occurs in various ways
down to I39O.*3 In 1377—8 he released to Nicholas
de Brockholes all claim in the manor of Brock-
holes."

The descent of the manor or moiety is clearly
attested14 down to Roger Brockholes, who died in
1496 holding the manor of Heaton, near Lancaster,
with lands in Tatham, Claughton, Bilsborrow and
Catterall, those in Claughton being held of the king

John de Brockholes and Margaret his
wife were defendants in 1325 ; De Banco
R. 258, m. 467. Margaret widow of
John in 1333 called Nichola widow of
Roger de Brockholes to warrant ; ibid.
294, m. 291 d. She and her son Roger
were defendants in respect of a tenement
in Garstang in 1336; ibid. 305, m.

339-

18 Add. MS. 32105, fol. 94; Lang-
scale had been obtained from William
de Southworth. A red rose was to be
given to William and his heirs on
St. John Baptist's Day. The chaplain
was to say mass daily for the souls of
William de Tatham and his kin, Eustace
de Cottesbech and all the faithful de-
parted. Should Roger die without heir
the remainders were to John and Edmund
brothers of Roger. It would appear from
the grant that the Brockholes family
were not the legal heirs of William de
Tatham, and as land in Tatham was
afterwards held by them it seems clear
also that William was the owner of the
estate and not merely a trustee.

The deeds show that William de
Tatham had been acquiring lands in
Claughton for many years. The follow-
ing made grants to him :" Adam son of
Adam son of Bimme de Claughton (id.
rent), John son of Thomas de Stanford
(land in Grassyard in Towncroft), Robert
son of Roger de Claughton, Robert le
Ward (homage of John son of John de
Bilsborrow), Godith daughter of John
son of Walter de Myerscough (in Dere-
ridding), Richard son of Walter de
Claughton and others (in Priestridding),
Richard son of Roger de Bilsborrow (rent
of I4</. due from the Wederidding in
Douaneshaigh Moss) and Adam son of
Henry de Rowall (land in Catterall) ;
Brockholes D. John de Brockholes
attested several of the charters, which
are undated. In 1311 Adam son of
Richard de Claughton gave William de
Tatham a messuage and land in Laufield
in Claughton; in 1325 John son of
William de Whittingham and Margery
his wife gave him a water-mill and a
fulling-mill, being Margery's dower ; and
Richard son of Patrick de Claughton gave
rents and the sixth part of a mill, formerly
belonging to Roger de Bilsborrow ; ibid.
Tn 1333 Adam son of Richard de Claugh-
ton and Maud his wife confirmed their
grant ; Final Cone, ii, 91. There are
other charters in Towneley C 8, 13
(B 148, 242).

In 1324 Thomas de Stanford released
to William de Tatham his right in the
eighth part of the lordship of Claughton ;
Brockholes D.

In 1325 Roger son of Robert son of
Ralph de Claughton gave a messuage, &c.,

to his father with reversion to John
de Brockholes; C 8, 13, B 133.

William de Coucy in 1339 complained
that Roger de Brockholes, William his
brother and four Stirzacres had broken
his close, &c. ; De Banco R. 320, m. 449.
William son of John de Brockholes was
in 1343 sent to gaol for wounding, &c. ;
Assize R. 430, m. 20.

19 Ibid. m. 12 d. ; William son of John
de Bilsborrow and Adam his brother were
implicated. In 1341 Roger de Brock-
holes had made a feoffment (perhaps in
view of his marriage) of his manor of
Claughton, with lands in Catterall, Bils-
borrow, Haighton, Tatham and Garstang ;
Brockholes D. The widows Nichola and
Margaret were living. In the same year
Roger complained of assault ; Coram Rege
R. 319, m. 125.

80 Inq. p.m. 12 Edw. Ill (ist nos.),
no. 12. The chaplain received 661. 8</.
from the estate as stipend.

21 In 1341 (i.e. before the father's
death) Thomas de Holden and Margery
his wife (widow of Robert de Claughton)
claimed dower in Claughton against Roger
son of John de Brockholes, John de
Pleasington and John the Souter, and in
the following year John de Pleasington
called William brother and heir of Roger
de Brockholes to warrant him ; De Banco
R. 327, m. 35 ; 333, m. 213.

This shows that Roger had been a
posthumous son, and at his proof of age
(1363) it was stated that he was born at
Salesbury 10 August 1342 ; Dep. Keeper's
Rep. iii, App. 208.

William son of Ralph de Stirzacre, as
nephew of William de Tatham, who had
died seised, claimed three messuages, &c.,
in Claughton and Bilsborrow in 1 346
against Richard de Towneley and Ellen
his wife. The defendants called Roger
son of Roger de Brockholes to warrant
them, but he was under age ; Assize R.

1435, m- 31-

23 Final Cone, ii, 114; the remainders
were to William son of John de Brock-
holes, John and Edmund his brothers, &c.
These brothers put in their claim, as did
Eufemia their sister.

Salesbury, where Roger was born, was
a manor of the Clitheroe family, Sir
Adam having died before 1342.

23 In 1356 Roger son of Roger de
Brockholes acquired lands in Aighton,
and in 1363 he made a feoffment of lands
in Tatham ; Brockholes D. In the latter
year he appeared as plaintiff; De Banco
R. 416, m. 383d. In 1369, 1373 and
1375 he acquired certain lands and rents
in Claughton, the names including White
Carr, Alcocks Field, Myerscough Field and
Dawfield ; Brockholes D. The grantors
were Henry de Kuerden and Isolda his

326

wife, Joan daughter and heir of Henry
de Fetherby (widow), John de Stanford
and Robert de Pleasington, Richard son
of William de Stirzacre. In 1390 Roger
obtained land in Catterall from Robert
Haneson de Stirzacre; ibid. In 1388
Roger acquired land in Claughton from
John the Glover and Margery his wife ;
Final Cone, iii, 30.

24 Towneley MS. HH, no. 1889.

In 1420 Agnes daughter of Roger
Brockholes deceased acknowledged the
receipt of ,£10 from her mother Ellen ;
Add. MS. 32105, SS 689.

25 Roger's son John de Brockholes in
or before 1387 married Katherine de
Heaton, and so obtained the manor of
Heaton in Lonsdale, which he granted to
feoffees in 1407 ; Brockholes D. From
that time Heaton seems to have been the
chief residence of the family for about
200 years. In 1409 John son of Roger
de Brockholes received lands in Claughton
and Brockholes from John de Whitting-
ham of Claughton ; ibid. In 1431 (see
note 12) he was recognized as joint
lord of the manor of Claughton — the first
official record of his status. In 1437
several family arrangements were made
by him : an annuity of 5 marks to his
son William ; lands for life to his son
Thomas by a second wife named Joan
(Brockholes D.) ; Alcockfield to his son
Robert, and to Isabel his daughter ; C 8,
13, B 145, &c.; Add. MS. 32105, fol.

In the collection of deeds last referred
to is a sworn testimony (1428) as to the
inheritance of Sir Geoffrey Brockholes,
whose daughter married at Colchester ;
ibid. fol. 173^. Sir Geoffrey is not known
to have had any connexion with the
Claughton family.

In 1438 and 1439 lands were settled
on Thomas (son of Roger son of John)
Brockholes and Elizabeth his wife in
Claughton, Catterall, Garstang and
Tatham ; Brockholes D. John Brock-
holes had died somewhat earlier ; the
date of the writ of diem cl. extr. is given
as 30 May 1437 ; Dep. Keeper's Rep.
xxxiii, App. 37. In 1441 Roger his son
received the manor of Heaton from the
trustees ; ibid.

Thomas Brockholes (son of Roger) in

1465 granted to Sir James Harrington
the wardship and marriage of his son
Roger, and in the following year Sir
James gave Roger to be married to Ellen
daughter of William Chorley ; at the
same time Thomas Brockholes gave her
Byrewath in Garstang for life ; Towneley
MSS. C 8, 13, B 206, &c. Margaret
widow of the former Roger was living in
1465, but seems to have been dead in

1466 ; Brockholet D. Thomas Brock-

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

GARSTANG

as of his honour of Lincoln.*' John Brockholes, the
son and heir, was fourteen years of age. His eldest
son Cuthbert died before
him,*7 and he was succeeded
by another son Thomas, who
died in 1567 holding the
manors of Claughton and
Heaton, various lands, &c.,
the estate in Claughton and
Bilsborrow being said to be
held of the queen as of her
duchy by the hundred and
twenty-eighth part of a
knight's fee. Thomas Brock-
holes, the son and heir, was
six years old.*8 He made a
settlement of the manor of

Claughton in I597,29 and recorded a pedigree in
1613, when his son John was twenty-seven years
old.3" Thomas died in 1618" and his son John
in 164.3," when John's son Thomas, thirty years of

BROCKHOLES of
Claughton. Argent a
che-veron between three
brocks sable.

age, succeeded. He married Mary daughter and
heir of John Holden of Chaigley.

The family remained Roman Catholic at the
Reformation, appearing on the recusant rolls from
the time of Elizabeth.33 They took the king's side
in the Civil War, and the estates were sequestered 3i
and then declared forfeit by the Parliament.35 As in
other cases, the estate was recovered for the owner,
and in 1665 Thomas Brockholes registered a pedigree
as ' of Claughton.'36 He was succeeded in 1668 by
his son John, who in 1717 registered his estate as a
' Papist.' 3r Two of his sons joined the Jacobite
rising in 1715, but appear to have escaped prosecu-
tion ; the elder of them, John, died before his
father, so that the younger, William, succeeded.38 He
died without issue, and, his three brothers having
been priests,39 the manors and lands went to his
nephew Thomas Hesketh of Mains in Singleton,40
who took the name of Brockholes. On his death in
1 766 they passed to his brother Joseph,41 and then to
a third brother James ; but as all died without issue

holes and Roger his son in 1474 granted
Galgate House, Walgrefe Close and
Herldonsoe upon White Carr in Claugh-
ton to Ellen Dore for life ; ibid. Thomas
was dead in 1476, when his widow
Elizabeth made an agreement as to her
dower with Roger the son and heir ;
ibid.

76 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. iii, no. 73.
Provision made for Ellen his wife and his
five daughters is recorded, and a fuller
statement of various settlements is con-
tained in a later inquisition (ibid. no. 77).
Roger Brockholes (of 1441) married
Margaret ; his son and heir Thomas was
succeeded by his son Roger, who married
Ellen Chorley, as above, and she survived
him.

The wardship and marriage of John
Brockholes were in 1500 granted to
William Smith ; Dej>. Keeper's Rep.
xxxix, App. 551.

n In 1527 Cuthbert son and heir of
John Brockholes was contracted to marry
Margaret daughter of Thomas Rigmaiden ;
Towneley MS. C 8, 13, B 216. Twelve
years later further arrangements were
made as to the succession, Cuthbert and
his wife being still alive ; the remainders
were to Thomas, younger son of John,
Edward second son of Thurstan Tyldesley,
and to Mary daughter of John Brockholes ;
ibid. B 161, 217-18. Cuthbert must
have died soon afterwards, for in 1541
Thomas son and heir of John was engaged
to marry Dorothy daughter of John
Rigmaiden, or Mabel her sister if she
should die ; ibid. B 223.

The will of John Brockholes is dated
1546; ibid. 6224. He died shortly
after, and livery was granted to Thomas
in 1557; Add. MS. 32105, fol. 217;
Dep. Keeper's Rep. xxxix, App. 551. A
settlement was then made ; Pal. of Lane.
Plea R. 201, m. i.

18 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xi, no. 6 ;
Margaret widow of Cuthbert was living
at Hulme. The will of Thomas Brock-
holes is recited ; Claughton was to be
held for a term of years for the benefit of
his daughter Elizabeth, only four years
old, and then to his son Thomas. In
default of issue the remainders were to
the said daughter Elizabeth and heirs, to
his sister Mary, another sister Katherine
Kydde, to Robert Parker — all for life ;
and then to the next of kin of the name

of Brockholes. The sister Mary had in
1541 married William Singleton of
Brockholes ; Brockholes D. The daughter
Elizabeth was in 1580 contracted to
marry John son and heir of Edward
Braddyll ; ibid.

Livery was granted to Thomas Brock-
holes in 1582 ; Dep. Keeper's Rep. xxxix,
App. 551.

2U Brockholes D.

so Visit, of 1613 (Chet. Soc.), 31 ; the
family is described as ' of Heaton.'

31 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes,
and Ches.), ii, 148-9. The manor of
Claughton was stated to be held of the
king as duke by the twenty-eighth part of
a knight's fee ; various lands in Bilsborrow,
&c., by the moiety of a knight's fee ; and
others in Garstang by the like service.
The heir was the son John, aged thirty-
one.

"Pedigree of 1665; C 8, 13, B
230.

33 Gillow, Bibl. Diet, of Engl. Cath. i,
306. The two-thirds of Thomas Brock-
holes' estate sequestered for recusancy
were in 1608 granted out by the Crown ;
Pat. 6 Jas. I, pt. xxi.

S4 The papers in the case of the head
of the family seem to have been lost,
but the sequestration is evident from the
record of his relatives ; Royalist Comp.
Papers (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.),
i, 243-50. John Brockholes, who died
in 1643, left a widow Dorothy (who
married Captain John Reines) and an
infant son Augustine, to whom he
assigned an annuity of £10, which was
stopped before 1651. Another son, John
Brockholes of Torrisholme, adhered to
the forces raised against the Parliament
and in 1649 applied for leave to com-
pound. A cousin, Thomas Brockholes of
Heaton, and his mother had their lands
sequestered for recusancy and delinquency.
This Thomas ' admitted at the beginning
of the wars he had acted against the
state, but soon seeing his error he
subsequently did all he could in the
parliamentary interest ' ; he had for two
years been imprisoned for, debt in the
Marshalsea.

The will of Thomas Brockholes of
Heaton (1638) is in C 8, 13, B 228.

35 The manors of Claughton and
Heaton were sold in 1653 ; Royalist Comp.
Papers, i, 249. Three of the name of

Thomas Brockholes were in the act of
sale of 1652 — one of Chaigley and the
others of Heaton — but none is described
as ' esquire ' ; Index of Royalists (Index
Soc.), 42, 51.

36 Dugdale, Visit. (Chet. Soc.), 58.
His son John was then twenty years old.
Two other sons were priests ; Gillow,
Bibl. Diet, of Engl. Cath. i, 308. The
continuation of the pedigree may be seen
in Fishwick's Gars tang (Chet. Soc.), 242 ;
Burke, Commoners, iii, 384-6. In 1699
a settlement of the manors of Claughton
and Heaton was made by John Brockholes
and John his son ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of
F. bdle. 243, m. 16.

37 Estcourt and Payne, Engl. Cath.
Nonjurors, 141 ; the annual value was
£522 19*. \d.

88 Gillow, op. cit. i, 307. The will of
John Brockholes of Claughton, dated
1 7 1 8, in which year he died, is in Piccope
MSS. (Chet. Lib.), iii, 200.

89 Of these Roger was the priest at
Claughton and died in 1743 ; Thomas
died in 1758, and Charles, a Jesuit at
Wigan, in 1759, being the last of the
male line ; ibid. ; Foley, Rec. S. /. vi,
454 ; vii, 87. In a recovery of the
manors in 1739 the vouchee was Cathe-
rine Brockholes, spinster ; Pal. of Lane.
Plea R. 551, m. 3. She was a daughter
of John Brockholes by his second mar-
riage and in 1739 married Charles
tenth Duke of Norfolk.

40 The licence for the marriage of
William Hesketh and Mary Brockholes
was dated 1710; Brockholes D. Her
sister Anne married Robert Davies of
Gwysaney and in 1737 Mrs. Davies, as
a widow, claimed the whole estate as
next Protestant of kin ; ibid. It appears
that Thomas Brockholes had made a
conveyance to Thomas Clayton and she
probably thought the whole would be
sold. Her husband's family intervened
to prevent the claim proceeding ; though
Protestants they objected to profit by the
penal laws. Her descendants are the
representatives in blood of the old Brock-
holes family. See Burke, Landed Gentry
under Davies-Cooke of Owston.

41 Joseph married Constant a daughter
of Basil Fitzherbert and died in 1782.
He made a feoffment of ths manors of
Claughton and Heaton in 1767 ; Pal. of
Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 377, m. 297.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

they went in 1783, by Joseph's disposition, to
William Fitzherbert of Swinnerton," who also assumed
the name of Brockholes, and dying in 1817 was
succeeded by his son Thomas Fitzherbert-Brockholes.
He died unmarried in 1873 and was succeeded by
his nephew James, who in 1875 was followed by a
second cousin William Joseph, son of Francis Fitz-
herbert of Swinnerton, who took the surname Brock-
holes, and is the present lord of the manor,43 residing
at the hall. No courts are held, nor are there any
records of them.

CLAUGHTON HALL 4$a stands on rising ground
facing west and commanding an extensive view over

the Fylde. It is a plain modern stone mansion,
three stories in height, erected in 1816-17 but
incorporating part of an older house probably of
17th-century date. The entrance is on the north
side, by a pillared porch, and on the west front the
distinctive features are two large bow windows, one
at each end, going up the full height of the build-
ing.

Among the ancient families who appear to have
held fractions of the manor were those of Claughton,44
Myerscough,45 Fegherby or Fetherby,46 represented
by Haldleghs and Kuerden in 1355, Stamford or
Stanford47 and Whittingham.48 The last-mentioned

48 He was brother of the above-named
Constantia. His elder brother Basil
(d. 1797) was father of Francis (d. 1857)
father of the present lord of Claughton.

48 Burke, Landed Gentry.

«a There are three illustrations in
Twycross, Lanes. Mansions, ii, 41. The
building was barely finished in 1817 when
Mr. Wm. Fitzherbert Brockholes died.
It comprises the whole of the house
except the offices and servants' rooms,
which belong to the older building.

44 The fine of 1208 (cited above) shows
Adam and Michael de Claughton each
holding a fourth part. Each of them was
a benefactor to Cockersand Abbey ;
Chartul. (Chet. Soc.), 254, &c. So also
were William son of Michael and Richard
de Claughton ; ibid. From William de
Tatham's charter of 1338 it appears that
his part of the manor had been purchased
from Adam son of Richard de Claughton.
Adam son of Adam lord of Claughton
occurs in 1329 in one of the Brock-
holes D.

Walter de Winwick was another of
the lords in 1208. Later there was a
Walter de Claughton whose descendants
are named in the Brockholes D. Thus
in 1327 John de Brockholes made an
exchange of land with Richard son of
Walter de Claughton and in 1338 John
son of Richard son of Walter de Claugh-
ton granted all his lands to Robert his
son. John de Pleasington granted to
William son of Richard son of Walter de
Claughton all lands formerly belonging
to John son of Richard son of Walter ;
ibid. The date of this must be later
than the others, for in 1356 the said
William was claiming land against John
de Pleasington ; Duchy of Lane. Assize
R. 5, m. 25.

45 In 1252-3 the sheriff was ordered
to deliver to Walter de Myerscough an
oxgang of land in Claughton which had
belonged to William de Myerscough, an
outlaw ; Close R. 67, m. 3.

Roger de Wedacre in 1284 complained
that Maud de Claughton, William de
Myerscough and Isolde his wife had
disseised him of land in Claughton, and
recovered it ; Assize R. 1268, m. 12.

John and Robert de Myerscough con-
tributed to the subsidy of 1332 ; Exch.
Lay Subs. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.),
58-9.

Randle del Wood (Bosco) was one of
the early owners and granted a rent-
charge of 2*., &c., to his son William ;
Brockholes D. John son of William de
Myerscough gave a fraction of the waste
in Claughton to Richard son of Walter
son of Randle del Wood ; ibid. John son
of John de Myerscough in 1 344 made a
grant to John son of Thomas son of
Richard de Claughton ; ibid. Other

deeds of the family are preserved in the
same collection ; Horseriddington and
Timberhurst are among the Claughton
place-names. Other deeds are in Dods.
MSS. cxlii, fol. 52*, 58 (Brustare Croft),
68.

46 The name is also spelt Fotherby and
varies to Feyreby and Ferriby.

In 1302 Henry son of William de
Fetherby called Ellis de Fetherby to
warrant to him the third part of a
messuage, &c., in Claughton claimed in
dower by Christiana wife of Nicholas de
Garstang ; De Banco R. 142, m. in.
Christiana was widow of Gilbert de
Clifton and had exchanged for land at
Ferriby in Yorkshire 5 ibid. 143, m. 107.
Nichola widow of Ellis de Fetherby in
1308 claimed dower in two messuages,
&c., against Henry de Fetherby and
Isolda his wife ; ibid. 173, m. 193 d.
Isolda daughter of John de Myerscough
in 1313-14 recovered land in Claughton
against Isolda wife of Henry son and
heir of William de Fetherby and others ;
Assize R. 424, m. 7.

Henry was living in 1331 (De Banco
R. 283, m. 372 d. ; 287, m. 224 d.), but
in 1336 his widow Margery, then wife of
John son of Adam de Hindley, claimed
dower in Claughton against Robert son of
John de Blackburn (of Showley) and Joan
daughter (and co-heir) of Henry de Feth-
erby, and against Geoffrey son of John
son of Geoffrey de Walton and Isolda
the other daughter ; ibid. 308, m. 360 ;
310, m. 27. By 1346 Margery had
married a third husband, Richard son of
Robert de Parr, and made a new claim
for dower against the same parties ; ibid.
349, m. 208 d.

Robert de Haldleghs, Joan his wife,
Henry de Kuerden and Isolda his wife
(in the wives' right) claimed a messuage,
&c., in 1355, against John son of Robert
the Wright and Robert de Middleton ;
Duchy of Lane. Assize 4, m. 28 d. ;
7, m. 2. In 1360 Robert de Haldleghes
and Joan his wife, Henry de Kuerden
and Isolda his wife, sought land in
Claughton, as the right of the wives, who
were daughters and co-heirs of Henry
de Fetherby ; ibid. 7, m. 2. Joan (as
above) in 1369—73 granted her lands to
Roger de Brockholes ; Brockholes D.

47 It has been shown that Richard de
Stanford had a part of the manor in 1 208
and John de Stanford in 1355.

Richard (son of Robert) de Stanford
and John de Stanford were benefactors of
Cockersand Abbey ; Chartul. i, 256-8,
253.

Maud widow of Thomas de Stanford
was a plaintiff in 1312 in respect of her
dower in Claughton ; De Banco R. 193,
m. 40 ; 195, m. 156.

Thomas de Stanford occurs in 1324;

Brockholes D. Nicholas de Eaton in
1323 granted to William de Tatham,
clerk, the wardship of John son and heir
of Thomas de Stanford ; Add. MS. 32104,
no. 1131.

John de Stanford paid to the subsidy in
1332; Exch. Lay Subs. 59. In 1337
William son of Adam son of Thomas de
Calder sought a messuage in Claughton
held by John de Pleasington and John
son of Thomas de Stanford ; De Banco
R. 310, m. 158. Ralph another son of
Thomas claimed land in the same year ;
Assize R. 1424, m. n d. Robert de
Stanford was called to warrant in 1352 ;
Duchy of Lane. Assize R. i, m. 4d. ; 2,
m. 3.

In 1444 Lawrence Stanford and Agnes
widow of Henry Stanford settled a mes-
suage, &c., in Claughton through Henry
Garstang as trustee ; Final Cone, iii, 1 1 1.
In 1465 Henry Albyn as grandson of
Henry Stanford complained that Joan
widow of Richard Balderston was detaining
a box of charters ; Pal. of Lane. Plea R.
28, m. 20. In 1469 he claimed land
against Richard Barton, alleging that
Lawrence Stanford had died without
issue ; ibid. 35, m. 7 d.

48 See below under Hecham for some
early notices.

In 1324-5 William son of William de
Whittingham and heir of Alice wife of
the elder William paid gd. as relief.
Part of his lands were held of William
Banastre, a minor, but he held i oxgang
of land of the king by the hundred and
twenty-eighth part of a knight's fee ; 20
acres made an oxgang ; Memo. R. (L.T.R.)
88, m. 74.

According to the return of 1355
William's estate became divided among
co-heirs. Richard de Towneley and
Ellen his wife were associated with John
de Whittingham of Claughton in defence
in 1344; Assize R. 1435, m. 37 d.
Alice widow of John de Myerscough in
1 3 54 claimed a rent of 51. from Claugh-
ton— obtaining 4*. 8J<£ — against Richard
and Ellen de Towneley ; Duchy of Lane.
Assize R. 3, m. id.

The Whittingham family was repre-
sented in the township long after this
time. Richard son of John de Whitting-
ham made a feoffment of land there in
1377; Add. MS. 32106, no. 426. In
the preceding year dower had been claimed
against him by Isabel widow of Nicholas
son of John de Whittingham ; De Banco
R. 463, m. 142 d. John Whittingham
gave messuages in Claughton and Bils-
borrow in 1488 to his son Robert ; Pal.
of Lane. Writs Proton. Lent 3 Hen. VII.
Margaret Whittingham, widow, in 1505
claimed dower against John Whittingham;
Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 99, m. 2 d. ; Final
Cone, iii, 156.

328

CLAUGHTON HALL

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

GARSTANG

had Royalist representatives in the Civil War
time.4Sa The Hollands of Denton49 had an estate
at Matshead which was in 1564 sold to Barton,50
who were succeeded by Whitehead.51 Butler of

Rawcliffe,52 Singleton of Chingle Hall 53 and others
of the neighbouring landowners had possessions in
Claughton.54 Among the smaller local holders appear
Parkinson,85 Wilkinson 5G and others.57

483 Richard Whittingham compounded
with the Parliamentary authorities in
1649 for his estate in Claughton. A
son Thomas had been killed at New-
bury in 1643 fighting for the king ; but
his widow Anne afterwards married John
Molanus, a sergeant-major for the Parlia-
ment ; Cal. Com. for Comp. iii, 2055.

49 John de Bellew and Joan his wife
in 1318 claimed dower in two messuages
and half a plough-land against Thurstan
son of Margaret de Worsley ; De Banco
R. 225, m. 170 d.

In 1325 William de Multon and Joan
his wife (as widow of William de Holland)
claimed the same against Thurstan son
of William de Holland ; ibid. 258, m. 384;
261, m. 2 d.

In 1403 it wai found that Richard de
Holland of Denton held a place called
Mateshed in Claughton of the king by a
rent of I \d. to him and 4*. to William de
Balderston; Towneley MS. DD,no. 1461.

50 Hugh and Edward Barton (his son)
purchased two messuages, &c., from
Edward Holland in 1564 ; Pal. of Lane.
Feet of F. bdle. 26, m. 222. Edward
Barton died in 1595 holding the messuage
of Lord La Warre in socage, and leaving
a son Hugh, one year old ; Duchy of
Lane. Inq. p.m. xvii, no. 23, 88. The
tenure seems incorrectly stated. John
Barton died in 1633 holding what appears
to be the same property, but the tenure
is not recorded. Hugh his son and heir
was fifteen years of age, and there were
other children, Richard, Elizabeth and
Jane ; ibid, xxvii, no. 7. Margery his
widow afterwards married Cuthbert Tyl-
desley of Stirzacre and in 1652 claimed
the two-thirds of a tenement sequestered
for the recusancy of Elizabeth Barton,
spinster ; Royalist Comp. Papers, i, 1 50.

51 They had Matshead ; see the ac-
count of the family and pedigree in
Fishwick, op. cit. 253 ; also Upper Raw-
cliffe in St. Michael's. Mr. Whitehead
of Garstang town raised a company for the
Parliament in 1643 5 Lanes. War (Chet.
Soc.), 42. He was a member of the
Presbyterian Classis in 1646.

M James Boteler in 1 504 held mes-
suages, <fec., in Goosnargh and Claughton
of the king by knight's service ; Duchy
of Lane. Inq. p.m. iii, no. 109. The
Claughton land appears to have descended
to Standish of Duxbury, but the tenure
was not recorded in 1599 ; ibid, xvii,
no. 54.

53 John Singleton held of the king as
duke in 1530 by the ninety-secondth part
of a knight's fee, but his successor* by the
fortieth part ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m.
vi, no. 32; viii, no. 9; xiii, no. 16

.

Gabriel Hesketh purchased messuages,
&c., in 1541 from John Singleton, and
sold to William Kirkby in 1563 ; Pal. of
Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 12, m. 60 ; 25,
m. 200.

54 In 1491 William Skillicorne sold to
Thomas Earl of Derby the lands in
Claughton which had formerly belonged
to William Bradkirk, and before that to
John Warburton ; Knowsley D. 2/13.

Henry Kighley of Inskip (1554) and
his son held messuages and lands of the
queen as of her duchy by knight's service ;

Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. x, no. 49 ; xi,
no. 10.

John Kighley of White Lea in Goos-
nargh in 1616 held in Claughton of the
Hospitallers (dissolved) by 6d. rent ;
Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches.), ii, 31.

George Kirkby of Upper Rawcliffe
(1558) and his brother William held of
Thomas Brockholes by a rent of ^d. ;
Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xi, no. 8 ;
xvii, no. 1 6. Gilbert Latus of Goosnargh
(1568) held the fourth part of four mes-
suages, &c., by the same service ; ibid,
xii, no. ii.

Robert Shireburne of Catterall held the
Conigree in Claughton of the queen as
duke by knight's service in 1572; ibid,
xiii, no. 10.

Ewan Browne of Ribbleton in 1545
held a messuage in Claughton as part ot
his Ribbleton estate, but in 1568 and
later the tenure was described as of
Thomas Stirzacre by services unknown ;
ibid, vii, no. 24 ; xi, no. 4 ; xiv, no. 42.

John Starkie, Anne his wife, Henry
Starkie and Isabel his wife held their
messuages, &c., in 1558; Pal. of Lane.
Feet of F. bdle. 19, m. 38. Afterwards
(1577) Henry and Isabel were said to
hold the third part of the manor of
Claughton ; ibid. bdle. 39, m. 120. Henry
Starkie (of Aughton near Ormskirk) was
at his death said to hold messuages, &c.,
of the queen as of her duchy by the
fortieth part of a knight's fee ; Duchy of
Lane. Inq. p.m. xvii, no. 70.

Robert Walmesley of Coldcoats in 1612
held three messuages, &c., of the king as
duke by the two-hundredth part of a
knight's fee ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc.),
i, 219-23.

William Hesketh of Mains in 1622
held in Claughton of the Earl of Derby
in socage ; ibid, iii, 364.

The tenure of the land of William and
Thomas Richardson of Myerscough is
not recorded.

55 Edward and Lawrence Parkinson in
1584 obtained messuages, &c., in Claugh-
ton and Catterall from Thomas Richard-
son and Thomas his son and heir ; Pal. of
Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 46, m. 94.

Richard Parkinson (son of John son of
Richard son of John) died in 1621 without
issue, holding Enfield House, the Oatfall,
&c., of John Brockholes by id. rent ;
Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc.), ii, 250-2.
His heir was his half-brother George, aged
fifteen. Edward Parkinson in 1631 held
lands in Catterall and Claughton which
had belonged to the Hospitallers and then
to Shireburne; Towneley MS. C 8, 13
(Chet. Lib.), 993. In 1653 John Parkin-
son, recusant, desired to compound for the
sequestered two-thirds of his estate ; Cal.
Com. for Comp. iv, 3175.

56 Robert and Lawrence Wilkinson in
1592 made a settlement of seven mes-
suages, &c., in Claughton ; Pal. of Lane.
Feet of F. bdle. 54, m. 149. Lawrence
(son of Thomas) Wilkinson in 1637 held
two-thirds of a messuage, with the rever-
sion of the other third after the death of
Janet his father's widow, of Richard
Shireburne as of his manor of Howath,
parcel of the possessions of the late dis-
solved priory of St. John of Jerusalem in

329

England. His son and heir Thomas was
six years old, and his widow Ellen was
living at Thornley ; Duchy of Lane. Inq.
p.m. xxx, no. 79. Janet Wilkinson,
widow, as a recusant in 1654 desired to
contract for the two-thirds of her estate
sequestered ; Cal. Com. for Comp. v, 3193.

57 John Arthwright died in 1625 hold-
ing land late of the Hospital of St. John ;
William his son and heir was fifty years
of age ; Towneley MS. C 8, 13, p. 8.

George Bradshaw died in 1638 holding
a messuage, &c., of Lord la Warre in
socage. His son John was twenty-two
years old ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xxx,
no. 87.

Lawrence Cottam in 1607 held his
messuage, &c., of Edward Osbaldeston,
and left as heir his son Richard, aged
twenty-one ; Lanes, Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), i, 99. Richard's lands
were sequestered (as to two-thirds) for his
recusancy under the Commonwealth and
in 1654 he applied for leave to contract.
He died soon afterwards and was suc-
ceeded by a son Lawrence, but Thomas
Beesley of Goosnargh claimed part ;
Royalist Comp. Papers (Rec. Soc. Lanes,
and Ches.), ii, 8 1. The Cottams were
of Bannister Hey in Claughton.

James Eckersall died in 1608 holding
partly of the king as of the dissolved
Hospital of St. John (by i\d. rent) and
partly in chief by knight's service. His
heir was a brother Thomas, aged thirty-
six ; Lana. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc.), i, 136.

John Heritage held a messuage, &c.,
of Richard Shireburne as of the Hospital-
lers ; he died in 1629, leaving a son
Hugh, aged thirty ; Towneley MS. C 8,
J3> P- 5*7' Jonn Heritage purchased at
the sale of the Derby estate in Claughton
in 1602. His son Hugh died about
1643, leaving a widow Margery; she
being a recusant had two- thirds of her
tenement sequestered under the Common-
wealth in 1646. John Heritage, their
son, having attained his majority in 1652,
and ' being a Protestant, his father having
been a Protestant, and he (petitioner)
having been so brought up from a child,
being also well affected to the Parliamen-
tary Government,' desired the discharge
of the sequestration. He was church-
warden of Garstang in 1653—4, Royalist
Comp. Papers, iii, 181-4.

Thomas Hodgson died in 1627 hold-
ing of the heirs of John Stanford ;
Edward, his son and heir, was fifteen
years old; Towneley MS. C 8, 13,
p. 499.

John Leigh died in 1631 holding of
John Brockholes as of his manor of
Claughton ; Thomas, his son and heir,
was forty years old ; ibid. 747.

Christopher Walmesley held lands in
1623 of Thomas Richardson in socage by
\6d. rent, and had a son and heir William,
aged eighteen ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec.
Soc.), iii, 402. William Walmesley died
in 1638 holding two messuages, &c., of
the king as of the dissolved priory of
St. John ; the heir, his son Thomas, was
of full age ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m.
xxx, no. 61. Thomas Walmesley, recu-
sant, in 1653 petitioned to contract for
the sequestrated two-thirds of his estate ;
Cal. Com. for Camp, v, 3178.

42

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

HECHAM™ or Heigham, called a manor, and
Dowanshargh 59 were estates that gave surnames to the
owners.

The Knights Hospitallers60 and the canons of
Cockersand 61 held lands in Claughton.

Several of the inhabitants, in addition to Brock-
holes, had their estates sequestered for political or
religious reasons under the Commonwealth.62 A list
of proprietors in 1689 has been printed.63 A number
of ' Papists ' registered estates in 171 7."

The commons were inclosed in I73O.65

The chapel implied in the grant of William de
Tatham in 1338 stood on Chapel Croft, and was
still existing in the time of Elizabeth.66 It may have
been closed when the chantry in Garstang Church
was founded. The principal family and many of the
people remaining attached to Roman Catholicism at
the Reformation, it is probable that mass was said in
the township even in the time of Elizabeth and
onwards. There was a large number of convicted
recusants in Claughton in the time of Charles II.67
From about the Restoration the succession of priests
is on record ; the list begins with Thomas Walmesley
and includes Roger Brockholes, 1707-43 ; John
Barrow, 1766-1811 m ; Robert Gradwell (afterwards
bishop), i8n-i769; and the late Mgr. Robert
Gradwell, 1860-1906.™ A priest's house, its upper
room being used as a chapel, was built about 1682,"
and the present church of St. Thomas the Apostle
was built in 1 794 ; it has since been enlarged and
richly adorned internally." A mediaeval chalice

brought from Mains Hall is preserved and in use
here. The vestment chest and a small oak tabernacle
that belonged to the Ven. Thomas Whitaker, who
had ministered in the district and was executed at
Lancaster in 1646, are also preserved.

BILSBORROW

Billesburgh, 1212 ; Billesburg, 1226 ; Billesburch,
1266 ; Billisburgh, 1297. The spelling Bilsborough
is still in use.

This pleasantly wooded township on the south
side of the Brock occupies land which rises gradually
from west to east, from about 70 ft. above sea level
to about 250 ft. The area is 852^ acres,1 and in
1901 the population was 181.

The main road from Preston to the North goes
along the western boundary. From it a road through
Bilsborrow goes east into Goosnargh, with a branch
crossing the township north-westward, and passing
into Claughton by Higher Brock new bridge. The
London and North-Western Railway's main line
runs across the western end, and has a station named
Brock* on the boundary of this township and
Claughton.

The soil is clay and gravel ; wheat, oats and potatoes

are grown. There is a large paper-mill at Matshead.

This place does not occur by name in

MANOR Domesday Book, having at that time

probably been part of Barton.3 In

12 1 2 BILSBORROW, or part, was held of the

58 William de Claughton granted land
in Claughton, the Hecham road forming
part of the boundary ; Dods. MSS. cxlix,
fol. 686. William de Havile, vicegerent
of the order of St. John of Jerusalem in
England, granted land in Hecham and
Henry-field to William son of Geoffrey
de Whittingham ; ibid. fol. 69. William
son of Geoffrey de Whittingham received
the manor of Heigham in 1279 from
John de Tatham; Final Cone, i, 156.
Ralph de Hecham in 1287 granted land
in Hecham to William de Whittingham,
clerk, and Ellen his wife ; Dods. MSS.
cxlix, fol. 686. Adam de Whittingham
afterwards released all his right there to
John de Tatham ; ibid. fol. 696.

Candelay son of Madoc granted land
in Hecham to William his son, and
William about 1228 granted it to Walter
son of Richard the rector of Tatham,
while Alice de Hecham, widow, gave
Walter de Tatham land in Henryfield ;
ibid. fol. 70. The above-named Ralph
(son of Roger) de Hecham gave lands in
Dowanshargh (?) to John son of Walter
de Tatham in 1274 ; ibid. fol. 696. Sir
Randle de Dacre, sheriff, and other
prominent men attested this charter.

Ralph son of Roger de Hecham demised
land in Hecham to Joan (?) daughter of
Hugh de Mitton, and she in her widow-
hood transferred to Roger de Wedacre
and Maud his wife ; Add. MS. 32104,
no. 1309, 933. Ralph de Hecham also
granted Roger de Wedacre land the
bounds of which touched Fardenshaw
Brook, Anedarewelache, Wanesnape and
the Brock ; ibid. no. 932.

John de Hegham contributed to the
subsidy in 1332 ; Exch. Lay Subs. 59.

William de Southworth in 1322-3
granted the manor of Hecham in Claugh-
ton to his daughter Elizabeth ; she married
John de Bardsey, who in 1355 farmed

the manor to Robert de Haldlegh ; Dods.
MSS. cxlix, fol. 706-716.

Jane Beesley of Goosnargh (widow of
Henry) in 1585 held the moiety of a
messuage called Rigmaiden House, alias
the Fell House, but the tenure is not
stated ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xvi,
no. 24. The charters copied by Dods-
worth, and quoted above, in 16^2 be-
longed to Richard Chrichley or Critchlow
of Rigmaiden House in Claughton. In
the Civil War he took the king's side,
and his estate was sequestered ; he com-
pounded in 1649 by a fine of £7 los. ;
Cal. Com. for Comp. iii, 1951 ; v, 3290.

There is a farm called Heigham.

59 This name seems to have disappeared.
Avice daughter of Richard son of Adam
de Claughton granted to the Hospitallers
land which Peter de Dowanshargh held
by her father's gift; Add. MS. 32104,
no. 1307. The Dowanshargh family
appear to have granted their land to
William de Tatham ; ibid. no. 401, &c.

60 Some grants to the order have
been mentioned already, but it appears
that they were already in possession of
land in the township in 1208, in the
half plough-land of Adam de Claughton ;
Final Cone, i, 33. The Prior of St. John
in 1334 claimed 4 acres against Richard
de Myerscough ; De Banco R. 298,
m. 273.

The lands in Claughton were regarded
as part of the manor of Howath, and so
passed to Shireburne of Stonyhurst ;
Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xxvi, no. 4.
Many tenants' names can be gathered
from preceding notes.

61 Cockersand Chartul. i, 253-62.
Several of the benefactors have been
named already. Others were Walter de
Winwick, Grimbald son of William de
Slyne, Robert son of Paulin de Bilsborrow
and Adam son of Roger de Eccleston. A

330

number of place-names occur in the
charters, including Akenehead, Rede-
lache, Wlveley Brook, Huntersti, Nun-
house Stead, and Whitewell Brook ;
' scaling ' is used as a common noun.

62 See notes on Barton, Cottam,
Critchlow, Heritage, Parkinson, Walmes-
ley and Wilkinson.

63 Fishwick, op. cit. 28-30.

64 William Arthwright, James Barnes,
Hugh and Thomas Barton, Lawrence
Caton, Lawrence Cottam, Margaret
Cottam (her son Hugh under age),
John Green, Thomas Sweetlove and
Robert Wilson ; Estcourt and Payne,
Engl. Cath. Nonjurors, 97, &c.

65 Act 3 Geo. II, cap. 3, private.

66 In 1590 inquiry was made as to
Thomas Brockholes' title to Langscales
in Catterall ; it was supposed to be held
for ' superstitious uses,' in connexion
with the chapel ; Exch. Dep. (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), 6, 7. This no doubt
refers to William de Tatham's chaplain.

67 Misc. (Cath. Rec. Soc.), v, 176-9.
Notes are given on the families of Barton,
Baines, Cottam and Whittingham.

68 Gillow, Bibl. Diet, of Engl. Cath.
i, 145.

69 Diet. Nat. Biog.

70 See the account of Preston.

71 In 1748 Thomas Brockholes gave
Claughton House (later Butt Hill) to the
secular clergy priest who should assist the
Catholics of Claughton ; Brockholes D.

73 There is a full account in the
Liverpool Cath. Annual for 1885 ;
Hewitson, Our Country Churches, 286-96 ;
Fishwick, op. cit. 121-2.

1 8 5 1 acres, including 8 of inland water ;
Census Rep. 1901.

a For the old station there see Hewit-
son, Northward^ 32.

3 Cockersand Chartul (Chet. Soc.), i,
334-

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

GARSTANG

king in chief by a rent of 6d., being assessed
as 2 oxgangs of land. Alan son of Richard
(de Singleton) and John de Bilsborrow were the
tenants.4 Afterwards the grant seems to have been
enlarged and the service changed and augmented, for
in 1226 Alan de Singleton held 2 oxgangs of land
there in drengage by a rent of 2/.,6 while a century
later, in 1346, his heir Thomas Banastre held half
a plough-land in Bilsborrow by the twentieth part
of a knight's fee and zs. a year, payable at the
four terms.6 Several free tenements existed in the
1 3th century.7 The manor descended, like other
Singleton manors/3 to the heirs of Balderston, and
on the division in 1564 was assigned to Gilbert
Gerard.8 Afterwards the manor was held with
Barton by the Shuttleworth family.8

The Bartons of Barton, predecessors of the Shuttle-
worths, had long held lands in Bilsborrow.10

In 1324 it was stated that the Banastres held the
hamlet half in demesne and half in service.11 The
latter half seems to have been held for several cen-
turies by a family named Cottam. Thus Richard de
Cottam held an oxgang of land in I227,1* and a
later Richard in 1548 held a third part of the manor
by the fortieth part of a knight's fee and 6d. rent —
i.e. a moiety of the military service and a fourth part
of the rent.13 The principal estate passed to the
Parkinsons, but the Cottam family are found in
the township down to the beginning of the igth
century.14

There are numerous references to families using
the local surname, but they are disconnected."

* Lanes. Inq, and Extents (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and dies.), i, 48.

5 Ibid. 140. In 1244 Alan died seised
of 2 oxgangs of land in Bilsborrow,
held in chief of the king by zs. rent ;
ibid. 1 60.

The Earl of Lancaster in 1297 had
2J. a year from this vill ; ibid. 289.

In 1 3 24 Adam son and heir of William
Banastre held the manor of Bilsborrow
by the service of zs. yearly ; Dods. MSS.
cxxxi, fol. 3 9 A.

6 Survey of 1346 (Chet. Soc.), 50.

7 Alan de Singleton about 1220 granted
all his land in Bilsborrow to his brother
Richard for a rent of two iron spurs,
reserving timber from the wood for
building hi* house, &c. ; Dods. MSS.
cxlix, fol. 52.

Adam son of John de Goberthwaite
granted Richard de Singleton an acre of
land ; ibid. fol. 51^. Alice widow of
Richard de Singleton gave Thomas son
of Gilbert de Hetom a release of her
right in the lands held by Thomas ; ibid.
Avice daughter of Richard de Singleton
in her widowhood gave her son Henry
all her land ; ibid. fol. 52. This grant
was attested by William de Singleton and
Alan his son.

Alan de Singleton about 1280 granted
to his son Thomas all his land in Bils-
borrow with its appurtenances ; also a
fourth part of the wood. Heybote and
mast for pigs were reserved for the grantor
and his men of Singleton. The services
of the following free tenants were ex-
cepted : Geoffrey de Cottam, Eustace
de Bilsborrow, Michael de Greenhalgh,
William son of Roger son of Maud,
Richard son of William Pelle. The
service from land held by Sir Richard le
Boteler of John de Bilsborrow was also
excepted ; ibid. fol. $zb.

7a Land here was among Joan Banastre's
possessions in 1303 ; Final Cone. (Rec.
Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 201. Thomas
Banastre acquired 2 acres from Henry
son of Avice de Singleton and a release
from Walter son of Jordan de Goosnargh ;
Dods. MSS. cxlix, fol. 46, 48.

Richard Balderston in 1445-6 held
half a plough-land for the twentieth part
of a knight's fee ; Duchy of Lane. Knights'
Fees, bdle. 2, no. 20.

In the 16th-century inquisitions Bils-
borrow is named among the Balderston
lands in those of Edmund Dudley, Rad-
cliffe of Winmarleigh, the Earl of Derby
and Sir Alexander Osbaldeston.

8 Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 216, m. 10.
Gerard obtained an increase of his pos-
sessions in the township on the partition
of the Butler of Rawcliffe inheritance in

1571 ; ibid. 231, m. 8. Gilbert Gerard
and Anne his wife made a settlement of
the manor in 1574 ; Pal. of Lane. Feet
of F. bdle. 36, m. 269.

James Anderton of Lostock acquired
the manors of Clitheroe and Bilsborrow
from Sir Thomas Gerard in 1602 ; ibid,
bdle. 64, no. 70.

9 Both manors were held by Richard
Shuttleworth in 1709, by Richard Shuttle-
worth and James his son and heir-apparent
in 1742, and by Robert Shuttleworth in
1773 ; Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 490, m. 6 ;
557, m. 7 ; 618, m. 6.

10 John de Barton in 1299 claimed
moieties of small parcels of wood in Bils-
borrow against a number of persons ;
De Banco R. 130, m. 213 d. John was
called to warrant in 1304; ibid. 152,
m. 22 d. In 1370 there was a suit as to
the manors of Barton and Bilsborrow
between Katherine daughter of William
de Barton and Richard de Catterall ; ibid.
438, m. 253. Gilbert Barton of Barton
in 1476 released to Katherine Urswick a
messuage, &c., in Bilsborrow ; Pal. of
Lane. Plea R. 45, m. 14.

In the first inquisition after the death
of Gilbert Barton (1516) his estate in
Bilsborrow was said to be held of Edmund
Parkinson in socage by id. rent, but in
the later inquisition the tenure was un-
known ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. iv,
no. 8 1 ; v, no. 33. Thomas Barton in
1554 was said to have held three mes-
suages, &c., of Henry Cottam in socage,
as also was Richard Barton in 1572 ; ibid.
x, no. 50 ; xiii, no. 8.

John Barton of Claughton in 1623
held a little land in Bilsborrow, tenure
not recorded ; ibid, xxvii, no. 7.

11 Lanes. Inq. and Extents, ii, 160.

1J Geoffrey de Glazebrook and Edith
his wife in 1227 released to Richard d«
Cottam an oxgang of land in Bilsborrow ;
Final Cone. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.),
i, 47. He is believed to be the Richard
son of Robert who granted land to Cocker-
sand Abbey (Chartul. [Chet. Soc.] i, 269),
Robert being son of Uctred and brother
of Richard de Singleton, also benefactors
of the abbey ; ibid. 264, 268. John
de Cottam was plaintiff in 1304 and
William de Cottam defendant in the
following year; De Banco R. 152,
m. 22 d.; 155, m. 144. William de
Cottam was again defendant in 1311 ;
ibid. 184, m. 23 d. He contributed to
the subsidy of 1332 ; Exch. Lay Subs.
(Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), 60.

Sir Adam de Hoghton (as guardian of
Thomas the heir of Sir Adam Banastre)
gave Adam de Singleton the wardship of
John son and heir of John de Cottam

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of Bilsborrow, the tenure being of Banastre
by knight's service ; Dods. MSS. cxlix,
fol. 1 1 8.

The Cottams then fall into obscurity,
but from a pleading of 1570 it appears
that in the time of Henry IV Richard
son of William Cottam married Margaret
daughter of John de Fleetwood and then
had land in Bilsborrow settled on him.
The descent continues : s. Oliver -e.
Richard -s. John — s. Richard —sons
Richard (who had a son John), Nicholas
and Henry. Henry's daughter Elizabeth
married Christopher Parkinson, and these
were plaintiffs in 1570, Joan Topping,
widow, being defendant ; Pal. of Lane.
Plea R. 228, m. 10 d. The duchy rent
was claimed by the king's bailiff in 1522 ;
Ducatus Lane. (Rec. Com.), i, 212.

13 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. ix, no. 24.
He had married Margaret Clerk of Preston,
and left a son John, two years old. Dubber-
field, Holecroft and Wheatfield are named ;
also a water-mill.

Christopher and Henry Poulton in 1552
obtained land from Nicholas Cottam : Pal.
of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 14, m. 75. A
settlement of twenty messuages, &c., in
Bilsborrow, Scotforth and Lancaster was
in 1585 made by Christopher Parkinson
and his wife Elizabeth daughter and beir
of Henry Cottam ; ibid. bdle. 47, m. 127.

Thomas Parkinson (son and heir of
Edmund) was defendant in 1564 ; Ducatus
Lane, ii, 299. He had lands, &c., in
1587 ; Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 49,
m. 260. William Parkinson of Goosnargh
in 1592 held Holme and Scotsholding in
Bilsborrow ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m.
xvii, no. 2i. The tenure is not given.
He purchased from Richard Walton (Pal.
of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 40, m. 188),
whose father William had had a rent of
35. from Bilsborrow ; Duchy of Lane.
Inq. p.m. xi, no. 27. Edward Parkinson
in 1617 held a chief messuage of the king
as duke by knight's service ; Lanes. Inq.
p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), ii,
215.

14 William Cottam and Oliver his son
registered their estates as ' Papists ' in
1717 ; Estcourt and Payne, Engl. Cath.
Nonjurors, 136.

There is a short continuation of the
Cottam pedigree in Fishwick's Garstang
(Chet. Soc.), 256.

15 John de Bilsborrow in 1212 has
been named. He was probably the John
son of Matthew who gave land to Cocker-
sand Abbey (Chartul. i, 262), for Paulin
de Garstang, a contemporary, in granting
land in Stiholmes mentions land formerly
belonging to Matthew de Bilsborrow as
adjacent ; Add. MS. 32104, fol. 231.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Several of the neighbouring landowners, great and
small, had estates in Bilsborrow,16 but there are few
inquisitions relating solely to this place.17

Cockersand Abbey,18 Lytham Priory 19 and the
Knights of St. John of Jerusalem M held lands in the
township. The estate of the last-named was con-
sidered a manor, and was held by the Balderstons by
I zd. rent."

Joseph Wadsworth's Bilsborrow estate was forfeited
for taking part in the Jacobite invasion of 1 7 1 5." He
was one of the three hanged at Garstang ; another was
Thomas Cartmell of Bilsborrow. Thomas Walmesley,
innkeeper, was acquitted."

The Wesleyan Methodist chapel was built in
1815."

A free school was founded by John Cross in 1718."

PILLING

Pylin, 1194.

This large township, containing 6,060 acres,1 is
level and lies very low, the highest ground within it
scarcely exceeding 25 ft. above sea level. A large
part is moss-land, much of which has been reclaimed.
A small detached portion lies within Preesall to the
west, and another within Cockerham to the north.*
The principal village lies in the northern end, near
the place where the central brook runs into More-

cambe Bay, the boundary on that side ; in the
southern half is a hamlet called Eagland Hill, where
3 3 ft. above sea level is reached ; on the border of
Upper RawclifFe lies Eskham. The population in
1901 numbered 1,407.

From the village roads branch out in several direc-
tions— to Cockerham, Garstang, St. Michael's, Knott
End and the shore of the bay. A single-line railway
from Garstang, opened in 1870, has its terminus
near the village, from which the connexion with
Knott End (for Fleetwood) was completed and opened
in 1908.

About half the land is arable, and turf is taken
from the moss for fuel.

Damage was done in 1719 by the sea breaking in.3
An outbreak of part of the moss near Eskham took
place in i745.Sa A road across the moss called
Kate's Pad or the Danes' Pad was made of oak
planks resting on sleepers.4 The local proverb said,
' God's grace and Pilling moss are endless.'

In 1765 a quadruple birth was recorded at Pilling.
The children lived for three weeks.5

The village was formerly isolated from the rest of
the parish by the moss-lands. The road to Preesall
and Stalmine was formed in 1780 and that to
Garstang was made passable in i8o8.6 There is a
parish council for administering the affairs of the
township.

In 1266-7 Avice widow of William
»on of Hamnet de Bilsborrow claimed
dower against Paulin de Wedacre and his
brother Roger (or Richard) and against
Alice widow of Thomas de Grimsargh
and Gilbert her son ; Curia Regis R. 179,
m. 4d. ; 180, m. 3 d. A later William
de Bilsborrow granted .Thomas son of
Alan de Singleton the homage of William
ton of Roger de Bilsborrow and the rent
of izd. due from his 6 acres of land in
the vill ; Add. MS. 32104, no. 939.
Isabel daughter of Richard de Bilsborrow,
with her sisters Edusa and Avice, claimed
a messuage, &c., against Thomas son of
Alan de Singleton in 1289 ; De Banco
R. 79, m. 66 d.

Matthew de Bilsborrow was plaintiff
in 1302 and later against Richard de
Morley (who called Joan widow of John
de Fulburne to warrant), William and
Robert sons of Grimbald and others ;
ibid. 143, m. 131 d.; 145, m. 7 d. ;
152, m. 22 d. ; 153, m. 29 ; 155, m. 144.
The pedigree was thus given : Matthew
-8. John -s. Tancard -s. Matthew,
plaintiff; ibid. 158, m. 51 d.

Hugh de Bilsborrow and Richard de
Morley were residents in 1332; Exch.
Lay Subs. 61. Hugh son of William son
of Eustace de Bilsborrow had claimed
common of pasture in 1308-9 ; Assize
R. 423, m. 2 d. 4. The above Matthew
was plaintiff and Hugh and others de-
fendants in pleas of 1311-14; De Banco R.
184, m. 23d.; 189, m. i88d. ; 205,
m. 241 d.

Adam de Bilsborrow was a benefactor
of Cockersand Abbey and Lytham Priory
and Matthew son of Adam of the former
house, as were John son of Richard and
William son of Roger de Bilsborrow.

16 Some have been referred to already.

William Vavasour and Isabel his wife
in 1490—1 claimed messuages, &c., in
Claughton, Bilsborrow and other places ;
Pal. of Lane. Writs Proton. 6 Hen. VII.

Hugh Shireburne of Stonyhurst in
1528 held two messuages, &c., of the

heir of Richard Balderston in socage by
a pair of white gloves yearly ; Duchy of
Lane. Inq. p.m. vi, no. 65.

George Kirkby of Upper Rawcliffe
held land in 1560 of Thomas Hoghton
by a rent of 2s. q.d. ; Towneley MS.
' Lanes. Tenures ' (in possession of W.
Farrer), fol. 101. Sir Richard Hoghton's
tenure in 1630 was not recorded ; Duchy
of Lane. Inq. p.m. xxvii, no. 13.

Gilbert Latus of Goosnargh (1568)
held the fourth part of messuages, &c.,
in Bilsborrow of Edward Osbaldeston in
socage by a rent of \^d. ; ibid, xii, no.
II.

James Harrison of Woodplumpton
(1612) held land of Thomas Lord Gerard
as of his manor of Bilsborrow by \\d.
rent ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes,
and Ches.), ii, 6.

17 Henry Kighley died in 1629 holding
a messuage, &c., of the heir of John
Osbaldeston. Hugh, his son and heir,
was twenty-four years old ; Towneley MS.
C8, 13 (Chet. Lib.), 723.

Bilsborrow is named in the Hesketh
inquisitions, but the tenure of the lands
there was unknown. Richard Sollam in
1555 purchased messuages, &c., from Sir
Thomas Hesketh and Alice his wife ;
Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 1 6, m. 164.
Henry Sollam in 1635 held six messuages,
&c., of Dutton Lord Gerard ; George, his
son and heir, was of full age ; Towneley
MS. C8, 13, p. 1074.

Thurstan Tyldesley died in 1634 hold-
ing four messuages and the moiety of a
water-mill. Edward, his son and heir,
was forty-four years old ; Duchy of
Lane. Inq. p.m. xxvii, no. 29. Richard
Tyldesley son of Thurstan died in the
same year holding six messuages, &c., of
John (sic) Gerard as of his manor of
Bilsborrow. He left two daughters, Jane
and Mary, aged ten and six in 1638 ;
Towneley MS. C8,*i3, p. 1186.

James Walker also died in 1634 hold-
ing a messuage of Dutton Lord Gerard
in tocage by 8j. 6d. rent. His heir was

332

his son Henry, aged fourteen ; Duchy of
Lane. Inq. p.m. xxvii, no. 22.

18 Several of the gifts have already been
referred to. Richard son of Richard and
William son of Alan de Singleton, also
William de Slene, were other bene-
factors. The place-names include Black-
lache, Dernerakes, Fernyhurst, Foxhole-
hurst, Kirkfurlong, Morilegh, Stanrays
and Wernigshurst ; Cockersand Chartul.
i, 262-9.

19 Adam de Bilsborrow before 1244
granted 4 acres of land from his wood,
with easements in the vill of Bilsborrow ;
Lytham D. at Durham, 2 a, 2 ae, 4 ae,
Ebor. no. 44—6. The Prior of Durham
was defendant in 1302 in respect of
4 acres, Matthew de Bilsborrow being
plaintiff; De Banco R. 143, m. 9. John
de Normanby, Prior of Lytham, in 1369
leased the Bilsborrow land to John White-
shank for fifteen years at a rent of 51. ;
Lytham D. no. 47.

20 Plac. de Quo Warr. (Rec. Com.), 375.
11 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), ii, 63.

22 Lanes, and Ches. Rec. (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), i, 175.

23 Fishwick, op. cit. 72.

24 Ibid. 124.

15 End. Char. Hep. for Garstang.

1 6,175 acres, including 9 of inland
water ; Census Rep. 1901. There are
also 1,801 acres of foreshore.

2 The former of these detached portions
was added to Preesall under the Divided
Parishes Act of 1882, the latter to
Cockersand Abbey in 1887 by Loc. Govt.
Bd. Order 20099.

3 A brief was issued for a collection for
those injured ; Arch. ^Eliana, xvii, 81.

3a Letter from Legh Richmond, vicar
of Garstang, in Fishwick's Garstang
(Chet. Soc.), 40.

4 Rev. R. Bannister in Journ. Brit.
Arch. Assoc. vi, 338—40. He states that
' does ' were found wild on the moss till
a late period.

* Fishwick, op. cit. 275.
6 Ibid. 109.

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

PILLING is not named in Domesday
MdNOR Book, being then, it is supposed, a member
of Garstang. It was not granted to the
Lancaster family, but retained by the Crown with
the hundred, so that it was Theobald Walter who
about 1194 granted it as 'the hey of Pilling' to the
canons of Cockersand.7 This grant was confirmed
or renewed by King John in I2OI,8 and again by
Henry III in 1227.' The canons were called upon
to prove their title in izgz,10 and continued to hold
Pilling down to the Dissolution.11 In 1543 the
Crown sold the grange to John Kechyn or Kitchen
of Hatfield,12 who also acquired parts of the Whalley
Abbey estates.

Kitchen settled Pilling or some part of it upon
his son John and Grace his wife, but the younger
John dying, the widow, in conjunction with her
second husband William Hameldon, granted the
estate to John Kitchen the father in 1548." Settle-
ments were made in 1557" and I 5 6 1 ,16 by the former
of which a daughter Anne wife of Robert Dalton had
Pilling. She died without issue in 1593, having
survived her husband, and the heir was her brother
Barnaby Kitchen, aged fifty-eight.16 He died ten
years later, leaving three daughters as co-heirs : Alice
wife of Hugh Hesketh of North Meols, Anne wife

GARSTANG

of Thomas Ashton of Croston and Elizabeth wife
of Nathaniel Banastre of Altham.17 A partition was
made in 1649, and the manor for over a century
descended in thirds.

The Banastre share was in 1678 bought by Edmund
Hornby of Poulton, and his descendant, the Rev.
Geoffrey Hornby, is stated to have purchased a further
share ; this part has descended to Mr. Edmund
Geoffrey Stanley Hornby of Dalton, near Carnforth.18
The Heskeths183 about 1770 seem to have sold their
third to the other lords, so that the manor was held
in moieties, the Rev. Geoffrey Hornby presenting
to the curacy.19 The Ashton part descended like
Croston to the Traffords,I9a and it was afterwards
sold. In 1825 the lords of the manor were Edmund
Hornby, John Gardner and William Elletson, and in
1850 Edmund Hornby, the owner of the hall, John
Gardner and Daniel Elletson.20 The last-named
died in 1856, but had about 1840 sold his share to
John Gardner of Sion Hill, Garstang, his brother-in-
law, whose son the Rev. John Gardner, LL.D., rector
of Skelton 1857—86, succeeded. He bequeathed it
to his cousins, the Misses Margaret Jane and Emily
Elletson, daughters of Daniel.21 The advowson of
the chapel goes with the lordship. No courts are
held. Nothing remains of the old hall.fla

7 Cockersand Chartul. (Chet. Soc.), ii,
375 ; a facsimile of the charter serves as
frontispiece. The grant was made for
the souls of Henry II, Richard I, John
Count of Mortain, Ranulf de Glanvill
his beloved, Hubert Archbishop of Can-
terbury his brother, Harvey Walter and
Maud, his father and mother, &c. It
was to be held in free alms, quit of
' deerward ' of the forester and all secular
exactions.

8 Ibid, i, 44. Theobald Walter's grant
seems to have been ignored.

9 Ibid. 45. The bounds of the demesne
of Pilling Hey are given ibid. 47-9.
An agreement was made with the monks
of Leicester as to the land and tithes
between Wrampool and Pilling, the land
being divided equally ; ibid, ii, 379. For
a further agreement see ibid. 390.

10 Plot, de Quo Warr. (Rec. Com.),
379. A later summons de quo ivarranto
was issued in 1498 ; Pal. of Lane. Writs
Proton. 13 Hen. VII.

11 There are rentals 1451-1537 in
Cockersand Chartul, iii.

18 Pat. 35 Hen. VIII, pt. iii. A
further grant was made to Edward
Wymark in 1588 ; Pat. 30 Eliz. pt.
vii.

13 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 13,
m. 162. From pleadings of 1590—1
(printed by Fishwick, op. cit. 245) it
seems that the younger John had a
posthumous child which did not survive
long, and that he had bequeathed his
estate in Pilling to a cousin, William
Copwood of Tottcridge, whose heirs were
the claimants. Grace was then the wife
of John Barker, clerk.

" Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 17,
m. 6 ; the estate is described as the
manors of Cockersand and Pilling, 100
messuages, water-mill, two dovecotes,
3,000 acres of moss, &c., with a free
fishery in the water of Lune.

15 Ibid. bdle. 23, m. 167 ; three mes-
suages, dovecote, water-mill, lands, &c.,
in Pilling. John Kitchen is said to have
died about that time. In 1579 his
daughter, described as Anne Dalton of

Penwortham, widow, complained that
her father's widow, Jane Kitchen of
Forton (previously wife of Roger Dalton),
had possession of part of her estate in
Pilling. Jane answered that it had been
settled upon her younger son Roger
Dalton ; Fishwick, op. cit. 244, giving
the pleadings.

A survey of the manor was desired in
1583 ; Exch. Dep. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and
Ches.), 3.

16 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xvi, no. 43.
Robert Dalton was the son and heir of
William Dalton.

17 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes,
and Ches.), i, 24. The manors, &c., in
Pilling, Garstang and Cockerham were
together held of the king in chief by the
twentieth part of a knight's fee and
£3 171. rent. Settlements made between
1599 and 1602 are recited in the inquisi-
tion. Pilling was divided into three parts
and Ulkrigge Meadow into two (for
Banastre and Hesketh). Of the co-heirs
Alice Hesketh was aged fifty, Anne Ashton
twenty-two and Elizabeth Banastre
seventeen.

18 Fishwick, op. cit. 246. In a
recovery of the manors of Dalton and
Pilling in 1810 the Rev. Geoffrey
Hornby and his wife and Edmund Hornby
were vouchees ; Pal. of Lane. Lent
Assizes, 50 Geo. Ill, R. 6.

The descent is thus given in Burke's
Landed Gentry : Edmund Hornby -s.
Geoffrey -s. Edmund -s. (Rev.) Geoffrey,
d. 1812 -s. Edmund, d. 1857 -s. Edmund
George, d. 1865 — s. Edmund Geoffrey
Stanley, b. 1839.

I8a Hugh Hesketh died in 1625 hold-
ing in right of Alice his wife a third part
of messuages, water corn-mill, &c., in
Pilling and Ellel and a moiety of Ulkrigge
Meadow in Pilling ; Duchy of Lane. Inq.
p.m. xxv, no. 16. See North Meols. The
following fines refer to the Hesketh third :
1600, Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 62,
no. 247 — Hugh Hesketh and Alice his
wife; 1611, bdle. 79, no. 71 — same ; 1664,
bdle. 173, m. 71 — Thomas Selby and
Anne his wife; 1668, bdle. 181, m.

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143 — same and Robert Hesketh ;
1670, bdle. 184, m. 15 — Robert Hes-
keth and Ursula his wife ; 1710, bdle.
264, m. 72 — Roger Hesketh and Mary
his wife.

19 In 1794 the lords were the Rev.
Geoffrey Hornby and John Traffbrd ;
Preston Guard. Local Sketches, no. 1129.
The Hesketh demesne lands were divided,
one moiety being held by the late Richard
Cardwell Gardner of Fluke Hall, Pilling,
and the other by G. T. R. Preston of
Ellel Grange ; information of the Rev.
James Cardwell Gardner.

19a Anne Ashton died in 1618 and her
husband Richard in 1621, leaving a son
Thomas, aged seventeen. Her third part
was held by knight's service ; Lanes. Inq.
p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), ii, 291.

Thomas Ashton died in 1632 holding
the third part of the manors of Pilling
and Ellel, with messuages, lands, &c.,
including sixty salthouses, of the king by
the twentieth part of a knight's fee ;
Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xxix, no. 6.
See the account of Croston for the suc-
cession. The following refer to the
Ashton third : 1692-3, Pal. of Lane.
Feet of F. bdle. 230, m. 38 — John Traffbrd
of Croston, Katherine his wife and Anne
Traffbrd, widow ; 1771, Pal. of Lane.
PleaR. 613,01. 10 (recovery) — Humphrey
and John Traffbrd ; 1797, Aug. Assizes,
R. II (moiety of manor) — John and
Humphrey Traffbrd.

30 Raines in Notitia Cestr. (Chet. Soc.),
ii, 413.

21 Information of Miss Elletson,
Ambleside.

21a ' In making excavations near the
present hall (which is used as a farm-
house) many beautifully carved stones
have from time to time been exhumed
. . . and about ten years ago (from
1879) in the centre of the barn was
discovered an oval hole or pit, some
i 8 ft. deep and from 6 ft. to 9 ft. wide,
covered with rafters having over them
about 3 ft. of sand.' Above the door of
one of the barns was a stone dated 1675 ;
Fishwick, op. cit. 246.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

The marsh and sea frontages have lately been sold
by the duchy to the Rev. James Card well Gardner
of Fluke Hall."

Ulkrigge or Ulrick Meadow was in part acquired
by Robert Hawes,23 and William Hawes, who died
at Bromley in Middlesex 1625, held 80 acres there.
He left two daughters as co-heirs.*4

Robert Bindloss acquired messuages in Pilling and
the neighbourhood in 1587.**

The three coparceners of the manor all suffered
as ' delinquents ' in the Commonwealth period.16

The owner of Eskholme Houses in 1734 com-
plained that his right of way through Nateby to
Garstang and Preston had been denied.*7

The small detached portion of the township ad-
joining Cockersand has resulted from an agreement
in 1340 between the canons there and the monks of
Leicester. It is in the hundred of Amounderness
but in the parish of Cockerham.*8

The canons of Cockersand probably
CHURCH established the chapel of ST. JOHN
THE BAPTIST near their grange when
they were placed in possession.29 Agnes Shepherd
had in 1493 the bishop's licence to live a solitary in a
cell at Pilling chapel.10 After the dissolution of the
abbey it seems that £2 a year was allowed for the
maintenance of a curate,31 but as this was obviously
insufficient it is probable that the chapel was used
only irregularly during the latter half of the i6th
century.38 In 1621 some sixty of the inhabitants
petitioned the king about the neglect of service, com-
plaining that though they had to pay tithes there
was no curate provided. The £2 granted out of the
duchy revenues was to be renewed ; Sir Robert
Bindloss, the lay rector, promised £10 a year from
the tithes, the inhabitants were ordered to provide
another £8, and the farmer of the demesne £6 13*. 4^."

How far this award became operative is uncertain,
but Mr. Lumley was curate in 1639" and remained
there till in the Commonwealth time he was ' silenced
for several misdemeanors.' Si In 1650 the chapel was
vacant, and there was no proper maintenance.36
Early in 1652 it was ordered that £50 a year be
paid to the curate out of ' delinquents' ' estates.37

The list of curates shows that the chapel was served
regularly from about that time. The certain income
in 1717 was £11 13*. 4</.M It was then found
necessary to build a larger chapel, and the present
site was chosen, about a mile west of the old one, for
the greater convenience of the inhabitants.39 This
was built in 1717 and consecrated in 1721 ; it
is a small rectangular structure with a bellcot over
the west gable. Additional endowments were obtained
from Queen Anne's Bounty and other sources.40 A
census of religions was made by the wardens in
1755. They reported 'about 100 families, most
in communion of the Church of England, two
Protestant Dissenting families, six or eight single
persons who are Papists.' 41 A new church was built
in 1887, and consists of chancel, clearstoried nave
with north and south aisles, south porch, and western
tower and spire. It is in the Gothic style and the
spire forms a prominent landmark. The lords of the
manor present alternately. The net value is given
as .£250."

The following is a list of curates and vicars : —

1676 Oswald Croskell 4S

oc. 1686 Richard Hardy 44

1687 Gabriel Dawson 4S

oc. 1701 Thomas Hunter

1715 John Anyon 46

1731 John Coulton47

1758 George Holden 48

M Other owners of land, &c., have put
forward claims to easements in the
Marsh.

28 Ducatus Lane. (Rec. Com.), iii, 286,
338> 355- The suits related to the part
of the estate held by Jane Kitchen the
widow, as mentioned in a former note.

24 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xxvi, no.
32 ; the heirs were Anne Hawes, aged
twenty-one, and Susan, aged eighteen.

35 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 49,
m. 21 ; the deforciants were Richard
Bold, John Fleming and Roger Dalton.

26 Richard Ashton's rents in Cockerham
and Pilling in 1652 amounted to
,£25 121. zd. ; Royalist Comp. Papers
(Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), i, 97.
Richard Banastre of Altham ; ibid, i, 126.
Thomas Hesketh of North Meols ; CaL
Com. for Comp. iii, 2051; iv, 2934.

87 Cal. Exch. of Pleas, P 94.

28 Cockersand Chartul. ii, 385.

39 The petition presented to the Bishop
of Chester in 1716 records an 'ancient
tradition ' that the old chapel was built
in or about 1209, when there were but
seven families in the township ; Ch. P.
at Chester Dioc. Reg.

30 Cockersand Rental (Chet. Soc. Ivii),
30.

31 This appears from the petition of
1621.

33 The chapel is not mentioned at all
in the list of 1610 in Hist. MSS. Com.
Rep. xiv, App. iv, 8.

33 Fish wick, op. cit. 105-8. It is
probable that the payments by the

inhabitants and the farmer could not be
levied. Bishop Gastrell does not mention
them. The registers go back to 1621 5
ibid. 113.

84 Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, and Ches.),
i, 124.

35 Commontv. Ch. Surv. (Rec. Soc.
Lanes, and Ches.), 150.

36 Ibid.

37 Plund. Mins. Accts. (Rec. Soc. Lanes,
and Ches.), i, no, 247. James Threl-
fall, ' a godly and orthodox divine,' was
then minister ; the maintenance did not
exceed 20 nobles a year (£6 131. 4</.),
and there were 120 families.

38 Gastrell, Notitia Cestr. (Chet. Soc.),
ii, 413 ; the Crown gave £1 13*. 4^. and
the impropriator £10.

39 The petition has been cited above.
It states as a reason for changing the site
that ' such of the inhabitants as live
westward of the present chapel [were]
forced to go above two miles on lands not
well to be ridden upon, being soft and
mossy.' It was added that 'there is not
one Dissenter in the chapelry.' The
agreement made is printed by Fishwick,
op. cit. 109-11.

40 Ibid. 112, where a brief description
is given, with a notice of the monuments.

41 Visit. Ret.

42 Manch. Dioc. Dir.

43 Visit. List of 1677 at Chester.
Short notices of the curates will be found
in Fishwick, op. cit. 113-20; some of
the following details are derived there-
from.

334

44 Rector of North Meols 1689-
1708. One of these names graduated
from Pembroke Coll., Camb. ; M.A.
1674.

45 Of St. John's Coll., Camb., but did
not graduate ; Mayor, Admissions to St.
John's, ii, 93. He was licensed to Pilling
28 Jan. 1686-7; Visit. List of 1691. He
was 'conformable' in 1689 ; Hist. MSS.
Com. Rep. xiv, App. iv, 230. He died
in 1692.

46 The records in the church papers at
Chester Dioc. Reg. begin with this curate.
He was nominated on the death of
Thomas Hunter by Roger Hesketh and
Edward Hornby, two of the lords of the
manor, ' the third lord being a reputed
Papist.' Anyon was afterwards curate of
Ribby and Lund in Kirkham.

In 1731 he was still at Pilling and
presented for incontinence ; Visit. Ret.
at Chester.

47 Nominated by Roger Hesketh and
Geoffrey Hornby on the resignation of
J. Anyon. He resided at Pilling in
1743, but also ministered at Shireshead
every other Sunday afternoon ; Visit.
Ret. at Chester.

48 Nominated by Roger Hesketh and
Edmund Hornby on the death of J. Coulton.
Holden was under-master at Bentham
School. He became curate at Tatham Fell
1767 and compiled Holden's Tide Tables,
still published at Liverpool. He had a
son George, whose son George Holden
was curate of Maghull in Halsall 1811-
65 ; Fishwick.

AMOUNDERNESS HUNDRED

GARSTANG

1767 Cuthbert Harrison, B.A.49 (Trin. Coll.,
Camb.)

1774 John Hunter50

1781 William Bateson51

1797 Thomas Godfrey"

1802 James Potter53

1825 James Dawson Banister54

1876 John Wilson Waithman, M.A. (St. John's
Coll., Oxf.)

1893 Richard Titley Gardner, M.A. (Em-
manuel Coll., Camb.)

1897 Thomas Pearson, M.A. (Christ's Coll.,
Camb.)

There is a mission chapel (St. Mark's) at Eagland
Hill, built in 1869.

The Wesleyan Methodists have a chapel, built in
1813.

The Roman Catholic church of St. William was
opened in 1891.

A free school was founded and endowed by Robert
Carter in I7io.55

49 Nominated by Roger Hesketh and
Geoffrey Hornby, two of the lords of the
manor, the third (Humphrey Traftord)
being 'a reputed Papist." Mr. Harrison
was of the Singleton family.

60 Curate of Broughton ; nominated
by Geoffrey Hornby of Preston, sole
patron, on the resignation of C. Harrison.

51 Son of Anthony Bateson of Wray in
Melling ; nominated by Geoffrey Hornby,
rector of Winwick, on the death of
J. Hunter.

42 Nominated by G. Hornby on the
death of W. Bateson. He was ' minister '
in 1793.

58 Nominated by G. Hornby on the
death of T. Godfrey.

54 Nominated by Edmund Hornby,
John Gardner and William Elletson,
lords of the manor, on the death of
J. Potter. He resigned in 1876.

55 End, Char, Ref, for Garstang.

INDEX TO VOLUMES VI AND VII

NOTE. — The following less obvious abbreviations are used : — adv., advowson ; b., brother ; cast., castle ;
chant., chantry ; chap., chapel ; coll., college ; ct., court ; ctss., countess ; d., daughter ; dchss., duchess ; dk.,
duke ; D. and C., Dean and Chapter ; f., father ; hund., hundred ; ind., industries ; man., manor ; mchnss.,
marchioness ; m., mother ; mon., monastery ; par., parish ; pop., population ; sch., school ; sis., sister ; sts.,
streets ; vsct., viscountess ; w., wife ; wap., wapentake.

Abbey (Withnell), vi, 49
Abbot House (Mellor), vi, 262
Abbott (Abbot), John, vi, 192 n,
283 ; Rich., vi, 263 ; R., vii, 96 n ;
Rev. Phil., vi, 440 ; Phil., vi,
535, 558; Thos., vi, 162, 263,
298 n, 299 ; fam., vi, 246 n, 262 n
Abbott's Delf (Mellor), vi, 260
Abingdon, abbot of, vi, 218 n
Abingdon, Caroline, ctss. of, vi,

509 ; earls of, vi, 411, 460, 509
Abney, Sir Thos., vii, 138 n
Abney - Hastings, Chas. F., see

Donington, Ld.
Abraham, Will., vi, 88
Abram, Joan de, vii, 120 n ; Matth.
de, vii, 120 n ; Maud de, vii,
120 n ; Rob., vi, 284 n ; Will. A.,
vi, 245

Abreneburne (Studlehurst), vi, 324 n
Acclamby (Aglaby), Agnes, vii,
258 ; Joan, vii, 257 ; John, vii,
259 n ; Mabel, vii, 257, 258 ;
Nich., vii, 257 ; Thos., vii, 257,
258

Accrington (Old and New), vi, 349,
356 n, 411, 423-7, 434, 486 ; adv.,
vi, 426 ; chap., vi, 426 ; chant.,
vi, 426 ; char., vi, 416 ; ch., vi,
426 ; hosp., vi, 424 ; ind., vi,
423 ; labourers' wages, vi, 424 n ;
man., vi, 232, 233 n, 361 n, 411 «,
424, 425 n, 428, 489; mkts. and
fairs, vi, 426 ; mill, vi, 424 ;
mines, vi, 423, 425 ; Nonconf.,
vi, 427 ; pks., vi, 426 ; quarries,
vi, 423, 523 n ; Rom. Cath., vi,
427 ; sch., vi, 426, 427 ; town-hall,
vi, 426
Accrington, forest of, vi, 232, 424,

425

Accrondley, see Acornley

Ackers, Rich., vii, 320 »

Ackhurst Clough, vii, 13 n

Acornhurst (Leagram), vi, 379 «,
380 n

Acornley (Foulridge), vi, 544, 546

Acornley, Ad. de, vi, 546 ; Hen.,
vi, 547 I John, vi, 546

Acranley, see Acornley

Acre (Haslingden), vi, 427

Acre Mill (Bacup), vi, 439 n, 441 n

Acres, Ad. del, vi, 131 n

Acrinton, see Accrington

Acroid, see Ecroyd

Acton, see Aighton

Adam, vi, 366 n, 401 n, 443, 446,
480 n, 481*1, 485*1; vii, 94 n,
98 n, 100 «, 171 n, 279 «, 282 n,
318 n ; abbot of Evesham, vi,
65 n ; abbot of Kirkstall, vi,
480 «; the calfherd, vii, 316 n;
chaplain, vi, 402 n ; vii, 59 n ;
the chapman, vi, 474 n, 475 n ;
the clerk, vi, 109 n ; curate

Adam (cont.)

of Low Chapel, vi, 299 ; dean of
Kirkham, vii, 145 n, 146 ; the
ferryman, vi, 58 n ; the gold-
smith, vi, 56 n ; the harper, vi,
365 n ; janitor of Clitheroe, vi,
365 n ; the miller, vi, 397 n ;
prior, vii, 59 n ; rector of Black-
burn, vi, 239 ; the reeve, vi, 428 n •
the serjeant, vi, 96 n ; the smith,
vi, ii n, 364 n ; the studherd,
vii, 131 n ; the tailor, vi, 246 n,
470 n ; the wright, vi, 209 n

Adams, Mary, vi, 187 ; Rob., vii,
259 n ; Theophilus, vii, 259 n

Adamson, Ad. vii, 158 n ; Edm.,
vii, 324 n ; Ellen, vii, 135 n ; Jane,
vii, 206 n ; Rev. John, vi, 546 n ;
John, vi, 416, 496 ; vii, 200 «,
2O5 n> 324 n .' Rob., vii, 121 n,
135 «; Sanford J. C., vi, 495 n,
496 ; Thos., vii, 206 n, 324 n

Adcockson, see Atkokson

Addelynton, see Adlington

Addison, Anne A., vi, 325 ; Rev.
Jas. S., vi, 440 ; John, vi, 325 ;
Pet., vii, 123; Thos., vii, 90 «,
102 n ; Thos. B., vii, 102 n, 153 n ;
fam., vii, 102

Addlington, Adelventon, see Adling-
ton

Adkinson, see Atkinson

Adlington (Adlincton), vi, 58 n,
182, 187 n, 217-20; ch., vi, 220 ;
man., vi, 217 ; Nonconf., vi, 220

Adlington, Agnes, vii, 158 n ; Alice
de, vi, 218 n ; Cecily de, vi,

218 n; Chris., vi, 218 n, 219 n;
Eleanor, vi, 218 ; Eliz., vi, 218 n ;
vii, 233 «; Ellen de, vi, 218 n ;
Gilb., vi, 218 n ; Hugh, vi, 143 n,
182 n, 215 n, 217, 218, 218 n,

219 n, 220 n, 224 n ; vii, 233,
233 n ; Jas., vi, 219 n ; John de,
vi, 143 «, 185 », 213, 218, 218 n,
219 n ; Kath., vi, 218 n; vii,
233 n ; Marg., vi, 218 n; Pet.,
vi, 217 n, 218, 451 n ; Randle de,
vi, 218 n ; Rich, de, vi, 218 n ;
Rob., vi, 215 «, 218, 218 n,
219 n ; vii, 233 n ; Rog. de, vi,
218 n ; Sibyl, vii, 233 ; Thos. de,
vi, 143 n, 218 n ; Walt, de, vi,
217; Will, de, vi, 218 n

Adlington Hall (Standish), vi, 183,

219

Adlinton, see Adlington
Admarsh (Preston), vii, 141 ; ch.,

vii, 142

Admergill (Yorks), vi, 527 n
Admergill Water, riv., vi, 541
Adreancroft (Hap ton), vi, 5107*
Agamund, monk, vii, 68 n
Agemundrenesse, see Amoui'derness
Aghton, see Aighton

337

Aglaby, see Acclamby
Agmundernes, see Amounderness
Agnes, d. of Hen., vii, 227 n
Agnesson, Ad., vii, 101 n ; Amery,

vii, 101 n

Agotehole, see Haggate
Ahmuty, Maria E., vi, 168 n
Aighton (Aighton, Bailey and
Chaigley) , vi, 230, 375 n; vii, 1-14,
27 n, 33 «, 43", 50 n, 54, 57 »,
59 », 65 n, 69 n, 189, igjn,
326 n ; char., vii, 19 n ; man., vi,
381 n ; vii, 2, 288 n ; mill, vii,
13, 13 n, 16 n ; Rom. Cath., vii,
7 ; well, vii, 2

Aighton (Acton, Aghton), Ad. de,
vii, 200 n, 201 n, 286 n ; Alan de,
vii, 15 n ; Ellen de, vii, 57 « ;
Ellis de, vii, 15 n ; Eva de, vii,
13 n ; John de, vii, 15 n ; Jordan
de, vii, 15 »; Maud de, vii, 15 n ;
Nich. de, vii, 15 n ; Ralph de, vii,
13 n, 15 n ; Rich., vii, 18, 200 n,
201 n ; Thos. de, vii, 15 n ; fam.,
vi, 559 n ; see also Haighton
Aighton Ing (Clitheroe), see Orchard

Ing
Ailsi (Eilsi), vi, 258, 314, 317, 320,

324, 336; vii, 191, 232, 320
Ailsi, Rich., vi, 21 4 n
Ailsison, Alice, vi, 214 n; John,
vi, 214 n ; Ralph, vi, 214 « ;
Will., vi, 214 n

Ainscough (Ainscoe), Hugh, vi,
176 n ; John, vi, 237 n ; Mary,
vi, 215 n ; Radley, vi, 215 « ;
Thos., vi, 215 ; see also Ayscough
Ainsdale (Preston), vii, 130 w
Ainsworth (Aynesworth), Agnes,
vi, 267 ; Cath., vi, 287 ; Chris.,
vi, 285 n ; Claudia, vi, 267 ;
Dorothy, vi, 267 ; Edm., vi,
287 ; Edw., vi, 267 ; Elias (Ellis),
vi, 267 ; Eliz., vi, 12 « ; Geo., vi,
405 «, 407 «, 408 ; vii, 295 n.
298 ; Hen., vi, 266, 267 ; vii,
298 n ; Isabel, vi, 28 n, 408 n ;
Jas., vi, 269 n, 280 n ; Jane, vi,
267 n ; Jenet, vi, 293 ; Joan, vi,
276-7 ; John (de), vi, 12 n, 267,
268, 331, 406 «, 408; Laur., vi,
28 «, 267, 281 n, 288 n, 293,
408 n ; Lettice, vi, 317 ; Marg.,
vi, 267 ; Nich., vi, 267 n, 277 ;
Ralph, vi, 267 n ; Rich., vi, 12 n,
269 n ; Rob., vii, u6«, 267;
Thos., vi, 267, 268, 269, 283 n,
317 ; T. S., vi, 260
Aintree, vi, 419 n
Aiston, Rob. J. B., vii, 275 « ; Rob.

J. F., vii, 275
Aitken, — , vii, 104 n
Akame (Barton), vii, 127 »
Akenehead, vii, 330 n
Akeringtone, see Accrington

43

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Akerlandeleye, see Acornley
Akeroyd, Akeroyde, see Ecroyd
Akovere, see Okeover
Akryngton, see Accrington
Alan, vi, 154 n, 552 n ; vii, 264,
283 n, 324 n ; the baker, vi,
365 n ; the clerk, vi, 335 n,
405 n ; the forester, vii, 192 n ;
the miller, vii, 134 n; monk, vii,
215 n; seneschal, vi, 291 n ; the
turner, vi, 400 n

Alan's Dyke (Preston), vii, 131 n
Alansfield (Wrightington), vi, 174 n
Alanson, see Allanson
Albemarle, Eliz. Monk, dchss. of,
vi, 233 ; Chris. Monk, dk. of, vi,

233 ; Geo. Monk, dk. of, vi, 233,
361,361 n, 489, 525 ; fam., vi, 362

Albert, vii, 166 ?fc

Albert Edward Dock (Preston), vi,
56 n; vii, 129 n

Albin (Albyn), Ad., vii, 97 n ;
Chris., vii, 234 n, 245 ; Hen., vii,
328 n ; Joan, vii, 63 n ; Rob., vii,

234 n ; Will., vii, 62 n, 63 n,gjn;
— , vii, 244 n

Albus, Albi, see Blount and White
Alcancotes, see Alkincotes
Alcockfield (Alcocks Field) (Claugh-

ton), vii, 326 n
Aldburne, Ralph de, vii, 24
Alddall (Duxbury), vi, 211 n
Aldearth (Longton), vi, 71 n
Aldefield (Kirkham), vii, 166 n
Aldeleme, John de, vi, 132 ; Kath.

de, vi, 132
Aldelin, vi, 291 n
Alden, man., vi, 233 n
Alden, reeve of Tottington, vi,

438 n

Alderbarrow (Trawden), vi, 548
Alderhurst (Trawden), vi, 548
Alderson, Mary, vii, 155 n ; Thos.,

vii, 155 n
Alderthlegh (Walton-le-Dale) , vi,

290

Aldeschalecloht (Cuerdale), vi, 301 «

Aldeware (Aldware), Amery, vii,

99 n ; Rich, de, vii, 99 n ; Will.,

vii, 99 n

Aldfield (Charnock Richard), vi,

205 n, 207 n

Aldfield (Clitheroe), vi, 365 n
Aldfield (Cuerden), vi, 26 n
Aldfield (Garstang), vii, 314 n
Aldford (Clitheroe), vi, 365 n
Aldred Sowerby, see Sowerby, Little
Aldware, see Aldeware
Aldwath ford (Poulton-le-Fylde) ,

vii, 226
Aldwayn, Ad., vii, 152 n ; Nich.,

vii, 152 n
Aldwin, vii, 92 n
Aleke, vii, 321 n
Alexander IV, pope, vi, 240
Alexander VI, pope, vi, 122 n
Alexander, 474 n, 475 n ; the chap-
lain, vi, 375 n ; vii, 59 n ; the
clerk, vi, 366 w; vii, 178 n, 179 n,
209 n ; rector of Poulton, vii,
226 n

Aleyn, see Allen
Alghton, see Haighton
Alice, vii, 273 ; d. of Amery the
clerk, vi, 92 n, 95 n ; d. of Ivette,
vii, 98 n ; d. of Kettel, vi, 168 n-
gn; d. of Rob., vi, 26 n, g6n;
d. of Will., vii, 132 n ; sis. of
Joan (of Longton), vi, 72 n ; sis.
of Joan Redissh, vi, 267 » ; w. of
Albred, vii, 92 n ; w. of Amery,
vii, 55 n; w. of Orm, vii, 179;
w. of Rich, the miller, vi, 95 n ;
w of Rob., vi, 21 n, 193 n
Aliff. John, vi, 189

Alimun, vii, 54 n

Alison, Hen., vi, 206 ; Mrs., vi, 206

Alkenkotes, see Alkincotes

Alker, John, vi, 237 n

Alkincotes (house) (Colne), vi, 526,

533 »
Alkincotes (vill) (Colne), vi, 523,

524, 525, 534 »

Alkincotes, Ad. de, vi, 525, 526 «,
538 n ; Ellen de, vi, 526 n ; John
de, vi, 526*1; Pet. de, vi, 525,
526 «, 538 n ; Rich, de, vi, 525,
526 n ; Will, de, vi, 525

Allan, see Allen

Allanson (Alanson), Ellen, vi, in n;
Ellis, vii, 324 n ; Geo., vi, 217,
217 w, 219 n ; John, vi, 5537*;
Marg., vi, in n ; Reg., vi, 217 n,
219 n ; Rog., vi, 217 n ; Thos.,
vi, 129 ; vii, 324 n ; Will., vi,
in n, 155

Allanson's charity, vi, 148

Allen (Allan, Alen, Aleyn), Rev.
Ebenezer B., vi, 435 ; Edw., vi,
489, 525 ; Eliz., vii, 236, 239 n ;
Ellen, vi, 481 n ; Gabriel, vii,
237 n ; Geo., vii, 174 n, 175 w,
190 », 223 n, 227 n, 236, 239 n,
241 n, 247 n ; Isabel, vi, 556 « ;
vii, 236 n ; John, vii, 234 n, 236,
247; John T., vi, 371; Marg.,
vii, 236 ; Mary, vi, 228 n ; Rich.,
vi, 556 « ; Rog., vi, 481 n ; Sibyl,
vi, 556 n ; Rev. S. J., vi, 238,
255 n, 259 n, 446 ; Thos., vii, 12 n,
247 n ; Cardinal Will., vi, 40,
228; vii, 135, 155, 185 n, 219,
236 ; — , vii, 181 n

Alleys, The (Clitheroe), vi, 364,

365 »

Alley tithing (Whittingham), vii,
207 n

Alleytroyds (Church), vi, 399, 402 n,
403 n

Allicock's Riddings (Mawdesley),
vi, 97 n

Almarica, see Amery

Almery, see Amery

Almond, Fran., vii, 289 n ; Margery,
vii, 231 ; Rich., vi, 337 ; Rob.,
vi, 199 n ; Thos., vii, 231

Almond's Croft (Broughton), vii, 90

Almscroft (Clitheroe), vi, 377 n

Almundernes, see Amounderness

Alot, vii, 209 n

Alpham (Barton), vii, 127 n

Alreneburne (Studlehurst), vi, 324 w

Alrene-snape (Studlehurst) , vi,
324 n

Alsergate (Staynall), vii, 252 n

Alsop, Chris., vii, 42

Alston (Alston with Hothersall), vi,
230; vii, 36, 37, 51, 52, 61-67,
68, 90; man., vi, 38 n, 41 n, 303;
vii, 6 1 ; Rom. Cath., vii, 67

Alston (Alstun), Ad. de, vii, 63 n ;
Alice de, vii, 63 n ; Amery de,
vii, 63 n ; Grimbald de, vii, 63 n ;
Hen., vii, 17 n ; Hitchcock de,
vii, 63 n ; Joan de, vii, 63 n ;
John (de), vi, 7, 399; vii, 30 n,
62 n, 63 n ; John J. de, vii, 62 n ;
Kath. de, vii, 63 n ; Mabot de,
vii, 62 n ; Maud de, vii, 63 n ;
Rich, (de), vi, 270, 271 ; vii, 31,
32, 35 «, 63 n; Capt. Rob- -v ii,
31 n ; Rob. (de, of)..™', 30 n, 32,

62 n ; Rog. de. T~l, 270, 271 ; vii,

63 n ; Tho^-., vi, 521 ; Walt, de,
vii, 63 r ; Will, de, vii, 30 n, 63 w ;
Will. J . de, vii, 62 n ; see also
Austen

Alstonfield (Alston), vii, 63 n
Alston Hall, vi, 39 « ; vii, 62 n
Alstonholme (Alston), vii, 63 n

Alstun, see Alston

Alt, Ellis de, vi, 24 n ; John de,

vi, 24 n

Alta Ripa, fam., see Hautrey
Altcar (Euxton), vi, 18 n
Altencote, see Alkincotes
Al testy (Longton), vi, 71 n
Altham, vi, 349, 356 n, 411-16, 426,
538; adv., vi, 413, 415; chap.,
vi, 357 n, 412, 414 ; char., vi, 416 ;
ch., vi, 413 ; cross, vi, 414 n ;
ind., vi, 411 ; man., vi, 411 ;
mines, vi, 411 ; quarries, vi, 411
Altham, Ad. de, vi, 412 n, 511 n ;
Alan de, vi, 411 «, 412 n, 417;
Alex, de, vi, 400 n ; Alice de,
vi, 499 n ; Ellen de, vi, 412 n ;
Emma de, vi, 512 n ; Hen. de,
vi, 412 n, 413 n, 414 n ; Hugh de,
vi, 411 «, 412, 413 », 417, 424;
Jas., vi, 512 n ; Jesse, vi, 471 n ;
Joan de, vi, 412 ; John de, vi,
231, 397 n, 400 n, 412, 488, 497 n,
499 n, 511 n ; Kath. de, vi, 497 n ;
Margery de, vi, 412 »; Maud de,
vi, 506 n ; Rich, de, vi, 409 n,
411 n, 412, 414 w, 417; Rob. de,
vi, 512 n ; Rog. de, vi, 400, 511 ;
Sim. de, vi, 412, 326 n, 414 n,
506 n, 511 n ; Thos. de, vi, 402 n,
403 n, 411 n, 417, 511 ; Will, de,
vi, 326 n, 331 n, 411 n, 412, 413,
414 n, 417, 424, 511 n
Altune (Studlehurst), vi, 324 n
Alum Crag (Pleasington), vi, 266
Alum House Brook, see Arley,

brook

Alum mines, vi, 37, 266
Alum Scar (Pleasington), vi, 266
Amabel, d. of John, vi, 66 n ; d. of
Rog., vi, 266 ; w. of Thos., vii,
48 w

Ambler, Lawr., vi, 534
Ambrose, Alex., vii, 198 n, 288 n
Alice, vii, 287 n ; Eliz., vii, 288 n
Ellen, vii, 35 n, 288 n ; Ewan
vii, 288 n ; Geo., vii, 288 n
Godith, vi, 34 n ; Hen., vii, 288 n
Rev. Isaac, vii, 265 n ; Isaac, vii
86, 104 n, 298, 299 ; Isabel, vii
288 n ; Joan, vii, 288 n ; John
vi, 91 n ; Leonard, vii, 288 n
Marg., vii, 198 n, 238 n, 288 n
Maud, vi, 332 ; Nich., vi, 61 n
vii, 200 n, 288 n ; Rich., vii, 86 n

287 n, 288 n ; Rob., vii, 319 n
Rog., vii, 288 n ; Thos., vii,

288 n ; Will., vi, 34 n, 61 n, 332 ;
vii, 35 n, 152 n, 183 n, 200 n,
238 n, 287 n, 288 n, 308 n

Ambrose Acre (Wrightington), vi,

173 »
Ambrose Hall (Woodplumpton) ,

vii, 285, 288

Ambrye Meadows (Leyland), vi, 6 n
Ambwell (Foulridge), vi, 545
Amelcote(s), Ingelram de, vi, 24 ;

Rob. de, vi, 24 n ; fam., vi, 291 n
Amery (Almarica, Americus, Amu-

ria), vii, 54 n, 55 n, 57 n; the c'*>rk,

vi, 92 n, 95 n ; d. of I^ich., vi,

97 n ; vii, 150 «• ; d. of Walt, the

judge, v',- i 17 n ; rector of Preston,

v", 34 n ; w. of Ad., vi, 225 » ; w.

of Rog., vii, 47 n
Amery (Almery), Geoff., vi, 204 w
Amethalgh (Anyetehalgh),Avicede,

vii, 65 n ; Christiana de, vii, 65 n ;

Rich, de, vii, 59 n, 65 n ; Rob.

de, vii, 52 n

Ametehalit (Ribchester), vii, 46 n
Amherst, Eliz., vii, 245 n ; John,

vii, 245 «

Amice, d. of Rich., vii, 285 n
Amoria, Fran. Petre, bp. of, vi, 259

338

INDEX

Amotson, Ellen, vii, 131 n ; Thos.

J., vii, 131 n ; see also Annotson
Amounderness, forest of, vii, 68 n,

116 n, 137 n, 138
Amounderness, hund., vii, 68 ;

bailiwick, vii, 69, 201 n; deanery,

vi, 234 ; vii, 70, 128 n ; Idshp.,

vii, 69, 176 ; serjeanty, vii, 69 n,

n8n
Amounderness, Ad., dean of, vii,

70; Rich. Parker, dean of, vii,

25 n ; William de Slaidburn, dean

of, vii, 147 n
Amricson, Hen., vii, 125 n ; Will.,

vii, 125 «

Amunderness, see Amounderness
Amuria, see Amery
Anabaptists, vi, 298, 535 n ; vii, 43,

51 n
Anabila, w. of Rich, the Serjeant,

vi, 229 n
Anderson, Cath., vi, 167 n ; John ,

vi, 167 n
Anderton, vi, 58 n, 76, 182, 187 «,

220-2 ; char., vi, 191 ; halls, vi,

220 n ; man., vi, 75, 220; Rom.
Cath., vi, 222

Anderton, Ad. (de), vi, 12 n, 220 ;
Agnes, vi, 22 n, 64 n ; Alethea,
vi, 366 n ; Alice (de), vi, 12 n,
• 20 n, 221 n ; vii, 49 n ; Almarica
de, vi, 200 n, 220 n ; Anne, vi,
12 n, 31 n, 219 n ; vii, 177 n ;
Avice de, vi, 220 ; vii, 54 n ;
Bern., vii, 42 n ; Cath., vi, 20 « ;
Sir Chas., vii, 296; Chris., vi,
3in, 50 n, 217*1, 219 n, 221,
366, 366 », 367, 428 n; vii,
83 «, 170 n, 239 «, 296, 297 ;
Dorothy, vi, 30 n, 31 «, 106 n ;
vii, 169 », 170 n, 281 n ; Edm.,
vi, 12 n ; Eh'z., vi, 12 n, 20 n,
429 n, 517; Ellen (de), vi, 12 n,
140 «, 142, 221, 428 n ; Frances,
vi, 21 ; Fran., vi, 20 n, 21 », 221,
222, 366 n ; Grace, vi, 20 «, 33 n ;
vii, 169 n, 275 ; Hen., vi, 306 n ;
Hen. I., vi, 21 n ; Hugh, vi, 18,

19, 20, 30, 31 n, 33 », 106, 142,
174 n, 207 «, 208 n, 428 n, 513 n,
517 ; vii, 169 n, 181 n, 275, 297,
298 n ; Isabel (de), vi, 3 n, 12 n,

20, 227 n, 513 », 517; Jas., vi,
3 n, 12 «, 19, 20, 22 «, 29, 30,
31! 32 «, 33 «, 34 «» 35 »> 5° «,
57 n, 64 n, 65 n, 106 «, 107 w,
108 n, now, 140, 142, 152 w,
i66«, 213, 219 w, 221 «, 227 n,
229 «, 285 «, 365 n, 426, 428 «,
429 « ; vii, 98 n, 123 », 126 w,
169 n, 170 n, 177 n, 181 n, 193 «,
275 «, 281 n, 293 M, 297, 298,
314 w, 320 w, 331 »; Jas. F.,
vii, 126 ; Jane, vi, 31 n ; John,
vi, 12 n, 221 w, 416, 518 ; vii,
49 « ; Jos. H., vi, 371 ; Lambert
de, vii, 54 n ; Magdalen, vi, 219 «,

221 n ; Marg., vi, 12 n, 20 n,
19 n, 174 »; vii, 177%; Mary,
vi, 20 n, 536 ; vii, 314 n ; Matth.,
vi, 31 n ; Maud, vi, 226 « ; Capt.
Nich., vii, 293 n ; Nich;, vi, 31 n ;
Oliver, vi, 12 n, 19, 140, 142,
182 n, 221, 428 n ; Pet., vi, 142 n,
218 n, 221 ; vii, 297 n ; Rich., vi,
12 «, 48 ; Rev. Rob., vi, 20 » ;
Rob. (de), vi, 12 n, 220 w, 221 n,

222 « ; Rog., vi, 219 n, 221 ; vii,
131 ; Sibyl de, vi, 220 w, 221 n ;
Steph., vi, 416 n ; Thos. de, vi,
12 w, 19 n, 20 w, 31 n, 220, 221 n,
295 », 331 « ; vii, 298 n ; Thomas-
ine, vii, 131 ; Thurstan, vi, 31 n,
118 n, 140, 142 n, 191, 221, 226 w,
428 n ; vii, 83 n ; Wilfrid F., vii,

Anderton (cont.)

126; Will, (de), vi, 12 n, 20, 21,
22, 31 n, 142 n, 182 n, 200 n,

2l8 W, 219 «, 22O, 221, 222 «,

493, 494 M, 513 w, 517; vii, 131 ;

Maj. Will. A., vi, 21 ; Will. I., vi,

19, 21, 23 ; Maj. Will. M. I., vi,

21 n ; Mrs., vi, 367, 528 ; — , vi,

249 ; vii, 75, 292, 293 ; fam., vi,

372 ; vii, 126

Andreness, see Amounderness
Andreton, see Anderton
Andrews, Abigail, vi, 150 n; John,

vi, 150 n; Randal, vii, 87, 124;

— , vii, 87 n

Angelholme (Poulton), vii, 225
Angersholme (Norbreck), vii, 246,

247
Anglesea, Henrietta M., ctss. of,

vii, 281 n ; John, earl of, vii,

281 n
Anglezarke, Alice de, vi, 212 n ;

John de, vi, 212 w, 213%; Rob.

de, vi, 48 n, 21 3 n ; Rog. de, vi,

213 n ; Will., vi, 213 »
Angotsmoss, see Angersholme
Angram Green (Worston), vi, 373
Angrum (Church), vi, 401 n
Anion, see Anyon
Anne, Eliz., vii, 309 n ; Geo., vii,

309 n ; Mary, vii, 309 n ; Michael,

vii, 309

Annel Cross, see Hannel Cross
Annot Cross (Whalley), vi, 470
Annotson, Amery, vi, 143 n; Hugh,

vi, 143 n ; Will., vi, 143 n ; see

also Amotson
Ansdell (Lytham), vii, 213
Anstehalgh (Ribchester), vii, 29 «
Antishaw (Leyland), vi, 7 n
Antley (Accrington), vi, 233 n, 423,

424 n
Antley, Higher (Accrington), vi,

425
Antley, Macock de, vi, 424 ; Matth.

de, vi, 424 n ; Rich, de, vi, 424 n ;

Will, de, vi, 424
Antley Gate (Trawden), vi, 548
Anyetehalgh, see Amethalgh
Anyon (Anion), Ad. de, vii, 230 n ;

John, vii, 250*1, 255, 334;

Margery, vii, 231 n ; Thos., vii,

231 n

Apaldsyke (Longton), vi, 70 n, 71 n
Appleton, Anne, vi, 378 n ; Marg.,

vi, 378 «; Nowell, vi, 378 n ;

Will., vi, 378 n ; Mrs., vi, 378 n
Appley Bridge (Wrightington), vi,

169 ; ch., vi, 178
Appley Wood (Wrightington), vi,

171 n

Aqua Blanca, Peter de, vii, 264
Arbalaster, Ad. le, vi, 203 n ; Alice

le, vi, 203 n ; Eva, vii, 189 n ;

Geoff, (the), vii, 189 w, 190 n,

256 ; John, vii, 190 n, 257
Arbury (Winwick), vi, 67 n
Archer, Jas., vii, 78 n ; Laur., vii,

238 n
Arches, Beatrice de, vi, 507 n ; John

de, vi, 507 n ; Maud (Matilda)

de, vi, 320, 507 n, 509 n ; Pet.

de, vi, 3i7«, 320 n, 507 «;

Reyner de, vi, 396, 507, 511 n;

Rich, de, vi, 291 n ; Will, de, vi,

320, 396, 507, 509 M, 511
Arderne, Agnes, vi, 276-7 ; Alice de,

vi, 276 n ; Eleanor, vi, 276-7 ;

Eliz., vii, 253 « ; Joan de, vi,

131, 132, 276, 397 ; vii, 3, 4 ;

John de, vi, 2 n, 26 n, 213, 276,

277 ; vii, 147 ; Kath., vi, 277 ;

Marg., vi, 276-7 ; Nathan, vii,

253 n ; Rob. de, vi, 26 n, 140 n,

276, 397 ; vii, 3 ; Sir Thos. de,

339

Arderne (cont.)

vi, 101 n, 136 n, 140 «, 276, 287,

398 ; vii, 3, 4, 15 ; Thos. de, vi,

131, 132, 276, 397 ; vii, 3, 15 n
Argarmeols, vii, 285
Argaythel, Ad. de, vi, n6«
Argham, see Arrom
Arghole (Stalmine), vii, 252 n
Argholestan (Stalmine), vii, 252 n
Arkestanheved (Barnacre), vii, 316 n
Arkholme, fam., see Arrom
Arkwright, John, vii, 121 n; Sir

Rich., vii, 80 ; Rob., vii, 121 n ;

Will., vii, 77, 121 n ; fam., vii,

98 n

Arley (Blackrod), vi, 193 w
Arley (Mellor), vi, 262
Arley, brook, vi, 260, 263, 266, 303
Armetriding (Armetridding) (Chaig-

ley), vii, 18
Armetriding (Armetridding)

(Church), vi, 400 n
Armetriding (Euxton), vi, 21 «;

mill, vi, 1 8

Armetriding, le (Mellor), vi, 263
Armetriding, Nether (Leyland), vi,

37 »

Armetriding, Ad. del, vi, 21 n ;
Agnes de, vi, 21 n ; Hugh, vi,
22 n ; Rev. Jas., vi, 22 n, 23 ;
Jas., vi, 22 n ; Joana J., vi, 23 n ;
John (de, del), vi, 8 n, 21 n, 22 n,
23n> 5l> 2O7 n J v"» 245 I Marg.
(Margaretta) , vi, 9 n, 23 n ; Rich.,
vi, 22 n ; Sarah M., vi, 23 n ;
Steph. de, vi, 18 « ; Thos., vi, 8,
9 n, 22 ; Will, de, vi, 21 n

Armitstead (Armistead, Armisteed,
Armitsdale, Hermitstead) , Lawr.
del, vi, 92 n ; Marg., vii, 25 n ;
Thos., vi, 404 ; Will., vii, 25, 218
312

Arncliffe, vi, 507 n, 508 n

Arnolby (Millom), vii, 321 n

Arnulf, vii, 84

Arom, fam., see Arrom

Arom House (Preston), vii, 100 n

Arpifield (Simonstone), vi, 499 n

Arram, fam., see Arrom

Arran, earl of, vi, 180 n

Arrom (Argham, Arkholme, Arom
Arram, Erghum), Anne, vii
100 « ; Hen., vii, 99 n ; Isabel
vii, 99 n ; Ralph de, vii, 85
Will, de, vii, 74, 99 n, loon

Arrowsmith, Edm., vi, i8gn; F.
vi, 430 ; Ralph, vi, 182 w, 216 n
217 ; Rich., vii, 128 n ; Rev. —
vii, 164 n

Arthur, vii, 132 n

Arthwright, John, vii, 329 n ; Will.,
vii, 329 n, 330 n

Artwin, Ad., vii, 153

Arundel, Rich. Fitz-Alan, earl of,
vi, 265 n

Arundell of Wardour, Jas. E.
Arundell, Ld., vii, 12

Ascam, John de, vii, 71 «

Aschetil, vii, 247 ; Will., grandson
of, vii, 247

Ascitiis, Humbert de, vii, 41

Ascroft, Hen., vii, 98 n

Asellison, Cecily, vii, 99 n ; Hugh,
vii, 99 n

Ash (Ashes, Asshe, de Fraxino),
Alex, del, vii, 57 n ; Cecily de,
vii, 17 n ; Edw., vii, 17, 57 n, 58,
60 n ; Eliz., vii, 57 » ; Ellen del,
vii, 57 n ; Geo., vii, 17, 50 n, 57 n ;
Hen. del, vii, 15 », 17; Hugh
(del), vii, 17, Son, 57 n; John
de (del), vii, 17, 17 «, 57 n '•
Margery de, vii, 17 n ; Rich. (de.
del), vi, 257; vii, 17 n, 57 n ;
Rob. (del), vii, 15 n, 17, 18, 57 n,

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Ash (cont.)

58; Thos. (del), vii, 17 n, 57 «;
Will, del, vii, 57 n, 100 n
Ashbrennerhurst (Leyland), vi, 38 n
Ashburner, Rob., vi, 36 ; Sarah, vi,

36
Ashburnham, John Ashburnham ,

earl of, vi, 104 n
Ashburnham library, vi, 382 »
Ashenclogh (Lower Darwen), vi,

276
Ashenflat (Habergham Eaves), vi,

456 »

Ashes, man. (Kirkham), vii, 195
Ashes, fam., see Ash
Asheton, see Ash ton and Assheton
Ashheys (Preston), vii, 134 n
Ash House (Ribchester), vii, 58 n
Ashhurst, Hen., vi, 177 n ; Will.,

vi, 102, 173 n, 177 n, 202 w
Ashlar House (Higham), vi, 513
Ashley (Goosnargh), vii, 163 n
Ashley (Whittingham), vii, 29 n,

207, 208 n, 209 n, 210, 212
Ashley, Avice de, vii, 212 n ; Chris-
tiana de, vii, n^ n; Gilb. de,
vii, 212 n ; John de, vii, 212 n ;
Margery de, vii, 114 n, 212 n ;
Rich, de, vii, 114 n, 212 n ; Rob.
de, vii, 212 n ; Will, de, vii, 114 n,
212 n
Ashley Clough (Whittingham), vii,

207 n, 210 n

Ashton (Ashton-upon-Ribble), vi,
39 n; vii, 69, 72, 73 n, 76, 79,
80, 83 n, gin, 101, 106 n, n6n,
129, 132, 133 ,n, 135, 273, 301,
309 ; char., vii, 91 ; ch., vii, 136 ;
dock, vii, 80 ; ind., vii, 129 ; man.,
vi, 41 n ; vii, 106 n, 129, 303 n,
309 n ; Nonconf., vii, 137 ; Rom.
Cath., vii, 77 n, 137
Ashton (Ayston), Ad. de, vii, 133 n ;
Agnes, vi, 94 n ; Alice, vi, 93 ,
93 n> 94 n> 227 ** I vii, 100 n,
134 n ; Anne, vi, 93 n, 94 ; vii,
333, 333 » ; Arth. de, vii, 132,
134, 134 n ; Avice de, vii, 133 n ;
Bridget, vi, 94 ; Cecily de, vi,
224 n ; Dorothy, vi, 94 n ; Eccles,
vi, 282 ; Edith de, vii, 134 »;
Edm., vi, 322 n, 410, 494 n,
510 n, 511 n, 559 n; Eliz., vi.,
176**, 505 n, 506 n ; Ellen de,
vi, 93 n ; Eva de, vii, 132 n ;
Gilb. de, vii, 130 n, 133 n, 134 n ;
Hamlet (Hamnet), vi, 505 n,
506 n ; Hamo de, vi, 224 n ;
Hen., vii, 75 ; Hilary, vi, 94 n ;
Hugh, vi, 94 ; Isabel de, vii,
*33 n '> Jas., vi, 94 n, 410 n,
411 n, 510 n; vii, 173; Jas. N.,
vi, 176 n ; Jane, vi, 35 n, 97 n ;
John de, vi, 48 n, 94, 176 n,
227 n, 510 n ; vii, 92 n, 100 n,
133 n, 182 n, 258 n ; Kath. de,
vi, 170 n; Lettice, vi, 510 n ;
Luke, vi, 127 ; Mabel de, vii,
133 n ; Mabot de, vii, 132 n ;
Marg., vi, 94 n, 212 n ; Mary, vi,
282 ; Maud de, vii, 132 n ; Orm
de, vi, 169, 171 ; Phil., vii, 276 n ;
Ralph, vi, 93 n, 222 n ; vii,
132 n ; Ratcliff, vi, 290, 295 ;
Rich., vi, 35 n, 72, 94, 95, 97 n,
98 n, 99 n, non, 112, 212; vii,
132, 132 n, 133 », 134 », 333 »,
334 n ; Rob. de, vii, 132 n ; Rog.
de, vi, 169 n, 176 n, 224 n ; vii,
132 n, 133 n, 134 n ; Susan de,
vii, 132 n ; Sir Thos., vii, 115 n,
116 «, 126 n ; Thos. (de), vi, 70 n,
71 n, 72, 72 «, 73 n, 82, 82 n, 88 nt
93, 94, 95 n, 96, 97 n, 99, lion,
Ii6«, 130, 132, 282; vii, 333,

Ashton (cont.)

333 n ; Sir Will, (de), vi, 72 n, 93,
94 n, log n, no n ; Will., vi, 92 n,
94 n, 170 n, 212 n, 224 n ; vii,
ioo«, 130 n, 132 n, 134 n ; — ,
vi, 366, 510, 512 ; fam., vi, 84,
130, 170 n ; vii, 102, 102 n ; see
also Assheton
Ashton Bank (Preston), vii, 129 ;

chap., vii, 87 n
Ashton Hall, vi, 421
Ashton-under-Lyne, man., vi, 40
Ash -tree planting, vi, now
Ash worth, Rev. Caleb, vi, 438 ;
Hen., vi. 507 ; John, vi, 436 n ;
Lawr., vi, 440 ; Miles, vi, 441 ;
Nich., vi, 438 ; Rob., vi, 438 ;
Will., vi, 438

Aske Marsden, see Marsden
Askew, Askue, see Ayscough
Aslacton, Avice de, vii, 192 ; Hen.,

vii, 193 n ; Mich, de, vii, 192
Asland, riv., see Douglas
Asley, John, vi, 130
Asmall, Asmoll, see Aspinall
Aspden, brook, vi, 401 n
Aspden, man. (Oswald twistle), vi,

407
Aspden, the hard (Altham), vi,

413 n

Aspden, Ad, de, vi, 402 n, 405 n,
407, 508 n ; Alice (de), vi, 407 «,
411 n ; Awyn, vi, 402 n ; Edm.,
vi, 407 n, 515; Ellen, vi, 407 n ;
Geoff., vi, 402 n ; Isabel, vi,
407 n; Jas., vi, 325, 407 n ;
John de, vi, 346, 402 n, 407 n,
451 n, 452, 475 «, 515 ; Lawr.,
vi, 515; Marg., vi, 336; Ralph,
vi, 411 n ; Rich., vi, 278 n,
447 n ; Rob., vi, 325, 336 ; Rog.
de, vi, 346 n, 402 n, 407 n, 429 n,
515; Thos., vi, 411 n, 468 n ;
Will., vi, 343 ; Mrs., vi, 515 ;
fam., vi, 262, 263 n, 283 n
Aspelcarr (Ribchester), vii, 64 n
Aspenhaugh, Miles, vi, 560 n
Aspenhurst (Kirkham), vii, 191,

199 n

Aspen valley viaduct, vi, 345
Aspinall (Asmall, Asmoll, Aspin-
wall), Ad. de, vii, 269 n ; Agnes,
vi, 377 n, 394 n ; Alex., vi, 278 n,
395 ; Caroline, vi, 59 n, 71 n,
74 n ; Cath., vi, 246 n, 377 n ;
Edw., vi, 192 n ; vii, 154 n ;
Eliz., vi, 246 n ; vii, 269 n ; Geo.,
vi, 229 n ; Grace, vi, 246 n ;
Hugh, vi, 198 n ; Jas., vi, 198 n,
277 n> 377 «, 395 n, 396; Jane,
vi, 246 n ; John, vi, 55, 59, 62 n,
71 n, 74 n, 389, 395, 396 ; Lawr.,
vi, 278 n ; Marg., vi, 191 n, 198 n,
377 n ; Mary, vi, 377 n ; Miles, vi,
246 n, 377 n ; Col. Ralph J., vi,
389, 395 I Thos., vi, 246 n ; Will.,
vi, 395 J v", J54 n '• Mrs. Wal-
shaw, vi, 272 ; Serjeant, vi, 61 ;
— , vi, 425 ; fam., vi, 366 n
Aspley Greaves (Penwortham), vi,

56 n

Asshaw (Asshawe, Asshehou), Ad.
de, vi, 143 n, 214, 214 n, 215 n,
216 n ; Alice, vi, 141 n, 215 n ;
Anne, vi, 215 ; Ant., vi, 215 n ;
vii, 114 n ; Cecily de, vi, 214,

214 «, 216 n ; Eliz., vii, 15 ; Hen.
de, vi, 214, 215 n, 216 n; Hugh
de, vi, 136 n, 143 n, 214 n ; Jane,
vi, 267 n ; vii, in»; Joan, vi,

215 n ; vii, 114 n; John de, vi,
214 n, 215 n; Jordan de, vi,
214 n ; Lawr., vi, 215 n, 219 n ;
vii, 15 ; Leonard, vi, 215, 215 n,
267 n ; Marg., vi, 218 n ; Margery

340

Asshaw (cont.)

de, vi, 136 n ; Rich, de, vi, 214 n ;
Rob. de., vi, 7, n, 214 n, 215 »;
Rog., vi, 141 n, 143 n, 182 n, 214,
215*1, 217*1, 218 n, 219 n ; vii,
HIM, 114*1; Thos., vi, 215,
215 w, 217; vii, 113 w; Will, de,
vi, 215 n

Asshe, see Ash

Asshehou, see Asshaw

Asshelegh, see Ashley

Assheton, par., see Ashton

Assheton (Asheton), Agnes, vi,
337 ; Anne, vi, 383 ; Dorothy,
Lady, vi, 557 ; Sir Edm., vi, 344,
355 », 382, 388 n, 555 «; vii,
74 ; Eliz., Lady, vi, 558 ; Eliz.,
vi, 302 n ; Frances, vi, 554 ;
Isabel, vi, 513 « ; Jane, vi, 382 n,
459 », 554 » '> Jerome, vii, 23 ;
Joan, vi, 554 n ; vii, 307 n ; Sir
John, vi, 383 ; John, vi, 555 ;
Marg., vi, 407 n, 554 ; Mary
(Marie), vi, 306, 383 n ; vii, 23 ;
Nich., vi, 189 n, 359 n, 374 «,

554 ; Radcliffe, vi, 236, 295, 302,
303, 555 1 Sir Ralph, vi, 256,
307 «, 382, 383, 384, 386, 387,
388, 554, 555, 556, 557, 558 ;
vii, 6 n ; Ralph, vi, 295 n, 297,
302, 358», 3^o, 368 n, 382, 452,
459 n, 506 n, 514, 554, 555, 557 '•
vii, 307 n ; Ralph C., vi, 294, 302,

555 ; Sir Rich., vi, 306 ; Rich., vi,
302, 302 n, 359 n, 382, 383 n,
407 n, 513 n, 554, 555, 556*1,
560 n ; Sarah, vi, 297 ; Sir Thos.,
vi, 337 '• Will., vi, 294, 297, 302,
5M> 555 », 556 J Col., vi, 421 ; vii,
76 ; Mrs., vi, 298 n, 557 ; — , vi,
298 n, 340 n, 387, 395, 560 n ;
fam., vi, 295, 356 n ; see also
Ashton

Astbury, Chas. J., vi, 74
Astenthwaite, John de, vii, 173

Marg. de, vii, 173
Aster ley (Whalley), vi, 387, 387 n
Astewaldis (Preston), vii, 131 n
Astley, man. (Astley), vii, 306,

306 n

Astley, man. (Chorley), vi, 136
Astley, Ad., vii, 297*1; Rev. Geo.,
vi, 265, 288, 313 ; Geo., vi, 265,
282*1, 285*1, 287; vii, 2ii n ;
Hen. de, vi, 139 ; Jas., vi, 269 n,
337 > Jane, vi, 287 ; Jennet, vi,
287; Mary, vi, 287; vii, 211 n ;
Rich., vi, 260, 287 n ; Thos. de,
vi, 7, 265 n, 278 n, 287, 288 ; vii,
82, 116; Will., vi, 265, 282*1,
287 ; fam., vi, 263 n, 277
Astley Hall (Chorley), vi, 129, 130,

136

Aston, Thos. de, vi, 7

Athelaxton, see Ellaston

Atherton, Beatrice de, vi, 221 n ;
Edw., vi, 128 ; Hen. de, vi, 221 n ;
Hugh de, vi, 201 n ; Isabel, vi,
312, 315-16 ; John, vi, 294, 394,
396 ; Marg., vii, 183 n, 193 n,
322 n ; Maud, vi, 99 n ; Nich.,
vii, 183 n ; Rich., vii, 74 ; Thos.,
vii, 25, 183 n ; Sir Will., vi, 312,
315-16, 362 n ; — , vi, 394

Atherton's Well (Preston), vii, 97 n

Athoyl, Ad., vi, 134 n ; Maud, vi,
134 n

Atkinson (Adkinson), Alice, vii,
227 n ; Anne, vi, 226 n ; vii,
132 « ; Ant., vi, 21 n ; Chas.
E. D. H., vii, 187; Chris., vii,
227*1; Geo., vii, 132*1; Rev. I., vi,
297 n ; John, vi, 237 «, 283 n ;
vii, 43, 310 ; John R., vii, 85 n
Thos., vii 227 »

INDEX

Atkokson (Adcockson), Cecily, vii,
48 n ; Hen., vii, 99 n ; Hen. R.,
vii, 48 n ; John, vii, 48 n ; Rich.,
vii, 48 n ; Rob., vii, 99 n ; Will.,
vii, 48 n

Atough (Ribchester), vii, 43 n

Atough (Aythalgh, Ay tough), Hen.,
vi, 273, 280 n ; Joan, vii, 35 n ;
Rob., vii, 35 n ; Will., vi, 413 n ;
— , vi, 413 n

Attilgre, John de, vi, 159

Attownend, see Townsend

Auchterlony, Sir Jas., vii, 187

Auckley (Yorks), vii, 17 n

Audley (Blackburn), vi, 240

Audley Hall, vi, 240, 245

Aufray, vi, 555

Auger, vii, 132

Aughton, vii, 169 n, 231

Aughton (Awton), Anne, vi, 219 n ;
Ellen, vi, 61 n ; Hugh, vii, 180 n ;
Jas., vi, 219 n, 366 «; John, vi,
213, 219 «, 366 n; Marg., vi, 219 n,
555 n ; Sir Rich., vi, 151 n ; Rich.,
vi, 122 n, 555 n ; vii, 13 n ; Rob.,
vi, 60, 61 n ; Thos., vi, 219 n,
366 n ; fam., vi., 151 ; see also
Haighton and Hoghton

Augmonderness, see Amounderness

Aula, Ad. de, vii, 29 n ; Will, de,
vii, 29 n ; see also Hall

Aulton, see Haighton

Aumonderness, Aumunderneys,
Aundernesse, see Amounderness

Austen (Austin), Rich., vi, 163 n ;
vii, 31 ; see also Alston

Austin and Paley, vi, 532 n ; vii, 122

Auti, vi, 25, 26 n

Autrey, see Hautrey

Avenams (Newton), vii, 166 n

Avenel, Emma, vii, 172 n ; Gervase,
vii, 172 n

Avenham (Preston), vii, 79 n, 87 n,
101 n, 185

Avenham (Singleton), see Enam

Avenhamends (Preston), vii, 99 n

Avenham Park (Preston), vii, 91,

"5

Avergate (Ribchester), vii, 43 n
Avice, d. of Bern., vii, 196 n ; d. of
Rich., vii, 229 n, 285 «; d. of
Rob., vii, 192 ; w. of Ad., vi, 365 n
Avignon, Will, de, vii, 264
Award, Ad., vii, 57 n, 58 n ; Alice,

vii, 58 n ; Rich., 57 n, 58 n
Awton, see Aughton, Haighton and

Hoghton

Ayanson, Ralph, vi, 407 n
Aykescogh, Aykescough, Aykys-

kowe, see Ayscough
Ayneslack (Colne), vi, 523, 528 n
Ayneslack Head (Colne), vi, 525 n
Aynesworth, see Ainsworth
Ayothalgh (Ribchester), vii, 64 n
Ayrdale, Ad. de, vi, 538 n ; Rob.
de, vii, 197 n, 198 n ; Walt, de,
vii, 197 n, 198 n
Ayre, Ad., vi, 525 ; Rich., vi, 525 ;

W., vi, 471 n
Ayrie, Rich., vii, 121 n
Ayscough (Akescough, Askew,
Askue, Aykescogh, Aykescough,
Aykyskowe, Ayscow), Ad. de, vi,
1 6 n ; Alice de, vi, 16 n, 65 n,
lion; Christiana de, vi, now;
Hugh, vi, 100 n ; Jas., vi, 61 « ;
Joan de, vi, 16 n ; John (de), vi,
i6n, 65 n ; Maud de, vi, now;
Ralph, vi, 491, 529 ; Rich, de, vi,
1 6 « ; Rob. de, vi, 65 n ; Rog. de,
vi, now; Thos., vi, 16 n, 65,
65 n ; Will, de, vi, 16 n, 65 w ;
see also Ainscough
Ayster (Pendleton), vi, 393 n
Ayston, see Ashton

Aytay, John, vi, 425 n
Aythalgh, Aytough, see Atough

Babel, Hen., vi, 326 n

Bache, Sim., vi, 87 n ; Will. C.,

vii, 67

Backclough (Cliviger), vi, 482
Backhouse, Rev. Thos. H., vi, 334
Backman, Rob., vii, 131 n ; Will.,

vii, 131 w
Back-o'-th'-Bowley (Gt. Harwood),

vi, 344

Bacon, Hen., vi, 273 ; — , vii, 117 w
Bacop, see Bacup
Bacsolf, see Bashall
Bacup, vi, 437-9, 479 ; ch., vi,

441 ; mkts. and fairs, vi, 437,

439 ; Nonconf., vi, 441 ; Rom.

Cath., vi, 441
Bacup Booth, vi, 438
Badby, Edw., vii, 158, 184, 259 »
Baddebridgegate (Preston), vii,

130 w
Badger, Nich., vii, 170%; Thos.,

vii, ijon
Badsberry (Myerscough) , vii, 138,

139 w
Badsworth (Yorks.), vii, 269 ; ch.,

vi, 314 n

Bagganley (Chorley), vi, 130
Bagganley Hall (Chorley), vi, 142
Baggerburgh (Myerscough), vii,

139 n

Bagin, brook, vi, 140
Bagot, Alex., vi, 299 n ; vii, 255 « ;

Nich., vii, 3 n
Bailey (Bailegh), vi, 230 ; vii, i, 2,

J6, 54, 56 n, 59 n ; chant., 16,

17 n ; char., vii, 19, 20 n ; ch., vii,

19 ; man. house, vi, 254 ; mill, vii,

16 «
Bailey (Baley, Bayley), Ad. de,

vii, 15 n, 16 n ; Agnes de, vii, 4 ;

Alice (de), vi, 390, 391 n; vii,

1 6 n ', Amery de, vii, 16 ; Amice
de, vii, 4 » ; Avice de, vii, 16 n ;
Cecily de, vii, 16 n ; Rev. John,
vi, 435 ; John (de), vi, 244,
377 n; vii, 3, 4, 13, 16, 16 n,

17 w, 27 n, 55 n, 248 ; Jordan de,
vii, 4, 16 n ; Lawr. (de), vi, 390,
391 n ; Mabel de, vii, 4 ; Marg.
de, vii, 4 ; Miles, vi, 367 ; Otes
(Eudo) de, vii, 16 n ; Ralph (de),
vi, 217 «; vii, 4 w, 16 n ; Randle
de, vii, 15 n ; Rich, de, vii, 4,
4 n, 16 n, 17 n ; Rob. de, vii, 4 n,
16 n, 57 n; Walt, de, vii, 4, 13,
16 n ; Will., vii, 202 n ; fam., vi,
39 n ; see also Baillie

Bailey Hall, vii, 17, 17 n, 51, 59 w

Bailisti (Dutton), vii, 56 n

Baillie, R., vii, 194 ; see also Bailey

Bainbridge, Dr., vi, 118

Baine (Bayne), Anne, vii, 141 n ;
Arth., vii, 253 n ; Edm., vii,
289 n ; Jas., vii, 253 n ; Janett,
vii, 131 n ; John, vii, 131 n ;
Marg., vii, 253 n

Baines, Edw., vi, 290 ; Jas., vii,
225^ John, vii, 291 n, 304 n ;
Ralph, vii, 267 n ; Will., vii,
292 n, 304 n ; — , vii, 222 n,

305 n

Bairstowe, John, vii, 30 n
Baker, Will, the, vii, 254 n
Balbanridding (Ribchester), vii, 57*1
Balden Hall (Clitheroe), vi, 233 n,

365 n

Balderston (Balderstone) , vi, 235,
313-17 ; vii, 107 n, 1^9 n ; adv.,
vi, 318; char., .vi, 319; ch., vi,
318 ; man., vi, 314 ; mill, vi,
313 ; Rom. Cath., vi, 319

341

Balderston (Baldeston, Baldreston),
Agnes de, vi, ign, 314, 314 w,
315 ; Alice de, vi, 301 n, 315 ;
vii, 98 n ; Annice de, vi, 315 n;
Constance de, vi, 315 ; Eliz., vi,
3*5, 3i6, 321 ; Ellen, vi, 315 ;
vii, 307 n ; Hugh de, vi, 314 ;
Isabel, vi, 312, 315, 315 w, 316;
Joan (de), vi, 314 n, 315, 315 w,
316, 335 w; vii, 185 w, 328 n ;
John de, vi, 314, 315, 320 ;
vii, 98 n, 269 ; Kath. de, vi,
315, 508 n ; Marg., vi, 316; vii,
ng n ; Sir Rich, de, vi, 19 n,
315, 321 ; Rich, (de), vi, 105 n,
233 », 3°* «> 3J2, 314, 314 n,
315, 315 n, 316, 317, 318, 320,
508 n ; vii, 32 n, 69 n, 118 n,
ngn, 125, 169 n, 178, 185 n,
232, 233 n, 272, 307 «, 325 n,
328 n, 331 n, 332 n ; Roesia de,
vi, 315 ; Rog. de, vi, 314 n ; Sim.
de, vi, 314, 377 w, 559 n; vii,
264 ; Thos., vi, 315 n ; Will, (de),
vi, 104 w, 262 n, 314, 315, 316,
317 n, 318, 320, 335 n ; vii, 116 w,
ngn, 265, 269 w, 280 w, 329 «;
— , vii, 69 ; fam., vi, 231 n ; vii,
207 n, 283 n

Balderston Moss, vii, 116 n
Baldeston, Baldreston, see Balder-
ston

Baldwin, the kirkman, vii, 100 n
Baldwin, Ad., vi, 15 n ; Agnes, vi,
15 w; Anne, vi, 174; Chris., vi, 520,
542 n ; Rev. Gardner, vi, 8 ; Rev.
Hen., vi, 174; Hen., vi, 520, 546 »;
Rev. John, vi, 174 ; John, vi, 520 ;
vii, 226 n ; Nich., vii, 226 n ;
Rev. Nich. R., vi, 8, 440 ; Rev.
Octavius de L., vi, 6, 8, 52 ;
Rich., vi, 542, 544 n ; Rev.
Rigbye, vi, 174 ; Col. Rob., vi,
6 ; Rev. Thos., vi, 6, 8, 16, 52,
283, 313 ; Thos., vi, 128, 237 n,
358, 359 ; Rev. Thos. R., vi, 8 ;
Will., vi, 8 n, 246, 520 ; vii,
226 n

Baldwin Hall, see Balden Hall
Baldworth, man., vi, 233 n
Baley, see Bailey
Balgerfield (Sowerby), vii, 282 n
Balgreen (Cuerden), vi, 24 n
Balholt, Rob., vi, 542 n
Ball, Alice, vi, 34 n ; vii, 57 n ;
Emma, vi, 34 n ; Eve, vi, 34 n ;
Geo., vii, 175 w; Hen., vi, 34 w;
Rich., vii, 57 n ; Sim., vii, 57 n ;
Will., vi, 33 n, 34 n
Ballam (Higher and Lower) (Kirk-
ham), vii, 163 w, 174, 175 w
Ballard, Anne, vii, 283 n ; Dorothy,
vii, 283 n ; Ellen, vii, 283 n ;
Janet, vii, 283 n ; John, vii,
283 n ; Thos., vii, 283 n ; Will.,
vii, 71 n ; — , vii, 283
Balliol, Ada de, vii, 302 ; John de,

vii, 302

Balloclaw (Whalley), vi, 367
Balschagh, Balshagh, fam., see

Balshaw

Balshagh (Walton), vi, 291 w
Balshaw, Gt. (Withnell), vi, 48 n
Balshaw (Balschagh, Balshagh),
Ad. de, vi, 291, 436 n ; Agnes de,
vi, 438 n ; Hen. de, vi, 259 n ;
John (de), vi, 28 «, 259 n, 424 n ;
Kath., vi, 28 n ; Rich., vi, 8, 9 ;
fam., vi, 296

Balthroppe, Rob., vi, 486 n
Balyden (Whalley), vi, 438 w
Bamber (Bawmber). Alice, vii,
249 n ; Anne, vii, 245, 247 n ;
Edm., vii, 250 n ; Edw., vi,
199 w; vii, 231; Jas., vii, 231;

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Bamber (cont.)

John, vii, 227 «, 231, 241 n, 245,

247 n, 250 n ; Marg., vii, 247 n,

248 « ; Nich., vi, 298 n ; Rich.,
vii, 231, 242 n, 247 n, 248 n,
250 n ; Rob., vii, 241 n, 250 n ;
Rog., vii, 231 n ; Thos., vii,
216 n, 227 n, 228, 231 n, 249 « ;
Will., vii, 175 n, 231, 247 n,
250 n ; — , vii, 242 n ; fam., vii,
198

Bamber Bridge ( Walton-le-Dale) ,

vi, 289, 290 ; ch., vi, 300
Bamford, Alex, de, vi, 547 ; Ellen

de, vi, 98 n ; Hen. de, vi, 98 n ;

Jas., vi, 167 n ; Mary, vi, 167 n ;

Nich., vi, 55 ; Rob. de, vi, 175 n ;

Will., vi, 118
Bamford House (Mawdesley), vi,

98 n

Banastre (Banaster, Bannester) ,
Sir Ad., vi, 103 «, 104 n, 105 n,
199 n, 276, 327 n ; vii, 52 «,
53 », 201, 226, 331 n ; Ad., vi,
29 n, 48 n, 69 n, 103 n, 104 n,

105 n, 106, 113 n, 116, 117 n,
131, 143 », 151 n, 164 n, 199 n,
208, 213 n, 214 n, 360; vii, 3,
13 n, i6n, 70, 73, 118, 125, 130,
132 n, 160 «, 168 «, 169 n, 185 n,

207 n, 212 n, 232, 234 w, 247 n,
283, 284 «, 287 n, 325 «, 331 « ;
Agnes, vi, 104 n, 106 n, 151 w,

527 ; vii, 15, 69 «, 173 n ; Alesia
de, vi, 291 ; Alice, vi, 24, 173 n,

174 n, 175 n, 291 n, 293, 470,
539 ; vii, 15 ; Almarica (Amiria),
vi, H3«, 175 «; Amee, vi,
413 «; Anne, vi, 106, 165 n, 167,
252 n, 412 n, 543 n ; Ant., vi,
167 n; A vice, vi, 105 n ; Chas.,
vi> 543 •' Chris., vi, 23, 24 n,
25, 106, io6n, 398 n, 472, 543,
553 n, 556 ; Clemency, vii, 130 ;
Constance, vi, 104 n, 315; vii,
n8«; Dorothy, vi, 106 n ; vii,
286 n ; Edw., vi, 104 n, 105 n,
315; vii, n8w; Eleanor, vi,
n6w; Eliz., vi, i6w, 25, 106 n,
112 n, 412 », 413, 429 n, 470,
555 » ; vii, 270, 333 ; Ellen, vi,
12 n, 105 n, 106 », 543 ; Ellis, vi,

175 n; Emma, vi, 105 n ; Fran.,
vi, 12 n, i6n; Geoff., vi, 105 n,
107 w, 175 «, 178 «, 241, 243,
291, 291 n, 293 ; Geo., vi, 293,

294, 298 n ; vii, 100 n ; Gilb., vi,
J55» X75 w> i8o», 413 n ; Grace,
vi, 398 n ; vii, 100 w ; Hen., vi,
24, 32 n, 61 n, 65 «, 69 n, 82,

99 n, 104 n, 105, 105 n, 106,

106 w, 107, 108 w, 113, 116,
117 «, n8w, 146, 170 w, 174 w,
175 «, 206 », 229 w, 291, 291 n,
320, 413, 528 n, 538 «, 539, 543 ;
vii, 94 n, 100 n, 234 w, 270,
286 n ; Hugh, vi, 105 n, 106 n,
107, 142 ; Isabel, vi, 64 «, 105 n,
io6», 293, 412 «, 413, 528 w,
543 ; vii, 100 n ; Jas., vi, 488,
490, 492 n, 519, 524, 539 n, 543 ;
Jane, vi, 293 ; Janet (Jenet), vi,
142, 293 ; Joan de, vi, 104 n,
n6«, 141 n, 142, 412, 527 n,

528 n, 543, 555 n ; vii, 15, 52 n,
76 w, 97 n, 118, 169 n, 185 n,

208 n, 212 n, 272, 284, 287 w,
331 n ; John, vi, n n, 96, 96 «,
100, 104 w, 105 n, 113 «, 116,
151 n, 174 «, 175 », i8on, 293,

295, 412, 470, 504 «, 521 w, 527,
528 n, 538 w, 539, 543, 555 n ;
vii, 41 w, 52 «, 70, u8«, 185 n,
269 « ; Kath., vi, 302, 315 n,
320 ; vii, 15 ; Lawr., vi, 250,

Banastre (cont.)

293, 294, 412 ; vii, 100 n, 286 n ;
Marg., vi, 26 n, 105 w, 106 «, 131,

131 n, 143 M, 190 w, 201 n, 213 w,
214 », 276, 306 n ; vii, 3, 13 w,
15, 16 M, 121 n ; Margery, vi,
96 n, 106 n, 164 w, 206 n, 412 «,
504 w ; Mary, vi, 413; Maud
(Matilda) de, vi, 293 ; vii, 285 n ;
Nath., vi, 413, 422 ; vii, 333 ;
Nich., vi, 104 w, 105 n, 411 w,
412, 4I3, 4I9«, 429 n, 494 n ;
vii, 52 w, 70, 88, 89 n, 185 n,
269 w, 287 « ; Pernell, vi, 104 n ;
vii, 119 n, 287 n ; Philippa, vi,

104 « ; Ralph, vi, II n, 12 n, 16 w,
32 «, 167 n, 293 ; Rich., vi,
23 n, 29 w, 48 n, 64 w, 69 n, 103,

105 w, 106, 106 n, 107, 107 w,
108 «, 112 n, 113 «, n6w, n8w,
174 w, 175 w, 177, 179 «, 180,
180 w, 205 n, 252 w, 293, 295,
336, 412, 413, 499 w, 528 w,
538 n, 542, 543, 547 ; vii, 100 »,
160 n, 173 n, 215 w, 234 n, 315 «,
334 n ; Sir Rob., vi, 120 n, 296 ;
vii, 135, 286, 287 n ; Rob., vi,
23 n, 24 n, 29 w, 57 », 105 n,
173 », 174 w, 175 », 179 «, 199,
204, 249, 260, 270, 276, 279, 290,
291, 293, 294, 295, 297 w, 519,
521, 524, 539, 54° n> 542, 543>
544 n ; vii, 120 n, 130 w; Rog.,
vi, 17 n, 32 n, 175 n, 178 n, 180 n,
262, 458 «, 477 n, 499 « ; Sibyl,
vi, 113 »; Sir Thos., vi, 65 w,
103, 104-5, 105 n, 315 ; vii, 69 n,
118 w, 169 «, 189 n, 208 w, 233 n,
254 «, 283 w ; Thos. (de), vi,
64 n, 72 w, 93 «, 103 n, 104 w,
105 », 113 n, n6n, HJ n, 127 w,
140, 150 n, 151 », 174 n, 175 n,
213, 214 w, 290, 293, 302, 306 «,
315, 320, 321, 412 ; vii, 52 n,
53 n, 85 n, 97 «, 98 w, 100 n,
118, 125, 137 «, 169 n, 185*1,
208 n, 232, 254 n, 268 «, 269 w,
272, 283 w, 287 w, 325 n, 331,
331 w ; Thurstan, vi, 105 w, 106 n ;
108 «, 193, 291 n, 295, 296, 470,
521 n ; Warine, vi, 97 n, 101 n,
295 n ; Wilfrid, vi, 398 n, 499 w ;
vii, 254 ; Sir Will., vi, 104 n,
199 w, 218 n ; vii, 52%, u8w,

132 n ; Will., vi, 29 n, 94 n,
103 w, 104 w, 105 w, 106, 113 n,
n6n, 117 «, 118, 1657?, 175 n,
204, 213 n, 214 n, 291, 293,
306 w, 398 n, 412 w, 493, 527 ;
vii, 70, 76 n, 100 n, 118, 121 «,
125, 169 n, 181 «, 185 w, 207 n,
232, 233 «, 234 n, 247 w, 283,
284 «, 315 «, 319, 328 w, 331 w;
— , vi, 524 n ; vii, 52, 69 ; fam.,
vi, 73, 23in, 411, 494 », 535,
538, 54°, 544 n '• vii, 102, 199 n ;
see also Banister

Banastre Holme (Whalley), vi,

438 n
Banastre House (Penwortham), vi,

60 n, 61 n
Banckes, see Banks
Bancroft (Padiham), vi, 493
Bancroft, Anne, vi, 456 n ; Jas.,

vi, 447, 549 «; Nich., vi, 447,

456 n, 468 n ; — , vi, 549
Bangor Sabell (I. of Man), bar.,

vii, 6
Banister (Bannester, Bannister) ,

Alex., vi, 540 ; Alice, vi, 543 n ;

Ann, vi, 3«; Chas., vi, 517;

Dorothy, vii. 271 n ; Edm. D.,

vii, 204, 205 ; 'KHz., vi, 543 n ;

Evan, vii, 115 n; Fran., vi, 543 n ;

Geo., vi, 177*1; Hel^., vi,

Banister (cont.)

293, 517, 546 n ; vii, 88 n, 89 « ;
Jas., vi, 182 n ; Jas. D., vii, 335 ;
John, vi, 130, 447 n ; Nich., vi,
419 n ; Rich., vii, 271 n ; Rob.,
vi, 113, 114 «, 175 w, 545 n ; see
also Banastre

Banister Hall (Walton-le-Dale), vi,
293, 294, 421 n

Banister Heald (Rudley), vi, 490

Bank, the (Bretherton), vi, 105

Bank, the (Broughton), vii, 112 n

Bank, fam., see Banks

Bankend farm (Whalley), vi, 387 n

Bankfield (Singleton), vii, 183,
187 n

Bank Hall (Bretherton), vi, 103,
1 06

Bank Hall (Broughton), vii, 120,
121 n

Bank Hall (Bank Head), (Burn-
ley), vi, 444

Bank Hey (Blackpool), vii, 250 n

Bank Hey (Little Harwood), vi,

251
Bank Hey (Lower Darwen), see

Bank o' th' Hey

Bank Hey (Wrightington), vi, 177 w
Bankheys (Ribchester), vii, 43 »
Bank House (Burnley), vi, 445
Bankhouses (Altham), vi, 413 «
Bankhouses (Warton), vii, 152 n,

172, 173 n, 216 n
Bank o' th' Hey (Lower Darwen),

vi, 275, 284

Banks, the (Barnacre), vii, 315
Banks, the (Briercliffe) , vi, 471 n
Banks (Banckes, Bank, Bankes),
Ad. del, vii, 157 «, 166 n,
173 n; Anne, vii, 29 n ; Hen. del,
vi, 34 n, 35 n ; Isabel, vi, 498 n ;
John (del, de), vi, 34 w, 35 w, 174 w,
206 n, 498 n, 530 ; Rich, de, vi,
35 n ; Rob. del, vii, 173 n ; Thos.,
vii, 1 88 ; Will, (de, del), vi, 35 n,
371 ; vii, 29 n, 157 n, 166 n,

324 »

Bankside (Bacup), vi, 441
Banktop (Burnley), see Bank Hall
Bannastre, see Banastre and

Banister
Bannerhurst (Myerscough), vii,

139 w
Bannester, Bannister, see Banastre

and Banister
Banyon, Alex., vii, 181 n
Baptists, vi, 147, 248, 275, 334,
344, 350, 372, 4°4, 4°9, 4"i
423, 427, 435, 436, 44°, 441. 453,
468, 473, 478, 496, 535, 541 ;
vii, 53, 103 »> i°4, !9o, 218, 251,
279, 282, 311
Barber, Geo., vi, 119
Barber's Moor, see Barbies
Barbing, vii, 59 n
Barbies Moor, vi, 108, in, 165 n
Barclay, Rob. C. C., vii, 142
Barcroft (Cliviger), vi, 479, 482
Barcroft (Berecroft), Alice, vi,
468 n, 482 n ; Amb., vi, 525 n,
530 n, 545 n, 547 ; Capt. Amb.
W., vi, 545 n ; Anne, vi, 482 n,
483 ; Eliz., vi, 246 n, 467 n,
468 n, 483, 484, 545 n ; Gilb. de,
vi, 480 n ; Hen., vi, 467 n, 482 n,
545 n ; Isabel, vi, 482 n ; Jennet,
vi, 447 ; Joan de, vi, 482 n ;
John (de), vi, 468 n, 475 n,
482 n, 545 n, 547 n ; Lucy, vi,
482 n ; Martha, vi, 530 n, 545 n,
547 n ; Mary, vi, 472 n ; Matth.
de, vi, 481 n, 482 n ; Rich, de,
vi, 480 n ; Rob., vi, 246 n, 468 w,
482, 490 ; Ruth, vi, 483 ; Sarah,
vi, 483, 490 ; Susan, vi, 483 ;

342

INDEX

Barcroft (cont.)

Thos., vi, 340, 447 n, 452, 472 n,
483, 486, 489 n, 490, 517, 530 n,
545 n, 547, 548 ; Will., vi, 246 n,
447 n, 468 n, 474 «, 475 n, 477 n,
482, 484, 486, 490, 517, 530 n,

545 «

Barcroft Hall (Cliviger), vi, 483
Barden (Burnley), vi, 441
Bardsea, man., vi, 31 n
Bardsea Hall, vi, 31 n
Bardsey, Dorothy, vi, 30 n ; Eliz.

de, vii, 330 «; John de, vii,

297 n, 330 n

Bardsley, Herb. J., vii, 128
Barelegh, see Barley
Bareston, Paul, vi, 518 n
Baret, see Barrett
Bargargate (Chatburn), vi, 372 n
Barker (Higher and Lower), mans.

(Goosnargh), vii, 163 n, 198
Barker, Ad. the, vii, 99 n ; Albred

the, vii, 99 n ; Barth., vii, 58 n ;

Eliz., vii, 273 ; Geo., vi, 557 ;

Grace, vii, 333 n ; John, vi, 237 n ;

vu> 333 n '• Ralph (the), vi, 74,

99 n ; Rich., vi, 283 n ; Rob.

(the), vi, 114; vii, 99 n ; Sam.,

vii, 273 ; Thos., vi, 128, 416,

445 n ; Will., vii, 19 ; — , vi, 74
Barkerfield (Wrightington), vi,

174 n

Barkers lands (Tockholes), vi, 283
Barkhouse Hill (Preston), vii, 94 n
Barley, vi, 349, 518-9
Barley (Yorks), see Berleye
Barley Booth (Barley), vi, 518, 519
Barley Green (Barley), vi, 518
Barlow, Rev. John, vi, 343, 344 ;

John, vi, 404 n, 535 ; Thos., vi,

535 n

Barmskin (Heskin), vi, 166
Barnacre (Barnacre with Bonds),

vii, 291, 292, 293, 301, 304, 305,

311 », 315-8, 319 n; char., vii,

300; man., vii, 315; Nonconf.,

vii, 320
Barnard, Dan., vi, 525, 530 ;

Josiah, vi, 274 n ; see also Bay-
nard and Bernard
Barnard House (Goosnargh), vii,

198

Barncross field (Longton), vi, 71 n
Barndehurt (Whittingham) , vii,

209 n

Barneley, man., vi, 233 n
Barnes, Cecily, vii, 324 n ; Dorothy,

vi, 220 n ; Geo., vii, 324 n ; Hen.,

vii, 26 n ; Rev. Jas., vi, 313 ;

Jas., vi, 334 ; vii, 324 «, 330 n ;

John, vii, 200 n ; Jos., vi, 423 ;

Thos., vii, 200 n ; Will., vi, 220 n ;

vii, 200, 201, 324 n ; Rev. Will.

L-, vi, 313
Barnett, Hen., vii, 255 ; Joshua, vi,

274, 283

Barnland (Read), vi, 506 n
Barnoldswick (Hurstwood), vi, 476
Barnside (Barnsett) (Foulridge),

vi, 232 n, 250, 356 », 534 n, 544,

546

Barnside, Rich, de, vi, 547
Barnside Knarr end (Colne), vi,

525 »

Barnton, man., vi, 500 n
Baron (Barron), Anne, vi, 403 n ;

Chris., vi, 406 ; Dav., vi, 167 ;

Edm., vi, 272 ; Ellen, vi, 406 n ;

Geo., vi, 406, 408 ; Hen., vi, 273,

277 n, 406, 406 n ; Hugh, vi, 406 «,

408 ; Jas., vi, 272, 403 n ; John,

vi, 272, 278 n ; Marg., vi, 406 n ;

Ralph, vi, 271 ; Rich., vi, 272 ;

Rob., vi, 272, 273 n, 406 n ;

Thos. le, vi, 272, 400 n, 408 ;

Baron (cont.)

Will, (le), vi, 272, 403 n, 406,

408 ; fam., vi, 283 n
Baron's Ouldlande (Over Darwen),

vi, 272
Barouford, Barouweford, see Bar-

rowford
Barrett (Baret), Edm., vi, 211 n,

224 n ; John, vii, 138 n; Rog.,

vi, 211 «, 224 n ; Thos., vi, 100 » ;

vii, 138 n
Barron, see Baron
Barrow (Wiswell), vi, 396 ; ind., vi,

396 ; Nonconf., vi, 399
Barrow, Andr., vii, 13 ; Jas., vii,

175 ; John, vii, 144, 330 ; Letitia,

vii, 207 «; Thos., vii, 276 ; Will.,

vii, 176

Barrowclough (Whalley), vi, 382 n
Barrowford, par., see Barrowford

Booth
Barrowford, Nether and Over, vi,

233 », 542, 543
Barrowford (Barouweford), John

de, vi, 249

Barrowford beck, vi, 541
Barrowford Booth, vi, 349, 517,

522, 527, 537 n, 540, 540 »,

541-4 ; ch., vi, 544 ; cross, vi,

542 ; ind., vi, 542 ; man., vi,

542 ; Nonconf., vi, 544 ; Rom.

Cath., vi, 544 ; ' White Bear

Inn,' vi, 542
Barry, Sir Chas., vi, 464
Bartail (Bartaill, Battle), Anabil,

vi, 97 n ; Thos. de, vii, 277 ;

Will., de, vi, 97 n ; vii, 227 n,

277, 324 n
Bartle (St. Michael -on- Wyre), vii,

285, 288 ; Rom. Cath., vii, 285
Bartle, fam., see Bartail
Bartle Moor, vii, 285
Bartlett, Eliz., vii, 35n ; John, vi,

88 ; Will., vii, 35 n
Barton, vii, 72, 73 n, 76, 79, 83 «,

112 n, 123, 127-8, 161 n, 163 n,

191, 193 «, 198, 199 », 30°;

char., vii, 90 ; ch., vii, 128 ;

crosses vii, 127 ; man., vii, 127 ;

mill, vii, 127, 128 n ; Old Hall,

vii, 127 ; Rom. Cath., vii, 77 n
Barton, brook, vii, 127
Barton (Berton), Ad. de, vii, 198 n ;

Agnes, vii, 198 n ; Alice de, vii,

127 n, 192 «, 198 n ; Andr., vi,
109 n, 150 n, 151 n, 163 «, 246 n,
252, 405 ; vii, 128 n ; Anne, vii,

128 «, 198 n ; Ant., vii, 127*1;
Barbara, vii, 257 n ; Chris., vii,
127 «, 128 n ; Clemency, vii,
127 n ; Constance, vii, 127 n ;
Denise de, vii, 127 ; Dionisia de,
vi, 271, 301; Edm., vii, 200 n ;
Edw. (de), vii, 200 n, 329 n ;
Eliz., vii, 128 n, 135 n, 329 « ;
Ellen, vii, 314 « ; Etheldreda,
vii, 127 n ; Fleetwood, vii, 128 ;
Gilb. de, vii, 127, 128, 128 n,
198 n, 314 n, 317 », 33in;
Grimbald de, vii, 127 n ; Hen.,
vi, 153 n ; vii, 183 «, 257 n, 300 ;
Hugh (de), vii, 127 n, 135 «,
3iin, 329 «, 330 n; Isabel, vii,
127 n; Jas., vi, 17, 55, 59, 61,
65, 67, 74 n, 151 n, 174 n ; Jas.
G., vi, 153 n ', Jane, vii, 329 « ;
John (de), vi, uon, 246*1, 271,
301 ; vii, 30 «, 127, 128 n, 163 n,
192 n, 198 «, 329 «, 331 « ; Kath.
(de), vi, 180 n ; vii, 127 n, 331 « ;
Lawr., vii, 127 n, 128 n ; Marg.,
vi, 463 ; vii, 127 n, 128 n, 198 n ;
Margery, vi, 252 n, 406 « ; vii,
329 n ; Maud, vii, 128 n ; Miles,
vi, 153, 153 n ; Orm de, vii,

343

Barton (cont.)

193 « ; Handle (Ralph), vi,

252 n, 406 «, 408; Rich, (de),

vi, 463 J vii, 127 w, 128, 193 n,

198 n, 317 n, 328 », 329 n, 331 « ;

Rob., vi, in n, 150 «, 252 n,

405 n, 406 w, 407 n, 408, 463 ;

vii, 195 n ; Robinson S., vii, 204 ;

Rog., vi, 153, 496 ; Sam., vi,

153 ; Sir Thos., vi, 150 n, 406 n ;

Thos., vi, 246 n, 271, 407, 408 n ;

vii, 85, 108 n, 127, 128, 198 n,

33° », 33i n ; Walt, de, vii, 127 n,

192 n ; Rev. Will., vi, 313, 334,

344 ; Will, (de), vi, 518 ; vii, 127 n,

331 n ; — , vi, 119 »; vii, 193 n ;

fam., vi, 95, 109, 163; vii, 138,

194 n

Barton Cross (Barton), vii, 127 n
Barton Hall (Barton), vii, 77,

128 n
Barton Hey (Chipping), vii, 29 n,

30 n
Barton Lodge (Barton), vii, 127,

128

Bartonwood, John, vi, 496 n
Bartun, see Barton
Bashall (Yorks), vi, 345, 346, 367 w
Bashall (Bacsolf), Ad. de, vi,

365 n ; Eustachia de, vi, 365 « ;

Hamo de, vi, 365 n ; Rob. de,

vi, 365 n ; Will., vii, 310
Baskerfield, Eliz., vi, 391 n; John,

vi, 391 n
Baskervill, John de, vii, 159,

159 n ; Lawr., vii, 222 n, 296 ;

Marg., vii, 159 n ; Will, de, vii,

159 n
Baskit, Hawise, vii, 57 n ; Margery,

vii, 57 n ; Will., vii, 57 n
Bastwell (Blackburn), vi, 246 n
Bastwisle, Eliz., vi, 497 «; Geoff.,

vi, 497 n ; see also Battestwisle
Bate, Abra., vi, 48
Bateman, Lawr., vi, 74
Bateson, Ant., vii, 335 ; Mary, vii,

93 «; Rob., vii, 324 «; Thos.,

vii, 324 » ; Will., vii, 335
Bath and Wells, bp. of, vi, 160 n
Bathgreve (Clitheroe), vi, 365 n
Battersby, John, vi, 153 n ; Kath.,

vi, 393 n ; Nich., vi, 393 «,

539 n ; Rich., vi, 436 n
Battestwisle, Ad. de, vi, 246 n ;

Agnes de, vi, 246 «; Cecily de,

vi, 246 n ; Eva de, vi, 246 n ;

Rich, de, vi, 246 n ; Will, de, vi,

246 n ; see also Bastwisle
Battlefield College (Shrewsbury),

vii, 263, 264, 265, 279 n, 289 n
Batty Hole (Briercliffe), vi, 470
Bauden, see Bawdon
Baudri, Ad. de, vi, 366 n ; Emma

de, vi, 366 n

Baunebreck (Warton), vii, 171 n
Bawdon (Bauden), Hen., vi, 136 n;

— , vi, 524 n
Bawmber, see Bamber
Bawsedge (Colne), see Boss Head
Baxenden (Accrington) , vi, 233 «,

423, 424 n, 425, 437
Baxenden, John, vi, 425 n ; Ralph,

vi, 425 n
Baxter, Hannah, vi, 318 n ; John,

vi, 496 ; Nathaniel, vii, 265 ;

Rev. Rog., vi, 290
Baye, vi, 301 n
Bayley, Bayleye, see Bailey
Baylton, Will., vii, 300, 318
Baynard, Anne, vii, 80 ; Edw.,

vii, 80

Bayne, see Baine
Bayton, Thos., vii, 139 n
Beacon Fell, vii, 191
Beale, Will., vii, 197 n

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A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Beardshaw (Trawden), vi, 548, 551

Beardshaw, Nether and Over
(Trawden), vi, 549

Beard wood, man., vi, 232 n

Beardworth Green (Blackburn), vi,
250

Beasting, brook, vi, 300, 303

Beatrice, vii, 99 « ; d. of Rob.,
vii, 192 ; Lady, vii, 198 «

Beatson, John, vi, 9 n

Beauclerk, Rev. C. S., vii, 7 n, 8 n,
ii n

Beaufront, Ad., vii, 189 n, 252 n ;
John, vii, 189 «, 252 n, 253*1,
254 n ; Will., vii, 252 n, 253 n,
254 M ; see also Stalmine

Beaumont, Dr. Chas. R., vi, 389 n ;
Eliz., vi, 200 «, 389 n ; John, vi,
389 « ; Rich., vi, 200 n, 389 n ;
Rich. H., vi, 389 n ; Thos. (de),
vi, 389 n ; vii, 238 n ; — , vi,
392 ; vii, ion

Beaumont Cote, vii, 314

Beaver, John, vii, 230 n

Beawse, vi, 516 n

Becanesfurlong (Preston), vii, 130 n

Becansaw, par., see Becconsall

Becconsall, vi, 86, 111-14 n; adv.,
vi, 114 ; chap., vi, 89, 90 n, 113 ;
char., vi, 114 ; ch., vi, 113 ; man.,
vi, 90 n, 112; Nonconf., vi, 114

Becconsall, Becconshaw, fam., see
Beconsaw

Becconsall Hall, vi, 113

Beche, Margery de la, vi, 101 ;
Nich. de la, vi, 101 n

Beck, Rich., vi, 99 n, 287 n ; Rob.,
vii, 312 n; Rog., vi, 379 n ; vii,
287 n

Beconsaw (Becconsall, Becconsaw,
Beconshaw), Ad. (de), vi, 6 n,
112, 112 n, 113, 121 n ; Dorothy
(de), vi, ii n, 30, 31 n, 63, 112,
112 n, 113 n; Edw. (de), vi, 82,
112, 112 n, 151 n ; Eliz., vi,
112 n, 113; Emma, vi, 112 n;
Geo., vi, 112, 112 n, 113 n, 114;
Hen. (de), vi, n n, 30, 112,

112 n, 113 n ; vii, 268 n ; Joan,
vi, ii n, 30, 112 ; vii, 198 ;
John de, vi, 112 n, 113 n, 121 n ;
Marg., vi, H2n; vii, 89; Maud
de, vii, 166 n ; Nich., vii, 158 n,
254 n ; Rich., vi, 112, 113*1;
Rob. (de), vi, 88, 112 n ; Thos.
de, vi, 112 n ; Will, (de), vi, 112 n,

113 n, n6n, 121 »; vii, 166 n,
177 n, 254 n, 260 n ; fam., vi, 151

Bective, earls of, vii, 318, 319 ;
Thomas, vii, 318

Bedford, man. (Leigh), vii, 280 n ;
mill, vii, 280 n

Bedford, Isabella, ctss. of, vii,
303 ; Jaquetta, ctss. of, vii,
303 n ; dks. of, vii, 314 n ; John,
vii, 183 n, 301%, 303; Ingram,
earl of, vii, 303

Bedson, Rev. Alf., vi, 435

Bee, John, vii, 292 n

Beelsetenabbe, see Whalley Nab

Beesley, man. (Goosnargh), vii, 191,
198

Beesley, Ad. de, vii, 198 n ; Agnes
de, vii, 198 n ; Amiria de, vii,
249 n ; Benedict de, vii, 192 n ;
Cecily, vii, 198 n ; Ellen (de), vif,
196 n, 198 n ; Fran., vii, 30 n,
*95> 278 n ; Geo., vii, 191, 195,
iQ5 ^, 198 n, 205 ; Gilb. de, vii,
198 n ; Hen., vii, 198, 278 n,
289 n, 330 n ; Iseud de, vii,
198 n ; Jas., vii, 32, 216 n ; Jane,
vii, 30 n, 198, 278 «, 330 n;
Joan, vii, 198 n ; John, vii,
127 n ; Nich. de, vii, 198 n ;

Beesley (cont.)

Rich, de, vii, 198 n ; Rob., vii,
195 n, 198, 198 n ; Thos. (de),
vii, 126 n, 127 n, 198, 198 n,
213 n, 329 n ; Will., vii, 194 n,
198, 198 n, 289 n ; fam., vii,
120 n

Beetham, Agnes, vii, 173 n ; Amice,
de, vii, 285 ; Amiria (Amuria)
de, vii, 160 n, 172 n ; Christiana
de, vii, 173 n ; Sir Edm., vii,
173 ; Sir Edw., vii, 173 n ;
Eleanor de, vii, 215 n ; Joan de,
vii, 172 ; Sir John de, vii, 173 n ;
Maud de, vii, 172 n ; Sir Ralph
de, vii, 159 n, 172, 173 ; Ralph
(de), vi, 103 n ; vii, 159 n, 160 n,
173, 200 n, 325 n ; Rich, de, vii,
173 ; Sir Rob. de, vii, 172 ; Rob.
de, vii, 173, 173 n, 215 n ; Rog.,
vii, 173 n ; Thos. (de), vii, 63 n,
159 n, 160 n, 172, 172 n, 173,
200 n, 249 n, 285 ; Will, de, vii,

i?3

Beforton, Sim. de, vii, 24 n
Beilby, Rev. Jonathan, vi, 334
Bekanesho, Bekaneshow, Bekani-

shou, Bekanoshow, par., see Bec-
consall

Beland, see Bogland
Belanspot Ford (Garstang), vii,

311 n
Belasyse (Bellasis), Sir Rowland,

vi, non, 272 n ; Thos., see

Fauconberg, vsct.
Belesetenabbe, see Whalley Nab
Belewe, see Bellew
Belfield (Rochdale), vii, 56
Belfield, Chas., vi, 488 n ; Eliz., vi,

483 n ; Thos., vi, 483 n ; fam.,

vii, 55

Belingfield, vii, 59 n
Belknap, Sir Edw., vii, 42 n
Bell, Dav., vii, 142 ; Rev. Jas., vi,

435 I John, vi, 286 n, 426 ; vii,

283 n ; Ralph, vi, 286 ; Rich., vi,

31 ; Rob., vi, 286 ; Thos., vii,

256 ; Will., vii, 283 n, 284 n
Bellasis, see Belasyse
Bellet, John, vi, 371
Bellew (Belewe), Joan de, vi, 261 n ;

vii, 301 n, 329 n ; John de, vi,

261 n ; vii, 301, 329 n ; Ladarina

de, vii, 301 ; Rob. de, vii, 302 n ;

Sibyl de, vii, 301 n ; see also

Beloe

Bellhouse, Herb. L., vi, 371
Bellingham, Allen, vii. 264 n ; Mary,

vii, 264 n ; Will., vi, 82 n
Beloe, Rev. Hen. J. G., vi, 23 ; see

also Bellew
Belota, vii, 98 n
Belsetenab, see Whalley Nab
Belshaugh, Edw., vii, 107 n
Belthorn (Lower Darwen), vi, 275
Belthorn (Oswald twistle), vi, 405 ;

ch., vi, 409 ; Nonconf., vi, 409
Belyngton, see Billington
Benalt, Thos., vi, 39
Bence, Col. Hen. B., vii, 117
Bend Hill (Briercliffe) , vi, 469
Benebutts (Church), vi, 402 n
Benedict XII., pope, vi, 357 n
Benedict, vi, 544 n ; vii, 297 ;

the carpenter, vi, 76 n ; the

clerk, vi, 151 n ; vii, 99 n
Benedictines, vi, 28, 32, 81 ; vii,

175, 205

Benefield (Northants), vii, 41 n
Benelonds (Osbaldeston) , vi, 320*1
Benet, see Benedict and Bennet
Benetfield (Kirkham), vii, 199
Benison, Anne, vii, 155 n, 235 ;

Rev. John, vii, 155 n, 235 ; see

also Benson

Benn, Thos., vii, 205

Bennet (Benet) Christiana, vi, 71 n ;

vii, 92 n ; John, vi, 71 n ; vii,

92 n ; Rev. John W., vi, 440 ;

Phil., vi, 80; Rob., vii, 216 w;

Will., vi, 80
Benson, John, vii, 157 n ; Susannah,

vi, 550 ; see also Benison
Bent (Eccleshill), vi, 279*1
Bentgate (Haslingden), vi, 427
Bentham, Rich., vi, 489
Bentinck, Lady Olivia Cavendish,

vii, 318 ; Lord Henry Cavendish,

vii, 318

Bentley (Hapton), vi, 511
Bentley, brook, vi, 100, 552 n
Bentley, Horatio, vi, 541 ; Rev.

Thos., vi, 343, 344
Bentley Wood Green (Hapton), vi,

5n n

Berdeshagh, Berdeshaw, see Beard-
shaw
Berdeworth, Berdwrth, see Brere-

worth

Berecroft (Dutton), vii, 57 n
Berecroft, fam., see Barcroft
Berefield (Whittle), vi, 33 n
Bereschahe, sike de (Mellor) , vi, 263
Beresford, Edw., vii, 287 n
Berewinde, Alice de, vi, 5 ion;

Emot de, vi, 510 n
Bergh, see Burgh
Berifurlong (Preston), vii, 131 n
Berington, John, vii, 188 n
Berkeley, John, vii, 245
Berleye (Yorks), vi, 109
Bernaker, see Barnacre
Bernard, vii, 45 n, 52 n, 134 n, 191,

192 n, 194 n, 196 n, 308 n, 318 n,

323 n, 324 n
Bernard, John, vii, 263 n ; see also

Barnard and Baynard
Bernardacre (Ribchester) , vii, 58 n
Bernard Park (Ribchester), vii, 44 n
Berneste, Agnes, vi, 470 ; Rich, de,

vi, 470
Bernevill, Emery de, vi, 291 n ;

Hawise de, vi, 291 n ; Mabel de,

vi, 291 n

Bernsetkreg (Foulridge), vi, 547 n
Berridding Bank (Ribchester), vii,

46 n
Berry (Berrey), Ewan, vi, 236 n ;

Jas., vii, 44 n ; Miles, vii, 208 n ;

Pet., vi, 74 ; Rich., vi, 128 ;

Will., vi, 539 ; see also Bury
Bertherton, see Bretherton
Berton, see Barton
Bessowe call (Ribble), vii, 70
Beteleyfield (Ribchester), vii, 46 n
Beuerley (Cliviger), vi, 481 n
Beverley (Yorks), vi, 356
Beverley, Rob. Cornthwaite, bp. of,

vii, 8 1

Bewhouse (Parbold), vi, I74n, 180
Bewley, Thos., vii, 258 n, 259 ;

Will., vii, 259 n
Bezza (Boseburn), brook, vi, 263,

313
Bezza, wood, (Samlesbury), vi,

313 »
Bibby, Ad., vii, 50, 53 n ; Hen., vi,

225 n ; John, vi, 520 ; Nich., vi,

190 n, igi ; Oliver, vi, 199 n ;

Rich., vi, 520 n ; vii, 50 n ; Will.,

vi, 225 n ; vii, 50 n
Bickerstaff (Bickerstaffe, Bicker-

stath, Bickersteth), Ad. de, vii,

182 n, 183*1; Ellen, vii, 187 n ;

Hen. de, vii, 70, 183, 183 n ; Joan

de, vii, 183 n ; Maud de, vii,

249 n ; Ralph (de), vi, 103 n ;

vii, 182 n, 183 n, 249 n ; Rich.

de, vii, 183 n ; Rob., vi, 48 n

vii, 190 n, 225 n

INDEX

Biddulph, Fran., vii, 309 n ; Rich.,
vii, 309 n

Biggins (Kirkby Lonsdale), vi,
12 n

Bikaker (Studlehurst), vi, 324 n

Bildeswath, John de, vii, 277 n

Bileuurde, see Dilworth

Billesburch, Billesburgh, see Bils-
borrow

Billindon, see Billington

Billingahoth (Billington), vi, 326

Billingdon, see Billington

Billinge, Nich., vi, i88«

Billingehill (Witton), vi, 263, 340

Billingford (Norf.), vi, 227 n

Billington, vi, 325, 387%, 411,
412 n, 457, 555 n ; adv., vi, 333 ;
char., vi, 334 ; ch., vi, 332 ; epi-
leptic colony, vi, 326, 336 ;
hermitage, vi, 327 n, 334 ;
ind., vi, 326 ; man., vi, 264, 326,
421, 422 ; mill, vi, 328 ; Nonconf.,
vi, 334 ; Rom. Cath., vi, 334

Billington, Ad. de, vi, 264, 285,

326, 328 n, 332, 409 « ; Alice de,
vi, 264 n ; Ant., vii, 175 «, 287 n ;
Avice de, vi, 264, 326, 328 n ;
Edw. de, vi, 326 ; Efward de, vi,
266; Elias (Ellis), de, vi, 266,
326 ; Eliz., vii, 289 n ; Geoff, de,
vi, 328 «, 330 n, 331 n ; Hen., vi,
326 ; Joan de, vi, 264 n ; John,
vii, 175 n, 287 » ; Mabel de, vi,
332 ; Ralph (de), vi, 326, 408 n ;
Rich, de, vi, 326, 330 n, 331 n,
408 n ; Rob., vi, 326, 330 n ;
Rog. de, vi, 264, 326 ; Thos., vii,
287 n ; Will., vi, 326, 303

Billington Common, vi, 328

Billington Moor, vi, 325, 337

Billinton, see Billington

Bilsborough, Billisburgh, Bills-
borough, see Bilsborrow

Bilsborrow, vii, 118, 119 n, 128*1,
149, 269, 287 n, 288 n, 291,
292 «, 293, 296 n, 318 n, 326,

327, 330-2 ; char., vii, 300 ;
man., vii, 127 n, 330 ; Nonconf.,
vii, 332 ; sch., vii, 141, 332

Bilsborrow (Bilsborough, Bills-
borough), Ad. de, vii, 326 n,
332 n ; Edusa, vii, 332 » ; Eustace
de, vii, 331 n, 332 n ; Hamnet de,
vii, 332 n ; Hugh de, vii, 332 n ;
Isabel, vii, 332 n ; Rev. John,
vii, 184 ; John de, vii, 326 n,
331. 33i «, 332 «; Matth., vii,
33 * M> 332 n ; Paulin de, vii,
330 « ; Rich, de, vii, 326 n,
332 n ; Rob. de, vii, 326 «, 330 n ;
Rog. de, vii, 332 « ; Tancard de,
vii, 332 n ; Will, (de), vii, 289 n,
326 «, 332 n ; — , vi, 48

Bilyngton, see Billington

Bimme, vi, 290 ; vii, 30 n ; the
white, vii, 30 n

Bimme croft (Eccleshill), vi, 279 n

Bimson (Bimmeson), Alex., vi,
202 n ; vii, 58 n ; Alice, vi, 202 n ;
Anne, vii, 58 n ; Beatrice, vi,
202 « ; Frances, vi, 202 n ; Joan,
vi, 202 n ; John, vi, 202 n ; vii,
29 n, 58 n ; Kath., vi, 202 n ;
Lawr., vi, 182 n, 202, 202 n;
Maud, vi, 202 n ; Rog., vi, 200 n,
202, 202 n ; Thos., vi, 181 n,
202 n ; Will., vi, 177 n, 191 «,
202 »

Bindloss, Cecilia, vi, 196 n ;
Dorothy, vii, ii2n Fran., vii,
112, ii2»; Rebecca vii, 296 n ;
Sir Rob., vi, 196 n vii, 112 n,
260, 296, 334

Birch (Birches), Dyke del, vi, 480 ;
Edw., vi, 242 ; Hen., vii, 119 H ;

Birch (cont.)

John de, vi, 485 n; Rob., vi,
358 ; Thos., vii, 86 ; — , vii, 123 n

Birchall, Rev. Jos., vi, 404 ; Josiah,
vii, 218 ; Thos., vi, 191 n ; vii,
107 ; Mrs., vii, 107

Birchenlee (Chipping), vii, 28 n

Birchenley (Marsden), vi, 536, 539

Birches, see Birch

Birchholme, vii, 214 n

Birewath, see Byrewath

Birkacre (Coppull), vi, 224

Birkacre Mill (Chorley), vi, 142

Birkby, Will., vi, 515

Birkenhead, see Birkhead

Birkett (Birket), John, vi, 81 n ;
Will., vi, 55 ; vii, 205

Birkhead (Birkenhead, Birkheved),
Alice, vii, 239 n, 307 n ; Eleanor,
vi, 194 n; Hen., vi, 194 n ; vii,
239 n> 3°7 n '• John, vi, 194 n ;
Marg., vi, 209 n ; Rich., vi, 209 n

Birkin, Alice de, vi, 93 n ; John de,
vi, 93 n ; Mich, de, vi, 377 n ;
Rog. de, vi, 377 n

Birks (Lower and Higher) (Chip-
ping), vii, 35 n

Birks, Rich, del, vi, 481 n

Birkshaw Moor, vi, 552

Birley (Birlay, Birlegh), Chas., vii,
145, 287, 288, 290 ; Chas. A., vii,
287 ; Chas. F., vii, 287 ; Edm.,
vii, 74 ; Edw., vii, 239, 239 n ;
Eliz., vii, 145 ; Gertrude E., vii,
290; Hen., vi, 311 n; Hen. L.,
vii, 151 n ; John, vii, 309 n ;
John L., vii, 156 n ; Marg. S.,
vii, 239 «; Mary, vi, 311 n ;
Rich., vii, 167 ; Rob. de, vi,
315 n ; Sim. de, vi, 314 ; Thos.
de, vi, 315 n, 318; Thos. L.,
vii, 151 ; Will., vi, 314 ; vii, 188 ;
see also Burghley

Birstatbrinning, Birstatbrunning,
see Bryning

Birtwisle, man. (Hapton), vi, 232,
458, 459, 507, 509, 5io n

Birtwisle (Birtwistle), Ad. (de),
vi, 434 n, 456 n, 474 n, 47771,
509 ; Agnes, vi, 410 ; Alex., vi,
434 n ; Alice de, vi, 410 n ;
Amiria de, vi, 5 1 1 « ; Anne, vi,
410 n ; Catlow, vi, 470 ; Christian,
vi, 410 n ; Dorothy, vi, 410,
411; Edw., vi, 410 n, 411 n;
Ellis de, vi, 456 n ; Geo., vi, 411,
434, 438 n, 468 n ; Gilb. (de), vi,
438 «, 456 «, 474 n, 475 n, 509;
Hen. de, vi, 455, 509 n, 511 n;
Isabel de, vi, 510 n ; Jas., vi,
410; Janet, vi, 410 n; Joan de,
vi, 509; John (de), vi, 410, 411,
434 n, 455, 499 n, 509, 510 «,
511 «; Leonard, vi, 410 n ; Marg.,
vi, 410 n, 411, 434, 438 n ;
Margery de, vi, 474 n ; Miles,
vi, 410 n ; Nich. de, vi, 477 n,
509 «; Oliver, vi, 410, 411;
Ralph, vi, 509 n ; Reyner de, vi,
509 ; Rich, (de), vi, 410, 434,
508 «, 509, 510 «, 511 n; Thos.
(de), vi, 410, 411, 434, 510 n;
Thurstan, vi, 435 ; Will, (de), vi,
410, 434 «, 508 n, 511 n

Birtwisle Field (Hapton), vi, 510 n

Biscoe, Edw., vi, 187 n

Biscopham, see Bispham

Bishopston, Hen. de, vii, 264

Bispam, Bispeham, see Bispham

Bispham (Bispham with Norbreck),
vii, 43 «, 68, 69 n, 71, 222, 222 n,
242-7 ; cross, vii, 245 ; ch., vii,
244 ; mans., vii, 236 n, 246,
248 ; Nonconf., vii, 246 ; sch.,
vii, 245 ; sundial, vii, 245

345

Bispham (Mawdesley), vi, 81, 86 n,
91 n, 92, 100-2 ; char., vi, 90,

91 n ; man., vi, 100 ; sch., vi,
89, 91 n, 102

Bispham, Great, vii, 246, 248

Bispham, Little, vii, 246

Bispham (Bispam), Ad. de, vi,
98 w, 101 n ; vii, 247 n ; Alice de,
vi, 92 «, 95 n, 261 n ; Amery de,
vi, 100, 101 n ; vii, 247 ; Cecily
de, vi, 101 n ; Eliz., vii, 136 n ;
Hawise de, vii, 247 n ; Hen. (de),
vi, 98 n, 101 n, 191 n, 295 ; John,
vii, I36n, 249 n ; Matth. de, vi,
101 n ; Maud de, vi, 101 n ; Nich.
de, vi, 261 n ; Rich, de, vii,
1 66 n, 247, 247 n ; Rob. de, vi,

92 n, 97 n, 101 n ; Rog. de, vi,
98 n, 101 n ; Thos. de, vi, 101 n,
240 n, 241 n ; Warine de, vi,
92 n, 97 n, 101 n, 180 n ; Will,
(de), vi, 80, 101 n, 247 ; vii, 166 n,
204 «, 240 n, 241 n

Bispham Green, vi, 100 n
Bispham Hall (Hall of Bispham),

vi, 1 02

Bispham Hawes, vii, 246, 250 n
Bisset, Alice, vii, 46 n, 47 « ; Will.,

vii, 46 n, 47 n
Black, Will., vii, 78 n
Blackay (Barrowford) , vi, 542, 544
Blackay, fam., see Blakey
Blackborne, see Blackburn
Blackbrook (Catterall), vii, 323 «
Blackbrook (Chorley), vi, 129
Blackburn, vi, 230, 233 n, 234, 235-

49 ; vii, 79 n, 1 18 n, 305 » ; adv.,
vi, 239 ; chant., vi, 494 n ; char.,
vi, 243 ; ch., vi, 238-9, 247, 420 ;
man., vi, 245 ; mkts. and fairs,
vi, 237, 238, 247 ; Nonconf., vi,
248 ; pks., vi, 247 ; Rom. Cath.,
vi, 249 ; schs., vi, 243, 247, 288

Blackburn, brook, vi, 250

Blackburn, deanery, vi, 234

Blackburn, hund., vi, 230

Blackburn, wap., vi, 231

Blackburn (Blackburne, Blackburn-
shire, Blakeburn), Ad. de, vi,
26 n, 239, 240, 245, 246 n, 253 n,
254 «, 258, 259, 261, 262, 266 n,
276 n, 297, 326, 327 n, 388,
394 «, 396, 397, 397 n, 418 n,
475 n> 477 n> 55° n ', vii, 4 «, 48 n,

50 n, 54 «, 57 «, 59 n, 125 n,
151 «, 193 n, 195 n ; Agnes de,
vi, 131, 245, 258 n, 259, 276,
397 ; Alan de, vi, 246 n ; Alesia
de, vi, 276 n ; Alice de, vi, 14 n,
131, 276, 277, 397, 556 n; vii,
4 «, 48 », 125 n, 151 n ; Amabel
de, vi, 254 n, 258 n, 303 n ; vii,

57 n ; Anne, vi, 237 n, 239 n ;
Avice de, vi, 26 n, 212 n; Bea-
trice de, vi, 245, 326, 327, 388,

396 n, 397 ; Bridg., vii, 195 n ;
Cecilia de, vi, 418 n ; Edayne
(Idonea) de, vi, 259, 266 n ;
Edw., vii, 136 n, 272, 278 n ;
Ellen (de), vi, 291 n; vii, 50 n,
272 ; Eliz., vi, 398 n ; vii, 142,
195 n ; Emma de, vi, 245 n ;
Eve de, vii, 114 n, 125 n ; Gilb.
de, vi, 239 n, 345 ; Grace, vii,
195 n ; Hen. de, vi, 239, 240 n,
245 n, 246 n, 258, 259, 260-1,
262, 266, 276, 291 «, 293, 297,
345, 392, 393 n, 394 n, 396,

397 n, 400 n, 507 ; vii, 15, 54 n,

58 n, 114 «, 125 n, 151 n, 193 n,
195 n ; Isabel de, vi, 218 n ;
Jas., vii, 195 n, 239 n ; Janet, vii,
121 n ; Joan (de), vi, 131, 276,
397, 398 n ; vii, 278 n ; John de,
vi, 26 n, 131, 212 «, 238 n, 245 n,

44

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Blackburn (cont.)

258, 258 «, 259, 276, 291 n, 293,
296, 327 n, 397, 398 M, 405 M,
477 »• 556 n ; vii, 4 n, 44 n, 59 n,
IOOM, 114 n, 125 M, 195 M, 272,

278 n, 328 M ; Kath., vii, 289 n ;
Marg. (de), vi, gin, 100 n, 131,
276, 299, 397 ; vii, 272, 272 n ;
Margery de, vi, 26 n ; Mary de,
vii, 15 ; Pet., vii, 142 M, 289 n ;
Ralph, vi, 68 n; Rich, (de), vi,

14 n, 26 M, 100 n, 143 n, 246*1,
397 «. 398 M ; vii, 50 n, 57 M,
121 M, 142, 142 n, 272, 278 n ;
Rob. (de), vi, 259, 266 n, 397 n,
552 M, 553 «> 555 n, 556 M ; vii,
100 n, 144, 195 n, 313 «, 328 n ;
Rog. de, vi, 26 n, 240 ; vii, 113 n ;
Thos., vi, 321; vii, 44*1, 57 n,
175 M, 272 ; Will, (de), vi, 14 w,
26 M, 218 M, 235 n, 237 w, 258 »,
261 n, 290, 296, 398 M, 556 n ;
vii, 50 M, 57 w, 239 w ; fam., vii,
304

Blackburn and East Lanes. In-
firmary, vi, 247

Blackburn Grammar School, vi, 263
Blackburn Orphanage (Wilpshire),

vi, 326, 334

Blackburnshire, fam., see Black-
burn

Black Carr (Trawden), vi, 551
Black Clough Head (Trawden), vi,

552

Blackearth (Ribbleton), vii, 106 n
Blackeburne, see Blackburn
Blackedge, man., vi, 233 n
Blackewode, see Blackwood
Blackgate Lane End (Tarleton), vi,

119 n

Blackgreve (Ribchester), vii, 65 n
Blackgroove (Trawden), vi, 552
Black Hall (Chipping), vii, 27
Blackball (Blakehall), man. (Goos-

nargh), vii, 199

Black Hameldon, see Hameldon Hill
Black Hate, brook, vi, 204 n
Blackhorde (Cuerden), vi, 28 n
Blackhouse (Briercliffe) , vi, 469 M
Blackhouse Lane (Briercliffe), vi,

469 M, 471 »
Blackhurst, Pet., vi, 17 M ; Thos.,

vi, 17 n

Blacklache (Garstang), vii, 332 n
Blacklache (Little Carleton), vii,

229 n

Blacklache (Preesall), vii, 257 n
Blacklache (Studlehurst), vi, 324 n
Blacklache, Little (Woodplump-

ton), vii, 288 w

Blacklache (Blacklach, Blacklidge)
Abra., vi, 15 n ; Ad. (de), vi, u n

15 n ; Aubrey, vi, 15 n ; Chris,
vi, 77 n ; Edw., vi, 81 ; Hen.
vi, 36 ; John de, vi, 15, 15 n
Marg., vi, 16 n ; Margery, vi, 15
Nich., vi, 12 n, 15 n ; Ralph, vi
7, 1 60 ; Rob., vi, 36 n ; Thos.
vi, 5 n ; Will., vi, 15 n, 16 «, 36
50 ; fam., vii, 126 ; see also
Blackledge

Blacklache-hevid (Eccleshill), vi,

279 «

Blacklache House, see Leyland Hall
Black Lane End (Colne), vi, 523
Blackledge, John, vii, 195 ; Will.,

vii, 195 ; see also Blacklache
Blackley, man., 233 n
Blacklidge, see Blacklache
Black Moor (Mawdesley), vi, 96
Black Moss (Chipping), vii, 29 n
Black Moss Water, vi, 518, 519
Blacko (Barrowford), vi, 527 n, 542,

534 «, 544
Blacko Hill (Barrowford), vi, 542

Blacko Tower, see Malkin Tower
Blacko Water, vi, 519
Blackpool, vii, 79 w, 80, 174, 176,
242, 243, 247, 248, 250; agric.,
vii, 243 ; Jews, vii, 251 ; mkt.
and fairs, vii, 248, 251 ; Non-
conf., vii, 251 ; old cottages, vii,
242 n ; sch., vii, 243 ; Rom.
Cath., vii, 251
Blackrod, man., vi, 320
Blackscarr Croft, see Black Carr
Black's Cross (Barrowford), vi, 542
Blackshaw (Penwortham), vi, 57 n
Blackshawbrook, vi, 70 n
Blacksnape (Over Darwen), vi, 269,

270

Blackstubheys (Colne), vi, 52711
Blackwater, riv., vi, 235, 244, 249,

263

Blackwitthill, man., vi, 233 n
Blackwood (Whalley), vi, 521
Blackwood, Little (Whalley), vi,

52i
Blackwood Doles (Barrowford), vi,

543

Blacoe, Geo., vi, 310 n ; Marg., vi,
310 n; Thos., vi, 237 «, 310 n;
Will., vii, 178 n

Blainscough (Coppull), vi, 224, 227

Blainscough (Bleynescowe), Ad. de,

vi, 225 n, 227 n ; Aimery de, vi,

227 « ; Hen. de, vi, 227 n ;

Isabel de, vi, 227 n ; John de,

vi, 227 n ; Orm de, vi, 227 n ;

Rich, de, vi, 227 n ; Thos. de,

vi, 227 n ; Will, de, vi, 188 n

Blainscough Hall (Standish), vi,

182

Blakay, see Blakey
Blake, John, vi, 432 n
Blakeayke (Winkley), vii, 13 n
Blakebroc, Blake brook, see Black-
brook and Showley brook
Blakeburn, see Blackburn
Blakecroft (Altham), vi, 413 n
Blakeden, Joan, vii, 17 ; John,

vii, 17

Blakefield (Warton), vii, 171 n
Blakefield (Shevington), vi, 202 n
Blakeflatt (Wilpshire), vi, 335
Blake Hey (Colne), see Blakey
Blakelache, see Blacklache
Blakemelnecroft (Mellor), vi, 262
Blakemon Syke (Preston), vii,

130 n

Blakepitte (Eccleshill), vi, 279%
Blakewel-holm, le (Sunderland), vi,

3i8

Blakey (Colne), vi, 526 n, 527
Blakey (Blackay, Blakay), Agnes,
vi, 527 n ; Alice, vi, 527 n ;
Anne, vi, 527 n ; Bern., vi,
527 n ', Chris., vi, 542 n ; Ellen,
vi, 527 n; Frances, vi, 527 n ;
Geoff, de, vi, 525 M, 527 ; Geo.,
vi, 301 ; Hen., vi, 527 n ; Isabel,
vi, 527 n ; Jenet, vi, 527 n ; Joan,
vi, 527 n ; John, vi, 527 n, 544 ;
Lawr., vi, 527 n, 544 ; Leonard,
vi, 530 ; Lettice de, vi, 527 n ;
Marg., vi, 527 n ; Nich., vi, 527 ;
Priscilla, vi, 527 n ; Rich., vi,
527 «» 53° I Rob., vi, 301, 520,
527 n, 53<>> 534 w. 546 n '• R°g-»
vi, 527 n, 534 ; Sim., vi, 517, 527,
542, 544, 546 n; Thos., vi, 372,
527 n ; Will., vii, 121 n; — , vi,
524 n, 535 ; fam., vi, 516 n
Blakey Hall (Colne), vi, 523, 527
Blakey Moor (Blackburn), vi, 246 w
Blakhou Hill, see Blacko Hill
Blaklache, see Blacklache
Blamire, Rev. Will. B., vi, 274
Bland, Jas., vii, 86 n
Blashey (Penwortham), vi, 56 n

346

Blasshaw (Penwortham), vi, 58 M
Blaston, Geoff, de, vi, 357, 357 n
Bleasby, man. (Lines), vi, 35 n
Bleasdale (Preston), vii, 68, 141-2 ;

ch., vii, 142

Bleasdale, brook, vii, 27 M
Bleasdale, Alex., vi, 237 n ; Jas.,

vii, 142 ; fam., vi, 380 n
Bleasdale Fells, vi, 379 ; vii, 27 M,

141, 320

Bleasdale Forest, vi, 230 ; vii, 141
Bleasdale Tower (Preston), vii, 142
Blenesgill ( Whittingham) , vii, 209 n
Blesedale, see Bleasdale
Blewett, Ant., vi, 330 ; Jane, vi,

330

Blews, W. , and Sons, vi, 404
Bleynescowe, see Blainscough
Blindhurst, vi, 315 n ; vii, 141,

141 M, 142 n

Blodhey (Penwortham), vi, 61 n
Blome, — , vii, 312 M
Blood, Sarah, vi, 394 n
Blore, Geo., vi, 284
Blount (Albus, Blound, Blund),
Agnes, vi, 109 n ; Bald, le,
vii, 223 n ; Hen. de (le), vi,
291 M, 293 M ; John (le), vi, 66 n,
109 n ; vii, 157 n ; Jordan le, vii
52 n ; Osbert le, vii, 52 n
Ralph de (le), vi, 291 «, 293 n
Rob. le, vii, 30 n ; Siegrith le,
vii, 52 n ; Sim. le, vii, 146 ; Will,
le, vii, no n

Blue Coat School (Newton), vii, 167
Blue Stone (Mawdesley), vi, 97
Blund, see Blount
Blundel, brook, vii, 117, 121, 124,

207

Blundell, Agnes, vii, 100 n ; Alex,
vii, 126 w; Alice, vii, IOOM
260 n ; Anne, vi, 133 n ; Eliz.
vii, 100 n ; Ellen, vii, 100 n
Emma, vi, 302 ; Hen., vi, 222
vii, 100 n, 260 n ; Jas., vi, 199
Joan, vii, 100 n ; John, vii, 100 n
120 n, 125 M, 126 n, 182 n ; Nich.
vi, 220 M, 302 ; Pat., vii, 182 n
Rich., vi, 302, 445 n ; vii, 98 n
100 n, 120 n ; Rob., vi, 20 » ; vii
IOOM, 121 n ; Rog., vii, 120 w
126 n ; Thos., vi, 199 n ; Will,
vii, IOOM, 120 n, 125 M, 126 M
182, 182 M ; — , vii, 32 ; fam.
vi, 28 ; vii, 102
Blyndehurst, see Blindhurst
Blyth (Blythe), Agnes de, vii,
301 M ; Geoff., vii, 265 n ; Warine
de, vii, 301 M

Boar's Head (Barton), vii, 128 n
Boar's Head (Standish), vi, 192
Boatfield (Brockholes) , vii, HIM
Boathouse Farm (Ribchester), vii,

14, 50
Boathousefield (Ribchester), vii,

48 M
Bobbin and clog-sole works, vi,

326

Bocher, see Bourchier
Bodel, Joan de, vi, 482 n ; Rob. de,

vi, 482 M

Bodkin, Will., vii, 13
Boeland, see Bowland
Boggart House Farm (Newsham),

vii, 206 M
Bogland, Cecily de, vi, 559 n ;

Rob. de, vi, 559 n
Bohun, John de, vi, 7 ; see also

Bowen
Boilton (Boylton) estate (Grim-

sargh), vii, 90

Boilton Spa (Grimsargh), vii, 108
Boilton Wood (Grimsargh), vii, 108
Bold, Alice de, vi, 48 M ; Geoff., vi,

277 ; Grace, vi, 16 M, 33 w, 71 M ;

INDEX

Bold (cont.)

vii, 230 ; Hen., vi, 195 « ; vii,
83 », 86 ; John (de), vi, 48 n,
202 n ; vii, 83 «, 85, 180 n, 181 n,
298 n ; Kath., vi, 277 ; Lancelot,
vii, 230 ; Maud, vii, 5 ; Rich.,
vii, 334 n ; Sibyl, vi, 195 n, 254 ;
Will, de, vi, 254 ; Miss, vii,
243 n ; fam., vi, 151

Bold Venture Park (Over Darwen),
vi, 274

Bolingbrook (Bolin, Bolkin Brook)
(Ribchester), vii, 48 n, 64 n

Bolland, see Bowland

Bollard, Jas., vi, 519 ; Marg., vi,
519 ; Rich., vi, 519

Bolleron, see Bolron

Bolon-wray (Kirkland), vii, 313 n,

314, 3J5

Bolothorncroft, vi, 69 n

Bolron (Bolleron), Rob., vii, 6 ;
Will., vii, I2O71, 265

Bolter, Chas., vi, 270 ; Harold, vi,
270

Bolton, Ad., vi, 241, 255, 256, 257 ;
Agnes de, vi, 253 n ; Anselm, vi,
81 n ; Cecily (de), vi, 256, 406 n ;
vii, 16 n ; Edw., vi, 239, 242 n,
243 n ; Eliz., vi, 237 n, 256 ;
Ellen (de), vi, 225 n, 335 « ; vii,
150 n ; Emota de, vi, 256 ;
Geoff, de, vi, 256 ; Geo., vi, 251 ;
Hen. de, vi, 332 n, 335, 335 n ;
Jas., vi, 438; vii, 32 «, 211 »;
Jane, vi, 257 ; Joan de, vi, 225 n ;
vii, 125 n ; John (de), vi, 81 n,
200 n, 225 n, 250, 256 ; vii, 16 n,
32 n, 53 n, 125, 127 n, 150 n ;
Jos., vi, 96 n ; Kath. (de), vi,
256; vii, 211 n ; Lancelot, vi,
257; vii, 65 n; Marg. (de), vi,
335 n ; vii, 99 n, 125 n ; Margery
de, vi, 208 n ; Matilda, vi, 256 ;
Matth., vii, 99 n ; Nich. (de), vi,
208 n, 256, 257, 335 n ; vii, 211 n ;
Rich, (de), vi, 253 n, 256, 335 n ;
vii, 31, 32, 108 n ; Rob. (de), vi,
235 », 239, 244, 256, 258, 259,
260, 262, 332, 335, 335 7i, 451 ;
vii, 125 n ; Rog. (de), vi, 208,
225 n, 256, 406 n ; vii, 16 », 53 n ;
Thos., vii, 32, 85 ; Will, (de), vii,
41, 136 n, 147 ; — , vii, 58 n ;
fam., vi, 246 n, 251, 252 n, 326 ;
see also Boulton

Bolton Abbey (Yorks), vi, 58 n

Bolton-by-Bowland (Yorks), vi, 361

Bolton Field (Standish), vi, 194 n

Bolton Green (Charnock Richard),
vi, 204

Bolton Hall (Salesbury), vi, 257

Bolton Houses (Treales), vii, 178

Bolton-le-Moors, vi, 58 n ; vii, 79 n,
270 7i

Bolton-le-Sands, vii, 112 n, 222 «

Bombay, Walt. R. Pym, bp. of, vii,
217

Bond (Buynde), Augustine, vi,
222 ; Eliz., vii, 225 ; Rich., vi,
222 ; Rog., vi, 92 n ; Thos., vi, 88

Bonds (Garstang), vii, 291, 292 n,
293. 3°4, 3°5, 315, 3i8 ; Nonconf.,
vii, 320 ; Rom. Cath., vii, 320

Bondyard (Padiham), vi, 493

Bonel, Quenilda, vi, 73 n ; Rob., vi,
73 n ; fam., vi, 69 «

Boniface, archbp. of Canterbury,
vii, 264 n

Bonk, Chas., vi, 262 n ; John, vi,
262 n

Bonner, Edm., vii, 42 n

Bonney, Will., vii, 225 n

Boot, Agnes del, vii, 157 n ; Rich,
del, vii, 157 n ; Rob. del, vii, 157 n

Booth, Agnes (Annes), vi, 377 « ;

Booth (cont.)

vii, 258, 258 n ; Alice, vi, 122 ;
vii, 258 n ; Anne, vii, 258 n ; Bar-
bara, vii, 258 n ; Chas., vii, 258 n,
25971; Douce, vii, 258 n ; Edw.,
vi, 467 n ; Fran., vii, 258 n ; Sir
Geo., vii, 76 ; Joan, vi, 305 ;
Sir John, vi, 57 n, 513 n ; vii,
141 n ; John (del), vi, 305, 548;
vii, 257 n, 258 ; Jordan del, vi,
548 ; Juliana del, vi, 548 ; Maud
del, vi, 548 ; Oliver del, vi, 548 ;
Rob., vi, 122, 127 n, 450 n ; Rog.,
vii, 258 n ; Thos., vi, 377 n,
404 n ; vii, 258, 260 n ; Rev. Will.,
bp,, vi, 145 7i ; Will., vi, 467 n,
495 n, 496 ; — , vi, 524 n, 549 n
Booth House (Come), vi, 528 n
Boothhurst (Chipping), vii, 30 n
Boothman, Rich., vi, 489 ; — , vi,

513 »

Boothroyds (Oswald twistle) , vi, 406
Booths, Higher, vi, 349, 431, 433-

5 ; char., vi, 435 ; ch., vi, 435 ;

forest, vi, 434 ; ind., vi, 434 ;

Nonconf., vi, 435
Booths, Lower, vi, 349, 431, 435-

6 ; ch., vi, 436 ; fair, vi, 436 ;

Nonconf., vi, 436; Rom. Cath.,

vi, 436

Boo tie, vii, 285
Bootle, Edw. \V., vi, 31 n ; Rich.

W., vi, 102 ; Sir Thos., vi, 102 n,

173 ; Thos., vi, 31 n ; Wilbra-

ham, vi, 32

Borayns (Greenhalgh with Thistle-
ton), vii, 1 80 n

Bornes Clough (Cliviger), vi, 480 n
Borset, Walt., vi, 496
Borugrjams in the How (Longton),

vi, 71 n

Bosco, see Boys
Bosden (Bowland), vii, 34 n
Boseburn, see Bezza brook
Boseden, Hen. de, vi, 261, 262 ;

Will, de, vi, 261, 262
Boss, Thos. B., vii, 204
Boss Head (Colne), vi, 524 n
Bostock, Anne, vi, 468 n ; Thos.,

vii, 87 n, 88 n
Boston, Will, de, vii, 13 «
Boswell, Alice, vi, 498 ; Eliz., vi,

498 ; John, vi, 497 n ; Will., vi,

497

Boswell Keys (Haslingden), vi, 43 in

Botany Bay (Chorley), vi, 129

Botden, see Bottin

Boteler, Ad., vii, 171, 172 n ;
Agatha, vii, 241 n ; Agnes (le),
vi, 154 n ; vii, 241 n, 249 n, 253 n,
272 n, 274 n ; Alice (le), vi, 397 n ;
vii, 4 «, 179 n, 266 7i, 274, 277 n,
280, 28271, 313, 321 n ; Aline,
vii, 171 n ; Amery (Emery) le,
vi, 149-50; vii, 62 n, 248, 25071;
Anne, vii, 274 n, 275 ; Avice le,
vii, i72n; Beatrice, vii, 27471;
Cecily (le), vii, 241 n, 249 n, 254,
280 n ; Clemency le, vii, 254 ;
Eda le, vii, 172 «; Edm. (le), vii,
176 n, 179 n, 241 n, 274 n, 282 n ;
Edw., vii, 314 n ; Eleanor (le),
vii, 16, 176 n, 275 ; Eliz. (le), vi,
154 n ; vii, 210 n, 24171, 274,
274 n, 275, 313 n, 314 n ; Ellen le,
vii, 240 n, 241 n, 314 n; Emma
le, vii, 322 n ; Eustace le, vii,
172 n ; Geoff, (le), vii, 18971,
274 n ; Godith le, vii, 172 n ;
Grace, vii, 275 ; Hamon (Hamlet)
le, vi, 37 ; vii, 113 ; Hen. (le), vi,
262 ; vii, 179 n, 193 n, 230 n,
24071, 248 n, 27471, 275, 321 n,
322 7i, 323 7i ; Isabel (le), vi, 458,
509 n ; vii, 240 n, 248 n, 274,

347

Boteler (cont.)

275 ; Ivetta le, vii, 171 n , Jas.
(le), vi, 33 «, 71 n, 170 n; vii,
176 n, 178 n, 241 n, 25371, 274,

281 7i, 322 n, 323 n, 329 n ; Joan
de, vi, 154 n, 302 ; vii, 273, 274,
274 n ; Sir John, vi, 93 w, 17071,
397 n ; vii, 4, 4 n, 5 n, 169 n,
193 w, 215 w, 274, 313 w; John
(le), vi, 33 n, 154 n, 305*1; vii,
3, 152 n, 168 n, 176 n, 177 w,
180 n, 183 n, 198, 210 n, 227 w,
234 w, 241 w, 253 n, 264, 266,
270, 272 n, 274, 275, 282 n, 313,
314 n, 321 n ; Kath., vii, 274 n ;
Mabel (le), vii, 154, 171 n, 179 «,
249 7i, 274 ; Marg. (le), vii, 241 n,
257, 258 n, 313 w; Margery (le),
vi, 154 n ; vii, 1767*, 274;
Martin, vii, 171 n ; Maud le, vi,
103 n ; Sir Nich. (le), vi, 33 w,
154 n ; vii, 16, 163 n, 169 n,
180 n, 193 n, 277 n, 281 n ; Nich.
(le), vi, 33, 34 n, 63 n, 103 n,
105 n, 131 w, 140, 154 w, 170 n,
458, 50971; vii, 1 68 », 169 n,
179 n, 181 n, i8gn, 193, 19371,
227 n, 240 n, 241 n, 249 n, 253,
253 », 254 n, 269, 270, 272 n,
273*1, 274, 275, 277 n, 280 n,
30971, 31471, 32371; Quenilda
le, vii, 171, 172 n ; Sir Rich, le,
vi, 34 n, 120 71, 262 ; vii, 169 n,
18071, 22971, 268 n, 273, 279,

282 n, 321 w, 331 7i ; Rich, (le), vi,
33 n, 37, 71 7i, 103, 106, 154 n ;

Vii, 52 71, 92 71, 126 «, 152 71,

154, I69, 17° «, i?1, i?2 n,
17971, i8ow, 18971, 193, 193 n,
227 n, 229 7i, 238 n, 240, 240 n,
24171, 24771, 24971, 254, 25471,
257, 25871, 27271, 273, 274 w,
275, 277, 279 n, 280, 281 7i,
282 7i, 303 7i, 313 n, 314 71, 323 7i,
325 ; Rob. (le), vii, 314 71, 322 n ;
Rog. le, vi, 105 n ; vii, 171,
172 n, 325 ; Sibyl (le), vii, 246 n,
24971; Siegrith, vii, 171; Steph.
(le), vi, 105 n; vii, 171, 17271;
Sir Theobald, le, vii, 241 71 ;
Theobald (le), vii, 145, 154 71,
15671, 176, 17871, 18071, 24071,

241 «, 254, 274 7i ; Sir Thos. (de),
vii, 98 n, 107 7i, 249 n, 323 71 ;
Thos. (le), vi, 103 71, 104 »; vii,
17071, 171, 19071, 28071, 31471;
Walt, le, vii, 273 ; Sir Will, (le),
vi, 33 «, 62 71, 262 ; vii, 241 n,

242 n, 268 7i, 273, 280 « ; Will,
(le), vi, 37, 14071, 15071, 169 n;
vii, 6371, 113, 154 7i, 17171,
179 7t, 181 w, 193 w, 215 7i, 238 w,
240, 24171, 24471, 24671, 247,

247 71, 248, 249 71, 250 n, 253 71,

25471, 273, 274, 28271, 313,

314 n, 323 w ; fam., vi, 151 ; see

also Butler

Botham, Ad. de, vi, 131 »
Botiler, see Boteler and Butler
Botreux, Eliz. de, vii, 301 71 ; Sir

Will, de, vii, 301 n
Bottin (Worsthorne), vi, 474
Bottin (Botden, Bottedene, Bottes-

dene), Ad. de, vi, 457 71, 474 71,

475 n, 477 n ; Gilb. de, vi, 477 TI
Bottin Butts (Worsthorne), vi,

47771
Bottin Clough (Worsthorne), vi,

475 », 477 »

Bottoms, the (Howick), vi, 66 n
Boughton, Ann, vii, 82 ; Mary, vii,

82
Bouke, Marg., vi, 277 » ; Thos., vi,

277 n
Bouland, see Bowland

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Boulandwra, see Bolon-wray
Boulogne, Steph., ct. of, see Stephen,

king; Will., ct. of, vii, 117
Boulsworth, hill, vi, 230, 524 »,

548, 552

Boulton, Arth. R., vi, 174 ; Edw.,
vi, 261 n ; Geo., vii, 291 n ; Hen.,
vi, 547 ; Rob., vii, 291 n ; Rog.,
vi, 298 n ; Thos., vi, 447 ; vii,
32 ; see also Bolton
Bounder Stone (Trawden), vi, 552
Boundes, the (Nether Wyresdale),

vii, 303

Bour, see Bower and Burgh
Bourchier, Ld. John, vi, 134
Bourchier (Bocher), Agnes, vii,

227 n ; Thos., vii, 227 n
Boure, see Bower and Burgh
Bourne (Bourn, Burn, Burne), Cor-
nelius, vii, 253 n ; Sir Jas., vii,
259 ; Jas., vii, 259 ; Sir Jas. D.,
vii, 259 ; Jane, vii, 253 n ; John,
vi, 80 ; vii, 200, 253 n ; Pet., vii,
259; Thos., vii, 34 n, 36; Will.,
vi, 358 ; see also Byrne
Bourne-May, Harriet A., vii, 259 ;

Jas. W. S., vii, 259
Bourne Naze, see Burnt Naze
Bowden, Charlotte, vi, 267, 268 n ;
Hen., vi, 268 n ; John, vi, 267,
268 ; John P. B., vi, 268 »
Bowen, Will., vii, 53 ; see also

Bohun

Bower (Bour, Boure, Bure), Ad. de
la (del), vi, 60 n ; vii, 308 n ; Alice
del, vii, 308 n ; Cecily de la, vi,
60 n ; Hen. del, vi, 60 n ; Marg.,
vii, 310 n ; Pet., vi, 191 n ; Rob.
de (la), vi, 60 n, 66; vii, 308;
Sabina de, vi, 66 ; Sam., vi, 265 ;
Thos., vi, 60 n ; vii, 310 n; see
also Burgh
Bowers House (Nateby), vii, 310,

311, 312
Bowgrave (Barnacre), vii, 315 ;

cross, vii, 3 1 i n

Bowkerfield (Billington) , vi, 330 n
Bowkerflat (Bispham), vi, 101 n
Bowland (Bowland with Leagram),

vi, 233 n, 349, 379 ; vii, 2, 102 n
Bowland, Little, vi, 379, 380 ; vii,

27 »
Bowland, forest (chase), vi, 230,

276, 349, 362, 379
Bowland, Ad. de, vii, 62 n ; Agnes,
vii, 62 n ; Rog., vi, 519 ; Thos.,
vii, 297

Bowley, hill, vi, 337
Bowling Green Mill (Over Darwen),

vi, 270
Box, Anne, vii, 114 n; John, vii,

114 n

Boyce's Brook (Ribchester), vii, 45
Boylton, see Boil ton
Boys (Bosco, Boyes), Alex, de, vii,
49 n ; Alice (de), vi, 406 n ; vii,
49 n ; Anne, vii, 49 n ; Edw., vii,
49 n ; Ellis, vii, 49 n ; Grace (de),
vi, 335-6, 4°8 » ; vii, 49 ; Hen.,
vi, 336, 406 n, 408 n ; vii, 49 n,
50; John (de), vi, 335-6, 406 n,
408 n ; vii, 44 n, 48, 49 n ; Jor-
dan de, vii, 49 n ; Margery de,
vi, 32 n; Nich. de, vii, 49 n ;
Rich, (de), vi, 32 «, 531 n ; vii,
48 n, 121 n ; Rob. (de), vi, 458 n ;
vii, 46 n, 48 n, 49 n, 205 n ; Will,
(de), vii, 48 n, 49 n ; see also Wood
Boys Bridge (Ribchester), vii, 51 n
Boys House (Ribchester), vii, 49 n,

50
Brabazon, Sir Edw., vi, 49 n ; vii,

278 n

Brabin, John, vi, 380 ; vii, 26
Brabinfield (Goosnargh), vii, 199

Braboner, Will., vii, 288 n ; fam.,

vii, 212
Braboner 's House (Comberhalgh),

vii, 212 n
Bracebridge, Maud de, vi, 109,

163 n ; Will, de, vi, 109, 163 n
Bracken Hill (Trawden), vi, 551
Brackenlea (Nether Wyresdale) ,

vii, 304 n

Brackinscal (Singleton), vii, 183
Brackley, Alice, vi, 93 n
Brad bridge (Habergham Eaves), vi,

457

Bradcroft (Goosnargh), vii, 198,
198 n

Braddeth, Rob. de, vi, 497 n

Braddyll, man. (Billington), vi,
325, 329

Braddyll (Bradehull, Bradhill, Brad-
hul), Alice de, vi, 330, 330 n ; vii,
57 n ; Amery de, vii, 57 n ; Anne,
vi, 383 n ; Cecily de, vi, 330 n ;
Dodding, vi, 331, 383 n ; Dorothy,
vi, 336, 383 » ; vii, 193 n, 322 n ;
Edw., vi, 251, 331 n, 336, 359 n,
383, 387 n, 398 n, 498, 499 n,
5°5 n, 5°° n, 528 n, 560 n ; vii,
327 n ; Eliz., vi, 383 n ; Geoff, de,
vi, 326 n, 330 n ; Hen. de, vi,
329, 33°, 335 : Jenet, vi, 383 n ;
Joan, vi, 331 ; John (de), vi,
251, 317, 330, 331, 332, 335, 336,
337 »• 367 n, 382, 383, 387,
394 «, 398 n, 468 n, 498, 499 n,
506, 547, 556 n; vii, 57 n, 254,
272, 327 n ; J., vi, 332 ; Lettice,
vi, 505 n; Marg., vi, 322, 331,
383, 383 »; Rich, (de), vi, 331,
497 », 528 n ; vii, 57 n, 322 n ;
Rog. (de), vi, 329, 330 n ; Sarah,
vi, 383 ; Thos. (de), vi, 307, 322,
330 n, 331, 354, 355*, 358 n,
383 n, 387, 388, 452 ; vii, 57 » ;
Walt, de, vi, 330, 335 ; Will, de,
vi, 330, 335 n ; vii, 57 n ; Wilson,
vi, 331, 425 ; Wilson G., vi, 383 ;
— , vi, 340 n, 387, 395 ; fam., vi,

375 »

Bradehurst, see Broadhurst

Bradelee, see Bradley

Bradeley (Clay ton -le-Dale), vi, 258 n

Braderidding (Read), vi, 506 n

Braderode (Wheatley), vii, 32 n

Bradford (Howick), vi, 66 n ; mill,
vi, 66 n, 67 n, 68 n

Bradford, Hugh de, vii, 15 ; John,
vi, 358 n ; vii, 297 ; Rob. de, vi,
66 n

Bradford Brigstead (Chatburn), vi,
372 n

Bradfordeghes (Bradford Heghes,
Bradfordheies), (Clitheroe), vi,
365 n

Bradhagh, Bradhaleigh, see Broad -
halgh

Bradhul, see Braddyll

Bradhurst, see Broadhurst

Bradkirk (Medlar), vii, 153 ; man.,
vii, 156, 176 n

Bradkirk (Bredkirk), Ad. de, vi,
201 n ; vii, 154, 154 n, 156, 167 n,
169 n, 179 «, 180 n, 212 «, 216 n,
227 n, 283 n, 284 n ; Agnes de,
vii, 316 ; Alice de, vi, 225 n ;
vii, 156 «, 169 », 216 n, 257;
Amabil (de), vii, 156 n, 283 n,
284 n ; Capt. Cuth., vi, 361 ;
Edm. de, vii, 156 n, 216 n ; Eliz.,
vii, 161 n ; Ismania de, vii, 156,
180 n ; Jas., vii, 158 n ; John de,
vi, 201 n ; vii, 151 n, 154, 156,
160 n, 180 n, 212 n, 216 n, 227 n,
233 n, 241 n, 257, 313 «, 316 ;
Margery de, vii, 192 n ; Mary,
vii, 150 n; Olive de, vii, 156 »;

Bradkirk (con/.)

Rich., vii, 161 n ; Rog. de, vii,
154 n, 156 n ; Thos. de, vii, in «,
192 n, 283, 283 n ; Will, de, vi,
225 n ; vii, 156 n, 173 n, 227 n,
313 n, 316, 329

Bradley (Chipping), vii, 34, 64 n
Bradley (Eccleston), vi, 162, 163 »
Bradley (Hapton), vi, 456, 511
Bradley (Livesey), vi, 288 n
Bradley (Marsden), vi, 536, 537,

54°
Bradley (Standish-with-Langtree) ,

vi, 198

Bradley (Tockholes), vi, 283 n
Bradley (Walton-le-Dale), vi, 295
Bradley (Wheatley Carr Booth),

mill, vi, 521
Bradley, brook (beck), vi, 192, 222,

457 n> 511 n '> vii, 34 n
Bradley, Ad. de, vi, 51 in; vii,
58 n, 65 n ; Alex., vii, 34 n, 86 n ;
Alice de, vii, 58 n ; Amice de, vii,
i6« Anne (de), vi, 205; vii,
58*1 Avice de, vi, 511 n; vii,
58 n Edm., vii, 58, 58 n ; Edw.,
vii, 18 n, 139 n, 160, 161 ; Eliz., vi,
278 ; vii, 18, 35 ; Ellen, vi, 322 ;
vii, 35, 36 n, 160 n ; Ellis de, vi,
511 n ; Emma (de), vi, 294 ; vii,

34 n ; Grace, vii, 119 n ; Hen.,
vii, 35 «, 58 n ; Jas., vii, 32, 36,
152 n, 158 n, 159 n, 160, 161 «,
174 n; Jane, vii, 35 ; Joan, vii,

35 n; John (de), vi, 24 «, 51 «,
89 n, 278, 294, 322, 379 n, 538 n ;
vii, 19, 19 n, 28 n, 32, 35, 47 n,
58 n, 65 «, 126 n, 158 n, 159 n,
160, 161 n, 170 n, 200 n ; Marg.
(de), vii, 28 n, 33 «, i6ow;
Matth. de, vi, 538 n ; Miles, vii,
35 n; Pet. de, vi, 538 n ; Rich,
(de), vi, 248 n, 507 «, 511 n ; vii,
18, 19, 33 n, 34 n, 47 n, 64 «, 160 ;
Rob., vii, 34 n, 35 n, 65 n ; Rog.
de, vi, 507 », 511 n ; vii, 18, 32 n,
34 n ; Sim. de, vii, 65 n ; Thos.
(de), vi, 205, 294, 397 n ; vii, 18,
33 », 35, 59 «, 65 n, 66 n, 119 «,
126 n, i6on, 222 n; Will, (de),
vii, 19, 50, 58 », 65 n, 160 n ;
fam., vii, 57 n

Bradleybone (Alston), vii, 63 n
Bradleybroke (Walton-le-Dale), vi,

290

Bradley Hall (Eccleston), vi, 163
Bradley Hall (Standish-with-Lang-
tree), vi, 192 n

Bradley Hall (Thornley), vii, 32, 35
Bradley House, vii, 317 n
Bradley Syke (Chipping), vii, 34 n
Bradridding, see Broadridding
Bradshagh, see Bradshaw
Bradshaw (Cliviger), vi, 483
Bradshaw (Stanworth), vi, 48
Bradshaw (Bradshagh, Bradshay),
Ad. de, vi, 197 n, 198 n ; vii,
166 n ; Alice, vi, 285, 286, 286 n ;
vii, 1 66 n ; Anne, vi, 406 « ; vii,
275 n; Cecily de, vi, 178, 194 n,
198 n ; Eleanor, vi, 277 ; Elias,
vi, 277 ; Eliz., vi, 209 n, 483 ;
Ellen, vi, 198 n ; vii, 166 n ;
Fran. T., vi, 558 ; Geo., vii, 329 n ;
Gilb., vi, 198 n ; Grace, vi, 198 n ;
Hawise de, vi, 198 n ; Hen. (de),
vi, 198 n, 205 n, 483 ; vii, 109 n ;
Huard de, vii, 109 n ; Huctred
de, vii, 109 n ; Hugh, vi, 277 ;
Jas., vi, 40 n, 162 n, 200 n, 285,
406 n ; vii, 85 » ; Jane, vi, 40 n ;
John (de), vi, 197 n, 198 n, 277,
340 ; vii, 1 66 n, 292 n, 329 n ;
Kath., vi, 198 n, 218 n ; Lawr.,
vi, 128, 277 ; Mabel de, vi, 109 n,

348

INDEX

Bradshaw (cont.)

197 n, 221 n ; vii, 109 n ; Marg.,
vi, 198 «, 277 ; vii, 166 n ; Mary
de, vi, 424 ; Nath., vi, 55 ; Nich.,
vi, 277 ; vii, 85 ; Pet., vi, 160,
1 88 ; Ralph (de), vi, 197 n, 198 n,
199, 218 n ; Rich, (de), vi, 178,

198 n, 290 ; vii, 166 n ; Rob. de,
vi, 198 n ; vii, 109 n ; Rog. de,
vi, 40 n, 194 n ; vii, 280 n ; Thos.
(de), vi, 14 n, 178, 178 n, 277,
490 ; Sir Will, de, vi, 109 n ; Will
(de), vi, 198 n, 228 n, 277, 424 ;
vii, 166 n ; — , vi, 55, 127 ; fam.,
vii, 260

Bradshaw, brook, vi, 269
Bradshaw Hey (Myerscough) , vii,

139 n

Bradshay, see Bradshaw
Bradwell, Sam., vi, 80 n
Braggar's tenement (Ribbleton),

vii, 117 n

Braithwaite, John, vii, 142
Bramley, man., vi, 233 n
Bramley, Geo., vi, 160 n
Bramston, bp., vii, 161
Brand, Jas., vii, 141 », 324 « ;

Marg., vii, 324 n ; Rich., vii,

324 n ; Will., vii, 324 n
Brandlewood (Penwortham) , vi,

61 n
Brandreth, Jos. P., vi, 187 n, 190 ;

Will. H., vi, 183 «, 190
Brandstock (Wheel ton), vi, 50 n
Brandwood (Bacup), vi, 439 n
Brandwood (Withnell), vi, 49 n
Brandwood, Eliz., vi, 48 w ; Jas.,

vi, 48 n ; Lawr., vi, 48 n, 413 n ;

fam., vi, 213
Brantwood, Mary, vi, 150 » ; Rog.,

vi, 150 n
Brasses, vi, 85, 118, 122 «, 126, 152,

158, 165 n, 186, 297, 354, 370,

389 n, 415, 495, 533 ; vii, 23, 82,

203, 218 n, 221, 245, 295 n, 307 n
Bray, Nich., vii, 265 ; fam., vii,

133 n

Braydel, see Braddyl.
Bray ton (Yorks), vi, 421
Breakell-Moss, Alf. M., vi, 72
Breame, Rich., vi, 298
Brechou, see Brethough
Breck (Poulton), vii, 225
Breck of Water (Worsthorne), vi,

477 n

Brecton, see Broughton
Bredekirk, see Bradkirk
Bredeland (Fulwood), vii, 138 n
Bredenham (Kirkland), vii, 314 n
Bredeoak, see Brideoak
Bredkirk, see Bradkirk
Breeke, Will, de, vi, 72 n
Breightmet, man. (Bolton - le -

Moors), vi, 304

Brekesgate (Longton), vi, 70 n
Brendehurst (Mellor), vi, 263
Brendeyerd (Ribchester), vii, 48 n
Brennand, riv., vi, 247
Brennand, Rob., vi, 371
Brereclife, Brereck'ff, Brereclive,

see Briercliffe

Brerecroft (Alston), vii, 63 n
Brerecroft, Dyke de, vi, 480 ;

Mocock de, vi, 480
Brerefurlong (Alston), vii, 63 n
Brereley (Brierley), Ann, vi, 452 ;
John, vii, 224 n ; Rich., vi, 534 ;
Rev. Rog., vi, 452 ; Rog., vi,
404 n ; Thos., vi, 452
Breres (Brerys), Blanche, vi, 141 n,
142 ; Bridget, vii, 102 « ; Cecily,
vi, 35 n ; vii, 102 « ; Edm., vii,
112 n; Eliz., vii, 102 n ; Geoff,
de, vi, 39 n ; Hen., vi, 133 n,
142 ; Jane, vi, 198 n ; John, vi,

Breres (cont.)

51 n, 147, 298 n, 496 ; vii, 102 n ;
Lawr., vi, 130, 219 n ; Mary, vii

102 n ; Oliver, vi, 35 n, 61 n
97 n, 102 n ; Rog., vi, 141 n, 142
198 n, 220 n ; Thos., vi, 216 n
vii, 102 n ; Thurstan, vi, 8 ; Will,
vi, 158 ; vii, 97 n

Brereton, see Bretherton
Brerewood, Thos., vii, 42 n
Brereworth (Berdeworth, Berd-
wrth), Ad., vi, 77 n ; Alice de,
vi, 47 n ; Almarica de, vi, 77 « ;
Cecily de, vi, 47 n ; Chas., vi,
263 n ; Evan, vi, 263 n ; Hen. de,
vi, 47 n, 77 n ; Jas., vi, 32 n, 77 n ;
John (de), vi, 32 n, 77 n, ijon,
263 n ; vii, 324 n ; Kath., vi,
32 n ; Margery de, vi, 77 n,
ijon; vii, 324 n ; Rog. de, vi,
77 n, 249 n ; Uriel, vi, 77 n ;
Will., vi, 32 n
Brerys, see Breres
Bretherton, vi, 58 n, 68 n, 81,
86 n, 102-8; vii, 173 »; chant.,
vi, 104 n ; ch., vi, 108 ; crosses,
vi, 103 ; man., vi, 103 ; Nonconf.,
vi, 52, 108 ; sch., vi, 89, 108
Bretherton (Brereton, Brotherton),
Ad. de, vi, 1 1 «, 70 n ; Agnes de,
vi, 107 n, 151 n ; Alice de, vi,
107 n, 227 n ; Godith de, vi,
95 n ; Hen. (de), vi, 70 «, 95 n,
107 n, 227 n, 556 n ; Hugh, vi,
70 n, 73 n ; Rev. Humph. W.,
vi, 98, 161 ; Ingott de, vi,
107 n; Isabel, vi, 107%; Joan
de, vi, 107 n ; John (de),
vi, 95 «, 107 n, 151 », 357 n,
556 n; vii, 123; Marg., de, vi,
95 n, 556 n ; Margery de, vi,
107 n ; Norris, vi, 21 ; Rich, (de),
vi, 105 », 553 «, 556; Rog. de,
vi, 95 n } Thos. (de), vi, 70 n,
107 n, 374 n ; vii, 213 n ; Will,
(de), vi, 21, 95 n, 98, 107 n, 159,
161 ; vii, 123, 124, 223 ; — , vi,
372 n

Brethough (Freckle ton) , vii, 167 n
Bretland, Reg., vi, 223 n
Bretliff, see Briercliffe
Breton (Briton), Ad., vi, 69 n ;
Agnes, vii, 101 n ; Joan, vii,
125 n ; John, vi, 66 n ; vii, 100 n,
101 n ; Rog., vi, 66 n ; Sim,,
vii, 125 n ; Will., vii, 132 n
Brettargh, Kath., vi, 189 n
Brettestreet (Clitheroe) , vi, 365 n
Brewer (Bruer), Jane, vii, 289 n ;
Marg., vi, 301 ; Thos., vi, 447 n ;
— , vi, 411 ; vii, 149; fam., vii,
107

Brewhouse (Brockholes), vii, in n
Brex (Leyland), vi, 12 n, 14, 63 n
Brex (Brexes), Alice de, vi, 14 w ;
Nich. de, vi, 14 n ; Rich, de, vi,

103 n ; Thos. de, vi, 14 n; Will,
de, vi, 103

Briary Furlong (Cottam), vii, 136 n

Briches, Rich., vi, 445

Brickel (Brickell), Rich., vii, 234 n ;

Rob., vi, 153

Brick Hall (Eccleston), vi, 165
Brick manuf., vi, 278, 284, 345,

490 ; vii, 129
Bridd (Brid), Gilb., vi, 475 n;

Rich., vii, 274 n
Bridecake (Bredeoak), Ralph, vi,

184, 189, 192 n
Bridge, Ad. (del), vi, 438, 468 n,

480, 481 n ; Alice, vi, 438 n ;

Chris., vi, 438 n ; Fran., vi, 438 ;

Joan, vi, 438 n ; Sir John, vi,

438 n ; John, vi, 438 n ; Jordan,

vi, 438, 438 n ; Otwell, vi, 438 n ;

349

Bridge (cont.)

Rich, del (at), vi, 397 n, 476 n \

Steph. del, vi, 481 n ; Thos. W.,

vi, 225 n

Bridgeholme (Haslingden), vi, 430 n
Bridgeman, Hen., vi, 153 ; John,

vi, 222 n ; Sir Orlando, vi, 222 ;

— , bp., vi, 181, 222, 299, 516
Bridges, fam., see Chandos
Bridgett, vii, 150 n
Briercliffe (Briercliffe-with-Ext-

wistle), vi, 349, 356 n, 441, 444,

445 n, 448, 450, 451 n, 454,

457 «, 459, 468-?1, 489 «, 492,

538 «, 542, 552 ; agric., vi, 443 ;

ch., vi, 473 ; mans., vi, 232, 233 n,

469 ; Nonconf., vi, 473
Briercliffe, Almaric de, vi, 470 n ;

Almoria de, vi, 470 n ; Anabel,

vi, 469 n ; Grace, vi, 470 n ;

Ilbota, de, vi, 470 ; Jas., vi,

469 n ; John, vi, 469 n, 470 n ;

Lawr., vi, 470, 470 «, 471, 473 ;

Matth. de, vi, 470, 471 n ; Maud

de, vi, 469 n ; Mich, de, vi, 469,

470 ; Mocock de, vi, 469 ; Pet.

de, vi, 469 ; Rich, de, vi, 470 n ;

Rob. (de), vi, 469, 470, 470 «,

4?i, 473 : Rog. de, vi, 469 ;

Thos., vi, 470 n ; Will., vi,

469 n, 470 n ; Yacocks de, vi,

469 ; — , vi, 524 n
Brierfield (Marsden), vi, 490, 537,

540 n

Brierley, see Brereley
Brigeshaw (Gt. Harwood), vi, 339 n
Briggemouridding (Winmarleigh) ,

vii, 306 n

Brigges, John, vi, 371
Briggs, Rich., vi, 74 n
Brighfield, vi, 37 n
Brigholme (Marsden), vi, 539 n
Brightfold (Wheel ton), vi, 49 n
Brimmicroft (Hoghton), vi, 36, 46
Brindle, vi, i, 55, 58 n, 75-81,

249 n ; vii, 79 n, 136 n ; adv., vi,

?6, 79 ; char., vi, 81 ; ch., vi,

78 ; man., vi, 75 ; man. -house,

vi, 75 n ; Nonconf., vi, 81 ; Rom.

Cath., vi, 36 ; St. Helen's wells,

vi, 75 ; sch., vi, 81
Brindle, Rob., vi, 237 n, 273, 274 ;

Thos., vi, 290 ; Will., vi, 161 ;

see also Burnhull

Brindle Lodge (Brindle), vi, 75, 77
Brining, see Bryning
Brinscall (Withnell), vi, 37 n, 47,

48 n, 49 n ; ch., vi, 49
Brinscall Hall, vi, 49
Briscoe, Humph., vii, 25 ; Mich.,

vi, 241

Bristed, John C., vi, 80
Britholm (Altham), vi, 413 n
Briton, see Breton
Brixworth, man. (Northants), vi,

195 »
Broad Arrowhead (Trawden), vi,

552 n

Broad Bank (Briercliffe), vi, 470
Broad clough (Bacup), vi, 439 n
Broadfield ( Oswald twistle), vi,

405, 407 n

Broadfield ( Wrightington) , vi, 174 n
Broadhalgh (Livesey), vi, 285 n,

288
Broadhead (Accrington), vi, 233 n,

424, 468, 492

Broadhead (Chipping), vii, 27 n
Broadhead (Goosnargh), vii, 191,

193 n

Broadhead (Ramsgreave), vi, 252 n
Broadhurst (Aighton), vii, 13 »,

18

Broadhurst (Wrightington), vi,
169

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Broadhurst (Bradehurst, Brad-
hurst), Agnes de, vii, 4 n, 18 ;
Hen. de, vi, 21 in; John, vi,
217 n ; Rog., vi, 217 n ; Thos. de,
vi, 366 n ; vii, 4 n, 18, 57 n
Broadlache (Preston), vii, 99 n
Broadmeadow (Billington), vi, 331
Broadmeadow (Salwick), vii, 163 n
Broadridding (Button), vii, 54 n,

57 n

Broadshabooth, vi, 233 n
Broad Slack (Foulridge), vi, 545 n
Brochole, Brocholes, Brochols, see

Brockhall and Brockholes
Brochton, see Broughton
Brock, riv., vii, 68, 138, 141, 191,

270 n
Brock, Lawr., vi, 281-2 ; Will.,

vi, 281

Brockhall (Billington), vi, 325, 330
Brockhole Bank (Billington), vi,

33° n

Brockholehurst (Huncoat), vi, 409 n

Brockholes (Eccleshill), vi, 429 n

Brockholes (Grimsargh), vii, 37, 72,

73 n, 76, 79, 80, 83 n, 88 n, 100 n,

105, 1 06 n, 107 «, 108-13, JI5>

n6n, I2o»; bridge, vii, 108,

112; char., vii, 90; man., vii,

no ; mill, vii, 112 n

Brockholes (Over Darwen), vi, 271

Brockholes, Higher and Lower

(Grimsargh), vii, 108, in, 112
Brockholes, New and Old, see

Brockholes, Lower and Higher
Brockholes, Ad. de, vi, 246 n, 304 n ;
vii, 88 «, 98 n, no, in, in n,
297 «, 318 n, 325; Agnes (de),
vii, 107 n, non, in n, 210 n,
326 n ; Alice de, vii, non; Anne,
vi, 483 ; vii, 327 n ; Augustine
de, vii, 327 n ; Award de, vi,
246 « ; vii, 109, no n ; Cecily de,
vii, iio«; Chas. de, vii, 327 n;
Christiana de, vii, 109 n, 318 n ;
Cuthbert, vii, 327 ; Edm. de,
vii, in «, 326 n ; Edw. de, vi,
304; vii, log n ; Eliz. (de), vi,
383 n ; vii, 326 n, 327 n ; Ellen
(de), vii, 98 n, 210 n, 326, 327 n ;
Ellis de, vii, log n ; Eufemia de,
vii, 326 n ; Sir Geoff, de, vii,
326 n ; Geoff, de, vii, inn;
Gilb. de, vi, 294 ; Hen. de, vii,
107 «, inw; Isabel (de), vi,
317 ; vii, 314 », 326 n ; Jenet,
vi, 383 n ', Joan de, vii, 326 ;
John (de), vi, 483; vii, 109 n,
no, lion, in n, 125 n, 186 n,

297", 314 «, 324 «, 325, 326 n,
327, 327 n, 329 n ; Kath. (Cath.)
de, vii, 326 n, 327 n ; Mabel de,
vii, 109 n ; Marg. de, vii, in,
in n, 325 n, 326 n, 327 n ; Mary
(de), vii, 15, i86n, 327, 327 n ;
Maud de, vii, 98 n, 107 n ;
Nichola de, vii, no, in n, 316 n,

325, 326 n ; Nich. de, vii, in,
in n, 113 n, 326; Orm de, vii,
109 n ; Rich, de, vii, 107 n, 109 n,
no n ; Rob. de, vii, in n, 326 n ;
Rog. (de), vi, 135 n ; vii, 109,
no, in, in n, 2ion, 308 n,
316 n, 318 n, 319 n, 324 n, 325,

326, 327 n, 328 n, 330 ; Thos.,
vi, 135 n, 199 n, 383 n ; vii, 16,
113 n, 185 n, 298 n, 303 n, 324 n,

327, 327 n, 329 n, 330 n ; Uctred
de, vii, 1 10 n ; Will, de, vi, 294 ;
vii, 98 n, logn, non, inn,
326 n, 327 ; Will. F., vii, 319 n ;
fam., vii, 299 ; see also Fitz-
he rbert-Brockholes

Brockholes Bridge (Samlesbury),
vi, 303

Brockhole Syke (Wymondhouses),
vi, 394 n

Brock-Hollinshead, Lawr., vi, 281-2 ;
Will., vi, 281

Brocklehead (Eccleshill), vi, •zjgn

Brocklehurst (Accrington), vi, 424,
472 n

Brocton, Broctun, see Broughton

Brodbelt, Rob., vii, 218, 245

Brodfeld (Walton), vi, 296

Broghton, Brogton, see Broughton

Brok, see Brooke

Brokehole, see Brockhall

Brokehurst (Extwistle), vi, 471 n

Brome, riv., see Brun

Bromefield Bank (Preston), vii,
100 n

Bromeley (Sharpies), vi, 272 n

Bromley, Geo., vi, 404 n

Brone, man., see Burn

Bronley, see Burnley

Brook, see Brooke

Brookden, Eliz., vi, 546 n ; Jas., vi,
546 n

Brooke (Brok, Brook, Bruch),
Geoff, del, vi, 315 n ; Hen., vi,
207 n ; Hugh del, vi, 315 n ;
John, vi, 318 ; Lawr. del, vi,
57 n ; Marg., vi, 207, 207 n,
392 n ; Nich. del, vi, 392 n ; Sir
Pet., vi, 139, 148 n, 207 ; Pet.,
vi, 22, 25, 139, 143, 146, 207 «,
208; Rich., vi, 20 n, 138, 182,
207» 325 ; Susannah, vi, 25, 207 n ;
Thos., vi, 207 n, 495 ; Will., vi,
20 n ; see also Brookes

Brooker, John W., vii, 43

Brookes (Brooks), Rev. John, vi,
299 ; John, vi, 434 ; S., vi, 355 n ;
Sir Thos., vi, 434 ; Thos., vi, 354 ;
Will., vi, 355 n ; see also Brooke

Brookfield, vi, 68 n; vii, 130 n

Brookhouse (Blackburn), vi, 240

Brooks (Bleasdale), vii, 142, 142 n

Brooks, fam., see Brookes

Brooksbank, Chas., vi, 423 n ; John,
vi, 423 I — > vi, 423

Broomfield, the (Cuerden), vi, 28 n

Broomhurst, Hen. de, vi, 48 n

Broomicroft (Hoghton), see Brim-
microft

Broomicroft, Alice del, vi, 46 n ;
Hugh del, vi, 46 n

Brotherton, see Bretherton

Broucton, see Broughton

Broughton (Craven), vi, 544 n

Broughton (Preston), vii, 72, 73 «,
76, 79, 83 n, 100 n, 112 n, 117-24,
128 n, 129, 137 n, 209 n, 211 n,
285 n ; adv., vii, 123 ; chap., vii,
73» 83 n, 87 ; char., vii, 90, 267 n ;
ch., vii, 77, 90, 117, 121 ; crosses,
vii, 117, 123 ; hermitage, vii,
123 n ; mans., vii, 117, 185 ; mills,
vii, n8n, ngn; Rom. Cath.,
vii, 124 ; sch., vii, 90, 124 ; wells,
vii, 117

Broughton (Brocton), Ad. de, vi,
66 n ; Agnes de, vi, 66 n ; Ellen
de, vii, ii8w; Grace, vi, 246 n ;
Hen., vii, 123 ; John, vi, 246 n,
280 n, 517 n ; Rich, (de), vii,
126 n, 517 n ; Rob. de, vii, 189 n ;
Rog. de, vii, 126 n ; Will, de, vii,
118 n ; fam., vi, 457 n

Broughton Charitable Society, vii,
124

Broughton House (Broughton), vii,
117, 121

Broughton Tower (Broughton), vii,
118-20

Broun, see Browne

Brouncker, Edw., vi, 160

Brounegge, see Brownedge

Brown, see Browne

350

Brownall, Rob., vii, 204 n

Brownbill, Jas., vii, 13 ; Rob., vii,
231 n ; Thos., vii, 231 n

Brownbirks (Brownbirches) , Ellis
de, vi, 480, 511 n

Browne (Broun, Brown, Brun), Ad.,
vi, 303 n, 320 n, 368 n ; Agnes,
vii, 30 n ; Alex., vi, 48 n ; vii,
167 n ; Alice, vii, 30 n, 106 n ;
Anne, vii, 106 n ; Sir Ant., vi,
n, 30, 63 n, inn, 138 n ; Ant.,
vi, 61 n, 88, 90 n, log, 112 n,
n6n; vii, 138, 160 ; Avice, vii,
52 n ; Award, vi, 469 ; Bridget,
vii, 62 n, 1 06 n, 210; Christina,
vii, 248 n ; Edw., vii, 289 n ;
Eliz., vii, 106 n, 150 n, 170 n,
174 n ; Ellen, vii, 106 n ; Evan,
vi, 329; vii, 30 n, 106, in n,
113 n, 136 n, 152 n, 167 n, 213 n ;
Ewan, vii, 99 «, 329 n ; Geoff.,
vi, 303 n ; Rev. Geo., vi, 344 ;
Geo., vi, 48 n ; vii, 30 n, gg n,
136 n, 152 n, 167 n, 238 n, 557 ;
Geo. H., vii, 161 ; Geo. R., vii,
148 ; Geo. T., vi, 222 ; Hen., vi,
48 n ; vii, 126 n, 167 n, 234 n ;
Isabel, vii, 173 n ; Jas., vi, 48 n,
225 n ; vii, 30 n, gg n, 106 n,
I2on, 166 n, 167 n, 174; Rev.
Jas. B., vi, 274 ; Jane, vi, 329 ;
vii, 106 n ; Janet, vii, 170 n;
Joan, vi, n, 30, 63 n, log n,
112 n, 113 n, 383*1; vii, 30 n,
160 n, 197 n ; John, vi, 199 n,
368 n, 383 n ; vii, 30 n, 136 n,
167, 167 «, 170 n, 173 n, 197 n,
224, 241 n, 246, 248 ; Rev.
Jonas, vi, 440, 518 n ; Jos., vii,
13; Kath., vii, 106 n, inn;
Laura, vii, 106 n ; Marg., vi,
383 n ; Mary, vi, 48 n ; Mich., vi,
469 ; Osward, vi, 469, 475 n ;
Rich., vi, 299 n, 329 ; vii, 30 n,
106, 106 n, 107 n, 149 n, 167 n,
170 «, 174 n, 210, 223; Gen.
Rob., see Browne-Clayton ; Rob.,
vi, 153, 170 n, 320 n, 342 ; Thos.,
vi, 7^, 377 n ; vii, 30 n, 210 n;
Will., vi, 48 n, 207 n, 299 n ;
vii, 52 «, 106 n, 136 n, 165 n,
167 n, 170 n, 174 n ; — , vii, 218

Browne-Clayton, Rich. C., vi, 219 ;
Gen. Rob., vi, 219

Brownedge (Walton-le-Dale), vi,
289, 300

Brown Edge (Brounegge), dyke
(Walton-le-Dale), vi, 290

Brown Hill (Colne), vi, 526 n

Brown Hill (Little Harwood), vi,
249

Browning, John, vii, 167 n ; Marg.,
vii, 167 n; Will., vii, 166 n

Brownlow, earl, vi, 368

Brownlow, Alice de, vi, 4io«;
Jane, vi, 425 n ; Lawr., vi, 425 n ;
Thos. de, vi, 410 n

Brown Lowe (Over Darwen), vi,
269

Brown Moss (Kirkham), vii, 158 n

Brown Moss Side (Kirkham), vii,

!74
Brownside Bridge (Worsthorne) , vi,

476
Brownsword (Brownswood), Will.,

vi, 153, 181 n ; vii, 86 n
Brow Spring (Chipping), vii, 26 n
Bruce, see Brus
Bruch, see Brooke
Bruchet Gate (Salesbury), vi, 253 n
Brudenell, Eliz., see Buccleuch,

dchss of ; Geo., see Montagu, dk-

of

Bruer, see Brewer
Brumhull, see Brindle

INDEX

Brumleye, see Burnley

Brun, riv., vi, 441, 448, 468, 474,

477 n, 478, 484
Brunahill Cross (Garstang), vii,

315 »

Brunden (Haighton), vii, 125 n,
208 n, 209 n

Brundeparloc (Chipping), vii, 29 n

Brundhill, Brundle, see Brindle

Brune, man., see Burn

Brunehill, see Brindle

Brungerley Bridge (Clitheroe), vi,
360, 361

Brungerley Hipping-stones (Clithe-
roe), vi, 361

Brunhill, see Brindle

Brunigg, see Bryning

Brunley, see Burnley

Brunne, man. , see Burn

Brunshaw (Burnley), vi, 441, 446,
448, 457 ; agric., vi, 443

Brunswick (Blackpool), vii, 250 n

Brus, Agnes de, vii, 300, 301 ;
Helewise de, vii, 301 ; Ladarena
de, vii, 301 ; Lucy de, vii, 301 ;
Marg. de, vii, 301 ; Pet. de, vii,
300 n, 301

Brustwick, Rob. de, vii, 41

Brydestones (Over Darwen), vi,
272, 279 n, 280 n

Bryndill, Bryndle, see Brindle

Bryning (Bryning - with - Kella -
mergh), vii, 143, 143 n, 144,
144 «, 146 n, 150, 157, 159-61,
172 n, 173 n, 285, 286 n ; man.,
vii, 159

Bryning carr (Lytham), vii, 214 n

Buccleuch, Eliz., dchss. of, vi,
233 ; dks. of, vi, 280, 361, 362 ;
Hen. Scott, vi, 233; Walt. F.
M. D. Scott, vi, 234

Buck, Alice, vi, 151 n ; Chas., vii,
145, 148, 165, 204, 266, 291 ;
Chris., vi, 151 n ; Hen. R., vii,
148 n ; N., vii, 78 ; Rich., vi,
151 n ; Rob., vi, 151 n, 372 n ;
S., vii, 78 ; fam., vii, 231 n

Buckclough (Cliviger), vi, 479,
481 n

Buckden, Ad. de, vi, 320, 507 n,
509 n ; Matilda (Maud) de, vi,
320, 507 n, 509 n

Buckler, Chas. E., vii, 10 n

Buckley (Ribchester), vii, 45, 49 n,
50

Buckley, fam., see Bulkeley

Buckley Hall (Ribchester), vii, 49

Buckow, brook, vi, 217, 222, 224

Buck's Cross (Holleth), vii, 305

Buckshaw (Euxton), vi, 18, 21

Buckshaw, Higher and Lower (Eux-
ton), vi, 20 n, 21 n

Buckshaw Hall (Euxton), vi, 21

Budworth, Cecily de, vi, 67 »;
Rich., vi, 67 n ; Will, de, vi,
66 n, 67 n

Bukmonger,' Ad., vii, 92 n

Bulcock, Chris., vi, 516, 519 ; Hen.,
vi, 520 ; Jenet, vi, 519 ; John,
vi, 519 ; Rich., vi, 519 ; Rob.,
vi, 517, 519, 556 ; Sim., vi, 530 ;
— , vi, 524 n

Bulhalgh (Bullaugh, Bullay, Bull-
haugh, Bullough), Jas., vi, 217 n ;
Joan, vi, 217 n, 411 n ; John, vi,
411 «; Rich., vi, 147, 217 n;
Rob., vi, 217 n ; Thos., vi, 365 n ;
see also Buller

Bulkeley, Eliz. H. Warren-Bulkeley,
vsctss, vi, 244, 255 ; vii, 194 n,
286 n, 287 n ; Thos. J. Warren-
Bulkeley, vsct., vi, 255, 319 n ;
vii, 194 n, 286 n, 287 n

Bulkeley (Buckley), Ad. de, vii,
280 n ; Rob. de, vii, 280 n ; Thos.,

Bulkeley (cont.)

vi, 7, 79 ; Will., vi, 160 n ; Capt.,
vi, 229 n ; Rev. — , vi, 147

Bulkes, ford, vii, 226

Bullaugh, Bullay, see Bulhalgh and
Buller

Buller, Geo., vii, 136 w, 187 n ;
Jas., vii, 187 n ; John, vi, 199 n ;
Will., vii, 136 n ; see also Bul-
halgh

Bullhaugh, see Bulhalgh

Bull Hole (Goldshaw Booth), vi,
516

Bullock, Hugh, vii, 218 ; Rev. Rich.,
vi, 333 n

Bullock Ees (Hapton), vi, 511

Bullough, see Bulhalgh

Bullridding (Charnock Richard), vi,
208 n

Bulsnape (Goosnargh), vii, 191,
193 n; man., vii, 194

Bulsnape Hall (Goosnargh), vii, 194

Bulsware, Little, see Boulsworth

Bumstead, Jas. H., vii, 190

Bunk, hill, vi, 230

Bunker's Hill, vi, 284, 523

Buntable, Rich, le, vii, 159 w

Burcher ridding (Chorley), vi, 141 n

Burdett, Edw., vii, 59 n

Bure, see Bower and Burgh

Burfet, Burfoot, see Borset

Burgess (Burgeys), John, vi, 72 n ;
Thos., vi, 243, 451

Burgh (Duxbury), vi, 183, 208, 212

Burgh (Bergh, Boure, Bure), Ad.
del, vi, 48 n ; Alice, vi, 64 n ;
vii, 182 ; Avice de, vii, 227 n ;
Cecily del, vi, 48 n ; Dorcas, vii,
182 ; Ellen (del), vi, 209 n, 212 ;
Hen. (de, del), vi, 131 w, 142,
212 «, 223 n, 224 n, 225 n ; Joan
de, vi, 212 n ; John de, vi, 212 n ;
Marg., vi, 212 ; Ralph del, vi,
224 n ; Rich, (de), vi, 64 n; vii,
182, 183, 183 «, 185 n, 187,
227 «, 278 «; Rob. (de, del), vi,
136 «, 140, 142, 209 n, 212, 212 n,
227 n ; Sarah, vii, 182 ; Thos. del,
vi, 48 n ; Will, (de), vi, 131 n,
2ogn, 212 n, 225 n; vii, 182,
275 n ; see also Bower and
Burrow

Burghley, Ld., vi, 306 ; vii, 236 ;
Will. Ld., vi, 382

Burghley (Burlegh, Burley), Alan
de, vi, 193 n ; Ellen de, vi, 193 n ;
Goditha de, vi, 193 n ; John de,
vi, 193 n ; Rob. de, vi, 188 n ;
vii, 50 n, 51 n ; Rog. de, vi, 193 n;
Will, de, vi, 188, 193 n; vii, 50 n ;
see also Birley

Burgill, Eliz., vi, 31 7 n

Burgoyne, John, vii, 17 n

Burials and burial mounds, vi, 396,
442, 469

Burlegh, Burley, see Burghley

Burlington, earl of, vii, 281 ; Geo.
A. H. Cavendish, earl of, vi, 76 n

Burn (Thornton), vii, 154 n, 155,
155 n ; man., vii, 232, 234 ; Rom.
Cath., vii, 237

Burn, Burne, fam., see Bourne

Burn Hall (Thornton), vii, 155 n,
232, 235 w

Burnhull, par., see Brindle

Burnhull, Agnes de, vi, 76 ; Alan de,
vi, 76, 221 n ; Alice de, vi, 76 ;
Avice de, vi, 220 n ; Beatrice de,
vii, 100 n ; Joan de, vi, 76 ; Kath.
de, vi, 76 ; Lambert de, vi, 220 n ;
Marg., vi, 76 n ; Margery de, vi,
24 n, 76 n ; Nich. de, vii, 98 n,
100 n ; Sir Pet. de, vi, 76 ; Pet.
de, vi, 76, 79 n, 200 «, 220 «,
291 ; vii, 62 n ; Rich., vi, 76 n ;

351

Burnhull (cont.)

Rob. de, vi, 76 n, loon; Thos.
de, vi, 76, 79, 190 n, 220 n,
303 n ; vii, 62 ; Walt, de, vi ,
24 « ; Will, de, vi, 24 n, 76 «;
see also Brindle

Burnley, vi, 349, 356 n, 434, 44I-54»
457 »i 459, 4Sl »> 487, 489, 54°
vii, 56 n ; adv., vi, 450 ; agric.,
vi, 443 ; chant., vi, 451 ; char.,

vi, 453 '> ch-> vi, 448> 5°4 n '•
crosses, vi, 349, 441, 442, 442 n,
443, 450, 451 n; ind., vi, 442; man.,
vi, 232, 233 n, 443 ; mkts. and
fairs, vi, 442, 443, 447, 523 n ;
mill, vi, 447 n, 488, 489 w, 491,
540 ; Nonconf., vi, 452 ; parks,
vi, 448; Rom. Cath., vi, 453;
Rom. rem., vi, 442 ; sch., vi,
453 ; suffragan bp. of, vi, 451 ;
wards, vi, 448 n

Burnley, Ad. de, vi, 446, 477 n ;
Alice de, vi, 446 ; Ellen de, vi,
446 ; John de, vi, 446 ; Mabel de,
vi, 477 n ; Matilda de, vi, 446 ;
Rich, de, vi, 451 ; Rob. de, vi,
444 n

Burnley Lane, vi, 453

Burnley Ridge, vi, 441

Burnley Wood (Habergham Eaves) ,
vi, 454, 459, 468, 534 n

Burnslack (Chipping), vi, 379 n;
vii, 27 n

Burnt Naze (Thornton), vii, 232 ;
ch., vii, 237

Burnul, see Brindle

Burnulgate (Walton-le-Dale) , vi,
290

Burrance meadow (Colne), vi, 528 n

Burrow (Burrowes), Rev. Edw., vi,
440 ; Rev. Will., vi, 80 ; — , vi,
65 n ; see also Burgh

Burscough, vi, 71 n ; char., vi, 90 n

Burscough, Alice de, vi, 101 n ;
Edm., vi, 28 n ; Eliz., vi, 295 ;
Jas., vi, 3 n ; John (de), vi, 28 n,
35 n, 92 n, 97 n, 101 n, 151 n,
237 n ; Marg. de, vi, 151 n ;
Pet., vi, 10 n, 28 n, 295, 300 ;
Reg., vi, 295 n ; Reynold, vi, 10 n ;
Rog., vi, 28 n, 295 ; Thos., vi,
28 n, 295

Burscough Place (Leyland), vi, 12 n

Burscough Priory, vi, 69, 73, 73 n,
96, 97, 104 n, 105 «, 108, 180,
190, 202, 222 n, 224, 228 n ; Nich.,
prior of, vii, 99 n

Burstad Brining, see Bryning

Burton (Kendal), vii, 177 n

Burton, brook, vi, 49 «

Burton, Eliz., vii, 211 n ; John de,
vii, 137 n ; Oliver, vi, 55 ; Rich.,
vi, 525 n, 527 ; Rob. de, vii, 85 ;
Rog. (de), vi, 169, 171 ; vii, 211 n ;
Sim. de, vii, 183 n ; Wilfrid, vi,
518 ; Will, de, vi, 171 n ; vii,
183 n

Burwain's (Briercliff e) , vi, 469, 470

Burwains (Foulridge), vi, 545

Burwell, Geo., vii, 26

Burwens (Colne), vi, 525 n, 528

Bury, Ad. de, vi, 48, 284, 285, 287 ;
vii, 31 n, 34 n, 73 n, 94 n, 97 «,
n6«; Alice de, vii, 127 «;
Andr., vi, 48 ; Hen. (de), vi, 249,
275 w, 285; vii, 168 n ; Rev.
Herb., vi, 440 ; Isabel de, vi,
285 ; Jas., vi, 394 ; Rich, de, vii,
3 w, 62 n, n6», 127 n, 318 n ;
Rob. de, vii, n6n ; Rog. de, vi,
285; Will, (de), vi, 275 n, 284,
285; vii, 62 n, 318 n; fam., vi,
246 n ; see also Berry

Bushbury, Rich., vi, 250 ; Rose,
vi, 250

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Bushell (Bushel, Busshel), Clement,
vi, 398 n ; Eliz., vii, 102 n, 206 ;
Seth, vi, 18, 20 n, 22 n, non,
398 n ; vii, 82, 86, 90 n, 102 «,
191 n ; Thos., vi, 18 n ; Will., vi,
18*2, 20 n ; vii, 190 n, 191, 203,
204, 205, 206 ; see also Bussel

Busli, Rog. de, vi, 232, 291

Bussel (Busshel), Ad., vi, 15 «, 21 n,
71 «, 72 « ; Alb., vi, 6 «, 14, 37,
58 n, 59, 60 «, 61 «, 70 *2, 120 *i ;
vii, 113 ; Alice, vi, 7 », 12 «, 15 *2,
131 ; Avice, vi, n n, 62 ; Bene-
dict, vi, 7*2; Cecily, vi, 21 n ;
Ellen, vi, 71, ji n ; Emma, vi,
21 n; Geoff., vi, 37, 53 n, 58*2,
60 », 70 «, 71 w, 72 *2, 73 « ;
Hen., vi, 15 n ; Hugh, vi, 12, 70 *2,
72 *i, 301 ; vii, 171 ; John, vi,
15 n, 21 n ; Jordan, vi, 70 n, 71 n ;
Karnwath, vi, 253 ; Lettice, vi, 6n,
60 n ; Mabel, vi, 717* ; Margery,
vi, 15 n, 70 n, 72 n; Maud, vi,
18 n ; Nich., vi, 18 «, 21 n, 170 n ;
Quenilda, vii, 171 ; Ralph, vi,
253; Rich., vi, 6, 11*2, 15 n,
18 », 29, 37, 58 n, 62, 70 », 71 n,
120, 193 ; vii, 171 n, 282 ; Rob.,
vi, n, 15 n, 18, 21 n, 53 *2, 58 n,
62, 69, 70 n, 71, 73 n ; Rog., vi,
70*2, 71*1; Thos., vi, 7, 14 n,
15 n, 18 n, 21 n, 58 n, 70 n,
71 n ; Warine, vi, 6, 37, 54, 57,
62, 70 «, 204, 208, 213, 217;
vii, 2, 92 n, 113, 171*2, 177,
178 *2 ; Will., vi, ii n, 12 «, 15 *2,
18 n, 21 n, 33 n, 131 ; vii, 170 n ;
fam., vii, 27, 240 n ; see a/so
Bushell

Butcher, John, vii, 241 n ; Mary,
vii, 120 n ; Rob., vii, 241 n ;
Steph., vii, 120 n ; Thos., vii,
190, 241 n ; Will., vii, 241 n ;
— , vii, 242 n

Butler, Agnes, vii, 255 n, 275 n ;
Alex., vii, 239 n, 314, 315 ; Alice,
vii, 275 n, 314 n ; Anne, vi, 151 n ;
vii, 193 n, 267, 270, 275 n, 299,
314 n ; Cath., vii, 275 n ; Cecily,
vii, 322 n ; Charlotte, vi, 267 ;
Chris., vii, 255 ; Cuth., vii,
275 n ; Dorothy, vii, 239 n,
275 n, 314; Edm., vii, 274*1;
Edw., vii, 140, 275 n ; Eleanor,
vii, 229 n ; Eliz., vi, 30, 33 n,
151 n ; vii, 239 n, 270, 279 n,
314, 315 ; Ellen, vi, 30, 420 ;
vii, 257 ; Geo., vii, 227 «, 257 « ;
Grace, vi, 20 n, 33 n ; vii, 169 n ;
Hen., vi, 35 n, 151 «, 154 n,
17071, 173 n ; vii, i8o«, 181 n,
182 n, 183 n, 190 n, 193 n, 200 n,
241 n, 253 n, 254 n, 257, 261, 270,
275. 275 n> 2?6, 277, 278 n ;
Hercules S., vii, 87 ; Isabel, vi,
30, 154; vii, 314%; Janet, vii,
170 n; Jas., vi, 140 n, 151*1,
154 n ; vii, 275 n, 314 ; John, vi,
20 n, 33 n, 154, 176*2, 177 n,
368 n, 420; vii, 169, 169*1, 180,
180 n, 181 n, 229 n, 275 n, 282 n,
292 «, 299, 314 ; John F., vi,
267, 269 ; Marg., vii, 227, 257 n,
314; Margery, vi, 306; Mary
(Maria), vi, 85, 267, 268, 275*2,
314*2; Nich., vi, 30, 154 n, 171,
292 n ; vii, 169 n, 189, 253 «,
254 n, 257 n, 275 n, 277 n ; Phil.,
vii, 276 n ; Rich., vi, 154 n, 267 ;
vii, 164*2, 169*2, 170*1, 227*2,
241 n, 250*1, 253*2, 254*1, 255,
257 n, 275, 275 n ; Rob., vii,
275*2; Sarah, vii, 314*2; Sir
Thos., vii, 241 n, 248, 306 ; Thos.,
vii, 227*1, 255, 257*2, 275 n,

Butler (cont.)

314 ; Will., vi, 151 n ; vii, 77,
139*2, 140, 141, 180*2, 183*2,
189*2, 227, 231*2, 253*2, 257,
258 n, 259, 259 n, 270, 276 *2,
278, 283 n, 322 n ; — , vii, 149,
283, 296 n ; fam., vi, 268 ; vii,
168 n, 172 n, 179, 261, 263, 272 ;
see also Boteler
Butler, fee of, vii, 176
Butler-Bowden, John, vi, 268 ;

John E., vi, 268
Butler -Cole, Thos., vii, 309 n
Butter Cross, The (Preston), vii,

91 n

Butterfield, Thos., vi, 541 n
Butterley (Mearley), vi, 376 n
Butterworth, Alex., vi, 488 n ; Jas.,
vi, 55 ; vii, 204 ; John, vi, 432,
434 ; Rob., vii, 291 ; Susannah,
vii, 82

Butt Hill (Garstang), vii, 330 n
Buynde, see Bond
Byerden Clough (Reedley), vi, 490
Byerden Gate (Reedley), vi, 490
Byerworth ; see Byrewath
Bymbrig (Walton-le-Dale) , vi, 290
Bynns, Rob., vi, 418 ; Mrs., vi, 418
Byrchinlache (Blackburn), vi, 276
Byrewath (Barnacre), vii, 109 n,

no, 315, 318, 319*2, 326*2
Byrewath (Birewath), Alice de, vii,
100 n ; John de, vii, 272 n ; Rob.
de, vii, 318*2; Rog. (de), vii,
79 n, 100 n, 101 n, 272 n, 281 «;
Walt, de, vii, 319 n
Byrne, Anna D., vii, 286 n ; Sir
Dan., vii, 286 n ; John, vii, 286 n ;
Pet., vii, 286 *2 ; see also Bourne
Byrom, Hen. de, vi, 174*2; Ibota

de, vi, 174 n

Byron, John Byron, Ld., vi, 293 n
Byron, Emma de, vi, 204 n ; Geoff,
de, vi, 204 n ; Sir John, vi, 241 n ;
Margery de, vii, 64 n ; Rich, de,
vii, 64 n ; fam., vi, 459 n
Byroun, vi, 497 n

Byspam, Byspaym, Byspham, see
Bispham

Cabber Clough (Haighton), vii,

126 n

Caboun, Ad., vi, 538 n
Cabus (Caboos), vii, 291, 293, 300,

304, 304 n, 305, 311 n, 315
Cadeshou (Clayton-le-Dale) , vi,

258 n
Cadley (Preston), vii, 119*2, 137,

137 n ; man., vii, 126 *j, 138
Cadley Moor, vii, 77
Cadley Shaw (Preston), vii, 137 n
Cadman, Will,, vii, 78 n
Cadshaw (Over Darwen), vi, 269
Cagildegrene (Hapton), see Padi-

ham Green

Caldecotes, see Coldcoats
Calder, mill, vii, 302 n
Calder, riv., vi, 325, 338, 441, 446,

454, 461, 464, 478, 479; vii, 141,

141 «
Calder, Ad. de, vii, 328 « ; Thos. de,

vii, 328 n ; Will, de, vii, 328 n
Calderbank, Leonard, vi, 192
Calder Field (Catterall), vii, 300
Calder Head (Cliviger), vi, 479
Calder Vale (Catterall), vii, 320 n ;

ch., vii, 324

Caleyard (Church), vi, 402 n
Calf, brook, vi, 67 n
Calf Croft (Wilpshire), vi, 335 »
Calfhey (Come), vi, 527 n
Calf hey (Pleasington), vi, 268
Calico, brook, vi, 199

Calico-printing, vi, 284, 399, 423,

513

Call, fam., vi, 116 «
Callis, Eliz., vi, 525 ; vii, 34 n ;

Rob., vii, 34 n

Calmerley, Rich, de, vi, 140 n
Calna, see Colne
Calveknoll, see Colneknoll
Calvert, Geo., vii, 128 n ; John, vi,

318 ; vii, 317 n ; Rich., vi, 289 ;

Rob., vi, 260 ; Thos., vi, 260 ;

vii, 287 ; Thos. J., vii, 81 ; — ,

vi, 252 n

Camel, Rich., vi, 369 n
Camera, see Chamber
Campion, Edm., vi, 387
Candelay, vii, 330 n
Cane, Rev. Basil, vi, 344
Canfall (Ribchester), vii, 58*2
Cant Clough, brook (Worsthorne) ,

vi, 474
Cant Clough, reservoir (Worsthorne) ,

vi, 447 «, 474

Cantelow (Cantley), vii, 226 n
Cantelowe, Will., vi, 255
Canterbury, archbps. of, vi, 356,

357. 359, 450, 451, 534, 557!
vii, 60*2, 552 n ; Cranmer, vi,
298 ; vii, 275 n ; Grindal, vi,
432 n ; Juxon, vi, 240, 357, 404 n,
432*2, 450*2; Sancroft, vi, 240,
318; vii, 36; Tillotson, archbp.
of, vi, 492, 536 ; Walter, vii, 333 n
Cantsfield, vii, 269, 270 n
Capelhedheus (Croston), vi, 92 n
Capella, John de, vii, 87 «
Capes, Will., vii, 292 n
Cardales (Carle ton), vii, 230 n
Cardales (Howick), vi, 66 n
Garden, Anna, vi, 257
Cardenas, John de, vii, 280 »
Cardigan, Geo. Brudenell, earl of,

see Montagu, dk. of
Cardmaker, Will., vii, 136 n
Card well, Cuth., vii, 200 n ; Edw.,
vi, 211, 245 ; John, vi, 211 ; Rich.,
vi, 2ii ; vii, 121 n, 216 n ; Rob.,
vii, 141 n ; Thos., vii, 31 »2, 128 «,
196 n ; Will., vii, 128, 128 n
Cardwell of Ellerbeck, Edw. Card-
well, vsct., vi, 211, 224, 225
Carlentun, see Carleton
Carles, Emma (de), vi, 179 «, 228 » ;
John, vi, 204 n ; Sir Will., vi,
179 n, 204 ; Will., vi, 228 n
Carleton, vi, 58 n ; vii, 155 «, 219,
222 «, 226 n, 228-31, 282 n, 285 ;
mans., vii, 228
Carleton, Gt., man., vii, 228, 229-

30, 302 n
Carleton, Hall of (Little Carleton),

vii, 230
Carleton, Little, man., vii, 225, 228,

229 n, 230-31, 238 n, 246 n
Carleton, Ad. de, vii, 274 n ; Alan

de, vii, 192 »2 ; Alice (de), vii,
277 n, 230 n ; Amabil de, vii,

230 n ; Eliz. (de), vii, 193*2,
230*2; Geo., vi, 218 n; vii,
230 ; Godith de, vii, 283 » ;
Hen. de, vii, 223 n, 228 n, 229 n,

230, 233 n, 247 n, 283 n ; Joan,
vii, 230 n ; John, vii, 230 n ;
Lawr., vii, 230, 231*2; Marg.
(de), vii, 228 n, 229 n, 230 n, 233 ;
Margery (de), vii, 229*2, 230*2,

231, 233 ; Maud de, vii, 229 n,
256 n ; Mich, de, vii, 228 n, 229 n,
233 ; Rich, de, vii, 228 n ; Rob.
de, vii, 228 n ; Rog. de, vii, 229 n ;
Swain de, vii, 228 n, 229, 250 n ;
Thos. (de), vii, 228 n, 230, 256 n ;
Walt, de, vii, 193 n, 228 n, 229,
230 n, 240 n, 250 n, 277, 279,
281 n, 282 n ; Sir Will, de, vii,

INDEX

Carleton (cont.)

247 M, 268 n, 277, 279 ; Will, de,
vii, 192 «, 193 n, 228 n, 229,
233 n, 240 n, 274 n, 277 », 279,
281 n, 282 n

Carleton House Farm, vii, 225

Carlinghurst (Button), vii, 56 n,
59"

Carlisle, John, vii, 25

Carnegie, Andr., vi, 274, 432, 530

Carnforth, man., vii, 194, 303 n

Carpenter, Rog. the, vii, 230 «;
Will., the, vi, 201 n ; vii, 98 n ;
Gen., vi, 290 ; vii. 77

Carr, New and Old (Dutton), vii,
57 n

Carr (Hutton), vi, 68 n

Carr, brook, vi, 149

Carr (Karr), Alan (del), vi, 70*1,
71 n ; vii, 197 n ; Alice de, vi,
201 n ; Anabel del, vi, 212 « ;
Anne, vi, 210 n ; Edw., vi, 528 ;
Emery, vi, 527 « ; Joan del, vi,
70 «, 71 n ; Priscilla, vi, 527 «;
Ralph, vi, 210 n ; Steph. del,
vii, 170 n ; Thos., vi, 394 ; Walt,
(de, del), vi, 201 n, 546 « ; vii,
170 n ; Will. S., vi, 210; — , vii,

215
Carr Close, New (Barrowford

Booth), mill, vi, 543 n
Carrfurlong (Poulton), vii, 226 »
Carr Hall (Barrowford Booth), vi,

521, 542, 543, 547 ; null, vi, 543
Carr Hall (Pendle), vi, 250
Carr Hall (Wilpshire), vi, 336
Carr Hey, brook, vii, 27 n
Carr Heys (Come), see Carry Heys
Carr Holme (Cabus), vii, 305
Carrholme (Come), vi, 525 n
Carr House (Bretherton) , vi, 102,

153
Carr House Green Common (In-

skip), vii, 279
Carrier, Miles, vi, 557
Carrington, John, vi, 381 ; Rob.,

vii, 297

Carr Marsh (Preese), vii, 177 n
Carr meadow (Carleton) vii, 231 n
Carrs, the (Singleton), vii, 183,

192 «

Carry Bridge (Colne), vi, 530
Carry Heys (Colne), vi, 233 n, 523,

525, 528 n, 529, 530 M, 549
Cartelache (Tockholes), vi, 281 n
Carter, Geo., vi, lion; vii, 144 «,

260 n; Hen., vi, 431 «; Jas.,

vii, 121 n, 181 n ; John, vii, 190 n;

Pet., vii, 89 n ; Rob., vii, 181 «,

255 n, 260 «, 335 ; Thos., vi,

431 n ; vii, 190 n, 260 n
Carter Place (Haslingden), vi, 431
Cartford Bridge (Gt. Eccleston), vii,

181, 273, 276
Cartmel (Cartmell), Ad. de, vii,

52 »; Eliz., vii, 135 n; Thos.,

vii, 293 n, 332
Cartridge Hill, vi, 230, 280
Cartwright, Alice, vi, 217 n ; Eliz.,

vi, 285 M-286 « ; Will., vi, 217 n,

285 n-286 n
Carus, John, vii, 173 n ; Kath., vii,

173 n ; Mary, vii, 314 n ; Rich.,

vii, 173 n ; Thos., vii, 314 n;

Will., vi, 403 ; — , vi, 411 ; vii,

280 n

Carver, Jas., vi, 28 n
Caryll, Bridg., vii, 182 »; John,

vii, 182 «

Case, Geo., vi, 215, 228
Cassinghurst, Ellis de, vi, 507 « ;

Rich, de, vi, 507 n
Casson, Rev. Geo., vi, 435
Castelhow (Garstang), vii, 319 n
Castell (Whalley), vi, 382 n

7

Castell, Will, del, vii, 160 n
Castercliff (Castell Clif) (Marsden),

vi, 536
Casterton, Gilb. de, vii, 318 n ;

Hen. de, vii, 318 n
Castilne Clough (Whittle), vi, 34 n
Castle Clough, brook, vi, 507
Castle dykes (Clitheroe), vi, 363 n
Castlegate (Cuerden), vi, 24 n, 28 n
Castlegate (Whalley), vi, 371
Castle Hill (Clitheroe), vi, 363 n
Castle Hill (Croston), vi, 95 n
Castle Hill (Habergham Eaves),

vi, 454

Castle Hill (Towneley), vi, 459 n
Castle Place (Croston), vi, 95 «
Castlepool Hey (Mawdesley), vi,

95 «
Castle Townfields (Marsden), vi,

538

Castleyard (Croston), vi, 95 n
Castor Gill, riv., vi, 519
Catch House (Goosnargh), vii, 199 n
Caterall, Caterhall, see Catterall
Catforth (Woodplumpton),vii, 150^,
285, 287 n ; man., vii, 288 ; Rom.
Cath., vii, 285 ; sch., vii, 288 n,
291

Catforth, Gilb. de, vii, 288 n
Cathirton (Catherton), Alan de, vii,
98 n, 3 1 3 n ; Margery de, vi,
555 n ; Will, de, vi, 555 « ; vii,
313 n ; — , vii, 308 »
Cathole Clough (Trawden), vi, 551
Catholic Apostolic Church, vi, 427
Catlow (Marsden), vi, 524 «, 536,
538 ; hosp., vi, 540 ; man., vi,
538 ; Rom. coins, vi, 523 n
Catlow (Oswald twistle), vi, 407 ;

mill, vi, 407

Catlow, brook, vi, 468, 536
Catlow (Cattlow), Ad. de, vi, 402 «,
538 ; Agnes de, vi, 402 «, 407 n ;
Alice de, vi, 407 n ; Beatrice de,
vi, 402 n ; Chris., vi, 243 n ; Edm.,
vi, 402 n ; Eliz., vi, 402 n, 407 n ;
Ellen de, vi, 402 n ; Hen. de, vi,
402 », 406 n, 407 n ; John de,
vi, 402 «, 538 n ; Marg., vi, 402 n ;
Margery de, vi, 402 n, 407 n ;
Nich. de, vi, 402 n ; Pet. de, vi,
402 n ; Ralph de, vi, 402 n ; Rich,
de, vi, 402 n, 538 n ; Rob. de,
vi, 402 n, 407 «, 538, 538 n ;
Rog. de, vi, 402 n, 407 n ; Thos.
de, vi, 402 «, 406 n, 407 n ; Will,
de, vi, 402 n ; — , vi, 528 ; fam.,
vi, 401

Catlow Green (Marsden), vi, 53911
Catlow Hall (Oswaldtwistle), vi,

407
Catlow Rake Foot (Marsden), vi,

536 n

Catlow Row (Marsden), vi, 537
Caton, vii, 269 n

Caton, Chris., vii, 299 ; Eliz., vii,
299 ; Jane de, vii, 196 n ; Joan
de, vii, 177 n, 279 n ; John, vii,
24, 299 ; Lawr., vii, 24, 330 n ;
Rog. de, vii, 109 n ; Will, (de),
vi, 159 n ; vii, 109 n, 177 n, 196 n,
279 n, 297

Catrehal, Catrehala, see Catterall
Catshawsyke (Wheel ton), vi, 49 n
Catterall (Garstang), vii, 173 n,
253 n, 274 n, 291, 293, 296 «,
302 n, 314 w, 315, 319 n, 320-4,
326 ; char., vii, 300 ; man., vii,
291, 320, 322
Catterall, Higher (Garstang), vii,

320 w

Catterall (Shevington), vi, 202 n
Catterall (Catthul), Ad. de, vi, 67 n,
170 «, 388, 389 n ; vii, 136 w,
192 n, 193 n, 194 n, 281 n, 321 ;

353

Catterall (cont.)

Agnes (de), vi, 346 n, 457 n ; vii,

192 n, 321 n ; Alan de, vi, 170 n,
346, 388 n, 389 ; vii, 53 n, 192 n,

193 n, 196 n, 197, 316 n, 321;
Alex., vi, 201 n, 202 ; Alice, vi,
419 n ; vii, 193 n, 321 n; Anne,
vi, 170 n, 547 n ; vii, 193 n, 322 n ;
Beatrice de, vii, 321 ; Bernard de,
vii, 191 n, 318; Christiana de,
vii, 192 n ; Dorothy (de), vi,
389 n ; vii, 193 n, 322 ; Eliz.,
vi, 170 n, 354, 512 n ; vii, 136 «,
193 n, 194, 322, 322 n ; Ellen
(de), vii, 64 «, 321 n; Emma;
vii, 322 n ; Evan, vi, 237 n ,
Hen. (de), vi, 296, 402 n ; vii,
74, 136 », 321 «; Hugh de, vii,

321 n, 322 n, 323 n ; Isabel (de),
vi, 346 ; vii, 53 n, 321 n; Iseult
(Isoult), de, vi, 170 w; vii, 192 ;
Jas., vi, 237 n, 456 n, 512 «, 546,
547 ; Jane, vii, 193 n, 322 n ;
Joan (de), vi, 456 n, 546 n ; vii,

192 «, 194 n ; John (de), vi, 77 n,
389 n, 457, 457 n, 458 n, 508 n ;
vii, 6^ n, 192 n, 193 n, 194 n, 196,
197, 19? «, 198 », 213 n, 321,

322 n ; Kath. (Cath.) (de), vi,
200 «, 328, 393 n ; vii, 193 n,

321 n, 322 n ; Lawr., vi, 201 n,
338 n ; vii, 194 n; Loretta (Lora)
de, vi, 388, 389 ; vii, 321 ; Marg.
(de), vi, 391 n, 546 ; vii, 193 n,
300, 322 n ; Marian, vii, 193 n ;
Mary, vi, 170*1, 419; Paulin de,
vii, 192 «, 193 «, 321 n ; Pet. (de),
vi, 201 n, 202 ; vii, 193 n, 323 n ;
Ralph (de), vi, 47 n, 169 n, 170 n,
223 «, 328, 354, 389 n, 393 n ;
vii, 28, 127 n, 192 n, 193 n, 194 n,
J95, !Q8 n, 199, 268 n, 297 «,
313 n, 321, 322 n, 323 n ; Rich,
(de), vi, 169 n, 174 n, 200 n,

388 «, 389 n ; vii, 14, 30 n, 53 n,
64 w, 127 n, 182 n, 192, 192 n,

i93> 193 «, 194 », 3i4w, 3*6 «,
320, 321, 322 », 323 n, 331 n ;
Rob., vi, 3 n, 237 n, 260, 402 «,
419 n ; vii, 191 n, 192 n ; Rog.
(de), vi, 200 n, 201 n ; vii, 321 n ;
Swain de, vi, 169 n; vii, 192 ;
Thos., vi, 170 n, 175 n, 237 n,

389 n, 391 n, 419 ; vii, 136 n,

193 », J94, J94 n, J99 «, 201 n,
227 n, 321, 323 w, 324 n ; Vane,
vi, 298 n ; Will, de, vii, 141 n,

194 n, 321 n ; — , vi, 199, 353 n
Catterall Field (Garstang), vii,

322 n

Catterall Hall (Garstang), vi, 354 n

vii, 322

Catterick, Thos., vii, 71 n
Catteridding (Clitheroe), vi, 365 «
Catthull, see Catterall
Cattlow, fam., see Catlow
Caune, see Colne
Causeway Farm (Hoghton), vi,

36 n

Causeway (Cawsey) Meadow (Pres-
ton), vii, 79 n, 101 n
Cave-Browne-Cave, Fitzherbert A.,

vi, 496 ; vii, 67
Cavendish, Lady Eliz., vi, 233 ;

Ld. Geo., vi, 76 n ; Ld. Will.,

vi, 76 n ; vii, 281 n
Cavendish, Anne, vii, 280 ; Chas.

C. W., see Chesham, Ld. ; Geo.

A. H., see Burlington, earl of ;

Will., vi, 76, 80 ; vii, 280, 281 « ;

fam., vii, 277

Cavendish Bentinck, see Bentinck
Caw beck, brook, vi, 18 n
Cawsey Meadow, see Causeway

Meadow

45

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Cawson, Geo., vii, 305 n ; John,
vii, 305 n ; Rich., vii, 305 n

Cawthorne, — , vii, 305 n

Caw veil, fam., see Cowell

Cayballes, see Cabus

Cecil, Sir Rob., vii, 73

Cecily, vii, 97 n ; d. of Benedict
vii, 99 n ; d. of John, vi, 61 «
the recluse, vii, 44 ; w. of Adam
vi, 209 n ; \v. of Jordan, vi
365 » ; w. of Richard, vi, 555 n
w. of William, vii, 115 w

Celer, John de, vii, 268 n ; Jordan
del, vii, 257 n ; Maud de, vii,
268 n ; see also Seller

Celhod, John, vi, 127 n

Cernok, see Charnock

Certeden, Rich, de, vi, 60 n

Chacoumbe, John de, vii, 311 n

Chadderton (Chaderton), Geoff, de,
vi, 264, 265 n, 328 n ; Margery
de, vi, 264 ; Rich, de, vi, 264 ;
Rob. de, vi, 328 n ; Will, bp., vi,
4, 185 n, 227, 359 n, 496 n ; Will,
de, vi, 264, 265 n

Chaddeslegh, see Chaigley

Chaddock, Dan., vi, 296 ; Jqan, vii,

229 n, 230 n ; Thos., vii, 229 n,

230 n

Chaderton, see Chadderton

Chadesden, Rich, de, vi, 357

Chadlington, man. (Oxon), vi, 321

Chadswell (Chaigley), vii, i

Chadwick, Sir Andr., vi, 431 ; Anne,
vi, 229 n ; Chas., vi, 189 n ; Edw.,
vi, 213; Eleanor M., vi, 213 »;
Ellen, vi, 229 n ; Ellis, vi, 431 n,
438 « ; E., vi, 143 ; Jas., vi, 229 n ;
John, vi, 189, 228 n ; Marg., vi,
438 n ; Mary, vi, 229 n, 430 n ;
Rob., vi, 431 n ; Thos., vi, 213 «,
229 «; Mrs., vi, 411; fam., vii,
113 w

Chaflar, see Shaffer

Chaigley (Chageley, Chaigeley), vi,
23°> 497 n i vii, i, 2> J5> 2O>
197 n ; chant., vii, 19 ; char., vii,
19 ; man., vii, 15 ; Nonconf., vii,
19 ; well, vii, 2

Chaillon, Will., vi, 369 n

Chair-making, vii, 27

Challoner (Chaloner), Eliz., vii,
273 ; John, vi, 543; Thos., vii, 273

Chamber (Marsden), see Chamber-
in-Pendle

Chamber (Camera, Chambre), Aline
del, vii, 212 «; Cecily de, vi,
60 n ; Eliz. de, vii, 3 ; Helen de,
vii, 252 n ; Thos. de, vii, 3 ; Will,
de, vii, 252 n ; — , vi, 395 n

Chamber Bridge, see Quakers'
Bridge

Chamber Hill, vi, 537, 540

Chamber-in-Pendle, vi, 490, 492,
521 n, 539, 540 ; vii, 306 n

Chamberlain (Chamberlaine), Ellen,
vi, 198 w, 229 n ; Geo., vi, 119;
Rich., vi, 478 ; Thos. F., vi, 128

Chambre, see Chamber

Champion (Chatburn), see Chatburn
Score

Chandos, Anne, Lady, vii, 185 »;
Grey Bridges, Ld., vii, 185 n

Chantries, vi, 74, 89, 104 w, 114,
118, 122 n, 127, 161, 181, 183 w,
186, i88n, 190, 243, 314 »,
316 n, 342, 343, 352, 354, 359,
448, 451, 453 n, 494; vii, 16, 17,
J9> 25 n> 2(>, 88, 89, 147 n, 148 n,
149, 261, 262, 266, 275 n, 295, 299

Chapel Croft (Claughton), vii, 330

Chapelfield Wood, vii, 316 n

Chapel Flat (Osbaldeston), vi, 319

Chapel Flat (Twiston), vi, 559 H
Chapel Hill (Hutton), vi, 69 n

Chapel Hillock (Coppull), vi, 224
Chapel House (Chaigley), vii, i, 19
Chapel House farm (Aighton), vii, 14
Chapel Lea (Towneley), vi, 459 n
Chapelridding (Northale), vi, 312 n
Chapels (Over Darwen), vi, 270
Chapels, anc., vi, 73, 369, 373, 380,
403, 426, 432, 489, 494, 495, 517,
532-3, 535, 543, 544 n> 552, 558,
560 ; vii, 73, 81 n, 83 n, 87, 87 n,
115 w, 124 w, 219, 276 n, 282,
284, 289, 299, 312
Chapman, Hen., vi, 397 n ; vii, 92 n;
John the, vii, 281 n ; Maud, vii,
281 n ; Rob., vi, 474 » ; Will., vii,
92 «

Chapon Toft (Standish), vi, 190 »
Charles I, vi, 57 ; vii, 138 n
Charles II, vi, 18, 20 n, 64, 290 ;

vii, 76, 139
Charles Edward, prince, vii, 78,

293

Charleton (Chorlton), Guy de, vi,
373 n '> John, vi, 367 n ; Thos. de,
vi, 373 n ; see also Carleton

Charneles, John de, vii, 85

Charnley, Alex., vii, 282 n ; Alice,
vii, 50 », 115%; Amery, vii,
128 »; Anne, vii, 115 w; Chris.,
vi, 60; Eliz., vii, 120 n ; Geo.,
vii, 124, 126 ; Hen., vii, 120 n,
126 », 127 n, 288 n ; Hugh, vii,
124, 127 n ; John, vi, 56 n, 192 n ;
vii, 3 n, go, 128 n, 190 n, 282 n ;
Lawr., vii, 126 n ; Margery de,
vi, 6 1 n ; Paul, vii, 113 n ; Rich.,
vi, 311; vii, 126 «; Rob. (de),
vi, 61 n ; vii, 282 n ; Rog., vii,
216 n ; Thos., vii, 282 n ; Will.,
vi, 119; vii, 50 «, 123, 128 n

Charnley Eaves, vii, 279 «, 288 «

Charnock, ham. (Charnock Richard),
vi, 204

Charnock, Heath, tnshp., see Heath
Charnock

Charnock (Heath Charnock, Char-
nock Gogard), Ad. de, vi, 24,
29 n> 33 n> J36 n, 206, 207 n,
214 n ; Agnes (de), vi, 206 n, 277 ;
vii, 136 n ; Anne, vi, 6, 15 n, 64 n ;
vii, 165 n ; Bridg., vi, 138, 207 ;
Cecily, vi, 24 «, 63 n, 64 n, 206 n,
225, 277 n ; Chris., vi, 226 n ;
Edw., vi, 165 n, 207 n, 277 ;
Ellen (de), vi, 21 n, 228 n ;
Emma, vii, 234 n ; Eudosia, vi,
140 n ', Gilb., vi, 206 n, 234 n ;
Hastus de, vi, 207 n; Hen. (de),
vi, 34 n, 82, 101 », 136, 199 n,
205, 206 ; vii, 136 n ; Hester, vii,
ii4n; Hugh de, vi, 206 n ; Isa-
bel de, vi, 207 n ; Jas., vi, 192 n,

206 «, 207 n ', Joan (de), vi, 33 n,
63 », 165 «, 206 ; vii, 138 n ;
John (de), vi, 3 «, 8 », 15 n, 24,
24 n, 29 », 30 n, 61 n, 65, 73 n,
in n, 206, 206 w, 207 n, 208 n,
214 n, 225, 277 n ; vii, 136 n, 138,
!65 n, 308 n ; Jordan de, vi,

205 n, 214 n ; Juliana de, vi,
214 n ; Kath., vi, 30 n ; Marg.
(de), vi, 138, 206, 206 », 207,
214 «, 277 n ; Margery, vi, 206 n,

207 n ; Mary, vi, 214 n ; Percival
de, vi, 206 n ; Ralph de, vi, 140 «,

206 n, 213 w, 214 n ; Randle de,
vi, 206 »; Rich, (de), vi, 21 «, 22 n,
24, 27 n, 58 «, 64 n, 136 n, 140 n,
182, 204, 205 n, 206, 207 n, 213 n,
214 n, 224 n, 288 n ; Rob. (de),
vi, 6, 15 «, 16, 24 «, 61 », 63 n,
71 n, 136, 138, 183 n, 192 n, 206,
206 n, 207, 207 w, 208, 213,
214 n, 216 n, 217 «, 346 n, 401 n,
511 «; vii, 114 n; Rog. (de), vi,

354

Charnock (cont.)

3 n, 6, 15, 24 «, in n, 207 n ; vii,
123 ; Susan, vi, 15 n ; Capt. Thos.,
vi, 16 n ; Thos. (de), vi, 15, 24 n,
63 n, 64 », inn, 136, 138, 142,
205 n, 206, 207, 207 n, 208 n,
216 ; Will, (de), vi, 15, 15 «, 24 n,

3° **, 57 n> DI n> 71 n> 72> in »*>
199 «, 206, 206 w, 207 n, 214 n,
277 n, 321 n ; vii, 136 « ; Rev.
— , vi, 88 n ; fam., vi, 69 n ; se
also Gogard

Charnock Gogard (Gogarth), tnshp.,
see Heath Charnock

Charnock Green (Charnock Rich-
ard), vi, 182, 204

Charnock Hall, see Leyland Old
Hall

Charnock Heath, tnshp., see Heath
Charnock

Charnock House (Claughton), vii,

325

Charnock Moss (Penwortham), vi,

61 «
Charnock Richard, vi, 187 «, 204-8 ;

char., vi, 9 n, 192 ; ch., vi, 208 ;

man., vi, 204 ; vii, 130 n ; mkts.

and fairs, vi, 205
Chastel, brook, see Chester
Chatburn, vi, 349, 356 », 372-3,

521 «, 552, 554, 556 n ; vii, 307 ;

adv., vi, 373 ; char., vi, 372 ; ch.,

vi, 361, 373; man-, vi, 232,

233 n> 36i n, 372, 489 ; mill, vi,

372 n, 373 ; Nonconf., vi, 373 ;
place-names, vi, 372 n ; quarries,
vi, 372 ; Rom. coins, vi, 372

Chatburn, — , vi, 372 n

Chatburn Hollins (Chatburn), vi,

373 n

Chatburn Score (Chatburn), vi, 373
Chatburn Wood (Chatburn), vi,

373 n

Chat butts (Clitheroe), vi, 365 n
Chatteburn, see Chatburn
Chattox, Old, see Whittle, Anne
Chaygeslegh, see Chaigley
Cheetham (Manchester), vii, 120 n
Cheetham, fam., see Chetham
Cheker (Bispham), vi, 101 n
Cheldesey, Phil, de, vi, 58 n
Chepin, see Chipping
Cherestanc, see Garstang
Cherle, Cherlegh, Cherley, see Chorley
Chernocke, Chernok, Chernoke, see

Charnock

Cherry Tree (Livesey), vi, 263, 284

Chesham, Lds., vi, 76 » ; vii, 277 n ;

Chas. C. W. Cavendish, vi, 76 ;

vii, 281

Cheshire, John, vi, 65 ; Rich., vi,

65 n ; see also Chester
Chester, brook, vii, 36 n, 45 n, 46 n
Chester, bps. of, vi, 74 n, 429 «, 518 ;
vii, 64, 74, 188, 190 n, 210, 299,
334 «; Bridgeman, vi, 181, 222,
299, 516; Chadderton, vi, 4, 185 n,
227, 359 «, 496 n ; Gastrell, vi,
in, 128, 318, 426, 453 n, 486,
541 », 558 n ; vii, 40, 44 «, 60 n,
Ob, 149 n, 158*1, 165, 165 n, 205,
205 n, 218, 292, 312, 334 n; Pep-
loe, vii, 86 n ; Stratford, vii, 42 n ,
86 n ; Walton, vi, 86 ; dean of,
vi, 189
Chester, Ranulf (Randle), earl of,

vi, 65 », 193 », 260 ; vii, 256 n
Chester, Jas., vii, 127 n ; Pet. de,
vi, 328 w, 350 «, 355 «, 356, 382,
387 «, 390, 407 n, 413, 414",
505 n, 506 n, 509 n, 556 n ; Sir
Rob. de, vi, 373, 388 n ; Rob. de,

vi, 552, 553 » ; Sim- de> vi» 241 '.
Will, de, vi, 201 n ; see also
Cheshire

Chesterfield, Phil. Stanhope, earl of,

vi, 293 n

Chester gate (Ribchester), vii, 49 «

Chetham (Cheetham), Edw., vi,

272 n ; Ellen, vi, 216 n ; Humph.,

vi, 424 ; Mary, vi, 415 ; Rob., vi,

216 n ; Will., vi, 425 «

Chetwynd, Barbara, vi, 59 n ; Walt.,

vi, 8 n, 59 n

Chevassut, Rev. Fred. G., vi, 334
Chevilli, Almiria de, vii, 180 n ;

Thos. de, vii, 180 n
Chew, man. (Billington), vi, 325,

326, 327

Chew (Chewe, Cho, Chow), Avice
del, vi, 326 ; Rev. Chas. A., vi,
334 ; Hen. del, vi, 326 ; Hugh
del, vi, 326 ; John (del), vi, 326 n,
387 n, 388 «, 506 n ; vii, 138 n ;
Rich, del, vi, 326 n, 327 ; Thos.
del, vi, 326 n ; W. R., vi, 496 ;
fam., vi, 332

Chewe (Goosnargh), vii, 195 n
Chew Mill (Billington), vi, 326
Chew Yard (Billington), vi, 328
Cheydeslega, see Chaigley
Chicheham, see Kirkham
Chichester, Ralph Bridecake, bp.

of, vi, 189, 192 n
Chierche, Chiereche, see Church
Childe, Ad. de, vi, 408 n ; Rob. de,

vi, 408 n
Childers, Marg. de, vii, 125 n ;

Will, de, vii, 125 n
Childwall, vi, 426
Chilers, Thos., vi, 494 n
Chilsey Green (Aighton), vii, i
Chimelli, Will, de, vii, 263 n
Chingle Hall (Whittingham), vii,

102 «, 207, 211 ; mill, vii, 211
Chingle Hall, New (Haighton), vii,

124

Chinmyre (Pendleton), vi, 394 n
Chipin, Chipinden, see Chipping
Chippenley, Rog. de, vii, 46 n
Chippindale (Chippingdale), Ad. de,
vii, 29 n ; John de, vii, 29 n ;
Siegrith de, vii, 29 n ; Thos. de,
vii, 29 « ; Will, de, vii, 29 « ; see
also Chipping

Chipping, vi, 230, 233 n, 234 ; vii,
i, 20-32, 43, 59 n, 71, 84 n, 119 n,
128 n, 199 n, 321 n ; adv., vii, 23 ;
chant., vii, 25 «, 26 ; char., vii,
26 ; ch., vi, 380 ; vii, 20 ; fairs,
vii, 27 ; ind., vii, 27 ; man., vi,
40 », 232; vii, 20, 27-31; mill,
vii, 27 n ; Nonconf., vii, 32
Chipping, brook, vi, 233 n, 379 n ;

vii, 27 n

Chipping, Alex, de, vii, 29 n ; Alice
de, vii, 29 n ; Benedict de, vii,
30 n ; Cecily, vii, 35 n ; Christiana
de, vii, 28 n ; Emma de, vii,

29 n ; Geoff, de, vii, 30 n, 281 n ;
John de, vii, 27 n, 28 «, 29 n,

30 n, 34 n ; Margery de, vii, 27,

29 n, 30 n ; Rich, de, vii, 27 n,
28 n, 29 «, 30 n, 281 n ; Rob. de,
vii, 28 n, 29 «, 30 n ; Rog. de,
vii, 29 «, 30 «, 35 n ; Siegrith
(Siota) de, vii, 27 n ; Thos. de,
vii, 28 n, 34 n ; Will, de, vii, 29 n,

30 n ; see also Chippindale
Chippingdale, vi, 233 «, 379 ; vii,

20, 28 n, 32, 38 n, 54 n, 69 «
Chippingdale, fam., see Chippindale
Chipping Lawn (Leagram), vi, 379 n
Chirche (Gt. Harwood), vi, 339 n
Chirche (Whalley), see Church
Chirche Holt, see Churchholt
Chisnall (Coppull), vi, 224, 226
Chisnall, Alice de, vi, 226 ; Anne,

vi, 226 n, 227 n ; Cicely, vi, 277 n ;

Sir Edw., vi, 226, 227 «; Edw.,

INDEX

Chisnall (cont.)

vi, 186, 202 n, 224, 226, 227 n ;
Eliz. (de), vi, 73 n, 226 n ; Joan
de, vi, 226 n ; John de, vi, no n,
164 n, 170 n, 171 n, 177 n, 182 »,
185, 223 n, 226, 228, 229 ;
Juliana de, vi, 226 n ; Marg., vi,
202 n, 226 ; Maud (de), vi, 164 «,
177 n, 186, 226 n ; Nich. de, vi,
226 n ; Pet., vi, 277 n ; Rich.,
vi, 217 n, 226 n ; vii, 98 w, 170 «,
182 n ; Rob. de, vi, 186, 226,
226 n ; Rog. de, vi, 226, 228 n ;
Thos. (de), vi, 226, 229 ; Will,
(de), vi, 226 n, 227 n ; Capt., vii,

75
Chisnall's Buildings (London), vi,

226 n

Cho, see Chew

Chokedrode (Clitheroe), vi, 365 n
Cholmley, Eliz., vii, 309 n ; Thos.,

vii, 309 n

Chor, brook, vi, 129
Chorlegh, see Chorley
Chorlesykehurst, vi, 547
Chorley, vi, i, 81, 86 n, 91 «, 92,
129-49 ; vii, 79 n, 80 n ; adv., vi,
146 ; chap., vi, 89 n ; char., vi,
148 ; vii, 20 n ; ch., vi, 6, 144 ;
ind., vi, 130 ; man., vi, 130 ;
mkts. and fairs, vi, 130, 143,
144 ; mills, vi, 130, 142 ; Non-
conf., vi, 147 ; Rom. Cath., vi,
148 ; sch., vi, 148

Chorley, Ad. de, vi, 134 n, 140 n ;
Agnes (de), vi, 134 n, 277 ; Alex.,
vi, 430 n ; Alice de, vi, 34 n,
134 n ; Bridg., vi, 135 n ; Cath.,
vi, 135 n ; Chas., vi, 135 ; Cecily,
vi, 134 n ; Eliz., vii, 89 n, 300 ;
Ellen (de), vi, 134 «, 135 n, 326 n,
327 « ; Ellis (de), vi, 134, 134 n,
142 ; Hen. (de), vi, 134 n ; vii,
80 ; Herb, de, vi, 134 n ; Hugh
de, vi, 134 n ; Isabel de, vi,
J35 ** ; Joan de, vi, 134-5 ; John
(de), vi, 134, 135 n, 277; Jos.,
vii, 89 », 300 ; Josiah, vi, 135 n ;
vii, 80 ; Leonard, vii, 85, 213 n ;
Marg. (de), vi, 135, 135 n, 198 n ;
Margery de, vi, 77 n, 134 ; Mary,
vi, 430 n ; Maud de, vi, 134 n ;
Pet., vi, 238 n ; Ralph de, vi,
77 n, 134, 296 n ; Rich, (de), vi,
130, 134, 134 n, 135, 142; vii,
59 n, 78 ; Rob. de, vi, 134 n,
135 n ; Rog. (de), vi, 134 n, 140 «,
146, 147 ; vii, 85 ; Sim. de, vi,
134 n ; Steph. de, vi, 134 « ;
Thos. de, vi, 79, 134 n ; Will, (de),
vi, 34 n, 50 n, 77 n, 82, 109 n,
134, 135, 141, 142, 143, 146,
166 n, 296 n, 430 n ; vii, 85, 205,
213 n> 326 n > Mrs., vi, 130 ;
fani., vii, 102

Chorley Hall (Chorley), vi, 133, 134
Chorley Moor, vi, 129
Chorley Survey, vi, 135
Chorley-with-Bispham, vi, 100 n
Chorlton, see Carlton and Charleton
Chornet, man. (Rossall), vii, 246
Chow, fam., see Chew
Chrichley (Chrichlowe) , Rev. Jas.,

vi, 55, 333

Chris tadelphians, vi, 248
Christ Church (Oxf.), vii, 145, 151,

152 n
Christiana, vi, 485 n, 538 « ; d. of

Godith, vii, 324 n ; d. of Nich.,

vii, 114 n
Christian Brethren, vi, 248 ; vii,

218

Christians (Wrightington), vi, 174 n
Christ's Croft (Preston), vii, 134
Church (Goosnargh), vii, 191

355

Church (Whalley), vi, 233 n, 234,
349, 356 n, 376 n, 399-4°4, 421,
428, 504 n ; adv., vi, 404 ; char.,
vi, 344, 404 ; ch., vi, 403 ; ind.,
vi, 399 ; man., vi, 232, 399 ;
mill, vi, 400 n, 402 n ; Nonconf.,
vi, 404 ; St. Oswald's Well, vi,
400 n, 403 n

Church, Ad. de, vi, 400, 401 n,
402 n, 419 ; Agnes de, vi, 400 n ;
Alex, de, vi, 406 ; Alice de, vi,

400 n, 402 n ; vii, 65 n ; Christ-
iana de, vi, 401 n, 402 n ; Ellen
de, vi, 401 n ; Ellis de, vi, 406 ;
Hen. de, vi, 400 n, 402 n ;
Humph, de, vi, 402 n ; John de,
vi, 401 n ; vii, 65 n ; Marg. de,
vi, 503 n ; Margery de, vi, 506 » ;
Maud de, vi, 400 n ; Nich. de,
vi, 402 n ; Pet. de, vi, 400 n,

401 n, 402 n, 408 n ; Rich, de,
vi, 402 n, 503 n, 506 n ; Rob. de,
vi, 400 n, 401 n ; Rog. de, vi,

402 « ; Sim. de, vi, 401 n, 402 n ;
Uctred de, vi, 399, 400, 401 n,
402 n, 417 « ; Will, de, vi, 401 n,
402 n

Church Clough (Come), vi, 530 n
Churchfield (Church), vi, 403 n
Church Hill (Blackburn), see

Churchholt

Church Hill (Padiham), vi, 493
Churchholt (Blackburn), vi, 250
Church House (Broughton), vii,

120 n

Church of Christ, sect, vi, 147
Church Town (Bispham), vii,

246 n
Churchtown (Garstang), vii, 293,

3", 313, 314

Chyry, Ad., vii, 53 n ; Will., vii, 53 n
Cilnegreve (Cuerden), vi, 28 n
Civil War, vi, 290 ; vii, 75, 76, 220,

292, 319
Clacton, Clactune, Claghton, Clag-

ton, Clahton, see Claughton
Claifurlang (Salesbury), vi, 253
Claiton, see Clayton
Claitteburn (Clitheroe), vi, 365 n
Clakerkelde (Preston), vii, I34»
Clancutt, brook, vi, 204
Clapham, Alan, vii, 323 n ; Alice,

vii, 323 n
Clare, John de, vii, 209 » ; Maud

de, vii, 209 n

Claremont (Blackpool), vii, 250 n
Claremont Park (Blackpool), vii,

243

Clarence, Lionel, dk. of, vi, 101 n
Clark (Clarke), Alex., vi, 80; Geo.,
vi, 55 ; Rev. Hen., vii, 314 n ;
Hen., vii, 227 n ; Rich., vi, 90 n ;
Rob., vii, 216 n, 227 n ; Sarah,
vii, 314 n ; Rev. T., vii, 221,
224 ; Thos., vi, 322 n, 367 n, 521 ;
Capt., vii, 314 ; see also Clerk
Clark's field (Euxton), vi, 21 n
Clarkson (Clerkson), Ann, vi, 547 n ;
Edm., vii, 259 n, 266 n ; Elisha,
vi, 416, 496 ; Rev. Geo., vi, 36 ;
Geo., vii, 62 n, 113 n ; Hen., vii,
80 n ; John, vi, 447 ; vii, 50 n,
284 n ; Lawr., vii, 80; Leonard,
vii, 261 n ; Mich., vii, 50 n ; Per-
petua, vii, 289 n ; Rich., vii,
289 n ; Rev. Thos., vii, 23, 25 ;
Thos., vii, 126 n ; Will., vii,
50 n

Claughton, vi, 58 n ; vii, in, 113 «,
171 n, 194 n, 266 n, 269, 273,
288 n, 291, 292, 293, 296, 296 «,
297 », 299, 313 n, 318 n, 324-30 ;
chap., vii, 330 ; char., vii, 300 ;
man., vii, 291, 325; Rom. Cath.,
vi, 330

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A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Claughton, Ad. de, vii, 172 n, 325 n'
326, 328 «, 330 n ; Agnes de,
vii, 48 n ; Avice de, vii, 330 n ;
Bimme de, vii, 326 n ; Cecily de,
vii, 98 n ; Dawkin de, vii, 48 n ;
John, vi, 198 n ; Jordan de, vii,
98 n ; Lawr., vi, 198 n ; Margery
de, vii, 326 » ; Maud de, vii,
326 n, 328 n ; Mich, de, vii, 325 n,
328 n ; Patrick de, vii, 326 n ;
Ralph de, vii, 326 n; Rich, de, vii,
130 n, 325 n, 326, 328 n, 330 n ;
Rob. de, vii, 107 «, 326 n, 328 n ;
Rog. de, vii, 326 n ; Thos. de, vii,
328 « ; Walt, de, vii, 325 n, 326 n,
328 n ; Will, de, vii, 328 n, 330 «

Claughton Hall (Claughton), vii,
328

Claughton House (Claughton), vii,

33° »

Claughton-on-Brock, see Claughton

Claverell Hey (Clitheroe), vi, 366 n

Claverhole (Marsden), vi, 540

Claxton, Lawr., vii, 80

Clay, Alf. B., vi, 291 ; Rev. John,
vi, 299

Claybutts (Shevington) , vi, 202 n

Clay Croft (Wigan Woodhouses),
vi, 191 n

Claycroft Yate (Clayton-le-Moors) ,
vi, 418 n

Clayton, brook, vi, 289

Clayton, Abigail, vi, 64 n, 150 M,
250 ; vii, 218 n ; Ad. (de), vi, 4 n,
12 n, 24 n, 29, 30, 30 n, 34 n,
390, 402 n ; vii, 55 n ; Agnes de,
vi, 347 n ; Aldred de, vi, 258 ;
Alice (de), vi, 29 «, 30 n, 34 n,
250, 402 n, 418 n ; vii, 55 n ;
Anne, vi, 285-86 ; Avice de, vi,
69 n ; Beatrice de, vi, 258 ;
Benj., vi, 50 n; Cecily de, vi,
418 ; Dorothy, vi, 35 ; Edw., vi,

250, 262 n ; Eliz., vi, 30 «, 543 ;
Ellen (de), vi, 12 », 30, 35 n,
250 n ; vii, 55 n ; Fran., vi, 344 ;
Geoff, (de), vi, 250, 320, 324 ;
Geo., vi, 19 n, 250, 269 n ; Gerald
de, vi, i, 29, 59 ; Giles, vi, 250,
416 ; Grolamby de, vi, 7 n ;
Hamlet de, vii, 55 n ; Hawise de,
vi, 29 « ; Henrietta, vi, 219 ;
Hen. (de), vi, 245 n, 249, 258,
259, 282, 347 n, 390, 398, 400,
409 n, 410, 411 n, 412, 413, 414 n,
417, 418, 475 n, 490, 499 n, 552 n ;
vii, 16, 43, 48 n, 54 n, 55 n,
57 n ; Hugh, vi, 260 ; Isabel (de),
vi, 30, 63 n, 457, 474 n, 477 n ;
vii, 16, 55 n ; Jas. (de), vi, 30,
499 n ; Jane, vi, 35 n, 250 ; Janet,
vi, 35 n ; Joan (de), vi, 21 n,
77 n ; Rev. John, vi, 29 ; John
(de), vi, 3 n, 10, 10 n, 14 n, 21 n,

29, 30, 32 n, 34 n, 35, 37 n, 49,
50 n, 58 «, 62 n, 63 n, 69 n, 77 n,
non, 113 M, 219 n, 246 », 250,

251, 260, 393 n, 409, 410, 418,
473 », 543, 545 «, 547 : vii, 55 «,
121 n, 138 «, 218 n; Jordan de,
vi, 258 n ; Leonard, vi, 237, 241,
263, 490 ; Marg. (de), vi, 250,
250 n, 335 n, 411, 418, 543, 547;
Margery (de), vi, 34 n, logn,
282 ; vii, 55 n ; Mary, vi, 141 ;
Matilda de, vi, 418 ; Maud, vi,
30 n ; Miles, vi, 510 n ; Nich., vi,
250 ; Pet., vi, 1 6 n ; Phil, de, vi,
34 nj 457, 474 «, 477 »; vii, 16,
55 n, 57 n; Ralph (de), vi, 27 n,

30, 30 n, 35, 249, 250, 258, 259,
298 n, 475 n, 553 n ; vii, 54 n, 55,
57 n ; Sir Rich., vi, 218, 219,
219 n, 220, 223, 279 ; Rev. Rich.,
vi, 35 ; Rich, (de), vi, 23, 29 n,

Clayton (cont.)

34 n, 35, 190, 218, 219 M, 279,
489 ; Sir Rob., vi, 219 n ; Rev.
Rob., bp., vii, 138 ; Rob. (de),
vi, i, 7 n, 14 «, 26 n, 29, 30 n,
32 n, 34 n, 35, 219 », 250 ; vii,
!6, 55 n ; Rose, vi, 250, 250 n ;
R., vi, 419 ; Sarah de, vii, 55 n ;
Susan, vi, 250, 251 ; Swain de,
vi, 324 ; Col. Thos., vi, 543, 547 ;
Thos. (de), vi, 16 n, 26 n, 28 n,
30 n, 32 M, 35, 50 n, 62 n, 64 n,
141, 150 n, 183, 186, 218, 219 n,
223, 223 n, 249, 250, 251, 285-
86, 299, 322 n, 327 n, 347 n, 411,
417; vii, 55 n, n6n, 121 n,
138 n, 218 n ; Warine de, vi, 29,
30 n, 79 n, 262 ; Rev. Will., vi,
283; Will, (de), vi, 16 », 27 n,
30 n, 34 n, 35 n, 36, 48, 250,
253 n, 258, 262 n, 282, 298 n,
335 n; vii, 42, 120 n, 138 n,
228, 249 ; Rev. — , vi, 274 ; — ,
vi, 446 n, 471 n ; fam., vi, 187 n,
198, 263 n, 528

Clayton Brook (Clayton-le-Woods) ,
vi, 29

Clayton Grange (Clayton -le-Dale) ,
vi, 258

Clayton Green (Clayton-le-Woods),
vi, 10, 29 ; Rom. Cath., vi, 32

Clayton Hall (Clayton-le-Moors),
vi, 417, 419

Clayton Hall (Clayton-le-Woods),
vi, 31

Clayton Hey (Clayton-le-Dale), vi,
257, 260

Clayton in Laylondshire, see Clay-
ton-le-Woods

Clayton-le-Dale, vi, 235, 257-59,
393 n ; man., vi, 232, 234, 258

Clayton - le - Dale - cum - Showley,
vi, 257

Clayton-le-Moors, vi, 234, 349,
356 n, 411, 412, 412 n, 417-23,
426 ; vii, 133 n, 136 n ; char., vi,
416 ; ch., vi, 423 ; coal-mines, vi,
417, 419 ; ind., vi, 417 ; man., vi,
417, 420 n ; mill, vi, 418; Non-
conf., vi, 423 ; Rom. Cath., vi, 423

Clayton-le-Woods, vi, 3, 6 n, 29, 37,
58 n ; char., vi, 10 ; cross, vi, 29 ;
man., vi, 29, 39, 64 n ; Nonconf.,
vi, 32 ; Rom. Cath., vi, 32

Clayton Mill (Salesbury), vi, 253 n

Cleanfield (Tarnacre), vii, 271 n

Clederowe, see Clitheroe

Clegg, Rich., vii, 145, 148, 149 n ;
Mrs., vii, 149 n ; Rev. — , vii,
165

Clement, Vincent, vi, 543

Clerk (Clerke), John, vi, 445, 445 n,
496 ; Marg., vii, 331 n, 445 ; Rob.
(the), vii, 223, 226 n, 231 n; — ,
vi, 549 n ; see also Clark

Clerk Hill (Whalley), vi, 303 n, 381,

387

Clerkson, see Clarkson

Clett, Rob. de, vi, 72 n

Cleveland, Rich., vii, 71 «

Cleveley, vii, 68, 291, 300 n, 304,
304 n, 305 ; mill, vii, 270 n, 302 n

Cleveleys (Thornton), vii, 232 ; ch.,
vii, 236, 237

Cleyton, see Clayton

Clibard, vi, 338 n

Cliderhou, see Clitheroe

Cliff (Cliffe), Alex, de, vi, 24 «,
28 n ; Alice del, vi, 303 ; John
(de), vi, 28 n, 103, 290 n ; Kath.,
vi, 28 n ; Rich, (de, del), vi, 28 «,
89, 107 n, 290 w, 303 ; Thos., vi,
28 n; Will, (del), vi, 24 n, 27*1,
28 n, 189

Cliffe (Gt. Harwood), vi, 338

356

Clifford, Lady Mary L., vii, 7 n
Ld., vii, 7 n ; Thos., Ld., vi, 316 n

Clifford, Joan, vi, 162 n ; Matilda,
vi, 316 n ; Thos., vi, 162 n ; Will.,
vi, 535 ; — , vi, 536

Clifton (Clifton-with-Salwick), vii,
143, 144 n, 146 n, 149 n, 161-5;
ch., vii, 165 ; man., vii, 161, 164 n,
281 n

Clifton (Habergham Eaves), vi,
445 n, 454

Clifton, Alice de, vii, 162 n ; Aline
de, vii, 162 n ; Anne, vi, 99 n ;
vii, 164 », 198, 215 «; Bridg.,
Lady, vii, 164 n ; Chas. F., set
Donington, Ld. ; Christiana de,
vii, 328 n ; Chris., vi, 95 «, 99 n ;
Sir Cuth., vii, 144, 174 n ; Col.
Cuth., vii, 164 ; Cuth., vi, 33 n ;
vii, 127, 135 n, 145 n, 152 n,
157 n, 158 n, 162, 163, 163 n,
164 n, 170 n, 174 n, 175 n, 180 n,
181 n, 215, 223 n, 241, 242*1,
254 n, 260 n, 275 n, 281 n, 283 n ;
Dorothy, vii, 164 n ; Capt. Edw.,
vi, 172 ; Egelina de, vii, 175 n ;
Eleanor, vii, 164 n ; Eliz. (de),
vi, 172; vii, 163, 163 n, 193 n,
230 n, 275 n ; Ellen, vii, 163 n ;
Geo., vii, 164 « ; Gerv., vii, 144,
149, 164 n ; Gilb. de, vi, 33 n,
76 n, 79 n, 220 n, 301, 332 « ;
vii, 207 «, 328 « ; Harriet, vi,
172; Hen. (de), vii, 151 n, 161,

162 n, 174 n, 175 n, 192 «, 242 n ;
Isabel (de), vii, 162 n, 163 n,
I75n> 192 «, 198; Jas., vii,
149 n, 162 n, 163 n, 164 n, 283 n;
Jane, vii, 163 n, 164 n, 166 n ;
Joan, vii, 198, 198 n, 269 ; John
(de), vi, 89 n ; vii, 142 n, 162 n ,

163 n, 164 n, 165 n, 175 «, 255 ;
John T., vii, 164, 215, 218 ; Kath.
de, vii, 52 n, ii8«, 162 n ;
Lawr., vii, 164 n; Marg. (de), vi,
99 **, 3°3-3°4 « ; vii, 162 w, 164 n,
271 ; Margery de, vi, 304 ; vii,
162 n, 175 n ; Mary, vii, 164 n ;
Matth., vi, 95 n, 99 n ; Maud (de),
vi, 99 n, non ; Sir Nich. de, vii,
162 ; Nich. de, vii, 163 n ; Osbert
de, vi, 303 ; Rich, (de), vi, 304 ;
vii, 162 n, 163 n, 193, 198 ; Sir
Rob. de, vii, 162 ; Rob. (de), vi,
33 n; vii, 4 n, non, 162 n,
163%, 166 n, 175, 175 n, 230 n,
270 ; Rog. de, vi, 98 n ; vii, 110 n ;
Sir Thos., vii, 145, 164, 218 n,
219; Thos. (de), vi, 98 n, ggn,

274, 4°4» 4*5, 534 n '• vii, 52 »,
n8», 142 «, 145, 148 «, 149 M,

151 », 162, 162 «, 163, 163 n,
164, 164 n, 165 «, 170 », 174 n,
I75, *75 w, X8o «, 187 «, 207 n,
216, 217, 218, 219, 241, 242 n,
249 ; Sir T., vii, 175 n ; T., vii,
289 n ; Walt, de, vi, 303; vii,
175 M, 193 n ; Sir Will, de, vii,

162, 163 n, 175 n ; Will, (de), vi,
33 n, 99 n, 304; vii, 4 n, 41 «,
94 », now, 135 n, 149 n, 151 n,

152 n, 158 «, 161, 161 n, 162 «,

163, 164 n, 168 M, 173 n, 175 n,
181 «, 192, 193, 193 n, 198, 198 n,
215 n, 235 n, 242, 269, 271,
281 n; — , vi, 495 «; vii, 104 M,
214, 283; fam., vii, 127, 141 n,
143, 146 », 152 n

Clifton House (Goosnargh), see
Latus House

Clifton Marsh (Clifton-with-Sal-
wick), vii, 162 «, 165

Cliftun, see Clifton

Clippende esche-cloh (Sunderland ) ,
vi, 317

INDEX

Clipston, Rob. de, vi, 87 n ; Walt,
de, vi, 87

Clitherall, Alice, vii, 165 n ; Eliz.,
vii, 150 n ; Thos., vii, 265 ; see
also Clitheroe

Clitheroe (Clithero), vi, 233 n, 349,
356 «, 360-72, 390 n, 391, 470 n,
492, 494 n, 499, 540, 553 n, 558 ;
vii, i, 23, 307 ; adv., vi, 370 ;
chant., vi, 369, 372 n ; char., vi,
372 ; ch., vi, 361, 369 ; cross, vi,
368 n ; ind., vi, 361 ; man., vi,

364, 497 »; vii, 55 n, 197, 197 «,
283 n, 331 n ; mkts. and fairs, vi,
364 n, 368, 369, 375 n ; mill, vi,

364 n, 367, 488, 489 n ; mines, vi,
362 ; Nonconf., vi, 371, 372 ;
place-names, vi, 393 n ; pretors,
vii, 94 n ; Rom. Cath., vi, 372 ;

E*"sch., vi, 372

Clitheroe, brook, vi, 365 n

Clitheroe, hon., vi, 230, 232, 233,
361, 362, 405, 409, 476, 477 n,
489, 497, 503, 545, 552; vii, 2,
27, 36, 45, 52, 54, 6l

Clitheroe, Sir Ad. (de), vi, 327 n,

331 «, 335, 365 «, 375«,*393«;
vii, 16, 16 n, 61, 326 ; Ad. de, vi,

233 «, 254, 258, 259, 293 », 330 n,
335 n, 336, 365 n, 393 «, 407,
5°3 n, 5°8 n ; vii, 4 n, 33 «, 47 «,
55 n> 57 n '• Agnes, vi, 254 n,
366 n ; Alan de, vi, 365 n, 366 n ;
Alex, (the Clerk of), vi, 366 n ;
Alex, (de), vi, 365 n, 366 « ;
Alice (de), vi, 366 n ; vii, 17,
48 n ; Alicia, Lady de, vii, 61 ;
Amabel de, vi, 254 n ; Amice
de, vi, 366 n ; Annota de, vi,
366 n ; Avice (Lucy), vi, 365 n ;
Buband de, vi, 366 n ; Cecily
(de), vi, 253, 254, 258, 259 n,

365 n, 393 n ; vii, 55 n, 57 n ;
Christiana de, vii, 4 n ; Edm. de,
vii, 1 6, 17 ; Eleanor de, vii, 16 ;
Eliz., vi, 366 n ; vii, 17 ; Ellen
(de), vii, 17, 326; Ellis de, vi,

365 n ; Emma, vi, 365 n, 366 n ;
Eustachia de, vi, 365 n ; Geoff,
de, vi, 365 n ; Hen. de, vi, 365 n,

366 n, 503 ; vii, 3, 14 «, 16, 19,
48 n ; Sir Hugh de, vi, 330 n,

365, 368 n; Hugh de, vi, 253,
254, 254 n, 258, 293 n, 335 n,
336, 366 n, 393 n ; vii, 16, 16 n,
33 », 47 n, 57 n; Isabel (de), vi,
254, 365 «, 390, 471 » ; vii, 16 n,
J7> 57 n '> John (de), vi, 365 «,
366 n, 371 n, 377 n, 390; vii, 3,
14 n, 16 n ; Jordan de, vi, 365 n,

366 n ; Karnwath de, vi, 365 «,

367 n, 393 « ; Lambert of, vi,

365 n ; Lucy de, vi, 365 n ;
Marg. (de), vii, 17 n, 208 n ;
Nich. (de), vii, 16, 19 n, 208 n ;
Paulin, vi, 366 n ; Pet. de, vi,
366 « ; Quenilda de, vi, 365 n,
393 n ; Ralph (de), vi, 358, 365 «,

366 n, 371 n, 393 n ; vii, 17,
200 «, 213 n ; Rich, (de), vi, 254,
254 n, 365 «, 366 n, 367 n ; vii,
3, 14 «, 17, 57 «, 165, 211 n ; Sir
Rob. de, vi, 365 n ; vii, 57 » ;
Rob. (de), vi, 254, 258-9 ,
259«, 33i n, 335, 335^ 365 n,
366 n, 375 n, 393, 393 n, 471 n ;
vii, 14 «', 16, 17, 17 «, 19, 55 n,
57 n, 208 n ; Sir Rog., vii, 16 ;
Rog. de, vi, 254, 254 n, 258,
258 n, 293 n, 335, 336, 365 n,
366 n ; vii, 4 n, 57 n ; Sibyl de,
vi, 254, 258, 259 «, 365 n, 393 ;
Siegrith de, vi, 365 n ; Thos. (de),
vi, 254 «, 365 n, 366 n ; vii, 17,
1 8 ; Walt, de, vi, 365 n ; Will, de,

Clitheroe (cont.)

vi, 365 n, 366 «, 390, 393 n, 503
see also Clitherall

Clitheroe Castle, vi, 230, 231, 360,
362, 367 n, 439 n, 482, 487, 489,
554 n ; chap., vi, 369, 552 »

Clitheroe Estate Co., vi, 362

Clitheroe Moor, vi, 349

Cliviger, vi, 233 n, 349, 356 n, 441,
442, 450, 451 n, 453 n, 457, 459,
478-87, 553 » : vii, 55 n ; agnc.,
vi, 443 ; ch., vi, 486 ; coal mines,
vi, 479, 486 ; coins, vi, 479 ;
grange, vi, 424 ; man., vi, 232,

424, 458, 479 ; mill, vi, 479 ;
quarries, vi, 479 ; Rom. rem., vi,

479

Cliviger, Ad. de, vi, 480 n, 485 « ;
Agnes de, vi, 485 n ; Cecily de,
vi, 485 n ; Gilb. de, vi, 480 n ;
Herb, de, vi; 485 n ; John de, vi,
485 n ; Matth. de, vi, 485 « ;
Maud de, vi, 485 n ; Reg. de, vi,
480 « ; Rob. de, vi, 480 n, 485 n
Cliviger Moor, vi, 233 n
Clogher, Rob. Clayton, bp. of, vii,

138

Closbroke (Walton-le-Dale) , vi, 290
Close Brow (Rishton), vi, 345
Cloth Hall (Colne), vi, 523, 533
Cloudsley, John, vi, 146
Clough, the (Withnell), vi, 48 n
Clough, Ad. de (del), vi, 47 «, 336,
366 n, 503, 508 n ; Alice de (del),
vi, 47 n, 503 n ; Fran., vii, 13 ;
Joan del, vi, 109 n, 376 n, 397 «,
504; John del, vi, 366 n, 376 n,
397 n, 5°3, 5°4 n> 5°6 ; Kath.
del, vi, 376 n, 503 ; Pet., vi,
377 n ; Ralph, vi, 377 n, 447 n ;
Rob. del, vi, 109 n, 503 n ; Thos.
del, vi, 374 n

Clough Bank (Ribchester), vii, 57 n
Clough Fold (Newchurch), vi, 437,

439 «, 44°, 441
Cloughhead, beck, vi, 540 n
Clough House (Grindleton) vii, 15
Clough Houses (Haslingden), vi,

43i

Cloughson (Worsthorne) , vi, 477 n
Cloughton's messuage (Walton), vi,

296
Clow Bridge (Dunnockshaw), vi,

5<>7, 5H

Clyvacher, Clyvechir, see Cliviger
Cnavnecastel, see Knavecastle
Cnolal, see Knolhale
Coal mines, vi, 233 «, 270, 272 «,

278, 284, 338, 345, 417, 419, 423,

425, 434, 442, 442 n, 454, 468,
474, 479, 486, 487, 490, 492, 523,
524, 528 n, 537, 547 n, 548

Coalpit Green (Trawden), vi, 552 n
Coalpit Moor, see Whinney Edge
Coates (Cotes), Rev. John F., vi,

334 ; Hen. de, vi, 556 n
Cobden, Rich., vi, 513
Cob Oak (Salesbury), vi, 256
Cock and Hen, field (Elswick), vii,

284 n

Cockayne, Sir Will., vi, 293 n
Cock Bridge (Gt. Harwood), vi, 338
Cockcroft (Ribchester), vii, 49 n
Cockden (Briercliffe), vi, 471 «
Cockden, Higher (Briercliffe), vi,

471 «

Cockden Lane (Briercliffe), vi, 469
Cocker, riv., vii, 69 n
Cocker, Anne, vi, 237 n
Cocker Brook (Oswaldtwistle), vi,

405 ; ch., vi, 409
Cockerham, vii, 68, 69 n, 71, 291,

3°o, 332, 333 »

Cockerham, Rog. de, vii, 320 «
Cockersand, Rog. de, vii, 297

357

Cockersand Abbey, vi, 25, 28, 29 n,
48, 67, 68 n, 69 n, 96, 103, 103 n,
104 «, 105 n, 108, 116, 151, 154,
164, 170 n, 171, 176, 180 n, 188 M,
197, 202, 203 n, 21471, 222; vii,
16, 19, 52 «, 97, too n, 118 «, 126,
129 n, 130 «, 132, 132 n, 134, 136,
I53> !57 M, 161 w, 166, 167 n, 168,
169, 172 n, 174, 175, 177 n, 179 n,
180, i8o«, 181, 181 n, 183, 184,
187, 190, 192 w, 198 n, 199, 207 w,
209 n, 213, 222 w, 227, 228, 242,

250, 252 n, 254, 256 n, 257 «,
259, 271, 272, 273, 277 «, 279,
281, 284, 296, 297, 299, 300, 305 n ,
306 n, 311, 313 n, 318, 324, 328 n,
330 n, 332, 332 n, 333, 334 ;
abbots of, Hereward, vii, 180 n,
260 ; Rob., vii, 97 ; Rog., vii,
297 » ; Thos., vii, 297 n

Cockersley, Rich, de, vi, 405 n
Cockeyside (Rishton), vi, 347
Cockham (Haslingden) , vi, 430 n
Cockhill Clough (Trawden), vi, 551
Cockin, Thos., vii, 165
Cockleach (Thornley), vii, 32
Cockpit Field (Preston) , vii, 79 n
Cocks, Thos., see Awton
Cocksfield (Mawdesley) , vi, 99 «
Cockshaw (Downham), vi, 556 n
Gockshaw Dyke (Downham), vi,

556 n

Cockshott (Simonstone) , vi, 499 n
Cockshott (Cockshutt), Alice, vi,

250 ; Amee, vi, 413 n ; Edm., vi,

251, 342, 499; Edw., vi, 493 ;
Geo., vi, 250 ; Hen., vi, 494 n ;
John, vi, 503; Rog., vi, 342,
493; Thos., vi, 342, 413 n; vii,
291

Codec (Dutton), vii, 58 n

Coer, see Coore

Cofhill (Coufhull), Ad. de, vii, 57 n ;

Rich, de, vi, 249 ; Rob. de, vii,

57 n
Coghull, Joan de, vi, 321 ; Rog. de,

vi, 321
Coins, vi, 115, 182, 235, 259, 301 ;

vii, 179 ; Portuguese, vi, 465 ;

Rom., vi, 10, 32, 50, 69, 108, 278,

289, 372, 442, 479, 523, 523 »

vii, 219 n
Cokayne-Frith, Rev. Colin, vi,

22 n ; Col. Reg., vi, 22; Maj.,

vi, 22 n

Cokewell butts (Clitheroe), vi, 368 n
Colborne (Culban), Chris., vii, 167 n;

Hen., vii, 149 n, 205, 206 n ;

John, vii, 158 n
Colcoth, — , vi, 1 06
Coldcoats, vi, 349, 388, 391, 421 n,

457, 458
Coldcoats, Hugh de, vi, 391 n ;

Joan de, vi, 391 n ; Rich, de, vi,

391, 391 w I Will, de, vi, 391 n
Cold Coniston (Yorks), vi, 551 n
Coldewelding (Clitheroe), vi, 365 n
Cold Hill (Welch Whittle), vi,

204 n
Coldweather House (Marsden), vi,

540, 546 n
Coldwedridding (Clitheroe), vi.

365 «
Coldwell (Briercliffe), vi, 468 n,

524 «, 536 n
Cole, Dorothy, vii, 314 ; Jane, vii,

239 n ; Thos., vii, 239 n ; Thos.

B., vii, 314 ; Will., vii, 76, 86
Cole Clough (Burnley), vi, 448 n,

457

Colecross (Preesall), vii, 256 «
Coleford (Preston), vii, 137 n
Coler, Eliz., vi, 16 n ; John, vi, 16 n ;

Margery, vi, 26 n ; Rob., vi, 26 «,

28 n

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Colevill (Colville), Avice de, vi,
296 ; John de, vi, 296 ; Marg.,
vi, 296 ; Will, de, vi, 291, 296
Colicroft (Ribchester), vii, 55 n
Collan, Ad., vii, 173 n ; Alice, vii,
171 n, 173 n ; Juliana, vii, 173 n ;
Rob., vi, 336; Rog., vii, 171 w,

173 »

College farms (Hothersall), vii, 66 n
Colley, Reg., vii, 13
Colley's Garden (Preston), vii, 79 «
Collinge, Misses, vi, 471 n
Collinhouse (Hapton), vi, 511
Collins, Rev. Thos., vi, 452 ; Thos.

F., vi, 404

Collinson, Agnes, vi, 411 n ; Alice,

vi, 402 n, 411 n ; Edm., vi, 402 n ;

Hen., vi, 402 n ; Isabel, vi, 400 «,

402*1; John, vi, nott, 402 «,

411 n ; Rich., vi, uo«, 411 »;

Rob., vi, 260 ; Sam. E., vii, 124 ;

Thos., vi, 402 n, 425 n ; Will.,

vi, 400 n, 402 n ; — , vii, 78 n

Collond Banks (Alston), vii, 63

Colmore, Rich., vii, 190 n ; Will, de,

vii, 1 88, 189 n

Colne, vi, 349, 356 n, 469, 492,
522-36, 537, 538, 539 «, 540, 546,
547, 547 «, 550, 552 ; adv., vi,
534 ; ' Angel ' inn, vi, 536 ;
chaps., vi, 532-3, 535, 544 n ;
char., vi, 536 ; ch., vi, 530, 543,
544 «, 547 n ; Cloth Hall, vi,
523 ; coal-mines, vi, 523 n, 524,
547 n ; cross, vi, 524, 534, 535 n ;
earthworks, vi, 523 n ; ind., vi,
523 ; man., vi, 232, 233 n, 361 «,
489, 524, 551 ; mkts. and fairs,
vi, 523; mills, vi, 524, 540;
Nonconf., vi, 535 ; Rom. Cath., vi,
536 ; Rom. rem., vi, 523 ; sch.,
vi, 523, 536 ; sundial, vi, 533
Colne Co-operative Society, vi, 525
Colne Hall (Colne), vi, 523, 525
Colneknoll, Rich, de, vi, 480
Colne Viver (Colne), vi, 527 «
Colne Water, vi, 522, 536, 541, 548,

549
Colous, Janet, vii, 306 n ; Will.,

vii, 306 w
Colsnapehead (Worsthorne) , vi,

477 n

Coltepark (Button), vii, 57 n
Colthey (Myerscough) , vii, 139 n
Colthurst (Clitheroe), vi, 367 «
Colthurst, Abra., vi, 419 ; Ad. de,
vi, 39° I Agnes de, vi, 390 ;
Anne, vi, 419 ; Edm., vi, 366 «,
367 n, 395 ; Edw., vi, 367 ;
Eleanor, vi, 367 n ; Ellis de, vi,
390; Giles, vi, 395, 396; Hen.,
vi, 367 n, 395, 396 ; Jane, vi,
395 n ; Marg. de, vi, 390 ; Rich.,
vi, 395 n ; Thos., vi, 367 «
Coltman, Alice, vi, 34 n ; Thos., vi,

34 »

Colton, Rev. Will., vi, 299
Colville, see Colevill
Combe Hill, vi, 548
Combe Hill Cross (Trawden), vi,

548

Comberhalgh (Whittingham) , vii,
194 n, 207, 208 n, 209 n, 210, 212

Comberhalgh (Cumberhalgh) , Ag-
nes de, vii, 197 n ; Alice de, vii,
212 « ; Amery de, vii, 209 n,
212 « ; Eva de, vii, 212 n ; Hen.
de, vii, 209 n, 21211; Rich, de,
vii, 209 n, 212 n ; Rog. de, vii,
197 n, 212 n ; Thos. de, vii,
209 n, 212 n

Comey, Geo., vi, 88

Comforth Hall, man. (Whitting-
ham), vii, 208

Compley (Poulton), vii, 225

Compsy (Compsty), Ad. de, vii,
107 n ; Alice de, vii, 107 n ; Hen.,
vii, 106 n ; John, vii, 106 n ; Will.,
vii, 1 06 «

Compton (Ribby), vii, 158

Compton, Sarah M., vi, 23 « ; Thos.,
vi, 23 n

Comylache (Leyland), vi, 15 n

Coney, Sir Will., vi, 226 n

Congregationalists, vi, 17, 74, 108,
"4, 147, !54> 220, 248, 252, 275,
278, 283, 289, 299, 334, 348, 371,
372 «, 396 «, 399, 4°9, 427, 441,
453, 468, 496, 535, 541, 544 ; vii,
19, 32, 51, 53, 103, 113, 138, 171,
181, 190, 205, 218, 237, 251, 284,
304, 311, 312

Corners, see Conyers

Conigree (Claughton), vii, 322, 329 n

Coningsby, Sir Rich., vii, 199 n,
216 n

Conisburgh, John de, vii, 71 «, 147

Conishead Priory (Ulverston), vi,
383 ; vii, 200

Connell, Geo., vi, 237 »

Consett, Mary, vi, 286 ; Ralph, vi,
286

Constablee, Constablegh, see Con-
stable Lee

Constable Lee (Lower Booths), vi,
233 n, 435-36

Conway, Ellen de, vii, 62 n ; Sir
Hen. de, vii, 27 n, 62 n

Conyers (Corners), Agnes de, vii,
173 n ; Alice de, vii, 171 », 172 « ;
Joan, vii, 173 n; Ralph de, vii,
173 n ; Sir Rob. de, vii, 172 n \
Rob. de, vi, 314 n ; vii, 171 «,

172 n, 173 n ; Will, de, vii, 172 n,

173 n

Conylache (Leyland), vi, n », 109 n
Coo Hill (Coohyll) (Ditton), vi, 265
Cook (Cooke), Eliza, vi, 118; John
(the), vi, 95 n, 497 n ; vii, 263 n ;
Margery, vi, 497 n ; Rich, (the) ,
vi, 552 n, 555 ; Rog. the, vi,
497 n ; Capt., vi, 361 ; Mrs., vi,
471 n ; — , vii, 243 n
Cookall, Will., vii, 150 n
Cooke's House (Mawdesley), vi, 94 n
Cook Green Farm (Forton), vii, 300
Cookson, Rich., vii, 205 n, 206
Cooling, see Cowling
Coomber, Mary, vii, 264 n ; Thos.,

vii, 264 n

Coombes, Will., vi, 181
Coope, see Cowpe

Cooper, Anne, vi, 149 n ; Benj., vi,
51 n, 52, 114, 229; Eleanor, vi,
28 n ; Eliz., vi, 148 n, 191 « ;
Hugh, vi, 129, 130, 148, 149 M,
191 n, 198 « ; vii, 194 ; John, vi,
167, 206 «, 297 n, 307 ; vii, 181 ;
Oliver, vi, 147 ; Rich., vi, 149 n,
166 n, 260 ; Rob., vi, 28 n, 149 n ;
Rev. Thos., vi, 319 ; Thos., vi,
149 n ; vii, 246 n ; see also Cowper
Cooper's Lane (Heskin), vi, 166
Coore (Coer, Couer, Coure, Cover,
Covere), Ad. de, vii, 196, 196 n ;
Alice de, vii, 198 n ; Christiana
de, vii, 196 ; Geoff, de, vii, 196,
196 n, 197 n ; Gilb. de, vii, 196 n ;
Grimbald de, vii, 196, 198 n ;
Hilda de, vii, 196 n ; Jane de, vii,
196 n ; John de, vii, 31 n, 196 « ;
Maud de, vii, 31 n ; Rich., vii,
31 n, 196 ; Will, de, vii, 196 «, 198
Cooton, see Cottam and Cotton
Cophull, Cophulle, see Coppull
Copp (Gt. Eccleston), vii, 276
chap., vii, 266 ; sch., vii, 266 n
Copp, hill, vii, 276
Coppedhurst (Chipping), vii, 30 n
Coppedhurst, John de, vi, 262

358

Coppedlaw (Clitheroe), vi, 365 n

Coppel, see Coppull

Coppetlauche (Clitheroe), vi, 365 «

Copphull, see Coppull

Coppinger, Hen., vi, 200 n

Coppull, vi, 58 n, 182, 187 n, 224-9 ;
char., vi, 191 ; ch., vi, 229 ;
man., vi, 224 ; Nonconf., vi, 229

Coppull (Cophull, Cophulle, Coppel,
Copphull, Crophull), Agnes de, vi,
225 n, 226 n ; Alice (de), vi,
225 » ; vii, 1 66 n ; Amice de, vi,
225 n ; Cecily (de), vi, 15 n, 225 ;
vii, 101 n ; Clemency de, vi,
225 n ; Emma de, vi, 164*1,
225 n ; Gilb., vi, 225 n ; Hen. (de) ,
vi, 15 «, 225 « ; vii, 101 n ;
Isabel, vi, 225 ; Jas., vi, 225 n ;
Joan de, vi, 225 » ; John (de) ,
vi, 15 n, 62 n, 142, 164 n, 212 n,

224 M, 225 n, 226 n, 228 n, 267 n ,
285 n ; vii, 101 n, 125 n, i66«,
169 n, 173 n, 284 « ; Margery de,
vi, 225 n ; Maud (de), vi, 225 n ;
Rich, (de), vi, 62 n, 224, 225 n,
285 n ; Rob., vi, 225 n ; Thos.
(de), vi, 224 n, 225 », 227 n ;
Will, (de), vi, 142, i6o», i8on,

225 n ; vii, 166 n ; fam., vii, 283 n
Coppull Hall (Standish), vi, 183
Coppy Clough (Church), vi, 399
Copthull, see Coppull
Copthurst (Padiham), vi, 493
Copwood, Will., vii, 333 n
Corbridge, John, vi, 372 n
Corcola (Stalmine), vii, 252
Corcolcar (Kirkham), vii, 160 n
Cordell, Thos., vi, i6o«

Core (Chipping), vii, 26; man.,

vii, 31

Corfield, Rev. Ashley T., vi, 283
Corles, fam., see Corless
Corles Mill, vii, 270 n
Corless (Corles), John, vii, 300 ;

Tim., vi, 74, 74 n ; vii, 291
Cornall, Rich., vii, 273 ; see also

Cornoe

Cornay, Ad. de, vii, 153 n ; Row-
land, vii, 179 n; Warine de, vii,

271

Corner Row (Kirkham), see Cornoe
Cornfield (Ightenhill Park), vi, 487,

489

Cornfield Close (Medlar), vii, 153
Cornholm (Larbreck), vii, 182 n
Cornholme (Cliviger), vi, 479
Cornhull, Will, de, vi, 413 n
Cornhurst (Accrington) , vi, 425 n
Cornleyyeth (Ribchester), vii, 48 n]
Cornoe (Greenhalgh) , vii, 179,

i8ow; man., vii, 181 ; sch., vii,

181
Cornoe, Ad. de, vii, 17911; Hen.,

vii, 181 n ; Rob., vii, 181 n ;

Rowland, vii, 181 n ; see also

Cornall

Cornthwaite, Rob., vii, 81
Cornwall, John, earl of, vii, 302 n ;

Rich., earl of, vii, 146 w
Corrit, John, vii, 245
Cort, Edw., vi, 404
Cortes (Cortays), Agnes de, vi,

398*1; Emot, vi, 398 «; Rob.,

vi, 398 n ; Will., vi, 398 n ; vii,

204

Corwyn, Will., vii, 245 n
Coseney (Cosney), Dorothy, vii, 89 ;

John, vii, 113 n ; Thos., vii, 138 n
Cosson, John, vii, 113 n; Thos.,

vii, 113 M

Coteflatt (Hackinsall), vii, 256 n
Cotes, see Coates
Gotham, see Cottam
Cotom, Coton, see Cottam and

Cotton

INDEX

Cottam, vii, 72, 76, 79, 80, 91, 129,
132 «, 133 n ; fisheries, vii, 136 ;
ind., vii, 129 ; man., vii, 134 ;
Rom. Cath., vii, 104 n

Cottam (Cotom), Ad., vi, 353, 354,
355, 383 n, 388 ; Alice, vi, 354 ;
vii, 152 n ; Amice, vii, 152 n ;
Anne, vi, 262 n, 405 n ; A vice de,
vii, 136 n ; Denise de, vii, 288 n ;
Dorothy, vii, 53 n ; Edith de,
vii, 134 n ; Edm. (de), vii, 53 w,
136 n ; Edw., vi, 405 n ; vii, 47 n ;
Eliz., vii, 331 n ; Ellen, vii, 53 n ;
Ellis, vii, 37, 47 n, 53 n ; Geoff,
(de), vii, 134 n, 136 n, 331 n ;
Geo., vii, 125 n ; Hen. (de), vii,
125 n, 136 n, 152 n, 213 n, 331 n ;
Hugh, vii, 330 n ; Jas., vii, 152 n,
200 n ; Janet, vii, 200 n ; Joan,
vii, 152 n ; John (de), vi, 295 ;
vii, 53, 125 n, 134 n, 136 n, 147,
152 w, 169 n, 200 n, 265 n, 272 n,
288 n, 331 n ; Lawr., vii, 49 n,
53 n, 265 «, 329 n, 330*1; Marg.
(de), vii, 136 n, 152 n, 331 n ;
Margery (de), vi, 405 n ; vii,
136 n ; Maud, vii, 210 n ; Nich.,
vii, 331 n ; Oliver, vii, 292 «,
331 n ; Pet., vii, 152 n ; Pris-
cilla, vi, 295 ; vii, 272 n ; Rich,
(de), vi, 343; vii, 53 n, 134*1,
136*1, 297 n, 329 w, 331, 331 n;
Rob. (de), vii, 53 «, 66 *t, 134 w,
152 », 200 n, 331 n ; Rog., vii,
152 n; Thos., vii, 36, 53, 152 w,
165 «, 200 n ; Uctred, vii, 53 n ;
Will, (de), vi, 262 n ; vii, 53 n,
64 n, 66 n, 76 », 125 w, 152 n,
210 », 331 n; fam., vi, 444; see
also Cotton

Cottam Hall (Preston), vii, 76 n,

135 », 291

Cottam Moss (Preston), vii, 134 n

Cottesbach, Eustace de, vii, 84,
162 n, 321 n, 326 n

Cottingham, Hugh de, vi, 87 n

Cotton (Coton, Cooton), Eliz., vi,
92 n ; Marg., vii, 30 n ; Nich., vii,
30 n ; Rog., vi, 92 n ; Will., vii,
89 » ; see also Cottam

Cotton manufacture, vi, 260, 263,
270, 276, 278, 284, 289, 326, 338,
345, 350, 361, 372, 399, 405, 406,
409, 417, 423, 427, 434, 436, 437,
442, 409, 474, 492, 503, 507, 512,
513, 515, 519, 523, 537, 542, 544,
548 ; vii, 27, 36, 51, 78, 91, 150,
I53, 167, 320

Cottun, Cotum, Cotun, see Cottam

Couburgh, see Cowburn

Coucy, Ingram (Enguerrand, Ingel-
ram) de, vii, 302, 303, 303 n ;
Isabella de, vii, 303 ; Philippa de,
vii, 303 ; Will, de, vii, 181 n, 230,
277, 277 n, 301 n, 302, 303, 306,
308, 309, 313, 318 n, 326 n; see
also Gynes

Coufhull, see Cofhill

Couhillands (Wilpshire), vi, 335

Coulborne, see Cowburn

Coulthard, T., vii, 90 n

Coulthurst, Abra., vi, 447 n ; Alice,
vii, 56 n

Coulton, John, vii, 334 ; Rev. Will.,

vi, 343, 344

Countes Hey (Chipping) , vii, 29 n
Counton (Ribby), see Compton
Coupe, see Cowpe
Couper, see Cowper and Cooper
Coupland, Joan de, vii, 303 ; John

de, vii, 303, 316 n
Cour bridge, vi, 122 n
Coure, see Coore
Court House (Martholme), vi,

340 »

Coventry, Hen., vii, 88 n ; Rich.,
vii, 41

Cover, Covere, see Coore

Covihill (Chipping) , vii, 29 n

Cowanthwaite mill (Whittingham),
vii, 209 n

Cowban (Cowborne), Geo., vii,
160 n ; John, vi, 32 n ; — , vii,
242 n ; see also Cowburn

Cowburn (Cowburgh), man. (War-
ton), vii, 159 w, 172, 214 w

Cowburn (Coulborne, Cowborne) ,
Cecily, vi, 265 ; Chris., vii, 170 «;
Ellen, vii, 170*?; Geo., vi, 265,
285 w, 288 n ; vii, 175 n ; Hen.,
vi, 265 ; vii, 170 n ; Janet, vii,
170*1; Joan, vii, 170 n ; John,
vi, 265 ; vii, 170 n ; Judith, vii,
170 n ; Lawr., vii, 170*1, 171 n,
250 n ; Thos., vi, 265 ; Will., vii,
170 n ; see also Cowban

Cowden Brook, see Cole Clough

Cowdray (Cowdrey), John, vi, 74 n ;
Marg. de, vii, 180 n, 283 n ;
Margery de, vii, 180 n ; Rob. de,
vi, 113 n ; vii, 180 n, 283 n ; Will.
de, vii, 180 n, 283 n

Cowehey (Clayton - le - Moors) , vi ,
418 n

Cowell (Rishton), see Cowhill

Cowell (Cawvell), Anne, vii, 213 n ;
Geo., vii, 62 n ; Joan, vii, 119 n ;
John, vii, 59 n, 62 n ; Rob., vii,
85 ; Thos., vii, 119 n, 213 n ; Will,
vi, 517; vii, 124*1; see also
Cowhill

Cowfield (Catterall), vii, 324 n

Cowgill, Jas., vi, 571, 558

Cowhey Wood (Whittingham), vii,
213*1

Cow Hill (Haighton), vii, 124

Cowhill (Rishton), vi, 346 «, 347 ;
vii, 42 n

Cowhill (Koul), Ad. de, vi, 347 n ;
Rich, de, vi, 345, 347 n ; Rob. de,
vi, 400 n ; 1 hos. de, vi, 402 n ;
Uctred de, vi, 400 n ; Warine de,
vi> 400 n ; Will, de, vi, 400 *»,
402 n ; see also Cowell

Cowhill Moss (Rishton), vi, 345

Cowhope, man., vi, 233 w

Cowhope, fam. ; see Cowpe

Cowhouses (Accrington), vi, 233 n,
424 n, 425

Cowling (Chorley), vi, 129

Cowling (Cooling), Jas., vi, 143 n ;
Thurstan, vi, 143 n ; Will., vi,
143 n

Cow Moss (Coppull), vi, 229 n

Cowopp, see Cowpe

Cowpe (Lower Booths), vi, 436

Cowpe (Coope, Coupe, Cowhope,
Cowopp), Geo., vi, 301 ; Hen. de,
vi, 480, 481 n ; Jas., vi, 237 n,
280 « ; Rich., vi, 301 ; Thos., vii,
77 ; Will., vi, 303, 431 n ; vii,
138 n

Cowper, Alice, vi, 260 n ; Eliz., vi,
415 ; Gilb., vi, 260 n ; Hen., vi,
260 n, 371 *t ; Jas.; vi, 273, 274 ;
vii, 158 n ; John, vi, 3 n ; Jos.,
vii, 124 ; Maud, vii, 253 n ; Thos.,
vi, 17 »; Will., vi, 17 n, 57*1;
vii, 253 n ; see also Cooper

Cowthorpe man. (Yorks), vi, 421 n

Crabby Nook (Penwortham), vi,
56 n ; vii, 90 n

Crabtree, Alice M., vi, 441 ; Hen.,
vi, 381 ; Miles, vi, 519 ; Will., vi,
149

Cracfoot (Penwortham), vi, 68 n

Cragg, the (Foulridge), vi, 546 n

Cragg, Eleanor M., vi, 213 n, 229 n ;
Matth., vi, 167 n, 213 «, 229 n ;
Rich., vii, 26 n

359

Craggs, the (Pendle), vi, 233*?, 515
Craitate, Alured, vi, 295 n
Crakemer (Catterall), vii, 323 n
Cramer-Roberts, Rev. Fran. A. R.,

vi, 242

Cranage, Thos., vi, 80 ; vii, 204
Cranberry Moss, vi, 269
Crane, Agnes, vii, 234 n ; Anne, vii
234 n ; Edw., vi, 165 ; vii, 80
Ellen, vi, 175 n ; Geo., vii, 234 n
Hen., vi, 496 n ; Janet, vii, 234 n
John, vi, 165*1, 166 n, 175*1
Marg., vii, 234 n ; Mary, vi
165 n ; Rich., vii, 250 n ; Rob.
vii, 250 *»; see also Craven
Cranmer, Thos., archbp., vi, 298 ;

vii, 275 n

Cranshaw, fam., see Cronkshaw
Crapot (Balderston), vi, 314
Crappencrop (Kirkland), vii, 313
Crauthornland (Lea), vii, 130*1
Craven (Yorks), vi, 491
Craven, Ad. de, vi, 374 n ; Agnes,
vi, 359 n > Hen., vi, 359 n, 496 ;
Nich., vi, 448; Rich., vi, 237*1,
337, 381 n ; Rob., vi, 237 n, 337,
398 n ; see also Crane
Craven Fold (Dinckley), vi, 337
Crawshaw (Adlington), vi, 217
Crawshaw (Aighton), vii, i, 14, 14 n
Crawshaw, Jas., vi, 438 ; Thos., vi,

438, 438 *t

Crawshaw Booth, vi, 233 n, 433-4
Crawshaw Hall (Crawshaw Booth),

vi, 434

Crawshaw Head, vi, 438 n

Crawshaw Walshman's Croft (Bai-
ley), vii, 17

Crawshey (Colne), vi, 525 n

Creek, Quenilda at, vii, 183 «; Rog.
at, vii, 183 w

Creichlow, see Critchlow

Cresswell Syke (Chipping), vii, 29 n

Creswallsyke (Penwortham), vi,
62 n

Cribden Moor, vi, 230

Crichelowe, Crichlaw, Crichley,
Crichlow, see Critchlow

Crigleston, John de, vi, 545, 546

Crinsil, brook, vii, 46 n

Cripple Oak (Chipping), vii, 34 n

Crisp (Crispe), Eliz., vi, 180 n ;
Isabel, vi, 159 n ; John, vi, 161;
178, 180 ; Mary, vi, 180 *; ; Thos.,
vi, 158, 180 n

Critchlow (Creichlow, Crichelowe,
Crichlaw, Crichley, Crichlow,
Critchley), Anne, vii, 289 «;
Grace, vii, 136 n ; Jas., vi, 50 ;
John, vi, 32, 272 n ; Lawr., vi,
298 n ; Oliver, vi, 23 » ; Ralph,
vi, 3 n, 23 n, 288 n ; Rich., vi,
23 n ; vii, 330 n ; Thos., vi, 283,
Will., vi, 23 », 208, 283 n ; vii,
98 n, 136 n, 213 n

Crocke, the (Simonstone) , vi, 499*1

Crocland (Hothersall), vii, 63 n

Croft, Gt. (Rufford), vi, 120

Croft, Chas., vi, 118 ; Ellen de, vii,
169 *i ; Emma de, vi, n n, 109 n,
150 », 159 n ; Gabriel, vii, 270 w ;
Sir Hen. de, vii, 274 «, 328 n ;
Hen. de, vii, 268 n, 278 n, 322 «,
324 n ; Isabel (Isolda) (de), vii,
270 «, 274 n, 316 n, 323 n ; Joan
de, vii, 268 n, 322 n ; John de,
vi, ii n, 109*1, 150 «, 159*1;
vii, 241*1, 316 n, 322 n; Nich.
(de), vii, 169*1, 241 «; Rog. de,
vii, 322 n ; Will, de, vi, 174**,
177 n ; vii, 316 n

Croft at the Town (Cuerden), vi,
27 n

Croftland (Upper Rawcliffe), vii
268 n

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Crofton Anne A., vi, 325 ; Lt.-Gen.

J. F., vi, 325
Crofts (Lea), vii, 130 n
Crogrefleld (Eccleston), vi, 164 n
Croke, see Crook
Crokeshagh, Will., vi, 438 »
Croking (Penwortham) , vi, 60 n
Cromanhalgh (Hothersall), vii, 65 n
Crombleholme (Crombilholme,
Cromleholme, Crumbleholme) ,
Chris., vii, 35 n ; Edw., vii, 264 n,
265 «, 266 ; Eliz., vii, 57 n ; Ellis,
vii, 44; Joan, vii, 35 «; Rev.
Rich., vii, 264 n, 275 «; Rich.,
vi, 265, 398 n, 538 ; vii, 17 «, 18,
i8«; Rob., vii, 42, 51 «, 56 «,
59, 97 n, 190, 265, 266 «; Thos.,
vii, 35 n ; Rev. Will., vi, 283 ;
Will., vii, 59 n, 266 ; fam., vi,
380 n
Crombleholme Fold (Threlfall), vii,

196 n

Crornbock (Comberhalgh) , vii, 208 n

Crombock, Clement, vi, 398 n ;

Eleanor, vi, 387 n ; Eliz., vi,

398 »; John, vi, 387, 397 «,

398 «, 399 n, 491, 515 n, 549 n ;

Rich., vi, 387, 387 n, 398, 492 ;

Thomasine, vi, 398 n ; Will., vi,

355 n, 387 n, 398 «, 519 ; — , vi,

549 ; fam., vi, 395 n

Crombrook (Habergham Eaves), vi,

457, 457 n

Cromford, man., vii, 80
Cromleholme, see Crombleholme
Crompton, Abra., vi, 135, 143, 148
John, vi, 135 n, 148; vii, 50 n
Mabot de, vi, 267 ; Rich., vii
50 n ; Sam., vi, 148, 270, 286 n
Sarah, vi, 148 «; — , vi, 426 ; vii
65 n
Cromwell, Oliver, vi, 129 », 139,

290 ; vii, 2, 76, 144 n
Cronekiscar (Blackburn), vi, 246 n
Cronerberihall (Eccleston), vii, 63 n
Cronershalgh (Hothersall), vii, 65 «
Cronkshaw (Habergham Eaves), vi,

454, 468 «

Cronkshaw, brook, vii, 52 «
Cronkshaw, John, vi, 512 n, 513 n ;
Lawr., vi, 513 n ; Leonard, vi,
512 ; Ralph, vi, 542 n ; Rich., vii,
158 n ; Rob., vi, 513 n ; Thos.,
vi, 512 n, 513 n ; Will., vii, 223
Cronshaw, Rev. Chris., vi, 119
Crook, the (Button), vii, 54 n
Crook (Standish), vi, 199
Crook (Thornton), vii, 235 n
Crook (Whittle), vi, 32 n, 34, 35
Crook, the (Wrightington) , vi, 174 n
Crook (Croke, Crooke), Ad. del., vi,

32 n ; Agnes de, vi, 29 n, 34 n ;
Alice de (del), vi, 34 n ; Anne, vi,
34 n ; vii, 121 n; Ant., vi, 34 ;
Cecily, vi, 34 n ; Chris., vi, 32 n ;
Clemency de, vi, 34 n ; Eliz., vi,

33 n ; Ellen (de), vi, 34 n, 167 n ;
Emma del, vi, 34 n ; Geo., vii,
82 n, 121 «, 124 n, 144, 152 n ;
Gilb., vi, 34 n ; Godith, vi, 34 n ;
Greg., vii, 175 n ; Helen, vi,
392 n ; Hugh (de, del), vi, 34 « ;
vii, 75, 121 n ; Jas., vi, 36, 150 « ;
vii, 159 n ; Janet, vi, 34 n ; vii,
121 n ; Joan, vi, 34 n ; John (de),
vi, 34 «, 77 n, 167 n, 513 n ; vii,
121 «, 124 n ; Kath., vi, 34 n ;
Mabel de, vi, 29 n ; Marg., vi,
228 n, 250 ; Mary, vi, 34 « ;
Matth., vi, 517 «; Rich, (de),
vi, 34 n, 65, 77 n, ggn, 151 «,
228 n, 513 n, 521 ; vii, 157 n,
212 n \ Rob., vi, 512 n ; Rog.
(del), vi, 10 n, 30 n, 34 «, 521 ;
Sam., vi, 6, 10, 17, 33 n, 36, 90 »,

Crook (con/.)

143, 229 ; Thos. (de), vi, 16, 34 n,
gin, 100, 150 «, 250, 300, 521 ;
vii, 90 n ; Will, (de), vi, 29 n, 32 n,
33. 34 n, 77 n, 121 n, i6gn, 224,
228 n, 229 ; vii, 179 n ; — , vi,
153 «, 183, 312 ; vii, 120 n ; fam.,
vi, 64
Crookacre (Wiswell), vi, 398 n,

399 n

Crookall, Eliz., vii, 141 « ; Susan-
nah, vi, 207 n
Crooked Riddings (Ribbleton), vii,

106 n

Crookedroyds (Ribchester), vii, 44 n
Crookhalgh (Worsthorne), vi, 474 n
Crook Hall (Durham), vii, 124 n
Crook Hall (Shevington), vi, 202
Crook Hall (Whittle-le-Woods), vi,

32, 35 n

Crooklands (Hutton), vi, 67 n, 69 n
Crooklands (Marton), vii, 240*1
Crook of Beanhill (Chatburn), vi,

372 n

Crophill (Crophull), see Coppull
Cropper, Rich., vii, 223
Croskell, Oswald, vii, 334
Cross, fam., see Crosse
Cross Bank (Padiham), vi, 493 n
Crosse (Cross), Alice, vi, 216 n,
225 n ; Anna M., vi, 141 ; Anne,
vi, 141 ; Blanche, vi, 141 M, 142 ;
Dav., vii, 324 n ; Egerton, vi, 273;
Eliz., vi, 141 n ; Frances, vi, 141 ;
Hen., vi, 147 » ; Jas., vi, 133 n,
141, 216, 229 n ; Joan, vi, 141 n ;
Rev. John, vii, 113 ; John (de la),
vi, 18 n, 140, 141, 216, 225 n,
237 n> 239 n> 263 n, 272, 272 n ;
vii, 102 n, log n, 141, 200, 332 ;
Juliana, vi, 141 ; Marg., vi, 141 n,
272 n ; Margery de la, vi, 18 n ;
Mary, vii, 89, 90, 105 «, 141 ;
Nich. (del), vi, 546 n ; vii, 128 n ;
Rich, (del), vi, 133 n, 140, 141,
225 n, 272, 318 ; vii, 123 n, 183 n ;
Rob. de la, vi, 391 n ; Rog., vi,
140, 141 n, 216 «, 219 n ; Sarah,
vi, 36 ; Thos., vi, 36, 141, 143,
263 ; vii, 265, 266 n ; Thos. B. J.,
vi, 141 ; Thos. R., vi, 141 ; T. B.,
vi, 133 ; Will., vi, 141 «, 272 ;
vii, 53, 62, 90, 109, 114 ; Will. A.,
vii, 109 n ; Col., vii, 108 ; — , vii,
305 n ; fam., vii, 135
Crossed Ake (Osbaldeston), vi,

320 n
Crosse Hall (Chorley), vi, 129, 130,

140

Crosse Hall (Liverpool), vi, 141
Crossens (Tarleton), vi, 115
Crosses, anc., vi, 10, 18, 29, 32, 47,
56, 57 «, 65, 69, 75, 81, 91, 96,
103, 108, 115, 120, 127, 130, 166,
169, 192, 244, 276, 278, 283 n,
290, 301, 349, 355, 381, 396, 405,
427, 434, 441, 442, 442 », 443,
450, 451 n, 455, 463, 469, 479,
513, 524, 534, 535 n, 537, 542,
545, 54^, 551, 552 ; vii, 2, 36, 54,
75, 76, 78 n, 82, 91 n, 105, 108,
117, 123, 124, 127, 150, 167, 174,
191, 213 n, 214 M, 215 n, 296,
300, 305, 311, 313
Cross Field (Habergham Eaves), vi,

455

Cross-flat (Freckleton), vii, 168 n
Crossford (Gt. Eccleston), vii, 277 n
Cross Ground (Goosnargh), vii, 197 n
Crosshill (Clitheroe), vi, 365 »
Cross Hill (Scorton), vii, 300 ; sch.,

vii, 305

Cross Hill (Treales), vii, 178
Crosshill butts (Clitheroe), vi,

368 n

Cross House (Gt. Eccleston), vii
270, 276, 279

Cross How (Lytham), vii, 215 n

Crossley, Rev. Dan., vi, 441 ; Dav.,
vi, 248 ; Ellen, vi, 408 n ; John,
vi, 408 n, 491 ; Pet., vi, 436

Cross Mill (Upper Rawcliffe), vii,
270 n

Cross Moor, vii, 279, 280 «, 281 n

Crossnapholm (Charnock Richard),
vi, 206 n

Cross Slack (Lytham), vii, 213 «

Crostanesnape (Whittingham), vii,
209 n

Croston, vi, i, 58 n, 68 n, 81-111,
452 ; adv., vi, 86 ; char., vi, 90 ;
ch., vi, 82 ; man., vi, 91 ; mkts.
and fairs, vi, 95 ; Nonconf., vi,
96 ; Rom. Cath., vi, 96 ; sch., vi,
89

Croston, Ad. de, vi, 166 n ; Alice
de, vi, 95 n ; Cecily de, vi, 95 n ;
Dowe de, vi, 95 « ; Edm., vi,
95 « ; Edw., vi, 95 n, 96 n ; Eliz.
de, vi, 95 n, 96 «; Gerv. de,
vi, 92 » ; Hen. (de), vi, 90 n,
93 n, 95, 95 n, g6, 96 n, 146, 147,
166 n ; Hugh, vi, 95 n, 96 n ;
Isabel, vi, 90 n; Joan (de), vi,
95 «, 96 n ; John de, vi, 95 n,

216 n, 432 n ; Maud de, vi, 92 n,
95 n ; Nich. de, vi, 87 ; Pet. de,
vi, 96 n ; Reyner de, vi, 92 n ;
Rich., vi, 95 », 96 «, 128, 166 n,

217 ; Rob. de, vi, 95 n, 96 n ;
Rog., vi, 93 n ; R., vi, 51 n ;
Sibyl, vi, 95 « ; Thos. de, vi,

95 n ; Walt, (de), vi, 93 «, 95 «,

96 n ; Will, (de), vi, 95, 95 n,
96, 96 n, 1 66 n ; fam., vi, 116 n

Croston Hall (Croston), vi, 95
Croueshah (Over Darwen), vi, 271
Crouke Spit (Osbaldeston), vi, 319
Crowdhurst (Eccleston), vi, 192 n
Croweshagh, see Crawshaw Booth
Crow Hall (Goosnargh), vii, 205
Crowhaw (Wheelton), vi, 49 n
Crow Hill, vi, 548, 551, 552
Crowhill Well (Trawden), vi, 551
Crowle, John C., vi, 323 n
Crownest (Longton), vi, 70 »
Crown Point (Habergham Eaves),

vi, 454
Crowpark Wood (Whalley), vi,

382 n

Crowpool (Warton), vii, 171 »
Crow's Orchard (Catterall), vii, 322
Crowther, Joshua, vi, 541 n
Crow Trees (Barrowford), vi, 542
Crow Trees (Cuerden), see Wood-
cock Hall

Crowwood (Burnley), vi, 441
Croxenshangend, vi, 233 n
Croxston, Croxton, see Croston
Croysdale, Thos., vi, 513 ,n
Croysitland (Leyland), vi, 34 n
Crumbleholme, see Crombleholme
Crumboc-halgh (Clayton-le-Dale),

vi, 258 n

Cuburch, Cuburne, set Cowburn
Cuckoo, Alice, vi, 29 n ; Will., vi,

29 n
Cuckstool Pit Meadow (Preston),

vii, 79 n
Cudworth, Eliz., vi, 419 ; Ellen de,

vi, 429 n ; John, vi, 419 ; Rich.

de, vi, 429 n
Cuerdale, vi, 235, 300-3; coins, vi,

301 ; man., vi, 301, 555 n ; mills,

vi, 301 n, 302 «
Cuerdale (Cuerdall, Keuerdale,

Kiuerdale, Kuerdale), Ad. de,

vi, 301 ; Agnes de, vii, 249 n ;

Alex, de, vi, 271, 301, 314 «,

315, 552 « ; Alice de, vi, 270,

360

INDEX

Cuerdale (cont.)

301, 302*1, 314 n, 315; vii,
249 n ; Avice de, vi, 301 n ;
Dionisia de, vi, 301 ; Diota de,
vi, 303 n ; Ellen de, vi, 301 ;
Geoff, de, vi, 61 n, 270, 281 n,
301 n, 314 n, 553 n ; vii, 106 n,
249 n ; Gospatric, vi, 301 ; Hen.
de, vi, 301 n ; vii, 101 n ; Joan
de, vi, 301, 301 n, 302 n ; vii,
106 n ; John (de), vi, 61 n,
270 n, 301, 302 M, 314 n, 384;
Margery de, vii, 249 n ; Mary de,
vi, 301, 315 n ; Pet., vi, 301 ;
Rich., vi, 301, 303 ; vii, 98 n ;
Rob. de, vi, 301, 301 n ; Rog. de,
vii, 101 n ; Siegrith, vi, 301 ;
Warine de, vi, 301, 303 ; Wasce
de, vii, 101 n ; fam., vi, 280, 296

Cuerdale Hall (Cuerdale), vi, 302

Cuerdale Hey (Cuerdale), vi, 300

Cuerdale lands (Penwortham), vi,
61 n

Cuerdall, ste Cuerdale

Cuerden, vi, 3, 6 n, 23-9, 58 n, 68 n;
char., vi, 10 ; man., vi, 23, 472 ;
sch., vi, 29

Cuerden, fam., see Kuerden

Cuerden Green, see Lostock Hall

Cuerden Hall (Cuerden), vi, 23,
25, 290

Cuerden Nook (Cuerden), vi, 23

Culban, see Colbome

Culcheth, vii, 307 n

Culcheth, Agnes de, vi, 67 n ; Anne,
vii, 278 ; Gilb. de, vi, 71 n, 221 n ;
Hugh de, vi, 221 n ; Iseult de,
vi, 67 n ; Kath., vi, 94 ; Rich, de,
vi, 67 n ; Thos. (de), vi, 94, 278,
•279 ; fam., vi, 310

Culmariclough (Chorley), vi, 129

Culme, Ben., vi, 86 n

Culmerley, Alice de, vi, 140 n ;
Hugh de, vi, 140 n ; Rog. de, vi,
140 n

Culmylache, see Cumaleach

Culnstyde, see Kilnstead

Culwen, Joan de, vii, 316 ; Rob. de,
vii, 316 ; see also Cur wen

Cumaleach (Culmylache), Ad. de,
vi, 15 «; Hen., vii, 115 n; Will,
de, vi, 15 n

Cumbelow (Staynall), vii, 252 n

Cumberhal, Cumberhalgh, see Com-
berhalgh

Cumberland, Hen., earl of, vii,

3<>3 »

Cumeragh, see Comberhalgh
Cuncliffe, Cundeclif, Cundecliffe,

Cundeclive, Cundeclyve, see Cun-

liffe

Cundeshalgh, man., vii, 321 n
Cunliffe (Anderton), vi, 220 n
Cunliffe (Billington), vi, 222, 325,

33i

Cunliffe (Rishton), vi, 331, 347 ;
quarries, vi, 345

Cunliffe (Cundecliffe, Cunteclyve),
Ad. de, vi, 222 n, 267*1, 331,
331 n ; Alice (de), vi, 222 n, 331,
336, 418 n, 423 n ; Allan, vi, 331 ;
Anne, vi, 332, 423 n ; Avice de,
vi, 220 n ; vii, 54 n ; Cath., vi,
416 ; Chris., vi, 422, 423 n ;
Edayne (Idonea) de, vi, 259,
266 n; Eliz., vi, 337, 423, 549,
552; Ellen (de), vi, 222*1, 331,
336 ; Ellis, vi, 425 n ; Foster, vi,
549 n ; Gilb., vi, 336, 337 ; Grace,
vi, 422 n, 549 n ; Hen. (de), vi,
277 «, 33i «, 337, 425 J vii, 57 n ;
Hen. O., vi, 549 ; Isabel, vi, 337 ;
Jas., vi, 277 n ; Jennet, vi, 419 ;
Joan, vi, 66 « ; John (de), vi,
33i «, 336, 4*5, 4l8«, 423,

Cunliffe (cont.)

423 n, 425, 520, 549 ; Marg. (de),
vi, 222, 331, 402 n, 429 ; Margery
de, vi, 222 n, 331, 331 n ; Mary,
vi, 415, 423 n ; Nich., vi, 516,
549, 551 I Rich, (de), vi, 222 n,
237 «, 331, 332, 345, 4°2 n, 426 ;
Rob. (de), vi, 220 n, 221 n, 222 n,
259, 266 n, 267 n, 326 n, 331,

337, 34°, 347 »> 4l8 «, 4*9, 422,

423, 429, 549 « ; vii, 54 n ; Rog.

(de), vi, 222, 331, 336, 344 ;

Thos. de, vi, 418 n, 423 n ; Will.

(de), vi, 267*1, 418 n ; Mrs., vi,

53o; — , vi, 326, 407, 425, 549,

550
Cunliffe House (Accrington), vi,

250 », 425 n
Cunningham, Rob. (Noble), vii,

190 n

Cunscough (Button), vii, 59 n
Cunstabellegh, see Constable Lee
Cunteclyve, see Cunliffe
Cunuyld Wall (Dutton), vii, 57 n
Curling, Edw., vi, 558
Cursed Mere (Ly-tham), vii, 214 n,

216 n
Curtasfaldwrigis (Freckleton), vii,

i68n
Curtes (Curteys), Alice, vi, 374 n ;

John, vi, 294 n ; vii, 212 n, 226 n ;

Marg., vii, 212 n ; Rich., vi,

374 »
Curwen, Geo., vii, 196 n; Gilb.,

vii, 196 n ; Hen., vii, 276 n ;

Jas., vii, 271 n ; Janet, vii, 196 n ;

Nich., vii, 196 n ; Pat. de, vi,

290 n ; Thos., vii, 196 n, 249*1;

Walt., vii, 196 n ; Will, de, vii,

306 n ; see also Culwen
Curzon, Assheton Curzon, vsct., vi,

332, 383 n, 404 «, 558 n
Curzon, G. A. W., vi, 416 «, 558 n ;

Mary, Lady, vi, 383 n ; Sir Nath.,

vi, 370, 383 «, 404, 415, 518,

557, 558 n ; Nich., vi, 416 « ;

Penn A., vi, 356 n, 383, 383 n,

387 ; fam., vi, 366
Curzon-Howe, Rich. W. P., see

Howe, earl

Cuthbert, St., legend, vii, 217
Cutler, John, vii, 51 ; Thos., vii, 63
Cyprus, vi, 475 n

Dacre, Lds., vi, 164*1; vii, n6n ;
Rich., vi, 162*1; vii, 115 n;
Thos., vi, 162, 163 ; vii, 115 n

Dacre, Edm. de, vii, 162 n, 287 « ;
Eleanor, vii, 115*1; Ellen de,
vii, 287 n ; Godith de, vii, 287 n ;
Sir Hugh de, vi, 162 n ; Humph.,
vi, 162 « ; Joan (de), vi, 162 n,
164 «; Marg. de, vi, 159 n ; Sir
Randle (de), vii, 115*1, 330 n ;
Randle (Ranulf) de, vi, 21 n, 140,
159 n, 162 «, 165 n, 166 ; vii,
115 w, 215 n ; Rob. de, vii,
287 n ; Sir Thos., vi, 162 n ; vii,
115 «; Sir Will, de, vi, 21 « ; vii,
115 *»; Will, de, vi, 162 n, 163 «,
164 n ; vii, 115 n ; — , vii, 116

Dale, Thos., vi, 312 «

Dalebridge Head (Newton), vii,
166 n

Dalebut, brook, vi, 207 n

Dalrymple, Diana, vi, 163 n ; Will.,
vi, 163 n

Dalston, Frances, vi, 292 n ; John,
vi, 292 n

Dalton, vi, 90 n, 233 n ; vii, 177 n

Dalton, man. (Yorks), vi, 478 n

Dalton, Alice de, vi, 101 ; Anne,
vi, 94 n, 102 n ; vii, 259 «, 260 n,

361

Dalton (cont.)

333 ; Eliz. (de), vi, 92, 95 n, 101
206 n ; Ellen de, vi, 101 n ; Isabel
de, vi, 101 n ; Jas., vi, 92 n ;
Jane, vi, 102 n ; vii, 333 n ; Joan,
vi, 92 n, 94 n, 95 n, 96 n, 102 n ;
Sir John (de), vi, 101 ; vii, 269 n ;
John (de), vi, 206; vii, 257*1;
Kath. de, vi, 101 ; Marg., vi,
92 n ; Margery de, vi, 101 ; Mary
de, vi, 101 « ; Rich, (de), vi, 88,
95 n, 101, 102 » ; Sir Rob. de, vi,
98 n, 101 ; Rob. (de), vi, 92*1,
94 », 95 n, 97 *», 101, 102, 206,
208 ; vii, 257 n, 259, 260 «, 333 ;
Rog. (de), vi, 82, 92 n, 102, 132 ;
vii, 255 n, 259, 259*1, 260 n,
333 «, 334 » : Thos., vi, 96 n, 384 ;
vii, 259 n, 292 » ; Will, (de), vi,
92 n, 95 n, 96 *i, 102 ; vii, 333 n ;
— , vi, 322 n ; vii, 9 n ; fam., vi,
84, 100, 205 ; vii, 73 n

Dam, John del, vi, 110*1

Damascus, Hugh, archbp. of, vi, 127

Damstead Wood Farm (Parbold),
vi, 1 80

Dancer House (Burnley), see Danes
House

Danderidding (Hoghton), vi, 37 n

Dandy (Dande), vi, 469*1, 538 n

Dandy, Andr., vi, 29, 295, 296,
300; Geo., vi, 94 n, now, 118 ;
Hen., vi, 107 n, n6n, n8n
Jane, vi, 96 n ; Jenet, vi, 107 n ;
Rob., vi, n8n; Will., vi, 90*1,
n6«, 117, 296, 307 n; — , vi,
298 n

Dandy land (Croston), vi, gin

Dandyson, Hen., vi, 471 n

Danes House (Burnley), vi, 441,

445

Danes Pad, vii, 129, 161, 176, 332
Daniel (Daniell, Danyers), Cle-
mency, vii, 182 n ; Edw., vii
121 n ; Fran., vii, 13 ; John, vii,
121 », 124, 182 n, 183 « ; Nich.,
vii, 85 ; Rob., vii, 36 ; Thos., vii,
121 n, 182 «, 183 n, 213 *t ; Will.,
vi, 389*1; vii, 90, 121 n, 182 «,
322*1; Col., vi, 361 n ; Mrs.,
vii, 90
Daniel's Cross (Broughton), vii,

117 n

Daniscoles (Aighton), vii, 3 n
Daniscoles (Daniscales), John, vii,
3 n ; Osbert de, vii, 2 «, 13 ;
Ralph de, vi, 387 n ; Rich, de,
vii, 13

Dannett, Thos., vii, 215 n, 2i8n
Danson, Jas., vii, 255 ; Thos., vii,

255 »
Danvers, Eleanor, vi, 421 ; Eliz.,

vi, 421 ; Sir John, vi, 421
Danyers, see Daniel
Darbyshire, Abigail, vi, 250 ; Jas.

D., vi, 199 n ; John, vi, 250 ; see

also Derbyshire
Darcy, Sir Arthur, vi, 317, 375 n ;

vii, 29 n, 58 n; Aymer, vii,

303 *t ; Sir Thos., vi, 86
Dardeslow, Ralph de, vii, 288 n ;

Rob. de, vii, 288 «
Darell, Cecily, vi, 265 n ; Marma-

duke, vi, 265 n
Darlington, Frances, vi, 192
Darney, Will., vi, 440
Darwen, Lower, vi, 235, 269, 275-8 ;

ch., vi, 278 ; hid., vi, 276 ; man.,

vi, 276, 397 n, 421 ; mill, vi

277 n ; Nonconf., vi, 278 ; Rom.

Cath., vi, 278 ; sch., vi, 278
Darwen, Over, vi, 235, 269-75 ;

char., vi, 275 ; ch., vi, 274 ; coal

mines, vi, 270, 272 «; ind., vi,

270 ; man., vi, 270 ; mkts. and

46

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Darwen (cont.)

fairs, vi, 274 ; mill, vi, 272 n ;
Nonconf., vi, 275 ; pks., vi, 274 ;
Rom. Cath., vi, 275
Darwen, riv., vi, 36, 41, 235, 244,

263, 266, 275, 278, 289
Darwen (Derwent, Derwin, Der-
wynd), Ad. de, vi, 270, 272 ;
Alan de, vi, 272 ; Alex, de, vi,
270 ; Alice de, vi, 270 ; Allen de,
vi, 270; Benedict de, vi, 417 n;
Cecily de, vi, 50 n ; Ellen, vi, 344,
404 ; Evan, vi, 237 n ; Hen., vi,
237 n ; John de, vi, 50 n, 417 n ;
Juliana de, vi, 270 ; Rich, de,
vi, 270, 272 ; vii, 50 ; Thos., vi,
344 ; Siward de, vi, 270
Darwen Bank (Higher Walton), vi,

289
Darwen Hall (Walton -le-Dale) , see

Banister Hall
Darwen Head (Over Darwen), vi,

272 »

Darwen Moor, vi, 235, 269
Darwen Moor, Lower, vi, 276
Darwen Paper Mill Co., vi, 270
Dashwood, Rich., vi, 86 n ; Mrs.,

vi, 86

Daubeny, see Dawbeny
Dauncey, Edw., vi, 554, 558
Dautrey, see Hautrey
Davenport, Agnes de, vi, 292 ;
Bathsheba, vi, 441 ; Sir John de,
vii, 286 n; John (de), vi, 292;
vii, 159 », 286 n ; Ralph, vi, 36 ;
Will., vi, 281

David, vi, 417, 424 n ; vii, 158 »
Davies (Davie), Anne, vii, 327 n ;
Rev. Edw. J. M., vi, 299 ; Rich.,
vii, 238 ; Rob., vii, 327 » ; Thos.,
vii, 167 ; see also Davy
Da vii Meadows (Preston), vii, 90 n
Davy, Jas., vii, 157 n; Margery,
vii, 1 66 n ; Rich., vii, 147, 149 «,
151 n, 163 n \ Thos., vii, 166 n ;
see also Davies
Davy Field, brook, vi, 278
Dawbeny (Daubeny), Eliz., vii,
301 n ; Jas. R. B. C., vi, 219, 223 ;
Kath., vii, 301 n ; Sir Ralph, vii,
301 n

Dawes, Rev. John, vi, 435
Dawfield (Ashton), vii, 133 n
Dawfield (Claughton), vii, 326 n
Dawmogh, Hugh, vi, 211 n ; Rich.,

vi, 211 n ; see also Dormer
Dawridding (Heath Charnock), vi,

215 n

Dawson, Gabriel, vii, 334 ; Hen.,
vii, 90 ; John, vii, 89 ; Rich., vi,
367 n ; Thos., vi, 375 ; Will., vi,
28 n, 392 «, 535 ; — , vi, 374 n
Daye, John, vi, 301
Daykergate (Preston), vii, 102 n
Deadwenclough (Newchurch - in -
Rossendale), vi, 233 n, 437, 438,
439 n, 441

Dean (Higham), vi, 512
Dean, Lower (Higham), vi, 512
Dean, brook, vi, 337 ; vii, i
Dean (Dene), Ad. de (del), vi, 332 n,
438 n ; Agnes (de), vi, 332, 332 n,
555 « ; Alex, de la (del), vi, 332,
438 n ; Elias (Ellis) de, vi, 332,
506*1; Geoff., vi, 455 n; Hen.,
vi, 332, 332 n, 455 n ; Joan, vi,
332 n, 555 n ; John (de), vi, 332,
506 n, 555 n, 559 «; Maud, vi,
332 ; Rich, (de), vi, 332, 343 ;
Rob., vi, 332, 455 n, 468 n ; Rog.,
vi, 332 n ; Thos., vi, 506 n ; Will,
(de), vi, 332, 332 «, 506 n, 555 ;
fam., vi, 326

Deangate (Cliviger), vi, 480 n
Dean Head (Gt. Harwood), vi, 338

Dean Hill (Billington), vi, 332
Deansgate (Myerscough) , vii, 140*1
Dear-bought (Charnock Richard) ,

vi, 205 n

Dearden, see Duerden
Debaud, John, vii, 273
Decoy, Rev. — , vi, 333 n
Ded Banks (Clayton-le-Dale), vii,

20 n

Dedecarr ( Wrightington) , vi, 173 n
Dedequenclogh, see Deadwenclough
Dedesike (Eccleshill), vi, 279 n
Dedsyke (Habergham Eaves), vi,

457

Dedwincliffe, see Deadwenclough
Deepclough (Hoghton), vi, 37 n
Deepdale (Fulwood), vii, 137 n
Deepdale, Ad. de, vii, 79 n ; Maud

de, vii, 79 n
Deeplache Croft (Briercliffe) , vi,

473 «

Deeplieginger, vi, 233 n
Deerplay (Newchurch-in-Rossen-

dale), vi, 437

Deerplay Moor (Cliviger), vi, 479
Deerstone Moor, vi, 524 n
Deerstones (Colne), vi, 524 n, 536,

552

Delalond, Felix, vi, 181 n
Delves, vi, 536 n

Demdike, Old, see Southerns, Eliz.
Denby, Marg., vii, 136 n; Will.,

vii, 136 «

Dene, brook, vi, 290 n
Dene, vi, 1 8 n
Dene, fam., see Dean
Denebutts (Heath Charnock), vi,

215 n

Denecrage (Gt. Haiwood), vi, 338 n
Denefeld (Gt. Harwood), vi, 339,

34°

Denham Hall (Brindle), vi, 77

Denise, w. of Ad., vi, 65

Denison, Jos. G., vi, 404

Dent, Rev. Thos., vi, 334

Denwall, Amery de, vi, 66 n ; Will,
de, vi, 66 n

Derby, Agnes, ctss. of, vi, 150 n ;
Alice, ctss. of, vi, lion, 150 n ;
vii, 34 n, 185, 242 n ; Charlotte,
ctss. of, vi, 13 ; vii, 281 n ; Doro-
thy H., ctss. of, vii, 319 n ; Eliz.,
ctss. of, vii, 307 ; Marg., ctss. of,
vii, 303 n ; earls of, vi, 2«, 59 n ,
75 n, 104, 107 n, n6n, 122 w,
140, 140 n, 161, 195 n, 204 «,
206, 219 n, 243, 292, 298, 306,
312, 349, 368 n, 394, 445, 525,
549 n ; vii, 18, 23, 26 n, 28 n, 29,
29 n, 32, 34, 35, 36, 62, 63, 63 «,
66, 70, 74, 75, 76, 78 «, 91, 97 n,

100 n, 102, 107 n, 113 n, 118, 119,
120 «, 131, 139, 140 w, 144 n,
152*2, 154, 156, 158**, 159 n, i6o»,
164 », 166, 167 «, 169 n, 170 w,
173 n, 175 n, 176, 178, 180, 180 n,
181 n, 183 w, 185, i8gn, igon,
197, 207 n, 208, 211 «, 212 n,
213 n, 215 n, 233 w, 234 n, 241,
242, 250 n, 253 n, 271, 272, 273,
274, 275 n, 277, 281, 282, 282 «,
283, 284 «, 287*1, 303, 311 «,
319, 325, 33i » ; Chas., vii, 176,
319 n ; Edm., vii, 325 n ; Edw.,
vi, 102, no, in n, 174, 225 «,
227, 229 n, 271, 272 n, 316 ; vii,
70 n, 80, 118 n, 120 n, 281 n, 307 ;
Ferdinando, vi, 123 ; vii, 34 n,
70 w, 160 », 169 n, 185; Hen.,
vii, 6, 119 n, 126 n, 166 n, 278 n ;
Jas., vi, 108 n, 381 ; vii, 62 n,
70 «, 319 n ; Thos., vi, 93 », 101,

101 n, 104 n, non, 179, 225 n,
304, 316, 316 n, 321; vii, 33,
52 n, 62 n, jon, u8», 125 n,

Derby (cont.)

169*1, 175 n, 176 n, 185 n, 199,
207 n, 281 n, 283 n, 329 n ; Will.,
vi, no, 130, 131, 132, 150, 159,
174 n, 193, 214 n, 225, 304 ; vii,
27 », 34, 169 n, 194 n, 281 n ; see
also Ferrers

Derby, Joan de, vi, 229 n ; John
de, vii, 311 n ; Rob. de, vi, 229 n ;
Will, de, vi, 181 «

Derbyshire, Nancy, vi, 244 ; Rachael,
vi, 79 ; Rich, de, vii, 97 n ; see
also Darbyshire

Derden, see Duerden

Dereslowe (Winmarleigh), vii, 306 n

Derham, Ellen, vii, 170*1

Derneclough (Longton) , vi, 70 n

Dernelegh-brook, vi, 266 n

Dernerakes (Bilsborrow), vii, 332 «

Derwaltshaw, John de, vi, 223 n ;
Matth. de, vi, 223 n

Derwent, see Darwen

Derwent o' the Mores, see Darwen,
Over

Derwentwater, Jas., earl of, vi, 290

Derwin, Derwynd, see Darwen

Despenser (Despencer, Dispencer,
Dispenser), Ad. le, vi, 37*2;
Rich., the, vii, 284*1; Thos. le,
vi, 26 n, 37 w, 38*1; see also
Spencer

Dethfield (Wrightington), vi, 173 w

Dethick, Sir Gilb., vi, 421 n

Deuhihurst, see Dewhurst

Deuyas (Deuias, Dewias, D'Ewyas),
Ad., vi, 305 n ; Alex., vi, 311 « ;
Alice, vi, 261 n, 304, 305 ; Cecily,
vi, 304, 305 n, 312 n ; Isolda, vii,
inn; Joan, vi, 305; Sir John,
vi, 262, 304 ; John, vi, 261, 263 n,
3iin, 312 w; vii, 73; Margery,
vi, 305 n ; vii, 162 n; Matilda,
vi, 305 n ; Sir Nich., vi, 304 ;
Nich., vi, 261 n, 262 n, 263 n, 271,
304 n, 305 ; vii, 62 n, 73, 100 n ;
Rich., vi, 305 n ; vii, in w, 162 n ;
Rog., vi, 305 n ; Thos., vi, 305 n ;
vii, 100 n ; Will., vi, 305, 305 n,
311 n ; vii, 73

Device (Devys), Alison, vi, 515 ;
Eliz., vi, 515, 520 ; Jas., vi, 515 ;
Jenet (Jennet), vi, 516*1, 520*1;
John, vi, 515 « ; Will., vi, 516 »

Devis, Arth., vii, 80

Devonshire, ctss. of, vi, 80 ; dks. of,
vi, 76 «, 80 ; Will. Cavendish, vi,
76 « ; earls of, vi, 76 «, 80 ;
Chas., vii, 139 n ; Will. Caven-
dish, vi, 221

Devys, see Device

Dewhurst (Wilpshire), vi, 335

Dewhurst (Deuhihurst, Dewehirst,
Dewyhurst), Ad. de, vi, 335 ;
Anne, vii, 49 n, 65 n ; Avina
de, vi, 320 ; Eliz., vii, 44,
49 n ; Ellen, vi, 261 ; Geoff., vii,
51 n ; Giles, vi, 346 n, 401 n ;
Grace, vi, 335, 408 « ; vii, 49 ;
Hen. (de le), vi, 335 ; Jas., vii,
18, 39 ; John, vi, 260 n, 335, 336,
408 n, 419 n ; vii, 32 n, 44 «,
48 n, 49, 65 ; Mary, vii, 18 ;
Nich., vii, 62 n ; Rich., vi, 81 «,
229, 260 ; vii, 50 ; Rev. Rob., vi,
440 ; Rob. (de le), vi, 335, 432 ;
vii, 1 8, 44 n ; Rog. (de le, del), vi,
260 «, 320, 335 ; Thos., vi, 48,
320 ; vii, 49 n ; Will., vi, 181,
261, 335, 336 ; vii, 49 n, 50, 65 ;
— , vii, 58 n ; fam., vi, 246 n ;
vii, 63

Dewias, see Deuyas

Dewsbury, Alice de, vii, 134 n ;
John de, vii, 134 n

D'Ewyas, see Deuyas

362

INDEX

Dewyhurst, see Dewhurst
Deyne (Pendleton), vi, 393 «
Diana, the Anker maiden, vii, 44 n
Dicconson (Diccenson, DicKonson,
Diconson), Agnes, vi, 172 n ;
Alice, vi, 165 n ; Anne, vi, 172 ;
Cecily, vii, 283 n ; Chas., vi, 172 ;
Edm., vi, 165 n ; Edw., vi, 155,
165, 171, 172, 186, 201 n, 20^n,
224 ; vii, 158 n ; Elisota, vi, 26 n ;
Eliz., vi, 26 n, 163 n, 172;
Frances, vi, 516 ; Geo., vi, 298 n ;
Hen., vii, 34 n ; Hugh, vi, 57 n,
162 «, 163 n, 165, 169, 172,
17271, 205 n, 322 n; Jane, vi,
165 n, 172 n ; John, vi, 22 n,
26 n, 27 n, 155, 165, 190 n, 207 n,
515, 516 ; vii, 283 n ; Juliana, vi,
172 n ; Kath., vi, 165 n ; Lawr.,
vi, 528 n ; Margery, vii, 158 n ;
Martha, vi, 172*1; Mary, vi,
158, 172, 172 n, 201 n, 204 n ;
Meliora, vi, 158 ; Rich., vi, 163 n ;
vii, 213 n ; Rob., vi, 129, 373 n ;
Rob. J. G., vi, 172 ; Rog., vi,
172 ; Thos., vi, 22 n, 26 n, 165,
172, 207 n ; vii, 170 », 256 ; Will.,
vi, 22 n, 26 n, 95 n, ggn, in n,
158, 165, 166, 172, 178, 180, 202,
204, 207 n ; Will. C., vi, 172 ; — ,
bp., vi, 259 n ; — , vi, 524 n ;
vii, 283 ; fam., vi, 164 ; see also
Dickinson

Dickenson's tenement (Tockholes),
vi, 283

Dickinson (Dickonson), Anne, vi,
216 n ; Chris., vi, 494 ; Jonathan,
vi, 528 ; Rich., vi, 216 n ; see also
Dicconson

Dickridding (Church), vi, 402 n

Dickson (Duxon), Fran. J., vii,
43, 245 ; Grace, vi, 77 n ; John,
vii, 165 n ; Martin, vi, 371 ; Rich.,
vii, 259 n ; Will., vi, 475 n ; vii,
148 ; see also Dixon

Dicon, John, vi, 476 n

Diconson, see Dicconson and Dick-
inson

Didsbury, vii, 286 »

Dieulacres Abbey (Staffs.), vii, 170,
170 n, 235, 236, 279, 281 n

Dikounridding (Claugtiton), vii,
325 »

Diksnape Syke (Chipping), vii,
29 n

Dilworth (Dileworth, Dillesworth,
Dilleworth), vii, 36, 37, 38 n, 50 n,
51-4, 56, 59«, 61, 63 «, 118, n8«,
119 n, 126 n, 194 n, 198 n; ch., vii,
53 ; fairs, vii, 51 ; ind., vii, 51 ;
man., vi, 41 n ; vii, 52, 62 n ; Non-
conf., vii, 53 ; quarries, vii, 51

Dilworth, Ad. de, vii, 53 n ; Agnes,
vi. 556 » ; Earth., vii, 32 n ;
Hugh de, vii, 46 n, 53 «; Jas.,
vii, 18 n ; Janet, vi, 556 n ; John,
vii, 121 n; Juliana, vii, 53 n ;
Margery de, vii, 53 n ; Osbert
de, vii, 52 ; Rich, de, vii, 46 n,
53 », 121 n ; Rob. de, vii, 52 n ;
Rog., vi, 556 n ; Steph., vii, 36 ;
Thos., vi, 556 n ; vii, 34 n ;
Uctred de, vii, 53 n ; Will, de,
vii, 53 n ; — , vii, 124 n

Dilworth Hall (Dilworth), vii, 53 n

Dilworthsed, brook, vii, 52 n

Dimpenley Clough (Roughlee
Booth), vi, 519

Dimples (Barnacre), vii, 312, 315,
319, 320 n

Dimples Field (Barnacre), vii, 300

Dimples House (Barnacre), vii,
319 n

Dinckley, vi, 235, 334, 335, 336-7,
387 «, 398 «, 421; vii, ii4«;

Dinckley (cont.)

man., vi, 232, 336 ; mill, vi, 336 ;
Rom. rem., vi, 336
Dinckley, brook, vi, 252, 325
Dinckley (Dinkedley, Dinkley, Dun-
kekanlega, Dynkedley), Ad. de,
vi, 211 n, 224 n ; Alice de, vii,
29 « ; Bern, de, vi, 326 n, 328 ;
Christiana de, vi, 336 ; Elias de,
vi, 33° ; Gilb. de, vii, 29 n ;
Hen. de, vii, 29 n, 35 « ; Joan de,
vi, 211 n, 224 n; John de, vi,
328, 330 n, 336 ; vii, 29 « ;
Matilda, vi, 336 ; Maud de, vii,
29 n ', Nich., vi, 216; Rich, de,
vi, 328 ; Rob. de, vi, 330 n ; Rog.
de, vi, 211 n; vii, 29 n ; Uctred
de, vii, 29 n ; Will., vi, 358

Dinckley Hall (Dinckley), vi, 337

Dinelay, Ad. de, vi, 365 n, 366 w,
481 «, 553 n; Agnes, vi, 553*1,
554 n ; Alice de, vi, 553 n ; Anne,
vi, 378 «, 395 «, 554 n ; Cecily de,
vi, 366 n ; Edw., vi, 553 n ; Eliz.
de, vi, 553 n ; Grace, vi, 554 n ;
Hen. (de), vi, 395 n, 480 n, 481 n,
553, 554, 555; Isabel de, vi,
481 n, 508 «, 553 n ; John de,
vi, 366 «, 367 «, 37in, 374 »,
377 n, 481 «, 508 n, 519, 552 n,
553, 555 n, 559 » ; Marg. de, vi,
366 n, 553 «, 559 n ; Matth. de,
vi, 480 «, 481 n ; Oliver de, vi,
481 n ; Rich, de, vi, 366 », 481 n,
553 ; Will, (de), vi, 378 n, 395 »,
480, 481 n, 554, 556 ; — , vi, 556

Dineley (Cliviger), vi, 479, 480 »;
man., vi, 481

Dineley, brook (Cliviger), vi, 481 n

Dinkedelay, Dinkedelegh, Dinked-
ley, Dinkley, see Dinckley

Diota, vii, 192 n

Diring, Rog., vii, 147

Dirley, Ad. de, vi, 211 n; Hugh
de, vi, 211 n

Dirpley Moor, see Deerplay

Disherson, Agnes le, vi, 34 n ; John
le, vi, 34 n ; Will, le, vi, 34 n

Dison, see Dyson

Dispencer, Dispenser, see Despenser
and Spencer

Dissheford, Ad. de, vii, 257 n ;
Alice de, vii, 257 n

Disteshaw, Ad. de, vii, lion;
Rich, de, vii, no n

Ditchfield, Dorothy, vi, 206 n ;
Edw., vi, 57, 206 «, 489 n ; vii,
138 n ; Eliz., vi, 206 n ; Marg.,
vi, 135 n ', Rob., vii, 298

Ditton, see Dutton

Dixon (Duxon), Chris., vii, 126 «;
Damaris, vii, 90 ; Grace, vi, 77 n ;
Jas., vii, 174 «; John, vi, 526,
533 n ; Rich., vii, 66, 66 «, 174 n ;
Rob., vi, 531 n ; Thos., vii,
126 n; Will., vii, 124, 174; see
also Dickson

Dobberydyng (Sunderland), vi, 318

Dobbes Hope (Gt. Harwood), vi,

339
Dob Brow (Charnock Richard), vi,

204

Dobcroft (Preston), vii, 84 n
Dob Cross (Croston), vi, 91
Dobhey (Parbold), vi, 173 n, 174 n
Dobhole Bridge (Darwen), vi, 275
Dobin, vii, 116 n
Dob Meadows (Over Darwen), vi,

270
Dobson, Agnes, vi, 217 n ; Geo., vi,

358, 359; Hugh, vi, 118, 380;

Isabel, vii, 66 n ; Jas., vi, 342 ;

John, vi, 217 n ; Jonathan, vii,

266 ; Rich., vii, 247 n ; Rev.

Rob., vi, 344 ; Rob., vii, 66 »,

363

Djbson (cont.)

174 n ; Thos., vii, 32 n, 260 n

Will., vii, 81, 174, 247 n
Dockesbyry, see Duxbury
Dodd, Chas., vi, 18
Doddeson, see Dodgson
Dodding, Sarah, vi, 383 ; Col., vii,

292

Doddingfell, fam., vi, 85 n
Doddington, John, vii, 97 n ; Will.,

vii, 263 n
Dodgecroft (Whittingham) , vii,

213 n
Dodgson (Doddeson, Doggeson),

Grace, vi, 391 n ; Rev. Jas., vi,

283 ; John, vi, 366 n, 391 n ;

Rich., vi, 391 n ; vii, 234 n ;

Rog., vi, 391 n ; Will., vi, no «
Dodhill (Dutton), vii, 57 «, 58 n
Dodhill, brook, vii, 54 «, 57 n
Dodhill, Dodhull, fam., see Duddell
Dods Hall (Ribchester), vii, 44 n
Dodsworth (Holcroft), vi, 120, 122 n
Dodsworth, Rog., vi, 120
Doggeson, see Dodgson
Dog Meadow (Haslingden), vi, 428 «
Dokysbiri, see Duxbury
Dole House Estate (Gt. Harwood),

vi, 344

Dolphin Hill, vi, 32
Dolphinholme (Nether Wyresdale),

vii, 300, 304 ; weir, vii, 270 n
Don, riv., vi, 441, 468, 472
Donington, Chas. F., Ld., vii, 164 «
Donote, vi, 393 n
Donum, see Downham
Dore, Ellen, vii, 327 n
Dormer, Dorothy, vi, 63 n ; Sir

John, vi, 31 n, 64 n ; Sir Rob.,

vi, 31 n, 64 »; see also Dawmogh
Dorset, Thos. Grey, marquess of,

vi, 132

Dorsett, John, vii, 138 n
Douaneshaigh Moss (Claughton),

vii, 326 n

Douansargh, see Dowanshargh
Douay, Rog. de, vi, 116
Douay Seminary, vii, 236
Douenay, Agnes, vi, 366 n ; John,

vi, 366 n
Doughty, Cecily, vii, 34 n ; Eliz.,

vi, 525 ; Hen., vi, 525 ; vii, 34,

35 « ; John, vi, 525 ; vii, 34 ;

Mary, vii, 34 ; Mich., vii, 34, 35 n ;

Susan, vii, 34 ; Will., vii, 34
Doughty pasture (Trawden), vi, 552
Douglas, riv., vi, 69, 81, 91, 100,

102, in, 115, 149
Douglas, Alex., marquess of, vii,

304 n

Douglas, John, vi, 158, 161, 332 n
Douglas Chapel (Parbold), vi, 91 n,

1 80

Dounanesbreck (Newton), vii, 166 n
Doune, Cecily de, vi, 390 n ; Rob.

de, vi, 390 n

Dounom, Dounum, see Downham
Doustisykes (Cliviger), vi, 485 n
Dove Stones (Trawden), vi, 552
Dowanshargh (Claughton), vii, 296,

330, 33° »

Dowanshargh, Pet. de, vii, 330 n

Dow bridge, vii, 166

Downeclough-with-Mete, vi, 233 n

Downham, vi, 233 «, 349, 356 n,
368 n, 375 », 552-8, 559 » J adv.,
vi, 557 ; chap., vi, 558 ; char., vi,
558 ; ch., vi, 556 ; cross, vi, 552 ;
man., vi, 232, 382, 552, 560 n ;
mill, vi, 552 n, 553, 554 n ; Nut-
shaw Farm, vi, 558 ; Old Hall,
vi, 555 ; sundial, vi, 557

Downham (Dunham), Christiana
de, vi, 556 n ; Hawise de, vi,
393 n; Hen.de, vi, 393 «, 552,

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Downham (cont.)

553 n, 555, 556 n ; Hugh de, vi,

552 n ; Sir John de, vi, 327 n ;
John de, vi, 555 ; Marg. de, vi,

553 n ; Rob. de, vi, 556 n
Downham Green (Downham), vi,

373, 552, 553, 554
Downham Hall (Downham), vi,

555

Downing, Edm., vi, 90 n

Downs, Edw., vii, 144 n

Dowshay dough (Colne), vi, 536

Dowson, Eliz., vi, 237 n

Dransfield, Marg. de, vii, 3 n ; Will,
de, vii, 3 n

Dreng (Warton), vii, 172 n

Drewitt, Hen., vi, 239 n

Driver, Jas., vi, 549 ; John, vi,
528, 549; Thos., vi, 528, 530,
549 n ; — , vi, 524 n

Drogo, rector of Ribchester, vii, 40

Dronsfield, Marg. de, vi, 397 n ;
Will, de, vi, 397 n

Druell, Hen., vi, 521

Drummond, Lady, vii, 218, 249

Drummond, Jas., vii, 78 n

Drury, Amery, vii, 107 n ; Rich.,
vii, 107 n, 208 n, 212 n ; Rob.,
vii, 107 n ; Will., vii, 107 n, 208 n

Dukesbiri, see Duxbury

Dubberfield (Bilsborrow), vii,
331 n

Dublin, Hen. de Lourdes, archbp.
of, vii, 146 »

Dubworth, Chris., vi, 414 n

Duce, Edelina, vi, 159 n

Duckett (Ducket), Alice, vii, 211 n ;
Anne, vii, 63 n ; Fran., vii, 35 ;
Jane, vii, 35 ; John, vii, 63 n ;
Rich., vii, 58

Ducksbury, see Duxbury

Duckworth, vi, 405, 406 «, 408-9,
429, 430 ; ch., vi, 409

Duckworth, Ad., vi, 425 n ; Alice,
vi, 425 n ; Anne, vii, 63 n ; Cecily
de, vi, 408 n ; Chris., vi, 403 ;
Eliz., vi, 237 n ; Elk's de, vi,
408 n ; Geo., vi, 272 ; Hawise de,
vi, 408 ; Hen. de, vi, 408 n ;
Janet, vi, 380 ; John, vi, 403,
425 n, 430, 432 ; vii, 63 n ;
Margery de, vi, 408 ; Mary de,
vi, 408 n ; Rich, (de), vi, 405 n,
408 n, 438 n; vii, 213%; Rob.
de, vi, 408 n ; Rog. (de), vi, 408,
408 n, 425 n ; Sam., vi, 272 ;
Thurstan, vi, 557 ; Rev. Will. A.,
vi, 272 ; Will., vi, 272, 278, 408 ;
Mrs., vi, 243, 430

Duckworth Hall (Oswaldtwistle),
vi, 430 n

Ducworth, see Duckworth

Duddell (Dodhill, Dodhull, Dudell,
Dudhill), Alice de, vii, ii4«;
Anne, vii, 183 «; Geo., vii,
183 n, 234 n, 287 « ; Grace, vii,
63 n ; Hen., vii, 183 n; John (de),
vii, 27 n, 29 n, 57 n, 58 n, 287 n ;
Rich, (de), vii, 57 «, 287 n ; Thos.
(de), vii, 57 n, 59 n, 63 «, 161 n ;
Will, (de), vii, 27 n, 57 «, 63 n,
114 «, 165, 183 n, 287 n; — ,
Capt., vii, 287 n ; — , vii, 8 n ;
fam., vii, 49 n, 181 n

Dudhill (Dutton), see Dodhill

Dudhill, fam., see Duddell

Dudley, Edm., vi, 104 n, 163, 164 n,
316 ; vii, 52 n, 95 n, 107 n, 115 n,
n8«, 125 n, 169 n, 185 n, iggn,
233 n, 283 n, 287 «, 325 n, 331 n ;
Eliz., vi, 163 n ; Joan, vi, 163 n ;
Sir John, vi, 163 n ; John, vi,
I63, 251; vii, 115 n ; Rob., see
Leicester, Rob., earl of ; — , vii,
189 n

Duell (Dule), Agnes, vi, 556 n ;
Hen., vi, 556 n ; Thos., vii, 128 ;
see also Dylle

Duerden (Dearden, Derden, Dur-
den), Geo., vi, 43471; Hen. (de),
vi, 406 n, 438, 438 n ; John (de),
vi, 280, 406 n ; Margery de, vi,
406 n ; Nich., vi, 431, 434 n ;
Rich, (de), vi, 406 «, 431; Rob.
(de), vi, 406 n, 431 n, 438 «

Dufneld, man. (Yorks), vii, 155 n

Dugdale (Dugden, Dukedale), Ad.,
vi, 416 ; Chris., vi, 373, 373 n ;
Edm., vi, 367 n ; Edw., vi, 325 ;
Eliz., vi, 367 n ; Giles, vi, 366 n,
367 n ; Hen., vi, 367 n ; Jas., vi,
367 n ; vii, 297 ; Janet, vi, 367 n ;
John, vi, 325, 363 n, 367, 367 n,
478 n, 495 n ; vii, 291 ; Jos., vi,
323, 325 ; Nich., vi, 367 n ;
Rich., vi, 367 n, 381, 382 « ;
vii, 212 n ; Rog., vii, 297 n ;
Thos., vi, 387 ; Sir Will., vi, 367 ;
Will., vi, 367 ; — , vi, 372 n,

374 «

Duke's Cross (Cliviger), vi, 479
Dule, see Duell
Duleshope, vii, 69 n
' Dule upo' Dun ' inn (Clitheroe),

vi, 361
Duleys, Gerard de, vi, 193 n, 200 n ;

Hugh de, vi, 193 n, 200 n
Dunandespool (Rawcliffe), vii, 271 n
Duncan, vi, 360
Dun Cow Rib Farm (Whitting-

ham), vii, 206 n, 207
Dunderdale, John, vi, 533 » ; Rev.

— , vi, 344

Dunepool (Fulwood), vii, 137 n
Dungecarre, see Dunscar
Dunham, see Downham
Dunkaneshalghe, Dunkanshalgh,

see Dunkenhalgh
Dunkedeley, Dunkekanlega, see

Dinckley
Dunkenhalgh (Clayton-le-Moors),

vi, 249 n, 345, 401, 417, 421 ;

man., vi, 419-22
Dunkenhalgh (Dunkanshalgh), Ad.

de, vi, 401 n ; Rog. de, vi, 400 n,

401 n, 402 n, 419 ; Will, de, vi,

419

Dunkenhalgh Hall (Clayton-le-
Moors), vi, 422
Dunkythele, see Dinckley
Dunn (Dunne), Edm. N., vi, 153 ;

Jos., vii, 105 n ; Mary, vi, 153 ;

Will., vi, 249 n ; Rev. — , vii, 96
Dunn and Hansom, vii, 10 n
Dunning, vi, 303 «
Dunnockschae, Dunnockschaghe,

see Dunnockshaw
Dunnockshaw, vi, 230 n, 349, 493,

507, 514
Dunnockshaw Close (Dunnockshaw),

vi, 514

Dunnokschaw, see Dunnockshaw
Dunnyshope (Accrington), vi, 405 n,

423

Dunscar (Rishton), vi, 338 n
Dunsop, riv., vi, 247
Dunston (Lines), vi, 459
Dunton, see Dutton
Dunum, see Downham
Durham, Cuth. Tunstall, bp. of, vi,

160 n ; Jas. Pilkington, bp. of, vi,

242
Durham Priory, vii, 214; priors,

vii, 172 n, 175 n, 215 n, 216 n,

332 n ; Rich., vii, 229 n
Durham's Croft (Poulton), vii, 225
Durning, Rich., vi, 91 n, 102
Durning House (Croston), vi, 94 n
Durton (Broughton), vii, 117, 119,

120 n, 121 n

364

Durton Green Crosses (Broughton),
vii, 1 1 7 n

Durton Lane Cross (Broughton),
vii, 117 n

Dustesahe (Dustescahe) (Preston) ,
vii, 97 n, 116 n

Dutton, vii, 17, 19, 36, 37, 43, 48,
50 », 54-61; char., vii, 20 n ;
mans., vi, 232 ; vii, 54

Dutton, prior of, vii, 40 n

Dutton, brook, vii, 54

Dutton, Ad. de, vii, 57 n, 64 n ;
Agnes de, vii, 48 «, 55 n ; Alice
de, vi, 34 n ; vii, 54 n, 57 n ;
Avice de, vi, 34 « ; Benedict de,
vii, 54 n ; Christiana de, vi, 34 n ;
Edusa de, vii, 64 n ; Eleanor, vii,
303 ; Emma de, vi, 34 n ; vii,
54 n ; Geoff, de, vi, 338 ; vii,
57 n ; Godith de, vii, 57 n ; Hen.
de, vii, 48 n, 58 n, 63 n ; Hugh de,
vii, 207 n ; Isabel de, vi, 34 n,
305 ; vii, 53 n ; John, vi, 34 n,
305 ; Jordan de, vi, 34 n ; vii,

53 n> 54 n> 57 n > Rich, de, vii,
50 n, 54 «, 57 n, 58 n, 247 ; Rob.
de, vii, 54 n, 55 n, 58 n, 207 ; Sir
Thos., vi, 305 ; Thos. (de), vii,

54 n, 239 n ; Thomasine, vii,
239 n ; Uctred de, vii, 54 n ; Will,
(de), vii, 50 n, 54*, 55 n, 56 n,
57 n, 58 n, 63 n, 100 n, 130 n

Dutton Hall (Dutton), vii, 56
Dutton Hedges (Dutton), vii, 55 n
Dutton Holme (Dutton), vii, 54 n
Dutton Huntingdon (Dutton), vii,

55 n

Dutton Lee (Dutton), vii, 58 n
Dutton Place (Church), vi, 401
Duuenshaw (Barnacre), vii, 318 n
Duval, Steph. P., vi, 518, 535
Duxbury, vi, 58, 182, 187 n, 208-13 ;

vii, 157 n ; char., vi, 192 ; man.,

vi, 208 ; mill, vi, 142
Duxbury (Ducksbury), Ad. de, vi,

131 n, 142 n, 208, 209 n, 211 «,

212 «, 218 ; Agatha de, vi, 209 n ;

Agnes de, vi, 208 n, 209 n ;

Cecily de, vi, 212 n ; Eliz. de, vi,

211 n ; Ellen de, vi, 208 « ; Hen.
(de), vi, 142 n, 207 «, 208, 209 n,

212 w, 218 n, 271; Hugh (de),
vi, 208 n, 211 n, 212 n, 218 n,
229 n, 277 ; Jas., vi, 416 ; John
de, vi, 211 w; Lawr., vi, 265,
342, 407 n, 513 n, 515 », 560 n ;
Mabel de, vi, 21211 ; Magnei de,
vi, 208 n ; Marg., vi, 277 ; Nich.,
vi, 265, 343, 407 n, 423, 494 n,
515 n, 517, 560%; Rich, de, vi,
211 n, 218 n, 229 n ; Rob. de, vi,
208 n, 211 n ; Robin, vi, 414 n ;
Rog. de, vi, 208 n ; Siward de ,
vi, 208, 212 n, 217; Thos. (de),
vi, 211 n, 219 n, 229 n, 288 n ;
Ughtred (Uctred) de, vi, 142 «,
211 n, 2ign, 288 n ; Ulf de, vi,
208 n; Will, (de), vi, 55, 211 »,
212 «, 452 ; vii, 204 ; — , vi,
431 » ; fam., vi, 184 n

Duxbury Hall (Duxbury), vi, 208,

210, 211 n

Duxendean (Whittingham) , vii, 207
Duxen Dean Cross (Broughton), vii,

117 n

Duxon, see Dickson and Dixon
Duxon Hill (Brindle), vi, 75 n
Dwerryhouse (Wrightington), vi,

174 n
Dwerryhouse, Ad. de, vi, ij6n;

Agnes, vi, 176 n ; Hen., vi, 176 n ;

Jane, vi, 176 n ; Rich., vi, 176 n ;

Rob. de, vi, 176 w
Dyeing and Colour Works, vi, 276,

289, 399

INDEX

Dykes (Newchurch-in-Rossendale) ,

vi, 438
Dylle, Thos., vi, 127 n ; see also

Duell

Dynkedley, Dynkley, see Dinckley
Dyrpool (Cabus), vii, 305 n
Dyson, Harriet A., vii, 259 ; John,

vi, 526, 533

Eafward (Efward, Eward), vi, 74 « ;

vii, 171, 172 «, 173 n, 177
Eagland Hill (Pilling), vii, 332
Earlsgate, Will, de, vii, n8»
Earl's Meadow (Penwortham), vi,

58 n
Earnsdale (Over Darwen), vi, 269,

270, 274, 280

Earnsdale, brook, vi, 275, 280
Earnshaw Bridge (Leyland), vi, 10
Earpe, Will., vi, 249 n
Easden Clough (Cliviger), vi, 479
Eases (Brockholes), vii, in n
Easington, vi, 393 n
Eastcliff (Preston), vii, 83 n
Eastfield (Church), vi, 402 n
Eastgate (Burnley), vi, 453
Eastgreaves (Lea), vii, 130 n
Eastham (Estham), Arth., vi, 296,

298 n ; Edm., vi, 237 n ; Fran.,

vi, 296 ; Lawr., vi, 298 n ; Marg.

de, vi, 296 ; Rich., vi, 296 ;

Thos. de, vi, 296
Eastley Field (Cottam), vii, 136 n
East Moors (Habergham Eaves),

vi, 457

Easton Neston (Northants), vi, 123
Eastwood (Hothersall), vii, 64 n
Eastwood, Cath., vi, 77 ; John, vi,

477 n ] —, vi, 78 n
Eaton, see Eton
Eaves (St. Michael-on-Wyre), vii,

285
Eaves (Eves), Ad. del, vii, 212 «;

Alice del, vii, 212 n; Eliz., vii,

136 n ; Joan del, vi, 412 n ; John

del, vi, 412 n, 463 ; Oswald, vii,

136 « ; Rob. del, vi, 397 n, 412 n ;

vii, 116; Steph. del, vi, 131 »,

134 n ; Thos. (del), vi, 10 n,

397 n ; Will., vi, 512 ; see also

Eyves

Eaves Barn (Hapton), vi, 507
Eaves Green (Goosnargh), vii, 191,

198
Eaves Hall (Chorley), see Crosse

Hall

Eaveshey (Chorley), vi, 133 n, 140
Eccles, Agnes, vii, 35 n ; Benj., vii,

63 ; Edw., vii, 36 n ; Frances,

vii, 35 n ; Jos., vi, 288-9 ; J., vii,

202 n ; Marg., vii, 272 ; Rich.,

vii, 31 «, 34 n; Seth., vii, 44 n ;

Thos., vi, 276 ; vii, 36, 44 n, 63 n,

272, 282 n ; Will., vi, 270 ; Miss,

vii, 206 n
Eccleshill, vi, 39, 235, 269, 278-80,

419, 429 ; coal mines, vi, 419 ;

ind., vi, 278 ; man., vi, 279 ;

mill, vi, 279 ; Rom. rem., vi, 278
Eccleshill, Lower, vi, 279 n
Eccleshill, Hen. de, vi, 279 ; vii,

109 n ; Rich, de, vi, 279, 279 n ;

Rob. de, vi, 279, 279 n ; Rog. de,

vi, 270
Eccleshill Fold (Eccleshill), vi,

279 n

Ecclesia of the Messiah, vi, 248
Eccleston, vi, i, 2, 58 «, 155-66 ;

adv., vi, 158 ; chant., vii, 170 n ;

char., vi, 90 n, 161 ; ch., vi, 155 ;

ind., vi, 162 ; man., vi, n n, 162 ;

•vii, 115 n, 138, 235 n; Nonconf.,

vi 166

Eccleston, Gt., vii, 181, 183 n,
229 n, 260, 261 », 264 », 266,
269, 269 n, 276-9, 281, 284 n,
302 n, 319 » ; ch., vii, 279 ; fairs,
vii, 276 ; man., vii, 182, 276,
280, 288 ; mill, vii, 278 ; Non-
conf., vii, 279 ; Rom. Cath., vii,
279

Eccleston, Little (Little Eccleston-
with-Larbreck), vii, 143, 143 «,
144, 144 n, 150, 150 n, 181-3,
266, 269 n, 276, 280 n, 288 n,
302 n ; man., vii, 182

Eccleston, Mickle, Much, see Eccle-
ston, Gt.

Eccleston (Eggleston), Ad. (de), vi,
i64«-i65«; vii, 182 «, 183 n,
276-7, 278, 279 n, 330 n ; Alan
de, vi, 291 n ; vii, 272 n, 278 n ;
Anabil de, vii, 278 n ; Anne, vii,
278 « ; Beatrice de, vii, 183 n ;
Cecily de, vi, 201 n ; Edw., vii,
35 n ; Ellis de, vii, 183 n ; Emma
de, vii, 277 n ; Geoff, de, vii,
272 n ; Hen., vi, i77»; Hugh,
vi, 165 n ; Joan, vi, 165 n ; vii,
J97 n '> John (de), vi, 163 n,
165 n ; vii, 180 «, 278 n ; Kath.,
vii, 211 ; Ralph (de), vii, 144,
182, 183 n, 187 «, 276 ; Rich, de,
vii, 272 n, 277 n, 279 n, 280,
280 n ; Rob. de, vi, 163 n, 165 n ;
vii, 183 «, 277 n ; Rog. de, vii,
109 «, 277 n, 280 «, 330 n ;
Steph. de, vi, 164 n ; Thos. (de),
vi, 165 n, 172, 177, 194 n; vii,
I2O», 153, 174 w, 182 n, 183 «,
187 n, 197 », 211, 234 w, 272 n,
277, 278 n ; Uctred de, vii, 277 ;
Will, (de), vi, ioo«, 164 n-6;j n,
166 ; vii, 19, 153, 187, 197 n,
272 n, 276 n, 277, 278 n, 288 n ;
Winifred, vii, 190 n ; fam., vii,
283 n, 284

Eccleston Green (Eccleston), vi,
162, 1 66

Eccleston Hall (Gt. Eccleston), vii,
278

Eccliston, see Eccleston

Echelyston, Echilston, see Elston

Echemeswyk, Eckeleswyk, see Els-
wick

Eckersall, Jas., vii, 329 n ; Thos.,
vii, 329 n

Ecleston, see Eccleston

Ecroyd (Acroid, Akeroyd, Ake-
royde), Edw., vi, 540 ; Eliz., vi,
470 ; John, vi, 470, 471 ; Rich.,
vi, 470, 471 ; Sam., vi, 496 ;
Will., vi, 470 ; W. F., vi, 540

Eda, w. of Rob., vii, 160 n

Edcroft (Adlington), vi, 218 w

Eddy, Steph. R., vi, 80

Edeleswic, see Elswick

Edelston, Joan de, vi, 376 n ; Rog.
de, vi, 376 n

Eden, Jas., vi, 259

Edeston (Clitheroe), vi, 365 n

Edgar, Hannah, vi, 148

Edge, the (Sefton), vi, 301, 321 n

Edge, Bridg., vi, 154 n, 194 « ;
Ellen, vii, 194 n ; Geo., vii,
194 n ; Jas., vi, 154 n ; Jos., vi,
154 n ; Rich., vii, 194 n ; Sarah,
vii, 194 n ; Thos., vi, 154 ; vii,
194 n ; fam., vi, 246 n

Edgend (Marsden), vi, 540, 540 n

Edgeside (Newchurch), vi, 440

Edgeworth, Ad. de, vi, 405 n ; Rob.
de, vi, 405 n ; Will, de, vi, 405 n

Edielies, Ad. de, vii, 16 ; Christiana,
vii, 1 6

Ediholes (Little Harwood), vi,
251

Ediholes, fam., see Hediholes

Edisford (Clitheroe), vi, 366 n,
chant., vi, 371 ; leper hosp., vi,

371 A

Edisford (Edisforth), Eve de, vii,

34 n ; Marg. de, vii, 4 n ; Rich.

de, vi, 371 n ; vii, 4 n ; Will, de,

vii, 4 w, 34 n

Edisford Bridge (Whalley), vi, 360
Edisforth, fam., see Edisford
Edith, vii, 130 n
Edmundson (Edmondson), Benj.,

vi, 147, 159 ; Chris., vii, 298 ;

Ellen, vi, 543 n ; Ewan, vi,

1 66 n ', Hiet, vii, 298 n ; Rich.,

vi, 155 ; Will., vii, 89
Edolf Acre (Walton-le-Dale), vi, 290
Edresford, Will, de, vii, 230 n
Edricholme (Lytham), vii, 216 n]
Edsforth, John, vii, 141 n
Edusa, w. of Rob., vii, 134 n
Edward, the Confessor, vi, i, 57,

291

Edward I., vii, 92 «, 249
Edward II, vi, 235 ; vii, 177 n, 487
Edward IV, vi, 61 n
Edward, rector of Standish, vi, 187
Edwards, Marg., vii, 193 n, 322 n ;

Rob., vi, 388 n ; Will., vii, 322 n
Edwin, Ad., vii, 130 n ; Will., vii,

130 w

Edyef holes, fam., see Hediholes
Eegh Marsh (Penwortham), vi,

58 »

Ees, the (Bretherton), vi, 102
Efward, see Eafward
Egerton, Agnes, vi, 76 ; Dav. (de),

vi, 76» 79 ; Jas., vi, 159, 161 ;

Pet., vi, 215 »
Egerton Moss, vi, 280
Egginsike (Wilpshire), vi, 335 n
Eggleston, see Eccleston
Eghardhull (Clitheroe), vi, 365 «
Eghes (Eghs), Amabel del, vi,

510 n ; Joan del, vi, 456 n ; John

del, vi, 510 n ; Rich, del, vi,

456 n ; Will, del, vi, 510 n
Eglestun, see Eccleston
Eidsforth (Barnacre), vii, 315, 318
Eilsi, see Ailsi
Eissilache (Mellor), vi, 263
Elberton, Hen., vi, 51 n
Eldred, John, vii, 263 n
Elesburne (Pleasington), vi, 266 n
Elewynekar (Little Harwood), vi,

249 n

Elfward, vi, 538 n
Elim (Burnley), vi, 453
Elisburn(e), riv., vi, 262 «, 268
Elizabeth, queen, vii, 133 w, 136 n,

138 n

Elizabeth, d. of Leuot, vi, 485 n
Elker (Billington) , vi, 328
Elland (Ellend), Alex, de, vii, 16 « ;

Hen. de, vi, 342, 417, 479, 481 ;

Hugh de, vi, 479 ; Rich, de, vi,

424, 479, 481 ; Will, de, vii, 16 n
Ellaston, A vice de, vi, 170^; vii,

321 n ; Hen. de, vi, 170 n ; Mich.

de, vi, 170 n ', vii, 321
Ellel, vii, 282 n, 300 «, 301, 319 «,

333 n
Ellel (Ellill), Ad. de, vii, 62 «;

Alice, vii, 49 n ; Ellis, vii, 62 n ;

Grimbald de, vii, 282 n ; John de,

vi, 396 ; vii, 62 n ; Rich, (de), vii,

62 n, 282 n ; Rob., vii, 62 n ;

Walt, de, vii, 282 n ; see also

Sowerby

Ellen, vii, 283 ; recluse, vi, 360 n
Ellend, see Elland
Eller, Ad. de, vii, 53 n
Elleray, Rev. Thos., vi, 333, 334,

344

Ellerbeck (Duxbury), vi, 208, 211
Ellerbeck, brook, vi, 208, 217

365

Ellercarr meadow (Little Carleton),
>• vii, 229 n

Ellerker, John de, vi, 159
Elleslegh, Ellesley, see Ellisley
ElJesmere, Alice, Lady, vii, 185 n,
208 n, 283 n ; Thos., Ld., vii,
34 n, 185 n, 208 n, 283 n
Elleston, see Elston
Elleswyk, see Elswick
Elletson (Elotson), Cath., vii, 257 ;
Dan., vii, 259, 333 ; Eliz., vii,
258 ; Emily, vii, 333 ; Hen. C.,
vii, 257 ; John, vi, 97 n ; vii, 257 ;
Marg. J., vii, 333 ; Rog., vi, 97 n ;
Will., vii, 258 », 333, 335 n
Ellill, see Ellel
Ellingthorp, Rich., vi, 268
Ellis, vi, 469 n, 477 n; vii, 169 »;
the harper, vi, 485 n ; thegn, vi,
364 n

Ellis, Jas., vi, 518 « ; Steph., vi,
453 n ; Thos., vi, 518 n ; Rev.
— , vi, 518

Ellisley (Elleslegh, Ellesley), Alice
de, vi, 60 n, 303 ; John de, vi, 60,
303 ; Rich, de, vii, 109 «
Ellisley lands (Penwortham), vi, 60
Ellison, Hen., vii, 278 n ; Stan-
hope, vi, 114 ; Thos., vi, 114, 147,
153 ; Will., vi, 153, 272 n
Ellison House, vii, 278 n
Ellis's houses (Stonyhurst) , vii, 4 n
Ellott, Isabel, vi, 527 n ; John, vi,

527 n ; —, vi, 524 n
Elmetridding (Chipping), vii, 62 n
Elmfield (Church), vi, 399
Elminrode (Eccleston), vi, 164 n
Elmridge (Chipping), vii, 26, 31
Elnor (Farington), vi, 62 n
Elondes (Brockholes), vii, non
Elotson, see Elletson
Elremurcarr (Bretherton), vi, 103 n
Elresbaree (Salesbury), vi, 252
Ellington, Edw., vi, 163 n ; vii,

115 n ; Grace, vi, 163 n
Elston, vi, 37 ; vii, 72, 73 », 76, 79,
83 n, 106, 108, 113-15, 127 n,
205, 212 n ; char., vii, 90, 106 n ;
man., vii, in «, 113 ; mills, vii,
114 n; Nonconf., vii, 115; Rom.
Cath., vii, 115 ; Rom. rd., vii, 108
Elston (Ellston, Ethelston), Agnes
(de), vii, in n, 114 n; Alex.,
vi, 429 n ; vii, 114 »; Alice de,
vii, ii4»z; Amabel, vii, 48 n ;
Anabella (Anabel), de, vi, 320 ;
vii, 125 n ; Anne, vii, in n, 112 ;
Arth. de, vii, n^n; Benj., vi,
430 n ', Cath. (Kath)., vii, 106 n,
107 «, inn; Cecily de, vii,
114 n; Christiana de, vii, 114 n,
126 n ; Eliz. (de), vi, 30 n, 429,
430 ; vii, 47 n, 114 n ; Ellen (de),
vii, in n, 126 n ; Emma de, vii,
Ii4«; Godith de, vii, 125 n ;
Isabel, vi, 294 ; Jas. de, vii, 114 « ;
Jane, vii, 248 n ; John (de), vii,
47 n, io6n, 107 n, in n, 113 n,
114, H4», 125 n ; Marg., vii,
in, in n, 125 n, 127 n ; Mar-
gery de, vii, H4«; Maud de,
vii, 114 n ', Nich., vii, 125 n ;
Paulin (de), vii, 107 n, 114 n,
125 n, 126 n ; Ralph (de), vii,
in n, 114 «, 115 n, 125 n ; Reg.,
vii, 125 n ', Rich, (de), vi, 30 n,
237 ; vii, 107 «, in n, 114 n; Rob.
(de), vi, 294, 405 «, 429; vii,
109 n, in, in n, 112, 114 n,
125 n, 126 n ; Rog. (de), vi, 305 n,
320, 339 n ; vii, 48 n, 49 n, 62 n,
105, 106, 107 n, in, in n, 113 n,
114 n, 125 n, 136 n, 137 n ; Thos.
(de), vii, 125 n, 245 n ; Warine
de, vii, 114 n, 126 n; Will, (de),

Elston (con/.)

vi, 294, 305 n ; vii, 88 n, 106,
106 «, 107 n, 109 n, in n, 113,
ii4n, 125 «, 245, 248 n; fam.,
vii, 1 66 n

Elston Hall (Elston), vii, 115

Elswick (Mellor), mineral spring,
vi, 260

Elswick (St. Michael-on-Wyre), vi,
37, 58 n ; vii, 156 n, 163 n, 166 n,
i67tw, i68w, 178 n, 180 n, 181,

207 «, 260, 261 n, 264 n, 269 n,
278, 279 n, 280 n, 281 n, 282-4,
309 ; chap., vii, 284 ; ch., vii,
284 ; man., vii, 282 ; mill, vii,

283 n, 284, 284 n ; Nonconf., vii,
284

Elswick, Ad. de, vii, 208 n, 212 n,
254 n, 279 n, 283 n, 284, 284 n ;
Alan de, vii, 179 n ; Alex, de, vii,

208 n, 212 n, 284 n, 323 n ; Edm.,
vii, 198 n, 212 n ; Eva de, vii,
254 « ; Hen. (de), vii, 198 n,

284 n ; Hugh de, vii, 279 n,
284 n ; John (de), vi, 263 ; vii,
41, 43 n, 62 n, 199 n, 212 n,
283 n, 284 n ; Marg., vii, 212 n ;
Rich, de, vii, 283 n, 284 n ; Rob.
de, vii, 284 n ; Rog. de, vii, 284 ;
Steph. de, vii, 284 n ; Thos. de,
vii, 179 n, 212 nt 323 n ; Will, de,
vii, 179 n, 208 n, 212 n, 284,

323 »

Elswick Grange (Elswick), vii, 282

Eltonhead, Alice, vi, 34 n ; John,
vi, 34 n

Elvetham, Hen. de, vi, 338 ; Hugh
de, vi, 338

Elvive Furlong (Freckleton), vii,
170 n

Ely, Jas. Stanley, bp. of, vi, 160 n,
418 »

Emery, Mary, vi, n n ; Thos., vi,
n n

Emma, vi, 367 n ; d. of William,
vii, 27 n

Emmesone, Dobbe (Dowe), vi, 339,
339 n

Emmott (Come), vi, 356 n, 455 n,
525, 528 ; Rom. coins, vi, 523 n

Emmott (Emott), Chris., vi, 529 ;
Edm., vi, 529 n ; Eliz., vi, 529 n ;
Geo., vi, 549 ; Hen. (de), vi,
528*1, 529 n, 548, 551; Humph.,
vi, 529 n ; Jas., vi, 447 «, 529 n ;
John, vi, 529, 530, 536, 545 n;
Marg., vi, 530 ; Margery, vi,
545 n ; Rich., vi, 529 n ; Rich. W.,
vi, 529 ; Rob. (de), vi, 528, 549,
549 n, 552 ; Thos., vi, 529, 529 n,
530 ; Will, (de), vi, 528 «, 529,
530, 533, 55i ; — , vi, 524 n,
549 n

Emmott Bridge (Trawden), vi, 551

Emmott Floodgate (Trawden), vi,

551

Emmott Hall (Colne), vi, 523, 529
Emmott Moor, vi, 522, 529, 549
Emott, see Emmott
Emsworth (Yorks), chant., vi,

314 n

Enam (Singleton), vii, 183
Enfield (Clayton-le-Moors), see Hen-
field
Enfield House (Claughton), vii,

329 n

England, T. T., vi, 527
English, Will, the, vii, 303 n
Engleshelje], Englisle, see Lea,

English

English Lea, see Lea, English

Entwisle (Entwistle), Ad. de, vii,

54 n, 56 n ; Anne, vi, 272 » ; Sir

Bertin, vi, non; Edm., vi,

429 n ; Edw., vii, 56 ; Ellis de,

Entwisle (cont.)

vii, 134 n ; Jane, vii, 56, 58 ; John

de, vii, 56 n, 134 n ; Rich, de,

vii, 54 n, 56 n ; Townley, vii, 56 n ;

— , vi, 439 n

Erdington (Birmingham), vi, 49
Ereley (Mellor), see Arley
Ereley, Rich, de, vi, 262 n
Erghum, fam., see Arrom
Erlesgate, Godith del, vii, 200 n ;

Will, de, vii, 123
Erley, vii, 46 n

Erlnefield (Huncoat), vi, 411 n
Ernesdene, brook, vi, 281 n g
Erneshalgh (Farington), vi, 62 n
Ernistone (Foulridge), vi, 547 n
Ernshaw, Abra., vi, 301
Erskine, Capt., vii, 77 wj 1
Eschayt, see Hesketh
Escolme, Geo., vi, 557
Esholt nunnery (Yorks.), vi, 533 n
Eskehagh, see Hesketh
Eskham (Pilling), vii, 332
Eskholme Houses (Pilling), vii, 334
Eskland (Garstang), vii, 306 n
Espes, the (Farington), vi, 62 n
Esprick, vii, 150*1, 163 », I76«,

179, 180 n, 181 n, 266, 274 n,

279, 308
Esprick, Ad. de, vii, 179^; John

de, vii, 1 79 n ; Will, de, vii,

179 n

Essex, Will., earl of, vii, 303 n
Est Chernoke, see Heath Charnock
Estebrec, see Esprick
Estern, John le, vi, 207 n ; Will.

(the, le), vi, 206 n, 207 n
Esthalle, Rich, de, vi, 259 n
Estham, see Eastham
Estholme (Lytham), vii, 2147*
Estholme Carr (Lytham), vii, 216
Eston, Estone, Estun, see Ashton
Etheleston, Etheliston, Ethelston,

see Elston
Etheliswyck, Etheneswyk, Etles-

whic, see Elswick
Eton (Eaton), Cecily de, vii, 286 n ;

Isabel de, vii, 286 n ; Joan de,

vii, 286 n ; Rich, de, vii, 286 n ;

Rob. de, vii, 286 n ; Nich. de,

vii, 286 n, 325 n, 328 n
Euerby, Cecily de, vi, 365 n
Eustace, vi, 503 n
Euxton, vi, 3, 6 n, 18-23, 58 « ;

vii, 79 n, 205 ; chap., vi, 8, 9 n,

22 ; char., vi, 9, 91 n ; ch., vi, 22 ;
cross, vi, 18 ; man., vi, 18 ; mkt.
and fair, vi, 19 ; Nonconf., vi,

23 ; sch., vi, 23 ; Rom. Cath., vi,

23

Euxton, Avice de, vi, 18 n ; John

de, vi, 19 n, 224 n ; Marg. de,

vi, 19 n ; Margery de, vi, 18 n ;

Rich, de, vi, 18 n, 19 n ; Rob. de,

vi, 21 n ; Steph. de, vi, 18 n ;

Thos., vi, 17 n, ig n; Will, (de),

vi, 17 n, 21 n ; vii, 93 n ; see also

Exton
Euxton Burgh (Euxton), vi, 18,

20 n
Euxton Hall (Euxton), vi, 17, 18,

20 n, 21, 23
Eva (Eve), w. of Ad., vii, 160 n ;

w. of Will, the carpenter, vii,

98 n
Evangelical Protestant Church, vi,

248

Evans, Thos., vi, 181
Everage Clough (Cliviger), vi, 479
Every, Edw., vi, 543
Every-Clayton, Edw., vi, 476, 543 ;

Eliz., vi, 476, 543; Capt., vl,

528 n, 543

Every-Halsted, Chas. E., vi, 476
Eves, le (Studlehurst), vi, 324 n

366

INDEX

Eves ( Whittingham) , vii, 209 n,
210 n, 212 n

Eves, brook (Evesbroke), vi, 290 ;
vii, 29 n, 93 n

Eves, fam., see Eaves and Eyves

Evesham Abbey, vi, 6, n, n n, 14,
18, 52, 53 », 54> 55 », 58, 62, 65,
67, 69, 70, 71 «, 72 n, 73 w, 171 n,
215 «, 291 «

Evis-brook, see Eves, brook

Evyn pool (Ribble), vi, 58 n

Eward, see Eafward

Ewese, see Eves

Ewewood Holme (Trawden), vi, 551

Ewood (Blackburn), vi, 276, 277 n,
287-8, 497 n ; ch., vi, 288

Ewood (Haslingden), vi, 428

Ewood (Ewode, Hewode), Ad. de,
vi, 287; Avice de, vi, 511 n;
Hen. de, vi, 511 n; John de
(del), vi, 246 n, 287 n, 428 n,
511 M, 548 ; Marg., vi, 287 ; Rich,
de, vi, 287 ; Will, de (del), vi,
246 n, 287 », 428 n ; — , vi, 413 »

Ewyas, see Deuyas

Exeter, Fred. Keppel, bp. of, vii,
311 «; John Veysey, bp. of, vii,
42 n ; John Wolton, bp. of, vi,

395

Exeter, duke of, vi, 271
Exeter, Will, de, vi, 87, 146
Exgangedoles (Ribchester), vii, 48 n
Exton, John, vii, 24 ; Rev. Thos.,

vi, 274, 319 ; see also Euxton
Extwistle (Extwesil, Extwesl), vi,

349, 356 n, 443, 447 n, 450, 454,

459, 468-73 i man., vi, 471 ;

mill., vi, 459 n, 472 ; Rom. camp,

vi, 469
Extwistle, Alex, de, vi, 473 n ;

Avice de, vi, 473 n ; Hen. de, vi,

473 n ; Mabel de, vi, 473 n ;

Matth. de, vi, 473 n ; Nich. de,

vi, 473 n ; Rich, de, vi, 473 n ;

Sabina de, vi, 473 n ; Will, de,

vi, 473 n
Extwistle Hall (Extwistle), vi, 138,

469, 472

Eyerley (Ribchester), vii, 43 n
Eyes, the (Brockholes) , vii, 112 n
Eyes, the (Witton), vi, 265
Eyre, Rob. the, vii, 52 n ; Will.,

vii, 13

Eyves (Fishwick), vii, ii6n
Eyves, Grace, vi, 27 n ; Jane, vii,

115 n; Ralph, vii, 117; Rich.,

vi, 27 n ; vii, 117 ; Rob. del, vii,

116; Thos., vii, 117; fam., vii,

137 n ', see also Eaves
Eyves Hall (Goosnargh), vii, 197
Eyvill, Margery de, vii, 277 « ;

Thos. de, vii, 277 n

Faceby-Stubbyng, le (Sunderland) ,

vi, 318

Faethewra (Marton), vii, 24071
Fairbank (Fairebank), Gilb., vi,

451 ; John, vi, 547 ; Will., vi,

534 »

Fairclough, Ad. de, vi, 211 »; Alex.,
vi, 188, 191 ; Almarica del (de),
vi, 201 n ; Edw., vi, 201 n ; Eliz.
de, vi, 211 n; Ellen, vi, 229*1;
Grace, vi, 173 n, 201 n ; vii, 32 ;
Hen. (de), vi, 201 n ; John del
(de), vi, 201 n ; Lawr., vi, 191 n,
201 n ; Marg., vi, 105 n, 201 n ;
Margery de, vi, 201 n ; Ralph
(de), vi, 105 «, 173 n, 191 n,
201 n ; Rich., vii, 66 n ; Rob. del
(de), vi, 201 n, 229 n ; Thos., vi,
191 « ; Will., vi, 9 n ; fam., vi,
200

Fairford (Fairstead), Jas. de, vii,

84
Fairhaven (Lytham), vii, 213 ;

Nonconf., vii, 218
Fairhurst (Charnock Richard), vi,

206 n

Fairhurst (Goosnargh), vii, 191,

197 n, 199
Fairhurst ( Wrightington) , vi, 169,

175, 180 «
Fairhurst, Ad. del (del, vi, 166 n,

201 n, 207 n ; John de, vi, 207 n ;

Margery de, vi, 201 n, 207 n ;

Rob. de, vi, 207 n ; Will, de, vi,

207 n

Fairhurst Hall (Wrightington), vi,

174 n, 181 n

Fairland (Croston), vi, 92 n
Fairoak (Bowland), vi, 380
Fairs, see Markets and Fairs
Fairsnape (Bleasdale), vii, 141 n,

142 n, 164 n
Fairsnape, Lower (Bleasdale), vii,

141

Fairsnape Fell, vii, 20, 26, 68, 141
Fairstead, see Fairford
Faisacre, Alan de, vii, 284 «; Cecily

de, vii, 284 n

Falbothgrene (Goosnargh), vii, 193 n
Falconer, Harvey the, vii, 306 ;

Warine the, vii, 129 n
Faldworthings (Cuerden), vi, 24 n
Faldworthings (Norbreck), vii, 247 n
Faldworthings (Thurstan), vi, 234 n
Faldworthings (Fald worthing), John
de, vi, ii », 15 «, 24 n ; Rog. de,
vi, 24 n ; Thos., vi, 27 « ; Will,
(de), vi, 15 n, 24 n, 27 n
Falegh (Faleghs), John, vi, 394 n ;

Rob. de, vii, 199 n
Falklough, man., vi, 233 n
Fall, the (Ribchester), vii, 48 n
Fallingstone (Mabwood), vi, 338 n
Fallonwelhalgh (Ribchester), vii,

46 n

Fallowfield, John, vii, 82 n
Fallrode (Cliviger), vi, 485 n
Falsnape (Bleasdale), see Fairsnape
Falsnape Cloughfield (Haighton),

vii, 125 n-6 n
Falsnape Cloughhead (Haighton) ,

vii, 125 «
Falsnape Wray (Haighton), vii,

126 n

Falwalshalgh (Ribchester), vii, 47 n
Faniscliffe, see Feniscliffe
Fanshawe (Fanshaw), John, vii,
142*1, 184 »; Sim., vii, 184;
Thos. E., vii, 184 n ; Will., vii,
184

Fanyscowles, see Feniscowles
Faringdon, see Farington
Farington, vi, 52, 58, 61-5 ; ch.,
vi, 65 ; man., vi, 59, 62, 68 ;
Nonconf., vi, 65 ; sch., vi, 62
Farington, Little, vi, 64
Farington (Faringdon, Farrington),
Ad. de, vi, 62 n ; Agnes (de), vi,
64*1, now; Alb. de, vi, 62 n ;
Alice (de), vi, 52 », 62 «, 63 n,
64 «, 67 n ; vii, 307 «, 320 n ;
Ameria (Amery) de, vi, 62 n ;
vii, 200 ; Anne, vi, 12 n, 53, 63,
64 n ; Bradshaw, vi, 14 n ; Cecily,
vi, 24 n, 64 n, 206 n ; vii, 307 »,
320 n ; Chas., vi, 64 w, 68 n,
73 n, 106 n ; Chris., vi, 28 n ;
Dorothy, vi, 12 n, 63 ; Edm., vi,
14 « ; Edw., vi, 299 ; Eliz., vi,
6, 63 «, 64 n ; vii, 136 n, 314 « ;
Fran., vi, 67 n, 68 «, 322 ; Geoff.,
vi, 64 « ; Geo., vi, 14, no « ; vii,
135 «, i6on; Sir Hen., vi, 9,
ii », 12, 57 n, 63, 65, 68 n, no n,
113 «, 164 n, 292 n ; Hen. (de),

Farington (cont.)

vi, 2n, 13, 14*1, 52 w, 57*1-58 *z,

62 n, 64 n, 67 n, 109 n, no«,
n8w, 164 n, 206 n, 412 n ; vii,
74, 135 n, 183 n, 320*1; Hen. N.
vi, 14 ; Hugh, vi, 73 n ; vii, 106,
107, 107*1, 117*1; Humph., vi,
7 ; Isabel, vi, 3 n, 30, 63 n, 293 ;
Jas., vi, 14, 73 n ; vii, 205 ; Jas. N.
vi, 14 ; Jane, vii, 106 n ; Joan
(de), vi, n, 30, 61 n, 63, 71*1,
no *i, 113 n, 305 n ; Sir John de,
vi, 64*?; John (de), vi, n n, 18,
21 n, 61 n, 62, 63 «, 64 n, 73 n,
no«; vii, 75, 90, 106 «, 226 n,
320 n ; Lawr., vi, 17 n ; Marg.,
vi, 30 n, 64 n ; vii, 106 ; Mary, vi,
9 «, 322 ; Mary H.; vi, 14 ; Nich.
(de), vi, 14 «, 62 n, 64 n ; vii,
226 n, 320 n ; Pet. (Piers), vi,
12 n, 24 n, 52 n, 57 «, 63 n, 64,
65, 72, 71 n, 73 n, 293 ; Ralph,
vi, 7, 64 »; Rich, (de), vi, 15 n,
35 n, 62 n, 63 «, 66 n, 68 n, 73 n,
74 ; vii, 106 n, 107 n ; Col.
Rich. A., vi, 14 ; Rob. (de), vi,
n n, 12 n, 42 n, 62 n, 63, 65*1,
74, 87, non, 146; vii, 226 n ;
Rog. (de), vi, 3 », 62 «, 64 «,
now, 131 n ; vii, 200; R., vi,
85 n ; Sarah, vii, 136 n ; Susan,
vi, 13 n, 58 n; Susan M., vi, 14 ;
Thos. (de), vi, 3 », 12 n, 13 n,
14 «, 17 », 28 n, 32 n, 52 n, 63,

63 n, 64 n, 67 n, 71 », 73 n, no n,
282*1, 307 n, 314 n, 320 n; Val.,
vii, 135 n ; Warine de, vi, 62 n,
66 n; Sir Will., vi, n n, 12 n,
14; Rev. Will., vi, 13 n ; Will,
(de), vi, 3 «, 4, 4 n, 9, n, n n,
12, 13, 14, 15 n, 17 n, 30, 30 n,
31 n, 35 «, 51, 57 n, 58 n, 60 n,
61, 62, 63, 64 «, 65 n, 68 n, 69 »,
72 «, 73 n, 85, 87 n, 107 n, 109,
109 n, non, in, in n, 113 n,
131 n, 160 n, 164 n, 166 n, 298,
305 n, 319 ; vii, 98 n, 160 n,
211 « ; Will. E., vi, 14 ; Will. J.,
vi, 14 ; — , vi, 500 n ; fam., vi,
18, 28, 52, 71 n, 296

Farington Hall (Farington), vi, 52

Farington Hall (Ribbleton), vii,
105; char., vii, io6n

Farington Moss, vi, 62

Farington Park (Ribbleton), vii,
105

Farmer, John, vii, 41

Farnworth, Avice de, vi, 226 n ;
Edw., vi, 21 », 2io»; Hen. de,
vi, 226 « ; Joan de, vi, 226 n ;
John, vi, 1 8 ; vii, 120 »; Ralph,
vii, 120 n

Farrand (Farron), Rev. Rog., vii,
123, 291 ; Will., vi, 395

Fairer, Bridg., vi, 367 ; Fran., vi,
424 n ; Hen., vi, 539, 551 ; Will.,
vi, 424, 470 ; vii, 288 n ; — , vi,
524 «; see also Ferrers

Farrington, see Farington

Farron, see Farrand

Farthingbutt (Cuerden), vi, 27 n

Farthing Hill (Preston), vii, 102 »

Farthings, the (Altham), vi, 413 n

Fastenfields (Fastandfield), (Rib-
chester), vii, 49 *», 51 n

Fauconberg, Ld., vi, 164 «, 252 n
405 ; Thos. Belasyse, vsct., vi
246

Fauconberg, Agnes de, vii, 301
Hen., vi, 150 «; John de, vii
301 ; Sir Walt, de, vii, 301
Walt, de, vii, 301, 302, 320 n
Will, de, vii, 301 ; fam., vii, 316 n

Fauerbeck (Preesall), vii, 256 n

Fauvell, Will., vi, 548

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Fawcett, Thos., vii, 309 n ; Mrs.,
vi, 413 ; — , vi, 205 n

Fayles (Goosnargh), vii, 199 «

Fayrehurst (Gt. Harwood), vi,
339 n

Fazakerley, Hen., vi, 133 ; Hen. H.,
G., vi, 133; H. H., vii, 156 n \
Matilda H., vi, 133 ; vii, 156 n ;
Nich., vi, no n ; Rog., vi, 219 n

Fazakerley- Westby, Jocelyn T., vi,
133 ; vii, 156, 156 n; Matilda H.,
vi, 133 ; vii, 156 n

Featherston (Federstun, Fether-
stan), Alice de, vi, 556 n ; Gilb.
(de), vi, 350 n, 556 n ; Rob. de,
vi, 556 n ; Sarah de, vi, 556 n ;
Will, de, vi, 291 n, 350 n, 556

Fegherby, see Fetherby

Feilden (Felden, Feldhend, Fielden),
Alice, vi, 216 n; Cecil W. M., vi,
286 ; Eliz., vi, 456 n ; Geoff., vi,
456 n ; Hen., vi, 236 n, 246, 265,
286, 288 n, 342 ; Jas., vi, 408 ;
Capt. Jas. H. G., vi, 240 n, 265,
283 n, 286, 307 ; John, vi, 246, 534,
535 n ; Jos., vi, 246, 247, 265, 317 ;
Marg., vi, 407 ; Nich., vi, 394 n ;
Oliver, vi, 216 n ; Pet. (Piers),
vi, 407 ; Rev. Ran del H., vi, 299 ;
Rob. (de), vi, 127 n, 237 n, 342,
555 n ; Sir Will., vi, 286, 288 ;
fam., vi, 347 «, 395 »

Felgate, Thos., vii, 66; Will., vii,

43 «

Felicklough, man., vi, 233 n
Fell, John, vii, 288 »
Fell House, see Rigmaiden House
Fellows, Bridg., vi, 154 ; Rice, vi,

154 ; Rice G., vi, 154 ; Sam., vi,

J54

Felongley, Hen., vi, 367 n
Felton, Jas., vi, 208 n ; John, vi,

208 n

Felyhalfeld (Fenwick), vi, 305 n
Fenays, see Fiennes
Fence, vi, 513, 521, 522-3
Fence Gate (Fence), vi, 522
Fence Gate (Salesbury), vi, 256
Feniscliffe (Livesey), vi, 282, 288
Feniscowles (Feniscoales) (Pleasing-
ton), vi, 269, 288 ; ch., vi, 288
Feniscowles, Ad. de, vi, 288
Feniscowles Hall (Pleasington), vi,

266
Fennifold (Habergham Eaves), vi,

455 «

Fenniscoles, see Feniscowles
Fennycotes, John de, vi, 469 n ;

Maud de, vi, 469 « ; Randle de,

vi, 469 «
Fennyfold, Ad. de, vi, 510%;

Amabel de, vi, 510 n ; Nich. de,

vi, 510 n
Fennyfolds (Hapton), vi, 510 n,

512 n
Fennyschull, Fennyshales, see

Feniscowles

Fens in Penhill, see Fence
Fenton, Jas., vii, 55, 255 ; Jos., vii,

48, 55 ; Nich., vi, 438 n ; Rob.

K., vii, 55 ; Will., vii, 142
Fenwick, Eliz., vi, 525 « ; Will., vi,

525 «

Fenys, see Fiennes
Feredale (Newton), vii, 166 n
Feris, Rich, de, vii, 209 n
Fermanholes, man. (Whittingham),

vii, 208

Fermer, see Farmer
Fernbreck (Stalmine), vii, 252 «
Ferncroft (Cuerden), vi, 27 «
Fernhagh (Accrington) , vi, 425
Fernhurst (Lower Darwen), vi, 278
Fernihurst, Rich, de, vi, 335
Fernleys, the (Trawden), vi, 552 n

Ferns, the (Poulton), vii, 226 «

Fernside (Come), vi, 528 n, 534 »

Fernyhalgh, vii, 117, n8«, 119,
120 n, 141 ; chap., vii. 124 n ;
oratory, vii, 124

Fernyhalgh Cross (Broughton), vii,
117 n

Fernyhurst (Bilsborrow) , vii, 332 «

Fernyside, Pet. del, vi, 548 ; Randle
de, vi, 548

Ferrers, earls, vi, 108, 149, 162 ;
vii, 132 «, 240, 264 n ; see also
Derby, earls of ; Will. Ferrers,
Ld., vi, 217

Ferrers (Ferrer), Agnes le, vi, 171 n ;
Eliz., vii, 241 n ; Hen. de, vi,
131, 132 ; Hugh le, vi, 171 n ;
Joan, vi, 132 n ; Rob. de, vi, 131,
204 « ; Rog. le, vi, 171 n ; Thos.,
vi, 96 n ; Sir Will, (de), vi, 101,
131, 194 n, 206 n, 241 n ; Will,
de, vi, I, 2, 2 n, 29 n, 99, 100,
101 «, 103 n, 105 n, 131, 132,
140, 143, 150 n, 197, 199 n, 203 n,
205, 208, 213, 217, 218 n, 260;
see also Farrer, and Derby,
earls of

Ferriby (Yorks), vii, 328 n

Ferriby, fam., see Fetherby

Ferryman, Ad. the, vii, 50 n

Ferryman Ley (Penwortham), vi,
58 n

Fetherby (Fegherby, Ferriby, Fey-
reby, Fotherby), Ellis de, vii,
328 n ; Hen. de, vii, 326 n, 328 n ;
Isolda de, vii, 328 «; Joan de,
vii, 313 «, 326 «, 328 n ; John de,
vii, 321 n; Margery de, vii, 328 n ;
Nichola de, vii, 328 n ; Will, de,
vii, 328 «

Fetherstan, see Featherston

Fevre, Ad. le, vii, 209 n

Feyreby, see Fetherby

Feysandforth, see Heysandforth

Feyser, Chris., vi, 369 n

Fidler, Will., vii, 136 n

Field, John, vii. 190 ; see also Fyld

Fielden, see Feilden

Fielding, Anne, vii, 239 n ; Gabriel,
vii, 239 n ; Hen., vii, 138, 320 n ;
Hen. B., vii, 138, 320 » ; John,
vii, 239 n ; Rich., vi, 515

Fieldingfordwray (Greenhalgh) , vii,
180 n

Fieldplumpton, see Plumpton, Gt.
and Little

Fiennes (Fenays, Fenys), Celia, vii,
77, 293 .' Joan> vi, 162 ; Sir Rich.,
vi, 162 ; Thos., vi, 163 n ; Will,
del, vi, 525 n ; see also Dacre,
Lds.

Filbard, vii, 94 n

Fildingford (Garstang), vii, 313 n

Filly Close (Filicloos, Filieclose),
vi, 349, 445, 488 n, 489, 490,
491

Finch, Arth., vi, 177 n, 180 « ;
Chris., vii, 234 n ; Eliz., vi, 96 n ;
Ellen, vi, 96 n ; Hen., vi, 82 «,
100. 192 n ; Jas., vi, 100 n ; John,
vi, 28 n, 155, 177 n, 199 n ; Kath.,
vi, 177 n, 180 n ; Lawr., vi, 177 n,
1 80 ; Marg., vi, 96 n, 177 n ; Mar-
gery, vi, 28 n ; Mary, vii, 135 « ;
Rich., vii, 234 n ; Rob., vi, 177 n,
224 n ; vii, 190 n, 234 n ; Thos.,
vi, 100 n ; vii, 135 n ; Rev. T. R.,
vi, 57 ; Will., vi, 96 n, 177 n

Finesdenbrook, vi, 38 n

Finnay, fam., vi, 471

Finnescliffe Bridge, (Witton), vi,

235

Finney (Croston), vi, 92 n, 96
Finney House (Croston) , vi, 96 n
Finsley (Marsden), vi, 537

Finsley Meadow, see Saunder's
Bank

Firth, Thos., vii, 179

Fischwic (Fiscuic), see Fishwick

Fish (Fisshe, Fyshe, Fysshe), Anne,
vi, 278 ; Evan, vi, 77 n ; Jas., vi,
77 n, 277 n ; Mich., vi, 273 ;
Miles, vi, 277 n ; Ralph, vi, 272 n ;
Rob., vi, 273 n ; Thos., vi, 272 n,
273, 274, 280 n ; Will., vi, 278 n

Fishburne, Thos., vi, 87

Fisher, Ellen, vi, 9 n ; Hen., vi,
100 n ; Jas., vii, 242, 259 n, 298,
312 ; John, vi, 52, 176 n ; vii,
148, 245, 259 n ; Rich., vi, 176 n ;
Thos., vi, 100 «, 176 n ; Will., vi,
176 n ; — , vii, 242 n

Fisherfield (Wrightington), vi, 174 n

Fishergate (Preston), vii, 76, 77 n,
89 n, 97 n, 99 n, 101 n

Fishergate well (Preston), vii, 96 n

Fisher Tree bridge (Rufford), vi,
122 n

Fishwick, vi, 162 ; vii, 72, 73 «, 76,
79, 83 n, 89, gin, 101, 114 M,
115-17, 194 n ; chap., vii, 115 «;

• cross, vii, 91 n ; man., vii, 102 n,
115; mill, vii, 115 n, n6«;
Rom. Cath., vii, 115

Fishwick, brook, vii, 116 n

Fishwick, Ad. (de), vii, 116 «, 194 n,
201 n, 212 n ; Alan de, vii, 116 n ;
Amabel de, vii, 116 n ; Auger de,
vii, 116 n ; Cecily de, vii, 125 « ;
Chas., vii, 194 n; Christiana de,
vii, 100 n ; Edm., vii, 205 n ;
Ellen, vii, 212 »; Gilb. de, vii,
100 n ; Greg., vii, 116 n ; Hen. de,
vii, 105 ; Hugh de, vii, too n ;
Rev. Jas., vii, 194 n ; Jas., vi,
406 n, 496 ; vii, 194, 212 n ; Jane,
vii, 212 n ; John (de), vi, 47 ;
vii, 100 n, 116 n, 194 n, 212 n,
223 ; Margery de, vi, 154 « ;
Maud de, vii, 105, n6«; Nich.
de, vii, 100 n ; Rich, (de), vii,
113 M, n6w, 125%, 212 n ; Rob.
(de), vii, n6«, 194 n ; Rog. de,
vii, loon, n6w; Sim. de, vii,
n6w; Thos., vii, too «, 194*1;
Will, (de), vi, 154 n ; vii, loow,
116 n, 212 n ; fam., vii, 133 n,
288 n

Fishwick Banks (Ribbleton), vii,
106 n

Fishwick Cross (Preston), vii, 91 n

Fishwickgate (Preston), vii, 99 n

Fishwick Hall (Fishwick), vii, 115,
116

Fiskwic, Fissewyk, Fisshewyke, Fis-
wick, Fiswike, see Fishwick

Fisshe, see Fish

Fitel, Rich., vi, 474 n ; Rob., vi,

474 n

Fitel Green (Worsthorne), vi, 474 n
Fitton (Fiton), Amiria, vi, 34*1;

Anabil (Amabel), vi, 120-1 ;

Edm., vi, 29 n, 37, 47 n, 339 ;

Sir Edw., vii, 286 n ; Eliz., vi,

120 n, 375 n, 403 n ; Emma, vi,

34 n ; Hugh, vi, 338 ; vii, 97 n ;

John, vi, 29 «, 37 n, 50, 120 n,

338, 339, 4*7; Marg., vi, 120 »,
264 ; vii, 130 », 339 ; Mary, vii,
286 n ; Maud, vi, 120-1 ; Sir
Rich., vi, 120 «, 339 ; Rich, (de),
vi, 29, 33, 37, 39 n, 48 n, 108 n,
120, 130 n, 196%, 264, 282, 338,

339, 341, 347 «, 375 n, 403 «,
418 n, 475 n ; Will., vi, 34 n,
120 n, 339

FitzAward, Rog., vii, 99 n ; Will.,

vii, 99 n
Fitzherbert, Basil, vii, 327 «, 328 n ;

Constantia, vii, 327 n, 328 n

368

INDEX

Fitzherbert (cont.)
Fran., vii, 328, 328 n ; Jas., vii,
328 ; Will., vii, 328 ; Will. J., vii,
328

Fitzherbert-Brockholes, Thos., vii,
328 ; Will., vii, 139 n, 328, 328 n ;
W. J., vii, 186, 328 ; — , vii, 15 n,
i8n

Fitz John, Eustace, vi, 538

Fitz Nigel, Will., vii, 238

Fitz Reinfred, Gilb., vi, 203; vii,
173 n, 268 n, 296, 300, 308 n,
325 «; Ha wise (Helewise), vii,
296 n, 308 n, 325 n ; Rog. vii,
153, 3oo

Fitz Walter, Rob., Ld., vi, 405 n

Fizle, Pet. le, vi, 87 n

Flaithel (Flathe Hill), (Shevington),
vi, 202 n

Flass (Colne), vi, 523, 530

Flat Mills (Walton -le-Dale), vi, 289

Flaxerode (Wheatley), vii, 32 n

Flax Moss (Haslingden), vi, 427

Flecher Oatley (Whittingham), vii,
207 «

Fleet (Fleets) (Church), vi, 402 n

Fleetwood, vii, 79 n, 231, 232, 237 ;
chs., vii, ^37 ; lighthouses, vii,
237 « ; Nonconf., vii, 237 ; Rom.
Cath., vii, 237 ; sch., vii, 236

Fleetwood, Agnes, vii, in » ; Anne,
vi, 53, 106; Arth., vi, 59;
Barbara, vi, 59 n, 295 ; Barton,
vii, 195 n ; Betty, vi, 19 n ;
Bridg., vi, 164 n, 295 ; vii, 224 ;
Chas., vi, 298 n ; Edm., vi,
167 n ; vii, 222 n, 230, 235, 236,
236 n, 241, 247 n, 248, 249 n,
250 «, 258 ; Edw., vi, 56, 56 «,
59, 62 n ; vii, 148, 224, 235, 236,

248 n, 249, 259 ; Eliz., vi, 106 n ;
vii, 314 ; Everill, vii, 230 n ;
Fran., vii, 236; Henrietta M.,
vi, 106 ; Hen., vi, 59, 65, 322 n ;
vii, 162 «, I79n; Honora, vi,
59 n ; H., vi, 74 n ; Jas., vi,
59 n ; Jane, vi, 164 n, 165 n ;
vii, 239 n, 248 n ; Joan, vii,
270 ; John (de), vi, 6, 53, 54 «,
55 n, 58, 59, 60, 61 n, 62,
65 n, 68, 70, 71 », 73 n, 74 «,
167 »; vii, 97 «, in «, 136 n,
158 n, i6on, 222 n, 224, 235 n,
331 «; Marg., vii, 236, 248 n,

249 », 331 n '• Margery, vi, 54,
59 ; Marianna, vi, 274 ; Mary, vii,
154 « ; Sir Paul, vii, 235, 241 »,

248 « ; Paul, vii, 250 n, 258, 259 ;
Sir Pet. H., vii, 236, 237, 241,
248, 249 ; Ralph, vi, 73 « ; Sir
Rich., vi, 24 n, 167 n ; Rich., vi,
r5 n, 54, 55, 59, 71 «, 72, 73 «,
167 n, 292 «, 293 ; vii, 154 n,
222 «, 224, 235, 236, 244, 245 n,

249 «, 255 «, 259 n, 260 n ; Sir
Rob., vi, 72 ; Rob., vi, 167 n ;
vii, 154 n, 235 n ; Sam., vi, 19 »,
now, 164 n ; Sarah, vii, 249 n ;
Thos., vi, 25 «, 27, 59 n, 106 n,
161 n, 164, i66«, 167*1, 177 n,
198-9, 224 n, 292 «, 293, 295,
397 » '. vii, 97 «, 151 n, 190 n,
222, 222 n, 224 w, 227, 227 n,
234 », 235, 235 «, 236 n, 240,
241, 242 n, 246, 248, 250 n,
254 «, 270, 284 n ; Sir Will., vi,
155, 167, 250; vii, 135, 24in ;
Will., vi, 58 n, 155, 164 n, 165 n,
167 n, 295 ; vii, 222 n, 224 n,
227 n, 241, 247, 247 n, 248, 249,
284 n ; Mrs., vi, 237 ; — , vii,
154 n, 219 ; fam., vi, 52, 240,
283, 310 ; vii, 279

Fleetwood Hall (Samlesbury), vi,
310

Fleetwood-Hesketh, C. H., vii, 222,

244
Fleming, Anne, vi, 92 n ; Chas., vii,

303 n ; Eliz., vi, 92, 101-2, 122 n ;
Gilb., vi, 92 n ; Isabel, Lady, vi,
71 n ; Isabel (de la), vi, 92, 132 ;
Joan, vi, 92 n ; Sir John (le), vi,
71 «, 92, 95 n, 97 n, 98 », 105 n,
131, 132 ; John (le), vi, 70 n,
I2i n ; vii, 334 n ; Marg., vi,
209 ; Reyner (le), vi, 70, 92 «,
355 n ; Rich., vi, 92 n ; Sir Thos.,
vi, 70 », 95 n, 209; Thos. (le),
vi, 92 n, 97 n, 132, 432, 458 n ;
Will, (le), vi, 70 n, 72 n, 92,
92 n, 93 n, 95 n, 102, 122 n ;
fam., vi, 130

Fletcher, Geo. C., vi, 518 ; Hen.,
vii, 216 n ; Jas., vi, 108 ; Jane,
vi, 1 08 ; John, vi, 163 n, 467 n ;
John, R., vi, 163 ; Jos., vi, 248 ;
Mary, vi, 163 n, 467 n ; Matth. F.,
vi, 119; Rev. M., vi, 119; Rob.
C., vi, 119, 147; Rev. Will., vi,
283 ; Will., vi, 208 n ; vii, 178 »

Flethycrokes (Barton), vii, 127 n

Flimingswell Syke (Preesall), vii,
257 n

Flitchcrofthaw, John de, vii, 109 n;
Rich, de, vii, 109 n

Floites Syke (Trawden), vi, 552

Flood, John, vi, 311 n

Flore, Rog., vi, 488, 490, 515, 521

Florigg, see Foulridge

Floyd, Mrs., vi, no n

Foal's charity (Chorley), vi, 148

Fogg, Rob., vi, 153, 160 «

Foldringis, see Faldworthings

Folds (Ulnes Walton), vi, 108

Folds, man., vi, 405 n

Folds, fam., see Foulds

Folds House (Briercliffe), vi, 469,
47°, 52i

Foldys, fam., see Foulds

Foldys Cross (Towneley Hall), vi,

443, 463
Folerigg, Folerigge, Folering, see

Foulridge

Foles, the (Cottam), vii, 136 n
Foliot, Alice, vi, 304 ; Jordan, vi,

304 ; Rich., vi, 304 n

Folly (Foliot) Hall (Balne), vi, 305 n
Folrigg, see Foulridge
Fonts, vi, 54, 78, 85, 127, 130, 152,
159, 186, 297, 312, 333, 342, 354,

399, 403, 415, 449, 495, 533, 557 ;

vii, 61, 123, 145, 14871, 244 n,

290
Foole (Fowle), Janet, vi, 237 n ;

John, vi, 395 n ; Lionel, vi, 342 ;

Rob., vi, 237 » ; Thos., vi, 288 n ;

—, vi, 395 n
Foot, — , vi, 411
Ford, the (Wheelton), vi, 50
Ford, Alex., vi, 198 n ; A. R., vii,

142 n

Fordoland (Worsthorne), vi, 477 n
Forest, Ameria de, vi, 291 n ; Gilb.

of the, vi, 291 n ; John, vi, 395 n ;

Will., vi, 395 n ; — , vi, 56 n
Formby, vii, 3, 159 n, 229 n, 285 ;

man., vii, 286 n
Formby, Alice (de), vii, 35 n, 194 n ;

Hugh de, vii, 229 n ; Joan, vii,

35 n ; John, vii, 30 n, 35 n ; Will.

de, vii, 194 n
Forrors, John, vi, 355 n
Forshaw, Alice, vi, 60 n ; Jas., vi,

60 n ; vii, 98 n, 10771, 117*1;
Jane, vi, 16 n ; Joan, vi, 60 n ;
John, vi, 60 «, 107 n ; Marg., vi,
1 6 n ; Thos., vi, 60 n ; Thurstan,
vi, 60 » ; Will., vi, 52 n, 58 n, 60,

61 n, 65, 66 n, 107 «, 108 n ;
fam., vi, 116 n ; vii, 98 «

369

Forshaw field (Withnell), vi, 48 «

Forster, Joan de, vi, 506 n ; John,
vi, 383 n, 506 n ; Thos., vii, 77 ;
see also Foster

Fort, John, vi, 353, 505 ; Rich., vi,
355 «, 505 I fam., vi, 415, 513

Forton (Cockerham), vii, 59 «, 68,
130 n, 300, 305

Forton, Hen. de, vii, 268 n ; Rog.
de, vii, 268 n

Fort, Taylor & Co., vi, 423

Foster, Geo., vi, 387 n, 513 ; Hen.,
vii, 285, 291 ; Jane, vi, 208 ; John,
vi, 251 « ; Rob., vi, 208 n ; Seth,
vi, 199 ; Sir Thos., vi, 86 n ; Thos.,
vi, 421, 489 ; Will., vi, 35 n ; see
also Forster

Foster Field (Read), vi, 506 n

Fotherby, see Fetherby

Foul (Chipping), vii, 29 n

Foulds (Folds, Foldes, Foldys),
Chris., vi, 445 n ; Edw., vi, 445 n ;
Geoff., vi, 549, 551 n ; Hen. del,
vi, 470; Jas., vi, 114, 447 n,
470, 471, 529, 537 «, 539, 549,
55i, 552 ; Jas. P., vi, 551 n ;
Rev. John, vi, 274, 318; John,
vi, 445 », 450 », 451 n, 468 n,
473 n, 477 n, 529 n ; Lawr. del,
vi, 470; Mary, vi, 530 n, 539,
551 n, 552 n ; Nich., vi, 529 n ;
Obadiah, vi, 445 n ; Piers, vi,
549; Rich., vi, 445 », 447 n,
453 «> 477 «> 49o; Rob., vi,
445 «> 549 » ', R°g-> vi, 552 ;
Sarah, vi, 527 » ; Thos., vi, 488 ;
Will., vi, 445 n, 447, 473 «, 475 «,
477 » ; — > vi, 524 n

Foulridge, vi, 349, 356 n, 456, 476,
522, 524, 526 n, 530 n, 534 n,
544-8, 551 ; ch., vi, 548 ; cross,
vi, 545 ; ind., vi, 544 ; man., vi,
543, 545 ; mill, vi, 545, 546 '•
Nonconf., vi, 548 ; quarries, vi,

544

Foulridge, brook, vi, 525 n
Foulridge, Ad. de, vi, 546 »
Foulridge Dandy Shop (Foul-
ridge), vi, 548
Foulridge Hall (Foulridge), vi,

545 », 546

Fountains Abbey (Yorks), vi, 355 n
Fourlands (Sowerby), vii, 282 n
Four Lane Ends (Carleton), vii,

228

Fowle, see Foole
Fowl Leach (Trawden), vi, 551
Fowlrakes (Simonstone), vi, 499 n
Fox (Foxe) Cornelius, vii, 253 «,

275 n ; Eliz., vii, 229 n ; Geo., vi,

519 ; vii, 104 n ; Jane, vii, 253 n ;

Jos. H., vi, 496 ; Rob., vii,

304 « ; Thos., vii, 229 n, 304 n ;

Will., vi, 325

Foxclough (Trawden), vi, 536, 552
Foxcroft, Maria, vi, 85 ; Rich., vi,

85, 153
Foxe, s^e Fox
Fox Hall, house (Blackpool), vii,

242

Foxhall, ward (Blackpool) , vii, 250 «
Foxhill Bank (Foxholebank) ,

(Oswald twistle), vi, 402 n, 405 ;

ch., vi, 409 ; Nonconf., vi, 409
Foxholebank, Will, de, vi, 407 n
Foxhole Clough (Salesbury), vi, 253
Foxholegreave (Tulketh), vii, 134 n
Foxholehurst (Bilsborrow), vii,

332 n

Foxholes (Rossall), vii, 235 n
Foxholes, the (Stonyhurst), vii, 4 n
Foxholes, Will, de, vi, 406 n
Foxhole Slack (Colne), vi, 524 n
Foxholt Redes (Chatburn), vi,
372 n

47

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Foxhouses (Nether Wyresdale), vii,
304 n

Foxlane Ends Cross (Westby), vii,
174 n

Foxley, Joshua, vi, 198 n ; Sam.,
vi, 198 n

Foxton, Cath. D., vii, 246

France, John, vii, 183, 267 «, 275,
276 ; Rob., vii, 134 n ; Rob.
J. B. A. W., vii, 275 n ; Rob. W.,
vii, 275 n ; Thos. R. W., vii,
275 n ; Thos. W., vii, 275 n ; — ,
vii, 279 n ; fam., vii, 262, 263

Franceys (Francis), Ad., vi, 301 « ;
vii, 48 n ; Amery, vii, 48 n ; Hen.,
vii, 56 n ; John, vii, 48 », 166 n ;
Margery, vii, 33 n, 166 n ; Rich.,
v"> 33 n> 4** n, 52 n ; Rob., vii,
48 n, 56 n, 136 n

Franciscans, see Friars, Grey

Franckesleye, see Lea, French

Frane, — , vi, 512 n

Frankland, Sir Edw., vii, 313

Franks, Alice, vi, 553 n ; Geo.,
vii, 17 ; Mary, vii, 17

Fraxino de, see Ash

Freckleton (Frecheltun), vi, 58 n ;
vii, 68 n, n8n, 135, 143, 144,
146 », 149, 150, 160 n, 162 n,

166, 166 n, 167-71, 173 n, 253 n,
273, 274 ; ch., vii, 170 ; crosses,
vii, 167 ; ind., vii, 167 ; man., vii,

167, 274 n ; Nonconf., vii, 171 ;
Rom. Cath., vii, 171

Freckleton, Ad. de, vii, 166 n, 167 »,

168, 168 », 169 n, 170 n, 207 n,
283 n ; Agnes de, vii, 168 n, ijon;
Alice de, vii, 168 n, 169 n ;
Andr., vii, 150 n ; Eliz. de, vii,
170 n ; Ellen (de), vii, 168 n,
170 n ; Emma (Emmota) de, vii,
1 68 n ; Geoff, de, vii, 170 n ; Gilb.
de, vii, 1 60 n ; Hawise de, vii,

168 « ; Hen., vii, 170 n ; Isabel
de, vii, 173 n ; Jas. de, vii, 168 n,
170 n; Joan, vii, 169; John de,
vii, 65 », 113 «, 168 n, i6gn,
170 n ; Jordan de, vii, 167 n,
ijon; Margery de, vii, 170*1;
Maud de, vi, 71 n ; vii, 113^,
131 n, 168 n ; Mich., vii, 168 n,

169 n ; Nich. (de), vi, 71 n ; vii,
i68w, i7ow; Osbert de, vii,
170^; Ralph de, vi, 71 n ; vii,
113 w, 168, 169 n, 170 n, 173 n,
283 ; Rich, de, vi, 104 ; vii, 167,
167%, 168 n, 169, 169 n, 170 n,
180 n, 208 n, 247, 282 n, 284 « ;
Rob. (de), vi, 65 n, 166 n, 168 w,
169 w, 170 w, 2ogn, 224, 245;
Rog. (de), vi, 104; vii, i6on,
166 n, 167 w, 168 n, 172 w, 207 n,
245, 282 «, 284 w ; Sara de, vii,
1 68 n ; Swain de, vii, 167 n, 168 ;
Waldeve de, vii, 168 n ; Will, de,
vii, 131 n, 169 n, 173 n

Freckleton Marsh, vii, 144 n, 150 n,

160 »

Free Christians, vi, 536
Free Church of England, vi, 50,

371, 4°9, 427
Free Gospel Church, vi, 552 ; vii,

104

Frekelton, Frekilton, see Freckleton
French, Anne, vii, 101 n, 102 n,

120 n ; Edw., vii, 101 «, 102 n,

120 n ; Rev. John F., vi, 334 ;

Matth., vi, 55 ; vii, 102 n ; Thos.,

vi, 298, 299

French Lea, see Lea, French
Frenchwood (Fishwick), vii, 115,

117

Frendesforth (Hothersall), vii, 63 n
Frenkyssele, Frensshele, see Lea,

French

Frequelton, see Freckleton
Frerehill, see Friar Hill (Henheads)
Frereweind (Preston), vii, 79 »
Fretlands (Newton), vii, 166 n
Friargate (Preston), vii, 76
Friargate Bars (Preston), vii, 75 n
Friar Hill (Henheads), vi, 437,

439 n
Friarhills (Friarhill) (Accrington) ,

vi, 233 n, 425, 425 «
Friars, Grey, vii, 73, 102 «, 213
Friars' Garden (Preston), vii, 99 n
Friars Minor, see Friars, Grey
Friary, the (Preston), vii, 97, 102
Fridaybank (Clitheroe) , vi, 393 n
Friends, Society of, vi, 199, 229,
248, 280, 350, 360, 372, 435, 440,
453 *, 47°, 473, 523, 536, 54i,
548, 552, 558, 560; vii, 43, 67,
104, 148 w, 171, 188, 237, 282,
285, 299 n, 320

Frinimdene (Hoghton), vi, 37 n
Friston, man. (Y<jrks), vi, 421
Frith, Eliza, vi, 23 n ; Jas., vi, 23 n ;
Margaretta, vi, 23 n ; Mary A.,
vi, 23 n ; Will., vi, ion, 148,
192 w, 541 n ; Will. A., vi, 23 n
Fulache (Gt. Harwood), vi, 338
Fulborne (Fulburne), Joan de, vii,
284 n ; John de, vii, 284 n, 332 n
Fulelacheshaw (Gt. Harwood), vi,

339 »

Fulesyke (Cottam), vii, 132 n, 134
Fulewde, Fulewude, see Fulwood
Fulford (Lea), vii, 130 n
Fulford, Isabel, vi, 106 «
Fulk, vi, 366 n

Fulledge (Burnley), vi, 441, 445
Fuller, Rich, the, vi, 485 n
Fulshagh, brook, vi, 266 n
Fulshagh, Edm. de, vi, 194 n
Fulshaw (Barrowford), vi, 542
Fulshaw moor, vii, 134
Fulsnape (Goosnargh), vii, 192 n
Fulthorp (Fulthorpe), Sir Rog. de,
vi, 254 ; vii, 41 n ; Sibyl de, vi,
254 ; vii, 41 n

Fulwood (Fulwode), vii, 68, 76, 77,
79, 9i, 92, 93 n, 94 n, 96, 102 n,
106 n, 107 n, 108, n8«, 119 n,
137-8, 205, 269 n ; ch., vii, 138 ;
man., vii, 126 n, 137; Nonconf.,
vii, 138 ; sch., vii, 138 ; work-
house, vii, 97
Fulwood, Rich, de, vi, 95 n, 402 n ;

Rog. de, vi, 95 n, 402 n
Fulwood forest, vii, 73, 137 n
Fulwood moor (Preston), vii, 97 n,

137

Fulwood Row (Fulwood), vii, 137
Fulwoodshaw (Fulwood), vii, 121 n
Furbirkar (Pleasington), vi, 267 n
Furfelt (Hap ton), vi, 511 n
Furness, man., vi, 233 n
Furness (Furnes), Eda de, vii, 153 « ;
John de, vii, 204 n ; Rog. de, vii,

153 »

Furness Abbey, vi, 30 n ; vii, 130 «

Furtherhouse (Button), vii, 58 n

Fyfe, Cath., vii, 257 ; Ellen, vii,
257 ; John, vii, 317, 318 n ; Will.,
vii, 257, 318, 319 n ; Mrs., vii,
318 n ; — , vii, 292 n

Fyld, Will., vii, 266 ; see also Field

Fylde, the, vii, 68

Fyshe, Fysshe, see Fish

Fyswic, see Fishwick

Gabbet, Geo., vi, 337 ; John, vi,

337 ; Will., vi, 337
Gadsbyites, vi, 453
Gadshaw (Clayton -le-Dale), vi, 260
Gadweyne (Padiham), vi, 493

370

Gald Rene (Rossall), vii, 235 n
Gale, Rob., vi, 80 ; Sarah, vi, 383 n

Wilson, vi, 331, 383 n
Galgate House (Claughton), vii,

327 »

Gallard, Edw., vii, 200 n ; Joshua
vii, 30 n, 200

Gallows Hill (Preston), vii, 77

Gaiter, see Walter

Galwayth, Thos. de, vii, 272 n

Gamaliel, vi, 239 n

Gambleside (Gameleshevid) (Higher
Booths), vi, 433-4

Gamel, vi, 506 n, 524 », 538 n
vii, 98 n, 223, 306 n

Camel's bridge (Ashton), vii, 132 n

Gamelsgate, vi, 338, 417

Gamelside, vi, 233 n

Gamersley (Gammersley) , Ad. de,
vi, 217 n ; Ellen de, vi, 217 n

Gamridding (Brockholes), vii, 112 n

Gannow (Burnley), vi, 448 n, 454
487

Gant, Will., vii, 157 n

Garbett, Geo., vi, 426

Garde, Rob. de la, vii, 13 n

Gardiner, Alex., .vi, 199 n
Steph., vi i6on

Gardner, Eliz., vii, 136 n ; Rev. Jas.
C., vii, 334 ; Rev. John, vii, 333 ;
John, vii, 333, 335; Rich., vi,
64, 65 n ; Rich. C., vii, 305,
333 « ; Rich. T., vii, 335 ; Thos.
vi, in ; Will., vii, 136 n

Garecloughs (Whalley), vi, 387 n

Gargape (Penwortham), vi, 58 n

Gargrave (Yorks), vii, 155 n

Gargrave, Cecily de, vi, 398 n ; John
de, vi, 398 n

Garlick, Will., vii, 175

Garner, John, vii, 142 n

Garnett (Garnet), Capt. Chas. H.,
vii, 304 ; Jas., vii, 142 ; Rev.
Rich., vi, 283 ; Rog., vii, 297 ;
Will., vii, 141 w, 142 ; see also
Gernet

Garstang, vii, 68, 71, 138, 141, 263,
264 n, 267, 270, 274 n, 288 n,
291-335; adv., vii, 296, 311 «;
agric., vii, 315 ; chap., vii, 299 ;
bridge, vii, 292, 293 n, 297 n,
311 ; chant., vii, 295, 299 ; char.,
vii, 299; ch., vii, 69, 293, 311,
312, 314 w; cross, vii, 296, 311 ;
man., vii, 291, 300, 301, 305 «,
311, 317 n; mkts. and fairs, vii,
302, 311, 312 ; mill, vii, 292,
293 n, 302 n ; Nonconf., vii, 312 ;
plague, vii, 292 ; Rom. Cath., vii,
299, 312 ; Rom. rem., vii, 291 ;
schs., vii, 300, 312, 315 ; stocks,
vii, 311 ; sundial, vii, 296

Garstang (Gerstan), Alice, vi, 282 ;
Andr., vi, 35 n ; Anne, vi, 282 ;
Ant., vii, 190 n ; Cecily, vi, 35 n ;
Christiana de, vii, 328 n ; Edw.,
vi, 282 n ; Eliz., vii, 120 «, 190 n ;
Ellen, vi, 35 n, 282 ; Gilb. de,
vii, 308 ; Hen. de, vi, 206 «,
207 n; vii, 328 n; Jas., vi, 35 «,
282, 285 «, 288 ; Joan de, vi, 282 ;
John (de), vi, 35 n, 62 n, 282,
288 ; Lewis, vi, 35 «, 282 ; Mar-
gery, vi, 282 ; Nich. de, vii,
328 n ; Paulin de, vii, 331 n ;
Ralph, vi, 35 n, 55, 74, 282 ; Rich,
de, vi, 62 » ; Rob. de, vii, 318 ;
Rog. de, vi, 62 « ; vii, 324 n ;
Sim. de, vii, 318 ; Thos. (de),
vi, 35 n, 77 n, 103, 206 n, 282 n ;
Thurstan, vi, 35 n ; Will, (de), vi,
35 n, 282, 291 n ; vii, 120 n ;
fam., vii, 36 n

Garstang Churchtown, see Church -
town

INDEX

Garstangs (Tockholes), vi, 282
Garston, Geo., vi, 141 n ; Marg., vi,

141 n ; fam., vi, 296
Gartside, Fran., vi, 428 n, 429 ;
Hen. de, vi, 267 n ; Hugh, vi,
425 n, 428 n, 431, 488, 491, 512 n,
519, 520 ; John, vi, 394 n ; Lawr.,
vi, 394 n i Margery, vi, 394 n ;
Nich., vi, 425 n, 520 ; Percival,
vi, 394 n ; Rog., vi, 428 n ; — ,

vi, 394, 395 «

Gaseflosland (Gt. Eccleston), vii,
277%

Gasegill (Yorks), vi, 258

Gaskell (Gazegill), Kath. de, vi,
377 n ; Rob. de, vi, 377 n ; Will.,
vi, 377 n, 378 n

Gastrell, bp., vi, in, 128, 318, 426,
453 «, 486, 541 «, 558 n ; vii, 40,
44«, 6ow, 66, 149 n, 158 n, 165,
205, 205 n, 218, 292, 312, 334 n

Gatacre, Rev. Arth., vii, 147 ; Thos.,
vii, 263 n

Gateways, vi, 43, 386

Gatherpenny, Margery, vi, 69 n ;
Will., vi, 69 n

Gathurst (Shevington) , vi, 199

Gaulkthorn (Oswald twistle), vi, 405

Gaulter, see Walter

Gaunt, Hen. de, vii, 146 «, 147 ;
Isabel, vii, 278 n; John (of),
vii, 144, 278 n ; John of, dk. of
Lancaster, see Lancaster, dk. of ;
Rog., vii, 278 n

Gaveston, Pet. de, vi, 259

Gawthorpe, man. (Habergham
Eaves), vi, 454, 463, 489 ; vii, 128

Gawthorpe Hall(HaberghamEaves) ,
vi, 464

Gayerstang, see Garstang

Gayescrooks (Wrightington), vi,
174 n

Gayle Green, see Fennyfolds

Gayrestan, Gayrestang, Gayrstang,
see Garstang

Gaysgillcroft (Clitheroe), vi, 364 n

Gazegill, fam., see Gaskell

Gea, see Gey

Gedleng, Hen., vi, 356 n, 391 n, 457 ;
see also Goulding

Gee, Edw., vi, 160, 161

Geldherd, Sim. the, vi, 548

Gelgrumysharagh, see Kellamergh

Gellibrand, see Gillibrand

Gent, Will., vi, 289

Gentyl (Gen til), Agnes le, vii, 229 n,
230 n ; Alice le, vii, 230 n ; Kath.
le, vii, 306 n ; Nich. le, vii, 306 ;
Ralph, vii, 253 n ; Randle (le),
vii, 229 n, 230 », 247 n, 306 n ;
Thos. le, vii, 306, 306 n ; Will, le,
vii, 306 n, 313 n

Geoffrey, vii, 130*1, 132 n, 182 ; the
arbalaster, vii, 188 ; the brewster,
vi, 24 n ; the carpenter, vii, 276 n ;
the chaplain, vii, 123 n, 255 n ;
the cook, vii, 118; dean of
Whalley, see Whalley, Geoff.,
dean of ; the parker, vi, 424 ;
rector, vi, 87 ; sheriff, vii, 145

Geoffreyfield (Lea), vii, 130 n

Gerard (Girard), vi, i, 95 n ; vii,
52 n

Gerard, Eleanor, Lady, vii, 303 ;
Eliz., Lady, vii, 304, 304 n, 307 n ;
Jane, Lady, vii, 303 n ; Lds., "Vi,
172, 421 ; vii, 311 n; Chas., vii,
303 ; Digby, vii, 304 ; Button,
vii, 303, 307, 308 n, 332 n ; Gilb.,
vii, 303 ; Thos., vii, 303, 324 n,
332 n

Gerard (Gerrard), Alice, vi, 259 ;
vii, 307 n ; Anne, vi, 33 n, 141 «,
259, 316, 319; vii, 233 », 275,
307, 323 n, 331 n ; Sir Chas., vi,

Gerard (cont.)

154 ; Chas., see Macclesfield,
earl of ; Constance, vi, 194 n ;
Eliz., vi, 76 n, now; vii, i6ow,
304, 307, 315 n ; Ellen, vi, 77 n,
259 n ; Evan, vii, 126 «, 127 n ;
Frances, vi, 195 ; Geo. E., vi,
190 n ; Sir Gilb., vi, 40, 104, 154,
259, 3l6, 319, 365 «, 407 n, 492,
539, 54° n> 555 » > vii, 107 n,
128 n, 178, 275, 303, 319 n, 323,
325 n ; Gilb., vi, 33 n, 514 ; vii,

193 n, 199 n, 207 n, 233, 307,
309 n, 331 ; Humph., vi, 141 n ;
Isabella, vi, 292 ; Jas., vi, 77 n ;
vii, 173 ; Janet, vi, 77 n ; Joan,
vi, 76, 77 n, 79 n ; Rev. John,
vii, 7 n, 8 n ; John, vi, 48 n, 77 n,

194 n, 237 n, 288 n, 315 n ; vii,
126 n, 127 n, 147, 173, 332 n ;
Matilda, vi, 315 n ; Oliver, vi,
77 n ; Penelope, vi, 154 ; Sir
Pet., vi, 76, 76 «, 79 ; Pet., vi,
292 ; Radcliffe, vi, 154 ; Rob. J.,
vi, 172 ; Sir Thos., vi, 61 «, 75 n,
76, 77 n, 79, 80, 81 n, 109, no «,

195 n, 221, 259, 316, 317 n, 365 ;
vii, 113 n, 160 n, 307, 317, 331 n ;
Thos., vi, 79, 81, 281 ; Will., vi,
35 w, 76, 77 n, 79 n, 80, 227 n,
259 n ; fam., vi, 68 n, 470 ; vii,
305

Gerard -Dicconson, — , vi, 174
Gerelriding (Preston), vii, 99 n
Geresteng, see Garstang
German (Germain, Jarman), Alice,
vi, 98 n ; Amot, vi, 98 n ; Hen.
vi, 98 n ; Jas., vi, i8ow, 212 n
Joan, vi, 98 n ; John, vi, 98 n
Martha, vii, 212 n; Ralph, vi
98 n ; Rich., vi, 164 n, 177 n
Rich. P., vi, 206 ; Rob., vi, 98 n
177*1; Thos., vi, 98 n, 164 n
Will., vi, 98 n

Germon, Rev. Nich. M., vi, 518

Germonshalgh (Wheelton), vi, 49 n

Gernet (Gernett), Benedict, vi,

108 n, 159 n, 162 n, 163 n ; vii,

63 », 115 n, ii6«, 153, iSott,

324 n ; Cecily, vii, 115 n, 153;
John, vii, 180 n ; Quenilda, vi,
IO3 n> 3°4 n I vii, 159 n, i6o«,
180 n, 200 n, 228 n, 229 n, 285 n,

325 n ; Rog., vi, 103 n, 158 n, 162,
304 n; vii, 63 n, 115 n, 159 «,
160 n, i8on, 200 n, 228, 285 n ;
Vivian, vii, 63 n ; Will., vi, 314 n ;
vii, 115 n ; see also Garnett

Gerrard, see Gerard
Gerstan, see Garstang
Gervase, vii, 230 n
Gest, see Guest

Gey (Gea, Jay), Dorothy, vi, 358 n ;
Martha, vi, 358 n ; Steph., vi,

354, 358

Gezzerts (Carle ton), vii, 231 n
Gibbefield (Goosnargh), vii, 198 n
Gibbonsfield (Shevington), vi, 200 n
Gibfield (Habergham Eaves), vi, 454
Gibhills (Come), vi, 534 n
Gibland del Hall (Hapton), vi,

509 n

Gibson, Abra., vi, 167 n ; Chas.,
vii, 195 ; Eliz., vi, 167 n ; Ellen,
vi, 402 n ; John, vi, 219 n ; vii,
195 n, 218 ; M., bp., vi, 81 n,
300 n ; vii, 157 n, 176 n; Reg.,
vi, 219 n ; Reynold, vi, 213 ; Rob.,
vi, 402 n ; Will., vi, 402 n
Gidlow, Joan, vi, 198 n ; John, vi,
198 n ; Ralph, vi, 198 n ; Rob.,
vi, 198 «

Gilbert, vi, 475 «, 480 ; vii, 232 n ;
the chaplain, vii, 289 n ; the clerk,
vii, 297 n ; the harper, vii, 3 n ;

37*

Gilbert (cont.)

the miller, vi, 335 n ; rector of
Standish, vi, 223 n ; the tailor,
vii, 1 1 4 n

Gilbody, Rob., vi, 432
Gilderscroft (Clitheroe), vi, 365 n
Gildhomefield (Lea), vii, 130^
Gildhouse (Preston), vii, 97 n
Gildouscroft (Kirkland), vii, 313 n
Giles, Pet., vi, 159
Gill, John, vii, 2 n ; Rich., vi, 468 n
Gillar (Giller), Alice, vi, 198 n
Jas., vi, 225 n ; Ralph, vi, 198 n
Gilleberdechay Clough (Colne), vi,

525 n
Gillemichael (Gillomichael), vii,

131 n, 177 n, 178 n
Giller, see Gillar

Gillibrand (Gellibrand, Jollybrand),
Agnes, vi, 213 n ; Alice, vi, 133 ;
Anne, vi, 133 n, 219 n ; Edw., vi,
239 ; Eliz., vi, 133 n, 219 n; Ellen,
vi, 71 n ; Fran. W., vi, 36 n ; Hen.
H., vi, 133 ; Hugh, vii, 158 n ;
Humph., vi, 133 ; Isabel, vii,
158 n; Jane, vi, 133; John, vi,
71 «, 130, 132, 133, 207, 219 »;
Jonathan, vi, 162 n ; Kath., vi,
202 n ; Marg., vi, 207 ; Nich., vi,
200 n ; Rich., vi, n8«, 133,
202 n ; Rob., vi, 118 n ; Rog., vi,
48 n ; Rowland, vi, 213 n ; Thos.,
vi, 132, 133, 136 n, 142, 143,
219 «, 220; Will., vi, 133, 148;
fam., vi, 252
Gillibrand Hall (Chorley), vi, 129 ;

vii, 156 n

Gillomichael, see Gillemichael
Gillow, Geo., vii, 150 n, 183 n ;
John, vii, 174; Jos., vii, 136;
Rich., vii, 184 n ; Thos., vii,
184 n ; Will., vii, 150 n, 183 n
Gill ridding (Read), vi, 503 n
Gilpin, Rev. Jeremiah, vi, 274
Gipps, Thos., vii, 74 n
Girard (Larbreck), vii, 182 n
Girard, personal name, see Gerard
Girlington, Eliz., vi, 48 ; Rich., vi,

47, 48

Glanville (Glanvill), Randle
(Ranulf) de, vii, 240 n, 333 n

Glass, anc., vi, 5, 54, 78, 85, 139,
145, 158, 186, 312, 333, 342, 351,
370, 403, 495 ; vii, 39, 81 n

Glassbrook (Glasbrook, Glaze-
brook), Edith de, vii, 331 n ;
Geoff, de, vii, 331 n ; ]., vi, 91,
518 n

Glave, Anne, vii, 121 n; Marg.,
vii, 121 n ; Thos., vii, 121 n

Cleave, Thos., vi, 181

Glebe Farm (Osbaldeston) , vi, 313

Glendon, John de, vi, 291 n

Glenfield, vi, 233 n

Gliderhou, see Clitheroe

Gloucester, earl of, vi, 302

Glover, John the, vii, 326 n ; Mar-
gery the, vii, 326 «

Glynne, Sir Steph., vi, 352 ; Will.,
vi, 87 ; — , vii, 22 n

Goberthwaite (Cabus), vii, 182,
183 «, 304, 305, 314

Goberthwaite, John de, vii, 331 »

Goberthwaite Bridge (Cabus), vii,
270 n

Goberthwaite Pool (Cabus), vii,
305 n

Goddisbrook (Ribchester) , vii, son

Godeshagh, see Goodshaw Booth

Godfrey, sheriff, vii, 151 n; 246 n

Godfrey, Thos., vii, 335

Godith, vii, 54 n, 324 n ; d. of Will.,
vii, 252 n; w. of Ulf., vi, 68 n

Godithcroft (Adlington), vi, 21 8 n

Godith meadow (Nutshaw), vi, 66 n

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Godrich, vi, 498 «

Godrich Clough (Ribchester) , vii,

45"

Godrichley (Ribchester), vii, 45 n
Godson, Edwin A. M., vii, 205 ;

Rich., vii, 187 n
Godwin, vii, 45 n

Godwinridding (Clitheroe), vi, 365 n
Gogard, Agnes, vi, 214 n ; Ailsi, vi,
21 4 n ; Alice, vi, 214**; Cecily,
vi, 214 ; Edith, vi, 214 n ; Ellen,
vi, 214; Eva (Eve), vi, 214*1;
Gena, vi, 214 n ; Hugh, vi, 213,
214 ; vii, 54 n ; John, vi, 214 n ;
Kath., vi, 213 n; Margery, vi,
214*1; Maud, vi, 214*1; Ralph,
vi, 214*1, 215*1, 216 n; Randle,
vi, 214 n; Rich., vi, 214, 214 n;
Rob., vi, 214, 214 n ; Rog., vi,

214 n; Will., vi, 208 *t, 213, 214,

215 *»; see also Charnock
Gogardeschernok, see Heath Char-
nock

Goggin, see Hogg-Goggin
Goit, the (Withnell), vi, 47
Golborne, vii, 113, 280 n; man.,

vi, 291 n

Golborne (Golbourn, Goldburn),
Clinkard of, vi, 224 n ; John de,
vi, 95 », now; Margery, vi,
no»; Nichola de, vi, 93 n ;
Nich., vi, no n ; Rich., vi, no n ;
Warine de, vi, 93 n ; Will, de, vi,
93 n, 224 n ; — , vi, 252 n
Goldcroft (Dinckley), vi, 337 n
Goldea, see Goldshaw Booth
Goldeborne (Osbaldeston), vi, 324 n
Goldene, see Goulding
Golden Hill (Leyland), vi, 17 n ;
Nonconf., vi, 17; sch., vi, 9 n,

17
Goldeshagh, Goldiane, see Goldshaw

Booth
Goldicar, Agnes de, vi, 164 n;

Anabil de, vi, 164 « ; Rich, de,

vi, 164 n ; Thos. de, vi, 164 n
Golding, see Goulding
Goldshaw, Nether, vi, 233 n, 515
Goldshaw, Over, vi, 233 n, 515
Goldshaw Booth, vi, 233 n, 349,

513, 514-8, 522 ; adv., vi, 517 ;

char., vi, 518 ; ch., vi, 517, 518 ;

ind., vi, 515 ; mills, vi, 515 ;

Nonconf., vi, 518 ; pewter, vi,

517 ; witchcraft, vi, 515
Gonnolsmore, see Gunolfsmoors
Goodale, Thos., vi, 505 «, 506
Goodday (Gooday), Agnes, vi,

402 » ; Barth., vii, 18 ; Joan, vi,

378 n ; John, vi, 378 n ; vii, 18 ;

Thos., vii, 18 ; Will., vi, 402 n
Goodham Hill (Burnley), vi, 453
Goodshaw, Edw., vi, 395 ; Joan

del, vi, 511 «; John, vi, 395;

Rich., vii, 18, 58, 58 n ; Rob., vii,

58, 59 »; Sim. del, vi, 51 in;

Susan, vi, 395
Goodshaw Booth (Higher Booths),

vi, 433-4

Goose, John, vii, 307, 308 n ; Mary,
vii, 307 n ; Thos., vii, 293 «, 324
Goosebutts (Clitheroe), vi, 393 n
Goose Green (Hoole), vi, 149
Gooselache (Simonstone), vi, 497 «,

499 n
Goose Lane House (Chipping), vii,

26 n

Goose well (Preston), vii, 96 n
Goosnargh (Goosnargh-with-News-
ham), vii, 34 n, 38 n, 43, 62 n,
77, io6*», 114 «, n8n, 119 n,
127, 128 n, 143, 144 w, 146 w,
149, 157 n, 163 *t, 173 *», 190-206,
210 n, 211 n, 212 n, 226 n, 253 n,
269, 270, 273, 274 n, 288 n, 319 n,

Goosnargh (cent.)

321 n, 329 M ; char., vi, 20 n ;
vii, 205, 267, 267 n ; ch., vii,
87 «, 201 ; crosses, vii, 191, 213 n ;
mans., vi, 547 ; vii, 27 », 191 ;
mkts. and fairs, vii, 191 ; Nonconf.,
vii, 201, 205 ; Rom. Cath., vii,
205 ; schs., vii, 205
Goosnargh, brook, vii, 192 n
Goosnargh, Ad. de, vii, 198 n ;
Alex, (de), vii, 190 n, 192 n,
J93 », 198, 207 n, 212 n, 253,
254 n, 283 «, 287 n, 324 n ; Alice
(de), vii, 178*1, 199 M, 212 «,
253 «, 283 n ; Avice de, vi, 170 n ;
Beatrice de, vii, 321 ; Bern, de,
vi, 169, 197 n, 321 ; Chris-
tiana de, vii, 192 n; Godith de,
vii, 283 n ; Hen. de, vii, 192 n,
197 », 212 n ; Hugh de, vii,
198 n, 208 n, 212 M, 283 n ; Isold,
vii, 197 n ; Joan, vii, 253 n ;
John (de), vii, 109 «, 154 n,
197 «, 198 n, 253 n ; Jordan de,
vii, 331 n ; Marg., vii, 253 ;
Margery de, vii, 192 n, 197 n ;
Maud (de), vii, 192 n, 253, 283 » ;
Randle (Ranulf) de, vii, 178*1,
192 n, 193 *z, 197 n, 198 n, 207 n,
208 n, 209 n, 212 n, 283 n ; Rich,
de, vii, 109 n, 197 n, 198 n, 209 n,
212 n, 283 « ; Rob. (de), vi, 169,
170 « ; vii, 109 «, 197 n, 198 n,
253 n, 283 *t, 321 ; Thos. (de), vii,
192 «, 197 n, 198 n, 199 n, 208 n,
212 n, 253, 257 «, 283*1, 324 n ;
Walt, (de), vii, 181 n, 192 «,
197*1, 198*1, 253 n, 284, 331*1;
Will, (de), vii, 193 n, 197 n, 253 n

Goosnargh Hospital (Goosnargh),
vii, 115, 205 ; trustees, vii, 211

Gordon, Chas. O., vii, 203, 204 ;
Pedro, vii, 13

Gordon-Lennox, Lady, vi, 471 n;
Lady Emily F., vi, 460 ; Ld.
A. F., vi, 460

Goredale, Old (Rawcliffe), vii, 271 n

Goring, Barbara, vi, 59 n

Gormanston, Chris., vsct., vii, 99 n ;
Rob., vsct., vii, 99

Gornall, Will., vii, 202 n

Gorse Hall (Whittle-le- Woods), vi,
32

Gorst, John, vi, 67 ; Rachel, vii,
178 ; Thos., vii, 178

Gorsuch, Jas., vi, non, 204*1;
Thos., vi, no n, 204 n

Gorton, John, vi, 77 n ; Lawr., vi,
271

Gosanarche, Gosanesarwe, Gosan-
nesareghe, see Goosnargh

Goschecarr (Warton), vii, 171 n

Gosenargh, Gosenarwe, Gosenhar,
see Goosnargh

Gosling (Goslin), Anne, vi, 16 n ;
Thos. M., vi, 518 ; Will., vi, 16 n

Gosnargh, see Goosnargh

Gosnell, Jane, vi, 19 n ; John, vi,
19 n, no n, 164 *i

Gospatrick, vi, 303, 304 n, 312,
355 n, 509

Goss, Agnes, vii, 255 n

Got Field ( Whittingham) . vii, 213

Gouldebrough, Ad. de, vii, 64 n

Goulding (Goldene, Golding), Ad.,
vi, 50 n ; Eliz., vii, 225 ; Hen., vi,
457 n ; Rich, de, vi, 49 n ; Rog.
de, vi, 49 n ; see also Gedleng

Gowe, Rob., vii, 24

Gower, ctss., vii, 218 »

Goysboytbutts house (Chatburn),
vi, 373

Gradell (Graddell), Alice, vi, in n ;
Chris., vi, in, in n ; vii, 265;
Eliz., vi, in, HIM; Rich., vi,

372

Gradell (cont.)

iii*j; Thos., vi, iu«; Will.,

vi, 81 n, 108, now, in, 111 *>,

i 66 n, 300
Gradwell, Chiis., vii, 239 n ; Eliz.,

vii, 121 n ; John, vii, 161 ; Rob.,

bp., vii, 81, 161, 165 n, 330
Gradwell's house (Inskip), vii, 282 n
Grandison, Otes, vii, 145 n
Graneforth Hole (Trawden), vi, 551
Grange, Ralph, vi, 55 n ; Rob. de,

vi, 480 *i ; Steph. del, vi, 480 ;

Will, del, vi, 480 n
Grange House (Singleton), vii, 187
Granger Yard (Elswick), vii, 284 n
Grant, Dorothy, vii, 282 n
Grassyard (Claughton), vii, 326 n
Gravelines, Eliz. Tyldesley, abbess

of, vii, 139 n
Gray, Rev. John, vi, 128 ; John de,

bp. of Norwich, vi, 320, 326; see

also Grey
Grayson, Geo., vii, 144 ; Hen., vii,

75

Graystock (Greystock), Adam de,
vi, 170 n ; vii, 318 n ; Amice de,
vi, 170*1; Edm. de, vi, 170*1;
vii, 318 n ; Joan de, vi, 38 n ;
Rich, de, vi, 38*1, 170*1; vii,
318 n ; Rob. de, vi, 170 n ; Thos.,
vii, 293 n ; Will, de, vi, 38 n,
170*1 ; vii, 318 n
Grayston, Mich., vii, 200 n
Graystone (Salwick), vii, 163 n
Grayve, Rob. the, vii, 306 n
Grayveson, Ellen, vi, 61 n ; Will.,

vi, 61 n

Greasewood (Chorley), vi, 141 n
Great Hill (Withnell), vi, 47, 49
Great Hold (Hothersall), vii, 63 n
Greave (Bacup), vi, 437, 439 n
Greaves (Ashton), vii, 129, 132
Greaves, Cecily del, vii, 133 « ;
Hen. del, vii, 133 n ; John del,
vii, 132 n ; Rich, del, vii, 132 n,

133 »

Green, the (Hapton), see Padiham
Green

Green (Greene, Grene), Ad. (del, de
la),vi, 510*1,511*1; Agnes del, vi,
511 n ; vii, 310*1; Alice de la,
vi. 375 n '• Anne, vii, 304 n ; Geo.,
vi, 529 ; vii, 17 «, 289 n ; Harriet
S., vi, 529 ; Hen. (del, de la), vi,
47 «, 508*1, 511; Jane (Yana)
del, vi, 485 n ; Joan del, vi, 511 n ;
John (deli, vi, 147, 417**, 418*1,
451, 456 n, 510 n ; vii, 82 n,
330 » ; Kath. del, vi, 47 n, 511 n ;
Marg., vi, 456 n ; Mich., vi, 456 « ;
Miles, vi, 182*3; Nich. del, vi,
511 n; Rich., vi, 51 n, 129,
143 *»,; vii, 310 ; Rog. (de la), vi,
511 ; vii, 304 n, 312 ; Thos. (de,del,
de la), vi, 485 n, 511 ; vii, 297,
311 *»; Thurstan, vi, 51 n ; Walt.
H., vi, 416 ; Will, (del, de la), vi,
49 », 51 », 375 «, 530 ; — , vii,
58 n

Greenacres (Greenacre, Grenacres),
Ad. de, vi, 559 n ; Agnes de, vi,
376, 559 n ; Alex., vi, 374 n ;
Rev. Arth., vii, 147 ; Fran., vi,
374 « ; Gilb. de, vi, 559 n ; Hen.
de, vi, 374 n, 559 n ; Jane de, vi,
374 n ; Joan de, vi, 376, 504,
559 M ; John de, vi, 366 *i, 374,
376 «, 377, 559 n ; Lawr. de, vi,
374 », 559 » : Marg. (de), vi,
374 n, 559 n ; Maud de, vi, 366 n ;
Ralph, vi, 526, 554 ; Sir Rich, de,
vi, 315, 37<5, 504 ; Rich, (de), vi,
367*1, 374, 376, 379, 519, 559;
vii, 98 n, 102 n ; Sir Rob. de, vi,
559 w; Rob. (de), vi, 374 n,

INDEX

Greenacres (cont.)

559 n ', vii, 125 n ; Thos. de, vi,
559 n ; Will, de, vi, 559 n

Greenalls, Thos., vii, 121 n

Greenbank, Lawr., vii, 241 n ; Will.,
vii, 241 n

Greenboothstead (Hapton), vi,

5IO W

Green Bridge (Padiham), vi, 493
Green-Emmott, Walt. E. J., vi, 529
Greenfield (Colne), vi, 446, 446 n,
522; coal-mines, vi, 528 «; man.,
vi, 527 ; Rom. coins, vi, 523 n
Greenfield (Habergham Eaves), vi,

454 *

Greenfield (Pleasington) , vi, 268
Greenfield (Green vile, Grenevile) ,

Gilb., vi, 398 n ; Martha, vi, 264 ;

Rob. de, vii, 209 n ; Thos., vi,

264, 398 « ; Will., vi, 317, 397 «,

398 »

Greenfields (Chorley), vi, 143, 143 n
Greengate, the (Altham), vi, 413 n
Greengate (Colne), vi, 5257*
Greengore (Bailey), vii, 15 M, 17
Greengore, Little (Bailey), vii, 15 n
Greengore, Mickle (Bailey), vii,

15 n

Greengore, Ad. (de, del), vii, 17, 18 ;
John de, vii, 18 ; Maud de, vii,

1 6 n ; Thos. (de, del), vii, 16 «,
17, 18

Greenhalgh, man. (Bonds), vii, 318,

319, 319 n
Greenhalgh (Greenhalgh-with-This-

tleton), vii, 143, 143 n, 144, 144 «,

146 n, 150, 150 n, 153, 156 n,
163 n, 166 n, 176, 176 », 177,
179-81, 182 n ; vii, 273 ; man.,
vii, 179

Greenhalgh (Greenhall, Greenhow,
Grenawe), Agnes, vii, 154 n ;
Alice, vii, 182 n ; Edm., vi,
555 n ; Edw., vii, 320 ; Eliz., vi,
555 n ; Geo., vii, 154%, i8ow;
Jas., vii, 154 n, i8on, 278,
320 « ; Jane, vii, 50 n ; John, vi,
191 n, 412 n ; vii, 182 n ; Mich.
de, vii, 331 n ; Ralph de, vii,
180 n ; Rich., vii, 50 «, 180 n,
212 n, 224; Rob. de, vii, 179 n,
i8on; Thos. (de), vii, 50 w, 154,
1 80 n, 212 n ; Walt, de, vii, 180 n;
Will, (de), vii, 138, 154 n, 179 n,
i8o«, 278 n, 320 n, 556 n; — , vii,
65 n ; see also Greenough

Greenhalgh Castle (Bonds), vii,

179 n, 279 «, 292, 315, 318 n, 319
Greenhalgh in the Fylde, vii, 179 n
Greenhalgh in the Holme, vii, 17972
Greenhalgh Sykes, vii, 180 n
Green Hall (Heapey), vi, 51 n
Greenhall, fam., see Greenhalgh
Green Haworth (Accrington) , vi,

425 n
Greenhead (New Laund Booth), vi,

490

Greenhey (Billington), vi, 331
Greenhey (Pendleton), vi, 393 n
Greenhills (Greenhill, Greenhull,
Greenhulls, Greenhylles, Grenill),
Ad. de, vii, 29 », 55 », 196 n,
197 n ; Agnes de, vii, 55 n ; Alice
(de), vii, 30 n, 195 n, 196 w, 197 n ;
Christiana de, vii, 30 », 196,
196 n ; Isabel, vii, 35 n ; John de,
vii, 27 n, 29 n, 30 n, 55 n, 196 «,
197 » ; Marg. (de), vii, 35 n,

1 80 n ; Margery de, vii, 55 n ;
Miles, vi, 332 « ; Phil, de, vii,

147 ; Rich, de, vii, 27 n, 29 n,

195 n, 196 n ; Rob., vi, 259 n ;
Thos., vii, 35 n ; Will, de, vii,
27 «, 55 », l8° n, 195 n, 196,

196 n, 197 «

Greenhow (Downham), vi, 553 n,

556 n

Greenhow, fam., see Greenhalgh
Greenhull, Greenhulls, see Green-
hills
Greenhurst (Comberhalgh) , vii,

212 n

Greenhurst (Dilworth), vii, 52 n
Greenhurst, Sim. de, vii, 13
Greenlache (Church), vi, 402 n
Greenlache (Clitheroe), vi, 360,

367 n

Greenlache (Dilworth), vii, 52 n
Greenlache (Hapton), vi, 511 n
Greenlache (Pendleton), vi, 395 n
Greenlands (Church), vi, 402 n
Greenlow, — , vii, 75
Green Nook (Goosnargh), vii, 206 n
Greenough, Ellen, vi, 1 19 n ; see also

Greenhalgh

Greenolf, see Greenhalgh
Greens (Bacup), vi, 439 n
Greenskar pot (Layton Hawes), vii,

249 n

Greenslade (Accrington), vi, 425 n
Green Tockholes (Tockholes), vi,

282

Greenvile, see Greenfield
Greenway, the (Stalmine), vii, 252 n
Greenway, Rev. Chas., vi, 274 ; Jas.,

vi, 270
Greenwood, Eliz., vi, 430 ; Hen.,

vi, 430 ; John, vi, 402 n, 403 n,

407 n, 430, 456 ; vii, 51 n, 265,
296 n ; Marg., vi, 402 «, 407 n ;
Maria (Mary), vi, 430 ; Ralph,
vi, 430 ; Rich., vi, 403 n ; Susan,
vi, 407 ; Thos., vi, 403 n, 407,

408 ; Violet M., vi, 430 ; Rev.
Will., vi, 344 ; Will. H., vi, 430 ;
— , vi, 407 ; fam., vi, 522

Greet Hill, vi, 280

Greetwood, Adam, vi, 482 n ;

Matth., vi, 482 n
Gregge, John, vii, 291
Gregory IX, pope, vii, 296 n
Gregory, Chas., vi, 428, 430 n ;

Elia, vi, 252 n ; Geo., vi, 440 ;

Geo. F., vi, 252 n, 261 ; John,

vi, 428, 440 n ; Mary J., vi, 261 ;

Pet., vi, 55 ; Rich., vi, 440 n ;

Rob., vi, 428, 431 ; Thos., vii,

121 «, 287 n ; Thos. H., vi, 359
Gregory croft (Burnley), vi, 445 n
Gregson, Geo., vi, 237 n ; Hen.,

vii, 115, 136 n, 213 n; Jas., vii,

!98 n ; John, vii, 108 n, 287 n ;

Josias, vii, 74 ; Rich., vii, 136 n ;

Rob., vii, 136 n, 213 n, 287 n ;

Thos., vii, 44 n, 63, 63 n ; Will.,

vi, 237 n
Grelley, Al. (de), vi, 169, 232, 291 ;

Emma, vi, 169 ; Rob., vi, 75,

76 n, 169 n, 220, 222 ; Thos., vi,

76 n, 169 «, 171
Gremesargh, Gremeshargh, see

Grimsargh

Grenacres, see Greenacres
Grenawe, see Greenhalgh
Grendillisfield (Shevington), vi,

201 n

Grendon, man. (Staff.), vi, 294 n
Grendon, Alesia de, vi, 291 ; Allota

(Allote, Elysote), de, vi, 291 n ;

John de, vi, 291 n ; Rob. de, vi,

291 ; Scolastica de, vi, 291 n
Grene, fam., see Green
Grenehol, Greneholf, see Green-
halgh

Grene Holme (Osbaldeston), vi, 319
Grenele, see Greenhalgh
Grenevile, see Greenfield
Grenhole, see Greenhalgh
Grenill, see Greenhills
Grenole, Grenolf, see Greenhalgh

373

Grenoll (Nether Wyresdale), vii, 303
Gressingham, Bern, de, vii, 3 ; Thos.

de, vii, 3

Grestein, see Garstang
Gresthwaite, John de, vi, 241 ;

Lawr., vi, 241 n
Greswall (Marsden), vi, 539 n
Greswell, Joana J., vi, 23 n ; Rev.

Rich., vi, 23 n
Gre thill (Preston), vii, 79 n
Gretton, see Grotton
Grett Wholle, ste Hoole, Much
Grey, Sir Edw., vi, 132 ; Eliz., vi,

132 ; Hen., see Suffolk, dk. of ;

Thos., see Dorset, mqss. of

Walt, de, vii, 146 ; see also Gray
Grey Bank (Brockholes) , vii, HIM
Greymesargh, see Grimsargh
Greystock, fam., see Graystock
Greystocks (Preston), vii, 104*1
Greystone (Salwick), vii, 163 n
Greystone, Higher (Bowland), vi,

380 n

Greystone Hill, vi, 269
Greystoneley (Bowland), vi, 379,

380

Griffin (Witton), vi, 263
Griffin, vi, 470 n
Griffin, Joan, vii, 175 n ; Rob., vii,

175 n

Griffin's Head (Witton), vi, 263-4
Griffiths (Griffith), Alice, vi, 101 ;

John, vii, 43 ; R. M., vii, 153 n ;

Will., vi, 101
Grigour, Alice le, vii, 281 n ; Will.

le, vii, 281 n
Grimbald, vii, 332 n ; the mercer,

vii, 137 n ; the tailor, vii, 79 «
Grimbaldston (Grimbaldeston,

Grimbalson, Grimboldston),Emir,

vi, 199 n ; Hugh, vii, 218 ; John,

vii, 82 «, 1 66 n ; Will., vii, 149,

150 n
Grimehills (Over Darwen), vi, 270,

275

Grimehills Moor, vi, 269
Grimehouse (Burnley), vi, 444 n
Grimesarge, see Grimsargh
Grimeschae, Grimeschaw, see Grim

shaw

Grimesherg, ste Grimsargh
Grimes Moss, vii, 165
Grimesputtes (Lower Darwen), vi,

276

Grimsargh (Grimisharg, Grim-
sarche), vii, 72, 73 n, 76, 79, 80,
83 », gin, 108-13, 114 «; char.,
vii, 90; ch., vii, 88 n, 113;
cross, vii, 108 ; man., vi, 41 n ;
vii, 1 08, 109 n ; mill, vii, 109 n ;
Nonconf., vii, 113 ; Rom. rd.,
vii, 108

Grimsargh, Alice de, vii, 332 n ;
Gilb. de, vii, 108, 109 n, 287 n,
332 n ; John de, vii, 107 «,
109 n ; Thos. de, vii, 109 «,
332 n ; Will, de, vii, 108, 109,
109 n

Grimshagh, see Grimshaw
Grimsharg, see Grimsargh
Grimshaw (Cliviger), vi, 479, 482
Grimshaw (Eccleshill), vi, 279, 418
Grimshaw, brook, vi, 278 n
Grimshaw (Grimshagh, Grimshay,
Grymeshaw), Ad. de, vi, 271, 273,
279 », 418, 480 ; vii, 79 n ; Agnes
de, vii, 109 n; Alan de, vi,279 n ;
Alice, vi, 407, 418 ; vii, 15 ; Anne,
vi, 419 ; Cath., vi, 547 n ; Cecily
de, vi, 280, 418 ; vii, 79 « ;
Dorothy, vi, 267 ; Eliz., vi,
392 n, 407, 419, 491 ; Ellen, vi,
419, 491 ; Felicia, vi, 391 ; Geoff.,
vi, 391 n ; Geo., vi, 491 ; Hen.
(de), vi, 241 n, 270, 271 n, 273

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Grimshaw (cont.)

279 n, 414 n, 418 ; Isabel, vi,
330, 418 ; Jane, vii, 63 n ; Janet
(Jennet), vi, 419, 491 ; Joan, vi,
406 n, 418 ; John, vi, 170 n, 173 n,
279 n, 406 n, 407, 419, 447 n ; vii,
5 n, go n, 98 n, 322 n ; Marg., vi,
391 n, 406 n ; vii, 322 n ; Marian,
vii, 193 n ; Mary, vi, 170 n, 173 n,
419 ; Mary A., vi, 419 ; Nich.,
vi, 273, 279 n, 280, 410 n, 411,
411 n, 419, 425 n, 491 n ; vii, 18,
74 ; Rich, (de), vi, 271, 273, 279,
279 n, 392 n, 419, 423, 480, 49i,
513 n, 560 n ; Rob. de, vi, 273,
279 n, 418, 475 n ; Rog., vi, 407 ;
Susanna, vi, 419 ; Thos., vi, 267,
273> 279 n> 33°, 4Ioi 4*8, 438 n,
475. 494 n '• vii, I5> 63, 109 w ;
Walt, de, vi, 279 n; Rev. Will.,
vi, 751 Will, (de), vi, 366 «,
513 n ; — , vi, 398 n, 406 w, 513 «,
535 n, 543 ; fam., vi, 446, 516 n

Grimshaw Green (Bispham), vi, 100

Grimshay, see Grimshaw

Grindal, archbp., vi, 432 n

Grindlestone Edge (Colne), vi, 524 n

Grindlestone Hurst (Marsden), vi,

536, 538

Grindletonians, vi, 452
Gristhwaite, John de, vi, 328 n
Grizedale, brook, vii, 300
Grizedale Cross (Barnacre), vii,

315 n

Grizedale Fell, vii, 141, 141 n, 300
Groby, fam., vi, i
Grosart, Alex. B., vi, 245 ; Dr. — ,

vi, 248

Grosvenor, Rose, vi, 250 n
Grotton (Gretton), Agnes de, vi,

457 ; vii, 192 n, 321 n ; Rob. de,

vi, 457 ; vii, 192 n, 321 n
Grove, Giles, vi, 392 n
Grubbe Hall (Grindleton), vii, 15
Grundy, John, vi, 241 », 496 ;

Rog., vi, 241 n
Grymesargh, Grymesharth, Gry-

mesharuth. see Grimsargh
Grymeshaw, see Grimshaw
Grymsar, see Grimsargh
Gualter, see Walter
Gubalt, vi, 291 w
Gubberford (Cabus), vii, 304 ;

bridge, vii, 304
Gubberthwaite, Gubisthwaite, see

Goberthwaite

Gucschagh, Ad. de, vi, 499 n
Gude Marton (Westby), vii, 175 «
Gudlaw, Thos., vii, 190 n
Guest (Gest), Janet, vi, 17 n, 143 « ;

Rich., vii, 193 n ; Thos., vi, 244 ;

Thos. H., vii, 224; Will., vii,

193 n
Guide (Lower Darwen), vi, 276 ;

Rom. rem., vi, 278 ; sch., vi, 278
Guide and Fishmoor reservoirs, vi,

276

Guild Keys (Rufford), vi, 120
Guilds, vii, 73, 74, 95 n
Guldfield (Padiham), vi, 493 n
Gumples (Cliviger), vi, 486 n
Gunanesarg, see Goosnargh
Gundeclyf, see Cunliffe
Gunilda, see Quenilda
Gunnildisford (Habergham Eaves),

vi, 455 »
Gunolfsmoors, vi, 3, 33, 37, 38, 39,

47, 49, 50, 58 »
Gurnall, Rob., vii, 279 n ; Will.,

vii, 279 n

Gusanarghe, see Goosnargh
Guthesyke (Church), vi, 402 n
Gwent, Thos., vi, 7«
Gwillym-Atherton, Henrietta M.,

vi, 106 n ; Rob. V. A., vi, 106 n

Gybertshey (Colne), vi, 525 n
Gynes, Bald, de, vii, 302 ; Chris-
tiana (de), vii, 301 n, 302, 308,
3°9 w, 316 n; Ingram (Ingelram,
Ingeram) de, vii, 281 «, 301 n,
302, 308, 309 n, 316 n ; Isabel de,
vii, 302 « ; Mary de, vii, 302 « ;
Rob. de, vii, 302 ; Will, de, vii,
302 ; see also Coucy

Habercham, see Habergham Eaves
Habergham (Hambrigh), Ad. de,

vi, 455 ; Alex., vi, 456 n ; Anne,

vi, 456 n ; Earner de, vi, 455 n ;

Cecily, vi, 456 n ; Clay, vi, 456 n ;

Constance (or Christiana), vi,

455 n ; Ellen de, vi, 455 ; Ellis
de, vi, 451 n, 455, 456 n ; Geoff,
de, vi, 455, 511 n ; Grace, vi,

456 « ; Hen. de, vi, 455, 481 n ;
Hugh, vi, 447, 456 n ; Isabel, vi,
456 « ; Joan, vi, 456 n ; John
(de), vi, 447, 455, 456, 468 n,
481 «, 508 n ; Lawr., vi, 447,
447 n, 456, 489 n, 511, 529 n,
546 n ; Mabel de, vi, 455 ; Mar'do
de, vi, 475 n ; Marg. (de), vi, 456,
456 n ; Matth. (de), vi, 455,
481 n ; Pet. de, vi, 455 ; Rich,
(de), vi, 456, 456 n, 475 n ; Rob.
de, vi, 456 « ; Will, (de), vi, 455,
456 n

Habergham Eaves, vi, 349, 428,
429 n, 441, 447, 450, 451 n, 454-
68, 487 ; agric., vi, 443 ; chs., vi,
468 ; mans., vi, 232, 455 ; Non-
conf., vi, 468
Habergham Farm (Habergham

Eaves), vi, 455 n
Habergham Hall (Habergham

Eaves), vi, 454
Habindon, John de, vi, 241
Habringgeham, Habringham Evez

(Eves), see Habergham Eaves
Hacapultree (Howick) , vi, 66 n
Hacconsall, Haccumcho, see Hackin-
sall

Hacing, le, see Hacking
Hackensall, Hackenstall, see Hack-

insall

Hackforth, M., vi, 85 n
Hackinbothe, ditch del, vi, 263
Hacking (Aighton), vi, 328, 418 n,

419 n ; vii, i

Hacking, Over (Aighton), vii, 117 n
Hacking (Hakkyng), Agnes del, vi,
328 ; Alice del, vi, 336 ; Bern,
(de, del), vi, 328, 330 n, 335, 336 ;
vii, 28 n ; Cecily del, vi, 336 ;
Christiana del, vi, 328 ; Hen. del,
vi, 328 ; Hugh (de, del), vi, 328 ;
vii, 3, 1 8 ; Joan del, vi, 418 ;
John del, vi, 328, 336, 418 ; vii,
3 ; Jordan del, vi, 318 ; Will, del,
vi, 328, 336 ; fam., vi, 326
Hacking boat ferry (Stonyhurst),

vii, 20

Hacking Hall (Billington), vi, 329
Hackinsall, vii, 198 n, 256-60 ;

man., vii, 189, 258 n
Hackinsall (Hacconsall), Alan de,
vii, 256 n, 257 n ; Alice de, vii,
257 ; Amabil de, vii, 180 n,
257 n ; Amery de, vii, 177 n,
257 n ; Christiana de, vii, 257 n ;
Ellen de, vii, 177 n, 257 n ; Eva
de, vii, 257, 260 ; Geoff, (de), vii,
99 «, loott, n6«, 133 n, 180 n,
189 n, 190 n, 255, 256, 257, 257 n,
260 ; Gilb. de, vii, 254 n ; Hen.
de, vii, 177 n ; Hugh de, vii, 256 ;
Ismania, vii, 256 n, 257 ; Sir
John de, vii, i8o«; John de,
vii, 100 n, i Sow, i8gn, 256*1,

374

Hackinsall (cont.)

257 ; Marg. de, vii, 256 n, 257 n ;
Margery de, vii, 100 n ; Mary de,
vii, 189 n; Pet. de, vii, 25411,
256; Rich, de, vii, 189 n, 257;
Rob. (de), vii, 100 n, 256 ; Rog.
de, vii, 100 n, 189 n, 256 n ; Thos.
de, vii, 133 «, 189 n ; Will, (de),
vi, 432 n ; vii, 100 n, 256 n, 257
Hackinsall Hall (Hackinsall), vii,

259

Hackyng, le, see Hacking
Hacton, see Aighton
Hacumesho, Hacunesho, see Hack-
insall

Haddle Moss (Thornton), vii, 232 n
Hadocke, fam., see Haydock
Had wen, Rev. John, vi, 283
Hagemund, vii, 68 n, 232
Haggate (Briercliffe) , vi, 469, 538 n
Haggate House (Briercliffe), vi,

471 n

Haggerston, Alice, vi, 24 ; Anne,
vii, 164 n ; Sir Carnaby, vii,
164 «; Sir Thos., vi, 24; Thos.,
vi, 28

Hagges (Ribchester) , vii, 49 n
Haggsfield (Burnley), vi, 445 n
Haghebothe (Barley), see Hay

Booth

Haghton, see Haighton
Hagrimai (Cabus), vii, 305*
Hagwood Cross (Kirkland), vii,

313 »

Hahnemann Homoeopathic Hospital
(Liverpool), vi, 130

Haigh, man. (Osbaldeston) , vi, 320

Haigh, Dan. H., vi, 49 ; Mabel de,
vi, 228 n

Haighton, vi, 21 n ; vii, 72, 73 n,
79, 83 n, 100 n, 102 n, 107 n,
114 n, 115 n, 119 n, 121 «, 123,
124-7, J38«, 209 n, 211 n, 270;
cross, vii, 124 ; man., vii, 124 ;
mill, vii, 114%, 125 n ; Rom.
Cath., vii, 77 n

Haighton (Awton, Haghton, Haigh-
ton), Alice de, vii, 18, 284 n ; Amry
de, vii, 125 n ; Ellen (de), vii,
in n, 125 n, 284%; Euphemia de,
vii, 125 n ; Gilb. de, vii, 125 n ;
Gillemichael de, vii, 124 ; Hen.,
vii, 126 n ', Joan de, vii, 125 M,
126 n ; John (de), vii, 18, 107 n,
125 n, 126 n ; Kath. de, vii,
125 n ; Marg. de, vii, 125 n ;
Margery de, vii, 125 «, 126 n ;
Maud de, vii, 125 n, 126 n ;
Paulin de, vii, 125 n ; Rich, (de),
vii, 18, 125 w, 126 n ; Rob. (de),
vii, 54 n, 125 n ; Rog., vii, 18 ;
Thos., vii, HIM, 125 n ; Walt,
de, vii, 125 n ; Will, de, vii, 107 n,
125 n, 284 n ; fam., vii, 98 n ; see
also Hoghton

Haighton Hall (Haighton), vii, 124

Haighton House (Haighton), vii,
124

Hainslack, see Ayneslack

Haislackes (Clayton-le-Moors), vi,

417

Hakesherdes-Levese (Studlehurst) ,
vi, 324 n

Haking, see Hacking

Hakinishal, see Hackinsall

Hakkyng, see Hacking

Hakonesho, see Hackinsall

Halctun, see Haighton

Haldeley (Haldelagh, Haldelegh,
Haldeleghs, Haldeslegh, Hald-
legh, Haldleghs), Ad. de, vi, 264,
264 n ; Hen. de, vi, 264 n ; Joan
de, vii, 328 n; John de, vii, 281 n ;
Rob. de, vi, 15 n ; vii, 139 «,
281 n, 325 n, 328 n, 330

INDEX

Hale, Alice de, vi, 97 n, 163 n,
164 n ; Geo., vii, 88 n ; Jas., vi,

182 n ; Maud de, vii, 120 n ; Rich,
de, vi, 97 n, 163 n, 16411 ; Thos.
de, vii, 1 20 n

Halecath (Barnacre), vii, 318 n,

320, 321

Halecroft (Kirkland), vii, 313 n
Halfacredale (Pendleton), vi, 393 n
Half-hey in the Wall (Little Eccles-

ton), vii, 183 n

Halgh, the (Eccleshill), vi, 279
Halgh (Haleghs), Alex., vii, 50 n
Eliz. de, vi, 400 n ; Geo., vii, 50 n
John, vii, 48 n ; Nich., vii, 50 n
Rob., vii, 48 n ; Will, de, vi, 400 n
Halghdich (Eccleshill), vi, 279 n
Halgh House (Ribchester), vii,

50 n

Halghton, see Haighton
Halhill (Marsden), vi, 539 n
Halicton, see Haighton
Hall, The (Clitheroe), vi, 365 n
Hall (Goldshaw Booth), vi, 515
Hall (Oswaldtwistle) , vi, 406
Hall (Halle), Adam del, vii, 268 n ;
Anne, vi, 210 n ; Ant., vi, 210 n ;
Chris., vi, 404 ; vii, 255 ; Edw. M.,
vi, 128 ; Eliz., vi, 93 ; Frank, vi,
210, 210 n ; Geo., vii, 242 n ;
Gilb. del, vi, 509 n ; Hen. (atte,
del), vii, 3, 17 n, 157 n; Isolda
del, vii, 125 n ; Jas., vii, 170 n;
Janet, vii, 170 n ; John del, vii,
27 n, 29 n ; Joppe of the (del),
vii, 27 « ; Lawr. del, vii, 29 n ;
Marg. (atte, del), vi, 210 n ; vii,
13 n, 29 n ; Oliver, vi, 495 ;
Rich, del, vii, 268 n, 277 n ; Rob.
(atte, del), vii, 3 n, 13 n, 17 n,
27 n, 29 n, 277 n ; Rog., vii, 29 n ;
Thos. (del), vii, 136 «, 170 n,

183 n ; Thurstan, vi, 93, 122 n ;
Tim., vii, 224 ; Walt, del, vii,
136 n; Will, (atte, del), vii, 15 n,
29 n, 59 n, 125 «, 311 n; see also
Aula

Hall of the Wood (Chorley), vi, 135,

141

Hall of the Wood (Tonge), vi, 501 n
Hall o' th' Hill (Heath Charnock),

vi, 215

Hallam, R. T. R. W., vi, 413 ; Will.,
vi, 413, 4J5 ; Mrs., vi, 413 ; — ,
vi, 413
Hall Carr (Newchurch-in-Rossen-

dale), vi, 438 n

Hall Cross (Freckleton) , vii, 167 n
Halleheved, see Hollowhead
Halleturner (Longton), vi, 70 «
Hallhead (Little Harwood), vi, 249
Hallhead (Wilpshire), see Hollow-
head

Hall Heys (Towneley), vi, 459 n
Hall Hill (Colne), vi, 527 n
Hallholme Bank (Colne), vi, 526 n
Hallhursts, the (Kirkland), vii,

313 n

Halliday, Jas., vi, 515 n ; Jane, vi,
547 n; John, vi, 393 n, 394,
475 n, 476 M, 491, 514, 515 n,
547 n ; Will., vi, 477 n
Halliwell, Denis, vi, 178 ; Rev. Hen.,
vi, 443; John, vi, 169 n, 176 n,
177 »; Lawr., vi, 161, 176 «,
432 n ; Nich., vi, 174 n, 176 n ;
Oliver, vi, 169 n ; Rob., vi,
176 n ; Rev. Will., vi, 443 ; Will.,
vi, 176 n, 177 n ; fam., vi, 283 n
Halliwell Fold (Tockholes), vi, 283 n
Halliwell House (Chorley), vi, 136
Hallown, see Hullown
Hallstead (Hall Stude) (Marton),

vii, 240 n
Hallstead, fam., see Halstead

Hallstead s (Nether Wyresdale), vii,
302 n

Hallsteads (Worsthorne), vi, 476 n

Hallstudes, fam., see Halstead

Hallstudgreen (Bretherton), vi,
104 n

Halsall, Anne, vii, 128, 163, 163 n ;
Bridg., vii, 163 n ; Sir Cuth., vii,
128, 163 n ; Cuth., vii, 163 ; Eliz.,
vi, 256, 335 n ; Hen., vii, 127,
163 n, 167, 229 n ; Isabel, vii,
229 n ; Jas., vi, 171 n, 204, 223 n,
256, 335 n ', Jane, vi, 321 ; John,
vi, 204 n ; Kath., vi, 17171;
Maud, vi, 322 ; Otes de, vi, 149 ;
Rich., vii, 163 n ; Rob., vi, 553 n ;
Sir Thos., vi, 321, 322 ; Thos., vi,
171 n, 204 n

Halshaw, Hen., vi, 160 n

Halsnead, John de, vi, 7

Halstead, High (Briercliffe), vi,
471 n, 474

Halstead (Hallstead, Hallstudes,
Halsteads, Halsted), Ad. de, vi,
429 n, 476 n ; Agnes (de), vi,
377 w, 429 n, 476 n; Alice, vi,

475 n ; Amelia, vi, 476 ; Amery,
vi, 476 n ; Anne, vi, 476 n ;
Banastre (Banister), vi, 445 n,
476 ; Rev. Chas., vi, 476 n ;
Chas., vi, 413, 476 n ; Dorothy,
vi, 267 ; Edw., vii, 17 n ; Eliza,
vi, 476 ; Eliz., vi, 470 n, 476, 477,
540 n ; Ellen, vi, 471 n ; Ellen E.,
vi, 476 ; Ellis de, vi, 474 n, 476 n ;
Geo., vi, 447, 447 «, 456, 489, 493,
494 n ; Rev. Hen., vi, 453 ; Hen.,
vi, 445 n, 476 n ; Hugh, vi, 447,
447 w, 456, 459 n, 468 n, 513 »;
Isabel, vi, 387 «, 413, 471 n,

476 n ; vii, 17; Jane H. A., vi,
476 n ; Janet, vi, 387 n ; Joan
(de), vi, 395 n, 476 ; John (de),
vi, 267, 377 n, 447 n, 453 », 454,
470 n, 471, 475 n, 476, 478, 481 n,
539, 54°. 54° «; vii, 17, 17 n;
Lawr., vi, 476, 478 ; Marg., vi,
445 n ; Mary, vi, 476 ; Nich., vi,

476, 494 « ; Oliver, vi, 444 n,

474 «, 476, 478 ; Pet., vi, 475 n,
476 n ; Rich, (de), vi, 456 n, 471,

475 «, 476 n, 490 ; Rob., vi, 454,

477, 478 n; Rog. de, vi, 474 w,

475 n, 476 n ; Will. (Gulielmus)
(de), vi, 387 n, 395, 397 n, 425,
445 », 452, 470, 473, 474 n, 476,

476 n, 477 n, 478, 545 n
Halsworth, Thos., vi, 217
Halton Ad. de, vii, 30 n ; Jas., vii,

30 n John, vii, 30 n ; Marg., vii,
30 « Miles, vii, 30 n ; Will, de,
vii, 30 n

Halvedland (Cuerden), vi, 26 «
Halworth, Rob., vi, 118 n
Halyfield (Wiswell), vi, 397 n
Ham (Cliviger), vi, 486 n
Hambledon Hill, see Hameldon
Hambleton, vii, 143, 144, 146 n,
149, 150, 166 n, 173 n, 188-90,
248 n, 253 n, 257 n ; char., vii,
20 n ; ch., vii, 190 ; man., vii, 3,

1 88 ; Nonconf., vii, 190
Hambleton, Agnes de, vii, 189 n ;

Alex, de, vii, 189 n ; Alice de,
vii, 189 «, 190 n, 254 n, 257 n ;
Cecily de, vii, 133 n ; Gilb. de,
vii, 254 n ; Hen. de, vii, 190 n,
254 n, 257 n ; Hugh de, vii, 170 n,
254 n ; John de, vii, 189 n, 190 n ;
Maud de, vii, 189 n ; Nich. de,
vii, 170 n ; Sim. de, vii, 189 «,
190 n, 257 n ; Thos. de, vii, 133 n,

189 n, 256 n ; Will, de, vii, 252 «,
254 n, 257 n ; see also Hameldon

Hambleton hookins, vii. 188

375

Hambrigh, see Habergham

Hamby, Eliz., vi, 153 n

Hameldon (Hamelton), Grace, vii,
333 ; Will., vii, 333 ; Rev. Thos.,
vi, 416

Hameldon Hill (Black and Great
Hameldon), vi, 230, 409, 423, 473,
5°7

Hamelin, vii, 306 n

Hamelin's land ( Winkle y), vii, 13 n

Hamelton, Hameltune, see Ham-
bleton and Hameldon

Hamerton (Hammerton), Alice (de)
vi, 222 «, 331 ; vii, 5 ; Anne, vi,
227 n ; Chisenhall, vi, 227 « ;
Jas., vi, 227 n, 229 « ; John, vi,
227 n ; Lawr., vii, 5 n ; Maud,
vii, 5 n ; Orm de, vi, 371 n ; Phil
G., vi, 477 ; Steph. de, vi, 222 n,
226-7, 331 ; vii, 2 ; — , vi, 547 ;
fam., vi, 446

Hamilton, dchsses. of, vi, 322 n
Eliz., vii, 304 ; dks. of, vii, 70 n
76, 97, 129, 290, 310, 318 ; Alex.,
vii, 304 n ', Arch., vii, 304 n ;
Douglas, vii, 304 n ; Jas., vii,
304 ; Jas. G., vii, 304 n ; fam.,
vii, 305

Hammerton, see Hamerton

Hammond (Hamond), Ellen, vi,
134 n ; Giles, vi, 392 n, 540 ; Dr.
Hen., vi, 387 ; John, vi, 387,
546 n ; Mary, vi, 546 n ; Rob.,
vi, 134 n, 530

Hamon, vii, 113

Hamond, see Hammond

Hampton, Margery de, vi, 304 ;
vii, 162 n ; Rob. de, vi, 304 ; vii,
162 n

Hamston Cliff, vi, 521 «

Hanacres (Cuerden), vi, 28 n

Hanclogh (Clayton -le-Moors), vi,
418 n

Hancock, Alison, vi, 500 n ; Eliz.,
vi, 489 n ; vii, 15 ; Ellen, vi,
5*3 n> S36 n ; Grace, vi, 425 n ;
Isabel, vi, 20 «, 513 «, 556 n ;
Leonard, vi, 513 n ; Marg., vi,
456 n ; Nich., vi, 394 «, 444 n,
456 n, 493, 494 «, 5*3 «> 5*7,
554 n, 556 n ; Rich., vi, 513 n ;
vii, 15 ; Will., vi, 20 n, 489, 494 n,
513 », 556 » ; Mrs., vi, 513 n

Handbridge (Habergham Eaves),
spring, vi, 455

Handlo, Marg., vi, 321 ; Sir Rich.,
vi, 321

Hanedings of the Shortbottom
(Cuerden), vi, 24 n

Hanhey (Wrightington), vi, 174 n

Hankinson, Alice, vii, 165 n ; Edm.,
vii, 166, 167 n ; Edw., vii, 144 n ;
Ellen, vii, 170 n ; John, vii, 170 n,
231 n, 239 n ; Jos., vii, 166 n ;
Marg., vii, 166 « ; Mary, vii,
150 n; Rob., vii, 98 n, 166 «,
167 n ; Thos., vii, 136 «, 170 n,
245 n

Hannel Cross (Downham), vi, 552

Hanneshagh, Hanneshaw, see Han-
shaw

Hansfield, see Henfield

Hanshaw (Hanneshagh, Hanne-
shaw, Hanshagh), John de, vi,
291 n, 295 « ; Rich, de, vi, 295 n

Hanshaw Hall (Walton), vi, 295

Hanson (Haunson), Alice, vi, 529 ;
Eliz., vi, 552 ; Isabel, vi, 546 n ;
John, vi, 529 ; Rich, de, vi, 33 n,
34 n ; Thos., vi, 171 n ; Will., vi,
529, 531 n, 542, 549 ; — , vi,
513 n, 524 n ; fam., vi, 499 n

Hansoncliffe, see Chamber-in-Pendle

Hanson's tenement (Briercliffe), vi,
469

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Happay, Ad. de, vi, 510 n ; Rog.

de, vi, 510 n

Hapton, vii, 307, 349, 356 n, 357,
396, 410 n, 447 n, 492, 493,
507-12 ; ch., vi, 512 ; ind., vi,
507 ; man., vi, 232, 458, 459,
507 ; mills, vi, 507 n, 508 n ;
Nonconf., vi, 512 ; quarries, vi,
507 ; Rom. Cath., vi, 512
Hapton Castle (Hapton), vi, 508
Hapton Clough (Hapton), vi, 510 n
Hapton Tower (Hapton), vi, 508
Haracks, see Horrocks
Harapebore (Howick), vi, 66 n
Har bottle (Harebotell), Agnes, vii,
233 « ; Jane, vi, 382 n ; Will., vii,

233 »

Harcourt, Will, (de), vii, 176 n,

177 n
Hardhill (Clitheroe), vi, 365 «,

366 n

Hardhorn (Hardhorn-with-Newton) ,
vii, 184, 219, 222 n, 238-9; char.,
vii, 225 ; mkt., vii, 238 ; Nonconf.,
vii, 239

Harding, Mrs. C. P., vi, 380
Hardman, Edw., vii, 174 n ; Jas.,
vii, 165 n ; John, vii, 102 n ;
Marg., vii, 102 n
Hardwick (Herdwick), Chas., vii,

81 ; Thos., vii, 265
Hardy, Rich., vii, 334
Hare (Hayr), Ad. le, vi, 526 ; Agnes
le, vi, 526 ; Hen., vi, 548 ; John,
vi, 303 n ; Rich, (le), vi, 366 n,
526

Harebotell, see Harbottle
Harecarr (Stalmine), vii, 252 n
Harecarr furlong (Stalmine), vii,

252 n

Hareshaw (Downham), vi, 556 n
Haresnape, Jas., vi, 102, 123 n
Haresnapes (Croston), vi, 96 n
Haresrays field (Salesbury), vi, 253
Harestane (Stalmine), vii, 252 n
Hare stones (Colne), vi, 524 n
Harestones (Salwick), vii, 163 n
Harewas (Button), vii, 57 n
Harewell, Alice, vi, 401, 420 n
Harewode, Harewude, see Harwood
Harger, Bern., vi, 452 ; Hen., vi,

489 ; Nich., vi, 445
Hargher Clough (Habergham

Eaves), vi, 448 n, 454
Hargrave, Anne, vi, 167 n ; Jas. A.,
vi, 168 n ; John, vi, 167 n ; L.,
vi, in ; Lewis C., vi, 167 ;
Maria E., vi, 167 «-i68 n ; Rev.
— , vii, 66 n ; see also Hargreaves
Hargreave (Padiham), vi, 494
Hargreave Hey (Padiham), vi, 493
Hargreaves, Ad. de, vi, 469 n, 480 ;
Agnes, vi, 425, 519 n, 545 n ;
Charlotte A., vi, 445, 484 ; Chris.,
vi, 371, 425, 438; Edw., vi,
499 n ; Eleanor M., vi, 445 ;
Geo., vi, 229, 432, 434, 438, 452,
518 ; vii, 196 n ; Hen., vi, 263,
434 n, 499 n, 516 n ; Hugh, vi,
494 n, 495, 496 n ; Rev. Jas., vi,
438 ; Jas., vi, 238, 241, 242 n,
350, 405, 427, 435, 490, 493,
494 n, 515 n, 519, 522, 529, 530,
535, 544, 55i I Jane, vi, 434 « ;
Jenet, vi, 516 ; Rev. John, vi,

445, 454; J°hn, vi, 2I7, 425,
431, 434 n, 437, 438, 444, 453,
458 n, 480, 484, 515, 516, 517 n,
521, 526, 530, 530 n, 538 «, 540,
542 «, 543, 545 «, 547, 547 »,
549, 551 ^ ; Lawr., vi, 468 n,
499 n, 519 n, 540, 542 ; Lettice,
vi, 467 n ; Mary, vi, 454 ; Nancy,
vi, 244 ; Nich., vi, 468 n, 513 n ;
Rev. Rich., vi, 344; Rich., vi,

Hargreaves (cont.)

343, 434, 526, 54°, 541 n> 545 «,
547, 547 n > Rob., vi, 468 n,
524 n, 526 n, 529, 530, 530 n,

545 «, 546 n, 551; Rob. H., vi,
547; Will, (de), vi, 458 n, 539,
540, 542 n ; — , vi, 280 n, 431 n,
499, 513 «, 524 n, 543 ; see also
Hargrave

Hargreaves Fold (Higher Booths),

vi, 434 n
Hargreaves House (Barrowf ord) ,

vi, 542

Harison, see Harrison
Harlesyke (Briercliffe), vi, 469
Harley Head (Newchurch), vi,

438

Harlow (Foulridge), vi, 547 n
Harper, Ad. (the), vi, 506 n, 546 n ;

vii, 152 n ; Agnes, vi, 545 n,

546 n ; Alice (the), vi, 506 n ;
Austin the, vi, 198 n ; Ellis the,
vi, 485 n, 506 n ; Geoff, the, vi,
546 ; Geo., vii, 50 n ; Gilb. the,
vii, 3 n ; Hen. the, vii, 200 n ;
John (the, le), vi, 79, 417, 506 n,
545 n, 546 n ; vii, 50 n, 158 n ;
Luke the, vi, 506 ; Margery, vi,
545 n ; Maud (the), vi, 506 « ;
vii, 152 n ; Rich, (the), vi, 546 n ;
vii, 152 n ; Rob., vi, 8 ; Syreda,
vi, 546 n ; Will, the, vi, 506 n

Harpers, Lower (Old Laund Booth),
vi, 521

Harrelegh (Aighton), vii, 15 n

Harries, Evan, vii, 43 ; see also
Harris and Heriz

Harrington, Alice, vi, 195 ; Anne,
vi, 200 n ', Eliz., vi, 200 n, 418 ;
Isabel, Lady, vii, 227 n ; Isabel,
vi, 104 n, 316; vii, 99 n, 114 «;
Sir Jas., vi, 104 n, 132, 195,
213 M, 215 n, 227 n, 315, 337;
vii, 107 n, 114, 115 n, n6«,
169 n, 199 n, 326 »; Jas., vi, 61,
316, 321; vii, 99 n ; Jane, vi,
316 ; Joan, vi, 315, 316 n ; Sir
John (de), vi, 136 n, 199 n, 213 n,
316 n; vii, 15, 306; John (de),
vi, 2 n, 131, 132, 213, 418 ; vii,
3, 15 n ; Kath. (de), vi, 131, 132,
136 n, 214 n; vii, 3, 15, 269 n ;
Marg. (de), vi, 194 n, 200 n,
2I3n> 33* ^ ; vii, 114; Matilda,
vi, 316 n ; Sir Nich. (de), vi,
135 n, 200, 202 n, 213 n, 215 n,
217 ; vii, 4 ; Nich. (de), vi, 199 n ;
vii, 126 n ; Sir Rich., vi, 316 n,
337 ; Sir Rob., vi, 316, 379 n ;
Rob., vii, 185 n; Sir Thos. (de),
vi, 91 «, 200 n, 255 n ; vii, 114 ;
Thos. (de), vi, 194 n, 199 n,
213 n, 217, 491; vii, 227 n ; Sir
Will, (de), vi, 132 n, 194 n, 200 n,
201 », 213 n, 254, 331 n ; Will,
(de), vi, 194 n, 225 n, 263 n ; — ,
vii, 207 n ; fam., vii, 98 n

Harrington House (Mellor), vi,
263 n

Harris, Chris., vi, 379, 380 ; vii,
24 n, 126 n, 135 n, 211 ; Dorothy,
vi, 380 n ; Edm. R., vii, 70 n, 80,
91 ; Jane, vii, 126 n, 211 ; Mar-
gery, vii, 135 n ; Mary, vi, 380 n ;
Rev. Rob., vii, 80 ; Rob., vi, 153,
378 n ; vii, 103 n ; Will., vi, 442 ;
vii, 216 n; see also Harries and
Heriz

Harris Institute (Preston), vii, 80 n,
89 n, 96

Harris Library (Preston), vii, 80, 96

Harris Orphanage (Fulwood), vii,
80 n, 89

Harrison (Harison), Ad., vii, 4 « ;
Alice, vii, 124 « ; Allan, vi, 322,

376

Harrison (cont.)

376 ; Andr., vii, 287 n ; Ann, vii,
221 ; Ant., vii, 304 n ; Cuth., vii,
148 «, 165, 187, 187 n, 283 »,
284 «, 335 ; Edw., vii, 26 «, 121 »,
196 n ; Elias, vi, 541 ; Eliz., vii,
114 n; Ellen, vi, 100 n, 282;
vii, 283 n, 287 n ; Hen., vi, 32 ;
vii, 4 n ; Henrietta, vi, 444 ;
Jas., vi, 82; vii, 132 n, 216 n,
287 n, 332 n ; Jane, vii, 58 n ;
John, vi, 74, 370, 376, 394,
531 n ; vii, 82 n, 132 n, 136,
136 n, 216 n, 287 «, 291; John
D., vii, 128 ; Jos., vi, 307 ; vii,
165 ; Marg., vii, 304 n ; Mary,
vi, 438 ; Mary S., vi, 323 n ;
Rich., vii, 58 n, 136, 182, 198 n,
204, 221, 224, 253 n ; Rev. Sey-
mour F., vi, 299 ; Strethill, vi,
494 ; Thos., vi, 100 n, 118, 461 n ;
vii, U4n, 287 n; Thos. D., vi,

282 ; Thos. M., vii, 67 ; Will., vi,
237 n; vii, 150 n, 266 «, 304 n ;
Col., vii, 76 n ; — , vii, 255 n

Harrock (Wrightington), vi, 169,

173

Harrock Hall (Wrightington), vi,
174 n

Harrock Hill, vi, 68 «, 169

Harrop, — , vi, 372 n

Harrows Bank (Ribchester), vii,
58 »

Harryse Aker (Clitheroe), vi, 366 n

Harston Lee (Harstonlegh) (Little
Harwood), vi, 251

Hart, Rev. Dudley, vi, 334

Hart Hill (Trawden), vi, 552

Hartholf, vii, 271 n

Hartley, Alice, vi, 367 n, 528 «,
536 ; Bern., vi, 542, 549, 552 ;
Chris., vi, 515 «, 539 n, 542 «,
544, 548 n, 549 n ; Eliz., vi, 473 n,
546 n, 549, 551 ; Ellen, vi, 528 n ;
Ellis, vi, 549 n ; Geoff., vi, 549 ;
Geo., vi, 517 n, 533, 540, 551 n ;
Grace, vi, 549 n ; Hen., vi, 546 «,
549 n ; Hester, vi, 367 n ; Hugh,
vi, 549 ; Isabel, vi, 513 n, 546 n ;
Jas., vi, 471 «, 519, 528 n, 542 n,
543, 546», 547, 549! John, vi,
468 n, 513", 517, 520, 528, 530,
535, 539 «, 54i «, 543, 549 ;
Lawr., vi, 538 n, 542 n, 543, 544 ;
Marg., vi, 367 n, 537 n ; Nich.,
vi, 542 n, 549 n, 551 ; Pet., vi,
549, 549 » ; Piers, vi, 549 ; Rich.,
vi, 452, 539, 549 »; Rev. Rob.,
vi, 452; Rob., vi, 518 «, 528/1,
539 n, 547, 548, 549; Rob. H.,
vi, 367 n; Rog., vi, 519, 547,

548 n, 549 ; Thos., vi, 548 n,
549 ; Wilkinson, vi, 543 ; Rev.
Will., vi, 319 ; Will., vi, 367 n,
468 n, 519 n, 540, 546 n, 549 n,
551 ; Will. H., vi, 515, 522 ; Sir
W. P., vi, 530; — , vi, 524 «,

549 n ; vii, 149

Hartwood Green (Chorley), vi, 129
Hartwoodhey (Chorley), vi, 140
Harvey (Hervey), vii, 92 n, 273 ;

the falconer, vii, 306
Harvey (Hervey), John, vi, 187,

283 ; Rob., vi, 204
Harwod (Cuerdale), vi, 302 n
Harwood, brook, vi, 249
Harwood, man., vi, 303
Harwood, Great, vi, 235, 337-44,

376 n, 383 n, 417, 418, 419, 420,
426, 504 « ; adv., vi, 343 ; char.,
vi, 344 ; ch., vi, 342 ; man., vi,
338 ; mkts. and fair, vi, 338, 339 ;
mill, vi, 338, 339 », 340, 418 ;
Nonconf., vi, 344 ; Rom. Cath.,
vi, 344

INDEX

Harwood, Little, vi, 235, 249-51 ;
ch., vi, 251 ; man., vi, 249 ;
Nonconf., vi, 251

Harwood, Edm., vi, 277 n ; Edw.
vi, 276, 277 ; Eleanor, vi, 27 »
Eliz., vi, 278 «, 391 n, 497 n
John, vi, 27 n, 260, 285 n, 391 n
Joan, vi, 497 n ; Mich., vi, 497 n
Rich., vi, 27 «, 277 n ; Rob., vi
282, 288 ; Rog., vi. 278 n ; Thos.
vi, 497 n ; Will, (de), vi, 260

338 n ; fam., vi, 342 n
Harwood Fold (Clayton-le-Dale),

vi, 257, 260
Harwood Hall, see Little Harwood

Hall

Harwood Ridge, vi, 337
Harwoods Holme (Gt. Harwood),

vi, 338

Haselene Holth (Salesbury), vi, 253
Haselhurst Greve (Eccleshill), vi,

279 n
Haselhurstridding (Chipping), vii,

29 n

Haselingden, see Haslingden
Hasilineshaw (Gt. Harwood), vi,

339 n

Hasington, Margery, vi, 429 ; Thos.,

vi, 429

Haslam, — , vii, 97 n
Haslewood, Rev. Boulby T., vii,

40, 43 ; Rev. Will. M., vi, 283,

344

Haslingden, vi, 233 n, 234, 349,
356 n, 427-32, 497 n ; adv., vi
432 ; chap., vi, 432 ; ch., vi, 432
crosses, vi, 427 ; ind., vi, 427
man., vi, 232, 233 n, 361 n, 428
mkts. and fairs, vi, 431, 523 n
mill, vi, 428, 428 n, 431 ; pk., vi,
431 ; quarries, vi, 427
Haslingden, Rob. de, vi, 428 ; Rog.,

vi, 88 ; Wion de, vi, 428 n
Haslingden Grane (Haslingden), vi,

427

Haslingden Hills, vi, 423
Haslinghead, Rog., vii, 28 n
Hasteley, Lora, vi, 216 n; Rich.,

vi, 216 n

Hasthorp, Rob. de, vii, 301 n
Hastings, Sir Hugh, vi, 305 n ;

Maud de, vii, 285 n
Hatch, Jas., vii, 138 » ; John, vii,

138

Hatchacre (Standish), vi, 193 n
Hatgill, Ad., vi, 556 n ; John, vi,

556 n

Hatherald, Hatherholt, see Haver-
holt

Hathornthwaite (Hathornethwaite,
Hawthornthwaite, Hay thorn -
thwaite), Ellen, vii, 272 ; John,
vii, 272 ; Mary, vii, 65 n, 279 n ;
Will., vii, 65 n, 272, 279 n ;
fam., vi, 380 n
Hatton, Edw., vi, 191 n
Haudley Hall (Blackburn), vi, 245
Hauekechae, Hauekesshae, Hauke-

schaw, see Hawkshaw
Haugh Head (Reedley), vi, 490
Haugh Hill (Brindle), vi, 75 «
Haugh Row (Reedley), vi, 490
Haughton, see Hoghton
Haukeshae ruding (Mellor), vi, 263
Haukeshagh, see Hawkeshaw
Haulgh (Reedley), vi, 490
Haultes House (Coppull), vi, 228 n
Haunson, see Hanson
Hauschagh, see Hawkeshaw
Hautrey (Alta Ripa, Autrey, Dau-
trey, Hautrive), Sir Godf. de, vi,
511 n ; Godf. de, vi, 507 n ; John
de, vi, 304 n, 488 n, 507 n, 511 ;
vii, 277 n ; Marg. de, vi, 508 ;
Maud de, vi, 507 n, 511; Rob.,

Hautrey (cont.)

vi, 508 n ; Sir Thos. de, vi, 262 ;

Thos. de, vi, 507, 508, 511
Havedargh (Catterall), vii, 324 n
Haverhill, Will, de, vii, 84
Haverholt (Colne), vi, 526 n, 527 «
Havile, Will, de, vii, 330 n
Haw, see How
Haward, vii, 172 n
Haward, Alice, vi, 122 n ; Chas., vi,

122 n ; Ellen, vi, 122 n ; Rob., vi,

122 n ; see also Award, Hayward

and Heywood
Hawarden, Ad., vi, 195 ; Bryan, vi,

133 n ; Eliz., vi, 195 ; John, vi,

133

Hawath, see Howath

Haw Booth, see Hay Booth

Hawe, vi, 59

Hawes, the (Lay ton), see Lay ton
Hawes

Hawes, Anne, vii, 334 n ; Rob., vii,
334 ; Susan, vii, 333 n ; Will.,
vii, 334

Hawett (Hawet), Mary, vi, ijj n ;
Nich., vi, 162 n ; Thos., vi, 177 «;
Will., vi, 177 «, i8o»

Hawise (Helewise), vi, 377 n ; vii,
46 «, 168 n, 318 «; w. of Josce,
vii, 41 n ; w. of Rob., vii, 191 n ;
w. of Thos., vii, 27 n

Hawkecha, see Hawkshaw

Hawkesbury, Rich., vi, 19 «, 55 «

Hawkesey (Accrington) , vi, 425 n

Hawkeshaw (Haukeshagh, Haus-
chagh, Hawkeshey), Hen. de, vi,
262 ; Rich., vi, 259 » ; Thos., vi,
259 n ; Will, de, vi, 216 n

Hawkesworth (Hawksworth), Will.,
vi, 526 n ; vii, 52 «

Hawkins, Hen. B., vii, 218

Hawks, brook (Wrightington), vi,
175 «

Hawkshaw (Mellor), vi, 262, 263

Hawkshaw, brook, vi, 263

Hawkshead (Habergham Eaves),
vi, 455 n

Hawkshead, fam., vi, 158

Hawksnest Clough (Habergham
Eaves), vi, 457

Hawksworth, see Hawkesworth

Haworth, man., vi, 406 ; vii, 29,
29 n

Haworth, Ad. de, vi, 407, 438 n ;
Alex., vi, 438 ; Alice, vi, 553 n ;
Chas., vi, 436, 438 « ; Denis, vi,
434 n, 436 n ; Edm., vi, 277 n,
553 n ; vii, 124 n ; Edw., vi, 288,
436 n ; Rev. Geo., vi, 435 ; Geo.,
vi, 388, 424 n, 434, 436 n ; Giles,
vi, 277 n, 278 n ; Hen., vi, 416,
424 n, 434, 496 ; Hugh, vi, 434 n ;
Jas., vi, 99 n, 434 n, 438 n ; Jane,
vi, 133 ; Rev. John, vi, 435 ;
John, vi, 259 n, 260, 260 n,
407 n, 436 n, 447, 468 n ; Jona-
than, vi, 277 n ; Lawr., vi, 237,
277 », 278 n ; Nich., vi, 407 n ;
Ottiwell, vi, 436 ; Pet., vi, 277,
277 », 278 n, 438 n ; Ralph, vi,
277 n> 434 ; Reynold, vi, 434 ;
Rich., vi, 277 n, 387, 425 n ;
Theoph., vi, 150 n ; Thos., vi,
73 n, 133, 167, 251, 371 ; Mrs.,
vi, 4I3> 538 ; fam., vi, 284 n

Haworthules (Wiswell), vi, 397 n

Hawtrey, see Hautrey

Hay, fam., see Hey

Haybonk (Pleasington) , vi, 266

Hay Booth (Barley), vi, 233 n, 518,
519

Haydock (Hadocke), Agnes de, vi,
67 n ; Alice (de), vi, 77 n, 282 ;
vii, 107 n, 133, 134 n, 240 n ;
Aline de, vii, 107 n, 133, 134 ft,

377

Haydock (cont.)

309 n ; Aloysia, vii, 135 n ; Ama-
bel de, vi, 295 ; Anne, vi, 444 n,
475 n ; Bradley, vii, 40 n ; Bridg.,
vii, 135 n ; Cath. (Kath.), vi,
191 n, 198 n ; vii, 135 n ; Cuth.,
vii, 135 « ; Dorothy, vii, 135 n ;
Edm. (de), vi, 159 » ; vii, 133 n,
134 «, 135 n ; Eleanor, vi, 444 n ;
vii, 134 ; Eliz., vii, 135 n ; Ellen,
vi, 513 », 556 »; vii, 135 n,
306 « ; Evan (Ewan), vi, 51 n,

77 *> 444. 444 «. 447. 475 » ',
vii, 135, 135 n ; Fran., vi, 77 n ;
Geo., vii, 75 «, 135, 135 n ;
Geo. L., vii, 136 ; GUb. (de), vi,
200 «, 201 n, 234, 290, 295,
444 «, 475 n, 488; vii, 135,
J35 n> I3^n, 306 n ; Giles, vi,
444 n ; Helen de, vii, 240 n ;
Hen. de, vi, 131 n, 159, 291 » ;
vii, 41 n, 84 », 107 n, no«,

!33«, 134. 134 «, J35, 136 w;
228 n, 240 n, 297 n, 309 n ; Hugh
(de), vi, 188 «, 198 M, 200 «,
209 n, 223 n, 225 n, 291 «, 295 ;
vii, 133 n ; Isabel, vii, 135 n ;
Jas., vi, 51 «, 143 « ; vii, 136 n ;
Joan (de), vi, 444 », 475 ; vii,
107 n, 133 n, 248 n; John (de),
vi, 67 n, 167 «, 198 n, 224 n,

228 n, 442 n, 444 n, 516 ; vii,
107 n, 133, 134 n, 135 n, 248 «,
291 ; Marg., vi, 228 n ; vii, 134 n ;
Margery de, vi, 51 n, 159 «;
Mary, vi, 444 n ; vii, 135 n ;
Matth. de, vi, 290, 291 n, 295 ;
Maud de, vi, 188 n, 193 n ; Nich.,
vi, 50 n ; Rich, (de), vi, 51 n, 143,
143 n, 217 «, 282 ; vii, 134 n, 135,
135 n ; Rob. de, vi, 188, 206 «,
209, 220 n, 223 n ; vii, I3on,
133 «, 135 «; Rog. (de), vi, 51,
143 n, 198 «, 224, 228 n ; Sim.,
vi, 51 n, 419 », 444, 447, 447 n,

47°, 471, 474, 475, 476, 477 n,
478 n, 493, 513 w, 556 n ; vii, 5 ;
Thos., vi, 50 ; vii, 136 ; Vane,
vi, 209 n ; Will., vi, 50 n, 51 n,
88, 100 n, 189, 198 n, 228 n, 381 ;
vii, 135, 135 «, 155 n, 287 w;
— , vi, 192 n ; fam., vi, 263 «,
470 ; vii, 234 n, 291
Haye, see Hey

Hayholm (Bispham), vii, 242 n
Hayholme (Little Carle ton), vii,

229 M

Hayhurst (Dutton), vii, 55 n, 57 n,
59 n

Hayhurst, Alice de, vii, 58 n ; Avice
(Amice) de, vii, 16 n, 58 n ; Cecily
de, vii, 17 n ; Emota de, vii, 57 n ;
Hen., vii, 18, 58 n ; Jenet, vii,
58 n ; John, vi, 332 ; vii, 16 «,
JtS, 58, 58 n ; Lawr., vii, 58 n ;
Margery de, vii, 57 n, 58 n ; Mary,
vii, 135 n ; Oliver, vii, 58 n ; Otes
de, vii, 58 n \ Percival, vii, 58 n ;
Rich, de, vii, 58 « ; Rob., vi,
354 ; vii, 57 n ; Rog. de, vii, 17 n,
58 n ; Thos. de, vii, 58 « ; Will,
de, vii, 58 n ; fam., vii, 49 n

Hayke, John, vi' 54 «

Haylegh Shaw wood (Whittingham)
vii, 209 n

Hayleys (Hayleighs), Alice de, vi,
402 n ; Nich. de, vi, 508 n ; Rob.
de, vi, 402 n ; Rog. de, vi, 402 n ;
Thos., vi, 425 n ; Will., vi, 425 n

Hayneslache (Colne), vi, 524 n

Hayr, see Hare

Hayrewasbank (Dutton), vii, 55 n

Hayridding (Habergham Eaves), vi,

455 «
Haysia (Hapton), vi, 511 n

48

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Haythornthwaite, see Hathorn-

thwaite

Hayton, Jonathan, vii, 245
Hayward, Thos., vii, 298 ; see also

Haward and Heywood
Hazelhead (Bleasdale), vii, 141 n,

142, 142 n

Hazelhurst Fells, vii, 141
Hazle Moor, vi, 252
Head, Ad. del, vi, 225 n ; John del,

vi, 225 n
Headfort, Lady, vii, 307 ; Emily,

mchnss. of, vii, 307 n ; mqsses.

of, vii, 307 «, 318

Headless cross (Anderton), vi, 220
Head o' th' Town (Altham), vi, 411
Heald (Worsthorne), vi, 474 n
Heald, Anne, vi, 17 n ; Will., vi,

299

Heald Moor (Cliviger), vi, 479
Heald's charity (Chorley), vi, 148
Healey (Chorley), vi, 2 n, 19, 129,

140, 467
Healey (Heley), Ad. de, vi, 253 ;

Cecily, vii, 49 n ; Dowe de, vi,

467 « ; Gilb. de, vi, 252, 253 ;

Hen. de, vi, 480, 485 » ; Hugh

de, vi, 253 ; Jas., vi, 519 ; John

de, vi, 253 ; Margery de, vi, 253 ;

Rich, de, vi, 485 « ; Will, de, vi,

253 n ; vii, 49 n
Healey Cliff (Heath Charnock), vi,

216 n

Healey Nab, vi, 129
Heap. Agnes, vi, 438 n ; Ellen, vi,

431 n ; Jas., vi, 430 n ; John, vi,

438, 438 n ; Rich., vi, 439 ; Rob.,

vi, 436 ; — , vi, 431 », 471 n
Heapa (Kirkham), vii, 149
Heap Barn (Bacup), vi, 440
Heapey, vi, 3, 37 n, 50-2, 58 » ;

chap., vi, 8, 51 ; ch., vi, 51 ;

man., vi, 39, 50
Heapey, Orm (Ramilf) de, vi, 50 ;

Pet. de, vi, 51 »; Rich, de, vi,

51 n ; Rob. de, vi, 51 n
Heardbert, vi, 349
Heath, Rob., vi, 371 ; see also Heth
Heath Charnock, vi, 58 «, 104 n,

182, 187 n, 213-17; char., vi,

191 n, 192; man., vi, 213
Heath Charnock, fam., see Charnock

and Gogard
Heatley, Hugh, vi, 237 n ; Jas., vi,

77, 78 n ; Pet., vi, 36 ; Will., vi,

77, 78 n ; vii, 139 n
Heaton (in Lonsdale), man., vi, 37,

39, 326, 327 : vii, 155 n
Heaton (Heton, Hetton, Hoton),

Alice de, vi, 175 n ; vii, 154 «;

Anilla de, vii, 109 n, 154, 316 n ;

Anne, vii, 211 n ; Augustin

(Augustine) de, vii, 108, 153,

156 n, i8iw; Christiana de, vii,

154 n ; Denise de, vii, 154 n ;

Edm. de, vii, 156 ; Hen., vi,

406 n ; vii, 82 n ; Isold, vi, 360 ;

Joan, vi, 217 n ; John de, vi,

175 n, 223 ; Kath. de, vi, 227 n;

vii, 326 « ; Rob., vi, 217 n ; Rog.

de, vii, 108, 109, 152 n, 153, 154,

156 n, 181 n, 2J4, 235 n ; Sabina

de, vii, 154 n, 234 n ; Thos., vi,

220; vii, 297; Will, (de), vi,

220, 227 n, 250 n, 438 ; vii, 108 n,

log, log n, 154, 234 n, 316 «
Heavanson, Thos., vi, 298
Hebden Bridge (Cliviger), vi, 479
Heber, Jane, vi, 560 n ; John, vii,

42 ; Reg., vii, 42 «, 314 » ; Thos.,

vi, 560 n

Heblethwaite, John, vi% 245
Hebrew Hall (Burnley), vi, 445 n
Hecham, man. (Claughton), vii,

330

Hecham (Hegham), Alice de, vii,

330 n ; John de, vii, 330 n ;

Ralph de, vii, 330 n ; Rog. de,

vii, 330 n ; see also Higham
Hechernok, see Heath Charnock
Hecknest (Burnley), vi, 447 n
Hedersford, Amery de, vi, 555 n ;

Will, de, vi, 555 «
Hediholes (Ediholes, Edyef holes),

Ad. de, vi, 249, 251 ; Avice de,

vi, 251

Hedley, Rev. Matth., vi, 334
Hege, the (Pleasington), vi, 267 n
Heggedemorncliff (Leyland), vi, 58 n
Heggengrene (Marsden), vi, 539
Hegham, see Hecham and Higham
Heghchernok, see Heath Charnock
Hehefield (Alston), vii, 63 n
Heigham, fam., see Hecham and

Higham
Heigham Farm (Claughton), vii,

330 »

Heights (Goldshaw Booth), vi, 515

Heights (Withnell), vi, 47

Heir, Ad. le, vi, 474 n

Heir's House (Colne), vi, 523, 525,
526

Helde, Thurstan, vi. 9

Hele-Phipps, Mary, vii, 65 n ; T. H.,
vii, 65 n

Helewise, see Hawise

Hcley (Salesbury), vi, 252

Heley, fam., see Healey

Helforth Gate (Yate) (New Laund),
vi, 492

Helforth Holme (New Laund), vi,
492 «

Helhurst (Chipping), vii, 29 n

Helly Platt (Cliviger), vi, 479

Helme, man. (Chipping), vii, 31

Helme (Read), vi, 506 n

Helme (Helmes), Ad., vii, 108 n ;
Alice, vi, 399 n ; vii, 31 n ; Edw.,
vii, 26, 29 n ; Geo., vii, 196 «,
197 « ; Germain, vii, 36 n ; Grace,
vii, 29 n ; Hen., vii, 123, 197 n ;
Isabel (de), vii, 28 «, 31 n; Jas.,
vii, 30 n, 31; Joan, vii, 31 n ;
John, vii, 204 ; Lawr. de, vii,
31 n; Leo., vii, 31, 139 n, 197 n,
213 n, 231 n ; Nich., vii, 147 ;
Ralph de, vii, 31 n ; Rob., vii,

196 n, 197, 197 n ; Rog., vii,

197 n ; Thos. (de), vii, 28 n, 30 n,
31 n, 136 n, 196 n, 197 n, 201 ;
Will, de, vii, 30 n, 31, 34 n, 136 n,
196 n ; see also Holmes

Helmer (Goosnargh), vii, 199 n
Helmeridge, see Elmridge
Helmes, see Helme and Holmes
Hemingburgh, John de, vi, 488
Henderson, John, vi, 534, 535 ; J.,

vi, 535

Hendon (Marsden), vi, 536
Hendwr (Hendouyr) (Wales), vi,

262

Heneage, Thos., vii, 114 n
Henestebreck (Rossall), vii, 235 n
Henfield (Clayton-le-Moors), vi, 411,

417
Henfield (Colne), vi, 470, 525 n,

528 n

Henfield moor, vi, 413
Henger Haw (Chorley), vi, 140 n
Henheads (Henhades), vi, 230 n,

233 n, 349, 431, 437, 439 n
Henn, Rev. Hen., vi, 452
Henneheedes, see Henheads
Hennethorn, Hennethyrn, see Hen-
thorn

Henrison (Henreson, Henryson)
Cecily, vi, 69 n; Geo., vii, 101 n
Grace, vii, 101 » ; Hen., vi, 69 n
John, vi, 49 n ; Lawr., vii, 163 n
Ralph, vi, 69 n ; Rich., vi, 49 «

378

Henrison (cont.)

Rob., vi, 69 n ; Thos., vi, 69 n,

298 n ; vii, 288 n, 306 n
Henry I, vii, 54, 246
Henry II, vii, 129, 333 n
Henry III, vi, 471 ; vii, 188, 249,

333

Henry IV., vii, 263

.Henry VI, vi, no n, 361

Henry VIII, vii, 157

Henry, vi, 400 n, 474 n, 475 n, 538 n,
548; vii, 45, 105 n, iogn; abbot,
vi, 480 n ; bailiff, vi, 367 n ; b.
of Rog. dean of Whalley, vi,
356 «; (H.), the chaplain, vi,
400 «, 402 n, 403 n ; vii, 263,
264; the clerk, vi, 297, 411 n,
412, 443, 451 n ; vii, 305 ; the
cookson, vi, 26 n ; the harper,
vii, 200 n ; the miller, vi, 134 n ;
parson, vi, 79 », 239, 240, 253 n,
258 «, 398 n ; vii, 282 n, 297 ;
prior of Norton, vii, 238 «; the
sumpter, vii, 227 n ; the turner,
vi, 208 n

Henry, Chas., vii, 13

Henryfield (Claughton), vii, 330 n

Henryson, see Henrison

Henthorn, vi, 349, 356 n, 388 ;
man., vi, 232, 390

Henthorn, Ad. de, vi, 390 ; Agnes
de, vi, 390 ; Alice de, vi, 390 ;
Cecily de, vi, 390*1; Hen. (de),
vi, 389 n, 390 ; John (de), vi,
389 «, 390 ; Jordan de, vi, 390 ;
Kath. de, vi, 390 n ; Margery de,
vi, 390 ; Rich, de, vi, 390 ; Rob.
de, vi, 377 n

Henthorn Ees (Little Mitton), vi,
391 n

Hepay, see Heapey

Hepewell (Alston), vii, 65 n

Hepgreave (Preston), vii, 79 n, 101 n

Hephale (Hepwall, Hepwell), Hen.
de, vi, 134 ; John de, vii, 3 ;
Marg. (Margery) de, vi, 131, 276,
397 n ; vii, 3 ; Rich, de, vii,
3«; Rob. (de), vi, 112 n, 117,
131, 150 n, 245 n, 276, 397 n ;
vii, 2, 3, 4 n

Herberlaw (Hapton), vi, 510 «

Herbert, vii, 134**, i6gn; the
clerk, vii, 84 n, i^on

Herbertson, Cecily, vi, 134 n ; Will.,
vi, 134 n

Herd House, see Hird House

Herdwick, see Hardwick

Hereford, John Booth, archd. of,
vii, 258

Hereford ridding (Herfordriding)
(Penwortham) , vi, 58 n

Hereward, abbot of Cockersand,
vii, 1 80 n, 260

Hericy, Hen. de, vii, 125 n

Heritage, Hugh, vii, 329 n ; John,
vii, 329 n ; Margery, vii, 329 n

Heriz (Herries, Herriss, Herrys),
Ad. de, vi, 555 n ; Agnes, vi,
377 n ; Cecily de, vi, 559 n ; vii,
125 n ; Edw., vi, 189 ; Eliz., vi,
377 n ; Geoff., vii, 278 n ; Hen.
(de, le), vi, 364*1, 552 n, 555 n ;
vii, 125 n ; Isabel de, vi, 364 n ;
John (de, le), vi, 364*1, 559 n ;
Kath., vi, 377 n ; Mabel, vii,
278 n ; Marg., vi, 377 n ; Margery
de, vii, 278 n ; Rich., vii, 278 n ;
Rob., vi, 377 n ; Sim. (de, le), vi,
364 n, 558 n ; Will, (de, le), vi,
343, 364 «, 374 n, 377 ; fam., vi,
373, 375 ; see also Harries and
Harris

Herldonsoe (Claughton), vii, 327 n

Hermitage, the (Grimsargh), vii,
113 ft

INDEX

Hermitage, the (Mellor), vi, 263
Hermit's Ridding, see Armetriding
Hermitstead, see Armitstead
Hernby, see Hornby
Herneshead (Winmarleigh), vii,

306 n

Herreson, Will., vi, n n
Herries, Herriss, Herrys, see Heriz
Herunterode (Cligvier), vi, 485 n
Hervey, see Harvey
Hes, Rich, del, vii, 58 n ; Rob.,

del, vii, 58 n

Hesceteley (Winkley), vii, 13 n
Heschath, see Hesketh
Heselingedon, set, Haslingden
Hesemor (Salesbury), vi, 253 n
Hesemore (Clayton-le-Dale), vi,

258 n

Hesemore (Wilpshire), vi, 335 n
Hesillache (Gt. Harwood), vi, 339 n
Heskath, Heskayth, fam., see

Hesketh

Hesketh (Hesketh - with - Beccon-
sall), vi, i, 81, 111-14; v"> I7I»
181 « ; man., vi, 112
Hesketh (Eskehagh, Heskath, Hes-
kayth, Heskeyth), Ad. de, vi,
71 n, 113 n, 121, 347 n ; Alice
(de), vi, 28 n, 70 n, 98 n, 121, 122,
127 tt, 340, 398 ; vii, 5 n, 66 «,
126 n, 180 n, 181 n, 190 tt, 260 n,

332 n, 333, 333 n ; Amiria de, vi,
34 n ; Anne, vi, 40 n ; vii, 159 n,
190 n, 196 «, 198 ; Barth., vi,
67 M, 73 n, 82, 92 n, 107 n, 127,
174 n, 201 n, 285 « ; vii, 113**,
160 n, 185, 195 n, 196 n, 198,
227 n, 272 n ; Barth. G., vii,
115 n; Blanche, vi, 173*1; Bold
F., vii, 221, 224, 242 n ; Chas.,
vi, 117 n ; vii, 224, 245; Con-
stantia, vii, 327 n ; Cuth., vi,
126 ; vii, 195 «, 196 «, 205 ; C.,
vii, 224 ; Dulcia, vi, 122 n ;
Edw., vi, 343 ; Edw. T., vii, 221 ;
Eliz., vi, 93 n, 95 n, 122 n ; vii,
163 n, 307 n ; Fleetwood, vii,
221, 243 n ; Frances, vii, 224 ;
Fran., vii, 221 ; Gabriel, vi, 73 n,
77 »», 107 n, 122 «, 285 n ; vii,
14*1, 30 n, 113 *t, 170 n, 185,
195 n, 196*1, 205, 227 n, 32971;
Geoff., vi, 122 n, 126, 241 n ;
Geo., vi, 60 n, 65 », 67 n, 73 n,
93 n, 122 «, 123 n, 365 n ; vii,
98 tt, 113 «, 152 n, 158*1, 161 tt,
167 n, 170 n, 173*1, 185, 227*1,
287 n, 324 n ; Gilb. de, vi, 112 n,

121 n ; Grace, vi, 122 n, 126,
456 n ; Hen. (de), vi, 113 n, 121 n,
126, 153 n ; Holcroft, vi, 120;
Hugh (de), vi, 67 tt, 93 «, 121 n,

122 n, 123 n, 126, 127 n, 504% ; vii,
180 n, 181 «, 190 n, 260 n, 333,

333 « ; Jas-, vi, I28 ; vii, 327 ;
Jane, vi, 123 n, 347 ; Jennet, vi,
128 ; Sir John (de), vi, 95 n,
98 M, 121, 339, 347 « ; John (de),
vi, 108, 113*1, 126, 233 n, 339,
340 n ; Jos., vii, 327, 328 ; Juli-
ana, vii, 195 « ; Kath. (de), vi,
121, 123 n ; Lucy, vi, 340 ; Marg.
(de), vi, 73 n, 121, 122 n, 126 ;
vii, 187, 236, 249 n ; Margery, vi,
122 tt, 126 ; Mary, vi, 108, 123,
125 ; vii, 186 n, 327 n, 333 n ;
Maud (Matilda), de, vi, 70, 71,
95 «, 120, 121, 121 »e, 122 n,
339; Nich. (de), vi, 112 n, 121,
126, 133 n, 340 ; Sir Pet., vii, 221 ;
Pet., vii, 224 ; Rich, (de), vi, 33 n,
34 n, 66 n, 67 n, 112*1, 113 n,
122 n, 123 n, 126, 127 n, 201 «;
vii, 83*1, 163 n, 190*1, 208 n,
273 ; Sir Rob., vi, 17 n, 22 n,

Hesketh (cont.)

63 n, 95 n, 108 n, in n, n6n,

117, 122, 123 n, 126, 202 n,
229 n, 456 n ; Rob. (de), vi, 60 «,

70 n, 72, 72 n, 73 n, 82, 93 n,
95 n, 96, 99 n, ii2 n, 113 tt,

114, Il6*t, I2O, 121, 121 n, 122,

122 n, 123, 123 «, 126, 127 n,
17 3 n, i8o«, 340, 347, 365,
367 n ; vii, 83 n, 126*1, 159*1,
167 «, 185 M, 190 n, 208 n, 213 M,

3°7 w, 333 w '• R°g-, vii, J96 w,
205, 236, 249 tt, 273, 333 «,
334 M, 335 M J Sibyl de, vi, 121 n ',
Sophia, vi, 127 ; Steph. de, vi,
112 tt ; Susan, vi, 126 ; Sir Thos.,
vi, 22 », 28 M, 40 tt, 67 tt, 72,
73 tt, 89 «, 92, 93 tt, 96 », 97 «,
104, 106 «, in «, 112, 113, 117 n,

118, 121, 122, 125, 126, 127, I28tt,

151 n, 166 «, 201 «, 202, 340,
341, 398 ; vii, 5 tt, 66 n, 126 «,
196 «, 332 « ; Thos. (de), vi, 16 tt,
17 «, 22 w, 61 «, 65 «, 67, 70 «,

71 «, 72 M, 73, 74 tt, 77 tt, 84,
89 tt, 92, 93 «, 95 n, 96, 104 tt,
lion, 112 M, 117 «, ii8»z, 121,
122, 123, 123*1, 126, 127 w, 128,
132, 142, 166 tt, 173 tt, 176 «,
201 «, 236 «, 300, 337, 339,
343, 365 n, 398, 408 tt, 420 ; vii,

65 w, 74, 83«, M4, 154 ». 173 »,
181 tt, 185, 185 tt, 186, 187,

190 w, 196 w, 237 tt, 321 «, 327,
334 tt ; Sir Thos. G. F., vi, 72,
97, 114, 123, 123 tt ; Sir Thos.
H., vi, 123 tt ; Sir T., vi, 116 n ;
Sir T. D., vi, 72, 90, 93, 97, 114,

123 tt, 126, 340; Ursula, vii,
333**; Sir Will, (de), vi, 95 n,
97 n, 98 tt, 116 tt, 121, 127 ; Will,
(de), vi, 17 tt, 70, 90 M, 92 «,

112 tt, H3 M, I2O-I, 126, 290,

339, 347, 4i8, 495: vii, 170 «,
173 tt, 185, 185 tt, 186 M, 327 «,
329 « ; Mrs., vii, 224 ; fam., vi,
48, 69 tt, 178, 338 ; vii, 102, 107,
133 n

Hesketh Bank (Hesketh), vi, in,
112

Hesketh End, man. (Chipping),
vii, 30

Heskeyt, Heskeyth, see Hesketh

Heskin, vi, 155, 166-9; char., vi,
90 «, 161 ; man., vi, 166 ; vii,
235 tt ; sch., vi, 169

Heskin, Ad. de, vi, 7 tt, 33 tt, 166 « ;
Cecily de, vi, 166 « ; Emma de,
vi, 225 w ; Joan de, vi, 33 n ;
John (de), vi, 7 n, 23, 170 n,
225 « ; Margery de, vi, 33 « ;
Nich., vi, 166 ; Reynold de, vi,
166 » ; Rich, de, vi, 166 n ; Rob.
de, vi, 33 «, 166, 166 «, 170 «,
177 «, 203 «, 225 M ; Thos., vi,
166 ; Thurstan, vi, 166, 172 n,

191 « ; Warine de, vi, 177 «
Heskin Green, vi, 166

Heskin Hall (Heskin), vi, 166, 167
Hesmenough, John, vi, 260
Hesmondhalgh (Hesmonhalgh),

Ellis, vi, 259 M ; John, vi, 260 n ;

Rich., vi, 260 «
Hesmundehalgh (Dilworth), vii,

53 »

Hesselindene, see Haslingden
Hest Chernoke, see Heath Charnock
Hestholm, Joan, vii, 288 n ; John ,

vii, 288 M
Hesting (Habergham Eaves), vi,

455 «
Heth, Agnes, vii, 233 n ; Will., vii,

233 « ; see also Heath
Hethchernock, Hethevchernoc, see.

Heath Charnock

379

Hetom, Gilb. de, vii, 331 n ; Thos.,
vii, 331 «

Heton, Hetton, see Heaton

Heulefield (Bispham), vi, 101 n

Hevesclough (Whittingham) , vii,
209 tt

Hewn Ashlar (Old Laund Booth),
vi, 522

Hewode, see Ewood

Hewson, Edm., see Dicconson,
Edm.

Hexham, Will, de, vi, 159

Hey, vi, 544

Hey (Hay, Haye), Alice del, vi,
335 n ; Gilb., vi, 273 ; Hen., vii,
299 ; Hugh del, vi, 200 n ; Isabel
del, vi, 200 tt ; Jas, vi, 99 n ;
Jer., vi, 557 ; John (de, de la,
del), vi, 291 «, 328 «, 494, 510 n ;
Lawr., vi, 272 tt, 416 ; Rich, (de,
de la), vi, 436, 438 tt, 494 n,
510 n ; vii, 273 n ; Rob. (del),
vi, 335 « ; vii, 220 ; — , vi, 252 n

Hey acres (Gt. Harwood), vi, 339 «

Heye, le (Mellor), vi, 263

Heyfield (Threlfall), vii, 192 »

Heyham, vii, 296

Heyhead (Marsden), vi, 541 n

Heyhouses (Lytham), vii, 213,
214 ; sch., vii, 219

Heyhouses (Whalley), vi, 230 tt,
349, 361, 489 tt, 493, 513-14;
ch., vi, 514 ; cross, vi, 513 ; man.,
vi, 514 ; ' Wellsprings ' inn, vi,

513

Heyhurst, see Hayhurst
Heyland, Alice de, vi, 58 tt ; Will.

de, vi, 58 «

Heyley (Whittingham), vii, 207 «
Heyroyd (Colne), vi, 523, 528
Keys, Nether (Colne), vi, 528
Heys, Isabel, vi, 150 n ; Thos., vi,

150 M
Heysandforth (Burnley), vi, 443,

47°

Heyslacks (Trawden), vi, 552
Heywood, John, vi, 419 ; Mary A.,
vi, 419 ; Rebecca, vi, 419 ; see
also Haward and Hayward
Heyworth, Lawr., vi, 438 ; see also

Haworth

Hie Bibi, well (Standish), vi, 192
Hiche, vi, 488 n
Hichetleys (Button), vii, 58 n
Hichhaugh (Button), vii, 55 n
Hichough (Ribchester), vii, 43 n
Hichson(Hicheson), John, vi, 475 n ;

Rich., vi, 475 «, 477 n, 489
Hickeling (Hikeling), Rob., vi, 10 «,

29 «

Hicks, Sir Baptist, vii, 34 n ; Bap-
tist, vii, 34

Higen, see Hitchin and Hitchon
Higgcn Clough (Wheatley Carr

Booth), vi, 520
Higgenson, see Higginson
Higgin, Hen., vi, 538 «, 539 « ;
Isabel, vi, 539 « ; Jas., vi, 519 « ;
John, vi, 468 », 521, 539 *», 540 ;
Lawr., vi, 539 n
Higginbothan, Will., vi, 261
Higginson (Higgenson), Eliz., vii,
245 « ; Janet, vii, 183 n ; Rich.,
vii, 244 ; Rob., vi, 77 « ; vii,
183 « ; Rog., vii, 136 n ; Thos.,
vi, 518

Higgison, John, vii, 50 n
High, Thos., vi, 237 n
Highacre (Button), vii, 55 «
Higham, vi, 349, 488, 512-13, 522 ;
vii, 279 ; ch., vi, 513 ; ind., vi,
512 ; man., vi, 512 ; Nonconf.,
vi, 513 ; Rom. Cath., vi, 513
Higham, Lower, Higham, Nether,
see Higham Close

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Higham, Over, vi, 513 n

Higham, Rich., vi, 325 ; see also

Hecham
Higham Booth (Goldshaw Booth),

vi, 233 n, 512, 515
Higham Close (Higham), vi, 488*1,

512, 513 n

Higher Arbour (Thornley), vii, 32
Highercroft House (Lower Darwen) ,

vi, 277
Higher Cross (Higher Booths), vi,

434

Higher Firs (Altham), vi, 411
Higherford (Barrowford), vi, 541
Higher House (Briercliffe), vi, 471
Higher House cross (Freckleton),

vii, 167 n
Higher Ridihalgh (Briercliffe), vi,

469

Highfalong (Carleton), vii, 231 »
Highfield (Croston), vi, 91
Highfield (Dilworth), vii, 52 n
Highfield (Duxbury), vi, 211 n
Highfield (Haighton), vii, 125 n
Highfield (Sowerby), vii, 281 n
Highfield, John, vii, 101 n
Highgate (Warton), vii, 171 n
High Riley, vi, 233 n
Highson, John, vi, 475 n
Hightenhull, see Ightenhill
High Ulley, vi, 233 n
High Way (Dilworth), vii, 52 »
Hikeling, see Hickeling
Hiles, Nich. de, vii, 198 «; Rich, de,

vii, 198 «

Hill, the (Briercliffe), vi, 471 n
Hill, the, man. (Goosnargh), vii, 195
Hill, the, man. (Heath Charnock),

vi, 214

Hill, the, (Tockholes), vi, 282
Hill, Sir Edw., vii, 197 n ; Grace,
vii, 197 n ; John, vii, i8n ; Rob.,
vi, 496; vii, 265, 265 n ; Will.,
vii, 47 *»

Hillam, man. (Yorks), vi, 421
Hillcroft (Bretherton), vi, 103 n
Hill End (Briercliffe), vi, 471
Hillfield (Croston), vi, 95 n
Hill House (Chaigley), vii, 18
Hill House (Woodplumpton), vii,

14 n

Hilliley (Ribchester), vii, 45 n
Hilliley, Agnes, vii, 48 n ; Cecily
de, vii, 48 n ; John de, vii, 46 «,
48 n ; Rob. de, vii, 48 n ; Will,
de, vii, 48 »

Hillock Vale (Huncoat), vi, 409
Hilton, Evan, vi, 17 «; Hugh, vi,
26 « ; Isabel de, vii, 301 n ; Jas.,
vi, 5°5, 5°7 ; John, vi, 17 n, 36
50, 77 n; Marg. (de), vi, 26 n
vii, 301 n ; Maud de, vii, 301 n
Rich., vi, 270 ; Sir Rob. de, vii,
301 n ; Rob., vi, 28 n; Will., vi,
77 n ; see also Hulton
Hilton's Brow (Brindle), vi, 77 n
Hinde, Nath., vii, 224 ; Sam., vi,

189* ; Sir Will., vi, 558
Hindeburne water, see Hyndburn
Hindhill (Clayton -le-Moors), vi,

417 n
Hindle, Agnes, vi, 499 n ; Alex., vi,

407 ; Chris., vi, 277 n ; vii, 39 ;
Hugh, vi, 494 n ; John, vi, 403,
499 n ', John F., vi, 261 ; Maj .
John W., vi, 277 n ; Lawr., vi,

408 n ; Mary J., vi, 261 ; Mary
J. R., vi, 252 ; Mich., vi, 403
Molly, vi, 454 ; Ottwell, vi, 407
Thos., vi, 403 ; Will., vi, 403
Will. F., vi, 261 ; — , vi, 413 n
see also Hindley

Hindley, man. (Walton), vi, 291 n
Hindley, Ad. (de), vi, 221 n, 262,
328 n ; Chris., vii, 42 ; Ellen de,

Hindley (cont.)

vi, 71 n ; Hen., vi, 489 n ; Hugh
de, vi, 71 n, 221 «; John de, vii,
328 n ; Margery de, vii, 328 n ;
Nich., vi, 416 n ; Rich, de, vi,
291 n ; Rob. de, vi, 71 n, 221 «,
291 n ; fam., vi, 347 ; see also
Hindle

Hinks, — , vii, 51
Hinton, Honora, vi, 59 n
Hippings (Oswaldtwistle), vi, 409
Hippings Cross (Oswaldtwistle), vi,

405

Hird (Hirde), Marg., vii, 29 n ;
Rich., vii, 29 n ; Thos., vi, 518 ;
— , vi, 372 n
Hird House (Briercliffe), vi, 469,

469 n
Hirdmonscroft (Osbaldeston), vi,

320 n

Hirstewod, Hirstwode, see Hurst-
wood

Hitchcock, John, vi, 375 n
Hitchin (Higen, Kitchen), John, vi,
540 », 534 ; Rev. Rich., vi, 440,
451 «; Rich., vi, 450 « ; see also
Hitchon

Hitchmough, Rich., vii, n6»
Hitchon (Higen), Geo., vi, 471 n ;
John, vi, 477 «; see also Hitchen
Hitm', Will., vi, 367
Hoarheads (Trawden), vi, 552 n
Hoarstones (Goldshaw Booth), vi,

515, 5i6

Hobbedoghtre, Ellen, vi, 302 n
Hobbes, Will., vi, 292, 293
Hobkin, vi, 480
Hobson, Thos., vi, 538 n
Hob stones (Colne), vi, 523, 526
Hocking Hall (Billington), vi, 325
Hocton, see Hoghton
Hocwik, see Howick
Hoddeake, Ad. de, vi, 264 n ; Joan

de, vi, 264 n
Hodder, riv., vi, 230, 231, 247 ;

vii, i, 32 ; bridge, vii, i
Hodderford ridding (Stonyhurst) ,

vii, 4»

Hodder House (Stonyhurst), vii, 12
Hodder Place (Stonyhurst), vii, 7 n
Hoddesden, see Hoddlesden
Hoddlesden, vi, 233 n, 270, 273,
278, 424 ; ch., vi, 275 ; ind., vi,
270

Hoddlesden, brook, vi, 235, 278
Hoddlesden, forest, vi, 232
Hoddlesden Heys (Over Darwen),

vi, 280 n

Hoddlesden Moss, vi, 235, 269
Hodds Moss, vi, 380 n
Hodereshale, see Hothersall
Hodgehouse (Billington), vi, 332
Hodges, John, vi, 107 n
Hodgkinson (Hodgekinson, Hod-
kinson, Hogkinson), Anne, vii,
103 » ; Chas., vii, 102 « ; Edw.,
vii, 141 n ; Hen., vii, 98 n, 102 n ;
Jas., vii, 74, 98 n ; Jane, vii, 312 ;
John, vi, 107 n ; vii, 136 « ;
Luke, vii, 102 n ; Mabel, vii,
190 n ; Marg., vii, 304 n ; Mary,
vi, 161 n ; Rich., vii, 98 n, 304 n ;
Thos., vii, 89 n, 151 n ; Will., vi,
113 ; vii, 74 n, 76 n, 98 n, 227 n
Hodgson (Hogeson, Hogson), Ad.,
vii, 1 60 n ; Agnes, vii, 48 » ;
Anne, vii, 132 n ; Edm., vi, 114 n ;
Edw., vii, 329 n ; Eliz., vii,
100 *» ; Ellen, vii, 234 « ; Far-
rand, vi, 51 ; Hen., vi, 413 n ;
vii, 248 n ; Hugh, vii, 124 ; Inett,
vi, 22 n ; Jas., vi, 153 », 279 ;
Jane, vii, 248 « ; John, vi, 20 » ,
369 »; vii, "loow, 225, 234 n,
248 n, 284 n; Marg., vi, 20 n,

380

Hodgson (cont.)

248*1; Mary, vi, 249 n ; Rich.,
vii, 234 n, 248 n, 284 n ; Rob.,
vi, 3 n, 20 n, 22 «, 447 n ; vii,
234 n, 248 n ; Rog., vii, 160 n ;
Thos., vi, 22 n, 46 »; vii, i6on,
284 «, 329 n; Will., vi, 148; vii,
175%, 234 «, 248*1; see also
Hodson

Hodgson's Farm (Chorley), vi, 148 n

Hodkinson, see Hodgkinson

Hodlesden, see Hoddlesden

Hodleston, see Huddleston

Hodson, Jas., vi, 224 ; Jas. A., vi,

211 ; John, vi, 211, 225; Rich.,
vi, 9 ; Will., vi, 109 « ; see also
Hodgson

Hogeson, see Hodgson and Hodson

Hogg-Goggin, Jas. F., vi, 128

Hogh, see Hough

Hoghton, vi, 3, 6 «, 36-47, 58 n ;
vii, 27 ; chant., vii, 49 n ; ch., vi,
46 ; man., vi, 37 ; Nonconf., vi,

46» 47

Hoghton(Awton,Haughton, Hough-
ton), Sir Ad. (de), vi, 29 n, 38, 47,
93 n, 104 n, 151 n, ijon, 174 «,
254, 266 «, 284 ; vii, 27, 29 n,
30 «, 46 n, 50 n, 53 «, 63 »,
66 n, 109 n, 114 n, 131 n, 133 n,
168 n, 169 n, 193, 196 n, 207 »,

212 «, 281 n, 318 n, 324 n, 331 n ;
Ad. de, vi, 37, 38, 46 n, 49 n,
76 n, 77 n, i6gn, 17071, 174*1,
199 n, 205 », 254, 259, 269 ; vii,
17 «, 27 n, 52, 62, 63 n, 64 «,
65 n, 66 n, 98 n, 109, 114 «,
130 n, 132 n, 134 n, 162 », 192 n,
193 «, 196 n, 207, 207 », 212 n,
318 n, 321 n, 323 n ; Agnes (de),

vi, 37 »> 38 «, 77 n, 393 «, 394 n>
396, 560 n ; vii, 27 n, 30 n, 52 n,
65 n, 98 n, 112 n, 193 n, 275 n ;
Sir Alex., vi, 22 «, 33 n, 282,
306 n; vii, 33 «, 88 n, 112 n,
196 n, 198 n ; Alex, (le), vi, 39,
40, 142, 205, 282, 293, 394 n,
396 ; vii, 27 », 43 «, 62 n, 88 n,
98 n, 131 n, 137 n, 204, 208 n ;
Alice (de), vi, 38 n, 39 n, 109*1,
263 «, 269, 394 n ; vii, 17, 193 n ;
Amery de, vii, 63 n ; Anne, vi,
39 m, 40 «, 205, 282, 294, 547 n ;
vii, 19, 131, 134 n, 213 n ; Arth.,
vi, 40 «, 87 n, 204 n ; Avice de,
vii, 133 » ; Bridg., vii, 213 n ;
Brun de, vi, 37 n ; Cecil de, vi,
41 ; Cecily de, vi, 38 n ; Sir
Chas. (de), vi, 41, 43, 44, 46,
290, 297 ; vii, 86 ; Chris., vii,
47 n ; Cordelia, vi, 297; Maj.,
Gen. Dan., vi, 41, 297 ; Diana de-
vi, 38 n ; Dorothy, vi, 40 n ; vii,
230 n ; Edw., vi, 40 n, 58 n;
Eliz., vi, 39 n, 40 n, 206 n, 210,
393 n ; vii, 62 n, 88 n ; Ellen (de),
vi, 39, 39 n, 96 n, 528 n ; vii, 19,
62 «, 88, 229 n ; Evan, vii, 174 «,
229, 229 n, 230 », 282 n ; Franc,
de, vii, 53, 62 », 109, 230 n ; Geoff.
de, vi, 38, 47 n, 170 n; Geo., vi,
40 «, 494 n, 527, 528 «, 534 n,
535 n, 539 n '• Sir Gilb., vi, 40,
236, 250, 293 n, 296, 297, 310,
463 n ; vii, 121 n, 134 n, 136 n,
139 n, 208 n ; Gilb., vi, 40 n,
282 ; vii, 127 n, 193 n ; Grace,
vi, 527 n ; Sir Hen. (de), vi, 39,
41, 43, 46, 229 n, 254, 268, 290,
297, 299, 380 n, 393, 407, 490;
vii, 27 n, 35 n, 48 n, 52, 57 «,
62 n, 66 n, 82, 83 n, 87, 104, 109,
116, 123, 131 n, 209 n ; Hen. (de),
vi, 37 », 38, 39 n, 49, 51 n, 58 «,
254 n-5 n, 263 n, 282, 298 n, 310,

INDEX

Hoghton (cont.)

312, 393 », 394, 547 « ; vii, 27 n,
35 n, 44 n, 88, 126*1, 131 n,
208 w ; Sir Hen. B., vi, 41, 297 ;
vii, 82 ; Sir Hen. P., vi, 25 n, 41,
297 ; vii, 81, 82 n, 87, 109 n ;
Isabel, vi, 329, 429 n ; vii, 135 n ;
Sir Jas. (de), vi, 41, 43, 270,
293 ; Jas. de, vi, 38 n ; Jane, vi,
40 n, 123 «, 293, 340, 347, 374 n ;
Joan (de), vi, 38 «, 39 n, 254,
393, 407, 527 n, 528 n, 539 n,
555 n ; vii, 229 n ; John (de),
vi, 38 n, 48 », 204, 205, 206,
269, 329, 366*1, 374 «, 377 n,
379, 393, 394 », 396, 493, 494 n,
527 «, 560 n ; vii, 18, 192 n ;
Kath (Cath.), vi, 40 «, 205 n,
329 n, 377 n, 393 n, 394 n; vii,
27 «, 65, 323 n ; Lawr., vii,
213*1; Leonard, vi, 40%; vii,
213 »; Marg. (de), vi, 39 n, 40 n,
202 «, 205 «, 305, 306 », 393 n,
394 n ; vii, 17, 88 M, 230, 239 n ;
Margery de, vii, 27 n ; Mary,
Lady, vi, 297 ; Mary, vi, 44, 205 n,
310, 394, 421 ; vii, 82 ; Maud, vi,
394 n ; Miles, vi, 393 n ; Nich., vi,
416, 426 ; Sir Phil., vi, 290 ; Phil.,
vi, 41 ; Radcliffe, vi, 48, 294 :
Ralph, vii, 88 n, 126 n, 324*1;
Sir Rich, (de), vi, 29, 30 n,
33, 39, 4°, 4i, 46 n, 47 n, 48,
49, 123 n, 126, 166 n, 170 «, 205,
206 n, 208 «, 210, 259 n, 269,
282 n, 285, 285 «, 293, 293 n,

295, 3oo, 3°5, 310, 327 », 347,

379 n ; vii, 27 n, 35 n, 43, 44 n,
53 «, 57 », 63, 63 », 65, 65 «,
73 n, 74, 82, 83, 86, 88, 94 «,
95 M, 98 «, 109 n, 113 «, 114 w,
116, 126 «, 127 n, 130, 131 «,
134 «, 135*1, 136 «, 158 M, 167*1,
187 M, 194, 195 n, 196 n, 197,
198 M, 199 «, 200, 201 n, 207 «,
208 n, 210, 213 «, 275 w, 278,
281 M, 323 n, 332 w ; Rich, (de,
le), vi, 9 », 22 «, 34 «, 37 », 38,
40 », 46, 47 n, 48 n, 50, 93 «,
142, i66«, 170 w, 192 n, 199 n,
205, 206, 206 n, 207 «, 236 n,
254, 255, 255 n, 256, 268, 269,
279, 282, 293, 306 n, 313, 379 «,

380 n, 393, 555 «; vii, 19, 27 »,
28 n, 30 n, 31, 62 «, 64 n, 86 *z,
88 «, 90 «, 109*1, 112 n, 114 »,

125 n, 130*1, 133*1, 192 w, 193,
193 n, 194 w, 198, 199, 207 n,
208 «, 209*1, 210*1, 230, 239 «,
259 n, 298 w, 308 n, 318 n, 323 n ;
Sir Rob., vi, 200 n ; Rob. (de),
vi, 38 n, 379 », 394 «, 54^ « ;
vii, 17 », 74; Rog., vi, 393 «,
396 ; Rowland, vi, 40 »; Sarah,
vi, 293 n ; Sibyl de, vi, 38, 50,
254 ; vii, 130 ; Siward de, vi,
38 n ; Steynull de, vi, 37 n ;
Susannah (Susanna), vi, 25, 149 ;
vii, 82, 131 n ; Thos. (de), vi, 7,
32, 38, 39 «, 4°, 41, 43, 44, 49 n,
77 n, 170*1, 205 *», 207 n, 268,
285, 377 n, 379 n, 394, 396, 421 ;
vii, 28 n, 30 «, 44 n, 52, 62 n,
83 n, 87 n, 90, 113*1, ii6*»,

126 n, 131, 131 w, 133 w, 134*1,
137 n, 194 «, 198 n, 200 n, 206 n,
239 «, 323 «, 332 » ; Sir Will,
(de), vi, 39 ; vii, 17, 193 n ; Will,
(dc), vi, 22 n, 39, 96 «, 109 »,
182 «, 202 *», 205, 205 «, 206,
207 *», 306 n, 393 M, 394 n, 493-4,
546 n ; vii, 27 *», 35 w, 48 n, 62 n,
75. 113, 120, 126 *», 135 n, 193 n,
265, 267 ; Mrs., vi, 396 ; — , vi,
379 ; vii, 148 » ; fam., vi, 3, 252,

Hoghton (cont.)

283, 283 w ; vii, 55 n ; see also

Haighton

Hoghton Bottoms (Hoghton), vi, 36
Hoghtonfield (Altham), vi, 413 n
Hoghton lees (Hoghton riding),

(Wrightington), vi, 175 n
Hoghton tenement (Chipping), vii,

27
Hoghton Tower (Hoghton), vi,

36-7, 40-7, 500, 503
Hoghwyk, see Howick
Hogkinson, see Hodgkinson
Hogson, see Hodgson and Hodson
Hohum (Hutton), vi, 68 n
Hokefield (Hothersall), vii, 63 »
Hokenhevedd, see Oakenhead Wood
Holand, see Holland
Holcar (Ulnes Walton), vi, 108,

233 n

Holcar, fam., sec Holker
Holcath, see Halecath
Holcliff Field (Downham), vi, 556 n
Holcroft (Myerscough), vii, 140 n
Holcroft, Ad. de, vi, 194 n ; Alice,

vi, 122 » ; Anne, vii, 307 n ;

El" :'f, vii, 212 n ; Sir John, vi,
/ 122 n, 278 ; vii, 307 n ; Marg. de,

vi, 194 n ; Milicent, vi, 278 ; R.,

vii, 212 n ; Sir Thos., vi, 328 ;

vii, 215 ; Thos., vi, 122 n, 328,

331 n ; vii, 97 n, 170 «, 174*1,

215 n, 216 w, 231 n ; fam., vii,

218
Hold-back (Charnock Richard), vi,

205 w

Holden (Extwistle), vi, 472 n
Holden (Haslingden), vi, 427, 428 ;

man., vi, 497 n
Holden, Broad (Haslingden), vi,

427, 430, 498 n

Holden, Goodshaw (Haslingden),

vi, 43i

Holden (Houlden), Abra., vi, 425 ;
Ad. (de), vi, 248, 273, 408, 409 n,

428, 429, 430, 455, 456 n, 5ii«,
524 n, 538 ; vii, 15 n ; Agnes, vi,
391 n, 429 ; Alice de, vi, 408, 429,
43°, 497 n, 553 n ', Andr., vi, 274,
280*1, 430**, 431 ; Cecily de, vii,
15 ; Chas., vi, 429 n ; Chris, (de),
vi, 429, 430 ; Douce, vi, 429 n ;
Eliz. (de), vi, 30 n, 391 «, 429,
430, 436 n ; vii, 15 ; Ellen de,
vi, 429 n ; Emma de, vi, 429 n,
456 n ; Evan, vi, 246 n, 268,
391 n ; Frances, vi, 430 n ; Fran.,
vi, 265 ; Geoff, de, vii, 15 ; Geo.,
vi, 272**, 273, 280*1; vii, 14 w,
334 ; Gilb. (de), vi, 279 n, 404 w,
405*1, 409, 429, 430, 431*1,
432 n ; Grace, vi, 429 ; Hawise
de, vi, 429 n ; Dr. Hen., vii, 14 n ;
Rev. Hen., vii, 2 ; Hen. (de), vi,
265, 428 n, 429 ; vii, 13, 15, 15 n ;
Isabel (de), vi, 429 n, 497 n ;
vii, 15; Jas., vi, 366**, 391**;
Jane, vii, 15 ; Joan, vi, 429 n,
497 « ; John (de), vi, 274, 280 n,
408 n, 429, 430 n, 432 n, 456 n,
497 » ; vii, 14, 15, 18, 327 ;
Kath. de. vi, 430 n, 497 n ; vii,
15 n ; Lawr., vi, 425 ; Lettice,
vi, 429 ; Marg. (de), vi, 429,
430 n ; vii, 13, 15 n ; Margery
(de), vi, 159 «, 429, 497 n ; vii,

326 n ; Mary, vi, 430*1; vii, 15,

327 ; Maud de, vii, 15 ; Nich.
(de), vi, 159 «, 406 n, 429, 430 n,
497, 498 n, 499 n, 524", 538;
Oliver, vi, 428 « ; Ralph (Randle),
(de), vi, 30*1, 43, 271, 408, 425,
428 «, 429, 429 n, 430, 431, 497 ;
vii, 15, 15 n, 1 8 ; Rich, (de), vi,
265, 283, 429; vii, 14, 15, 15*1,

381

Holden (cont.)

18, 18 *j, 19 ; Rob. (de), vi, 279 n
280, 280 n, 380, 406 «, 408, 419 n

428, 429, 430, 431, 437, 455, 497
498 n, 499 n, 511 n, 553 n ; vii
15 n ; Sibyl, vi, 366 n, 391, 429 n
Thos. (de), vi, 246 n, 265, 267 n
280 n, 328 n, 366 n, 391, 408

429, 430, 430 n, 431, 432, 497
498 n ; vii, 15, 15 n, 213 n, 326 n
Will, (de), vi, 274, 280 n, 285 n
304 n ; vii, 15, 15 n ; Col., vi
471 w, 491 ; Mrs., — , vii, 14
— , vii, 188; fam., vi, 288, 446

Holden Fold (Over Darwen), vi, 275,

279 »

Holden Hall (Haslingden), vi, 430
Holdsworth, Gilb., vi, 483 n ; see

also Hollsworth

Holdsyke (Worsthorne), vi, 477 n
Hole, par., see Hoole
Hole, the (Barrowford), vi, 541
Hole brook (Tarnacrc), vii, 271 n
Hole Clough (Cliviger), vi, 480*1
Holecloughbanks (Cliviger), vi,

480 n

Holecroft (Bilsborrow), vii, 331 M
Hole House (Cliviger), vi, 479, 482
Holerodes, Rob. del, vi, 485 n ;

Steph. del, vi, 485 »
Holes, see Hoole

Holesyke Head (Trawden), vi, 552
Holewet Lane (Billington), vi, 328 n
Holgate, Ellen E., vi, 476 ; John,
vi, 545 », 547 ; Rich., vi, 475 *» ;
Will., vi, 519

Holker (Whalley), vi, 382 «
Holker (Holcar), Alice, vi, 407 n ;
Isabel, vi, 506 n ; vii, 163 n ;
Joan, vi, 483 n ; John, vi, 483 n,
486, 506, 507 ; vii, 163 *»; Kath.,
vi, 506 ; Marg., vi, 506 n ; Nich.,
vi, 506 ; Pet., vi, 506 n ; Ralph
(Randle), vi, 506*?, 507; Rich.,
vi, 506 ; Will., vi, 506
Holland (Holand), Ad. de, vi, 18,
21 M, 108 n ; vii, 201 n ; Alan de,
vi, 271 ; vii, 105 ; Alex, le F. de,
vi, 201 « ; Alice de, vi, 408, 429 ;
Amery (de), vi, 97 », 101 n ;
Cocily de, vi, 201 n ; Edw. (de),
vii, 329 n ; Eleanor, vii, 31 n ;
Eliz. de, vi, 304 ; F. J., vii, 82 n ;
Grimbald de, vi, 19 n ; Hen. de,
vii, 105 ; Jas., vi, 180 *i ; Joan
de, vi, 19, 267 n ; vii, 329 n ;
John de, vi, 201 n ; Marg. de, vi,
131, 276, 397 ; vii, 2 ; Margery
de, vi, 19 «, 26 n ; vii, 162 n,
175*1, 215*1; Maria, vii, 89 n ;
Mary, vii, 190 « ; Matth. de, vi,
1 8 n, 97 n, 101 «, 400 n ; Maud
(Matilda) de, vi, 39 «, 101 n,
262 ; Sir Rich, de, vii, 3 n ; Rich,
(de), vi, 18 n, i8o«; vii, 175*1,
329 « ; Sir Rob. (de), vi, 19, 92 n,
101 n, 140, 201 «, 271, 327, 397,
428 ; Rob. de, vi, 12 n, 18, 19,
39*1, 97*1, ioi n, 108 *», 131,
178*1, 201 n, 208, 224*1, 261*1,
262 n, 271, 276, 304 ; vii, 62 w,
162 n, 201, 215*1, 300 »; Sim.
de, vi, 221 *», 331, 331 n ; Thos.
(de), vi, 17 n, 271, 504*1; Sir
Thurstan de, vii, 100 n ; Thur-
stan de, vi, 201 n, 304, 428 n ;
vii, 84, 96 n, 329 n ; Sir Will, de,
vi, 267 n ; Will, (de), vi, n n,
17 n, 18, 19, 64 n, 65 n, 108 n,
201 n, 254 n, 261 *», 281, 327,
327*1, 429; vii, 130*1, 139",
329 n ; Mrs., vii, 105
Holleth, vii, 291, 293, 300, 304,
305 ; crosses, vii, 305 ; man., vii,
3°5

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Hollin (Newchurch), vi, 440

Hollinbooths, vi, 232 n

Hollin cross (Habergham Eaves),

vi, 455

Hollinghead, fam., see Hollinshead
Hollin Greave (Briercliffe), vi, 454,

467, 469, 471 n

Hollingreave (Colne), vi, 534 n
Hollingreave (Pleasington), vi, 268
Hollingworth (Hollin worth), John

vii, 291 ; J. G., vi, 229
Hollin Hall (Trawden), vi, 548
Hollinhead, fam., see Hollinshead
Hollins (Accrington), vi, 423, 425 «,

446

Hollins (Penwortham), vi, 61 n
Hollins, Hugh, vi, 219 «; Jas., vi,

219 n ; John, vi, 58 n ; Marg., vi,

Hollinshead (Tockholes), vi, 281 ;

well, vi, 282

Hollinshead (Hollinghead, Hollin-

head), Allanson, vi, 51 ; Jas., vii,

121 n ; John, vi, 143, 148, 281,

283 ; Will., vii, 136 n

Hollinshead Hall (Tockholes), vi,

281, 281 n, 282

Hollinworth, see Hollingworth
Hollowforth (Goosnargh), vii, 159 n,
200 n ; man., vii, 201 ; mill, vii,
201

Hollowhead (Wilpshire), vi, 335
Hollsworth, Thos., vi, 192 n ; see

also Holdsworth
Holm (Hackinsall), vii, 256 n
Holme (Bilsborrow) , vii, 331 n
Holme (Brockholes), vii, in n
Holme, Le (Clayton-le-Dale), vi, 258
Holme (Cliviger), vi, 359 n, 457 n,
479 ; chap., vi, 486 ; man., vi, 482
Holme, Old (Ightenhill Park), vi,

487

Holme, the (Norbreck), vii, 247 n
Holme, the (Penwortham), vi, 56
Holmecarr (Lytham), vii, 215 n
Holmecroft, vi, 233 n
Holme Cultram, abbot of, vi, 290 n
Holmeley (Hoghton), vi, 39 n
Holmes (Barton), vii, 127 n
Holmes, the (Greenhalgh), vii, 180 n
Holmes (Tarleton), vi, 109 n, 115
Holmes, North (Tarleton), vi, 116 n
Holmes, the (Thornton), vii, 232
Holmes, man. (Yorks), vii, 155 »
Holmes (Helmes, Holme), Ad. de, vi,
116 n, 125 n; Chris., vi, 88 ; Eliz.,
vii, 270; Giles, vi, 273 ; Hen., vii,
181 n, 270 ; Jas., vii, 136 n ; Rev.
John, vi, 239 n, 264 ; John, vi,
242, 432, 432 n, 496 ; Martha, vi,
264 ; Randle, vii, 93 n ; Rich, de,
vi, n6«; vii, 125 n ; Rich, le
B. de, vi, n6w; Rob. (de, del),
vi, 480, 482 n ; Rog. de, vi,
482 n ; Rev. Thos., vi, 283 ;
Thos., vii, 255 ; Will, de, vi, 1 16 n ;
see also Helme
Holmesnape (Walton -le-Dale), vi,

290

Holmes Wood (Rufford), vi, 119
Holmes Wood Hall (Tarleton), vi,

116

Holough, Holouth, see Holleth
Holrenhead (Briercliffe), vi, 473 n
Holrenhead, Ad. de, vi, 470 ; Agnes
de, vi, 473 « ; Hen. de, vi, 473 n,
476 n ', Hugh (de, del), vi, 470,
473 n ; Rich, de, vi, 473 n ; Rob.
dc, vi, 473 «, 477 « ; Thos. (de,
del), vi, 470, 473 n ; Will, de, vi,

473 »
Holroyds (Holrodes) (Cliviger), vi,

481 », 553 n

Holt (Briercliffe), vi, 469
Holt, hill (Brierclifie), vi, 471 «

Holt (Rishton), vi, 345, 346 ; chap.,
vi, 347

Holt, Ad. del, vi, 499 n ; Agnes de,
vi, 401 n, 402 n ; Alex., vi, 187,
389, 392 ; vii, 322 ; Alice de, vi,

505 n ; vii, 182 n ; Dorothy, vi,
390 n ; Edm., vi, 228 n ; Edw.,
vi, 187, 202, 229, 389 « ; vii,
322 n ; Eliz., vi, 389 n ; Fran.,
vi, 438 n ; vii, 60 n ; Geo., vi,
434, 439 : Hen. de, vi, 505 n ;
Jas., vi, 187, 489 ; Jane, vi, 192 n ;
John (del), vi, 434 «, 438, 503,
5°5, 5°6 n ; Kath. de, vi, 505 ;
Lawr., vi, 436 ; Marg. de, vi,

506 n ; Maud del, vi, 499 n ;
Oliver, vi, 434 n ; Rich., vi, 228 ;
Rob. (de), vi, 205 », 219 n, 228 n,
382 n, 389 n, 392, 401 n, 402 » ;
vii, 187 n, 322 n ; Sir Thos., vi,
390 n ; Thos. (de), vi, 505 n ; vii,
9 n, 58, 59, 60 n, 182 n, 238;
Thos. P., vi, 456 ; Will, (de), vi,
389 n, 438, 438 n, 505 n ; vii,
322 n ; Will. P., vi, 456 ; — , vi,
199 n, 456; vii, 59 »; fam., vi,
420 ; vii, 51 n -^ .

Holt House (Colne), vi, 526, 540 n
Holt House (Coppull), vi, 228 n
Holuith, see Holleth
Holynhed, see Hollinshead
Holynsnape (Walton-le-Dale), vi,

290

Homelsco (Kirkland), vii, 314 n
Homrode (Cliviger), vi, 485 n
Honford, Hen. de, vi, 260, 261,
262 ; Rich, de, vi, 260 ; Will, de,
vi, 261

Honganridding (Clitheroe), vi, 365 n
Honkotes, see Huncoat
Honne, John, vi, 475 n
Honnolands (Simonstone), vi, 499 n
Hood House, see Hudhouse
Hoole (Little Hoole, Much Hoole),
vi, i, 81, 86 n, 88 n, 149-54 ; vii,
3 n, 179 n, 273; adv., vi, 152;
char., vi, 153 ; ch., vi, 151 ; mans.,
vi, 33 n, 108, 149, 154 ; Nonconf.,
vi, 153, 154 ; sch., vi, 153
Hoole, Agnes de, vi, 154 n ; Amery
de, vi, 72 n, 153 ; Anne, vi, 237 « ;
Augustine de, vi, 154 ; Beatrice
de, vi, 150 ; Eliz., vii, 284 n ;
Hen. de, vi, 150 n ; John de, vi,
26 n, 71 n, 101 «, 151 n, 154 ;
vii, 189 n ; Lettice de, vi, 150 n ;
Mary de, vii, 189 n ; Maud de,
vi, 101 n ; Mich, de, vi, 71 n,
72 n ; Ralph de, vi, 150 n ; Rich,
de, vi, 24 «, 151 n, 154, 170 «;
Rob. de, vi, 26 n, 154 n ; Sim.
de, vi, 72 n ; Walt, de, vi, 103,
108 n, 150, 154 n ; Will, de, vi,
71 n, 151 n, 170 n ; see also Hull
Hoolster, hill, vi, 303
Hooton, see Hutton
Hope, Chas. S., vii, 245 ; Vitalis

de, vii, 2 n

Hopersfield (Goosnargh), vii, 199 n

Hoppay, Agnes, vi, 475 n, 476 n ;

Alice, vi, 475 « ; Joan, vi, 475 n ;

John, vi, 477 n ; Pet., vi, 475 n ;

Rich., vi, 474 n ; Rob., vi, 474 n,

475 «

Hopwood, Alice de, vi, 264 «, 326 n,
328 « ; Eliz., vi, 416 ; Ellen de,
vi, 429 n ; John, vi, 426 ; vii,
17 n ; John T., vi, 239 « ; Will,
de, vi, 264 n, 326 n, 328 «

Horcockgreves (Hutton), vi, 68 H

Hordeshal, Hordischale, see Hother-
sall

Hordorn, see Hardhorn

Horelaw, hill, vi, 454

Horelowe (Gt. Harwood), vi, 339 n

Hore-stone (Wilpshire), vi, 335
Hore stones (Colne), vi, 527 n
Horgref Hey, see Hargreave Hey
Hornby, fee, see Montbegon
Hornby (Hernby), Alice (de), vii,
158 n, 254 n ; Dorothy, vii, 221 ;
Edm., vii, 259, 333, 335 ; Edm. G.,
vii, 333 n ; Edm. G. S., vii, 333 ;
Edw.', vii, 334 n ; Rev. Geoff.,
vii, 221, 333 ; Geoff., vii, 259,
335, 344 » : Geo., vi, 199 n ;
Rev. Hugh, vii, 263, 264 ; Hugh,
vii, 158 n, 166 n, 178 n, 185, 187,
266 ; Hugh H., vii, 158 n ; Hugh
P., vii, 264 ; Jas., vii, 156 ; Jas.
J-, vi, 55, 74 ; Jane, vii, 158 n ;
John (de), vii, 167 n, 187, 265 n,
316 n; Jos., vri, 156, 158, 158 n,
167, 184, 264 n, 266 ; Marg. (de),
vii, 158, 15871, 166 n, 265 n, 268,
316; Marg. A., vii, 158 n ;
Marg. S., vii, 239 n ; Margery
de, vii, 277 n ; Mary A., vii,
158 n ; Rev. Phipps J., vii, 266;
Rich., vii, 158 ; Rev. Rob., vi,
299 ; Rob. de, vii, 158 «, 265 n,
268, 277 n, 316 ; Thos. de, vii,
147 ; Rev. Will., vii, 266, 267 n ;
Will, (de), vii, 41, 53 n, 217,
^254 «, 265, 277 n, 281 n, 306 n ;
Sir Will. H., vii, 239, 247 n ;
Will. H., vii, 239 ; fam., vi, 246 n
Horncastle, Martha, vi, 161
Horncliff, Agnes de, vi, 131, 207 «,
276» 397 : vii, 3, 15 ; Sir Rob. de,
vii, 15 ; Rob. de, vi, 131, 207 n,
276, 397 ; vii, 3, 15 «
Hornet, Kath., vi, 174 n ; Will., vi,

174 n

Horpultre (Howick), vi, 66 n
Horridge, Jas., vi, 272 n
Horrobin, Rich., vi, 387
Horrockfields (Winkley), vii, 14
Horrockford (Winkley), vii, 13 n
Horrocks (Winkley), vii, 13 n
Horrocks, Jer., vi, 102, 103 n, 149,
152, 153 n ; Rev. John, vi, 533 ;
John, vi, 51 «, 57, 518 n, 535 ;
vii, 78 n ; Pet., vi, 57 ; Sam., vii,
74, 105 n ; see also Horrox
Horrocksford (Clitheroe), vi, 360,

366
Horrox, Jas. H., vi, 518 ; Rev.

Will., vi, 440 ; see also Horrocks
Horsecarr (Bispham), vi, 101 n
Horsegate (Dutton), vii, 54 n
Horsehey (Little Pendleton), vi,

393 n

Horseheys (Chorley), vi, 135
Horseman's Hill (Little Carleton),

vii, 228 »
Horseriddington (Claughton), vii,

328 »
Horsewell (Clayton-le-Moors), vi,

417 »

Horsfal (Balderston), vi, 313
Horsfall, Edw., vii, 270 n, 319 n ;

Ellen, vii, 270 «, 319 n
Horsford, Cecily de, vi, 66 n ; Rob.

de, vi, 66 «

Horskar, fam., see Hoskar
Horstan (Whittle), vi, 34 «
Horteshole (Clitheroe), vi, 366 n
Horwich, Cecily de, vii, 136 n ;

Edm. de, vii, 136 »
Hoskar (Horskar), Jas., vii, 165 n :

Rob., vii, 165 n ; Will., vii, 144
Hoskyns, Rev. Edwyn, vi, 452
Hospitallers, vi, n, 12, 19, 22, 27,
28, 32, 36, 51, 69, 72 n, 73, 95 «,
96, 103 n, 104 n, 105 n, 107,
iron, in, 112, 131, 136, 140,
I54» J73» X75» J76, I^o, i8o«,
181 », 198, 202, 204, 216, 251,
408, 525 ; vii, 13, 16, 27, 29, 29 n,

INDEX

Hospitallers (cont.)

34, 35, 50 n, 51, 53, 53*1, 54, 58,
59 w, 61 », 81 n, 97, 98 n, 99 «,
108, 113, 121, 132, 132 n, 134,

J36> I53, l67, l67 n> I7°, I7OM,
174, 179 », 180 n, 181, 191, 193 n,
194, 194 », 196 w, 199 w, 209 n,
212, 213, 271, 271 n, 272, 281,
284, 285, 318, 329 n, 330 w, 332 ;
Rob. de Manneby, prior of, vii,
!3, *53 n ', Thos. Weston, prior
of, vi, 112

Hotham, Sir John de, vii, 301 n ;
Maud de, vii, 301 n

Hothersall, vi, 230, 380 « ; vii, 36,
37, 38 n, 43 n, 52, 55 n, 56, 59 n,
61-67, 68, 126 n; ch., vii, 66;
man., vii, 63, 279 »; Nonconf.,
vii, 67 ; Rom. Cath., vii, 67

Hothersall (Hothersill, Huddersall) ,
Ad. de, vii, 29 n, 63 n, 64, 64 n,
66 n, 169 «; Agnes de, vii, 63 n ;
Alan de, vii, 63 n ; Alice de, vii,
65 n ; Amery de, vii, 63 n ; Anne,
vii, 63 n, 64, 64 n, 65, 259 n ;
Avice de, vii, 65 « ; Bern, de, vii,
64 n ; Bridg., vii, 135 n ; Edusa
de, vii, 64 n ; Ellen, vii, 64 n ;
Emma de, vii, 63 n ; Geo., vii,
64, 64 n ; Gerard de, vii, 63 n ;
Gilb., vii, 64 n ; Godith de, vii,

63 n ; Grace, vii, 64 n ; Hugh de,
vii, 63 n, 65 n ; Isabel de, vii,

64 n, 65 «; Joan de, vii, 64 n ;
John (de), vii, 63 n, 64, 64 n,

65 «, 66 n, 169 M, 209 * ; Kath.
(de), vii, 64 n, 115**; Margery
de, vii, 27 n, 65, 65 n ; Maud de,
vii, 64 n ; Nich. de, vii, 66 n ;
Rich, (de), vii, 63 », 64, 64 n,
65 n, 209 «, 259 n ; Rob. de, vi,
87 n ; vii, 63, 63 n, 64, 64 », 65 «,
115, 169 n ; Rog. de, vii, 63*1,
64 n, 65 n ; Steph. de, vii, 63 n,

64 n, 65 »; Swain de, vii, 54 n,
63, 63 n ; Thos. (de), vi, 236 n ;
vii, 27 n, 29 n, 36, 63, 64, 64 n,

65 », 66 « ; Ughtred, vii, 34 n,
64 «, 66 n, 125 n ; Will, (de), vi,
402 n ; vii, 63 n, 64 n, 65 n

Hothersall Hall (Hothersall), vii,

61, 65
Hothwaite, Hen. de, vii, 177x1

Will, de, vii, 177 n
Hoton, see Heaton and Hutton
Hough (Button), vii, 57 n
Hough (Goosnargh), vii, 205
Hough (Hogh), Alice de, vi, 50 n

Ellen de, vi, 50 n ; John, vi, 90 n

Rich., vi, 50 n ; Thos., vi, 92 n

Will., vii, 190

Hough ton, fam., see Hogh ton
Houghton House Farm (Preston),

vii, 90 n

Houghwellfall (Button), vii, 58 w
Houkberch (Norbreck), vii, 247 n
Houlden, see Holden
Hourrode (Cliviger), vi, 485 «
Housesteads (Freckleton), vii,

168 n, 170 n
Hovenefurlong (Bretherton), vi,

104 n

How (Longton), vi, 72 n

How (Haw, Howe), Ad. del, vi,
72 n ; Agnes del, vi, 72 H ; Alice
del, vi, 72 n ; Amery (del, de la),
vi, 71 n, 72 n ; Hen. (del, de la),
vi, 71 n, 72 n ; Isabel del, vi,

105 n ; Janet, vii, 181 n ; John
(del, de la) vi, 71 «, 72 n ; vii,
181 n ; Rich., vii, 181 n ; Will,
del, vi, 105 n ; vii, 181 n

Howard, Chas. B., vii, 190 ; Edw.,
vii, 254 n ; Eliz., vi, 196 n ; Sir
Fran., vi, 196 n ; Rev. John, vi,

Howard (cont.)

435 > John, vii, 78 n ; Philippa,

vi, 197 w
Howath (Barnacre), vi, 38 n ; vii,

193 «, 3r5> 3J9, 319 «, 321, 329 «,

330 n
Howath, Alan de, vii, 227 « ; Cecily

de, vii, 227 »; Christiana de, vii,

227 «, 316 n, 323 n ; Gilb. de,

vii, 227 n, 297 n ; Joan de, vii,

227 n ; Maud de, vii, 227 « ; Will.

de, vii, 328 n ; see also Howorth
Howath Bridge (Howath), vii, 313 n
Howbeck, see Oubeck
Howe, earls, vi, 366, 368, 387 »,

404 «, 415 ; Rich., vi, 383 n ;

R. W. P., vi, 371, 404 n, 558 n
Howell, Helen M. M., vi, 419 ;

Will., vi, 267 n ; Mrs., vi, 341
Howick, vi, 52,58, 65-7; char., vi,

56 ; cross, vi, 65 ; man., vi, 59, 65
Howick, Sir Ad. de, vii, 281 n ;

Ad. de, vi, 66 n, 70 n, 71 n, 73 « ;
Alan de, vi, 66 ; Alice de, vi,
63 n, 66 n, 71 n, 73 n ; Amery de,
vi, 71 n ; Avice de, vii, 133 n ;
Beatrice de, vi, 66 « ; Cecily de,
vii, 227 n ; Ellen de, vi, 66 »,
71 «, 73 n ; Hen. (de), vi, 14 n,

57 n, 61 n, 63 n, 66 n, 71 n, 73 n ;
Hugh de, vi, 66 n ; Joan de, vi,
63 n, 64 n, 71 n ; John de, vi, 66,
66 «, 71 n ; vii, 288 n ; Kath.,
vi, 66 n ; Marg. de, vi, 61 n, 63 n ;
Maud de, vii, 79 n ; Orm de, vi,
66 n ; Ralph, vi, 66 n ; Rich, de,
vi, 62 n, 65, 66, 71 *», 72 n ; Rob.
de, vi, 66 n ; Rog. de, vi, 66,

66 n ; Sabina de, vi, 66 ; Sim. de,
vi, 66 ; vii, 288 n ; Thos. de, vi,
73 n ; vii, 79 n ; Walt, de, vi,
70 n ; Warine de, vi, 66 n ; Will,
de, vi, 66, 73 n

Howick Hall (House) (Howick), vi,

67 ; vii, 77 n

Howorth, Rev. Hen., vi, 435 ; John,

vi, 521 ; Thos., vi, 167 ; see also

Howath

Howson, fam., vi, 380 n
Hoylacks (Trawden), see Heyslacks
Hoyle (Trawden), vi, 548
Hoyle, Hen., vi, 251 ; John, vi,

251 ; Will., vi, 437
Hoyton, see Hoghton
Hubbersty, Rich., vi, 325 ; Rob.,

vi, 310, 325 ; — , vii, 305 n
Hubert, vi, 69 n
Huck, vi, 314 n; vii, 117, 166 n,

232, 254 n

Hucnhull, see Ightenhill Park
Huctrede's Greave (Salesbury), vi,

253

Huddefeld (Walton-le-Bale), vi, 290
Huddersall, see Hothersall
Huddeson, see Hudson
Hudd Lee (Aighton), vii, I
Huddleston (Hodleston, Huddleton,
Hudleston), Sir Ad. de, vi, 326,
326 n, 327, 327 «, 328, 339 ; vii,
73 ; Ad. de, vi, 258, 384 ; vii,
55 «, 57 » ; Alice, vi, 327 n ;
Andr., vi, 64 n ; Ant., vi, 63 ;
Borothy, vi, n «, 13 «, 30, 31 n,
63, 64 n, H3n; Sir Edm., vi,
31 n, 63, 64 «, 88 n ; Edm., vi,
ii «, 113 «; Ellen, vi, 134 n ;
Hen., vi, n n, 31 », 63 n, 64 n,
86 n, 134 »; Isabella de, vi, 327 ;
Joan (de), vi, 327 ; vii, 169 ;
Rev. John, vi, 64 ; John de, vi,
258, 327; vii, 321 n; Jos., vi,
64 ; Kath. de, vi, 259 n ; Miles,
vi, 327 ; Sir Rich, de, vi, 327 n ;
Rich, (de), vi, 64*1, 254, 258,
327 ; vii, 283 n ; Rob. de, vi,

Huddleston (cont.)

258 ; Sibyl de, vi, 254, 258 n ;

Will., vi, 81 n ; vii, 169 ; Col., vi,

290 ; — , vii, 283 ; fam., vii, 54 n
Huddreshal, see Hothersall
Hudefield (Whalley), vi, 379 n
Hudereshale, Huderishale, Huder-

sale, see Hothersall
Hudhouse (Habergham Eaves), vi,

454, 467
Hudlesden (Newchurch-in-Rossen-

dale), vi, 438 n
Hudleston, see Huddleston
Hudley (Haslingden), vi, 431
Hudrake (Haslingden), vi, 427
Hudson (Huddeson), Alex., vii,

117; Chris., vii, i8n, 181*1,

288 n ; Ellen, vi, 134 n ; Hen., vi,

134 n ; John, vii, 267, 318 n ;
Marg., vii, 234 n ; Mary, vii,

135 n ; Rich., vii, 288 »; Rob.,
vii, 135 n, 267 n ; Walt., vii, 26 ;
Will, (de), vii, 181 n, 234 n

Huenathurst (Goosnargh), vii, 192 n
Hufnen Hall (Habergham Eaves),

vi, 454

Hugh, vi, 314 ; vii, 283 n ; abbot of
Kirkstall, vi, 480 n ; abbot of
St. Werburgh's, vi, 120 n ;
archbp. of Bamascus, vi, 127 ;
cantor of York, vii, 217 n ;
chaplain, vi, 366 n, 369 « ; vii,
276 n ; the clerk, vii, 58 n ; the
northman, vii, 308 ; rector of
Standish, vi, 188
Hughes, Rev. Chas., vi, 283
Hughlocpighel (Billington), vi, 328
Hughson, — , vii, 149
Hugyn, vi, 374 n
Hugyn, John, vi, 521
Huitt, John, vi, 530
Hulcockson, Ad., vi, 225 n ; Alice
vi, 97 n, 225 n ; Eliz., vi, 97 n
Hen., vi, 97 n ; John, vi, 225 n
Margery, vi, 216*1; Rob. H., vi,
216 n

Hulcroft (Standen), vi, 356 n, 395
Hulcrofts (Simonstone), vi, 499 n
Hulkar (Tockholes), vi, 281
Hull, Ad. de, vi, 214 n ; vii, 56 n ;
Alice, vii, 231 n ; Chris., vii, 204 ;
Rev. C., vii, 202 n ; Edw., vii,
187 n ; Eliz., vii, 187 w, 267;
Ellen, vii, 234 n ; Geo., vii,
223 n, 229 « ; Rev. John, vi,
299 ; John, vii, 220, 224, 231 n,
234 «, 245 ; Matth., vii, 242 n ;
Rich., vi, 151 n, 187 n, 231 n,
234 n ; Rob., vii, 234 n, 242 n ;
Thos., vii, 234 n ; Will., vii,
187 «, 231 n ; Will. W., vi, 245 ;
see also Hoole
Hulliley, see Hilliley
Hullown, the (Colne), vi, 524
Hullown beck, vi, 529
Hulseholes (Church), vi, 402 «
Hulton, Little, vii, 157 n
Hulton, Ad. de, vi, 253 ; Agnes
de, vi, 200 n, 245 ; Alice de,
vi, 201 n ; Almarica de, vi,
200 « ; Anne, vi, 500 n ; Beatrice
de, vi, 245 ; Chris., vii, 114 ;
Bav. de, vi, 245 ; Baykin de, vi,
262 ; Bionisia de, vi, 253, 256 ;
Edw., vi, 77 n ; Ellen de, vi,
200 n ; Eva de, vi, 200 n ; Hen.
(de), vi, 200 «, 272 ; John, vi,
50 n, 241, 245 n ; vii, 241 «,
248 «, 284 n ; Jordan de, vi,
200 n ; Kath., vi, 77 « ; Lucy, vi,
163 n ; Marg., vii, 114, 280 «;
Margery de, vi, 200 n ; Maud de,
vi, 200 n ; Ralph, vi, 77 n ; Rich,
de, vi, 200 *», 240 «, 245, 246 M,
488 n ; Rob. (de), vi, 73 », 200 «,

383

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Hulton (COM/.)

201 n ; Rog. de, vi, 200 n ; Thos.
de, vi, 200 n, 253, 254 ; Will, (de),
vi, 163 n, 245, 253, 500 n ; vii,
131, 242, 280 n ; Will. A., vi,

57 ; see also Hilton
Humblescough (Kirkland), vii, 313
Humbur (Westby), vii, 175 n
Hummer, Rob., vii, 113 n
Humphrey, monk, vii, 240 n
Humphrey's Spa (Kirkham), vii,

151

Huncoat, vi, 266, 349, 356 n, 409-11,
426, 510 n, 511 «; ch., vi, 411;
ind., vi, 409 ; man., vi, 232, 409,
424 ; Nonconf., vi, 411

Huncoat (Huncoats, Huncotes,
Huntcoat), Alice de, vi, 511*;
Ingelram de, vi, 24 n; John de,
vi, 410, 418 «, 511, 511 »; Rich,
de, vi, 511 n ; Thos. de, vi, 418 n

Huncoat Hall (Huncoat), vi, 410-11

Hundersfield, vi, 428

Hundred End (Hesketh), vi, 112 ;
vii, 80

Hunecotes, see Huncoat

Hungrehul (Pleasington), vi, 266

Hunnecotes, Hunnicoat, see Hun-
coat

Hunt (Hunte), Agnes, vii, 100 n ;
Hen., vi, 153 n ; vii, 78 n ; John
le, vi, 474 », 476 n ; vii, 100 n,
127 n ; Rich, le, vi, 474 n ; Thos.,
vii, 224 n ; Thurstan, vii, 75

Huntcoat, Huntcote, Huntcotes,
see Huncoat

Hunteleye (Untley), Ad. de, vi,
262 n ; Rich, de, vi, 262 n

Hunter, Jas., vii, 23 ; John, vii,
124, 312, 335; Rob., vii, 298;
Rev. Thos., vi, 318; Thos., vii,
298, 334

Hunterholme (Higham), vi, 487,
512, 513 n

Hunter Law (Colne), vi, 525 n

Huntersti (Claughton), vii, 330 »

Huntersty (Cuerden), vi, 24 n, 27 n

Huntingdon (Dutton), vii, 54, 57 n,
59 n

Huntingdon, brook, vii, 54 »

Huntingdon, ctss. of, vii, 103, 104 n

Huntingdon, Ad. de, vi, 262 «;
Beatrix de, vii, 58 n ; Hugh de,
vii, 59 n ; Joan, vii, 59 n ; John
de, vii, 55 », 59 n ; Rob. de, vii,

58 n; Rog. de, vii, 58 »; Will,
de, vi, 262, 262 n

Huntington, Will. B., vi, 275
Huntlow, Will, de, vi, 87, 146
Huntroyde (Huntrode, Huntroid)
(Simonstone), vi, 497, 499-503 ;
pk., vi, 500 « ; sundial, vi, 503
Huntroyde, brook, vi, 497
Huntroyde House (Simonstone),

vi, 501-3
Hupronchelm, Godith de, vii,

193 n ; Rog. de, vii, 193 »
Kurd (Hurdes, Hurdus), Eliz., vi,
i8on; Geo., vi, i8n, 179 n,
521; Pet., vi, 99 n; Thos., vi,
99 «, 486 ; Will., vi, 371 n
Hurel, Alex., vi, 120 n, 339, 339 » ;

Marg., vi, 120 n, 339, 339 n
Hurleston (Hurleton), Alice de, vi,
58 «; Eliz., vi, 73 n ; Gilb. de,
vi, 73 » ; Humph., vi, 73 n ;
Maud de, vi, 73 n ; Rich, (de),
vi, 58 », 73 « : Thos., vi, 73 n
Hurrocford, see Horrocksford
Hurst (Aighton), vii, 17 n
Hurst (Dilworth), vii, 52 n
Hurst (Goosnargh), vii, 192 «
Hurst, Ad. de (del), vii, 48 «, 65 n ;
Agnes de, vii, 65 n ; Edw., vii,
156 » ; John, vi, 520 n ; vii, 34 « ;

Hurst (cont.)

Marg., vii, 156 « ; Rich, (de, del),

vii, 46 n, 48 n, 65 «, 75 ; Rog.

de, vii, 45 n ; fam., vii, 49 n
Hurst Green (Aighton), vi, 96 ; vii,

i, 19, 20

Hurstrange, Award, vi, 253 n
Hurstwood, vi, 349, 450, 458 n, 459,

473-8 ; man., vi, 477
Hurstwood, brook, vi, 474
Hurstwood, Ad. de, vi, 469 «,

474 «, 475 n ; Gilb. de, vi, 477 n ;
John de, vi, 475 n ; Will., vi,

475 «> 478

Hurstwood Hall (Hurstwood), vi,

478

Husband, Rich., vii, 59 n
Hussey, John, vii, 265 n ; Will. L.,

vii, 148
Hutchenhey (Goosnargh), vii,

199 n
Hutchinson, John, vi, 541 ; — , vi,

370 «

Huttemon, vi, 290
Hutton, vi, 52, 53 n, 55 n, 66 «,

67-9 ; vii, 108 ; chap., vi, 69 ;

char., vi, 56 ; fishery, vi, 72 n ;

man., vi, 67 ; mill, vi, 66 ; sch.,

vi, 56, 67
Hutton, Abel de, vi, 69 n ; Ad. de,

vi, 69 n, 98 n ; Antigonia de, vi,

67 n ; Cecily (de), vi, 67 « ; vii,

153 ; Chas. W. N., vi, 190 ; Ellis
de, vi, 53 «, 67, 68 n, 69; vii,
J53 n, I79»*> I8o, i8ow, 181 n ;
Emma de, vi, 69 n ; Gilb. de, vi,
98 n ; Iseult de, vi, 67 n ; Sir
John de, vi, 98 n ; John de, vi,
67 n, 154 n ; Margery de, vi,
67 n ; Mary, vi, 64 n ; Maud de,
vii, 134 n ; Ravenkil de, vi,

154 n ; Rich, de, vi, 67 n ; Rob.
de, vi, 53 «, 67 n, 72 n ; vii, 153 n,
179 n ; Rog. de, vi, 68 «, 69 «;
vii, 153, 179, 1 80, 181 ; Sapientia
de, vi, 67 n, 69 ; Thos. de, vii,
134 n ; Will, (de), vi, 98 n ; vii,
246 n

Hutton Grange (Hutton), vi, 68 n
Hutton Moss (Hutton), vi, 68 n
Huuerbeleisick (Dutton), vii, 54 n
Huyton, man., vi, 294
Huyton, Emma de, vii, 34 n ; Hugh,

vi, 160 ; Matth. de, vii, 113 n ;

Maud de, vii, 113 » ; Nich., vi,

73 n ; Will, (de), vi, 99 n ; vii, 34 n
Hwaelleage, Hweallaege, see Whal-

ley

Hwldismont (Freckleton), vii, 170 n
Hwytingham, see Whittingham
Hyanson, Ralph, vi, 407 n
Hychum (Staynall), vii, 252 n
Hyde, Alex, de, vii, 109 n, 193 n ;

Cecily de, vii, 33 n ; Gilb. de, vii,

212 n; John de, vii, 193 n ; Nich.

de, vii, 193 « ; Rob. de, vii, 33 n ;

Rog., vii, non; Thos., vi, 372,

533 ; vii, 110 n ; Will., vii, 197 » ;

— , vii, 281 n
Hyde Park (Fulwood), vii, 137 n,

138

Hyefurlong (Gt. Harwood), vi, 340
Hyett, Jas., vi, 85, 86 n ; Will., vi,

86 n

Hyles, the (Brockholes), vii, no«
Hyndburn, brook, vi, 338, 344, 347,

399, 401 «, 417
Hyndburnshaw (Gt. Harwood), vi,

339 n

Hyndebranceis (Read), vi, 506 »
Hyndman, Miss, vii, 103 n
Hyngilka (Winmarleigh), vii, 306 n
Hypper, vi, 475 n
Hysokecroft (Ribbleton), vii,

no n

Ichtenhill, see Ightenhill Park
Ickornshaw (Icornshaw) (Yorks;.

vi, 524 n, 525

Icornhurst (Accrington), vi, 425
Idesforth (Ribchester), vii, 50
Iggesyke (Longton), vi, 73 n
Ightenhill Park (Ightenhill), vi,
230 n, 349, 441, 443, 448, 45°,
454, 463, 487-9, 491, 524 «, 537,
543 n ; vii, 306 n ; chap., vi, 489 ;
coal mines, vi, 547 n ; vii, 487 ;
man., vi, 232, 233 n, 361 n, 468,
469, 470, 487, 493, 513 n, 516;
man. house, vi, 488, 489 ; mills,
vi, 489 ; pk., vi, 488, 489, 512 n ;
quarry, vii, 487
Ignaging (dance), vii, 220
Ikin, Thos. B., vi, 141
Ilkeston, Kath. de, vi, 281 n ; Nich.

de, vi, 281 n

Illingworth, Rich., vi, 554 n
Image House (Chorley), vi, 129
Imps, the (Impes) (Church), vi,

400 n, 402 n

Imps, Little (Whalley), vi, 381
Ince, Alice de, vi, 95 n, n6n;
Chris., vi, 21 ; Frances S., vi, 21 ;
Gilb. de, vi, 95*1, n6«; Hugh
de, vi, 200 n, 201 n ; Mary de,
vi, 194 n ; Maud de, vi, 200 n ;
Rich, de, vi, 200 n ; Thos., vii,
114 rt
Independents, vi, 147, 248, 288,

319, 344, 35°, 436, 453 *, 473!
vii, 103

Ineskyp, see Inskip
Ing (Barrowford), vi, 542
Ing (Trawden), vi, 552 n
Ingeland (Chorley), vi, 140 n
Ingesyke (Longton), vi, 70 «
Ingham, Alice, vi, 468 n ; Edw.,
vi, 436 n ; Janet, vi, 456 n ; John,
vi, 325, 445 «, 447, 451 n, 468 n,
489 ; Marg., vi, 456 n ; Reg., vi,
436 ; Reynold, vi, 436 ; Rich., vi,
251, 445 n, 468 n ; Rob., vi,

445 «, 447, 447 », 45* «, 453,
468 n ; Thos., vi, 229 ; Will,, vi,
404 «, 445 n ; vii, 42, 204 ; fam., t
vi, 499 n

Inghamites, vi, 521, 535, 552

Ingilby (Ingle by), John, vi, 446 ;
Kath., vi, 446 n ; Marg., vi, 446 ;
Thos., vii, 65 n

Inglefield, vi, 233 n

Ingleridding (Preston), vii, 79 n

Inglesle, fam., see Lea

Inglewhite (Goosnargh)., vii, 191 ;
man., vii, 199

Inglewhite Green (Goosnargh), vii,
191, 206 n

Inglisle, man., see Lea, English

Inglisle, fam., see Lea

Ingol, vii, 72, 79, 80, 100 n, 119 n,
129, 133 n, 134, 135, 309 ; char.,
vii, 91 ; Holy well, vii, 129 ;
man., vii, 134

Ingol (Ingoll), Alan de, vii, 130 n;
Aldred de, vii, 134 n ; Avice de,
vii, 134 » ; Gamel de, vii, 134 ;
Gilb. de, vii, 134 »; John de, vi,
227 n ; vii, 292 ; Margery de, vii,
130 »; Walt, de, vii, 134; Will,
de, vii, 134

Ingolhead (Broughton), vii, 117,
120, 121 n

Ingolhead, Cecily de, vii, 120 »;
Christiana de, vii, 136 «; Edm.
de, vii, 1 20 n ; Helen de, vii,
120 n ; Joan de, vii, 120 n ; Rich.,
vii, 120 n ; Thos. de, vii, 120 n,
136 n ; Will, de, vii, 136 n

Ingolhead Hall (Broughton), vii,
120 n

Ingolriding (Preston), vii, 99 n

INDEX

Ingool, see Ingol

Ingram, Anne, vi, 493 ; Ellen, vi,

493

Ingram stub (Whithalgh), vi, 288 n
Ingrave Farm (Eccleston), vi, 164 n
Ings (Colne), vi, 453
Ings beck, vi, 372, 552, 558
Ings End (Twiston), vi, 558
Inscip, Insckyp, see Inskip
Inscriptions, vi, 495 n, 531 «, 533 ;
vii, 82 n, 112, 295 ; i6th cent., vi,
I85, 353, 354 : i?th cent., vii,

221, 221 n

Inskip (Inskip with Sowerby), vii,

129, 163 n, 229 n, 260, 261 n,

264 n, 274 », 277, 279-82, 321 n ;

chap., vii, 282 ; char., vii, 267 ;

ch., vii, 282 ; man., vi, 76 n ;

vii, 277 n, 279 ; mill, vii, 281 n ;

Nonconf., vii, 282 ; Rom. Cath.,

vii, 282
Inskip, Ad. de, vii, 268 n, 271,

281 n ; Agnes de, vii, 271 n ;

Alan de, vii, 281 n ; Alice de,

vii, 190 n ; John, vii, 86 n ; Rich.

de, vii, 190 n, 268 n, 271 «,

281 n ; Rob. de, vii, 190 n ;

Thos. de, vii, 271, 281 n ; Will.

de, vii, 271 n ; — , vi, 299
Inskip Hall (Inskip), vii, 280 n
Inskyp, see Inskip
Intack, the (Clayton), vi, 10 n
Intakes (Alston and Hothersall),

vii, 64 n

Ion, Will., vi, 114, 128
Iperbolt, see Parbold
Ipre, Sir Ralph de, vii, 321 n
Ireland, Rob., dk. of, see Oxford,

Rob., earl of
Ireland, Ad. de, vi, 265 ; Clemency,

vii, 127 n ; Ellen, vi, 106 n ;

Geo., vii, 164 n ; Sir John de,

vi, i8iw; John de, vi, 265,

556 n ; Marg., vii, 164 n ; Rich.

de, vi, 109 n ; vii, 271 n ; Thos.

de, vi, 121 n ; Will, (de), vi, 263 ;

vii, 127 «, 271 n
Iron manufacture, vi, 278, 289,

338, 442 ; vii, 27, 92
Ironstone mines, vi, 423, 425 ; vii,

141

Irvingites, vi, 248 ; vii, 104
Irwell (Newchurch-in-Rossendale),

vi, 439 n

Isabella, princess, vii, 303
Isabella, queen, vi, 57 n, 58 n,

233, 264 n, 265, 273, 302 n, 327,

361 n ; vii, 16, 41, 47, 55 «, 168,

i?3, 325 n
Iseult (Isolda), d. of Rob., vii, 192,

324 n ; w., of Rob., vii, 32 n
Isherwood (Cliviger), vi, 483
Isherwood, Anne, vii, 14 «; Ant.,

vii, 14 n ; John, vi, 285 ; Marg.,

vi, 285 ; Rob., vi, 387 ; Will.,

vi, 468 n
Isolda, see Iseult
Ivette, vii, 98 n

Ivornsligh (Foulridge), vi, 547 n
Ivye pool, see Evyn

Jack Green (Brindle), vi, 75

Jackhey (Cliviger), vi, 481 n

Jack Place (Oswaldtwistle), vi, 407

Jackson, Earth., vii, 282 n, 299 ;

Brian, vii, 282 n ; Chas., vii, 58 n ;

Christabel, vi, 402 n ; Chris., vi,

407 «, 411, 432 «, 475 n, 478, 490,

533 ; vii, 190 ; Ellen, vii, 213 n;

E. H., vi, 370 ; Geoff., vi, 27 n ;

Geo., vi, 432 ; Gilb., vi, 28 ;

Gilb. T., vi, 27 n ; Hen., vi,

447 n ; Hen. W., vi, 229 ; Jas.,

Jackson (cont.)

vi, 402 n ; Jane, vi, 261 « ; Janet,
vi, 27 n, 411; Joan, vi, 27 n ;
John, vi, 27 «, 237 n, 261 n, 296,
298 n, 411, 468 w, 490; vii,
258 n ; Jonathan, vii, 319 n, 320 ;
Lettice, vi, 407 n, 439 ; Mary,
vi, 490; Matth., vi, 411; Pet.,
vi, 520 ; vii, 291 ; Rich., vi, 3 n,
27 n, 28, 28 n, 478 ; vii, 103 n,
320 ; Rob., vi, 478 ; Thos., vi,
27 n, 447 ; vii, 81 ; Thos. M., vi,
541 ; — , vi, 524 n ; fam., vi,
26 «; see also Jacson

Jackson Hey (Ribbleton), vii, 108

Jackson's Ridge (Trawden), vi, 548

Jacobite rising, vii, 77, 293

Jacques, John, vi, 55 ; Kinton, vi,
80

Jacson, Chas. R., vii, 128 ; Geo.,
vii, 128 ; see also Jackson

James I, vi, 36, 40, 45 ; vii, 75, 139,
165 n

James, the tailor, vii, 169 n

James, Edw. G., vi, 147

Jameson, Rev. — , vi, 312 n

Jankin, vi, 299 n

Jarman, see German

Jarvis Field (Habergham Eaves),
vi, 456 n

Jauden House (Ribchester), vii,
50 n

Jay, see Gey

Jebb, Ant., vi, 109 n

Jeffrey Hill (Thornley), vii, 34

Jeffreys, Will., vi, 206

Jellicoe, Eliz. J., vi, 387 n ; S., vi,
387 n

Jenkin, John, vi, 555 n

Jenkinson (Jenkynson), Anne, vii,
78 n ; Eliz., vii, 78 n ; Ellen, vii,
306 n ; Grace, vii, 78 n ; Jas., vii,
44 n ; John, vii, 78 n, 299-300 ;
Ralph, vi, 66 n ; Rob., vii, 44 n,
269 n ; Thos., vii, 306 n ; Will.,
vi, 273 n, 277 n ; vii, 44 n

Jenny, Hen., vii, 255, 265

Jeppe Knave Grave (Wiswell), vi,
396

Jepson, Eliz., vii, 139 n, 141 n ;
Thos., vii, 139 n

Jervois, Sampson T. H., vi, 558

Jews, vi, 249 ; vii, 36, 251

Joan, queen of Scotland, vii, 41 n

Joan, w. of Gilb., vii, 114 n ; w. of
John, vii, 168 n ; w. of Rich., vi,
34 n ; w. of Will., vi, 72 n

Johanruyding (Walton), vi, 298 n

John, king, vi, 29 n, 48, 158 n, 282,
338 ; vii, 63, 69, 83 n, 108, 129,
132, 145 n, 153, 159, 187, 187*1,
189 n, 214 n, 229 n, 239 n, 240,
256, 260, 285, 333

John, vi, 475 n, 480, 548 ; vii,
116 n, 168 n, 272 n ; b. of Geoff.,
dean of Whalley, vi, 356 n ; the
chapman, vii, 281 n ; the clerk,
vi, 295, 365 n, 367 n, 451 n ; vii,
89 n ; constable of Chester, vi,
291 n ; the cook, vi, 71 n ; the
curate, vi, 299 ; the ferryman,
vi, 61 n, 117 ; the folder, vi,
444 n ; the hermit, vi, 299 ; the
judge, vi, 150 M, 151 n; the
miller, vi, 70 n ; the milner, vi,
ii «; the porter, vi, 214 n ; priest
of Blackburn, vi, 239 n ; priest
of Douglas, vi, 180 n ; priest of
Poulton, vii, 223 ; priest of
Whalley, vi, 357 n ; the salwaller
(sauner), vii, 160 n, 216 n ; the
spenser, vii, 131 n ; the tailor, vi,
97 « ; vii, 292 n ; the ward, vi, 39 n

Johnson, Alex., vii, 264 w, 265 ;
Allen, vii, 264 n ; Anne, vii, "

385

Johnson (cont.)

264 n ; Rev. Arth. F., vi, 344;

Eliz., vii, 264 n ; Hen., vi, 371 ;

vii, 74, i79n; Janet, vi, 35 n,

John, vi, 19 M, 22, 66 «, 74, 181,

189, 191 ; Jos., vii, 13 ; Jula.lia,

vii, 264 n ; Lawr., vi, 205 n ; vii,

53 n, 136 « ; Marg., vi, 516, 537 ;

Mary, vii, 264 n ; Ralph, vi, 66 n ;

Rich., vi, 229 «, 373 n ; vii,

264 n ; Rob., vi, 160 n ; Thos.,

vi, 191, 204 n ; vii, 18, 35 n, 42 ;

Tryphosa, vi, 19 n, no n, 164 n ;

Will., vi, 35 n, 358 ; vii, 136 n,

263 n, 264 ; W., vii, 265 ; Rev.

— , vi, 333 n ', fam., vii, 102,

102 n, 133 n

Johnstone, Jas. A. M., vi, 496
Joiner stones (Trawden), vi, 552
Jollice, Rob., vii, 250 n ; Thos., vii.

216 n, 250 n

Jollicrofts (Adlington), vi, 218 n
Jollie (Jolly), Edw., vii, 225 ; Maj.

Jas., vi, i6w; Jas., vi, 416*1;

John, vii, 267 ; Thos., vi, 381,

382 n, 394, 396, 416, 423, 496, 505
Jollybrand, see Gillibrand
Jolly Mill (Standish), vi, 183
Jones, Alice, vii, 107 n ; Hugh, vii,

107 « ; Jane, vii, 58 n, 107 n :

John, vi, 153 n ; John B., vii, 25 ;

Mary, vii, 149 n ; Sam., vi, 153 ;

Thos., vii, 58 n, 107 n
Jonesson, John, vii, 62 n ; Will.,

vii, 62 n
Jordan, vi, 548 ; vii, 158 n ; the

carpenter, vi, 506 n ; the clerk,

vii, 57 n

Jordan houstead (Church), vi, 401 n
Jordansworth (Heath Charnock),

vi, 215 n

Jordanwell Syke (Colne), vi, 525 n
Josce, clerk, vii, 41 n, 46 n
Josiana, d. of Rob. dean of Whal

ley, vi, 355 n
Joule, W., vii, 56
Joy, John, vii, 187
Judfield (Colne), vi, 527 n
Judison, Ad., vi, 272 ; John, vi, 272
Juet, Ad., vi, i8o«; Hen., vi,

180 n

Jugeler Ridding (Preston), vii, 97 n
Juger sylvere, vii, 34 w
Jumbles (Mitton), vii, 14
Jump, Hugh, vi, in ; John, vi,

113 ; Rob., vi, in ; Will., vi, 113
Juste, Ad., vi, 474 n ; Rob., vi,

474 n
Juxon, Rob., vi, 123 n ; Will.,

archbp. of Canterbury, vi, 240,

357, 404 «, 432 n, 450 n

Kagildegrene, see Padiham Green
Kagildesyke (Hapton), vi, 511 n
Kailscrooks (Wrightington), vi,

174%
Kaleyards (Charnock Richard), vi,

206 n

Kar, the (Salesbury), vi, 253
Karkesti (Ribchester), vii, 57 n
Karleton, Karlton, see Carleton
Karr, see Carr

Katelaw Syke (Lea), vii, 130 n
Katerhalle, see Catterall
Kate's Pad, see Dane's Pad
Kaun, see Colne
Kay, John, vi, 88 n ; Rev. Rog., vi,

426; Rev. Thos., vi, 451; — ,

vi, 310, 425 n
Kays, Hen., vi, 87
Kay-Shuttleworth, Janet, vi, 464 ;

Sir J. P., vi, 464, 495 ; Sir

Ughtred J., vi, 280, 464 ; see also

Shuttleworth

49

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Kearsley, Jas., vii, 156 «; Marg.,

vii, 156 «

Keating, Rev. J., vii, 7 n
Kechyn, fam., see Kitchen
Keck, Ant. J., vi, 106 n ; Eliz., vi,

106 n ; Geo. A. L., vi, 106 n ;

Hen. L. P., vi, 106 « ; — , vi, 151
Keckwich, Ad. de, vi, 190 n
Keelin, vi, 428

Keighley, man. (Yorks), vii, 280 n
Keighley Green (Burnley), vi, 448 n,

453
Kekilpenny (Kigelpeni), Alice, vii,

79 n ; Hen., vi, 253 ; Ralph, vii,

79 n

Kelbrick (Barnacre), vii, 315
Keldwellbreck (Stalmine), vii, 252 n
Kelegrymesarch, Kelfgrimeshereg,

Kelgremargh, Kelgrimesarth,

Kelgrimisarde, see Kellamergh
Kelgrimoles ( Kelgrimoll) j (Layton ) ,

vii, 215 n, 216 n, 249 » ; anc.

cemetery, vii, 214 n
Kelke (Haslingden), vi, 430
Kelkemath, Godith de, vii, 160 n ;

Will, de, vii, 160 n
Kellamergh, vi, 58 n ; vii, 143, 144,

150, 157, 159-61, i66w, 172 n,

173 n, 201 n, 285 ; man., vii, 159
Kellamergh (Kellermargh), Ad. de,

vii, 160 n ; Beatrice de, vii,

1 60 n ; Clarice de, vii, 160 n ;

Eda de, vii, 160 n ; Gilb. de, vii,

160 n ; Hen. de, vii, 160 n ;

John de, vii, 160 n ; Jordan de,

vii, 160 «, 161 n ; Marg. de, vii,

1 60 n ; Rich, de, vii, 160 n ;

Rob. de, vii, 160 » ; Rog. de, vii,

160 n ; Sim. de, vii, 160 n ;

Siward de, vii, 160 n ; Will, de,

vii, 1 60 n
Kellet, Over (Bolton-le-Sands), vii,

270 »
Kellet (Kellett), Marg., vi, 5 n ;

Mary, vii, 117 n ; Rich., vii, 117 ;

Rob., vii, 289 n ; Thos., vii,

108 n

Kellet House (Walton), vi, 296
Kelley, Edw., vi, 299
Kellor House (Habergham Eaves),

vi, 454

Kelsimshargt, see Kellamergh
Keltontree, vii, 270 n
Kemisdoles (Church), vi, 402 n
Kemp (Kempe), Lawr., vii, 148 n,

204
Kemple End (Longridge Fell),

vii, 2 n

Kenandesaker (Kirkland), vii, 313 n
Kendal (Westmld.), vii, 182, 269 n,

270, 270 n, 300, 301
Kendal heys (Ribchester), vii, 49 n
Kendall (Kendal), Chas. E., vi, 80 ;

John, vi, 373 n ; vii, 138 n ;

Mabel de, vi, 225 « ; Maud de,

vii, 208 n ; Rich, (de), vi, 369 n ;

vii, 108 n, 230 n ; Rob. de, vii,

51 n ; Rog. de, vi, 225 « ; Thos.

(de), vii, 107 n, 208 n ; Will., vi,

558 I — , vi, 372 n
Kenhegh (Trawden), vi, 552 n
Kenlis, Ld., see Bective, earl of
Kennedy, Berry, vii, 78 n
Kennett, Cuth., vi, 450
Kenningfield (Ribchester), vii, 58 n
Kenolmarsh (Kenwolmersh), Will.,

vii, 223 n ; W., vi, 87
Kenwrick, vi, 498 n
Kenyon, Ad. de, vi, 291 n ; Alan

de, vi, 406 ; Alice de, vi, 406 ;

Chris., vi, 425 ; Edw., vi, 425 ;

Ellen de, vi, 221, 330; Geo., vi,

425 n ; Janet, vi, 425 n ; Joan,

vi,' 140 n; Rev. John, vi, 452;

John, vi, 425 « ; Jordan de, vi,

Kenyon (cont.)

330; Marg., vi, 425 »; Matth.,

vi, 140, 142, 221 ; Ralph, vi,

425 n; Rog., vi, 387, 407 «,

425 n, 426, 523 n ; vii, 36 ;

Thos., vi, 425 ; Will., vi, 425 ;

vii, 124 » ; Mrs., vi, 425
Keppel, Bert. W. A., vii, 311 ;

Col. Edw. G. W., vii, 311 »;

Dr. Fred., vii, 311 «; Fred., vii,

311 n ; Fred. W., vii, 311 n ;

Louisa, vii, 311 n ; Rev. Will.

A. W., vii, 311 w ; Col. Will. H. A.,

vii, 311 n
Kerby, Jas. T., vii, 204, 205 ; see

also Kirkby

Keriall Lane (Marsden), vi, 525 n
Kershaw (Kirshaw), Abel, vi, 167 n ;

Agnes, vi, 438 n ; Alex., vi, 85,

97, 100, in, 167, 206 n ; Alex.

N., vi, 17; Alice, vi, 438 n ; Chris.,

vi, 438 n ; Edm., vi, 167, 167 « ;

Edm. N., vi, in, 158, 167, 178;

Eliz., vi, 167 n ; Gilb., vi, 438 ;

Jas., vi, 167, 273, 280 n, 440 ;

Rev. J. C., vi, 297, 299 ; John,

vi, 438, 439, 441 ; Mary, vi, 167 n ;

Sibyl, vi, 167 n
Keteue's Hurst (Salesbury), vi,

253 «

Ketelsworth (Marton), vii, 240 n
Ketlis croft (Eccleshill), vi, 279 n
Kettel, vi, 69 n
Kettlesholmewathwra (Marton),

vii, 241 n

Keuerdale, see Cuerdale
Keurden (Chorley), see Cuerden
Keurden, fam., see Kuerden
Key, Thos., vi, 299 ; Will., vi, 23
Keyhouse (Croston), vi, 95 n
Kibbil, Ad., vi, 374 n ; Hugh, vi,

374 n ; Ralph, vi, 374 n ; Rich.,

vi, 374 n ; Rob., vi, 374 n
Kiddrow (Habjrgham Eaves), vi,

454

Kidplagh (Worsthorne), vi, 477 n

Kidroe, see Kiddrow

Kidsnape (Goosnargh), vii, 73, 191 ;
man., vii, 198

Kidsnape, Jordan de, vii, 198 n

Kigelpeni, see Kekilpenny

Kighley, Alice de, vi, 553 n ; Anne,
vii, 280 ; Cecily, vii, 280 n ;
Chris., vii, 280 n ; Clemency de,
vii, 278 n, 280 ; Constance, vii,
280 n ; Eliz., vi, 22 n, 28 »; vii,
109 «, 139 n, 198 n, 280 n ; Ellen
de, vii, 62 n, 277 n, 280 ; Emma
de, vi, 366 n ; Geo., vii, 288 n ;
Sir Gilb. de, vii, 62 n, 278 n,
280 n ; Gilb. de, vi, 509 n ; vii,
269 «, 277 n, 280 ; Sir Hen. (de),
vi, 28 n, 372 n ; vii, 274 n, 277 n,
278 n, 280, 281 n ; Hen. (de), vi,
122 n ; vii, 198 n, 277 n, 279-80,
329 n, 332 n ; Hugh (de), vii,
139 n, 195, 280 ; Isabel, vii,
280 n ; Jas., vii, 195, 195 n,
280 n ; Joan de, vi, 477 n, 509 ;
vii, 280 n ; Sir John, vii, 280 n ;
John (de), vi, 134, 509 n ; vii,
I95, 213 n, 280, 329 n ; Kath.
(de), vii, 280, 280 n ; Marg. de,
vii, 269 n, 280 n ; Mary, vii,
280 n ; Nich. de, vi, 477 n, 509 ;
vii, 280 n ; Ralph, vii, 280 n ; Sir
Rich, (de), vi, 509 n ; vii, 261,
277, 280 ; Rich, de, vi, 134 ; vii,
274 n ; Rob. (de), vii, 195 n,
280 n ; Roland, vi, 122 n ; Thos.
de, vii, 280 « ; Will, de, vi, 366 n,
509 n ; — , vii, 193 n ; fam., vii,
183 «, 282

Kildare, John Clayton, dean of,
vii, 138 n

Kil green (Cuerden), vi, 24 n
Kilgrimol, Kilgrimoles, see Kel-
grimoles

Kilgrimosse (Lytham), vii, 216 n
Killheys (Longton), vi, 56 n
Killinsough (Killanshagh, Killawne-

shauge), vii, 137, 137 n, 138 n
Kilmorey (Kilnemurrie), Ld., vii,

318 n; Rich., vsct., vii, 272 n ;

Rob., vsct., vii, 272 n, 303 ;

Eleanor, vsctss., vii, 272 n, 303
Kilnbutts (Church), vi, 402 «
Kilncarr (Wheelton), vi, 37 n, 49 n
Kiln croft (Burnley), vi, 445 n
Kilncroftfield (Tarnacre), vii, 271 n
Kilnehalgh (Whittingham), vii,

209 n

Kilnemurrie, see Kilmorey
Kilne Well Syke (Wymondhouses),

vi, 394 n

Kilnstead (Tarnacre), vii, 271 n
Kilnyard (Kirkham), vii, 151 n
Kilworth, Rich., vii, 34 n
Kindesley, Kath., vi, 140 n ; Will.,

vi, 140 w

Kinersyke (Garstang), vii, 311 n
King, Jas., vi, 361, 371, 558; John

vi, 362 n, 374 n ; vii, 25 ; Rich.

vii, 107 ; Sam., vii, 63 n ; Thos.

vi, 558 ; Walker, bp. of Rochester

vi, 361 ; Will., vi, 374 n ; —

alderman, vii, 283
Kingley (Chorley), vi, 140
Kingley, fam., see Kingsley
Kingsley (Chorley), vi, 129
Kingsley (Kingley), Christiana, vi,

140 «; Isabel, vi, 140 n; Rich.

de, vi, 140 «; Rob., vi, 140;

Thos., vi, 140 «; Will, (de), vi,

140 n

Kingston, Rich., vi, 87
Kinsacre (Kirkland), vii, 314 w
Kippax (Yorks), vii, 41 w
Kippax, John, vi, 404 n, 432, 440 n,

538 «, 540, 549; Rev. Rich., vi,

452 ; Rich., vi, 451, 468 n, 496,

540 ; Rev. Will., vi, 344 ; Will.,

vi, 343

Kirby, see Kirkby

Kirden (Chorley), see Cuerden

Kirk, Ad. del, vi, 26 n ; Avice del,
vi, 26 n ; Edw., vii, 191 ; John
del, vi, 79 ; Thos. de, vii, 192 n ;
— , vii, 193 n

Kirkam, see Kirkham

Kirkandreas, bar. of, vi, 304 n

Kirkby, man., vii, 285

Kirkby, South (Yorks), vi, 513 n

Kirkby (Kirby), Ad. de, vi, 170 n ;
Agnes de, vi, 170 «; Alex, de,
vi, 170 w, 171 n ; Alice de, vi,

170 n ; Clemence, vii, 270 ; Edw.,
vii, 271 n, 299 ; Eleanor de, vii,
309; Eliz., vii, 270; Ellen (de),
vii, 268, 269, 270 n ; Geo., vi,
67 n ; vii, 30 n, 174 w, 181 n,
200 n, 254 n, 265, 270, 329 n,
332 n ; Gilb. de, vi, 170 n ; Hen.,
vi, 174; vii, 263 n ; Isabel, vii,
270 ; Joan, vii, 269 n, 270 ; John
(de), vi, 169 «, 170 n, 171 n ; vii,
147, 226 n, 268, 269 n, 270, 274 n,
280 n, 309; Kath. de, vi, I7ow;
Marg. (de), vii, 274 «, 277 n ;
Margery de, vi, 154 n ; vii, 240 n,
274 ; Pet. de, vii, 268 ; Sir Rich.,
vi, 154 n, 170 n ; vii, 269 n, 274 ;
Rich, (de), vi, 169 n, 17071; vii,
175 n, 268, 277 n ; Rob. (de), vi,
171, 174 n; Rog. (de), vi, 170 n,

171 n, 175 n, 176 «, 177 n, 179;
vii, 268, 269, 277 n ; Roland
(Rowland), vi, 171 w, 229*1;
Thos., vi, 173 n ; vii, 175 n, 261 n,
270, 271 ; Will, (de), vi, 61 n}

386

INDEX

Kirkby (cont.)

118 n, 170 n, 171 n ; vii, 30 n, 70,
181 n, 234 «, 240 n, 266, 270,
271 «, 322 n, 329 n ; fam., vi, 73 ;
see also Kerby
Kirkby Lonsdale (Westmld.), ch.,

vii, 253 n

Kirkclough (Colne), vi, 524 «
Kirkclough Head (Trawden), vi,

552 n

Kirkcroft (Tarnacre), vii, 271
Kirkdale (W. Derby), vi, 58 n
Kirkeham, Kirkeheim, see Kirkham
Kirkelund, see Kirkland
Kirkflat (Rawcliffe), vii, 271 n
Kirkfurlong (Bilborrow), vii, 332 n
Kirkgate (Clitheroe), vi, 365 n,

368%

Kirkgate (Preesall), vii, 256 n
Kirkhall, Thos., vi, 78
Kirkham, vii, 68, 71, 90 n, 91, 137,
143, 150-53, 217, 253 «, 274,
288 n ; adv., vi, 274, 415, 534 ;
vii, 145 ; chant., vii, 163 n ; char.,
vii, 149 ; ch., vi, 55 n ; vii, 144 ;
ind., vii, 150 ; man., vii, 151 ;
mkt. cross, vii, 150 ; mkts. and
fairs, vii, 151 ; mill, vii, 152,
152 «; Nonconf., vii, 152 ; sch.,
vii, 1 20, 150 n

Kirkham, Ad. de, vii, 71 n, 145 n ;
Agnes, vii, 183 n ; Amabil de,
vii, 1 80 n ; Anne, vii, 183 n;
Dav. de, vii, 116 »; Hen., vii,
183 «; Jordan de, vii, 98 «,
146 n, 192 n; Marg., vii, 183 «;
Maud de, vii, n6»; Ralph de,
vii, 152 n, i8o«; Rich, de, vi,
92 n, 98 n ; vii, 192 n ; Rob. de,
vi, 299 ; vii, 151 n, 183 n ; Thos.
(de), vi, 128; vii, n6n, 144,
1 80 n, 291 ; Walt, de, vii, 98 n ;
Will, de, vii, 97 n, 98 n, 146 «,
151 n, 179 n, 180 n, 192 n
Kirkham Priory (Yorks), vii, 303 n
Kirkhouse, man. (Goosnargh), vii,

196

Kirkhouse (Wyresdale), vii, 314 n
Kirkland, vii, 291, 293, 297 n,
313-15 ; cross, vii, 313 ; man.,
vii, 313 ; mill, vii, 314 ; sch., vii,

315

Kirkland, Alice de, vii, 313 ; Joan
de, vii, 313 n ; John de, vii,
313 n ; Kath. de, vii, 313 n ;
Lawr. de, vii, 313 n ; Marg. de,
vii, 313; Nich. de, vii, 313 n ;
Rob. de, vii, 313 «; Will, de,
vii, 313

Kirkland Hall (Kirkland), vii, 314

Kirkley Water, vi, 552 n

Kirkman, Bald, the, vii, 100 n ;
H., vi, 114 n ; Rob. the, vii, 46 n ;
Rog. the, vii, 100 n

Kirks Place (Barton), vii, 127 n

Kirkstall Abbey (Yorks), vi, 266,
400*1, 409, 410 «, 411, 412 n,
424, 426, 451, 471, 479, 480 ;
Ad., abbot of, vi, 457

Kirkstile, the (Preston), vii, 79 n

Kirkstile, Amery de, vii, 100 n ;
Emma del, vii, 79 n ; Hen. del
(de), vii, 79 n, 100 n ; Rog. de,
vii, 100 n

Kirshaw, see Kershaw

Kitchen (Kechyn, Kitchin), Alice,
vi, 60 n, 61 n ; vii, 333; Anne,
vii, 138 », 333 ; Barnaby, vi,
60 n, 61 «, 413 ; vii, 180 », 260 n,
333 ; Edw., vii, 121 n ; Eliz.,
vi, 413 ; vii, 333 ; Grace, vii,
333 : Jane, vii, 333 «, 334 n ;
John, vii, 297, 333 ; Rog., vii,
291 ; Thos., vii, 128 n ; Will.,
vii, 289 n

Kitson, Ad., vi, 180 n ; Emma, vi,

i8on; Thos., vi, i8on
Kiuerdale, see Cuerdale
Knaresborough, Alice de, vii, 107 « ;

Gilb. de, vii, 107 n
Knavecastle(Cnavnecastel, Knauen-
castel), Hen., vi, 485 n ; John de,
vi, 485 n ; Rob. de, vi, 474 n,
477 n, 485 n ; Will., vi, 485 n
Knight, Ad. the, vii, 234 n ; Ellen
the, vii, 234 n ; John the, vii,
234 n ; Jos., vi, 37 ; Mary, vii,
117 n ; Rennie, vi, 527 ; Will., vi,
6 n, 237 n, 311 n ; vii, 265 n
Knightbridge, Ant., vi, 86 n
Knightcote (Knyttecote), Chris-
tiana de, vii, 321 n ; John de, vii,
321 n
Knights of St. John of Jerusalem,

see Hospitallers
Knolehale, Knolel (Chorley), see

Knowley

Knolhale (Cnolal, Knolehale),
Mabel de, vi, 62 n ; Margery de,
vi, 140 n ; Maud de, vi, 140*1;
Rob. de, vi, 140 n
Knoll, fam., see Knowles
Knoll heys (Preston), vii, 102 n, njn
Knolls, see Knowles
Knott (Chipping), vii, 28 n
Knott, Geo., vii, 253 n ; Jas., vii,
123 n ; Joan, vii, 253 n; Sam.,
vii, 208 n ; Thos., vii, 187 n
Knott End (Preesall), vii, 237, 332
Knousedene, see Knuzden
Knoute, Hen., vi, 209 », 212 n
Knoutescroft (Balderston), vi, 314
Knowl, the (Bispham), vii, 247 n
Knowle Hey, see Knoll heys
Knowles (Knoll, Knolls, Knowle),
Ad. (de, del), vi, II «, 16 «, 27 n,
336; vii, 28, 31 «, 33, 113 n,
123 n ; Alice de, vii, 28 n, 113 n ;
Ann, vii, 263 n ; Beatrice de,
vi, 507 n ; Cecily de, vi, 336 ; vii,
28 n ; Chris., vii, 28 n ; Edm., vi,
i6«; vii, 28 «; Eliz., vi, 16 n ;
Ellis de, vi, 507 »; vii, 113 n,
125 n ; Emma de, vii, 28 n ;
Geo. de, vii, 33 n ; Gerard de, vii,
33 ; Hawise de, vi, 507 n ; Isabel,
vii, 28 ; Jas., vi, 273, 274 ; Joan
de, vi, 504 n ; vii, 33 n ; John
(de), vi, 393 n ; vii, 28, 28 n,
30 n, 31 n, 32 n, 33, 33 «, 34 «,
79 » ; Jos., vii, 197 n ; Kath. de,
vii, 28 n ; Lauys de, vi, 58 n;
Lawr. de, vii, 28 n ; Lewis de, vii,
28 n ; Marg. (de), vii, 28 n, 33,
53 «, 212 n ; Maud de, vii, 79 n ;
Miles de, vii, 33 ; Oliver, vi, 16 n ;
Reg. (Reynor), de, vi, 507 n ;
vii, 33 n; Rich, (de), vi, 58 n,
336, 504 n ; vii, 16, 27 n, 28, 28 «,
30 n, 31 », 33, 53 n ; Rob. de,
vii, 125 n ; Rog. (de), vi, 105 «,
393 n ; vii, 28 n, 125 » ; Sally,
vii, 197 n ; Steph., vii, 33 n ;
Rev. Thos., vi, 318 ; Thos. (de),
vi, 298 n, 504 n ; vii, 16, 27 n,
28 n, 31 n, 33, 53 n, 196 n, 206 n,
212 «, 255, 263 «, 267 ; Thos. R.,
vii, 116 ; Towneley R., vii, 197 «,
203 ; Rev. Will., vi, 334 ; Will,
(de, del), vi, n n, 16 », 27 n,
181 ; vii, 28 n, 33 n, 118 n
Knowles House (Walton), vi, 296
Knowley (Chorley), vi, 129, 140
Knowl Green (Ribchester), vii, 45
Knowsley House, see Knowles

House
Knuzden (Oswaldtwistle) , vi, 276,

346, 405, 407 ; ch., vi, 409
Knuzden, brook, vi, 235, 345
Knyttecote, see Knightcote

387

Konywe, Le (Mellor), vi, 262

Koul, see Cowhill

Kuerdale, see Cuerdale

Kuerden (Chorley), see Cuerden

Kuerden (Cuerden), Ad. de, vi,
26 n ; vii, 66 n ; Agnes de, vii,
66 n ; Alan de, vi, 26 n ; Alice de,
vi, 23 «, 26 n ; vii, 52 n ; Avice
de, vi, 4 n, 26 «; Beatrix
(Beatrice) de, vii, 46 n, 48 n,
53 n ; Edm., vi, 26 n ; Eliz., vi,

26 n, 61 n, 64 n ; Ellis de, vi,
24 n, 27 n ; Eva de, vii, 48 n ;
Geo., vi, 26 n ; Gilb. de, vi, 26 n ;
Hen. de, vi, 4 w, 24 n, 25, 26 ;
vii, 48 n, 52 «, 53 n, 115 «, 325 «,
326 «, 328 n ; Hugh, vi, 26 n ;
Ingelram de, vi, 24 n ; Isolda
de, vii, 326 n, 328 n ; Janet, vi,

27 n ; John (de), vi, 24 «, 26 n,
27, 27 «, 28 n, 64 w, 71 «, 72,
73 n ; vii, 46 «, 308 n ; Marg.
(de), vi, 26 n ; Pet. de, vi, 26 n ;
Ralph de, vi, 26 n ; Rich, (de),
vi, 9 n, 24 n, 26, 26 n, 27 n, 46 «,
66 n ; Rob. de, vi, 24 », 26 n ;
vii, 115 «; Rog. de, vi, 23 n, 24 «,
26 ; vii, 66 n ; Sim. de, vi, 23 »,
24 n, 26 ; Thos. (de), vi, 24 n, 26,
26 n, 28 «, 61 « ; Uctred de, vi,
26 «; Will, (de), vi, 26 n, 28 n ;
fam., vii, 102

Kuhelagh, Alex, de, vi, 475 n
Kulnland (Church), vi, 402 n
Kydde, Kath., vii, 327 n
Kynaston, John, vi, 128
Kyr Iceland, Kyrkelond, Kyrke-

lund, see Kirkland
Kytridding (Mitton), vii, 16

Labege, Marg., vi, 547 n

Lache, Alice, vi, 402 n ; Edm., vii,
147 ; Eliz., vii, 287 n ; Jas., vii,
288 n ; Rich., vi, 407 n ; Rob.,
vi, 402 n ; vii, 287 «, 288 n ;
Will., vii, 241

Lache Marsh (Clitheroe), vi, 368 n

Lacking, — , vi, 453 n

Lacon, Magdalen, vi, 221 n; Thos.,
vi, 221 n

Lacy, Alice (de), vi, 15 n, 93, 108 n,
232 n, 320, 327, 379 n, 394 n ; vii,
46 n, 52 n, 59 n, i68n, 173*1,
325 n ', Edm. (de), vi, 15 n, 49,
58 n, 240, 253, 284, 314, 331, 338,
345, 362, 372, 377 n, 379, 390 «,
405, 420, 443, 469, 487, 493, 499 n,
509 n, 524, 537, 538, 546, 558 ;
vii, 32 «, 40 n, 41 n, 45 n, 54,
257 n ; Eliz., vi, 553 n ; Gilb. de,
vi, 342, 417 ; Hen. (de), vi, 57 n,
61 n, 67 «, 70, 108 n, 239, 245 n,
249, 253 «, 260, 264, 270, 276,
279, 291, 297, 314, 326, 338, 340,
356, 361 n, 367, 369, 373, 383-4,
394, 396, 400, 402 n, 405 n, 407,
409, 411, 417, 424, 428, 436 «,

443-4, 444 n, 446, 469, 471 «,
474, 480, 482 n, 487, 493, 499,

503, 508, 509, 524, 525, 537,
538 n, 545, 553 « : vii, 30 n, 33 n,
52 n, 59 «, 1 66 n, 172 n ; see also
Lincoln, earl of ; Ilbert de, vi,
232, 320, 375, 395, 555, 558 n ;
vii, 2 ; Isabel de, vii, 257 n ;
Joan de, vi, 509 n ; John (de) ,
vi, 67 n, 93, 240, 297, 320,
335 «, 356, 372, 373, 377, 387",
392, 393, 4I2«, 444, 455, 469,
471 «, 487, 499, 506, 509, 525,
539, 546, 552, 558 n; vii, 23 n,
24 n, 27 «, 45, 45 n, in n, 238 ;
see also Lincoln, earl of ; Pet.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Lacy (cont.)

de, vi, 356 n ; Rob. de, vi, 239,
320, 338, 340, 364, 375, 396 n,
418 n, 424, 469, 471, 479, 507 n,
509, 538> 558 ; vii, 2, 27, 40 «,
45, 52 n, 54 ; Sir Rog. de, vi,
36 n ; Rog. (de), vi, n, 18, 57,
70 n, 303 n, 355 n, 366 n, 368 n,
371 », 391, 455, 457, 48°, 546,
547 ; vii, 14 n, 29 n, 45 n, 52 n ;
Sarah, vii, 14 ; Thos. (de), vi,
509 n ; vii, 14 ; fam., vii, 8, 171

Ladmere (Trawden), vi, 551

Ladpool (Bretherton) , vi, 103 n

Ladyhalgh (Anderton), vi, 220 n,
222, 331

Lady Huntingdon's Connexion, vi,
284

Lady's Well (Fernyhalgh), vii, 124

Lady Well (Preston), vii, 96 n

Laghez Oxgang (Chatburn), vi,
373 n

Laghmon, Ad., vi, 296 ; Hen., vi,
291 n, 293 n, 296 ; Ralph, vi,
296 ; Rich., vi, 296 ; Rob., vi,
296 ; see also Lemon

Lailand, see Leyland

Lairbrec, see Larbreck

Lairclade (Hutton), vi, 67 n

Laith (Trawden), vi, 552 n

Lamare, see Mare

Lambert, physician, vi, 365 n

Lambert, Isabel, vii, 210 n ; Jas.,
vii, 210 n ; John, vi, 559 n ; — ,
vi, 421

Lamewelridding (Ribchester), vii,
63 n

Lampet, Eliz., vi, 194 n ; Thos., vi,
194 n

Lamypot (Stalmine), vii, 252 n

Lancashire, Phil., vi, 80

Lancashire Dike (Colne), vi, 524 n

Lancashire Levite, see Taylor,
Zachariah

Lancaster, vii, 68, 71, 74, 74 n,
79 n, i oo n, 114 n, 288 n, 300;
priory, see below ; prison char.,
vi, 90 n

Lancaster, hon. of, vi, 338 ; vii,
83, 184, 188, 263, 270, 316 n

Lancaster, Alice, ctss. of, vi, 232 n ;
vii, 52 n; Blanche, dchss. of, vi,
163 n ; vii, 92 «; dks. of, vi, i,
57, 284, 305, 345, 346, 361,
366 «, 374 «, 394, 409 «, 458,
508 n, 555; vii, 4, 40, 41, 45,
55 n, 62 «, 83 n, 134 n, 171, 173 n,
177 », 184, 187*1, 286, 303 n ;
Hen., vi, 2 n, 57 n, 252, 360,
458 n, 538, 553; vii, 24 «, 74,
85, 92 n, 187; John, vi, n n,
8gn, 92 n, logn, 121 n, 163 n,
277 n, 285, 369 n, 471 n, 514,
553, 555 ; vii, 85, 233 n, 269 n,
274 n, 303 n ; earls of, vi, 57, 58,
104 n, 357 n, 360, 361, 364 n,
369 n, 405 n, 410 n, 424, 428 ;
vu', 33, 43, 55 «, 62 n, 92, 109,
115 n, 118 n, 125, 130 n, 132 n,
134, 137 n, 139, 159 n, i68n,
171, 184, 185 n, i8gn, 216,
240 n, 248, 285, 301, 302, 303 n,
325 n, 331 «; Edm., vii, 92 n,
113 », 130 n, 132 n, 134, 145 n,
162 », 192 n, 200 n, 216 n, 257 n,
302 n ; Hen., vi, n, 58 n, 109,
109 n, 127, 163, 229, 264, 361 n,
552 n ; vii, 83 n, 84, 106, 160,
316 n ; Thos., vi, 19, 58 n, 232,
276, 291, 375 n, 400 «, 487;
vii, 13, 52 n, 83, 84, 192 n,
263 n, 314, 314 «, 327

Lancaster, Ad. de, vii, 132 n ;
Agnes de, vii, 229, 300 ; Alan
de, vii, 98 n ; Alice de, vii, 132 n,

Lancaster (cont.)

301 ; Edm. de, vi, 291 « ; Ellen,
vi, 167 n; Gilb. de, vii, 240 n ;
Helewise (Hawise) de, vii, 267 n,
300, 301, 325 n ; Sir Hen. de,
vii, 132 n ; Hen. de, vii, 129 n,
130 n, 131 n ; John de, vi, 21 n,
167 n ; vii, 190 n, 206 n, 297 ;
J., vi, 518 « ; Mabel de, vii, 130 n ;
Marg. de, vi, 169 n ; vii, 130 n ;
Nich., vi, 167 n, 217 n ; Rich, (de),
vi, 17 n, 21 n, 167 n, 169 n, 177 n,
229 n ; Sarot de, vii, 301 ; Rob.,
vi, 167 n, 297; Thos. (de), vi,
21 n ; vii, 98 n ; Warine de, vii,
129, 130 n, 131 n, 132 n ; Sir
Will, de, vii, 228 n, 229 ; Will,
(de), vi, 86 n, 87, 159, 203; vii,
118 n, 130 n, 131 n, 153 n, 181 n,
182, 183 n, 205, 257 n, 267 n,
268, 277, 296 «, 297 n, 300,
301 n, 302, 306, 308, 311, 313,
316 n, 320, 321, 321 «, 325 n ;
fam., vii, 276

Lancaster canal, vi, 32 ; vii, 79
Lancaster field (Preston), vi, 56 n
Lancaster Priory, vi, 86, 86 n, 158 ;
vii, 83, 145, 157 n, 189 n, 190,
199 n, 222, 222 n, 226, 227 n,
244, 250, 252 n, 254, 256 n,
' 257 n

Lancelyn, John, vii, 227, 257 n ;
Marg., vii, 227, 257 n ; Will., vi,
217 n ; fam., vi, 219
Lancelyn 's meadow (Adlington),

vi, 219 n
Landskill (Catterall), vii, 320, 321,

324, 326, 330 n

Lane Bottom (Briercliffe) , vi, 469
Lane Bridge (Burnley), vi, 452
Lane Ends (Hapton), vi, 507
Lane House (Briercliffe), vi, 471
Laneshaw (Laneshaw Water), riv.,

vi, 522, 525 n, 529, 548, 551
Laneshaw Bridge (Colne), vi, 523,

530 ; sch., vi, 535, 536
Lane Side (Accrington), vi, 423,

507

Lang, Mary, vi, 6 ; Rob., vi, 6 ; see
also Long

Langale, see Langho

Langdale, Dorothy, vi, 313 ; Sir
Marm., vi, 290 ; vii, 76

Langeley, see Langley

Langelyn (Church), vi, 400 n

Langeratheriding (Clayton - le -
Moors), vi, 418 «

Langeton, tnshp., see Longton

Langetre, see Langtree

Langfield (Little Carleton), vii,
229 n

Langfield, Jas., vi, 557

Langgale, see Langho

Langhirst-ker (Sunderland), vi, 317

Langho, vi, 235, 326 «, 332 n, 336 ;
ch., vi, 332 ; epileptic colony, vi,
326, 336

Langho Green, vi, 332

Lang House (Yate Bank), vi, 244

Langley (Langeley), Agnes de, vi
377 n ; Alex, de, vi, 291 ; Alice
vi, 17 « ; Jas., vi, 8 ; John, vi
102 n, 173 n, 291 n, 510 n ; vii
322 n ; Kath., vii, 322 n ; Ralph
vi, 500 n ; Rich, de, vi, 377 n
Will., vi, 17 n, 28 n, 303 ; —
cardinal, vi, 494 ; see also Longley

Langroyd (Colne), vi, 523, 528

Langroyd House (Colne), vi, 528

Langscale(s), see Landskill

Langshaie, see Laneshaw

Langton, Agnes de, vi, 292, 321 n,
429 ; Alesia de, vi, 291 ; Alex.,
vi, 217 n; Alice (de), vi, 292;
Anne (Ann), vi, 24 n, 292, 321 n ;

388

Langton (COM/.)

Cornelius, vii, 151 ; Edw., vi,
292 ; Eliz., vi, 30, 292, 306,
412 n ; vii, 120 n, 161 n ; Gilb.,
vi, 429 ; Hen. (de), vi, 24 n, 292,
302, 321 ; Isabel (Isabella), vi,
292, 302, 321 ; vii, 177 n ; Jas.,
vi, ?.g2 n ; Jane, vii, 76 n, 120 ;
Joan (de), vi, 292, 316 ; vii, 5 n ;
John (de), vi, 24 n, 77 n, 134,

291, 296 n, 298 ; vii, 120 n, 161 n ;
Leonard, vi, 292 ; Marg. (de), vi,
64 n, 292, 292 n ; Mary, vii, 120 n ;
Pet., vi, 28 n ; Sir Ralph (de), vi,

292, 316 ; Ralph de, vi, 291, 292,
299, 412 n ; vii, 177 n ; Sir Rich.,
vi, 292 ; Rich., vi, 271, 292, 296,
321 n ; vii, 120 n ; Sir Rob. de,
vi, 24 n, 291, 292 n, 296 n, 298 ;
Rob. (de), vi, 28 n, 77 n, 134,
198 n, 236 n, 291, 303, 306 n ;
vii, 24 ; Rog., vii, 102 n, 119,
120 n, 121 n, 123 ; Sir Thos., vi,
24, 57 n, 292, 294, 296, 403 n,
555 n, 559 n, 560 n ; Thos. (de),
vi, 24, 61 n, 64 n, 160, 302 n,
306; vii, I2o«, 131; Walt, de,
bp. of Lichfield, vi, 87, 384 ;
vii, 264 ; Will, de, vi, 160 n ; vii,
119-20, 121 n, 123 n ; Zachary,
vii, 151 ; — , vii, 116; fam., yi,
23, 98 n ; see also Longton

Langtree, vi, 58 n, 192-9 ; man., vi,
197

Langtree, Alice de, vi, 197 n ; Anne,
vi, 177 n ; Edw., vi, 198 n, 229 n ;
Eliz. de, vi, 197 n ; Gilb. (de), vi,
185 n, 194 n, 197 n, 198, 218 n,
229 n ; Hen. de, vi, 197, 198 n ;
Hugh, vi, 77 n ; Isabel, vi, 182 n ;
John, vi, 198, 199 ; Lawr., vi,
190 n, 197 n ; Lora, vi, 218 n ;
Margery de, vi, 197 n ; Ralph de,
vi, 197 n ; Rich, (de), vi, 96 n,
171 n, 182 n, 186, 187 n, 194 n,
*97> J99 ; Rob. de, vi, 197 n ;
Sim. de, vi, 209 n ; Siward de,
vi, 193, 197; Thos. (de), vi, in,
177 n, 182 n, igon, 193 n, 197,
198, 198 «, 224 ; Will, de, vi,
197 n

Langtree Hall (Langtree), vi, 192 n

Langtree's cross (Claughton), vii,
325 n

Lappage, Edw., vi, 518

Larbreck, vii, 146*2, 181-3 : chaly-
beate spring, vii, 181 ; man., vii,
182

Larbreck, Ad. de, vii, 182 n, 226 n ;
Alan de, vii, 183 n ; Rich, de, vii,
182 n ; Rog. de, vii, 182 n, 183 n ;
Sibyl de, vii, 226 n ; Will, de,
vii, 182 n

Laregrem, see Leagram

Larkhill (Billington) , vi, 330 n

Lark Hill (Preston), vii, 79 n, 105 n

Larrimer, see Lorimer

Lashford, Humph., vii, 265 n

Lassells (Lassell), Edw., vi, i8o« ;
Rich., vi, 177 n ; Thos., vi,
180 n

Lassland (Birtwisle) , vi, 509 n

Latewise, see Latus

Latham, Capt. Will., vii, 214 n ;
see also Lathom

Lathbutt (Rawcliffe), vii, 271 n

Lathegrim, see Leagram

Lathes, Isabel del, vi, 374 n; Rich,
del, vi, 374 n

Lathmers (Clitheroe), vi, 365 n

Lathom, char., vi, 90 n

Lathom, earls of, vii, 62 n, 176 n,
281 n ; Ld., vii, 34 n

Lathom (Lathum), Alex, de, vi,
178; Alice de, vi, 178; Cecily

INDEX

Lathom (cont.)

de, vi, 178 ; Chris., vi, 179 w ;
Edw. (de), vi, 171 n, 174 n, 175 n,
179, i8o«; vii, 241 n ; Eleanor
(de), vi, 170 n, 179*1; Eliz., vi,
179 n, 191 n, 192 n ; Ellen (de),
vi, 178 n ; vii, 241 n ; Geo., vi,
179 n ; Hen. (de), vi, 171 n,
178*2, 189 n ; Isabel (de), vi,
101 n, 179 w; John (de), vi,
176 n, 178*3, 179 n ; vii, 223 n ;
Kath. (de), vi, 178, 180 n ; Lucy
de, vi, 170 n, 178; Marg. de, vi,
204 n ; Mary, vi, 186 ; Paul, vi,
186, 189; Pet., vi, 90, 179 n,
191 ; Rich, (de), vi, 160, 161 n,
174 n, 175 n, 177, 178, 179,
179 n, 180, i8o«, 181 n ; vii,
109 n, 274 n ; Sir Rob. de, vi,
262 ; vii, 52 n, no, 193 n, 273 n ;
Rob. de, vi, 120 n, 169 w, 171,

174 n, 178, 179, 179 w, 203%;
vii, 62 n, 109 *z ; Sir Thos. (de),
vi, 170*1, 171 n, 178-9, 204 w;
vii, 241 w ; Thos. (de), vi, 101 n,
121 n, 159, 162 w, 170 n, 171 w,
175*1, 176 n, 179; vii, 62 «,

175 » ; Will., vi, 155, 159 n, 161,
173 n, 179, 179 w, i8o*z, 181 n,
191 n ; vii, 175 n ; see also
Latham

Latimer, Geo., Ld., vi, 421

Latimer, Eliz., vi, 421

Laton, see Lay ton

Latter Day Saints, see Mormons

Latun, see Lay ton

Latus (Latewise), Dorothy, vii,
308 n ; Gilb., vii, 174 », 181 n,
199 w. 329 n> 332 n '> Matth., vii,
199 w, 205 n ; Rich., vii, 270,
289 n ; Will., vii, 199 w, 205 n,
269 n, 270, 288 n, 308 n

Latus House, man. (Goosnargh),
vii, 199

Laud, Will., archbp., vi, 382,
534 n ; vii, 88

Lauediley Clough (Ribchester) , vii,

45 «

Laufield (Claughton), vii, 326 n
Laumwale, Ad., vii, 229 n
Laund Booth, New, vi, 233 n, 349,

425, 489, 490, 491-2, 540 n ; mill.,

vi, 490
Laund Booth, Old, vi, 230*1, 349,

512, 515, 521-2, 542 ; ch., vi, 522
Laund, Higher Old (Old Laund

Booth), vi, 522
Launde, Agnes de la, vii, 98 n ;

Will, de la, vii, 98 n
Laundy, Ellen de, vi, 497 n
Lauorchul (Billington), vi, 330 n
Lauton, see Lawton
Laval, Hugh de, vi, 356, 450, 534
Law (Lawe, Lawes), Ellen, vi,

500 n ; Rev. Fran., vi, 313 ; Jas.,

vii, 239 »; John (del), vi, 299,

438 n ; Mary, vii, 239 n ; Rev.

Pat. C., vi, 313 ; Rich., vii, 227 n ;

Sarah, vi, 431 ; Thos., vi, 208,

371 ; Will., vi, 180 » ; fam., vi,

246 n ; vii, 102
La Warr (Warre), Lds., vi, 179 ;

vii, in w, 329 n ; Thos., vi, 76 w,

170 «; vii, 112 n
La Warr, Sir John, vi, 170 n ; John,

vi, 170 n, 171 n ; Thos. le (la),

vi, 277 n ; vii, 62 n
Lawcroft (Bailey), vii, 18
Lawde, Joan, vi, 227 n ; Rich., vi,

227 n

Lawe (Gt. Harwood), vi, 338 n
L-iwe, the (Howath), vii, 318 «
Lawe, fam., see Law
Laweman, see Laghmon and Lemon
Lawes, see Law

Lawesteghele (Winmarleigh) , vii,

306 n
Lawfield, John (de), vi, 97 n ; vii,

255 w

Law House (Colne), vi, 528 n
Law House (Walton), vi, 295
Lawnd, the (Leagram), vi, 380
Lawnd, Lower (Leagram), vi, 380 n
Lawnd, Over (Leagram), vi, 380 n
Lawrence, St., relics of, vi, 88 n, 145
Lawrence, Agnes, vii, 106, 177 n ;
Alice, vi, 270 n, 301 ; vii, 106 «,
133 w, 162 «, 258 n ; Edm., vi,
301; vii, 106 n, 119 n, 260 n,
312 n ; Eliz., vii, 189 «, 274 n ;
Isabel, vii, 106 n ; Sir Jas., vii,
229 n ; Joan, vii, 119 n; John,
vi, 301 ; vii, 106 «, 189 *t, 257 «,
258 «, 260, 281 n, 299, 317 n ;
Marg., vii, 106, 198 n, 299, 317 ;
Sir Rob., vi, 121 n ; Rob., vii,
106, 133 n, 162 n, 229 n, 234 n,

250 n, 274 n, 282 n, 317 ; Sibyl,
vi, 121 n ; Sir Thos., vii, 254 n ;
Thos., vii, 198 n ; Will., vi, 270 n,
301 ; vii, 24, 69 n, 106, 133 «,

234 n ; fam., vii, 107 n
Lawrence's cross (Stalmine), vii,

252 n
Lawrenson, John, vi, 219 n ; vii,

205 « ; Lancelot, vi, 5 » ; Nich.,

vii, 71 «, 265 n, 289 n, 291 ;

Thos., vii, 299 n ; — , vii, 150 n
Lawson, Edw., vi, 371 ; Eliz., vii,

264 « ; Joan, vii, 278 n ; John, vi,

368 ; vii, 142 n, 278 n ; Rob., vii,

142
Lawton (Lauton), Herb, de, vi,

131 ; Mabel de, vi, 131 ; Rich, de,

vi, 291 n ; Thos., vi, 496
Layfield, Chas., vi, 86 «, 88, 89,

90 ; John, vi, 86 n ; Rob., vii,

292 n ; W., vi, 88
Layland, see Leyland
Layton, vii, 106 n, 215 «, 222 n,

235 n, 240 n, 246, 247-51 ; chant.,
vii, 251 ; ch., vii, 251 ; Jews, vii,

251 ; man., vii, 236 «, 248 ; mkt.
and fair, vii, 249, 251 ; Nonconf.,
vii, 251 ; Rom. Cath., vii, 251

Layton, Gt., vii, 106 n, 222 n, 248,

284 n
Layton, Little, vii, 106 «, 241 «,

248

Layton (Laton), Ant., vii, 197 «,
211 n ; Cecily de, vii, 229 n, 238 «;
John, vi, 12711; Rich., vi, 160,
161 ; Thos., vi, 160 n ; Will, de,
vii, 308 ; see also Leighton
Layton Hall (Layton), vii, 249
Layton Hawes (Layton), vii, 216 n,

248, 249

Lea, vii, 72, 73 n, 76, 79, 80,
83 n, 129-37, l63 n> *94 n '• chap.,
vii, 87 n ; char., vii, 91 ; man., vi,
38, 41 n; vii, n6n, 129; Rom.
Cath., vii, 77 n ; sch., vii, 137
Lea, English, man. (Lea), vii, 129,

163 «

Lea, French, man. (Lea), vii, 106 n,
129, 135; St. Catherine's well,
vii, 129

Lea, Great, see Lea, English
Lea, Little, see Lea, French
Lea (Inglesle, Inglisle, Lee, Ley,
Leye), Ad. de, vii, 132 n, 134 n ;
Agnes de, vi, 131, 205 «, 276, 397 ;
vii, 3, 130 n ; Alan de, vii, 130 n,
131 n ; Alex., vii, 131 n ; Alice
(de), vi, 92 n, 93, 93 n, 95 n ; vii,
131 «; Amice, vii, 130 n ; Anabil
(Amabel), vi, 120-1 ; Avice de,
vii, 134 n ; Bald, de, vii, 130, 131,
131 «, 132 «; Clemency de, vii,
130; Edm. de, vi, 120; Eliz., vi,

389

Lea (cont.)

106, 143 n ; Emma de, vii, 130 n,
131 n ; Geoff., vii, 132 ; Sir Hen.
de, vi, 29, 30, 37, 38, 120 n, 131,
205 «, 206 n, 207 n, 397 ; vii,

129 n, 130, 130 w, 313 «; Hen.
de (del, de la), vi, 47 n, 49, 50 n,
70 n, 204, 205, 207 n, 214*1,
223 n, 227 n ; vii, 3, 109 n, 129,
130, 130 n, 131 n, 132 n, 133*1,
134 n, 161 *», 162 n ; Isolda de,
vi, 70 n, 93, 97 n ; Jas., vii, 131 n ;
Janett, vii, 131 n ; Joan, vii,
88 n ; Sir John de, vii, 130;
John de (del, de la), vi, 50 n,
204 « ; vii, 43 n, 88 n, 130 n,
131 n, 132 n, 134 n, 161 n, 285 ;
Lawr. de, vi, 121 n, 538 n ; Maud
de, vi, n n, 70 n, 93, 131 n ;
Nath., vi, 257 ; Nich. (de), vi,
262, 538 n ; Rich, (de), vii, 130 n,
131 n, 132 n, 134 ; Rob. de, vii,

130 n, 131*1, 132 n, i6o*z; Rog.
(de), vi, 114; vii, 130*1, 131*1;
Sibyl de, vi, 38 ; vii, 130; Thos.
de (del), vi, 190 n ; vii, 130*1,

131 n ; Uctred (Ughtred) de,
vii, 130**, 131*1; Warine de,
vi, 49 «; Sir Will, (de), vi, 70*1,
72 n, 92 n, 93 n, 95 n, 121 n,
131 ; vii, 130*1 ; Will, de (de la),
vi, ii n, 50*1, 70 n, 71 n, 93,
97 n, 132, 205 w, 206, 206 n,
207*1; vii, 129*1, 130, 130*1,
131 n, 132 *t, 133 n, 162 n ; — , vi,
298 n ; see also Legh and Leigh

Leadbetter, Hannah, vi, 119
Leagram (Leagram with Bowland) ,
vi, 233*1, 349, 379-Si, 393 «;
vii, 27 n ; char., vi, 380 ; vii, 7,
20 », 26 n ; man., vi, 379 ; mill,
vi, 379 ; pk., vi, 379 ; Rom. Cath.,
vi, 380

Leagram Carr (Leagram), vi, 380 «
Leagram Hall (Leagram), vi, 380 ;

vii, 5 n, 6 n, 32
Leagrim, see Leagram
Lea Hall (Lea), vi, 292 ; vii, 76,

131

Leahead (Lea) , vii, 1 30 n

Leahead, Ad. de, vii, 130 w; Hen.
de, vii, 130 w

Lea Marsh (Lea), vii, 130 n

Learoyd, Rich., vii, 42, 60 n

Leatherbarrow, Eliz., vi, 113*1;
Will., vi, 113 «

Lea Town (Lea), vii, 129

Leaver, Abra., vi, 471 n ; see also
Lever

Lebbelay (Lebley) (Balderston), vi,
314, 317, 318

Leckhampton, Amery de, vii, 247 n ;
John de, vii, 247

Leckonby, Anne, vii, 64, 65 n,
279 n ; John, vii, 183 n, 278 n,
279 n ; Mary, vii, 65 n, 278 n,
279 n ; Rich., vi, 96 n ; vii, 65,
278, 279 n ; Will., vii, 64, 65 n,
278 n, 279 n ; — , vii, 272 ; fam.,
vii, 283, 284

Lee (Marsden), see Leigh

Lee, fam., see Lea, Legh, Leigh

Leeds and Liverpool canal, vi, 32,

36, 115

Lee Green (Burnley), vi, 447 n
Lee House (Thornley), vii, 32 ;

Rom. Cath., vii, 36
Leeming, Chris., vii, 199 n ; Thos.,

vi, 88

Lees, the (Hutton), vi, 68 n
Leferirley (Lea), vii, 130*1
Lefwin, see Leofwin
Legeard, John, vii, 85
Legh (Lee, Leghs, Ley, Leye), Ad.

de, vi, 49 n, 477 n, 480 ; Alesia

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Legh (cont.)

de, vi, 291 ; Alice de (de la), vi,
458, 458 n, 477 n, 481, 508*1,

509 n, 511 w, 540 »; Amabel
de, vi, 339 ; Anabil de la, vi,
214 M ; Anne, vi, 141, 212 n ;
Ant. K., vi, iigw; Blanche, vi,
30 n ; Cecily de (de la), vi, 457,

474 n, 508 n ; Clemence, vi, 540 n;
Edm. de, vi, 339 ; Edw. de, vi,
482 n ; Eliz., vi, 106 n ; Fleet-
wood, vi, 106 « ; Fran., vi, 540 n ;
Gilb. (de la, de, del), vi, 229, 315,
327 n, 397, 451 n, 456 n, 457,
458, 458 n, 470 n, 471, 472,

475 «, 476 n, 477 n, 480, 481,
485 n, 489, 507, 508, 509, 510 «,
511, 511 n, 519, 540 n; vii, 55 n ;
Henrietta M., vi, 106, 119 n ;
Isabel (del), vi, 143 n, 212 «,

510 n, 540 n ; vii, 286 ; Joan de
la, vi, no«; John de (del,
de la), vi, no«, 143, 212 n, 295,
315, 397 n, 410 n, 457, 472 n,
474 n, 475 «, 47^ «, 477 «, 480,
481 n, 485 n, 508, 510, 510 n,

539 n> 54° M I Kath. de la, vi,
315 ; Lawr. (de, de la), vi, 397 n,
457 », 458 n, 472 », 475 n, 477 w,
481 «, 510 n, 539 «, 540, 540 n,
543 ; Marg., vi, 481 n ; Margery,
vi, 406 n ; Matth. de, vi, 477 « ;
Maud de, vi, 163 n ; Mich, (de,
de la), vi, 455 n, 474 n, 480,
48071; M., vi, n8w; Nich., vi,
510 n, 540, 540 n ; Sir Pet., vi,
30 «, 95 n, non, in n, 150 n,
231 n ; Pet., vi, 106 n, 107, 107 «,
109 n, n8«, 119 n, 150 «, 151,
163 n ; Phil, de, vi, 291 ; Sir
Piers, vi, 292 n, 362 «, 363 n ;
Rich, (de, de la), vi, 106 n, 141,
151 n, 296, 481 n, 508 ; Rob., vi,
141 », 143 », 163 n, 212 «, 476 n,

540 «, 543 ; vii, 286 ; Rog., vii,
218; Thos. (de, de la), vi, i8»,
106 n, 181 », 451 n, 510 n, 540 n ;
Will de la, vi, 2i4«; Mrs., vi,
ii8«, 119; — , vi, ngn, 510,
524 n ; fam., vi, 50 «; vii, 102,
241 ; se£ also Lea and Leigh

Leghcroft, John de, vi, 469 n
Leghland (Extwistle), vi, 472 n
Leghshagh, brook, vi, 339
Lehalercarr (Clitheroe), vi, 365 «
Leicester, Rob., earl of, vi, 380
Leicester, Alice de, vi, 203 ; vii
105 n; Christiana de, vii, 321 n
Geo. F., see Tabley, Ld. de,
John de, vii, 321 « ; John F., see
Tabley, Ld. de ; Pet. B., vii
286 n ; Rog. de, vi, 68 «, 203
vii, 92 n, 105 ; see also Leycester
Leicester Abbey, vii, 305, 308 n,

313 n, 315, 333 n
Leigh (Marsden), vi, 536, 539 w
Leigh, the (Ribchester) , vii, 64 n
Leigh, Rev. A., vii, 104 n ; Dr.
Chas., vii, 182, 188 ; Chas., vi,
97 ; vii, 187 ; Claudia, vi, 267 ;
Dorothy, vii, 182 ; Ellen, vi,
35 «; Gilb. de la, vi, 391 ; Holt.,
vi, 216 n; John, vi, 35 n, 181,
295 ; vii, 323, 329 n ; Margery,
vi, 59 ; Mary, vi, 172 n ; Pet., vi,
483; Rich., vi, i io«; vii, 255 ;
Rob., vi, 391, 468 n; Rog., vi,
391 n ; Ruth, vi, 483 ; Theo-
philus, vii, 187 ; Sir Thos., vii,
185 n, 208 « ; Rev. Thos., vi,
440 ; Thos., vi, 59, 152, 153 ; vii,
329 n ; Rev. Will., vi, 267 ; Will.,
vi, 172 n, 1 86, 189 ; vii, 187 ;
— , vi, 217 ; fam., vi, 84 ; see also
Lea and Legh

Leighhouses (Ulnes Walton), vi,
no n

Leighton, Geo., vii, 245 ; Jas., vii,
245 ; see also Lay ton

Leirbreck, see Larbreck

Leising, vi, 187 »; vii, 54 n

Lekas, John, vi, 46 n

Lemon (Lemmon), Edm., vi, 296,
298 n ; vii, 98 n, 102 n ; Hen., vi,
296 ; Jas., vi, 296 ; John, vi, 296 ;
Ralph, vi, 296 ; Rich., vi, 24 n ;
Rob., vi, 26 n, 296 ; Will., vi,
296 ; vii, 102 n ; — , vii, 97 n ;
fam., vi, 28 ; see also Laghmon

Lemon House (Walton), vi, 296

Lench, Over, vi, 438 n

Lench, Will, de, vi, 240, 241

Lenches (Marsden), vi, 436, 536

Lennox, Gordon, fam., see Gordon-
Lennox

Lennox's Farm (Dutton), vii, i,

54

Lenot, see Levenot
Lenox, fam., see Lynalx
Lentworth (Over Wyresdale), vi,

250, 381 n ; vii, 150 n
Leofwin (Lefwin, Leofwine), vi,

264, 266, 291 n, 303, 398, 411,

413, 414 n, 417, 424, 538 «
Leonard, Chas. W., vii, 188
Leonard's Field (Burnley) , vi, 445 n
Lester and Pack, bell-makers, vi,

297
Letharum, Rob., vi, 485 n ; Will.,

vi, 485 n
Letherland le Hurst (Whittle), vi,

34 n

Letherwyte, tax, vii, 487 n

Lethnis, see Lichtness

Lethum, see Lytham

Levenot (Lenot), vi, 485 n ; vii,
130 n, 132 n

Levens, Rog., vii, 88 n

Lever, Ad. de, vi, 222, 276, 331 ;
vii, 209 n, 281 n ; Giles, vii,
233 n I Joan de, vi, 276; Kath.,
vii, 233 n ; Marg. de, vi, 222 n,
331 ; Nich., vi, 285 n ; Ralph, vi,
146 ; Rich, de, vi, 49 n ; Rob., vi,
216 n ; Rog. (de), vi, 49 n, 222 n ;
Will, de, vi, 276

Levesay, see Livesey

Leveson, Ellen, vi, 250 n

Levington, bar., vi, 304 n

Lewe, vii, 283 n

Lewebroc (Eccleshill) , vi, 279 n

Lewed, Margery de (the), vi, 209 n,
212 n; Rog. de (the), vi, 209 «,
212 n

Leweshaw, brook, vi, 339 n

Lewis, Rev. Evan, vi, 427 n

Lewth (Woodplumpton) , vii, 285

Ley (Cliviger), vi, 481 n, 553 »

Ley, fam., see Lea, Legh, Leigh

Leyburn (Leyburne), Anne, vi,
292, 391 »* ; vii, 309 n ; Geo., vii,
309, 310 ; Isabel, vii, 257 ;
Isolda de, vii, 316 n ; Jas., vii,
310 ; John, vi, 391 n ; vii, 257,
293 n> 3°9> 3ID ; Nich., vii, 310 ;
Rob. de, vii, 316 n ; Thos., vi,
292 ; bp., vii, 77 n, 312 n

Leycester, Dorothy, vi, 35 ; Geo.,
vi, 35 ; Hugh, vi, 383 n ; see also
Leicester

Leye, see Lea, Legh, Leigh

Leyland, vi, 1-17, 58 n, 452 ; vii,
72, 133 n, 160 n, 193 n ; adv., vi,
6> 58 n, 59 ; chant., vi, 9 ; char.,
vi, 9 ; ch., vi, 4, 26 n ; cross, vi,
10 ; fairs, vi, 10 ; ind., vi, 10 ;
mans., vi, i, 10, 62, 64 n ; Non-
conf., vi, 17 ; Rom. Cath., vi,
17 ; sch., vi, 9

Leyland, hund., vi, I

39°

Leyland (Layland), Ad. de, vi, n n,
15 ; Agnes de, vi, 15 n ; Alice de,
vi, n n, 15 n ; Anne, vi, 271 n ;
vii, 31 «, 139 M, 196 w, 208 n ;
Avice de, vi, 1 5 n ; Avina de, vi,
15 n ; Cecily de, vi, 15 ; vii,
101 n ; Chris., vi, non; Eliz.,
vii, 219 ; Emma de, vi, 15 « ;
Geoff, de, vi, n«; John (de),
vi, 15, 262 n; vii, 101 w, 275 «;
Kath. de, vii, 57 n ; Mabel de,
vi, 15 n ; Marg. de, vi, 15 n ; vii,
101 « ; Margery de, vi, 16 n ;
Maud de, vii, 101 n ; Osbert de,
vi, 62 n ; Ralph, vi, 153 n ; Rich,
de, vi, ii w, 15 n ; Rob. de, vi,
I5. !5 n, 16 n ; vii, 57 w, 260 n ;
Rog. de, vii, 101 n ; Thos. (de),
vi, n n, 15, 57 n, 262 «, 271 n ;
vii, 31 w, 101 n, 119 n, 139 n,
204 n, 208 n; Sir Will., vi, 271 n;
vii, 18 n, igon, 196 w, 208 n ;
Will, (de), vi, 244, 434*1, 435,
490, 491, 512 w, 515, 519, 520,
521, 542, 549 n ; vii, 31 n, 134 n,
260 n ; fam., vii, 35, 98 w, 161

Leyland Hall (Leyland), vi, 6, 15, 17

Leyland Moss, vi, 10

Leyland Old Hall (Leyland), vi, 16

Leyrebrec, see Larbreck

Leys, the (Elswick), vii, 282, 284

Leysinglands (Read), vi, 503

Leythlandhurst, see Letherland le
Hurst

Lichfield, bps. of, vi, 6, I3«, 86 «,
87 n, 240, 298, 312, 346, 356 n,
357. 357 », 369 », 498 n ; Geoff.
Blythe, vii, 265 n ; Walt, de
Langton, vi, 87, 384 ; vii, 264 ;
Will. Booth, vi, 145 n; Will, de
Cornhull, vi, 413 n

Lichtness, Hen. de, vi, 480 n ;
Jordan de, vi, 480 ; Mich, de, vi,
475 n, 480 n ; Rob. de, vi, 480 n ;
Sabina, vi, 480 n

Lickfold, Dorothy, vii, 190 n ; John,
vii, 190 n

Lickhurst (Goosnargh), vii, 191,
193 n

Lickhurst, Higher (Goosnargh), vii,
196

Lickow (Hackinsall) , vii, 257 n

Licol (Hackinsall), vii, 257 »

Lidgett (Colne), vi, 523

Lidulf, see Liulph

Lidum, see Lytham

Light Ash (Myerscough) , vii, 138

Lightfoot Green (Broughton), vii,
117

Light Hazels (Read), vi, 506 n

Lighthurst (Chorley), vi, 129

Lighthurst (Parbold), vi, 180, i8ow

Lighthurst, Hen. de, vi, i8o«;
Will, de, vi, 180 n

Lightshaw, man., vii, 280 n

Lightworkhouses (Broughton), vii,
119 n

Lilburne, Col., vi, 75 n

Lilford, Ld., vi, 104, 106, 116, 150,

151

Limbrick, vi, 213

Limefield (Brierfield) , vi, 537

Limestone Scarr (Thursden), vi, 471

Linacre, vii, 285

Linacre, Rich, de, vi, 225 n

Linalx, see Lynalx

Linbottiscroft (Mellor), vi, 262 n

Lincoln, hon. of, vii, 327

Lincoln, ctsses. of, vi, 377 n, 388,
391 w, 396, 412, 457, 471, 507,
545, 552, 558 ; vii, 2, 55 n ; Alice,
vi, 320, 327 ; vii, 168 ; Marg., vi,
284, 326, 327 ; earls of, vi, 18,
70 w, 103, 108, 208, 214 n, 217 n,
218 «, 231, 258, 270, 271, 273,

INDEX

Lincoln (cont.)

285, 291, 301, 332 n, 335, 345,
347 n, 36471, 369 w, 375, 394 n,
409 w, 410, 418, 507, 538 w, 545,
552 n, 558, 559 ; vii, 2, 5 n, 27 n,
33, 33 n, 52 n, 167 n, 168 n, 172,
177 n, 178 n, 200 n, 307 n ; Edm.
de Lacy, vii, 325 n ; Hen., vi,
60 n, 70 «, 131, 264, 314, 327,
332 n, 345, 430, 444 n, 455 n, 509,
555, SS^ n ; vii, 30 n, 166 n ;
John, vi, 193 n, 444 ; vii, 45 n

Lincoln, John de, vii, 41

Lindley (Lindelay), John de, vi,

241, 327
Lindley Close (Wrightington), vi,

174 n

Lindsay, bar., vii, 302

Lindsay, Ada de, vii, 301 n, 302 ;
Alice de, vii, 301 ; Christiana de,
vii, 302, 305, 316 n ; Gilb. de,
vii, 302, 309 n, 316 n ; Walt, de,
vii, 300 », 302 ; Will, de, vii,
300 n, 301, 302, 316 n, 318 n

Linedred (Marsden), vi, 537, 540

Linen manufacture, vi, 338 n ; vii,
150

Lingard (Lingart), Ad. de, vii, 48 n ;
Christiana de, vii, 183 », 320 n ;
Edm., vii, 320 n ; Ellen de, vii,
320 n ; Isolda de, vii, 320 « ;
Rev. Jas., vii, 42, 56 n ; John
(de), vii, 183 », 316 n, 320 n ;
Mabel de, vii, 183 « ; Petronilla
de, vii, 183 n ; Quenilda de, vii,
183 «; Rich, de, vii, 320 » ; Rob.
de, vii, 320 n ; Thos., vii, 138 n ;
Walt, de, vii, 320 n

Lingart (Garstang), vii, 315, 318,
320

Linlands (Eccleston), vi, 164 n

Linley, John, vi, 58 n ; Walt., vi,
58*1

Linley dough (Wrightington), vi,

175 n

Linney (Lyney), Randle, vi, 241,

242 n ; Rog., vi, 191 «
Linton, Will, de, vi, 262
Lionel, dk. of Clarence, vi, 101 n
Liscoe (Out Rawcliffe), vii, 273
L'Isle, Gerard de, vi, 101 n ; Mar-
gery de, vi, 101

Lister, Anne, vi, 560 n ; Ant., vi,
559 n, 560 n ; Bridg., vi, 539 n ;
Chris., vi, 30, 250 n, 285, 378 n,
470, 510 n, 523 n, 528, 539 n ;
Eliz., vi, 393 », 470 ; vii, 102 n ;
Ellen, vi, 30, 250 », 285, 378 « ;
Jane, vi, 560 n ; Joan, vi, 554 n ;
John, vi, 259, 500 n ; Kath., vi,
500 n ; Lawr., vi, 523 n, 537 «,
539, 549 », 559 « ; Rob., vii, 218 ;
Rosamond, vi, 306 ; Thos., vi,
367 n, 396, 463 n, 465 «, 493,
510 n, 526 n, 527 n, 554 n, 559,
560; Sir Will., vi, 383; Will,
(the), vi, 30, 306, 393 n, 470,
523 «, 528, 539 «, 559 n ; vii,
98 n, 102 n ; — , vi, 368 n, 524 n
Lithcarr (Marton), vii, 174 n, 242 n
Litherland, Rob. de, vi, 62 n
Lithum, Lithun, see Lytham
Litlton, Will, de, vi, 34 n
Litterbrittergate (Cliviger), vi, 480 n
Littlebury, Martin de, vi, 240 n
Littledale, Osborn, vii, 142
Little Furlong (Ribbleton), vii,

106 n
Little Harwood Hall (Little Har-

wood), vi, 251

Littlehead (Duxbury), vi, 211 n
Little Horseman's Hill, vii, 228 n
Little Law, mere, vi, 272 n
Little Mearley Hall, vi, 378
Little Mitton, fam., see Mitton

Little Mitton Hall (Little Mitton),
vi, 389

Little Moss (Longton), vi, 73 n

Little Poulton Hall (Poulton), vii,
227 n

Littlerode (Simonstone) , vi, 499 n

Littlewood (Ulnes Walton), vi, 13 w,
21 n, 108 ; man., vi, no

Littlewoodhey (Brockholes) , vii,
120 n

Liulph (Lidulf), vi, 65 ; rector of
Croston, vi, 87

Liverpool, vii, 286 n ; capture
(1644), vi, 135 ; man., vii, 129 ;
reservoirs, vi, 280

Liverpool, Geo. H. Brown, Rom.
Cath. bp. of, vii, 161

Liverpool, Joan (de), vi, 66 n, 140 n;
John, vi, 140 n ; Rob. de, vi,
66 n

Livesey, vi, 235, 284-9, 375 n, 408 ;
vii, 126 n ; char., vi, 284 ; ind.,
vi, 284 ; man., vi, 232, 284 ; Rom.
Cath., vi, 289

Livesey, Ad. (de), vi, 267, 284 n,
285 n, 287 n, 288 ; vii, 3 n ; Alex.,
vi, 285 n ; Alice (de), vi, 267, 269,
285, 286, 286 n, 401 n ; vii, 3»;
Anne, vi, 225 n, 285, 286, 401 ;
Avice de, vii, 3 n ; Cecily (de),
vi, 265, 285 ; Christiana, vi,
285 n ; Edm., vi, 285 « ; Eliz., vi,
48 n, 285 n, 286 ; vii, 229, 229 n ;
Geoff, de, vi, 281 n; Geo., vi, 285,
285 n, 288 n ; vii, 229 n ; Giles,
vi, 282 n, 285, 287, 401 ; Hawise
(Helewise) de, vi, 288 n ; vii, 33 n ;
Hen. de, vi, 285, 287 «, 288 ;
Hugh, vi, 285 n ; Isabel, vii,
2ii «; Jas., vi, 50 n, 268, 269,
278, 282 «, 285, 286, 286 n,
288 «, 401 »; vii, i8n; Jennet,
vi, 285 ; John (de), vi, 269,
269 », 282 n, 285, 286 n, 288,
288 «, 500 » ; John P., vi, 225 n ;
Jos., vi, 290 ; vii, 92 n ; Lawr.,
vi, 285 n; vii, 229, 229 w, 272 n ;
Marg., vi, 421, 500 n ; vii, 272 n ;
Margery de, vi, 287 n ; Mary, vi,
285, 286, 286 «, 287 ; Oliver, vi,
285 n ; Percival, vi, 285 n ; Porter,
vi, 286; Ralph (Randle), vi,
48 «, 285, 286, 286 n, 288, 318 ;
Rich, (de), vi, 46 «, 225 n, 285,
287, 288, 288 n; vii, 211 «;
Rob., vi, 225 n, 285 n, 288 ; Rob.
B., vi, 325 ; Rog., vi, 285 n ;
vii, 127 n ; Sarah, vi, 244 ; Thos.,
vi, 225 «, 241 n, 265, 267 n, 269,
285 n, 288 n, 329, 421 ; Will, (de),
vi, 281, 284-5, 286, 288, 298,
300, 420 ; vii, 3 n, 33 «, 48 «;
— , vi, 229 n ; fam., vi, 347 ;
vii, 65 n

Livesey-Bell, Rob., vi, 286

Livesey Fold (Over Darwen), vi,
270

Livesey Hall (Livesey), vi, 286

Liveshay, Livyesay, see Livesey

Lochard, Will., vi, 87

Lockfield (Whittingham), vii, 213 n

Lockhart, Capt., vii, 77 w

Lodge, the (Bowland), vi, 380 n

Lodge, the (Myerscough) , vii, 138

Lodge (Reedley), vi, 490

Lodge, riv., vi, 492

Lodge, Edm., vi, 104 n

Lodyat gate (Kirkland), vii, 313 «

Lofthouse (Lofthousum), Walt, de,
vii, 46 n, 59 n

Loghteburgh, see Lothburgh

Lohonis, vii, 229 n

Lomas, Geo., vi, 80 ; vii, 291 «

Lomax, Helen, vi, 341, 419 ; Jas.,
vi, 340, 341, 344, 419, 423 : John,

391

Lomax (con/.)

vi, 419 ; Mary, vi, 341, 419 n ;

Ralph, vi, 54 n, 277, 277 « ;

Rebecca, vi, 419 ; Rich., vi, 419 ;

Rich. G., vi, 340, 341, 419, 423 n ;

R., vii, 291 ; Thos., vi, 419 ;

Will., vi, 419 n ; — , vii, 123 ; fam.,

vi, 4J5
Lomclough, Matth. de, vi, 481 n ;

Poke de, vi, 480
Lomeshay (Marsden), vi, 537, 543 ;

mills, vi, 540 «
Lomeshay, Higher (Marsden), vi,

521
Lomeshay, Lower (Marsden), vi,

521, 540

Londe, Walt, de, vii, 318 n
London, Hen. Wingham, bp. of,

vii, 146 n

London, Nich. de, vi, n n
Long, Geo., vi, 399 n ; vii, 220 ;

Hen., vii, 19 ; see also Lang
Longbottom (Cuerden), vi, 24 n
Long Castlegate (Cuerden), vi, 24 «
Long Causeway (Cliviger), vi, 479
Longerygge, see Longridge
Longesnape cloht (Cuerdale), vi,

301 n

Longetre, see Langtree
Longfield (Church), vi, 402 n
Longfield (Lea), vii, 132 n
Longflat (Winkle y), vii, 13 n
Longflatt (Mawdesley), vi, 99 n
Longford (Goosnargh), vii, 198
Longford, A vice de, vi, 170%;

vii, 192 ; Dorothy, vi, 390 n ;

Hen. de, vii, 182 n, 192, 321 n ;

Nich. de, vii, 193 ; Nigel de, vi,

170 n ; vii, 192 ; Oliver de, vi,

170 n ; vii, 192 ; Rich., vi, 416
Long Leadenham (Lincoln), vii, 41 n
Longlegh, Longleigh, see Longley
Longley (Goosnargh), vii, 191,

192 «, 193 «
Longley (Longlegh, Longleigh),

Alex, de, vi, 303 ; Edm., vi,

298 n ; John de, vi, 303 ; Rog. de,

vi, 276*1; Thos., vi, 315 n; Will.

de, vi, 303 « ; see also Langley
Longley Hall (Goosnargh), see

Latus House

Long Marsh (Poulton), vii, 225
Longmoor (Garstang), vii, 304
Longridding, Rob. del, vi, 131 n
Longridge, vii, i, 15, 36, 37, 43,

54, 61, 66 n, 79 n, 207 ; ch., vii, 66
Longridge Fell, vi, 230 ; vii, I,

low, 20, 32, 45, 51, 54, 56
Longrodes (Freckleton) , vii, 168 n
Longshaw, brook, vii, 52 n
Longton, vi, n, 18, 52, 58, 58 n,

69-74 ; chap., vi, 55-6 ; char., vi,

56; ch., vi, 73; man., vi, 59,

62 n, 69 ; Nonconf., vi, 52, 74 ;

Rom. Cath., vi, 74 ; sch., vi, 56,

74

Longton, New, vi, 74

Longton, Abel de, vi, 70 n, 72 «;
Ad. de, vi, 72 n ; Agnes, vii,
125 « ; Alice, vi, 71 n ; Beatrice
de, vi, 72 n ; Edith de, vi, 62 n ;
Edw., vi, 69 n ; Geoff, de, vi,
62 », 72 n; Hugh, vii, 125 n ;
Isoude de, vi, 151 n; John (de),
vi, 69, 71 w, 72 n, 73 »; Lewis,
vi, 69 n, 70 n, 73 n ; Margery de,
vi, 70 n ; Maud de, vi, 151 n ;
Mich, de, vi, 70 n ; Rob. de, vi,
53 «, 70 n, 71 n, 72 «; Rog. de,
vi, 72 n ; Sibyl de, vi, 53 «, 70 n ;
Swain de, vi, 70 n; Thos. (de),
vi, 69 n, 71 «, 72 n ; Will, de, vi,
70 n, 71 n, 72 n, 151 n; see also
Langton

Longtonhey (Cuerden), vi, 27 n

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Longworth, vi, 272

Longworth, Ellen, vii, 267 ; Fleet-
wood, vii, 182 ; Isabella, vii,
272 ; Jas., vi, 19 ; John, vi, 23 ;
Ralph, vii, 264 n, 267, 271 n,
272 n, 320 n ; Rich., vii, 182,
272 « ; Solomon, vi, 323, 387 ;
Thos., vii, 272 n ; — , vi, 4 n

Lonsdale (Lonsdall), Eliz., vi, 415 ;
John, vi, 269 n ; Rob., vi, 499 n ;
Thos., vi, 269 «, 499, 499 n ; — ,
vi, 394, 499

Lord (Lort), Alex., vi, 438 ; Jas.,
vi, 437, 438, 439 ; Joan, vi,
438 n ; John, vi, 427, 438 n, 439 ;
Lawr., vi, 438, 439

Lord's Hall (Over Darwen), vi, 272

Lord's Ing (Come), vi, 536

Lorimer (Larrimer), Geo., vii, 126 n,
218; Jane, vii, 287 n ; Joan, vii,
31 n ; John, vii, 126 », 287 » ;
Will., vii, 31 n

Lort, see Lord

Lostock (Cuerden), vi, 27

Lostock, riv., vi, 10, 23, 29, 32,
47, 61, 75, 91, 108, now, 289

Lostock, Jas. de, vi, 24 «, 291 ,
291 n, 295 ; Magote (Margery)
de, vi, 295

Lostock Brow (Ulnes Walton) ,
cross, vi, 1 08 n

Lostock Hall (Wai ton -le -Dale), vi,
27, 289, 295 ; vii, 235 n

Lostockhey (Cuerden), vi, 26 n

Lothburgh (Loghte burgh) , Rich,
de, vi, 131 n, 134 n, 136 n

Lothresdene, Godf. de, vi, 548

Loucoks, Thos., vii, 4

Loud, riv., vi, 230, 379 ; vii, 20, 26,
29 «, 32, 34 n, 191

Loud (Lowd, Lowde), Edm., vi,
363 n ; vii, 18 n ; Edw., vii, 13 n ;
Isabel, vii, 18 ; Jas., vii, 18, 32 n,
152> I55n'> Joan, vii, 18 ; John,
vii, 18 ; Marg., vii, 15 n ; Rich.,
vii, 15 n ; Rob., vi, 511 n ; Thos.,
vii, 18 ; Will., vii, 15 n, 18

Loud Bridge (Thornley), vii, 32 n

Loudoun, earl, vii, 164 n

Loudscales (Goosnargh), vii, 191,
196 n, 206 «, 267

Louerd, Ad. le, vi, 335

Louersale, Will, de, vii, 297

Louis Philippe, king of France, vi,
210 n

Lourdes, Hen. de, archbp. of
Dublin, vii, 146 n

Louvre (Paris), Standish collection,
vi, 210 n

Love Clough (Higher Booths), vi,

433-4

Lovel, Maud, Lady, vi, 140 ; Lds.,

vi, 178 w, 310; John, vi, 140;

Will., vi, 305 ; Fran., vsct., vi, 304

Lovel (Lovell), Geo., vi, 423 n ;

John, vi, 140

Loveley (Wilpshire), vi, 335 n
Loveley Hall (Salesbury), vi, 256
Low Chapel (Walton -le-Dale), vi,

292, 297

Lowde, see Loud

Lowe (Low), Anne, vi, 35 n ; Chris.,
vi, 499 n ; Cuth., vi, 399 ; Ellen,
vi, 399 n ; Isabel, vi, 467 n ; Jas.,
vi, 467 n ; John, vi, 88 n, 153,
213 n, 399 n, 467 » ; Margery
del, vi, ii 7 n ; Mocock de, vi,
480; Rich, del, vi, 117 w; Rob.,
vi, 35 n> 396 n, 399 n ; vii, 17 »;
Thos., vi, 213 n ; Will., vi, 467 n,
499 n ; Dr. — , vi, 36 ; — , vi, 208,
499 ; see also Lowes
Lower Abbot House (Mellor) , vi, 263
Lower Alston Farm (Ribchester),
vii, 45

Lower Chorley Hall (Chorley), vi,

!34
Lower Cockden (Briercliffe), vi,

469
Lower Cross (Higher Booths), vi,

434

Lower End (Leagram), vi, 380 n
Lowerford (Barrowford), vi, 541
Lowergate (Clitheroe), vi, 361
Lower Gate (Twiston), vi, 558
Lower Green (Hapton), vi, 512 n
Lower Hall (Penwortham), vi, 60 n,

61

Lower Hall (Read), vi, 505, 506 n
Lower House ( Whittingham) , vii,

213
Lower Houses (Habergham Eaves),

see Thornhill Holme
Lower Oxgang (Pendleton), vi,

393 «

Lower Thornhill (Pendleton), vi,

394 w

Lowes, John, vi, 19 n, 23 ; Nancy,
vi, 19 n, lion, 164 n ; see also
Lowe

Lowick Hall (Salwick), vii, 165 n
Low Moor (Clitheroe), vi, 371
Loxham (Loxam, Loxum), Ad. de,
vi, 72 n ; Alice de, vi, 72 n,
154 «; Geoff, (de), vi, 70 «, 72 n ;
Isabel, vi, 72 «; Joan de, vi,

72 », 73 n ; John de, vi, 72 n ;
Margery, vi, 72 n ; Ralph, vi, 55,

73 n ; vii, 291 ; Rob. (de), vi,

69 n, Tin; vii, 224, 255, 259 ;
Rog. de, vi, 72 n ; Thos. (de), vi,
67, 72 n, 73 n ; Warine de, vi,
72 n ; Will, (de), vi, 55, 69 n,

70 », 72 n, 73 n, 74, 154 n ; W.,

vi, 74
Loynd, John, vi, 516 n ; Mrs. vi,

516 n

Lubley, Eliz., vii, 136 »
Lucas, Lady, vi, 421
Lucas, Anne, vii, 49 n ; Cecily, vi,

228 n ; Sir Chas., vi, 523 ; John,

vii, 199 « ; Rob., vi, 228 n ; Will.,

vii, 196 n
Lucas Green (Whittle-le-Woods) ,

vi, 32 n

Luck Field (Brockholes) , vii, 90
Lucy, Ada de, vii, 267 « ; Amabil

de, vii, 267 n ; Edm. B., vi, 210 n ;

Geoff, de, vi, 303 n ; Marg. L. M.,

vi, 210 « ; Rich, de, vii, 267 n
Ludecholis, see Loudscales
Lufclough, Lugheclogh, see Love

Clough

Luffeley Hall, see Loveley Hall
Lumb (Newchurch), vi, 437, 440
Lumland (Newton), vii, 166 n
Lumley, Sir John, vii, 301 ; Lucy

de, vii, 301 n ; Marm. de, vii,

301 n ; Sir Rob. de, vii, 301 n ;

Rob. de, vii, 301 n ; Thos., vii,

301 n ; — , curate of Pilling, vii,

334

Lummelade (Clayton -le-Dale), vi,
258 n

Lum Mills (Ribchester), vii, 51

Lumpton, Jas., vi, 113

Lund, vii, 137 n, 149, 161, 162 ;
chap., vii, 163 n, 165

Lund (Lunt), Ant., vii, 141, 206 n,
207 n ; John, vi, 100 n ; Maud
del, vi, 101 n ; Rich, del, vi,
101 n ; vii, 26 « ; Thos., vi, 80,
260; Will., vi, 79; vii, 175 w;
— , vii, 164 n

Lungridding (Church), vi, 402 n

Lungvilers, Eudo de, vi, 509 ;
John de, vi, 509

Lunt, see Lund

Lushington, Hen., vii, 184

Lusignan, Geoff, de, vii, 84 n

392

Lussell, Ad., vii, n6w; Chris., vi
324 ; Edw., vi, 325 ; vii, 98 n
Grace, vi, 325 ; Hen., vi, 325
John, vi, 324, 325 ; vii, 79 n
n6w; Kath., vii, 79 n ; Maud
vii, 79 n ; Rich., vii, 192 »; Thos.
vi, 324 ; vii, 79 n

Lutener, Rev. Will., vi, 313, 319

Lutwidge, Chas. R. F., vi, 163 ;
Hen., vi, 163 n ; Jane, vi, 163 n

Lyce (Church), vi, 402 n

Lydda, Rob. Gradwell, bp. of, vii,
161, 165 n, 330

Lydiate (Lydiate Leys) (Eccleston),
vi, 165 n, 167 n

Lydton, Will, de, vi, 34 n

Lymetrough (Gt. Harwood), vi, 340

Lymwelridding (Alston), vii, 63 n

Lynalx (Lenox, Linalx), Alex., vii
47 « ; Cecily, vii, 47 n ; Eliz.
vii, 39 n, 47 n ; Isabel, vii, 47 n
John, vii, 47, 48 n, 58 « ; Kath
(de), vii, 43 n, 47 ; Rich, (de), vii

47 n, 48 > n ; Rob., vii, 43 n, 47

48 n, 49, 50, 50 n, 56 n, 64 n
Thos., vii, i, 18, 39 n, 47 n, 48 n
Thurstan, vii, 47 n ; Will, (de)
vii, 43 n, 47 ; — , vii, i n

Lynerode (Little Marsden), vi,

459 n

Lyney, see Linney
Lynstanhurst (Hoghton), vi, 38 n
Lynstanhurst, Alan de, vi, 37 n

Alice de, vi, 37 n
Lynstede, Anne, vii, 197 «; John,

vii, 197 n

Lyolfscroft (Freckleton), vii, 168 n
Lysewy, Rog. de, vi, 369 n
Lytham, vii, 68, 71, 79 n, 129,
137 n, 149 n, 151, 165, 174,
213-8, 285 ; adv., vii, 217 ; char.,
vii, 219; ch., vii, 214 w, 215 n,
216; cross, vii, 214 «, 215 n ;
dock, vii, 80 ; grange, vii, 215 n ;
man., vii, 163, 164 n, 174 «, 214,
242; mill., vii, 214, 216 n ;
Nonconf., vii, 218 ; pk., vii,

215 ; pewter vessels, vii, 217 ;
Rom. Cath., vii, 219 ; sch., vii,
219 ; sundial, vii, 217 ; wards,
vii, 214

Lytham, John, vii, 223
Lytham Hall, vii, 145, 215, 219
Lytham Priory, vi, 69, 103, 103 n,
104 w, 107; vii, 92 n, 97, 132,
146 w, 156 w, 160, 168, 170 w,
171 n, 172, 174, 175 w, 215.

216 n, 217, 231 », 242, 271,
281 «, 285, 332, 332 n ; John de
Normanby, prior of, vii, 332 n

Lythe Carr, see Lithcarr
Lythegreyns, see Leagram
Lytton, Will, de, see Fitton
Lyvesay, see Livesey

Mabbeson, Hugh, vii, 100 n ; Rich..

vii, 100 n
Mabbott, Gilb., vii, 319 « ; Martha,

vii, 319 n

Mabholm (Chipping), vii, 29 n
Macclesfield, Chas., earl of, vii, 304
MacDiarmid, Mrs., vi, 413
Macdonald, Donald, vii, 78 n
Macdonnell, Jas., vii, 4 ; Myles,

vii, 14 w
McGrath, Rev, Hen. W., vi, 299,

313

McKean, John, vi, 154
Macrorie, Will. K., bp., vi, 426
Macy, — , vii, 264
Maden, John, vi, 440
Madman Hole (Trawden), vi, 551
Madoc, vii, 330 n

INDEX

Magdalene's Hospital (Preston), vii,

99 n
Maggeldesmedow-cliffe (Clayton-le-

Dale), vi, 258 n
Maggcson, see Magson
Maghull, vii, 169 «
Magnus, vii, 108, 179, 273
Magson (Maggeson), Hen., vii, 92 n ;

Maud, vi, 154 n ; Rob., vii,

92 n ; Rog., vi, 154 n
Maiden Cross (Cliviger), vi, 479
Maiden's House (Ribblcton), vii,

106 n
Mains (Mains Hall) (Singleton), vii,

183, 185, 1 86
Mainwaring, Eliz., vi, 376, 394 n ;

Sir H., vii, 32 ; John, vii, 286 n ;

Marg., vii, 286 n ; Rog., vi, 376,

394 n ; see also Manwaring
Maire, Hen., vii, 309 n
Makinson, Pet., vi, 31 «, 299
Makon, Jas., vi, 104 «
Malalis, fam., see Malsys
Malbisse, Rich., vi, 471
Malham (Mallum), Alice de, vi,

553 n ; John (de), vi, 536 n,

553 »

Malherbe, John, vi, 91, 92, 115,
1 1 6, 130 ; Mabel, vi, 92 n ; Thos.,
vi, 92 n

Malkin Fields (Goldshaw Booth),
vi, 515 n

Malkin Tower (Barrowford) , vi,
516, 520, 542

Malkin Yard (Colne), vi, 525 n

Malla, Edw. Dicconson, bp. of, vi,
1 86

Malley, Fran., vii, 141 n

Mallory, Thos., vi, 161

Mallum, see Malham

Malpas, Hen., vi, 87 n

Malsys, Ad. de, vi, 556 n ; Alice de,
vi, 556 n ; Rich, de, vi, 556 n ;
Will, de, vi, 556 n

Malt-kiln estate (Chipping), vii, 26 n

Malveysgate (Maluaysegate, Mal-
uesgate) (Clitheroe), vi, 365 n,
366 n, 368 n

Manchester, diocese, vi, 2

Manchester, Edw., vi, 358

Mancknowles, Manconhelis, see
Manknowles

Manehouse, see Mosney House

Manknowles, (Mancknowles, Man-
conhelis, Manknolls), Hen. (de),
vi, 538 n, 539; Jas., vi, 519;
John (de), vi, 519, 538 n, 539,
546 n ; Lawr., vi, 536 n, 539,
545 n ; Rob., vi, 519 ; — , vi,
524 n

Manlcy, Isaac G., vi, 31 n ; Rob.,
vi, 16 n

Manneby, Rob. de, vii, 13

Mansel, John, vii, 219 ; see also
Maunsell

Mansergh, Edw., vii, 253 n

Manwaring, Rev. Edw., vii, 165 ;
see also Mainwaring

Mapleton, John, vi, 160, 161

Marays, see Marsh

Marbury, Thos., vi, 106 n

March, Beatrice, vii, 173 n ; John,
vii, 114, 173 n ; see also Marsh

Marchden, see Marsden

Marcroft, — , vi, 426

Mare, Hen., vi, 69 n ; Isabel de
la, vi, 92 ; John de la, vi, 86 n,
92, 96 n, 97 n, 101 n, n6n,
154 «; Mabel de la, vi, 92 n ;
Marg., vi, 69 n ; Margery de la
vi, 70 n ; Maud de la, vi, 93
Sir Will, de la, vi, 120 n, 262
Will, de la, vi, 70, 71 n, 92, 95,
96 n, 130

Mare bonne (Chipping), vii, 29 n

Mareounsou, Will., vi, 107 n
Margaret, d. of Rich., vii, 159 n,

214, 286 n ; w. of Chris., vi, 107 n ;

w. of Hen., vi, 391 n ; w. of Rich.

the smith, vi, 92 n
Margaret Acre (Brockholes) , vii,

in n
Margaret-riding (Clayton-le-Dale) ,

vi, 258 n
Margery, vi, 391 n, 538 n ; vii,

160 n ; d. of Agnes, vi, 201 » ;

d. of Hen., vi, 103 n ; w. of Ad.,

vi, 397 n ', w. of Alan, vi, 154 « ;

w. of Alex., vii, 132 n ; w. of

Rich., vii, 285 n ; w. of Rob., vi,

15 n; w. of Sim. the clerk, vii,

100 n
Marhalgh, Alan de, vii, 133 n ;

Isabel de, vii, 133 n
Mariona, w. of Hen., vi, 201 «
Maritzburg, Will. Macrorie, bp. of,

vi, 426

Markedholme, see Martholme
Marketgate (Clitheroe), vi, 367 n,

577 n

Marketholme, see Martholme
Markets and Fairs, vi, 91, 120, 121,
143, M4. 237, 238, 247, 274, 291,
338, 339, 361, 364 n, 368, 426,
431, 436, 437, 439, 44J, 442,
443, 447, 492, 523 : vii, 27, 45,
5i, 72, 77, 9i, 92 », 93, 95, 90,
97 n, 151, 176, 184, 191, 251,
276, 302, 311, 312, 314 w
Marketstreet (Clitheroe), vi, 368 n
Markham, Cath., vii, 275 n ; Edw.,

vii, 275 n

Markland (Marklan), Alice de, vii,
i66n; Bertie, vii, 167; Rich,
de, vii, 1 66 n ; Will, de, vi,
201 n

Markpool, vi, 68 « ; vii, 172 n
Marland (Burnley), vi, 452
Marler, Hen. the, vii, 120 w
Marling, Lady, vii, 212
Marmyon, John, vii, 24 «
Marreys, see Marsh
Marsall (Marsden), vi, 540 n
Marsden (Great and Little), vi,
233 «, 307, 349, 356 », 361 n,
470 H, 489 n, 492, 522, 524,
524 n, 527, 528, 529 n, 530,
536-41, 543 n, 547, 551 n, 552 ;
bridges, vi, 537 ; ch., vi, 541 ;
coal-mines, vi, 537 ; convents,
vi, 541 ; cross, vi, 537 ; earth-
work, vi, 536 ; ind., vi, 537 ;
mans., vi, 232, 233 n, 537 ; mill,
vi, 539 n ; Nonconf., vi, 541 ;
quarries, vi, 537 ; Rom. Cath.,

vi, 541

Marsden (Merclesden, Merkesden),
Alice (de), vi, 407, 538 n ; Avice
de, vi, 544 ; Chris., vi, 265, 277 «,
302 n, 539 ; Edw., vi, 468 n,
527, 53°, 540 n; Ellen (de), vi,

526 n, 540 n ; vii, 92 n ; Gilb. de,
vi, 469%, 526 n, 538 n, 539 n,
544 n ; vii, 24, 24 n ; Grace, vi,

527 « ; Hen., vi, 142, 277, 277 n,
282, 539 ; vii, 65 n, 170 n ; Hugh,
vi, 48 n, 367 n ; Jas., vi, 283 n,
290, 367 n, 391 n, 526 n, 527 n ;
Jane, vi, 527 ; Janet, vii, 65 « ;
Jer., vi, 274 », 360 n ; John (de),
vi, 301, 494, 538 w, 539, 539",
544 ; vii, 24 n, 25, 25 n ; Lawr.,
vi, 527 « ; Marg., vi, 28 n, 48 n,

526 n, 527 n ; Miles, vi, 28 n,
265 ; Nich. (de), vi, 277, 526 n,

527 n ; Osbert de, vi, 537 ; Pet.
(de), vi, 407, 471 n, 537, 538 n ;
Ralph, vi, 272 n ; Rich, (de),
vi, 233 «, 277 n, 327 n, 379,
452, 471 n, 485 n, 519, 525 n,

393

Marsden (cont.)

526, 527, 537, 538, 539, 542,
544, 546 n ; vii, 34 n, 290 ; Rob.
(de), vi, 371, 396, 443, 52571, 526,
527^, 537, 538 n, 544 n ; Thos.,
vi, 181 ; Will, (de), vi, 269 n,
278, 283 n, 526 n, 538 n, 539,
546 « ; vii, 24 n, 191, 196, 292;
— , vi, 524 n ; fam., vi, 380 n

Marsden Edge (Burnley), vi, 447

Marsden Hall (Marsden), vi, 536,
538

Marsden Height, vi, 536, 537, 541 n

Marsden's tenement (Chipping), vii,
26 «

Marsey, Randle (Ranulf) de, vi,
199, 204, 208, 213, 217, 260 ;
Rog. de, vi, 204, 208, 213, 260 ;
fam., vi, 193 n, 276, 279

Marsh, the (Clifton-with-Salwick) ,
vii, 161

Marsh, the (Hutton), vi, 67 n

Marsh (Marays, Marreys), Alice del,
vii, 227 n ; Anne, vii, 229 n ;
Denis del, vii, 175 « ; Ellen del,
vii, 249 w ; Evan, vi, in ; Geo.,
vii, 5 n ; Hen., vii, 229 n ;
Humph., vi, now, in; John
(de, del), vi, in; vii, 154 n ;
Nich. del, vii, 154, 175 n, 227 n,
249 n ; Rob. de (del, de la), vii,
inn, 226 n, 227 n ; Rev. — , vi,
181 n ; see also March

Marshal (Marshall), Alan the, vii,

100 n ', Alex, the, vii, 100 n ;
Alice, vi, 66 n ; vii, 100 n ; Cecily,
vii, 100 n ; Christiana, vii, 92 n ;
Eliz., vi, 492 n ; Fred., vi, 57 ;
Grace, vi, 398 ; vii, 101 n ; Guy,
vi, 495 n ; Hen., vi, 492 n ; vii,
284 n ; Jas., vi, 398 ; vii, 101 n ;
John (the), vi, 395 n, 495 n ; vii,
79 n, 92 n, 100 n ; Lawr., vii,

101 n ; Maud, vii, 252 n ; Milla,
vii, 100 n ; Rich, (the), vi, 66 w,
398 n, 492 n, 494 n, 495 n ; vii,
89 n, 92 n, 100 n ; Thos., vi, 493,
496 n; Will, (the), vi, 57, 377,
398 n ; vii, 73 n, 74, 100 n, 252 «

Marshey, the (Simonstone) , vi,
498 n, 500 n

Marshford, Rob., vii, 24

Marsh House (Elston), vii, 115

Martel, Marg., vi, 390 ; Rog., vi, 390

Marten, see Martin

Martholme (Gt. Harwood), vi,
122 n, 338, 339 », 340, 341-2;
mill, vi, 340, 418

Martin (Marten), Alice, vii, 211 n;
Cecily, vi, 64 n ; Rev. Edw., vi,
74 n ; Edw., vi, 55 ; Jas., vi,
64 n ; vii, 86, 87 ; John, vi, 237 n,
416 ; Lancelot, vii, 211 «; Matth.,
vi, 32; Rich., vi, 167 n ; Thos.,
vi, 239 « ; — , vii, 65 n

Martindalc, Ad., vi, ij6n; Pet.,
vi, 151

Martin mere, see Marton mere

Martin of St. Felix, see Woodcock,
Ven. John

Marton, vii, 213 n, 214, 215 n, 219,
222 n, 225, 229 n, 235 n, 239-42,
242 », 249 n ; chap., vii, 224,
242 ; char., vii, 225 ; ch., vii, 242 ;
mans., vii, 163, 164 n, 236 n, 240 ;
mkt., vii, 240 ; Nonconf., vii, 242 ;
Rom. Cath., vii, 242 ; sch., vii ,225

Marton, Gt., vii, 165, 239, 240, 247

Marton, Little, vii, 165, 176 n, 177,
239, 240*1; man., vii, 163, 164 n,

241 ; sch., vii, 242

Marton, Ad. de, vii, 240, 241 w,

242 n ; Alice de, vii, 240 » ;
Beatrice de, vii, 234 n ; Chris.,
vi, 494 w; Hen. (de), vi, 546 n ;

5°

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Marton (cont )

vii, 241 n ; Hugh de, vii, 240 n ;
John, vii, 123 ; Marg. de, vii,
240 n ; Margery de, vii, 234 n,

240 n, 241 n ; Matth. de, vii, 240 ;
Mich, de, vii, 240 n ; Paul de,
vii, 241 n ; Rich, de, vii, 234 n,
240, 241 n, 242 n ; Steph. de, vii,

241 n ; Thos., vi, 56 n ; Will, de,
vii, 234 n, 240, 241 n, 242 n ;
Col., vii, 128

Marton Green farm (Marton), vii,
225

Marton (Martin) mere, vi, 106, 115,
116 n ; vii, 176 n, 238 n, 239, 240 ;
fishery dispute, vi, 106 n, 117 n

Marton Moss (Blackpool), vii, 251

Mary, queen, vii, 59 n, 153, 248 n

Maryden, John, vii, 24

Masca, see Myerscough

Mascroft, Will., vi, 182 n

Mascy, see Massey

Mason (Mayson, Mazon), Alice, vii,
287 n ; Anne, vii, 154 n ; Cuth.,
vii, 154 n ; Eliz., vii, 287 n ;
Greg., vii, 154 n ; Hen., vii,
134 n ; Hen. W., vii, 148 ; Hugh,
vii, 154 n ; Jas., vi, 17*1, 146,
296 ; Jane, vii, 287 n ; Marg. le,
vi, 390 ; vii, 30 n, 154 n, 159 n ;
Pet., vi, i66n ; vii, 121 n, 154 n,
170 n; Ralph, vii, 154 n; Rich.,
vi, 102 n ; vii, 154 n, 159 n ;
Rob., vii, 30 n, 287 n ; Rog. le,
vi, 390 ; Will., vi, 148, 192 ; vii,
58 n

(Mascy, Massy, Massye) ,

Massey
Alice,

vi, 292 n

Edw., vi, 1 60 ; Ehz., vii, 307 n ;

Ellen,
292 n

vii, 249 «

Hamon, vi,

vu, 249 n

Jas., vi, 65 ; vii, 227 n,

231, 231 n, 239 n, 249, 307 n ;

John, vii, 119 n, 227*1, 231 n,

241 n, 249 n ; Ralph, vii, 201 n ;

Rich., vi, 292 n
Master, Anne, vi, 89 ; Edw., vi, 119,

128 ; Eliz., vi, 89, 90 n, 406 n ;

Gilb. C., vi, 147 ; G. S., vi, 89 ;

Jas. S., vi, 147 ; John W.,- vi,

147 ; Legh, vi, 86 n, 89 ; Marg., vi,

85 n, 86 n, 89 n ; Oswald, vi, 89 ;

Penelope, vi, 85 ; Rob., vi, 86 n,

89, 119 n, 128, 406 n ; Rev. Rob.

M., vi, 85, 89, 119, 452, 482 n ;

Rev. Streynsham, vi, 85, 86 n, 89,

90 n, 93, 114, 119 ;—, vi, 452
Master-Whitaker, Rev. A., vi, 86,

482 n ; Mary C., vi, 482 n
Mather, Joan, vi, 217 n\ Reg., vi,

221 n
Matshead (Mateshead) (Claughton),

vii, 324, 329 n ; paper-mill, vii,

330
Matthew, vi, 480

vii, 264, 296 n
Matthew, Tobias (Toby), archbp.

of York, vii, 14
Matthews, Rev. Jas., vi, 452 ; Jas.,

vi, 358, 516, 558 ; — , vii, 188 n
Matthewson (Mawson), Ad., vi,

504 n ; Rich., vi, 493 ; Rog., vi,

504 n
Maud, vii, 180 n,

Godwin, vii, 45 n

105 n, 109 n ; d. of Ivette, vii,

98 n ; d. of Rich., vii, 285 ; w. of

Alex., vii, 209 n ; w. of Ellis, vii,

169 n ; w. of Grimbald, vii, 192 n ;

w. of Rob., vi, 66 n; w. of Will.

the fisher, vi, 166 n ; w. of Will.

the marshal, vii, 252 n
Maude, Fred., vii, 67
Maudlands (Preston), vii, 74 n,

79 n, 163 n
Maudsley, see Mawdesley

the physician,

33in; d. of
d. of Hen., vii,

Maudson (Mauldeson), John, vii,

3i «, 33

Mauleverer, Kath., vii, 280 n ; Sir
Pet., vii, 280 n ; Rich., vi, 254 ;
Sibyl, vi, 254

Maulke, vi, 548

Maunsell (Mauncel), Edm., vii, 62 n ;
Eliz., vi, 377 n ; Marg., vi, 296 ;
Rich., vi, 296 ; see also Mansel

Maurice, vii, 31, 31 n ; abbot of
Evesham, vi, 65 ; abbot of Kirk-
stall, vi, 480 n

Maw, Mrs., vi, 413

Mawdesley, vi, 81, 86 n, 91 », 96-
100 ; char., vi, 90, 91 n ; man., vi,
97; Nonconf., vi, 100 ; Rom.
Cath., vi, 100 ; sch., vi, 89, 100

Mawdesley (Maudsley), Ad. de, vi,
97 n, 98 n ; Alan de, vi, 97 n ;
Alex, vi, 97 w, 166, 168 ; Alice de,
vi, 97 n ; Benet de, vi, 93 n ;
Chris., vii, 32 ; Dorothy, vii,
226 n ; Edw., vi, 97 n, 285 n ;
Eliz., vi, 285 n ; Emma (de), vi,
429 n, 456 n ; Hen. (de), vi, 97 n,
272 n, 367 n ; vii, 31, 32 ; Hugh
de, vi, 97 n ; Jas., vi, 100 n ;
Joan de, vi, 97 n ; John de, vi,
97 n, 98 « ; Kath., vi, 398 n ;
Marg., vi, 100 n ; Ottwell, vi,
97 n ; Pet., vi, 204 ; Ralph de,
vi, 97 n ; Rich, (de), vi, 97 n,
174 n ; Rich. H. de, vi, 97 n ;
Rob., vi, 97 n, 98, 100 ; vii,
226 n ; Rog. de, vi, 97 n ; Rev.
Thos., vi, 97 ; Thos. (de), vi,
88, 94 n, 97 », 166 n, 167 n ;
vii, 24 n, 25, 204 n ; Thurstan,
vi, 72 «, 97 n, 167, 239, 273,
398 ; Will, (de), vi, 97 n, 98, 100,
177 n, 429 n, 456 « ; Will. H. de,
vi, 97 n ; — , vi, 74 n ; fam., vi,
17, 158, 246 n

Mawdesley Hall, vi, 97, 98

Mawson, see Matthewson

May, Edw., vi, 214 n ; Jas. W. S.,
vii, 259 ; set also Mey

Maycrarth (Shevington) , vi, 202 n

Mayfield, John, vii, 222 n, 239 ;
Mary, vii, 239 n ; — , vii, 164 n

Mayhew, Perceval S., vi, 210 ; Walt,
vi, 210 n

Maynard, Dorothy, Lady, vii,
286 n ; Eliz., Lady, vii, 287 ;
Banastre, Ld., vii, 286 n, 287 ;
Will., Ld., vii, 286 n, 287 n

Maynes, the (Euxton), vi, 19 n

Maynes, the (Walton), vi, 296

Mayridding (Ribchester), vii, 47 »

Mayson, Mazon, see Mason

Meadowcroft (Church), vi, 402 n

Meadowcroft, Ad. de, vi, 200 n ;
Nich. de, vi, 406 n ; Rich., vi,
23 ; Rog. de, vi, 482 n

Meadowgate (Rawcliffe), vii, 268

Meadowlache (Simonstone), vi,
499 «

Meadowtop (Accrington), vi, 423

Meanwood (Wrightington), vi, 175 n

Mearley, vi, 349, 375-79, 555 n,
55.8, 559, 559 n ', mans., vi, 375 ;
mill-, vi, 375 n, 377 n, 378 n

Mearley, Gt., vi, 356 n, 375, 376 n,
379 n, 504, 555 n

Mearley, Little, vi, 356 n, 375, 377

Mearley, Ad. de, vi, 375 ; Agnes
de, vi, 365 n, 375 ; Eve de, vi,
375 n ; Hugh de, vi, 377, 559 n ;
Lawr. de, vi, 559 n ; Ralph de,
vi, 375 n, 559 n ; Steph. de, vi,
365 n, 375 ; see also Morley

Mearley Bank (Mearley), vi, 378 n

Mearley Hall, vi, 376

Mears, T., vi, 354, 450, 517, 533 ;
vii, 23, 82, 295

394

Mears & Co., vi, 186, 239, 354,

370; vii, 40, 145, 217
Mears & Stainbank, vi, 54, 342,

495 ; vii, 123, 203, 217
Meath, Rich, de, vii, 229 n
Meatham, Rev. Edw., vi, 435 n
Medcalfe, see Metcalfe
Medgeall, fam., see Midgehalgh
Medholme (Lytham), vii, 216 n
Medlar (Medlar-with-Wesham) , vii,

108, 143, 143 M, 144, 144 «, 150,

153-7, i?6 », 1.79, 182 w, 187 »,

196 n ; man., vii, 153
Medlar, Eda de, vii, 153 n ; John

de, vii, 157 n ; Margery de, vii,

157 n ; Rog. de, vii, 153 n ; Sim.

de, vii, 157 n ; Will, de, vii,

157 n

Medulache (Read), vi, 503 n
Meger, Ad. le, vi, 507 n ; Thos. le,

vi, 507 n

Mekes (Lea), vii, 130 n
Mekmyr (Nether Wyresdale), vii,

302 n

Meldrum, Sir John, vii, 144 n
Meleire, see Mellor
Meles, see Meols
Melling, vi, 419 w
Melling, Eiiz., vii, 324 n ; Jas., vii,

117 ; Mary, vii, 136 n ; Will., vi,

143 »

Mellor, vi, 235, 260-3, 278, 319,
555 n ; vii, 49 n, 50 n ; char., vi,
244 ; ch., vi, 263 ; man, vi, 260,
378 M ; mill., vi, 262 n ; Rom.
rem., vi, 260

Mellor, brook, vi, 260, 263,313
Mellor (Meleire, Meluer, Meluir) ,
Emmota de, vii, 30 n ; Hen. de,
vi, 262 ; Hugh de, vi, 262 ; John
de, vi, 262, 263 n ; Rich, de, vi,
262 ; Rob. de, vi, 262, 263 n ;
Rog. de, vi, 262 n ; Will, do, vi,
262, 345
Mellor Brook (Samlesbury), vi,

260, 303

Mellor Moor, vi, 251, 260
Meluer, Meluir, see Mellor
Menegate (Cliviger), vi, 485 n
Meneriding (Whittle), vi, 36 n
Menerode (Cliviger), vi, 485 n
Meols, North, vi, 58 n, 59
Meols (Meles), Ad. de, vi, 7 n ; vii,

168 n, 169 n, i8ow, 315 n; Ad. W.
de, vi, 7 ; Alan de, vii, 169 n ; Alice
de, vii, 227 n ; Gilb. de, vii, 168,

169 n ; Hugh de, vi, 62 n ; John
del, vi, ii n, 62 n, 256 ; Margery
de, vii, 1 68 n, 169 n ; Matilda
del, vi, 256 ; Will, de (del), vi,
7, ii «, 62 ; vii, 169 n, 227 n

Mercer, Alex., vi, 342 ; Alice, vii,
161 n ; Chris., vi. 499 n ; Edw.,
vi, 342 ; vii, 161 ; Eliz., vii, 161 « ;
Ellen, vi, 340 n ; Isabel, vi, 499 n ;
John, vi, 161, 338; vii, 159 n,
161, 320 n ; Mary, vi, 161 n ; vii,
304 n ; Rich., vi, 499 ; Rob., vii,
174 n; Rob. C., vi, 344, 416;
Thos., vi, 95 n, 99 n, 161, 367 n,
432 n ; vii, 304 n ; Will., vi, n n,
342 ; vii, 161 n ; — , vi, 340
Merchat, tax, vii, 487 n
Merclesden, see Marsden
Merclie (Lea), vii, I3O«
Merclisden, see Marsden
Mere, the (Salesbury), vi, 253
Mere, Anne, vi, 476 n ; John, vi,
476 » ; Jordan de la, vii, 234 n ;
Rich, de la, vii, 234 n ; Thos. del,
vii, 234 n

Mere Brow (Tarleton), vi, 115
Merecliff (Hothersall), vii, 65 n
Mere Clough (Cliviger), vi, 479 ;
vii, 27 «, 141 n

INDEX

Mereclough, Mocock del, vi, 480 ;

Rob. de, vi, 481 n ; Will, de, vi,

481 n
Mereclough Eilsy (Salesbury), vi,

253*

Meregatelache, see Mergelache
Meregrene (Pendleton), vi, 393 *i
Mere Hole Well (Accrington), vi,

423
Merelache (Clayton -le-Moors), vi,

417*1, 418

Merelich (Lea), vii, 130*1
Merepool, see Markpool
Mereslack (Trawden), vi, 552
Mereton, Meretun, see Marton
Mergelache Clough (Clayton-le-

Moors), vi, 417 «, 418
Merivale Abbey (Warws.), vi, 150 ;
Rob. de Oke thorp, abbot of, vi,
150 n ; Will., abbot of, vi, 150
Merkelstene, Merkesden, see Mars-
den
Merlay, Merlee, Merleye, see

Mearley

Merrick, John, vii, 18 n
Merrick's Hall (Bailey), vii, 19
Merryloft, Geo., vi, 56 n
Merseland (Church), vi, 402 n
Mershey, see Marshey
Merstalknoll (Walton-le-Dale), vi,

290

Merstholme (Lea), vii, 130 *i
Mersyke (Chipping), vii, 29 *i
Merton, par., see Marton
Merton, Walt, de, vii, 84
Merton College (Oxf.), vii, 84 n
Metcalfe (Medcalfe), Chris., vii,
282 n ; Jas., vi, 274 »i, 416 ; vii,

3i «

Methodists, vi, 17, 32, 49, 65, 74,
81, 96, 108, 114, 119, 147, 154,
171, 178, 199, 203, 229, 248,
257, 275, 275 n, 278, 289, 300,
344, 348, 371, 372, 373, 387,
409, 423, 427, 435, 436, 440-1,
452, 453, 468, 473, 496, 519,
535, 54i, 544, 552 ; vii, 103, 179 »,
237, 251, 276, 291

Methop, see Mythop

Meuland, Rog. de, vi, 240 *i

Mey, Maud, vi, 538 n ; Rob., vi,
538 ; Will., vi, 538 ; see also
May

Meynell-Ingram, Mrs., vii, 237

Meynil, Hugh de, vi, 92 n

Michael, vi, 457 ; the clerk, vii,
252 n ; the reeve, vii, 256 n ;
the stock-keeper, vi, 424

Michael Kirk (Upper Rawcliffe),
vii, 267

Micheles-cherche, see St. Michael-
on-Wyre

Michell, Cath. C., vi, 167 ; Jas. C.,
vi, 167 ; Rev. Will., vi, 167,
1 68 n ; see also Mitchell

Mickle brook (Goosnargh), vii,

193"

Micklefal (Balderston), vi, 313
Micklehey (Church), vi, 402 n
Micklehey (Rishton), vi, 346
Micklehurst (Habergham Eaves) ,

vi, 454

Micklesykecarr (Longton), vi, 71 *
Miclelhalgh (Charnock), vi, 207 *
Middelarghe, Middelerwe, ste

Medlar
Middelrotheclyue, see Rawcliffe,

Middle

Middesholme (Dutton), vii, 57 n
Middilhargh, see Medlar
Middleforth Green (Middleforth) ,

(Penwortham), vi, 57 n, 58 *i,

61 n ; char., vi, 56 *» ; ch., vi, 61 ;

Nonconf., vi, 61
Middleforth moor, vi, 61 n

Middlehill (Habergham Eaves), vi,

457

Middlehurst, Jas., vii, 82 n
Middlemore, Margery de, vi, 480,

482 n ; Will, de, vi, 480, 482 n
Middle Raw cliff..-, see Rawcliffe,

Middle
Middleton (Goosnargh), vii, 191 ;

man., vii, 196
Middleton, Ad. de, vii, 235 n ;

Agnes (de), vii, 100 n, 173 n.

235 n ; Alan de, vii, 235 n ; Alice

de, vii, 177 n ; Geo., vii, 159,

159 n, 201 n ; Gervase, vii, 159 *i,

J73, I73f|J Hen. de, vi, 366;

Hugh de, vii, 192 ft, 196 n ; Jas.,

vi, 556 n ; John (de), vi, 556 * ;

vii, loo n ; Pat. de, vii, 196 n ;

Rich, de, vii, 196 « ; Rob., vii,

74, 75 »> I73«, 177*, 196*1,
328 n ; Rev. Thos., vi, 313 ; Thos.,
vii, 159 n. 201 n
Middleton Hall (Goosnargh), vii,

197

Middle wood (Chatburn), vi, 373 *i

Middleyard (Ightenhill Park), vi,
48811

Midehope, see Mythop

Mideste Routheclif, see Rawcliffe,
Middle

Midgehalgh (Medgeall, Midgeall,
Midgehall, Migehalgh, Migel-
halgh, Miggehalgh, Mighall),
Ah'ce, vii, 199 n ; Edw., vii, 128 n,
199, 205, 205 n ; Ellen, vii, 128 *»,
199 * ; Geo., vi, 67 n, 73 *» ; vii,
128 n, 199, 205 n ; Marg., vii,
199 n ; Rob. (de), vi, 66 «, 72 n,
73 n ; vii, 128 *, 195 n, 199,
199 «, 288 « ; Thos. de, vi, 66 » ;
Will., vii, 199 n ; Rev. — , vi,

333"
Midge Hall (Leyland), vi, 10 ;

Nonconf., vi, 17
Midgehall, fam., see Midgehalgh
Midgeley (Midgley, Mygeley), Rob.,

vi, 259 n, 549 ; Thos., vi, 531 n
Midghalgh (Myerscough), vii, 138,

139 *, M1

Midgrum Holme (Trawden), vi, 552
Midhope, fam., vii, 174*1
Migehalgh, Migelhalgh, Miggehalgh,

fam., see Midgehalgh
Miggylund (Lytham), \ii, 215 n
Mighall, fam., see Midgehalgh
Mikel, brook (Clayton-le-Dale), vi,

258*1

Mikelbroc (Dinckley), vi, 336
Mikelfal (Sunderland), vi, 320
Mikelridding (Myke bidding), John

del, vi, 336 ; Will, de, vi, 337
Mikerode (Simonstone), vi, 499 n
Milanesmur (Carleton), vii, 229*1
Mill, brook, vi, 192, 556*1; vii, 192 n
Millard, Ernest T., vii, 291
Millbridge, vi, 477 n
Mill Carr (Lea), vii, 130 n
Mille, vii, 130 n
Mill End (Newchurch), vi, 441
Miller, Gilb. the, vi, 335 n ; John,
vii, 179 », 296, 310 ; Jos., vii,
136 n ; Rob. the, vii, 268 ; Thos.,
vi, 167 n ; vii, 97 n, 138 *i, 178 »,
185 ; Thos. H., vii, 178, 185,
1 88, 239*1; Will, the, vii, 268;
see also Milner
Miller, Burys & Co., vi, 513
Miller park (Preston), vii, 91
Miller's Barn (Waterfoot), vi, 440
Millfield (Lea), vii, 130*1
Millfield (Speke), vi, 206 *»
Mill Furlong (Lea), vii, 132 n
Mill Hill (Kirkham), vii, 150
Mill Hill (Livesey), vi, 263, 284
Mill Hill (Whithalgh), vi, 289

395

Millholme (Ulnes Walton), vi, 91 n
Millington, Anne, vi, 93 n, 94 n ;

N., vi, 94 n ; Rich., vi, 93 n
Millom (Millum), Avice de, vii,

92 n, 229 n, 285 n ; Rob. de, vii,

215 * ; Will, de, vii, 92 *i, 229 it
285*

Mills, vi, 18, 66 n, 67 n, 68, 68 n,
loo n, 142, 183, 253 n, 262 n,
264 n, 269, 270, 272 *, 277,
277 n, 279, 301 », 302 n, 313, 326,
328, 336, 338, 339 »«, 340, 345*1,
364*1, 367, 372, 372*1, 375 n,
377", 378 n, 379, 384, 393,1,
397 », 400 n, 401 n, 402 n, 406 «,
407, 418, 424, 428, 428 n, 431,
439 «, 441 «, 443, 447 », 459 *,
472» 477 »», 479, 488, 489, 489 «,
490, 491, 493, 497 », 498, 499,
507*1, 508 «, 510 », 515, 521,

524, 539 «, 54°, 540 », 543, 543 *,
545, 546, 551, 552 «, 553, 554 «,
559 n; vu, 13, 13*1, 14 n, 16*,
27 «, 50, 79 », 92 n, 94 n, 100 *,
102 n, 106, 107*1, 109 n, 112*1,
114 n, 115 n, n6n, n8», 119 n,
125 », 127, 128 n, 136, 152,
152 n, 201, 209*1, 211, 214,
216 «, 268, 270 n, 273 n, 278,
280 n, 281 *, 283 n, 284, 284 n,
292, 293 n, 302 *i, 303, 314

Mills, Arth. E., vi, 496

Millson, — , vi, 178

Millstones, Old (Ashton), vii, 77 n

Millum, see Millom

Millward (Mihvard), Anselm, vii,
205 n ; — , vi, 365 n

Milne, brook, vi, 338

Milne, John del, vii, 136 n

Milneclough, vii, 59 n

Milne croft (Heath Charnock), vi,

216 «

Milnedey (Simonstone), vi, 499 n

Milne pool (Layton), vii, 223 n

Milner (Eccleston), vi, 165 n

Milner, Isaac W., vi, 52 ; Rev. John,
vii, 23 ; John, vii, 25, 26 ; Kath.,
vi, 74 n; see also Miller

Milneriding, le (Balderston), vi, 313

Mihiholme (Button), vii, 55

Milnshaw (Accrington), vi, 423,
425*

Milnshaw Park (Accrington), vi, 426

Mil ward, see Millward

Mincepitt well (Preston), vii, 96 n

Mmshull, fam., vi, 84 n

Minspit Weind (Preston), vii, 89 n

Miresco, Mirescowe, see Myers-
cough

Mirre, vii, 96 n, 100 n

Mirrell (Chatburn), \-i, 372 n

Mirreson, Ad., vii, 99 n ; Christiana,
vii, 98 n ; Hen., vii, 98 n ; Mar-
gery, vii, 99 n ; Rog., vii, 99 n ;
Will., vii, 99 n

Mirscho, see Myerscough

Mischief night, vii, 27 n

Mitchcock, John, vi, 371

Mitchell (Mitchel), Eliz., vi, 528 n ;
Hen., vi, 528 n ; Jas., vi, 542 n ;
John, vi, 521, 530; vii, 14*;
Nich., vi, 528 «, 530 ; Pet., vi,
528 n ; Sarah, vii, 14 n ; Will., vi,
440; Rev. W., vi, 164*1; — , vi,
524 n ; see also Michell

Mitchellfield Nook (Newchurch) ,
vi, 439 *

Mitholme (Hap ton), vi, 510 n

Mithop, see Mythop

Mitton, Gt. (Yorks), vi, 375 n ; vii,
2, 8n

Mitton, Little, vi, 230, 234, 349,
356 n, 357, 388-91; vii, 321,
321*1, 322; char., vii, 20*1;
man., vi, 388, 395

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Mitton (Little Mitton), Ad. de, vi,
379 », 388 n ; Alice de, vi, 389 ;
vii, 33 « ; Amabel de, vii, 15 ;
Anabil de, vii, 2 ; Beatrice de, vii,
192, 324 n ; Bern, de, vii, 92 n ;
Cecily de, vii, 15, 33 n ; Denise
de, vii, 3 ; Geo., vii, 298 ; Hawise
de, vii, 168 n ; Hen., vi, 388 *»,
520, 542 n, 545 n ; Hugh de, vi,
47 n ; vii, 2, 4, 33 n, 168 n, 182 «,
192, 272, 321, 322 n, 323 «,
324 n, 330 «, 369 « ; Joan de, vii,
330 n ; John (de), vi, 391 n ;
vii, 2 n, 15, 15 n, 33 ; Jordan de,
vi, 375 »» ; vii, 2 », 3, 4, 15, 33 ;
Margery de, vi, 389 ; vii, 2, 15 «,
192 n, 322 n ; Maud de, vii, 272 ;
Nich. de, vii, 16 n ; Sir Ralph
de, vi, 388 n ; vii, 192 n ; Ralph
de, vi, 284 ; vii, 2, 3, 13, 15 n,
17> 33 M> *92 w, 322 n, 324 n,
375 « ; Rich., vi, 388 « ; Rob.
(de), vi, 388 n, 404 ; vii, 2, 4, 13,
13 n, 192 n ; Rog. (de), vi, 520 ;
vii, 15, 33 « ; Steph. de, vi, 388 n ;
Will, (de), vi, 394 n, 520 ; vii,
16 n ; — , vi, 395 n
Mocatta, Will. A., vii, 245
Mocockson, Rich., vi, 477 n
Modwoodhouse (Cliviger), vi, 481 n
Mohun, Ld., vii, 304
Moketlands (Clitheroe), vi, 365 n
Molanus, Anne, vii, 329 « ; John,

vii, 329 «

Moldesfield (Wrightington), vi, 1 73 n
Molding, Edw., vi, 312 n
Molebrek, see Mowbreck
Mollington Banastre, man. (Chester),

vi, 38 n ; vii, 130

Molyneux, Lds., vi, ign, 22, HI,
129, 164 n ; vii, 75 n, 116, 144 « ;
Caryll, vi, no n ; Rich., vii,
164 n ; vsct., vi, 290
Molyneux (Mulyneus), Sir Ad. de,
vii, 168 n ; Agnes de, vi, 19 ;
Alice de, vi, 209 n ; Anabil, vi,
164 n ; Anne, vi, 19 «, 195 n ;
vii, 163, 274 n, 308 n ; Bridg.,
vi, 138, 195 «, 207; vii, 182 n ;
Cecily de, vii, 249 n ; Edw., vi, 7 ;
Eleanor, vi, 60 n ; Eliz., vi, 33 «,
163 n, 305 ; vii, 127, 163, 229 n,
274 ; Ellen, vi, 212 ; Emma de,
vi, 198 n, 302 ; Fleetwood, vii,
128 ; Frances, vii, 215 n ; Jane,
vi, 163 n ; Joan de, vi, 19, 206,

301, 302; vii, 94 n, 106 n ; Sir
John, vi, 163 n ; John, vi, 113,
123 «, 207, 212 «, 317, 340 ;
Juliana, vi, 421 ; Kath. (de), vi,

302, 320 ; Leticia (Lettice) de,
vi, 302 ; vii, 316 ; Lucy, vi, 113,
163 n ; Marg. (de), vi, 317; vii,
1 68 n ; Mary, vii, 164 n ; Ralph,
vi, 212 ; Sir Rich., vi, 36 n, 65 n,
no, HI n, 163 n, 164, 165 n,
1 66, 217 n, 305, 421 ; vii, 98 «,
n6«, 128, 201, 215 M, 278 n ;
Rich, (de), vi, 25, 26, 60 », 163,
198*1, 206, 209 n, 262, 302; vii,
115, 128, 182*1, 183 «, 184,
201 n, 283 n, 316 ; Capt. Rigby,
vi, 163 n ; Rob. de, vi, 25, 164 « ;
vii, Ib8«; Sir Thos., vi, 17*1;
vii, 274 ; Thos. (de), vi, 61 n,
109*1, 164, 212 «, 249, 262 n,
282, 301, 302, 305 n, 320, 321 ;
vii, 94 «, 96 «, 106 n, 137 n,
163 «, 249 «, 292 « ; Sir Will, (de),
vi, 19, 22 «, 33 n, 57 n, 163 n,
195 n ; vii, 127, 163, 201 n,
213 n, 229 n ; Will, (de), vi, 19,
24 «, 26 «, no « ; vii, 182, 182 n,
283 ; — , vii, 241 ; fam., vi,
16-17, 23, 51 ; vii, 101

Mon, John le, vi, 470 n ; Rich, le,

vi, 470 n ; Rob. le, vi, 470 n
Monachis, Ad. de, vi, 471 n, 473 n
Monasteriis, Jas. de, vii, 264
Monk, fam., see Albemarle
Monk Bretton Priory (Yorks), vi,

487

Monkdyke (Downham), vi, 556*1
Monke-flattes (Sunderland), vi, 318
Monkeshall, Hen. de, vi, 471 n
Monkeshulles (Hoghton), see Monks-
hill

Monkfal (Balderston), vi, 313, 314
Monkgate (Clitheroe), vi, 366 n
Monk Hall vi, 469, 471 n, 472
Monkholme (Monk Keys) (Reedley),

vi, 490
Monkroyd (Foulridge), vi, 525*1,

544, 547, 551

Monkroyd, Emma del, vi, 548 ;
Will., vi, 547 n

Monks Hall, see Monk Hall

Monkshill (Hoghton), vi, 37 w,
48 n, 49 n

Montagu, Eliz. Montagu, dchss. of,
vi, 233 ; dks. of, vi, 380, 490 n ;
Geo. Brudenell, vi, 233 ; John
Montagu, vi, 233 ; Ralph Mon-
tagu, vi, 233 ; Ld., vi, 362 ; Hen.
J. D. S. Montagu, Ld., vi, 233,

234

Montagu, Mary, vi, 233
Montbegon (Montbegan), Sir Rog.

de, vi, 91, 92 ; Rog. de, vi, 91,

92, 96 «, 116, 130
Montbegon, fee, vi, gin, 115 ; vii,

101 n

Monteagle, see Mounteagle
Montford (New Laund Booth), vi,

490, 492
Monumental effigies, vi, 186, 354,

370

Moody, John, vi, 160 ; Jordan, vii,
16 n, 17 «; Ralph, vii, 17*1;
Rich., vi, 183, 184, 1 86, 189 ;
Rob., vi, 198 n

Moon's Mill, see Walton, Higher
Moor (Clifton), vii, 162 n
Moor, Ad. de la (del), vi, 18 «,
34 n ; vii, n6«, 227*1; Anne,
vii, 1 50 n ; Ellen del, vii, 79 « ;
Hen. del, vii, 79 n ; Jas., vii, 43 n,
79 «; John, vii, 41, 79 n ; Rich,
del, vii, 170*1; Rob. del, vii,
125 «, i68*»; Walt, del (de la),
vii, 226 «, 227 n ; Will, del, vii,
226 n ; fam., vi, 69 n ; see also
Moore and More
Moorbreck, see Mowbreck
Moor Butts (Worston), vi, 374
Moore, Anne, vi, 279 ; Sir Cleave,
vii, 230 n ; Edw., vi, 141 *», 226 n ;
vii, 230 ; Eliz., vi, 395 n ; Harold
B., vi, 558 ; Hen., vi, 546 n ;
Hugh, vi, 494 n, 513*1, 517;
vii, 241 n ; Jas., vii, 200 n ;
John, vi, 73, i66w, 279, 395 n,
419, 491, 492, 494 «, 513 «, 515 I
Sir Jonas, vi, 513 ; Letitia, vii,
207 « ; Marg., vii, 230 n ; Nich.,
vi, 513 n ; Rich., vi, 22, 494 n ;
vii, 165 ; Thos., vi, 3 n, 22 n ;
Will., vi, 166 «, 279, 358 ; vii,
98*1, 241**; — , vi, 513*2; vii,
281 n ; see also Moor and More
Moorfield (Chorley), vi, 136
Moor Field (Preston) , vii, 79 n
Moorfields (Burnley), vi, 445 n
Moorfields (Elston), vii, 114
Moorflat (Hutton), vi, 69 n
Moor Furlong (Ribbleton), vii, 106 n
Moorgate (Preston), vii, 76
Moorgate (Whithalgh), vi, 288
Moorgate Fold (Livesey), vi, 284 n
Moor Hall (Preston), vii, 102 n

396

Moor Hall (Woodplumpton), vii,

288

Moorhey (Clayton), vi, ion
Moorheys (Anderton), vi, 222 n
Moorhiles (New Laund Booth), vi,

490, 491
Moor House (Whittingham), vii,

207, 213 n

Moorhouses, man. (Clifton), vii, 162
Moor Isles, see Moorhiles
Moor Park (Preston), vii, 77, 91
Moorplat (Preston), vii, 99 n
Moor quarter (Hoghton), vi, 37
Moors, the (Leyland), vi, 3
Moorside (Woodplumpton), vii, 285
Moorsyke (Haighton), vii, 126 n
Morae, Paul, vi, ion
Morbreck, see Mowbreck
Morca, Ad. de, vii, 53 « ; Ellen de,

vii, 53 «

Mordaunt, Agnes (Annes), vii, 258,
258 n, 259 ; Anne, vii, 257 n,
258 n, 259 ; Will., vii, 257 n,
258, 259

More, Ad. del, vi, 34 n ; Amery
atte, vi, 71 n ; Ellen del, vi, 34 n ;
John, vi, 73 n ; Steph., vi, 371 ;
Sir Thos., vii, 19, 95 n ; Thos. de
la, vi, 71 «; Warine de la, vi,
71 n ; Will, atte, vi, 71 n ; see
also Moor and Moore
Moreacres, the (Hoghton), vi, 39 n
Moreau, Jas., vii, HIM; Paul, vii,

in «, 112 n
Morehouses (Over Danven), vi,

270 n

Mores, see Morris
Moresby, Eliz., vi, 294 ; Jas., vi,

294

Moreton (Whalley), vi, 381, 387,
505 ; vii, 14

Moreton, brook, vii, 13 n

Moreton (Morton, Morteyn), Alma-
rica (Amiria) de, vi, 387 « ; vii,
14 n ; Edw., vi, 88 n ; Gamel de,
vii, 14 n ; Gilb., vi, 387 n ; Grace,
vii, 205 n ; Hugh de, vii, 160 «,

171 n, 172 n, 229 *», 285 n ; John,
vi, 387 n ; Jordan de, vi, 387 n ;
Kath., vi, 387 n ; Marg. de, vii,

172 «, 229 n, 285 n ; Ralph de,
vii, 15 *t ; Siward de, vi, 387 n ;
vii, 14 n ; Sybil de, vii, 14 «;
Will., vii, 200 n

Moreton Hall (Whalley), vi, 387
Moreton House (Whalley), vi, 387 n ;

vii, I
Morgan, archd. of Richmond, vii,

217 n

Morilegh (Bilsborrow), vii, 332 n
Morley, Ld., see Morley and Mount-
eagle, Ld.

Morley (Morleys), Agnes, vi, 377 n ;
Ambrose, vi, 330 ; Chas., vi,
330 ; Eliz. (de), vi, 330, 366 n,

376, 377 n ; Ellen de, vi, 330 ;
Fran., vii, 128 ; Hen., vi, 330 ;
Hugh de, vi, 208 n ; Isabel, vi,
330 ; Jane, vi, 330 ; Jennet, vi,
330 n ; John (de), vi, 330, 330*1,

377. 378 n, 391 n, 393 n ; Marg.
(de), vi, 208 n, 330 n, 377 «;
Nich., vi, 330 ; Rich, (de), vi,
330, 366 *t, 376, 377 «, 391 vi,
393 n ; vii, 332 n ; Rob. (de),
vi, 329, 330, 377 «, 378w: vii,
15; Rog., vi, 330; Sim. de, vi,
330 ; Thos., vi, 377 n ; Ughtred,
vi, 33°> 33° n ; Will, (de), vi,
33°> 377 * ; sgt also Mearley

Morley and Mounteagle, Ld., vi,

100, 200 n, 218, 241 n
Morleye, seeJMorley and Mearley
Morley Hey (Mearley), vi, 378 n
Morleys, see Morley and Mearley

INDEX

Mormons, vi, 74 n, 249 ; vii, 104
Morrell Heights (Higher Booths),

vi, 435
Morris (Mores, Morres, Morrice),

Arth. J., vi, 404; Fran., vii, 263 ;

Rev. Hen., vi, 452 ; John, vi, 5 n,

241, 259 n, 260
Morisson, Ad., vi, 107 n ; Rich, vi,

107 n ; Rog., vi, 107 n
Mort, Ad., vi, 306*1; vii, 75, 78 n,

102 n ; Ann, vi, 306 n ; Eliz., vii,

102 n ; Janet, vii, 102 n ; Seth,

vii, 102 n
Mortain, John, ct. of, see John,

king of England ; Steph., ct. of,

vii, 246

Morteyn, Morton, see Moreton
Morvill (Morvell), Ada de, vii,

267 « ; Helewise de, vii, 267 n ;

Hugh de, vii, 267 n ; Will., vi,

496
Moseley (Habergham Eaves), vi,

454, 467

Mosley (Moseley), Sir Edw., vii,

322 n ; Edw., vi, 777*, 170*1,

173 n, 176 n ; vii, inn; Rich.

de, vi, 369 n

Mosney House (Walton-le-Dale), vi,

295

Moss, John, vi, 72, 73 ; vii, 60 n,
312 ; Rob., vi, 72, 73, 341 n ; vii,
224 n ; Will., vi, 72
Moss Dyke (Haighton), vii, 125 n
Moss House (Colne), vi, 528
Moss House (Foulridge), vi, 546 n
Mosshouses (Hoole), vi, 149
Mossiley Carr (Button), vii, 57 n
Mossop, Isaac, vii, 291
Moss Side (Leyland), vi, 17
Moss Side (Little Marton), vii, 242
Mosvale (Walton-le-Dale), vi, 290
Moton (Motoun, Muttun, Mutun),
Ad. de, vii, 46 n, 47*1, 48 w,
53 n ; Agnes, vii, 35 «, 47 « ;
Alice, vii, 35 n ; Amabel, vii, 45 ;
Cecily, vii, 46 n, 55 n, 57 «;
Denise, vii, 46 n ; Edusa (Edith) ,
vii, 46 ; Ellis, vii, 46 n ; Hen . ,
vii, 46, 48 n, 53 n, 57 n, 201 ;
Isabel, vii, 46, 47 ; John, vii,
212 n ; Kath., vii, 47 ; Nich., vii,
55 n> 57 n; Rich., vii, 46 n,
47 n ; Rob., vii, 35 n, 41 n, 46,
47, 48 n, 53 n ; Thos., vii, 47 n ;
Walt., vii, 40 «, 45, 45 n ; Will,
(de), vi, 451 n ; vii, 27 n, 43 n,
45, 47, 49 n, 50 «, 52, 52 «, 53 «,
57 », 63 n
Moudeslegh, Moudesley, see Maw-

desley
Moulden, Hen., vi, 46 n ; John, vi,

237 « ; Will., vi, 237 n
Moulden Water bridge (Livesey),

vi, 284

Mounsill, see Monkshill
Mount, the (Fleetwood), vii, 237 n
Mounteagle(Monteagle) , Lds., vi, 2 w,
51 n, 61, 91 n, 100, 140 «, 143 «,
195, 204 n, 206, 213, 217 n, 218 ;
vii, 3, 101 n ; Edw. Stanley, vi,
94, 132, 200, 225 n, 250, 292,
379 n ; Thos., Stanley, vi, 108 n,
n6«, 200 n, 250; Will. Stanley,
vi, 2 n, 213
Mountford, Eliz., vii, 4 ; Will.,

vii, 4

Mourholme, man., vii, 303 n
Mowbank (Broughton), vii, ngn
Mowbreck, man. (Medlar with Wes-
ham), vii, 135, 149, 153, 154-6,
1767*, 270, 271 n, 281 n ; Rom.
Cath., vii, 157
Mowbreck, Ad. de, vii, 153 n ; Rich.

de, vii, 153 n
Mowbreck Hall, vii, 144 n

Much Harwood, see Harwood, Gt.
Much Hoole, see Hoole, Much
Muchland, man. (Furness), vi, 30 «
Mukedelandes syke (Clitheroe), vi,

366 n

Mulebrec, see Mowbreck
Mulhum, Avice de, vii, 159 n ; Will.

de, vii, 159 n

Mulnesgate (Clitheroe), vi, 365 n
Multon, Ada de, vii, 267 n ; Alan
de, vii, 301 ; Amabil de, vii,
267 n ; Joan de, vi, 261 n ; vii,
329 n ; Lambert de, vii, 267,
270 ; Sarot de, vii, 301 ; Thos. de,
vii, 267 n ; Will, de, vi, 261 n,

329 n

Mulyneus, see Molyneux
Muncaster, Rog., vii, 77, 293
Mundegum, Ad. de, vi, 117 n ;

John de, vi, 117 n
Mundegumeland (Greenhalgh), vii,

180 n
Munson, Ant., vii, 35 n ; Fran.,

vii, 35 n

Murgatroyd, Grace, vi, 503
Murton, fam., vi, 395 n
Musbury (Bury), vi, 232 n, 233 «,

431, 438 n

Muschamp, Thos., vi, 526 «
Musden (Bury), vi, 233 «, 438 n
Musgrave, Sir Chris., vi, 54
Musifield (Ribbleton), vii, 107 n
Muslin manufacture, vi, 220
Mussendale, see Musden
Mustard, Ellen, vii, 126 n ; Rog.,

vii, 126 n
Mustihalgh (Briercliffe), vi, 469

47°

Mustihalgh (Burnley), vi, 444 n
Mu thorn (Altham), vi, 41 3 n
Mutun, Mutton, see Moton
Myerpool (Inskip), vii, 282 n
Myerscough, vi, 313 ; vii, 68, 73 n,
75, 79, 137 », I38-41, 265*1,
269 n, 281 n ; forest, vii, 138,
324 n ; Rom. Cath., vii, 141
Myerscough, Agnes, de, vii, 193 n ;
Alice de, vii, 328 n ; Edm. de,
vii, 322 n ; Godith de, vii, 325 n,
326 n ; Isolde de, vii, 328 n ;
John de, vii, 193 n, 324 n, 326 n,
328 n ; Rich, de, vii, 121 n,

330 n ; Rob. de, vii, 151 n, 328 n ;
Thos., vii, 306 n ; Walt, de, vii,
*39 n> 326 n, 328 « ; Will, de,
vii, 324 n, 328 n ; — , vii, 305 n

Myerscough Field (Claughton), vii,

326 n

Myerscough Hall, vii, 138
Myerscough House, vii, 138
Myerscough Lodge, vii, 140
Mygeley, see Midgeley
Mygelhalgh, see Midghalgh
Mykelleghe (Woodplumpton), vii,

238 n

Mykelridding, see Mikelridding
Myr, Will, de, vii, 114 n
Myres, T. H., vii, 82 «
Mythop (Weeton with Preese), vii,

156 n, 176, 178
Mythop (Methop), Ad. de, vii,

1 78*1; Nich. (de), vii, 178*1,

284*1; Rich, de, vii, 178 n ;

Rob. (de), vii, 178*1, 284 n ;

Thos. de, vii, 178 «; Will, de,

vii, 107 n
Mythorp, see Mythop

Nab, the (Billington) , vi, 328
Nabbenoke (Gt. Harwood), vi,

338 n

Nabbs, Will., vi, 518
Naden, Edm., vii, 66 n ; Rev.

Thos., vii, 66

397

Nairne, Maj., vii, 77 n

Nanehey Wood (Habergham Eaves) ,

vi, 468 n
Nateby, vii, 291, 293, 297 n, 308-11,

334; man., vii, 308; Nonconf.,

vii, 311 ; oratory, vii, 309*2 ;

Rom. Cath., vii, 310
Nateby, Gt. and Little, vii, 308
Nateby, Benedict de, vii, 308 *t ;

Isabel de, vii, 308*1; John de,

vii, 308 n ; Ralph de, vi, 70 n ;

vii, 308 ; Will, de, vi, 70 n ; vii,

308
Nateby Hall (Nateby), vii, 310,

3"

Naylor, Thos., vii, 29, 34 n ; Will.,

vi, 96 «

Naze, the (Freckleton) , vii, 167
Needham, Mary, vii, 309 n
Neeld (Neild), Sam., vii, 137 ;

Will., vii, 201 n

Neherflat (Salesbury), vi, 253 n
Neild, see Neeld
Neilson, Neilston, see Nelson
Nelfelt (Walton-le-Dale), vi, 290
Nelson, vi, 350, 469, 520, 537,
540-41 ; ch., vi, 541 ; Nonconf.,
vi, 541 ; Rom. Cath., vi, 541
Nelson (Neilson, Neilston, Nelston) ,
Agnes, vii, 99 n, 234 n ; Anne, vi,
165 «; Edw., vi, 100 « ; Ellen,
vii, 205; Fran., vi, 99 n ; Geo.,
vi, 96 «, 99 n ; Gilb., vi, 99, 100 ;
Hen., vi, 99*1; Hugh, vi, 99 n,
165 «, 166, 172 n ; Jane, vi, 165 n,
172 n ; John, vi, 178, 180 ; vii,
234 n ; John A., vi, 180 n ;
vii, 267%; Marg., vi, 99 n,
175 n-6 n ; vii, 59 n ; Mary, vi,
165 n ; vii, 234*1; Mary J., vii,
14 n ; Maud, vi, 99 n ; Maxie, vi,
175 n, 176*1; Maximilian, vi,
100 n, 175*2, 176*1; Mich., vi,
82 n, 99 n; Rich., vi, 99, 99 n ,
100 », 102 n, 173 n, 175 n, 176 n ;
Rob., vi, 98 n, 99 n ; Thos., vi,
95 n, 98 n, 99 n, 169*1, 175*1;
vii, 99 n ; Warine, vi, 98 n ; Will.,
vi, 95 n, 99 n

Netherderwend, Netherderwent,
Nether Derwyn, Netherderwynd ,
see Darwen, Lower
Nether-eastfield (Altham), vi, 413 n
Netherfield (Rawcliffe), vii, 271 n
Netherhalgh (Dutton), vii, 54*1
Netherhey (Clayton-le-Moors), vi,

418 n

Netherley (Colne), vi, 527 n
Netherton, vi, 339, 381
Netherwood (Briercliffe), vi, 472
Nether Wood (Myerscough), vii,

139 n

Nettleton, Margery de, vii, 288 n
Neuhuse, Neusum, see Newsham
Neuton, Neutune, see Newton
Never, Jas., vi, 191 n
Nevill ( Worsthorne) , vi, 475 n
Nevill, Alex, de, vi, 475 ; Alice, vi,
431, 498; Anne, vi, 92 n ; Bar-
bara, vi, 498 n ; Edm. de, vi,
228 n ; vii, 73 ; Eliz., vi, 498 ;
Geo., vi, 431 n, 498, 499 n ; Isabel
de, vi, 201 n ; Joan de, vi, 201 n ;
Sir John, vi, 498 ; John (de), vi,

92 n, 201 n, 431, 498 ; Marg., vi,
131 « ; Sir Rob. de, vi, 91 n,

93 n, 201 n ; Rob. (de), vi, 127,

43i, 498
Newark College (Leic.), vii, 83,

85 n, 87, 101 n

Newbigging, see Singleton Grange
Newbo Abbey (Lines.), vi, 471
Newbridge (Barrowford), vi, 542
Newburgh, vi, 90 n
Newcastle, Hen., dk. of, vi, 233

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Newchurch in Pendle, vi, 514, 515,

517, 518, 519; ch., vi, 369
Newchurch-in-Rossendale, vi, 349,
437-41 ; char., vi, 441 ; ch., vi,
369, 439 ; fairs, vi, 437 ; forest,
vi, 438 ; ind., vi, 437 ; Nonconf.,
vi, 440

New Close (Eccleston), vi, 166 n
New College (Leic.), see Newark

College (Leic.)

Newearth (Wrightington), vi, 173 «
New Fall (Leagram), vi, 380 n
Newfield (Longton), vi, 72 n
Newfield (Preston), vii, 74 «, 99 n
Newfield (Ramsgreave), vi, 252 »
Newfield (Wiswell), vi, 397 n,

399 »

Newfield Barn, vi, 552
Newfield Head (Trawdcn), vi, 551
New Hall (Barnacre), vii, 317 «
New Hall (Clayton-le-Dale), vi, 258
New Hall (Heskin), vi, 166
New Hall (Mawdesley) , vi, 99 n
New Hall (Sal wick), vii, 163 n
Newhallhey (Bury), vi, 233 n, 438 n
Newhay (Ribbleton), vii, 106 n
Newhey (Blainscough), vi, 227 n
Newhey (Hoddlesden), vi, 233 n,

273, 438 n

New House (Briercliffe), vi, 471 n
Newhouse (Heskin), vi, 167 n
New House (Thornley), vii, 36
New Jerusalem Church, see Swe-

denborgians

Newland (Accrington), vi, 233 n
Newland (Yorks), vii, 59
Newlands, see Laund Booth, New
Newman, Edm., vi, 167 ; Rev.

Rich., vi, 435 ; Rich., vi, 359
Newsam, see Newsham
New Sett End (Eccleshill), vi, 278
Newsham, vii, 79, 120 «, 127, 143,
144 n, 146*1, 190, 191, 200, 211 n,
272 n, 288 n

Newsham (Newsam, Newsom), Ad.
de, vii, 200, 200 «, 201 n ; Alice
(de), vii, 200 n, 288 n ; Chas., vii,
174 ; Eliz., vii, 35 n ; Geo., vii,
50 n, 158 n, 167 n, 200, 200 n,
201, 247 «, 282 n, 287 n ; Hen.
(de), vii, 50 n, 158 n, 200 n ; Joan
de, vii, 288 n ; John (de), vi,
488 n ; vii, 138*1, 158*1, 200 n,
282 n, 287*1, 288**; Rich, (de),
vii, 80, 82 «, 200*1, 211, 288 n ;
Rob., vii, 35 n, 158 n, 200, 200 n,
288 n ; R., vii, 203 ; Thos., vii,
50*1 ; Uctred, vii, 200 n ; Will., vii,
200 n; — , vi, 75 n ; fam.,vii, 98*1
Newsham Hall (Newsham), vii, 200
Newsom, see Newsham
Newton (Hardhorn with Newton),

vi, 393 n '> vu, 238
Newton, bar., vi, 292, 293, 412 n
Newton, Ad. de, vii, 151 *», 166 *t,
247 n ; Alan de, vii, 151 n ; Alice
de, vii, 1 66 n, 181 n ; Almorica
de, vii, 166 n ; Etheldreda, vii,
30 n, 102 n, 121 n ; Goditha de,
vi, 193 n ; Gunilda de, vii, 166 n ;
Humph., vii, 30 *t, 98 *», 102 n,
121 n ; John de, vii, 157 n, 166 n,
181 n ; Jordan de, vi, 116*1;
vii, 166 n, 167*1; Leysing de,
vii, 166 n ; Maud de, vii, 132 n,
166 », 171 n ; Rich, de, vi, 193 n ;
vii, 157 n, 167 «, 168 «, 171 *i ;
Rob. de, vi, 358 ; vii, 132 n, 147,
160 n, 166 *» ; Rog. de, vii, 167 n ;
Siegrith de, vii, i66«; Thos.,
vii, 33 »; Wilfrid, vii, 121 n ;
Will, de, vi, n6n; vii, i66n,
247 n

Newton-by-Freckleton, see Newton-
with-Scales

Newton-with-Scales, vi, 21 n, 58 n ;
vii, 143, 143 n, 144, 144*1, 146 n,
149, 149 n, 155, 156 n, 157 «, 163,
165-7, 168 n, 173 n, 177, 177*1,
185 n ; High Gate inn, vii, 166 ;
man., vii, 166 ; sch., vii, 167
Nicholas, vi, 475 n, 477 n ; vii, 48 n,
94 n, 158 *», 170*1; the car-
penter, vi, 95 n ; the clerk, vii,
114 n ; of the cross, vi, 272 ;
prior of Burscough, vii, 99 n ;
the vicar, vi, 87, 497 n
Nicholas Manor (Tyldesley), vii, 280
Nicholson, Alice, vii, 288*1; Geo.,
vii, 267, 288 ; Hen., vii, 100 n ;
Joan, vii, 100 n ; John, vi, 204 n
Nick of Dungnow, vi, 417
Nickson, Amery, vii, 158 n ; John,
vii, 157 n, 158 n, 161 n ; Nich.,
vii, 225; Will., vii, 148*2, 158*2,
161 n ; see also Nixon
Nightingale (Nighgall, Nightegale),
Hen. (de), vi, 219 n, 225 n ;
Isabel, vi, 225 ; John, vi, 225 n ;
Jonathan, vii, 284 « ; Mary, vi,
344 ; Miles, vi, 217 ; Will., vi,
225 ; Mrs., vii, 150 n
Nixon, Joan, vii, n6«; Thos., vii,

116 « ; see also Nickson
Noble, Rev. Rich., vi, 354, 359,

404

Noblett, Edm., vii, 283 n ; Rich.,

vii, 174; Rob., vii, 174*1;

Thos., vii, 283 n ; Will., vii, 174 n

Nock, Anne, vii, 56 n ; John, vii,

56 «

Nocton (Lines.), vi, 459
Noel, see Nowell
Noggarth End (Barrowford), vi,

542
Nogworth Cross (Extwistle), vi,

469

Nook (Leyland), vi, 17 n
Nook (Mawdesley), vi, 96
Norasius, vii, 92 n
Norbreck (Norbrec), vii, 229*2,

246-7

Norbreck, Ad. de, vii, 247 n ; Alex .
de, vii, 247 n ; Ellis, vii, 247 n ;
John de, vii, 253 n ; Rob. de, vii,
247 n ; Thos. de, vii, 247 n ;
Will, de, vii, 247 n, 253 n
Norbury, see Northbury
Norcross (Alston with Hothersall),

vii, 61
Norcross (Carleton), vii, 228, 230,

240 n, 248 n

Norcross (Lytham), vii, 216 «
Norcross, Agnes, vii, 234 n ; Chris-
tiana de, vii, 230*1; Chris., vii,
62 n ; Dav., vii, 234 n ; Hen., vii,
42 ; Jas., vii, 44 n, 63 «; John,
vi, 229 n ; Rog. de, vii, 234 » ;
Thos. de, vii, 228 n, 230 n ; Rev.
Will., vi, 435 n; Will, (de), vi,
535 ; vii, 44 n, 234 n
Norden, brook, vi, 338, 344, 347
Norfolk, Cath., dchss. of, vii, 327 n ;
Mary, dchss. of, vi, 72 n, 132 « ;
vii, 6, 7, 19, 48 n ; dks. of, vii,
59 n ; Chas., vii, 327 n ; Thos.,
vi, 132 n, 290 ; vii, 6, 7 n, 48 n
Norham, Edm., vi, 404 n ; Rob.,

vi, 342
Norhampton, Fromund de, vii,

62 n ; Hawise, vii, 62 n
Norhicbiec, see Norbreck
Normanby, John de, vii, 332 n
Normanville, Rob. de, vi, 358 ;

Rog. de, vi, 488

Norreys, vsct., see Abingdon, earl
of; Caroline L., vsctss., vi, 460,
509

Norris (Norreys), Alan le, vi, 221 n ;
vii, 182 n, 229 n ; Alex., vi, 500 *» ;

398

Norris (cont.)

Alice, vi, 64 n, 500 ; Cecily le,
vi, 321 ; Eliz., vi, 223 n ; Geo., vi,
go n, 107 n, 117 n ; Gilb. le, vi,
72 « ; Hen. (le), vi, 64 n ; vii,
182 n ; Hugh (le), vi, 151 w,
218 n, 225 n ; Sir John le, vi,
321 ; John le, vii, 182 «; John
T., vi, 430 n ; Maud le, vi, 225 n,
228 n ; Nich. (le), vi, 60 n, 117 «,
205 n, 209 n, 225 n, 296, 321 n ;
Rich., vii, 13 ; Rob. le, vi, 209 n,
218 n, 228 n ; Thos., vi, 90, 90 «,
91 n, 93, 223 n ; Walt., vi, 72 n ;
Sir Will., vi, 59 ; Will. H., vi,

74
North, Dorothy, vii, 187**; Sir

John, vii, 187 n ; Marg., vii, 317 n
Northale (Blackburn), vi, 312 n
Northampton, Will., mqss. of, vii,

304 n

North Bank (Briercliffe), vi, 471 n
Northbreck (Rawcliffe), vii, 271 n
Northbrook (Northbroc) (Walton-

on-the-Hill), vi, 301, 302 n
Northbury (Norbury), Greg, de,

vi, 383 ; Rog. de, bp. of Lich-

field, vi, 357 n
Northcote, Jas., vi, 352
Northcrofts (Hackinsall), vii, 256 n
Northcross, see Norcross
Northdene, brook, see Norden
North Deyne (Gt. Harwood), vi,

340

Northey, Hen., vi, 405 n
Northfurlong (Tarnacre), vii, 271 n
North Hall ( Worthington) , vi, 224
Northhows (Lytham), vii, 215 n
Northlegh, Margery de, vi, 15 n,

109, 150 n, 151 n, 163 n ; vii,

159 n; Thurstan (de), vi, 14 n,

109, 150 «, 151 «, 163 « ; vii,

139 n, 159 n, 160 n
Northman Hill (Marsden), vi, 538
North Town (Padiham), vi, 492, 513
Northumberland, John Dudley, dk.

of, vi, 163

Northwood (Padiham), vi, 494
Norton, John, vi, 312, 354 ; Rich.

de, vi, 488

Norton Abbey (Ches.), vii, 282 n
Norwich, John de Gray, bp. of, vi,

320, 326

Nostell Priory (Yorks), vi, 314 n
Noter, see Nutter
Notton, Avina de, vi, 304 ; Gilb.

de, vi, 116, 338; Rog. de, vi,

558 ; Will, de, vi, 304
Nowell (Noel), Ad. (de), vi, 339,

375, 377 », 393 «, 4°3 », 559 n ;
vii, non; Agnes, vi, 377 n,
392 n ; vii, no n ; Alex., vi,
341 «, 378 n, 504, 505, 506,
506 « ; vii, 14 ; Alice, vi, 376,
387 », 494 n, 504 n; vii, 14;
Anne, vi, 366 n, 378 n, 391 n ;
vii, 15 n; Arth., vi, 504*2;
Cecily, vi, 403 n ; Chas., vi,
378 » ; Charlotte, vi, 341 n ;
Chris., vi, 278 n, 377 n, 378, 379 ;
Dulcia, vi, 122 n ; Eliz., vi, 120 n,
261 n, 339, 366 n, 375 «, 377 n,
378, 378 «, 391 «, 403 n, 504 » ;
Ellen, vi, 378 n ; vii, 3 n ; Flor-
ence, vi, 500 « ; Grace, vi, 366 «,
391 n, 504 ; Hen., vi, 377, 378 n ;
Isabel, vi, 504 n ; vii, 14 ; Jas.,
vi, 368 n ; Joan, vi, 375 «, 378 n ;
Rev. John, vi, 435 n ; John, vi,
122 «, 261 n, 337 n, 339, 340, 343,
376 n, 377 n, 378 n, 391, 392 «,
403 n, 412 n, 491, 504, 506 «,
515 n ; vii, 194 n ; Juliana, vi,
378 n ; Kath., vi, 376 n, 387 n,
503, 5°4 n '. Lawr., vi, 339, 340,

INDEX

No well (cont.}

343, 376, 378 «, 503, 504 I Lettice,
vi, 391, 5°5 n > Marg., vi, 366 n,
504 n ; Mary, vi, 378 n ; vii,
194 M ; Maud, vii, 247; Nich.,
vi, 340, 504 ; Ottwell, vi, 504 n ;
Rich., vi, 375, 376 n, 377, 403 n,
504 «, 505 n ; vii, 3 ; Rob., vi,
375 n, 377 n, 504 n ; vii, now;
Rog., vi, 120 n, 122 n, 234, 339,
34°, 353, 366 n, 375, 376, 377 n,
378 n, 387 «, 39in, 398, 400 n,
402 «, 403 n, 425, 498, 499,
500 », 504, 505, 506, 507, 514,
520 « ; vii, 3 n, 15 n, 19, 247 ;
Sim., vi, 393 n, 546 n ; Steph.,
vi, 403 n ; Thos., vi, 340, 377 n,
504, 505 n ; Will., vi, 366 n,
375 n, 377, 378 n, 403 n ; Capt.
— , vi, 378 n ; — , dean, vi, 459 n ;
— , vi, 374 n, 377 n, 378 «, 514 n,
5i8w

Noyna, hill (Foulridge), vi, 544,
546 n

Noynoe (Foulridge), vi, 546 n

Nugworth Bank (Barrowford), vi,
542 n

Nunhouse Stead (Claughton), vii,

33« »

Nunny, Will, de, vi, 369 n

Nusum, see Newsham

Nutbrook strinds (Ribchester), vii,

46 n

Nutgreave (Longton), vi, 72 n
Nuton, see Newton
Nutshaw (Birtwisle), vi, 458, 509 n
Nutshaw (Downham), vi, 556 n
Nutshaw (Hapton), vi, 454, 507
Nutshaw (Howick), vi, 66, 67 n
Nutshaw (Nutshagh), Agnes de, vi,
66 n ; Gamel de, vi, 66 ; Hen. de,
vi, 66 n ; vii, 180 n ; Jas., vi,
66 n ; John de, vi, 66 « ; Marg.,
vi, 66 n ; Maud de, vii, 180 n ;
Ralph, vi, 66 n ; Rich., vi, 66 n ;
Rog. de, vi, 66; vii, 168, 179 n,
180 n ; Thos. (de), vi, 66 n
Nutshaw Farm (Downham), vi, 558
Nutshaw Hall (Howick), vi, 66 n
Nutshawhead (Howick), vi, 66 n
Nuttall, Agnes, vi, 438 n ; Alice,
vi, 438*1; Ant., vi, 438; Chas.,
vi, 438 n ; Chris., vi, 438, 438 n,
439, 518 n ; John, vi, 434, 435 n,
438, 438 n, 439 ; Rev. Joshua,
vi, 435 n ; Rob., vi, 251, 425 ;
Susan, vi, 251 ; — , vi, 425 n
Nutter (Notcr), Alice, vi, 399 n,
520 ; Ant., vi, 515 n, 522 ; Chris.,
vi, 491 n, 492 ; Edm., vi, 515,
522 ; Eleanor, vi, 492 ; Ellen, vi,
490 n ; Ellis, vi, 490, 491, 492;
Hen., vi, 447, 490, 490 », 491,
492, 515 ; John, vi, 399 n, 490,
491, 492, 515, 516, 517, 521, 522 ;
Lawr., vi, 520 ; Marculph, vi,
515 n ; Marg., vi, 491 ; Miles, vi,
520; Rich., vi, 515, 516, 520;
Rob., vi, 490, 491, 492, 515 ;
Sibyl, vi, 490 n ; Steph., vi, 515 ;
Will., vi, 516 n, 519, 520, 547 n ;
Mrs., vi, 515 n ; — , vi, 518
Nutto, see Nuttall

Oak Bank Farm Cross (Barton),

vii, 127 n

Oakenbottom, John del, vi, 402 «
Oakenclough (Bleasdale), vii, 141,

142
Oakenclough Head mere (Over

Darwen), vi, 272 «
Oakeneaves (Habcrgham Eaves),

vi, 454, 467

Oakenhead (Goosnargh), vii, 192 n
Oakenhead (Mellor), vi, 262 n
Oakenhead, Thos. del, vii, 193 n
Oakenhead wood (Lower Booths),

vi, 435, 436

Oakenholt syke (Rishton), vi, 347
Oakenshaw (Clayton-le-Moors), vi,

33s n, 417, 423
Oakenshaw, Hen., vi, gn, 10 n ;

Rich, de, vi, 347 n ; Thos. de,

vi, 347 n ; Will., vi, 5 n
Oakenshaw Printing Co., vi, 505
Oak Hill, park (Accrington), vi,

426

Oakworth, vi, 551
Oatfall, the (Claughton), vii, 329 n
O'Brien, Phil., vi, 114 «; Rich., vi,

114

Occleshaw, John, vi, 88
Oddie (Oddy), Jas., vi, 556 n ; John,

vi, 365 «, 37° ,' Sibyl, vi, 556 n
Ogden (Milnrow), vi, 438 n
Ogden, brook, vi, 514, 519
Ogden, Rev. Geo., vii, 42, 43, 61 n
Ogden Clough (Barley), vi, 518
Ogilby, — , vii, 311
Ogilvy, Ld., vi, 290
Ogle, Joan de, vi, 131 n ; Rob. de,

vi, 131 «

Oglethorpe, — , vii, 78
O'Hagan, Alice M., Lady, vi, 446,

460, 484 n ; Lds. vi, 460
Okenheved, see Oakenhead
Okenwood, vi, 233 n
Okeover (Akovere), Dorothy, vi,

63; Hugh de, vii, 3i6»
Okethorp, Rob. de, vi, 150**
Old Bruches (Lea), vii, 132 n
Old Dyke, earthwork (Heald Moor) ,

vi, 479

Oldebacon, Ad., vi, 326
Oldelande, Oldelaunde, see Laund

Booth, Old

Oldemon Ridding (Clayton-le-
Moors), vi, 418
Oldfield (Clitheroe), vi, 368 n
Oldfield (Croston), vi, 95 n
Oldfield (Hothersall), vii, 63 n
Oldfield (Ingol), vii, 134
Oldfield (Mearley), vi, 377 n
Oldfield (Preston), vii, 97 n
Oldfieldhalgh (Hothersall), vii, 63 n
Oldfield Heys (Croston), vi, 96 n
Old Hall (Burnley), vi, 441
Old Hall (Salwick), vii, 163 n
Old Hall Postern (Burnley), vi, 443
Oldham, Rev. John, vi, 549 ; Lawr.,

vi, 406 n ; Will., vi, 406 », 408
Oldham's Cross (Oswaldtwistle) ,

vi, 406

Oldhey (Simonstone), vi, 499 n
Oldhouse (Brockholes) , vii, HIM
Old House (Myerscough), vii, 141
Oldland (Pendleton), vi, 393 n
Oldlands (Read), vi, 503 n
Old Laund Hall (Old Laund

Booth), vi, 521, 522
Oldmill holme (Church), vi, 400 n
Old Orchard (Dutton), vii, 54 «
Old Park (Habergham Eaves), vi,

459 n

Old Park Lodge (Leagram), vi, 380
Old Park Wood (Osbaldeston), vi,

319
Oldsnopp Clough, see Cockhill

Clough

Oldtwincroft (Church), vi, 402 n
Oliver, Anne, vii, 90 n ; Rob., vii,

266 ; R. D., vi, 43
Oliverson, R., vii, 202 n
Ollerhead, Ollernhead, see Holren-

head

Ollershaw (Catterall), vii, 324 »
Ollerton (Withnell), vi, 37 n, 38 n,

47, 48, 50 ; cross, vi, 47

399

Ollerton, Cecily de, vi, 48 «, 51 n ;

Rich, de, vi, 37 n, 38, 47 «, 48 M,

49 «, 50 ; — , vi, 37
Ollertrodes (Church), see Allcy-

troyds

Ollodweele (Padiham), vi, 511 n
Olotson, John, vi, 95 n, 96 n ; Will.,

vi, 95 n, g6 n ; see also Elletson
Omthull (Shevington), vi, 201 n
O'Neil, fam., vi, in n
Ooze Castle Wood (Yate and

Pickup Bank), vi, 280
Opehey (Chatburn), vi, 373 n
Openshaw, Fred., vii, 65 ; Jas.,

vii, 50 n ; Jonathan, vii, 40, 50 n,

65

Oram, Will., vi, 237 n
Orborowlache (Hapton), vi, 510 n
Orchard Ing (Clitheroe), vi, 366 n
Orlage (Livesey), vi, 285
Orley (Ribchester), vii, 43 n
Orra (Orme), vi, 239 n, 304 n, 353 n,

364, 388 ; vii, 48 n
Orm, Rich, de, vi, 469 ; Rob. de, vi,

469

Ormerod (Cliviger), vi, 479, 484
Ormerod (Ormeroid), Ad. (de), vi,
480, 484 n ; Agnes, vi, 410, 477 n ;
Charlotte A., vi, 484 ; Eliz., vi,
445 «, 484; Geo., vi, 410, 431,
434, 436 n, 445 n, 477 «, 490 ;
Gilb. de, vi, 477 n, 484 n ; John,
vi, 274, 411, 425 w, 434, 441,

475 «, 477 n> 484, 486, 5M i
Lawr., vi, 484 ; Matth. de, vi,
484 n ; Oliver, vi, 431, 434, 514 n ;
Pet., vi, 358, 434 «, 438, 483,
484, 486 ; Rich., vi, 434 ; Susan,
vi, 483 ; Tille (de), vi, 480,
484 n ; see also Ormrod

Ormerod House (Cliviger), vi, 484

Ormeroid, see Ormerod and Ormrod

Ormeston, John, vi, 468 n

Ormonde, Eleanor, ctss. of, vii,
176 n, 179 «, 241 « ; earls of, vii,
241 n, 273 ; Jas., vii, 176 n, 178 «

Ormrod, Jas., vii, 304 n ; Jas., C.,
vii, 304 ; Capt. Pet., vii, 304,
305 ; Pet., vii, 304, 305 ; Mrs.,
vii, 305 ; see also Ormerod

Ormsclough (Button), vii, 56 »

Ormskirk, vi, 90 n

Orrell, Ad. de, vi, 95 «, 207 n ;
Anne, vi, 64 «, 65 n ; Cecily do,
vi, 207 n ; Eliz., vi, 30 ; vii,
275 n ; Fran., vi, 64 n ; Hen. dc,
vi, 207 n ; John, vi, 30 ; vii,
275 n ; Kath., vi, 218 n ; Mar-
gery de, vi, 207 « ; Nich., vi,

207 n ; Ralph, vi, 218 n ; Rich.,
vi, 64 n, 65 n ; Thos. de, vi, 207 n ;
Will, (de), vi, 30, 180 «, 207 «,

208 n ; fam., vi, HIM

Orrett, Thos., vi, 229 n ; Will. G.,
vi, 187 n, 190

Orsegate (Poulton), vii, 226 n

Orton, Rev. — , vi, 181 n

Ortt, Rev. Rich., vi, 435

Osbaldeston, vi, 319-25, 396 ; deer
park, vi, 324 ; man., vi, 232, 314,
320 ; Rom. Cath., vi, 325

Osbaldeston, Ad. de, vi, 314, 320,
324 ; Agnes, vi, 321 ; Sir Alex.,
vi, 104 n, 272, 317, 321 ; vii, 59 n,
83 «, 85, 107 n, 125 n, 169 n,
185 n, 280 », 283 n, 325 », 331 n ;
Alex, (de), vi, 217 «, 237 n, 250,
272, 302, 316 «, 317, 318, 318 n,
320, 321, 322, 322 n, 325 ; vii,
2°, 35, 65 n, yon, n8n, 155 n,
207 n, 218 n, 233 n, 287 n ; Alice
(de), vi, 260 n, 301 n, 320, 321 ;
Amabel de, vii, 33 n ; Anabella
de, vi, 320 ; Anne, vi, 322 ; Anne
S., vi, 322 ; Benedict de, vi, 320 ;

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Osbaldeston (cent.)

Cecily de, vi, 321 ; Sir Chas., vi,
319 ; Dorothy, vi, 296 n ; Sir
Edw., vi, 238*1, 282, 317, 319,
322; vii, 48 n, 179; Edw., vi,
235 n> 272, 281 n, 282, 302, 302 M,
317, 3*9, 322, 324, 325 : vii, 35 «,
329 n, 332 n ; Eliz., vi, 17 n,
198 n, 246 n, 315, 316, 317 «,
321; vii, 280 n ; Ellen, vi, 321,
322, 324 ; vii, 35 ; Fran., vi,
322 n ; Geoff, (de), vi, 249, 271,
272, 302, 320, 321, 322 ; Geo.,
vi, 322 M ; Grace, vi, 321 ; Ham-
let, vi, 317 n ; Hannah, vi, 318 n ;
Hen. (de), vi, 321 n ; vii, 55 n ;
Hugh (dc), vi, 314, 320, 324 ;
vii, 52 n, 332 n ; Isabel (de), vi,
302, 317, 321; vii, 55 n; Jane,
vi, 321 ; vii, 281 n ; Joan (de),
vi, 320, 321 ; vii, 126 n ; Sir
John, vi, 321 ; John (de), vi, 9,
104 n, 249, 250, 271, 272, 280,
282, 302 n, 303, 315, 316, 317,
3l8» 319, 320, 321, 322, 324, 325,
325 n ; vii, 35, 41 n, 43 n, 48 «,
50, 50 n, 120 n, 126 n, 281 n,
332 « ; Kath. (Cath.) de, vi, 302,
317 n, 318 n, 320; vii, 155 «;
Lawr., vi, 325 ; Lettice, vi,
317; Marg. de, vi, 317, 321,
322, 325 n; Mary, vi, 317 n,
322 ; vii, 18 ; Maud, vi, 322,
324 ; Mich., vi, 322 ; Pet., vi,
325 n ; Ralph, vi, 298 n ; Rich.,
vi, 237 n, 260 M, 302 n, 316, 317,
321 ; Rob., vi, 246 «, 299, 325,
358 ; vii, 48 n ; Rosamond, vi,
317 n, 325; Thos. (de), vi, 17 n,
198 «, 236 M, 250, 302, 314-15,
320,321, 321 n, 322, 322 «, 324*1,
327 n ; vii, 32 n, 33, 33 n, 35 n,
50 «, 200 n ; Thurstan, vi, 321 »;
Will, (de), vi, 296 M, 301 », 318 «,
320, 321, 321 n, 325 ; vii, 48 n,
50 n ; — , vii, 281 n ; fam., vi,
263 »; vii, 66

Osbaldeston Green (Osbaldeston),
vi, 319

Osbaldeston Hall (Osbaldeston), vi,
296 n, 319, 323

Osebaldreston, see Osbaldeston

Osbern (Dil worth), vii, 53 n

Osbert, vii, 127, 161, 161 », 168 n,
170 n, 175 n

Osboston ferry (Ribchester), vii,
49 n

Oswald twistle (Oswaldtuisil) , vi,

234, 349, 356 M, 387 »» 4<M-9, 429,

521 n ; vii, 49 M ; char., vi, 404 ;

ch., vi, 409 ; cross, vi, 405 ; ind.,

vi, 405 ; man., vi, 232, 405 ; mill,

vi, 406 n ; Nonconf., vi, 409 ;

quarries, vi, 405 ; Rom. Cath.,

vi, 409
Oswaldtwistle, Hen. de, vi, 401 n,

402 n, 405 n ; Phil, de, vi, 405 n ;

Rich, de, vi, 406 ; Rog. de, vi,

401 n, 402 w, 405 n, 406, 407 ;

Sim. de, vi, 402 n ; Will., vi,

405 n
Oswaldtwistle Moor, vi, 235, 405 n,

407 M

Otemaste (Greenhalgh) , vii, 180 n
Othedis (Farington), vi, 62 n
Othegrenehulles, John, vii, 30 n ;

Rich., vii, 30 n
Ouand (Poulton), vii, 226 n
Oubeck (Warton), vii, 171 n
Oudlawe, Will., vii, 231
Ounespool (Kirkland), vii, 313 n
Outgreenfurlong (Longton), vi, 71 n
Outlane (Lea), vii, 130 n
Outlane Wra (Freckleton), vii,

i68n

Out Rawcliffe, Outroutheclif, see

Rawcliffe, Out
Ovall (Barton), vii, 127 M
Over Darwcn, Overdarwyn, Over-
derewente, Overderwend(t),Ovcr-
derwyn, see Darwen, Over
Ovcr-eastfield (Altham), vi, 413 n
Over End (Leagram), vi, 380 n
Over Green (Hapton), see Fenny-
fold

Ovcrhalgh (Button), vii, 54 n
Over Hall (Samlcsbury), vi, 306, 307
Overhead, man., vi, 233 n
Overheads (Henheads), vi, 437
Overholme (Chaigley), vii, 16
Overholme (Habergham Eaves), vi,

455 »
Overland of the Marsh (Poulton),

vii, 226 n

Overlee (Bispham), vi, 101 n
Over Moor (Foulridge), vi, 546 «
Over Northfield ( Worsthorne) , vi,

477 n
Overthemarketgate (Barton), vii,

130 «
Over Thornhill (Pendleton), vi,

393 n
Overton, the (Gt. Harwood), vi,

339 n

Overton, Rob., vii, 297
Overtown(e) (Broughton), see Dur-

ton

Overtown (Cliviger), vi, 479
Overtown (Whalley), vi, 387 n
Over Wood (Myerscough), vii,

139 n

Owen, vii, 130 n
Owen, Hen., vi, 549 ; John, vi,

150 n ; Mary, vi, 150 n
Owen-Smith, Hen. P., vi, 181
Oxcliffe (Oxcleve, Oxclyf), Alice

de, vii, 253 n ; John (de), vii,

223, 252 n, 253 n ; Nich. (de),

vii, 189 n, 252, 253 n ; Will, de,

vii, 252, 253
Oxedene clough (Clayton-le-Dale),

vi, 258 n

Oxcndale (Osbaldeston), vi, 325
Oxendale Hall (Osbaldeston), vi,

325
Oxenholme, the (Stalmine), vii,

252 n
Oxford, Philippa dc Vere, ctss. of,

vii, 303 ; Rob. de Vere, earl of,

vi» 293 n I vii, 3°3
Oxgang (Staynall), vii, 252 n
Oxhey (Heskin), vi, 166
Oxhey (Mearley), vi, 376 n
Oxhey (Pendleton), vi, 393 n
Oxhey (Ribbleton), vii, 106 n
Oxhey wood (Whalley), vi, 382 n

Pack & Chapman, bell makers, vi,

297

Packet, Thos., vii, 85
Pacock, Pacok, see Peacock
Paddescrook (Leyland), vi, 14*1
Pade, Rog., vii, 94 n
Padiham, vi, 349, 356 n, 357, 452,
454, 459 n, 463, 464, 48971,
492-96, 500 n, 501 n, 507 n ; adv.,
vi, 495 ; chant., vi, 494 ; chap.,
vi, 495 ; char., vi, 496 ; ch., vi,
494 ; coal-mines, vi, 492 ; cotton
manuf., vi, 492 ; fairs, vi, 492,
523 n ; man., vi, 232, 233 n, 493 ;
mill, vi, 447 n, 493 ; Nonconf., vi,
496 ; quarries, vi, 492 ; sch., vi,
496

Padiham, Gilb. de, vi, 493
Padiham Field (Padiham), vi, 493
Padiham Green (Hapton), vi, 507,
5"

4OO

Padiham Hey (Padiham), vi, 493

Padiham Moor, vi, 514

Padingham, see Padiham

Page, Amabil, vii, 260 n ; Geo., vi,
251 ; Hen., vi, 251 ; John, vi,
204 n, 249, 251 ; Rich., vi, 251 ;
vii, 260 n ; Rob., vi, 497 »•
Will., vi, 282

Page Croft (Elswick), vii, 284 n

Pagefield (Euxton), vi, 19 n

Painter, Will., vi, 166 n

Pakoc, Pakok, see Peacock

Palace House (Habergham Eaves),
vi, 456

Pale, the (Whalley), vi, 379 n

Paler, John, vii, 86, 87

Paley (Payley), Isabel, vi, 471 n ;
Jas., vi, 471 n, 527 n, 530, 545 »

Palmer (Paumere), Joan, vi, 97 n ;
John, vi, 238 ; Matth., vii, 41 ;
Will, (le), vi, 97 n ; vii, 134 n

Panket, Chas., vi, 380 n

Panshaiebrook (Foulridge), vi, 545 n

Pan Stones (Dutton), vii, 54

Paper manufacture, vi, 270, 276,
284, 303, 345, 361, 442 ; vii, 141,
330

Paradise (Croston), vi, 95 n

Paradise (Shevington), vi, 200 n

Parbold, vi, 68 n, 155, 178-81 ;
char., vi, 90 n, gi n, 161 ; ch., vi,
180 ; man., vi, 178 ; Rom. Cath.,
vi, 181

Parbold, Ad. de, vi, i8on; Alan
de, vi, i8o«; Albin de, vi,
i8ow; Alice de, vi, 200 n ;
Bern, de, vi, 180 n ; Hen. (de),
vi, i8o«, 181, 200 n ; Hugh de,
vi, i8on; Mabel de, vi, i8o»;
Maud de, vi, i8ow; Rich, (dc),
vi, 1 80 n ; Rob. de, vi, 180 n

Parbold Hall (Parbold), vi, 181 n

Parbold House (Parbold), vi, 180

Paris, Ad. de, vii, 158 n ; Rich., vi,
365 n

Parish, Rob., vi, 358

Parisourge (Clitheroe), vi, 367

Park, brook, vi, 252, 257

Park, fam., see Parke

Parkbrook (Shevington), vi, 200 n,
202 n

Parke (Park, Parkes), Herb. T., vi,
48 ; H. T., vi, 144 ; John, vi, 17,
48; vii, 178; Lawr., vi, 237 n ;
Mary, vi, 48 n ; Phil., vii, 199 ;
Rob., vi, 48 n ; Will. B., vi, 48 ;
Will. P., vii, 198 ; fam., vi, 47 ;
vii, 98 n

Parkenrode (Habergham Eaves) ,
vi, 467

Parker, Ad. the, vi, 140 n ; Agnes,
vi, 380 n, 456 n, 538 n ; Alex.,
vi, 526, 530, 546, 546 M; vii,
158 n ; Alice, vi, 256 n, 553 « ;
Anne, vi, 25, 142 n, 366 «, 446,
446 n ; Ant., vi, 452 ; vii, 156 n ;
Rev. Arth. T., vi, 25 n, 450,
451, 452 ; Banastre, vi, 25, 28 ;
Bern., vi, 492, 494, 525, 530;
Brian, vi, 367, 368 n ; Cath.
(Kath.), vi, 142; vii, 156 n;
Chris., vi, 546, 549 n ; vii, 155 M,
156, 158 n ; Edm., vi, 407, 472 n,
473, 539, 549: Edm. J., vi,
538 n ; Edw., vi, 380 n, 407 n,
472 n, 526 n, 533 ; Eliz., vi, 25,
106 n, 208, 256, 366 n, 380 n,
401 «, 407 n ; vii, 89 n, 300, 315 ;
Ellen, vi, 543 ; Ellis, vi, 525 n,
549 ; Geoff, (the), vi, 525 n, 548 ;
Geo., vi, 127 n, 142 ; Gilb., vi,
407 ; Giles, vi, 366 n, 368 n,
518 n ; vii, 229 n ; Harriet S., vi,
25, 472; Hen., vi, 513 n, 521,
525 n, 526, 527 n, 530, 544, 546 ;

INDEX

Parker (cont.)

vii, 212 n ; Hugh, vi, 142, 256,
513 n, 521 ; Isabel, vi, 553 n ;
Jas., vi, 140 n, 142 ; vii, 32 n ;
Jane, vi, 256 n ; vii, 155 n ; Joan,
vi, 456 n, 511 n, 543 M, 546;
John (the), vi, 142, 256, 260,
335 n, 380 n, 397 n, 445, 46872,
472, 473, 488, 5"«, 512 n, 525,
539, 542, 546, 548, 549, 553 ;
vii, 25 n, 141 n, 156 n, 158 n ;
John F. H., vii, 142 ; Col. John
W. R., vi, 526 ; Lawr., vi,
472 n, 526, 530, 538 n, 546,
549 ; vii, 306 n ; Marg., vi,
525 n, 546; vii, 156 n, 158 n ;
Margery, vii, 158 n ; Martha, vii,
212 n ; Mary, vi, 285, 286 n,
472 n ; Matth., archbp., vii, 42 n ;
Maud, vii, 253 ; Miles, vi, 472 n,
543 ; Nich., vi, 366 n, 367, 451 n,
472 n ; Oliver, vi, 142 n, 407 ;
Phil, the, vi, 546 ; Ralph, vi,

525 n ; vii, 204 ; Reynold, vii,
25 n ; Rich, (the), vi, 179 n,
208 n, 256, 335 n, 366 n, 472 n,
512 n, 525 n ; vii, 13, 25, 25 n,
71 n, 180 n, 181 n ; Rob., vi, 25,
106 n, 380 n, 459 n, 472, 473 n,

526 ; vii, 65 M, 74, 253, 327 n ;
Capt. Rob. T., vi, 25 n ; Rob. T.,
vi, 25, 135, 300, 446, 450, 452,
528 ; vii, 74 ; Rog., vi, 142 n ;
R., vii, 290 ; Susannah, vi, 25 ;
Thos., vi, 140 », 142 n, 285,
286 n, 367 n, 380 n, 456 n, 472 n,
526, 546 ; vii, 107 n, 200 n ;
Thos. T., vi, 25, 32 n, 36, 472 ;
Thurstan, vi, 407 ; Wilkinson, vi,
472 ; Rev. Will., vi, 283 ; Will.,
vi, 380 n, 470 n, 549, 553 n ; vii,
28 n, 29 n, 156 n, 158 n, 212 n ;
Col., vi, 546 ; — , vi, 524 n, 549 n

Parkes, see Parke
Park Falls (Fulwood), vii, 108
Park Farm (Gt. Harwood), vi, 340
Park Green (Leagram), vi, 380 n
Park Hall (Charnock Richard), vi,

205

Parkhead (Whalley), vi, 387, 505
Park Hill (Barrowford), vi, 542,

543 ; mills, vi, 543
Park House (Wyresdale), vii, 304 n
Parkhulley (Barrowford), vi, 544
Parkin, Geo., vii, 66 n
Parkinson, Alice, vii, 199 n ; Anne,
vii, 23 ; Cecily, vii, 140 n, 322 » ;
Chris., vii, 32 n, 142, 181 n, 204,
331 n ; Cuth. A., vii, 141 ;
Dorothy, vi, 380 n ; Edm., vii,
199 n, 331 n ; Edw., vi, 399 ;
vii, 108 n, 140 n, 175 », 199 n,
322 n, 329 n, 331 n ; Eliz., vi,
380 n ; vii, 331 n ; Ellen, vii,
128 n, 19977; Geo., vii, 141 M,
329 n ; Hen., vii, 142 n ; Isabel,
vii, 140 n, 322 n ; Janet, vii,
181 n, 199 n ; John, vi, 380 n ;
vii, 141 «, 206, 329 n ; Lawr.,
vii, 201, 206, 329 n ; Marg., vii,
199 77 ; Marie, vii, 23 ; Ralph,
vii, 31 n, 141 n, 204 n ; Rich.,
vii, 31, 32, 121 n, 142 n, 199 n,
282 n, 329 n ; Rob., vii, 23, 66,

141 n, 142 ; Rog., vii, 199 n ;
R., vii, 86 ; Thos., vii, 31 n,

142 n, 151, 199 n, 292 n, 299,
312, 331 n; Will., vii, 194*7.,
199 n, 292 n, 322 n, 331 n ; — ,
canon, vii, 66 n, 142 n ; — , vii,
305 n ; fam., vii, 195 n

Parlick Fell (Brow), vi, 230 ; vii,

20, 26, 29 n, 141
Parr, Agnes, vi, 553 n ; Edw., vi,

21 n, 162 ; Ellen, vi, 50 n ; Hen.,

Parr (cont.)

vi, 553 n '• Jonn, vi, 5° ni 5°° >
vii, 149, 284 77. ; John O., vii, 87 ;
Marg., vi, 500 n ; Margery de,
vii, 328 n ; Rich, (de), vi, 160,
161 ; vii, 328 n ; Rob. de, vii,
328 n ; Sir Thos., vii, 303 ; Sir
Will., vii, 301 77, 303 n ; Will.,
vii, 227 n, 257 « ; — , vi, 500
Parratt's fields (Par bold), vi, i8ow
Parr Hall (Eccleston), vi, 162
Parrock, Higham (Higham), vi,

513 n

Parrock, Old (Higham), vi, 513 n
Parrock-hey (Preesall), vii, 258 «
Parrock stone (Colne), vi, 524 «
Parrott, Sir John, vii, 26
Parrox Hall (Preesall), vii, 258
Parsonage Field (Church), vi, 399
Parsons (Parson), Rev. Geo. L.,

vii, 148 ; Will., vii, 224
Parsonweind (Preston), vii, 79 n
Partington, — , vi, 283
Parva Harewode, see Harwood,

Little
Paslew (Pasley), Alice, vi, 398,

399 w, 521; vii, 13377.; Eliz.,

vi, 398-9 ; Fran., vi, 398, 399 ;

John, abbot, vi, 298, 354, 384,

385, 415, 495 ; John, vi, 394 n,

398, 52177.; Rob., vii, 133 n ;

Thos., vi, 398
Passavent, John, vi, 154 n
Paston, Clem., vi, 460 n ; Mary, vi,

460 n
Pastorini, see Rama, Chas. Wal-

mesley, bp. of

Pasture Head (Foulridge), vi, 544
Pateson, see Pattisson
Patrick, vii, 183 n
Patrington, Alex, de, vi, 475
Patten, Eliz., vii, 34 ; Hen., vii,

298 ; Mary, vii, 34 ; Rob., vi,

135 n ; vii, 77 n ; Thos., vii, 29,

34, 208 n, 307 ; Thos. W., vii,

307 « ; Will., vii, 29, 34 n, 102 n ;

— , vi, 525 ; vii, 164 77. ; fam.,

vii, 76, too n ; see also Patton and

Wilson-Patten

Patten Arms (Cabus), vii, 305
Patten Field (Preston), vii, 103 n
Patten Hall, see Thornley Hall
Patten House (Preston), vii, 77 n
Pattisson (Pateson, Pattison), Alice,

vii, 231 n ; Hannah, vi, 394 n ;

Rich., vii, 158 n ; Thos., vii, 144,

231 n ; Will., vii, 144 n
Patton, Mrs., vi, 413 ; see also

Patten
Paulet (Poulet), Chas. W., vi,

2IO77-; Susan A. G., vi, 210 n ;

Will., vii, 297 n
Paulin (Paulinus), vi, 400 n ; vii,

94 n, 192 77.

Paulinsson, see Pawesson
Paumere, see Palmer
Pawesson (Paulinsson), Agnes, vi,

36677.; Eliz., vi, 36677.; Rob.,

vi, 366 n

Payley, see Paley
Payne, Geo., vi, 248
Paythorn (Yorks), vii, no; man.,

vi, 421 w
Paythorne, Christiana de, vi, 317 ;

Ughtred de, vi, 317
Peacock, brook, vii, 27 n
Peacock, hill, vi, 548, 552
Peacock (Pacock, Pacok, Pakoc,

Pakok), Ad., vii, 189 n ; Agnes,

vii, 183 n, 278 n ; John, vii, 278 n ;

Rich., vii, 297 ; Rob., vii, 183 n,

278 n ; Rog., vii, 297 ; Thos., vi,

342 ; Will., vi, 288 ; fam., vii,

25477.
Peacock Hey (Chipping), vii, 3077,

401

Pearce (Peers), Pet., vi, 143 n ;
Thos., vii, 25

Pearl fishing, vii, 188

Pearson (Pereson, Person, Pierson),
Rev. Alf., vi, 452 ; Jane, vi,
225 n, 229 n ; John, vi, 50, 161 ;
vii, 158 n ; Marg., vi, 225 «, 361 ;
Oliver, vi, 50 ; Rob., vi, 445 n ;
Thos., vii, 141 77., 335

Peche (Chat burn), vi, 372 w

Pecop, see Pickup

Pedder, Col. Chas. D., vii, 102 n ;
Edw., vi, 65 ; vii, 102 n, 126,
182 n, 211 ; Isabella, vii, 295 ;
Jas., vii, 102 n, 106 n, 296 n,
298, 312 ; John, vii, 295, 296 n,
298 ; John W., vii, 296, 298 ;
Rich., vii, 102 n, 296, 298 ; Thos.,
vii, 102 n, 296 n, 298 ; Will., vi,
296 ; Wilson, vii, 296 n, 298 ;
fam., vii, 91 n

Pedder House (Walton), vi, 296

Pedley, Edw., vi, 358

Pedwardine, Isabel de, vii, 301 n ;
Sir Walt, de, vii, 301 n

Peel, the (Duxbury), vi, 210

Peel, the (Hutton), vii, 235 n

Peel (Marton), vii, 163 n, 175 M,
239, 242

Peel (Peele, Piele), Eliz., vi, 454 ;
John, vi, 251, 4067?, 44771,
494 n ; Jonathan, vi, 399 n ; Rev.
Nich., vi, 344 ; Nich., vi, 55 ; Sir
Rob., vi, 399 n, 406; vii, 91,
406 ; Wrill., vi, 406 ; fam., vi,
284 n

Peel Fold (Oswald twistle), vi, 251,
406

Peel Hall (Preston), vii, 100 n

Peers, see Pearce

Pegge, Sam., vi, 80, 81

Pekeshey (Wrightington), vi, 170)1

Pelie (Worsthorne), vi, 475 n

Pelle (Pelie, Polie), Ad., vii, 101 n ;
Ismania, vii, 101 n ; Rich., vii,
101 n, 331 n ; Rob., vi, 475 ;
Will., vii, 101 «, 331 n

Pemberton, vii, 280 77.

Pemberton, Ad. de, vi, 76 n, 336,
397, 556 » ; Alice de, vi, 336,
397, 556 n; Hugh de, vi, 79,
201 «, 336 ; Jas., vi, 177 ; Rich,
(de), vii, 113 M, 169 77. ; Sir Thos.,
vii, 61 « ; Will., vii, 113 n

Pembroke, Mary de St. Pol, ctss.
of, vii, 302 n, 303 n

Pembroke, Eliz., vi, 154 n ; John,
vi, 154 «

Pendle, hill, vi, 230, 373, 375, 552,
557, 558

Pendlebury, Anne, vii, 231 w ; Hen.,
vi, 1 88 ; Rog., vii, 231 n

Pendle Cross (Heyhouses), vi, 513

Pendle Forest (Pendle), vi, 232,
233 «, 349, 361, 367, 488, 489,
490, 491, 5", 514, 516, 527, 541,
543, 544, 546 ; chap., vi, 517 ;
witchcraft, vi, 515, 537

Pendle Hall (Higham), vi, 20 n,
512, 513

Pendleton (Great Pendleton), vi,
349, 356 n, 357, 372 «, 391 n,
392-6, 513, 553, 554 n ; ch., vi,
396 ; ind., vi, 392 ; man., vi,
233 n, 361 n, 376 n, 392, 489 ;
mill, vi, 393 n ; Nonconf., vi,
396

Pendleton, Little, vi, 232, 356 w,
366 77. ; man., vi, 253, 254, 393 ;
mill, vi, 393 n

Pendleton, Agnes de, vi, 393 n ;
Cecily de, vi, 393 n ; Ellis de, vi,
393;?; Hawisede, vi, 39377.; Hugh
de, vi, 393 n ; Isold de, vi, 393 n ;
Quenilda de, vi, 365 n, 393 n ;

Sl

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Pendleton (cont.)

Reg. de, vi, 365 «, 393 n ; Rob.
de, vi, 393 n ; Sabasdus de, vi,
393 n ; Siward de, vi, 393 n ;
Thos. de, vi, 393 n ; Will, de, vi,

393 «, 455 M
Pendleton Hall (Pendleton), vi,

349, 393, 394 n

Pendleton waste, vi, 391 », 514
Pendleton wood, vi, 375 n, 395
Pendle Water, riv., vi, 446, 464,

489, 490, 536, 542, 543
Pendrecham, see Penwortham
Penelache (Whittle-le-Woods), vi,

34 n

Penelton, see Pendleton

Penereth, Emma de, vii, 177*1;
Will, de, vii, 177 n

Peneverdant, see Penwortham

Penhille, Rob. de, vi, 519

Penhulton, Penilton, Peniltune, see
Pendleton

Penketh, — , vii, 7 »

Penley, vi, 530 n

Pennant, Piers, vi, 524 n ; Thos.,
vi, 237, 395 « ; vii, 37

Pennington (Pinnington) , Ad. de,
vi, 200 n ; Sir Alan, vi, 209 n ;
Alan de, " vi, 509 n ; Cath.
(Kath), vii, 89, 317 n ; Gabriel,
vii, 126 n ; Sir John, vi, 209 n ;
vii, 317 « ; Jos., vi, 65 n ; Mar-
gery, vi, 26 «; Thos., vi, 509 n ;
Sir Will., vi, 65 ; Will., vi, 65 n ;
fam., vi, 64

Penny, Rev. Jas., vii, 82 n ; Jas.,
vii, 25, 87 ; John, vii, 142, 205

Penny stone (Bispham), vii, 246 n

Pennyworth (Accrington), vi, 425 »

Pens wick, Thos., vii, 279 n

Penuertham, see Penwortham

Penwortham, vi, i, 29 n, 52-61;
vii, 90, 91 n, 144 n, 149 n, 288 n ;
adv., vi, 54 ; char., vi, 56 ; ch.,
vi, 53, 67 ; cross, vi, 56, 57 n ;
ferry, vii, 76 ; fishery, vi, 57 n,
58 « ; grange, vi, 59 ; ind., vi,
52 ; man., vi, 13 n, 57 ; vii, 175 n,
209 ; Nonconf., vi, 52 ; sch., vi,
56, 67, 74

Penwortham, bar. (fee), vi, 2, 10,
18, 29, 33, 37, 57; vii, 70, 108,
166, 167, 171, 172, 173, 173 n,
176, 177, 178, 191, 200, 207, 282,

325

Penwortham, Ad. de, vi, 60 n ;
Agnes de, vi, 60 n ; Alex, de, vii,
52 n ; Alice de, vi, 60 « ; Bussel
of, vii, 240 n ; Christiana de, vii,
99 n ; Ellen de, vi, 60 n ; Hen.
de, vii, 99 « ; Joan de, vi, 60 n ;
Kath. de, vi, 60 n ; Mabot de,
vii, 63 n, 132 n ; Marg. de, vi,
60 n ; Nich. de, vi, 60 n ; Phil,
de, vi, 60 ; Ralph de, vii, 223 ;
Rich, de, vii, 52 n ; Walt, de, vi,
60 n ; vii, 63 n, 132 n ; Will, de,
vii, 63 n, 132 n

Penwortham Castle, vi, i, 53 n,
56, 57

Penwortham Hall, vi, 57

Penwortham Moss, vi, 61 ; vii,
102 n, 117

Penwortham Priory, vi, 6, 53, 54,
58 n, 59, 69, 70, 73 n ; vii, 145

Peploe, Rev. Sam., vii, 86, 87, 113,
121 n, 123, 205 n

Pepperfield (Preston), vii, 99 n

Pepper Hill (Clifton), vii, 161

Pepper Syke (Goosnargh), vii, 192 n

Perbald, Perbalt, Perbold, see Par-
bold

Perburn (Coppull), vi, 222 «, 224,
228 n

Perburn, brook, vi, 183, 197 n, 224 n

Perburn, Ad. de, vi, 219 n ; Agnes

de, vi, 174 «; Hugh de, vi, 228 n ;

Margery de, vi, 228 n ; Rich, de,

vi, 174 n ; Rob. de, vi, 228 n ;

Thos. de, vi, 228 n
Percy, Will., vi, 374 n
Perebold, see Parbold
Peres, see Preese
Pereson, see Pearson
Perient, Sir John, vii, 211 n
Perlebarn, John, vi, 198 n
Perod (Marsden), vi, 538 n
Perpoint, Perpont, Perpunt, see

Pierpoint
Perrin (Perryn), Fred. E. P., vii,

43 ; Rev. F. E., vii, 40 ; Sir

Rich., vi, 187 n, 190 ; Rich., vi,

190

Perry, Rev. Steph., vii, 12
Person, see Pearson
Pesecroft (Accrington), vi, 424
Pestur, Christiana le, vii, 98 « ;

Hen. le, vii, 98 n ; Rich, le, vii,

99 n ; Rog. le, vii, 99 »
Peter, the chaplain, vi, 369 K,

546 n ; the physician, vii, 24
Peterborough, John Towers, bp. of,

vii, 54 n
Petit Middleargh (Hackinsall) , vii,

257 n
Petre, Lady Cath., vi, 422 ; Lds.,

vi, 278, 332, 347, 423, 425 ; vii,

58 ; John, vi, 259 n ; Rob., vi,

422 ; Rob. E., vi, 422 n ; Rob. J.,

vi, 422 n
Petre, Edw., vi, 422 n ; vii, 111-12 ;

E. H., vii, 112 » ; Fran., vi, 259 ;

Geo., vi, 404 ; vii, 14 ; Geo.

E. A. H., vi, 328, 329, 336, 346,

347, 422 ; Sir Geo. G., vi, 422 ;

Geo. W., vi, 422 ; G. E., vi, 401 ;

Hen., vi, 422 n ; Hen. W., vi,

422 n ; Oswald H., vi, 278, 304 ;

bp., vii, 61

Petrington (Worsthorne), vi, 475 «
Peule (Upper Rawcliffe), vii, 268 n
Peverel, hon. of, vii, 240
Pewter vessels, vi, 415, 517 ; vii,

217

Peycroft (Mawdesley), vi, 97 n
Peyke, Geo., vi, 518 n
Peytevin, Isabel, vi, 366 n ; Maud,

vi, 366 n, 395 n ; Ralph, vi, 366 n
Phenixcoales, see Feniscowles
Philip, vii, 98 n ; of Chester, vi,

295 ; the priest, vi, 287 ; rector

of Croston, vi, 87
Philipson, Carus, vi, 557
Philiptoft (Garstang), vii, 296
Phillips, Fran., vii, 263 ; Rev. John

B., vi, 440

Philpott, Hen., vii, 260 n
Phipps, Mary, vii, 278 «; Thos.

H. H., vii, 278 n ; — , vii, 272
Phisick, see Fishwick
Phusthor (Freckleton), vii, 168 n
Physick, see Fishwick
Piccop, Piccope, see Pickup
Pickard, Alice, vii, 136 n ; Will.,

vii, 136 n

Picke, John, vii, 255
Pickerell, John, vii, 263 n
Pickering, Ant., vii, 287 n, 324 n

Cecily, vii, 324 n ; Isabel, vii

257 ; Jas., vii, 193 n, 253 n, 254 n

257, 258 n, 324 n ; Joan, vii, 257

John, vii, 324 n ; Mabel, vii, 257

Marg., vii, 257 ; Rich., vii, 20 ;

Rob., vi, 88, 89, 158, 161 ; Rog.,

vii, 324 n ; Thos., vi, 280 n ; Sir

Will., vi, 356 n ; Will., vii, 324 n
Pickering Place (Cliviger), vi, 481 n
Pickoppe, see Pickup
Pickup (Habergham Eaves), vi, 454,

467

402

Pickup (Pecop, Piccop, Piccope,
Pickoppe, Picop), Cath., vi, 381 ;
Edm., vi, 438 n; Jas., vi, 283,
436 n, 438 « ; John, vi, 342, 436 ;
Mich., vi, 446 ; Rob., vi, 467 n ;
Thos., vi, 381, 436 ; Will., vi,
451 n, 467 n

Pickup Bank, vi, 230 «, 280
Pickup Bank Height, vi, 280
Piele, see Peel

Pierpoint (Perpoint, Perpont, Per-
punt), Agnes de, vi, 200 «, 201 n ;
Alice, vi, 201 « ; Augustus, vi,
214 n ; Cecily de, vi, 201 n ; Dav.,
vi, 214 n; Denise, vi, 21477;
Joan le, vi, 201 n ; John de, vi,
201 n, 305 n ; vii, 321 n ; Mar-
gery de, vi, 71 n ; Matilda de, vi,
305 n ; Nich., vi, 201 n ; Rich,
(de), vi, 200 n, 201 «, 214 «,
217??; vii, 321 n ; Rob. de, vi,
201 n ; Rog. de, vi, 201 n ; Thos.
de, vi, 71 n, 201 n, 203 «, 204 n ;
Will, de, vi, 291 «
Pierson, see Pearson
Piggot, see Pigot
Pighel (Whithalgh), vi, 288
Pighill (Wrightington), vi, 174 n
Pighle (Cuerden), vi, 28 n
Pighle, the (Stonyhurst), vii, 4 ;i
Pighole (Briercliffe), vi, 469
Pighole (Come), vi, 524 n
Pightle (Sunderland), vi, 318
Pigot (Piggot), Ad., vii, 200 n ;
Edw., vii, 67 ; Hawise, vii,
200 n ; Hen., vi, 80 ; John, vi,
217 ; fam., vii, 102, 102 n
Piked Edge (Come), vi, 522
Pikedlow (Habergham Eaves), vi,

457

Pike Law (Barley), vi, 519

Piladhalers (Charnock), vi, 207 n

Pilatefurlong (Westby), vii, i75»

Pilgrim, Thos., vi, 189

Pilkington (Pilkinton, Pylkinton),

Alex, de, vi, 474 n ; vii, 181 n ;

Alice, vi, 85, 228 n, 474 n ; Sir

Chas., vi, 316 «, 458 ; Edm., vi,

555 n ; Edw., vi, 316 ; vii, 198 n ;

Eliz., vi, 228 n ; Geoff., vi, 228 n ;

Hen. de, vi, 474 n ; Hugh, vi,

317 n ; Isabel (de), vi, 101 «, 458 ;

Jas., vi, 85, 86 n, 88, 166 n, 242 ;

Joan, vi, 316 ; Sir John, (de) vi,

316 ; vii, 213 n ; John, vi, 142,

220, 488 ; vii, 185 «, 198 ; Kath.,

vi, 216 n ; Lawr., vi, 228 n ; Lora

de, vi, 194 n, 200 n ; Marg., vi,

89 w ; Rich., vi, 215 », 216 n ;

Rob., vi, 186, 191 n, 215 n,

216 n ; Sir Rog. de, vi, 194 n ;

Rog. de, vii, 181 » ; Will, (de),

vi, 85, 86 n, 88 «, 89, 474 n ; vii,

1 88 ; fam., vi, 246 n

Pilkington Hall (Wakefield), vi,

316 n

Pillhouses (Lytham), vii, 216 n
Pilling, vii, 256, 291, 292, 293, 299,
332-5 ; adv., vii, 333 ; chap.,
vii, 299, 334 ; ch., vii, 334 ; man.,
vi, 413; vii, 274 n, 333; Nonconf.,
vii, 335 ; Rom. Cath., vii, 335 ;
sch., vii, 335

Pilling (Pylling), John, vi, 272 n,
438, 438 n, 439 ; Rog., vi, 434 ;
Will., vi, 551 n
Pilling Hey (Pilling), vii, 333
Pilling Lane (Preesall), vii, 256
Pilling Moss, vii, 304, 308 n, 313 n
Pillock, Ad., vi, 264 n
Pilotholes, John de, vi, 205 n
Pilsworth, Will, de, vi, 221 n
Pimlico (Clitheroe), vi, 360
Pincock, Hugh, vi, 51 n ; Rich., vi,
10 n ; Thurstan, vi, 9 n

INDEX

Pincock mill (Euxton), vi, 18

Pindar (Finder), Chas., vi, 416 ;
Will, the, vii, 257 «

Pinkpool (Hutton), vi, 68 n

Pinnington, see Pennington

Piper, Jas., vi, n8n

Piper Yard (Colne), vi, 525 n

Pippin Street (Brindle), vi, 75

Pirleston (Norf.), vi, 227 n

Place, Isaac, vi, 432 ; Thos., vii,
218 ; Will., vi, 191

Plague, vi, 236 ; vii, 73, 75, 285, 292

Plantagenet, Arth., vi, 163 », 164 n ;
Eliz., vi, 163 n

Platfordale (Platford Dales) (Pres-
ton), vii, 79 H, 97 n, 99 n

Platt, Rev. — , vii, 220 n

Playters, Eliz., vi, 227 «

Pleasington, vi, 235, 266-9, 408 ;
alum mine, vi, 235 ; char., vi,
244 ; man., vi, 266 ; mill, vi,
269 ; Rom. Cath., vi, 269

Pleasington (Plesington), Ad. de, vi,
266, 409 n ; Agnes de, vi, 162 n ;
Alice (de), vi, 266, 267 n, 410 n ;
vii, 28 n, 179 w, i8o«, 323*1;
Amabel de, vi, 266, 266 «, 282 ;
Beatrice de, vi, 266 « ; Diana de,
vi, 266, 266 n, 267 « ; Diota de,
vi, 170 n ; Ellen (de), vi, 290 n ;
vii, 154 «, 306 n; Ellis (Elias)
de, vi, 266, 267 n, 269, 281,
282, 326, 409 n, 410 ; Geofi. de,
vii, 179 n, 180 n ; Hen. (de),
vi, 6l », 266, 267 n, 269, 282 ;
vii, 247, 306 n ; Isabel (de), vii,
306 *i, 324 n ; Joan de, vi, 267 * ;
John (de), vi, 61 n, 267 n, 281,
282 ; vii, 28 n, 297 n, 306 n, 308,
319 n, 320, 324 n, 326 n, 328 n;
Mabel de, vi, 267 n, 281 ; Nich.,
vii, 323 n ; Rich, (de), vi, 266 ;
vii, 28 n, 212 n, 319 *t, 325 n ;
Sir Rob. de, vi, 61 *i, 266 ; vii,
152 n ; Rob. (de), vi, 61 *i, 162 *,
266, 267 n, 281, 282, 327 «; vii,
27 n, 28 n, 279 «, 297 n, 306, 308,
309, 316 *, 319 n, 320 n, 326 n ;
Rog. de, vi, 266, 267, 282 ;
Sibyl de, vii, 212 n ; Will., vii,
200 n, 212 n, 278 n, 279, 319 »,
323 » ; fam., vii, 227 *t

Pleasington Hall (Pleasington), vi,
268

Pleasington Moor, vi, 266

Plesington, Plesinton, Plessington,
Plesyngton, see Pleasington

Pleyndamours, Alice, vii, 16 n ;
Rich., vii, 16 n

Plowden, Chas., vii, 13

Pluket (Ploket), Ad., vi, 57 n, 71 *,
72 n ; Alice, vi, 73 * ; Hen., vi,

71 it, 72 n; Hugh, vi, 60 n, 71 n,

72 n ; WilL, vi, 60 «, 71 *», 72 n
Plumb, Cecily, vii, 52 » ; Maud, vii,

52 n ; Rob., vii, 52 »
Plnmpton, Gt. and Little (Westby

with Plumptons), vii, n8n, i6in,

162 n, 163 «, 174, 175, 177, 282 n ;

man., vii, 175, 286 n
Plumpton, Alice de, vii, 4 ; Emma

de, vii, 4 ; Joan de, vii, 175 n ;

John, vii, 17011, 175 n ; Thos.

de, vii, 170*; Walt, de, vii,

175 « ; Sir WilL de, vii, 4 ; Will.

de, vii, 175 n

Plumton, Plunton, see Plumpton
Plymouth Brethren, vii, 171, 237,

251
Pocklington, **ugh de, vi, 299 ;

Rob. de, vii, «,!, 52 »
Poitou, Rich., ct- of, vii, 146 *t ;

Rog., ct. of, vi, 63, 86, 162, 232 ;

vii, 2, 27, 45, 72, 82, 83, 92, 145,

157, 184, 222, 226, 256, 285

Pole, Chas., vi, 31 n ; John, vii,
113 n ; Margery (del), vii, in n,
H3n; Will, (del), vii, in n,
113 n

Polie, see Pelle

Pollard, Anne, vi, 456 ; Edm., vi,
142 ; Geo., vi, 456, 512 n ; Hen.,
vi, 547 '• J35-, vi, 489 ; John,
vi, 512 n, 545 n ; Ralph, vi, 342 ;
Rich., vi, 434 n, 447, 468 n,
557 ; Thos., vi, 546 n ; Tim., vii,
218; WilL, vi, 142, 468*1, 471,
512*1 ; — , vi, 90 »
Pollington, Sir Thos. de, vi, 305 » ;

Will, de, vi, 305 »
Polton, see Poulton
Ponings, Mich., vi, 101 n
Pontchardon, Beatrice de, vi, 326,
388, 396 ; John de, vi, 326, 388,
396 ; Loretta de, vii, 321 ; Rich,
de, vi, 326, 327, 388, 396, 397 n ;
vii, 321

Pontefract Priory (Yorks), vi, 355 «,
356, 417, 534, 538, 546, 547:
Geoff., prior of, vi, 355 n ; Steph.,
prior of, vi, 546 * ; WilL, prior
of, vi, 546 n, 547 n
Ponthalgh (Church), vi, 345, 346,
347 *, 399; man., vi, 400, 401,
401 n ; mill., vi, 401 n
Pool, the (Layton), vii, 242, 248
Poole (Pool), Ad. de, vii, 170 n ;
Alan de, vii, 170*1; Geoff, de,
vii, 17011; Hen. de, vi, 112 n ;
Jas., vii, 275 * ; Maud (de, del),
vi, 103 n ; vii, 170 « ; Sim. de, vi,
103 ; WilL de, vii, 168, 256
Pool field (Freckle ton), vii, 170 n
Pool Foot (Singleton), vii, 183, 232
Poolhouse (Marton), vii, 242 *
Poolhouses (Warton), vii, 163 »
Poope oxgang (Padiham), vi, 494 n
Poor Fields (Gt. Marsden), vi, 536 n
Pope, Janet, vii, 213 it ; Rich., vii,

213 n

Popeley, Eliz., vi, 555 n ; Isabel,
vi, 528 n, 543 ; John, vi, 528 n,
543 ; Marg., vi, 553 « ; Will., vi,

553 *

Porritt, W. J., vii, 218 n
Porta, fam., see Yates
Porte, John, vii, 317 «
Porter, Hen., vi, 107 ; Jas., vii,

150 n i John, vii, 158 H ; Jos., vi,

442 ; Marg., vii, 136 » ; Martha,

vi, '53 * I Rich., vi, 153 *t, 177 ;

Rob., vii, 158*1; Will. B., vii,

267 n
Porter's Harlow (Little Eccleston),

vii, 1 50 n
Portfield (Whalley), vi, 381, 382 n,

383

Portsmouth (Cliviger), see Corn-
holme
Portsmouth, John Vertue, bp. of,

vii, 12
Postlethwaite, John, vii, 175 n ;

— , vi, 416

Poterton, Ad. de, vi, 546 *»
Pothou (Potthow), John de, vi,

481 n, 545, 546 n ; Rosamund de,

vi, 545, 546 * ; Win. de, vi, 545
Potter, Jas., vii, 335 ; John, vi, 242
Potterford (Potterforth) (Whalley),

vi, 382 «, 412 n
Potter Ridding (Billington), vi,

326 n

Pottery, Rom., vi, 289, 442 n
Potthow, see Pothon
Pouel, Paulinus de, vi, 345 n
Poulet, see Paufct
Poulton, Little, vii, 225, 226 n,

227 *
Poulton, Ad. de, vii, 223 n, 226 n ;

Agnes (de), vii, 226 n, 227 n ;

4°3

Poulton (cant.)

Alice de, vii, 226 n, 227 n ; Avice
de, vii, 226 n ; Beatrice de, vii,
226 n ; Chris., vii, 331 n ; Hen.
(de), vii, 226 «, 331**; Jas. de,
vii, 226 «, 227 n ; John de, vii,
226 n, 227 «, 228 «, 260 n ; Nich.
de, vii, 227 n ; Rich, de, vii,
226 n, 227 n ; Rob. (de), vii, 223 n,

226 n, 227 n ; Rog. de, vii, 226 «,

227 n ; Thos. de, vii, 226 n ;
Waldeve (Waltheof) de, vi, 154 « ;
vii, 227*1, 228*1; Walt, de, vii,

227 * ; Will, de, vi, 154 n ; vii,

233 »

Poulton-le-Fylde (Poulton), vii, 68,
69, 71, 137 n, 156 n, 219-28 ;
adv., vii, 222, 248 n ; char., vii,
225 ; ch., vii, 83 n, 220 ; cross,
vii, 225 ; mkts. and fairs, vii,
225, 238 n ; Nonconf., vii, 228 ;
Rom. Cath., vii, 228 ; Rom.
rem., vii, 219 n ; sch., vii, 225 ;
taxes, vii, 219

Powell, Hen., vii, 245 ; Thos., vi, 7

Powys, Hen. L., vi, 106 n

Praers, Ad. de, vi, 295 ; Margery
de, vi, 345 ; Maud de, vi, 347 ;
Rob. de, vi, 345 ; Will, de, vi, 295

Pratesclogh (Studlehurst), vi, 324 n

Prees, man., see Preese

Prees, Alice de, vii, 177 n ; Amery
de, vii, 177 n ; Austin de, vii,
177 n i Edm. de, vii, 177 n ;
John de, vii, 177 *»; Margery de,
vii, 166 », 173*1, 177, 177 it;
Nich. de, vii, 177*1; Rob. (de),
vii, 166 n, 177 n, 178 n ; Will, de,
vi, 72 H ; vii, 166 n, 167 *•, 177 *i

Preesall (Preesall-with-Hackinsall) ,
vii, 68, 173 *i, 252, 256-60, 332 ;
Nonconf., vii, 260

Preesall (Preseeve), Aline de, vii,
256 n ; Anabil de, vii, 157 n,
256 H ; John, vii, 265 ; Maud de,
vii, 257 n, 260 *» ; Sabina de, vii,
256 n, 260 n ; Will, de, vii, 157 »»,
256 n

Preesall Park (Preesall), vii, 260 »

Preese (Preez, Pres) (Weeton-with-
Preese), vi, 58 n ; vii, 166, 176-8

Prehistoric remains, vi, 349, 442 ;
vii, 2

Presbyterians, vi, 148, 178, 248,
251, 275, 280, 283, 298, 299, 387 ;
v", 43. 67, 104, 115, 179, 201, 213

Prescott (Prescot), Alex., vi, 186-7 ;
Edm. de, vi, 228 *i ; Edw.,
vi, 202 ; Geoff., vi, 132 ; Isabel
de, vi, 224 *t, 228 n ; Jas. de, vi,

228 H ; Joan, vi, 180 » ; John, vi,
199*1; Marg., vi, 228 n; Rich.,
vi, 180, 200 n, 228*1; Rob. (de),
vi, 199*1, 211 n, 224*1, 228*1;
Thos., vi, 167 ; WilL, vi, 187 ;
fam., vi, 182

Prese, see Preese

Preseeve, Presehou, Presho, Pres-
hou, Presoude, Presoure, Pres-
sore, Pressouede, Presthowe, see
Preesall

Prestoft (Westby-with-Plumptons),
vii, 175 *t

Preston, vi, 52, 56, 393", 418,
492 ; vii, 36, 45, 61, 68, 68 n, 69,
71, 72-105, 106, 113 »i, 114 *i, 115,
n6n, 118*1, 121*1, 205, 2ii*t,
3O9 *, 321 n ; adv., vi, 41 n ; vii,
82 ; banks, vii, 91 » ; bridges, vii,
75 n, 78, 91, 99 n ; chants., vii, 87,
88, 89 ; chap., vii, 81 n ; char.,
vii, 77 n, 89, 300 ; charters, vii,
93 n ; ch., vii, 81, 85 n, 103,
inn; civil war, vii, 75-6 ; court,
vii, 74 ; cross, vii, 78 *», gin ;

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Preston (cont.)

custumal, vii, 93 ; dock, vi, 56 n ;
vii, 129 n ; friars, vii, 73, 163 n ;
guilds, vii, 73, 74, 95 n ; ind.,
v"» 73. 78, 91, 92 ; inns, vii, 89 n,
102 w ; James I at, vii, 75 ; leper
hosp., vii, 73, 97 ; libraries, vii, 80,
96 n ; man., vii, 92 ; mkts. and fairs,

vii» 72» 77. 91, 92 «, 93, 95, 9^,

96 n, 97 « ; mills, vii, 79 «, 92 w,
94 «, 100 w, 101 n, 102 M ; moot
hall, vii, 94, 94 n ; Nonconf., vi,
41 n ; vii, 103 ; pks., vii, 91, 96,

97 n, 115; parl. rep., vii, 72,
78 K ; place-names, vii, 79 n, 97 »,

99 n ; pretors, vii, 94 ; races, vii,

97 ti ; Ribble fishery, vii, 93 ; Rom.
Cath., vii, 104 ; schs., vi, 48 n ;
vii, 88, 89, 89 n, 91, 96; seal,
vii, 94 n ; stallingers, vii, 73 ;
volunteers, vii, 78 ; wards, vii,
95-6 ; wells, vii, 91 «, 96 « ;
workhouse, vii, 97

Preston, fee (Idship.), vii, 27, 127,
167, 171, 175, 179, 191, 276, 320,
325

Preston, Ad. de (of), vi, 293, 302 «,
471 ; vii, 50 n, 79 n, 98 n, 99 n,

100 «, 134 n, 212 n, 283 n ; Agnes
de, vii, 99 n ; Albred de, vii, 99 «,
100 n ; Albric de, vii, 99 n ; Alex.
de, vii, 92 «, 99 n ; Alice de, vi,
117 n, 293 ; vii, 62 n, 98 n, 99 n,
283 n ; Amery de, vii, 99 n ;
Amota de, vii, 99 n ; Anne, vi,
378 n, 412 « ; Anot de, vii, 98 « ;
Avice de, vii, 98 n, 99 n, 134*1,
1 60 n ; Award de, vii, 99 n ;
Bald, de, vii, 94*1, 98 n, n6«,
134 n ; Beatrice, vii, 154; Cecily
de, vii, 99 n ; Christiana de, vii,
99 n ; Sir Chris., vii, 79 n ; Chris,
(de), vi, 9«; vii, 99 «; Eleanor
de, vi, 197 n ; Eliz., vii, 211 n ;
Ellen de, vii, 98 n, 99 n, 160 n ;
Eva de, vii, 98 n ; Fulk de, vii,

99 n ; Geoff, (de, of), vi, 302 n ;
vii, 98 n, 99 n ; Geo., vii, 99 n,
126 n, 213 n, 309, 323, 323 n ;
Hen. (de), vi, 14 n ; vii, 50 n,

98 «, 99 M, 100 «, n6n, 133 n,
200 n, 213 n ; Hugh de, vii, 79 n,

98 n, 99 «, 100 n, 283 ; Isabel,
vii, 99 n, 101 w ; Joan, vii, 259 n ;
John (de), vii, 48 n, 50 n, 99 «,

100 n, 101 n, in «, 212 «, 320 « ;
Jordan de, vii, 62 « ; Ketel de,
vii, 99 n ; Lawr., vi, 74; vii, 154 ;
Mabel, vii, 258, 259 n ; Malbe de,
vii, 99 n; Marg.de, vii, 99 «, 309 n,
310 n ; Margery de, vii, 50 n,

99 n, 100 n ; Maud de, vii, 79 n,
98 n, 99 n, 100 n, 133 n ; Nich.
of, vi, 302 n ; vii, 92 n, 94 n,
98 K, 99 n, 100 », 101 « ; Pain
de, vii, 99 n ; Paul (Paulin) (de),
vii, 98 n, 99 n, 100 «, 101 n,
133 M, 283 n ; Phil, de, vii, 79 n,
98 ??, 99 n ; Ralph de, vii, 99 n,

100 M, n6n; Reg., vii, 258;
Rich, (de), vii, 98 n, 99 n, 101 n,
105 n, 211 n, 297, 321 n ; Sir
Rob., vii, 99 ; Rob. (de), vi, 14 « ;
vii, 50 n, 79 n, 84 «, 98 «, 99 «,
ioo«, 105 «, ii6«, 212 n ; Rog.
de, vi, 293, 471 n ; vii, 79 n,
98 «, 99 n, 134 «, 160 w ; Sim.
de, vi, 214 n ; vii, 53 n, 100 « ;
Steph. de, vii, 98 n ; Suard de,
vii, 98 n ; Thos., vi, 378 n ; vii,
126 n, 133 M, 211, 259; Uctred
de, vii, 99 n ; Walt, (de), vii, 79 M,
309 M, 310 n ; Wilfrid, vii, 259 n ;
Will, (de), vi, 60 n, 197 n, 378 w,
456, 471 «; vii, 19, 62 n, 74, 79 M,

Preston (cont.)

98 n, 99 n, 100 «, 101 n, 107 «,
134 n, 223, 283 « ; Wimark de,
vii, 99 « ; — , vii, 98 n ; fam., vii,

73 »

Prestone, see Preston
Preston-Holt, Thos., vi, 378
Preston Marsh, vii, 77 n, go n, 97 n,

131

Preston Moor, vii, 92 «, 93 n
Prestune, see Preston
Pretors, vi, 367 ; vii, 94
Price, Fran., vi, 242 ; John, vi,

181

Prichard, Chas. C., vi, 359
Priding (Walton-le-Dale), vi, 290
Priest Chamber (Padiham), vi,

494 n

Priestfield (Colne), vi, 524 «, 527 n
Priestfield (Euxton), vi, 20 n
Priestfield (Wrightington), vi, 174 n
Priestlache, Ad. de, vi, 34 n
Priestland (Wiswell), vi, 397 n
Priestley, Rob., vi, 436 n
Priestmeadow (Ribchester), vii, 43 «
Priestpot (Tarnacre), vii, 271 n
Priestridding (Claughton), vii, 325 n,

326 n

Priest's House, see Merrick's Hall
Prilleston (Norf.), vi, 227 n
Primet Bridge (Colne), vi, 523, 530,

536

Primett, Thos., vii, 149, 218 n
Primitive Episcopalians, vii, 104 M
Primitive Methodists, see Methodists
Primote Bridge, see Primet Bridge
Primrose (Livesey), vi, 284 n
Primrose, Cecily, vi, 95 n ; Will.,

vi, 95 n
Primrose Syke (Higher Booths),

vi, 434 n
Prior, Alice, vi, 154 n ; Rich., vi,

154 «

Prior Park College (Bath), vi, 290
Prior's Wood (Parbold), vi, 180 n
Priory, the (Pleasington), vi, 269 n
Proctor (Procter), Ad. (the), vi,
547, 548; Eliz., vi, 170 «; vii,
193 «, 194, 194 », 322 n ; Grace,
vi, 504, 547 ; Joan, vi, 547 ;
Josiah, vi, 504 n ; Percival, vi,
547 ; Rich., vi, 547 ; Rob., vi,
23 ; Thos., vi, 170 n, 504 ; vii,
194, 194 n, 198 n, 322 n ; Will.,
vi, 77 n ; Will. G., vi, 128
Proden (Pruden), Edm., vii, 212 n ;
Hen., vii, 212 n ; John, vii, 212 n ;
Rob., vii, 212 n
Prospect Hill (Higher Walton), vi,

289
Proud Bridge (Freckleton) , vii,

144 «, 166 n
Pruden, see Proden
Puddington Hall (Chesh.), vii, 320
Pudsey (Pudsay), Isabel, vii, 270 ;
John (de), vi, 265 ; vii, 270 ;
Sir Ralph, vi, 394 n ; Rowland,
vi, 394 ; — , vi, 374 n, 394
Pughull, le (Sunderland), vi, 318
Pukenhale (Yorks), vi, 304 n
Pulford, Will., vi, 290
Pulforth (Colne), vi, 525 n
Pulpits, vi, 152, 1 86, 296, 296 n,

448, 449, 533, 557 '• vii» 6l» 8l,

171, 216, 295

Pulton, Pultune, see Poulton
Purbrick, Edw., vii, 13
Purefoy, Geo., vi, 77 n ; Knightley,

vi, 59 n

Purmanhill (Marsden), vi, 538 n
Pye, Christiana, vii, 4 n ; John,

vii, 299 n ; Will., vii, 4 n ; fam.,

vii, 49 n

Pylin, Pylling, see Pilling
Pylkinton, see Pilkington

404

Pym, Rev. Walt. R., bp., vii, 217,

217 n

Pyncombe, Mrs., vi, 343
Pynde, Rich., vii, 59 n

Quaker Fold (Yate and Pickup

Bank), vi, 280

Quakers, see Friends, Soc. of
Quakers' bridge (Reedley), vi, 490,

537

Quarlous, see Wharles
Quarries, vi, 345,361,372, 427, 441,

487, 492, 537, 544, 548 ; vii> 51
Quartley, Harriett J., vii, 44 n, 219 ;

Jas., vii, 43

Quatholme, see Wheatholme
Quclton, see Wheelton
Quenilda (Gunilda), vi, 499 « ;

vii, 159 «, i6on, 166 «, i8o«,

249 n ; d. of Rich., vii, 285 n
Querderay (Querderey), Ad., vi,

365 n, 393 n ; Hugh, vi, 393 n ;

Isold, vi, 393 n ; John, vi, 365 n,

393 n ; Rob., vi, 368 «, 393 n ;

Will., vi, 393 n

Quernmore, vii, 120 n, 139 n, 317
Queteley, see Wheatley
Quilton, see Wheelton
Quinacre (Preston), vii, 99 n
Quinschalcishurede (Weeton-with-

Preese), vii, 176 n
Quipp, John, vi, 431
Quitacres (Clay ton -le -Moors), vi,

4.17

Quithalc, Quithalwe, see Whithalgh
Quittar fall, see Whitecarr fall
Quytyngham, see Whittingham
Qwalley, see Whalley

Raa ditch (Ribby-with-Wrea), vii,

157 »

Rabis (Longton), vi, 72%

Raby, Avice de, vi, 295 ; Jas., vii,

272 n ; Rich., vii, 265
Racarr (Ribby-with-Wrea), vii,

158 n

Radburn (Brindle), vi, 75

Radchapman, Anota de, vi, 393 n ;
Avice, vi, 393 n ; Rog., vi, 393 n

Radcliffe (Radeclive), Ad. de, vi,
264, 265, 400 n, 401 n, 405 «, 406,
408 ; Agnes (de), vi, 376, 400 n,
401 n, 402 n, 406 n, 559 n ; Sir
Al*x., vi, 252, 282 n, 285 M ;
Alex., vi, 281, 282, 447, 447 n,
510 n ; Alice (de), vi, 121 «,
364 n, 367, 406 ; vii, 274 n, 307 n ;
Lady Anne, vi, 281 «, 472 n ;
Anne, vi, 63, 154, 215, 316,
459 n ; vii, 275, 307 ; Cecily (de),
vi, 63 n, 245, 265 n, 281, 307 n,
401 n, 402 n ; Chas., vi, 367 n,
376 n, 379, 407, 409, 555 « ;
Christiana de, vi, 401 n, 402 ;
Chris, de, vi, 514 ; Edm., vi,
163 n ; Edm. S., vi, 452 ; Edw.,
vi, 409 ; vii, 53 n, 63 «, 307 n ;
Eliz., vi, 369 n, 376, 394 n ; vii,
210 n ; Ellen, vi, 195 n, 315, 316,
406 n ; vii, 307 n ; Frances, vi,
510 n ; Geo., vi, 160, 364 n ;
Hen., vi, 376 n, 379, 405, 407 ;
vii, 53 n ; Hugh, vi, 60 n ; vii,
25 n> 3°6 n ; Isabel (de), vi, 105 11,
154, 405 n ; vii, 275, 306 n ;
Rev. Jas., vii, 195 -. ; Jas., vi,
273, 538; vii, 2r_, ; Joan (de),
vi, 254, 292, 3<-5 n, 327 «, 337,
345; vii, 306 * ,307 n ; Sir John,
vi, 215, 220 n, 281; vii, 113 n,
200 n ; John (de), vi, 58 n, 182 n,
254, 264, 281, 282 n, 327 M, 345,

INDEX

Radcliffe (cont.)

347, 376 n, 405, 405 n, 406 n,

407, 412 n, 416, 420, 488, 516 ;
vii, 307 n ; Joshua, vi, 375, 376 ;
Kath. (de), vi, 163 n, 246, 321 ;
vii, 201 n, 274 n, 309 ; Marg. (de),
vi, 3I9> 347, 406 w, 420, 553 «;
vii, 307 w ; Margery (de), vi, 194,
194 n, 264 ; Mary, vi, 285, 286,
376 n ; Maud, vi, 163 n, 528-9 ;
Sir Nich., vi, 538 ; Orme de, vi,

253 n ; Pet. (de), vi, 400 n, 401 n,
402, 406 ; vii, 210 n ; Sir Ralph
(de), vi, 150 w, 163 n, 245 ;
Ralph, vi, 109 n, 150 n, 163 n ;
vii, 51. 53 w> 306 n ; Sir Rich,
(de), vi, 364 n, 511 n, 515, 538,
549 ; vii, 306 n, 307 n ; Rich,
(de), vi, 102 n, 104 w, 109 n, 121 »,
158, 194, 254, 259, 264, 281, 316,
328 n, 345, 364 n, 369, 376 n,
394 n, 402 «, 405, 406, 407, 408,
512 n, 514, 539, 553 n, 555 «,
559 n ; vii, 139 n, 306, 307, 309 ;
Rob. (de), vi, 153 n, 154 n, 163 w,
245, 265, 281, 321, 379 n, 405 n,
406 n, 408 ; vii, 306 ; Rog. (de),
vi, 265, 281, 400 w, 401 n, 406;
vii, 307 n ; Savill, vi, 376 n, 394 ;
Sibyl de, vi, 254 ; Sir Thos. (de) ,
vi, 259, 364 n, 376 n, 514 ; vii,
274 n, 303, 306 n, 307 n ; Thos.
(de), vi, 104 n, 188, 194 n, 305 w,
315, 316 n, 376 n, 394 n, 406 w,
438 », 490, 514, 529, 538, 555 n ;
vii, 70 «, 107 «, 118%, 125 w,
169 w, 185 «, 199 w, 233 n, 275,
281 n, 287 n, 306 «, 307 ; Sir
Will., vi, 195 n, 472 n ; Will, (de),
vi, 105 n, 154 w, 160 n, 163 «,
237 n, 245, 259, 264, 285, 286,
292, 316, 321, 376, 402 n, 405 n,

408, 409 n, 459 «, 5M. 539, 553 «>
559 « ; vii, 120 w, 207 n, 306,
307 ; Winhaue de, vi, 253 n ;
Capt., vii, 75 ; — , vi, 396 ; vii,
281 w, 283 n, 287 n, 514 n, 524 n ;
fam., vi, 95, 219, 370, 373, 425,
470 ; vii, 52 n, 114, 189 n, 193 n,

254 n> 325 n> 331 w

Radfield Fold (Over Darwen), vi,

270

Radholme Laund (Yorks), vii, 156 n
Radley, Will., vi, 213, 215
Radwell ford (Billington) , vi, 330 n ;

vii, 13 n

Ragh, Rob., vii, 47 n
Raghanald, vii, 285
Raholme (Clif ton-with-Salwick) , vii,

163 n

Raikes Hall (Blackpool), vii, 243
Rainford, Agnes de, vii, 288 n ;

John de, vi, 7 n ; vii, 288 n ;

Rob. de, vii, 288 n
Rainshalgh (Newsbam), vii, 288 n
Rakedanclough (Rakedenescliff),

(Button), vii, 56 n
Ralee, see Rolegh
Ralph, vi, i, 65, 374 n, 509 ; vii,

198 n, 199 n ; the pretor, vi,

367 n ; rector of Mitton, vii, 13 n ;

the reeve, vi, 365 n ; vii, 94 n ;

the smith, vi, n n ; the tailor,

vii, 133 n
Rama, Chas. Walmesley, bp. of, vi,

192

Rammes-holm (Sundcrland), vi, 318
Ramsbottom, Ad., vi, 436 n ; Chris.,

vi, 436 n ; Edm., vi, 436, 438 n ;

Hen., vi, 432 n, 440 n ; John, vi,

436 n ; Nich.. vi, 438 n ; Oliver,

vi, 436 ; Otwell, vi, 438 n ; Thur-

stan, vi, 436 *". 438 n ; Will. H.,

vii, 291
Ramsclough (Chipping), vii, 34 n

\

Ramsden, Will., vi, 472
Ramsgreave, vi, 235, 251, 360 ;

Nonconf., vi, 252
Ramsgreave, forest, vi, 232
Ramsgreave Heights, vi, 260
Ramsgreen (Ramsgreave), vi, 252 n
Ranchil, vii, 285 n
Randle (Ranulf), vi, 332 ; vii, 264 «
Randolph, Rob., vii, 114 n
Ranfurthe, Nich., vi, 361
Rankin, Rob., vi, 125
Rann (Oswaldtwistle), vi, 405
Ranulf, see Randle
Rappock Lane (Habergham Eaves),

vi, 468 n

Rasaker, see Roseacre
Ratcliffe Hall (Upper Rawcliffe-

with-Tarnacre), vii, 271 n
Ratonraw (Goosnargh-with-News-

ham), vii, 193 n
Ratonraw Green (Stan dish), vi,

194 w
Ratten (Ratton) Clough (Trawden),

vi, 548, 551
Raun (Greenhalgh-with-Thistleton) ,

vii, 179 n
Rauthmell, Rich., vii, 190 ; fam.,

vi, 380 n
Raven, John S., vii, 81 ; Rev.

Thos., vii, 81
Ravenhacclough (Alston-with-

Hothersall), vii, 66 n
Raven House (Read), vi, 506 n
Ravenkel (Fulwood), vii, 137 n
Ravenmeols, see Ravensmeols
Ravenridding (Winkle y), vii, 13 n
Ravensacre (Eccleston), vi, 165 n
Raven's Clough (Old Laund Booth),

vi, 522

Ravensden (Simonstone), vi, 498
Ravensden, John de, vi, 499 n ;

Rich, de, vi, 499 n ; Rob. de, vi,

499 n
Ravensdenfield (Read), vi, 497 n,

5°3«

Ravenshaw, Agnes de, vii, 53 n ;
Alice de, vii, 30 n ; Christiana de,
vii, 53 w ; Ellen de, vii, 53 n ;
Isabel de, vii, 53 n ; John de, vii,
53 n ; Marg. de, vii, 53 n ;
Steph. de, vii, 30 n ; Will, de,
vii, 30 n, 209 n

Ravenshawhalgh, see Rainshalgh

Ravensholme (Downham), vi, 555,
556 »

Ravensholme, Margery de, vi, 559 «;
Rich, de, vi, 559 n ; Thos. de,
vi, 555

Ravensmeols (Ravenmeols), vii,
130 n, 133 n, 229 n, 313 n

Raw, see Rawe and Raws

Rawcliffe, Middle, man. (Out Raw-
cliffe), vii, 273

Rawcliffe, Old Upper (Upper Raw-
cliffe), vii, 272 n

Rawcliffe (Out), vii, 176 n, 177, 260,
261 n, 264 «, 273-6, 331 n ;
chant., vii, 275 n ; ch., vii, 276 ;
man., vii, 183 «, 273, 274 n ;
mill, vii, 273 « ; Nonconf., vii,
276 ; Rom. Cath., vii, 276

Rawcliffe, Upper (Upper Rawcliffe-
with-Tarnacre), vii, 155 n, 260,
261 n, 264 n, 267-73, 274 «, 278,
279, 288 n, 302 n, 332 ; ch., vii,
273 ; mans., vii, 267 ; mill, vii,
268 ; sch., vii, 273

Rawcliffe (Romeclive, Roueclive),
Alan de, vii, 271 » ; Augustus
W., vi, 134 ; Hen., vi, 133, 144,
167 ; John de, vii, 268 n ; Rich,
de, vii, 268 n, 271 « ; Samson,
vii, i8n; Sim. de, vii, 271*1;
Thos. de, vii, 204 ; Will, de, vii,
268 n, 271 « ; — , vi, 512 n

405

Rawcliffe Hall (Out Rawclilfe), vii,
276

Rawcliffe Hospital (Chorley), vi,
144

Rawcliffe Moss, vii, 267, 322 n

Rawcliff field (Hutton), vi, 69 n

Rawdon, Jas. H., vii, 87

Rawe (Raw), Edm., vii, 181 n ;
Hen., vi, 155, 166 ; Nich., vi,
205 n ; fam., vi, 164 ; see also
Raws

Rawflatting (Clitheroe), vi, 393 n

Rawlinson, John, vi, 17 n ; Sir
Rob., vi, 130 n ; Thos., vi, 17 n ;
see also Rowlinson

Rawmoors (Preston), vii, 79 n,
102 n

Raws, Rev. John, vi, 452 ; see also
Rawe

Rawstorne (Rostorne), Agnes, vii,
120 n ; Alice, vi, 68 n ; Rev.
Atherton G., vi, 89, 360 ; Edm.,
vi, 438 ; Edw., vi, 68, 69 n, 371,
428 n, 436 », 438 ; vii, 255 « ;
Isabella, vi, 68 n ; Jane, vii, 120 ;
Lawr., vi, 55, 59 «, 62, 68, 69,
74, 174 n, 202 «, 436 n ; vii, 120 ;
Margery, vii, 82 ; Rev. Rob. A.,
vi, 54. 55, 74. 3*9 ; Will., vi,
68 «; vii, 25, 135 «; Will. E.,
vi, 55 ; — , archdeacon, vii, 105 n;
Capt., vii, 75 ; — , vi, 430 ; fam.,
vi, 432 ; vii, 133 n

Rawtenstall, vi, 233 n, 350, 434,
435, 436, 479 ; ch., vi, 436 ; fair,
vi, 436 ; Nonconf., vi, 436 ;
Rom. Cath., vi, 436

Raysakur, see Roseacre

Read (Reade), vi, 349, 356 «, 357,
381, 420 «, 493, 497 », 5°3-7,
513 ; ch., vi, 507 ; cotton manuf.,
vi, 503 ; man., vi, 232, 233 n,
376, 498 n, 503 n ; Rom. Cath.,
vi, 507 ; Rom. rd., vi, 503

Read (Reade), Ad. de, vi, 504 n,

506 « ; Alan de, vi, 497 n, 506 « ;
Alex, de, vi, 505 «, 506 « ; Alice
de, vi, 503 n, 505 n, 506 n, 507 H ;
Ellis de, vi, 503 n, 506 n, 507 n ;
Gamel de, vi, 503 ; Hen. de, vi,
503, 506 n ; Hugh de, vi, 505 n ;
John de (of), vi, 503, 503 «, 506 n,

507 « ; vii, 15 n ; Jordan de, vi,
503 « ; Matth. de, vi, 506 r. ;
Rich, (de), vi, 497 n ; vii, 15 «,
18 ; Rob. (de), vi, 506*1; vii,
15 n, 18, 58 n ; Rog. de, vi, 504 n,
506 « ; Siegrith de, vi, 505 n ;
Sim. de, vi, 503 n, 506 «, 507 ;
Thos. de (of), vi, 374 n, 503 n,
506 n ; Will, de, vi, 506 n, 507

Read Hall (Read), vi, 505
Read Moor, vi, 505, 514
Rebanks, Thos., vi, 52
Red Bank (Chorley), vi, 129
Redbrok, see Dean, brook
Redcarr (Marton), vii, 240 »
Redcarrfurlong (Warton), vii, 171 «
Redde-lumme (Eccleshill), vi, 279 ;:
Redding, see Riding
Red Earth (Yate Bank), vi, 280
Redeford, see Rediford
Rede Hallows, see Reedley Hallows
Redelache (Claughton), vii, 330 «
Redelegh -hallows, see Reedley Hal-
lows

Redeley, see Ridley
Redeshaw (Colne), vi, 524 n
Redevalys (Redyvals), Rich, de,

vi, 266
Redferne, Anne, vi, 515 ; Thos.,

vi, 515

Redhalowes, see Reedley Hallows
Rediate, Will., vii, 210 n
Redicarr (Cliviger), vi, 482 n

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Rediford (Redeford), Ad. de, vii,
200 n ; Joan de, vii, 288 n ; John
de, vii, 288 n ; Rich, de, vii,
288 n ; Rob. de, vii, 288 n ; Will,
de, vii, 200 n, 288 n
Redihalgh, see Ridihalgh
Redish (Redissh), Joan, vi, 267 n,
268; John, vi, 268; Will, de,
vi, 267 n, 268

Redisnape (Dutton), vii, 54 n, 58 n
Redlaihalghes, see Reedley Hallows
Redlam (Witton), vi, 265
Red Lee (Tockholes), vi, 283 n
Redleghs (Hoghton), vi, 37 n
Redlinch (Warton), vii, 172 n
Redman, Rich., vi, 298, 299
Redmayne, Matth. de, vi, 154 n ;

vii, 63 n ; Norman de, vii, 71 n
Redmeris (Over Darwen), vi, 272 n
Red Moss (Cliviger), vi, 479
Red Scar (Grimsargh), vii, 108, 109
Redyvals, see Redevalys
Reedheadfurlong (Longton), vi, 71 n
Reedley, vi, 430, 511
Reedley Hallows (Reedley Hallows,
Filly Close, and New Laund
Booth), vi, 230 n, 233 n, 349,
441, 448, 482 n, 489-92, 514,
517, 536 ; mill, vi, 490
Reedybutt Dyke (Wymondhouses) ,

vi, 394 n

Reedyford (Marsden), vi, 536, 540
Reedyford House (Marsden), vi,

540
Reedy furlong (Habergham Eaves),

vi, 455 «

Reedysnape, see Redisnape
Reeve, Thos., vii, 44, 59 n ; — , vi,

438 n
Reformed Episcopal Church, vi,

220
Reines, Dorothy, vii, 327 n ; Capt.

John, vii, 327 n
Reinfred, vii, 173 n, 296 n, 300
Relph, Isaac, vii, 43
Remingdon, brook, vi, 375 «
Remington, Jas., vii, 26 n
Remisgrene (Lea), vii, 131 n
Reseditch (Hothersall), vii, 63 n
Restinglaw (Carleton), vii, 228 n
Reued, Reuet, Reuid, see Read
Revidge Moor (Blackburn), vi,

238 n, 244, 246 n, 266
Revoe (Marton), vii, 239
Reyner, vi, 456 n
Reynolds, John, vii, 201
Rhodes (Roades), Jos., vii, 205 ;

Rob., vii, 36 ; see also Rodes
Ribbecestre, Ribbelcestre, see Rib-

chester

Ribbelton, see Ribbleton
Kibble, riv., vi, 39 n, 56 n, in, 231,
259, 289 ; vii, 36, 45, 54, 57 n, 58 n,
61, 62 «, 64 », 65, 65 n, 68, 70,
129, 132 n, 133 n, 134 n, 161,
162 n, 163*1, 165, 166, 167, 171,
173 n ; bridges, vi, 58 », 289,
290, 299 ; vii, 72, 75 n, 115 ; ferry,
vi, 61 »

Ribblehill (Clitheroe), vi, 368 n
Ribble Navigation Co., vi, in
Ribblescales, fam., see Ribbleton

and Scales

Ribblesdale, Thos., Ld., vi, 356 n
Ribbleton, vii, 72, 73 #, 76, 79,
80, 83 n, 91 n, 105-8, 115, 117 n,
133 n, 137, 308, 309 ; chap., vii,
87 n ; char., vii, 90 ; ch., vii, 108 ;
crosses, vii, 105; man., vii, 105;
mill., vii, 106, 107 n; Rom. Cath.,
vii, 75, 77 «, 108

Ribbleton, Ad. de, vii, 107 « ;
Agnes de, vii, 107 n ; Alice de,
vii, 99 n ; Amabil de, vii, 99 n ;
Cecily de, vii, 98 n ; Helen de,

Ribbleton (cont.)

vii, 79 « ; Hen. de, vii, 105, 107 n,
non; Isolda de, vii, HIM;
Lawr., vi, 39 « ; Maud de, vii,
107 n, 109 « ; Ralph de, vii,
107 n ; Rich, de, vii, 79 «, 100 n,
in « ; Rob. de, vii, 98 n, 107 n,
logn, now, i6o«; Rog. de,
vii, 107 n, HI n ; Sim. de, vii,
99 n, 107 « ; Tunnock de, vii,
107 n ; Vivian de, vii, 107 n ;
Will, de, vii, 100 », 107 n, 109 n,
1 1 1 n ; see also Scales

Ribbleton Hall (Ribbleton), vii,
105, 106, 107

Ribbleton Lodge (Ribbleton), vii,
107

Ribbleton Moor, vii, 76, 90, 105,
108

Ribbleton Scales, see Scales (Rib-
bleton)

Ribby (Ribby -with-Wrea), vii, 143,
143 n, 144, 144 n, 146 n, 150,
157-8, 171 «, 184, 197 ; ch., vii,
158; mans., vii, 157; sch., vii, 158

Ribby Moor, vii, 157 n

Ribchester, vi, 230, 234, 380 n,
393 «, 481 n ; vii, 19, 36-51, 68,
69 n, 71, 112 n, 114 n, 120 n ;
adv., vii, 40 ; bridge, vii, 37, 54 ;
chant., vii, 27 «, 39 n ; char., vii,
20 «, 44 ; ch., vii, 37 ; cross, vii,
40 ; fairs, vii, 45 ; man., vi, 232,
233 n ; vii, 45, 50 ; Nonconf.,
vii, 51 ; Rom. Cath., vii, 51 ;
Rom. rem., vii, 36, 45 ; sch., vii,
44 ; sundial, vii, 40

Ribchester, Ad. de, vii, 48 n, 50 n,

53 n ; Agnes de, vii, 64 n ; Alice
de, vii, 48 n ; Avice de, vii, 46 «,

54 n ; Bern, de, vii, 50 n ; Cecily
de, vii, 48 n ; Diana, vii, 48 n ;
Ellis (de, of), vii, 40 n, 46 n,
48 n, 50 n, 52 n, 54 n ; Geoff.,
vii, 63 n ; Hawise de, vii, 64 n ;
Hen. de, vii, 48 n, 64 n ; Hugh de,
vii, 46 « ; Isabel, vii, 48 n ; John
(de), vii, 48 n ; Kath., vii, 48 n ;
Margery de, vii, 48 n, 50 n ;
Maud de, vii, 48 « ; Orm de, vii,
46 n ; Percival, vii, 48 n ; Ralph
de, vii, 49 n ; Rich, de, vii, 46 n,
48 n, 53 n ; Rob. de, vii, 45, 47 n,
48 n, 50 », 52 n, 54 n, 57 n ;
Rog. de, vii, 46 n, 48 », 54 n ;
Sim. de, vii, 46 n, 48 n, 64 n ;
Thos. de, vii, 46 n, 49 n ; Uctred
de, vii, 48 n ; Warine, vii, 48 n ;
Will, de, vii, 46 n, 48 «, 57 n

Ribchester Eyes (Ribchester), vii,

44"

Ribelcastre, see Ribchester
Ribilton, Ribleton, see Ribbleton
Ribston preceptory (Yorks.), vii,

59 n
Rice, Rob. de, vii, 271 n ; Thos. de,

vii, 271 n
Richard I, king of England, vii,

333 »

Richard, king of the Romans, vii,
146 n

Richard, vi, 424 n, 475 n, 503,
505 n ; vii, 57 n, 63 n, n6«,
160 n, 172 n, 209 n ; the alum-
nus, vi, 400 n, 403 n ; the car-
penter, vi, 66 «, 176 n : the
chaplain, vi, 400 n ; the clerk,
vi, 552 n, 553 «; vii, 132 », 180 n;
the demand, vi, H7*t, 205 n ;
vii, 180 n, 226 ; the dispenser,
vii, 284 n ; the fuller, vi, 485 n ;
the greve, vi, 21 n ; the harper,
vii, 167 n ; the miller, vi, 95 n ;
vii, 130 n ; the parker, vi, 457,
469 n ; vii, 193 n ; the physician,

Richard (cont.)

vii, 92 n ; (Little Richard), the
priest, vii, 317 n ; the receiver,
vi, 365 n, 366 n, 371 n; rector
of Eccleston, vi, 159 ; rector of
Kirkham, vii, 145 «, 146, 179 n ;
rector of Poulton, vii, 223 ;
rector of Ribchester, vii, 40 ;
rector of Standish, vi, 188 ; rector
of Tatham, vii, 330 n ; the reeve,
vi, 444 n ; the serjeant, vi, 229 n ;
the smith, vi, 15 n, 92 n ; vii,
35 n ; the tailor, vi, 504 n

Richardson, Anne, vii, 288 n ; Ant.,
vii, 141 n ; Eliz., vii, 139 n ; Sir
Hen., vi, 35 n ; Hen., vi, 35 n ;
Isabel, vii, 288 n ; Janet, vii,
!39 « ; John, vii, 156 n, 288 n ;
Kath., vi, 35 n ; Lawr., vii, 53 n ;
Nich., vi, 174 «; Rich., vii, 312 ;
Rob., vii, 265 ; R., vii, 221 ;
Thos., vii, 75 n, 139 *», 288 n,
315 n, 323, 329 n ; Walmesley,
vi, 283 ; Will., vi, 35 n, 371 ;
vii, 139 n, 224, 266 n, 288 n,
329 n ; — , vi, 54 n

Richlie (Briercliffe) , vi, 469

Richmond, archds. of, vi, 76 n ;
vii, 41 n, 217*1, 292 n, 2g6n,
309 n ; Hen. Walton, vi, 294 ;
Honorius, vii, 222 n ; Rog., vii,
217 «; Will, de Chimelli, vii, 263 n

Richmond, Marg., ctss. of, vii, 230,
303, 314 ; Hen., dk. of, vii, 301 n ;
earls of, vii, 306 ; Edm., vii, 303

Richmond, Hen., vii, 298 ; Jas.,
vii, 32 n ; John, vii, 20 ; Rev.
Legh, vii, 298 ; Rev. Rich., vii,
298 ; Sarah, vii, 298 ; Silvester ,
vii, 296, 298

Richmond's Farm (Chipping), vii,
26 n

Rickards, Philip, vi, 307 n

Rickman, — , vi, 370 n

Riddell (Ridell), Steph., vii, 69 n ;
fam., vi, 176 n ; vii, 62 n

Ridding (Bailey), vii, 18 n

Ridding (Dinckley), vi, 337

Ridding (Fish wick), vii, n6n

Ridding, Little (Read), vi, 503 n

Ridding, fam., see Riding

Riddings (Oswald twistle), vi, 407 n

Riddings (Ribbleton), vii, 106 n

Riddings, fam., see Riding

Ridehalgh, see Ridihalgh

Rideleys, see Ridley

Ridell, see Riddell

Ridgaling (Roughlee Booth), vi,

5i9
Ridge (Habergham Eaves), vi,

468 n

Ridge End (Burnley), vi, 446 n, 470
Ridges (Shevington), vi, 201 n
Ridihalgh, High (Briercliffe), vi,

47°

Ridihalgh (Redihalgh, Ridehalgh),
Agnes de, vi, 470 n ; Chris., vi,
470 n ; Eliz., vi, 470 n ; John, vi,
447, 470, 470 n ; Lawr., vi, 470 n ;
Marg., vi, 470 n ; Nich., vi, 470 « ;
Rich., vi, 470 «, 471 n ; Rob., vi,
470 ; Steph. de, vi, 538 n ; Will,
de, vi, 470 n ; — , vi, 524 n

Ridihalgh Hough (Briercliffe), vi,
470 n

Riding (Redding, Ridding, Rid-
dings, Ridings, Ryding), Ad. del,
vii, 116 n ; Agnes, vi, 402 n ; Bea-
trice del, vii, n6«; Christiana
del, vii, ii6«; Eliz., vi, 407 n ;
Ellen, vi, 407 ; Godith de, vii,
14 n ; John (del), vi, 291, 296,
407 », 408 ; vii, 4 n ; Margery
del, vii, 17 n ; Ralph de, vi,
387 n ; Rich, (de, del, of), vi,

406

INDEX

Riding (cont.)

296, 337, 393 », 402 n • vii, 4 « :
Rob., vi, 407, 408 ; Rog. de (del),
vi, 208 n ; vii, 116 n ; Thos. (del),
vi, 205 n ; vii, 17 n, n6n;
Will, (del, of), vi, 296, 337 ; vii,
4 n > — , vi, 4°7

Riding House (Walton), vi, 296

Ridlegh (Heath Charnock), vi, 216 n

Ridley (Redeley, Rideleys, Ridleys),

Ad. de, vi, 95 n, 206 n ; vii,

197 n Alice del (de), vi, IIM,

206 « Cecily de, vi, 95 » ; Hugh

del, v, ii w; John, vii, 107*1,

108 n Rich., vi, 81 « ; vii,

108 n Will., vii, 75

Ridscha-evese (Studlehurst), vi,

324 n
Rifford, Geoff, de, vii, 257 n ; see

also Ruffojd

Rigbi, tnship., see Ribby
Rigby (Shevington), vi, 202 «
Rigbye (Rigby), Ad., vi, 160, 161,
163 ; vii, 197 n, 213 n ; Agnes,
vi, 174 n ; Alan de, vi, 174*1;
Sir Alex., vi, 212 ; Lt.-col.
Alex., vii, 158 n, 197 ; Alex.,
vi, 2 n, 60, 99 n, 132, 163 n, 170 n,
174 n, 183, 200, 212, 219 n, 226 n,
22811, 229 n ; vii, 75, 76, 140 n,
158, 191, 197, 201, 203, 203 n,
204 n, 213*1, 222 n, 224*1, 226,
226 n, 227 », 230, 249*1, 250*1,
287 n, 324 n ; Alice, vii, 197 n ;
Anne, vi, 158, 174 ; Baron, vii,
222 H ; Chris., vi, 212 n ;
Dorothy, vi, 200 n ; Edm. de,
vi, 171 n, 174 w, 178 n ; vii,
168 n ; Edw., vi, 2 n, 80, 132,
142, 143, 174 n, 195, 200 n, 202 n,
205, 212, 224, 225, 228 n, 229 n,
261 n ; vii, 83 n, 159 n, 196 n,
197, 249 ; Eleanor, vi, 158,
1 80 « ; Ellen, vi, 200 n ; Geo., vi,
65 n ; vii, 197 n, 226 n ; Gilb.,
vi, 177 ; Grace, vii, 158 n, 197 n ;
Henrietta, vii, 89 n ; Hen. de,
vi, 174 « ; Hugh, vi, 181 n,
212 n ; vii, 133 ; Ibota de, vi,
174 n; Jas., vi, 199 n, 404 n ;
Jane, vi, 212 n ; vii, 249 n ; Joan
(de), vi, 171 n, 212 n ; vii, 168 n ;
Rev. John, vi, 174, 174 n, 199 w,
200 '.i, 220 n ; vii, 197 n ; Maj.
Jos., vii, 292 ; Jos., vii, 197 n,
226 « ; Kath. (de), vi, 99 nt
174 «; Lucy, vi, 163 n ; vii,
226 « ; Marg., vii, 158 n ; Mary,
vi, 174 n, 377 n ; Maud de, vi,
174*1; Nich. (de), vi, 19 n, 106 n,
155, 158, i66«, 169, 170*1, 174,
174*1, 175*1, 177, i8on, 219 n ;
Pet., vi, 174 n ; Ralph, vi, 174 n ;
Rich, (de), vi, 174**, 192 «;
Capt. Rigbye B., vi, 174 ; Rev.
Rigbye B., vi, 158, 174 ; Rob.
(de), vi, 174 «, 200 n ; vii, 157 n ;
Rog., vi, 2 «, 132 ; Sarah, vii,
197*1 Thos. (de), vi, 212 n,
377*1 vii, 157 n, 197 «, 203,

224 ;

197 n
174 n

Townley, vii, 156*1, 158*1,

Will, (de), vi, 99 n, 160 n,
vii, 65 n ; — , vii, 99 n ;

fam., vi, 22, 98
Rigby land (Wheelton), vi, 50 n
Rigby's, tenement (Chorley), vi, 135
Rigby 's Orchard (Mawdesley), vi,

99 n

Riggebi, see Ribby
Rigmaiden, Agnes de, vii, 2I6 ;

Alice (de), vi, 469*1 ; vii, 314 „'

317 n ; Anilla de, vii, 316 n ;

Anne (de), vii, 304 n, 317 n ;

Dorothy, vii, 327 n ; Eleanor (de)

vii, 317 n ; Eliz. de, vii, 316 ;

Rigmaiden (cont.)

Gilb. (de), vii, 317", 325 n ;
Isabel, vii, 317 n ; Isolda de, vii,
no, 301, 309 w, 315, 325; Jas.,
vii, 317 «; Joan de, vii, 303 n,

316, 317 n ; John (de), vii, no n,
230, 270, 272**, 274 n, 29711,
299, 301, 302. 303, 303 «, 304 n,
306 n, 307 n, 308 n, 309 n, 311 n,
314, 3!5, 3i6, 317, Sign, 321,
325, 327 n ; Kath. de, vii, 317 n ;
Lettice de, vii, 316 ; Mabel, vii,
327 n ; Marg. (de), vii, 299, 316,

317, 327 n ; Margery, vii, 177 *»;
Marmaduke de, vii, 305 n, 306,

316 ; Mich., vii, 245 ; Nichola de,
vii, no, 325 ; Nich. de, vii, 217,
319 n ; Pet. de, vii, 316 ; Rich,
(de), vii, 299 «, 316, 317 n ;
Rog. de, vii, 316*1; Thos. (de),
vi, 469 n ; vii, 177 n, 229 n, 230,
235 *», 271, 272 n, 282 n, 302 n,
303, 305, 306, 313 n, 316, 317,
319 *i, 321, 327 n ; Walt, (de), vii,
305 n, 307 n, 315, 317 ; Will, de,
vi, 458 » ; vii, 177 n, 313 «, 316,

317 «, 325 n

Rigmaiden House (Claughton), vii,

330 n

Rigodunum, vi, 289
Rigshaw (Adlington), vi, 219 n
Rigson, Laur., vii, 238 n
Riley, Isabella, vi, 388 ; Pet., vi,

336 ; Thos., vii, 245 ; see also

Ryley

Riley, see Ryley (Accrington)
Riley Green (Hoghton), vi, 36
Rilston, Sibyl de, vii, 57 n ; Will.

de, vii, 57 n

Rimington (Downham), vi, 555 n
Rimington (Yorks.), vi, 258
Rimington, Amery de, vii, 63 n ;

Ellen de, vii, 156 n ; Hen. de,
• vii, 63 n ; Margery de, vi, 388 ;

Rich, (de), vi, 388 ; vii, 156 n
Ringing Hill cross (Barnacre), vi,

3I5«
Ringstones Camp (Worsthorne) , vi,

442 n
Ringstonhalgh (Clay ton -le -Moors),

vi, 418

Ringyard (Padiham), vi, 493 n
Ringyard (Pendleton), vi, 393 »
Ripon (Yorks.), vii, 72 ; Jas.

Webber, dean of, vii, 148 ft
Ripon, Nich. de, vi, 180 »
Rippon Park (Myerscough), vii,

139*1

Rip Row (Brindle), vi, 32, 75
Rise, Margery del, vii, 168 n ; Rich,
de, vii, 268 n ; Rog. del, vii, 168 n,
170 n ; Will, del, vii, ijon
Risegreve (Staynall), vii, 252 n
Riseholme (Lines.), vi, 304 «
Risen bridge (Risenebridge) (Par-
bold), vi, 178 in, 1 80 n
Rishmelfield (Brockholes) , vii, 112 n
Rishton, vi, 235, 344-8, 376*1, 421,
426, 542 ; char., vi, 344 ; ch., vi,
347 ; ind., vi, 345 ; man., vi, 345,
400, 420, 422 ; mill, vi, 345 n ;
Nonconf., vi, 348 ; Rom. Cath.,

vi, 348

Rishton (Rixton, Ruxton, Ruys-
ton), Ad. de, vi, 49 n, 345, 347 n,
400 n, 401 n ; Agnes, vi, 227 n,
402 », 420 ; vii, 323 n ; Alice,
vi, 401, 402 n, 407 w, 420 n,
470 ; Anne, vi, 346, 401, 407 n,
420 ; Aymer, vi, 425 n ; Cecily
de, vi, 400 n ; Christabel, vi,
402 n ; Degre, vi, 420 ; Dorothy,
vi, 401 n, 403 ; Edith de, vi,
345 n ; Edm., vi, 407 n, 425, 489 ;
•"Mw., vi, 22 n, 346, 404*1, 417,

407

Rishton (cont.)

426 ; vii, 283 ; Eleanor, vi,
346 n ; vii, 89 n, 275 ; Eliz., vi,
218 n, 346, 401 n, 402*1, 407*2,
408 n, 458 ; Ellen, vi, 401 n, 407 n,
420, 513 n; Frances, vi, 346 ; Rev.
Geoff., vi, 318 ; Geoff., vi, 407 n,
425 n ; Geo., vi, 426 ; Gilb. (de) ,

vi, 345, 347 «, 397 M, 4°°, 4°2 «,
403 n, 407, 425*1, 437, 506 n,
507 n ; Grace, vi, 425 n ; Hen.
(de), vi, 49 «, 218 n, 227*1, 243,

339 «, 345, 347, 347 M» 4°°, 4OI»
402 «, 407 n, 410 w, 414*2, 418,
420, 470; vii, 79 n, 89*2, 275,
323 n ; H., vi, 426 ; Isabel, vi,
407 n, 418, 425 n, 458 ; Jas., vi,
346 ; Jane, vi, 407 n, 425 « ;
Joan de, vi, 420 ; John, vi, 8, 346,

401 n, 408 n, 420, 425 n ; Kath.,
vi, 236 w, 346 ; Mabel de, vi,
345 n, 400 n, 401 n ; Marg. (de),
vi, 22 w, 335 *», 347, 402 «, 407 «,
410 n, 418, 4"2o; vii, 79*1, 323 ;
Mary, vi, 407 n ; Nich. (de), vi,

8«, 34°, 345, 347, 4°i «, 4°7-
408*1, 420, 425, 425*1, 507 n,
518 n ; vii, 323*1; Ralph (de),

vi, 346, 346«, 347, 4°°, 4O1,

402 n, 403, 403 n, 407, 408, 420,
422, 425 n, 494 «, 507 « ; vii,
323*1; Reg., vi, 420 n; Rich,
(de), vi, 251, 345 n, 346, 346 n,
347, 364*2, 400, 401, 402 «, 407,
410, 414 n, 418, 419, 420, 507 n ;
vii, 275 w, 323 n ; Rob. (de), vi,
218 n, 345, 346 n, 347, 362, 366 n,
400, 402 n, 403 11, 407 «, 408 >i ,
425*1, 447 n, 488, 488 n ; Rog.
(de), vi, 346, 346 n, 347, 364 H,
400, 401, 402 n, 405 «, 420, 424 n ;
Susan, vi, 407 ; Thos., vi, 335 »,
401 n ; Thurstan, vi, 400 ; Uc-
tred de, vi, 347 ; Will, (de), vi,
62, 79, 243 «, 346, 346 «, 401, 407,
408, 420, 425, 458 ; vii, 89 n ; see
also Rush ton.

Rishton Hall (Rishton), vi, 346
Rishton Height, vi, 344
Rishton Moor, vi, 345
Rish ton's Place (Haslingden), vi,

430 n
Rishton Thorns (Barrowford), vi,

542, 543, 547 n ; man., vi, 233 n
Rishworth, Ellen, vi, 547 n ; John,

vi, 530 ; Thos., vi, 530, 547 n
Risley, Ad. de, vi, 24 n, 71 n ; Alice

de, vi, 71 n ; Ellen de, vi, 71 n ;

Geoff, de, vi, 70*?, 71 n ; Gilb.

de, vi, 70, 71 n ; John, vi, 71 n ;

Margery de, vi, 71 n ; Maud de,

vi, 71 n ; vii, n6«; Nich., vi,

71 « Pet. de, vi, 24 n, 70, 71 n,

73 n vii, ii6*t; Ralph de, vi,

71 n Rob. de, vi, 71 n ; Thos. de,

vi, 71 n ; Will, de, vi, 71 n
Risserasse, Emma, vi, 225 n ; Rob.,

vi, 225 n
Risshequam (Gt. Harwood), vi,

338 n

Rissheton, see Rishton
Ritherham, Ritherholme, see Cleve-

leys

Rivington, vi, 474 n ; sch., vi, igin
Rivington, Ad. de, vi, 49 n ;

Clemence, vi, 222 n ; Jas., vi,

22 n ; John, vi, 22 n, 222 n ;

Rob. de, vi, 49 n ; Thos. (de), vi,

222 n, 474 n
Rixton, see Rishton
Ro, the (Penwortham) , vi, 58 n
Roacher Bridge (Samlesbury), vi,

303, 310
Roacher Hall (Samlesbury), vi,

310

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Roades, see Rhodes and Rodes
Robard, Robart, fam., see Roberts
Roberd ruding (Pleasington), vi.

267 n

Roberhagh (Ribchester), vii, 62 n
Robert, vi, i, 400 «, 457, 480,
497 n ; vii, 32 n, 45 n, 63, 65,
74, 84, 92 n, 132, 134, 169 n,
173 n, 180 n, 181 n, 199 », 230 n,
255 n, 280 n ; abbot of Cocker-
sand, vii, 97 ; the chaplain, vii,
231 n ; chaplain of Eccleston,
vi, 176^; the chapman, vi,
474 n ; the clerk, vii, 297 n ; the
clerk of Kirkham, vii, i8ow;
the clerk of Ulverston, vii, 180 n ;
the cook, vii, 189 n ; the cook-
son, vi, 66 n ; the corviser, vii,
134 n ; dean of Whalley, vi, 457 ;
the dispenser, vi, 26 n ; the ferry-
man, vi, 61 n ; the forester, vi,
162 n ; vii, 169 n ; the graveson,
vii, 133 n ; the greve, vi, 21 n ;
the harper, vii, 107 n ; the
hunter, vi, 479 ; the mercer, vii,
136 n ; the miller, vii, 268 ; the
physician, vi, 77 ; the porter,
vi, 362 n ; the potter, vi, 96 n ;
rector of Chipping, vii, 24 ;
rector of Garstang, vii, 182 »,

192 n, 297 ; rector of Rochdale,
vi, 79 n ; rector of Standish, vi,
357 n ; the savage, vi, 207 n ;
the serjeant, vi, 24 n, 136 n,

193 n ; the smith, vi, 15 n, 364 n,
443 ; son of the chaplain, vi,
96 n ; son of the priest, vi, 92 n ;
the spicer, vi, 15 n ; the tailor,
vi, 227 n ; vii, 99 n, 134 n

Robert, fam., see Roberts
Robert Lathe (Trawden), vi, 551
Robert Lye (Twiston), vi, 559 n
Roberts (Robard, Robart, Robert),
Agnes, vi, 476 n ; Jas., vi, 440 ;
John, vi, 269 «, 477 », 494 n,
499, 499 n '> Lawr., vi, 536 n,
546 n, 547 n ; Marg., vi, 547 n ;
Nich., vi, 499 n ; Rog., vi, 546 n,
549 ; Will., vi, 476 n, 490 ; — ,
vi, 499

Robert's-croft (Chipping), vii, 29 n ;
Robertshaw, Alice, vi, 438 n ; Thos.,
vi, 438 n ; Will. E., vi, 470 ; — ,
vi, 471 n

Robertshurst (Goosnargh), vii, 192 n
Robfield (Wrightington), vi, 175 n
Robin Cross (Cliviger), vi, 479
Robin Hood (Wrightington), vi,

169
Robin Hood's cross (Mawdesley),

vi, 96

Robinson, Agnes, vi, 521 ; Alice
vi, 21 n, 366 n, 521 ; Anne, vi
546 n ; Bertram, vi, 520 ; Chris,
vi, 468 n, 519, 527 n, 542 n
Edm., vi, 408 n, 447 n, 468 n
471 n, 473 n, 492, 515, 516, 517
521 ; Maj. Edw., vi, 21 n, 129
vii, 144 n ; Edw., vi, 18, 21 n
140 n, 167 «, 471 n ; vii, 126 n
149 n, 213 n ; Eleanor, vi, 218
Eliz., vi, 366 n, 468 n ; vii, 152 n
Ellis, vi, 515 ; Fran., vi, 530
F. D., vi, 362 ; Geo., vi, 107
Rev. Gilmour, vi, 283, 284
Hen., vi, 251, 494 n ; Isabel, vi

467 n, 471 n ; Jas., vi, 416, 515 n
520 n, 536 n, 542 n, 543, 546 n
vii, 142 ; Jane, vi, 21 n ; Joan
vi, 412 n ; John, vi, 18, 21 n
28 n, n8n, 408%, 412 «, 4677;

468 n, 473 n, 492 n, 493, 494 11
515, 5i7» 519, 520, 521, 522
538 n, 544, 546 n; vii, 121 n
126 n, 213 n ; Lawr., vi, 539

Robinson (cont.)

542 n, 543, 551 ; Lucy, vi, 21 n
Miles, vi, 520 n ; Nich., vi, 520
524 n ; Pet., vi, 520 n ; Piers, vi
520 ; Rainbrown, vii, 152 n
Rich., vi, 21 n, 515, 521, 527
vii, 25 ; Rich. B., vii, 218 ; Sam.
vi, 218; Sarah, vi, 559 n
Susanna C., vi, 372 ; Thos., vi
21 n> 55» 269 », 366 n, 468 n
493, 494 »• 515, 5i6, 520, 521 «
vii, 188, 265 ; Will., vi, 519
Mrs., vi, 519 ; — , vi, 250 n
Rocarr (Hutton), vi, 68 n
Rochdale, man., vi, 57 n
Roche (Roches), Adomar de la, vii,

84 ; Amery des, vii, 23 n, 84
Rochester, Walker King, bp. of, vi,
361 ; Walter de Merton, bp. of,
vii, 84 n

Rockcliffe (Bacup), vi, 437, 439 n
Rockcliffe Wood, vi, 438 n
Rockley, Ellen de, vi, 228 n ; Hen,

de, vi, 228 n ; Joan de, vi, 228 n
Roddlesden (Hoghton), vi, 37 n,

38 n
Roddlesworth (Withnell), vi, 3, 37,

39, 47, 58 n
Roddlesworth, riv., vi, 269, 280,

284

Roddlesworth, fam., vi, 47
Rodeclif, see Rawcliffe
Rodes (Chatburn), vi, 372 n
Rodes (Church), vi, 400 n, 402 n
Rodes, the (Simonstone), vi, 497 n
Rodes, Ad. del (de), vi, 376 n, 400 n,
402 n ; Alan de, vi, 400 «, 402 n ;
Alex, de, vi, 402 n ; Alice, vii,

49 n ; Edw., vii, 34 n ; Eliz., vii,
35 n, 288 n ; Fran., vii, 44 n :
John, vi, 260 n ; vii, 34 n, 35,
35 n, 36, 5°, 51 n '• Marg., vii,

50 n ; Rich, de, vi, 402 n ; Rog.
de, vi, 376 n, 402 n ; Steph. del,
vi, 376 n, 402 n ; Thos., vii, 32,
34 n ; Will, de, vi, 402 n ; vii, 36 ;
see also Rhodes

Rodes Mill (Ribchester), vii, 50

Rodgett, Miles, vi, 300

Roe, see Rowe

Roecroft's cross (Ulnes Walton), vi,
1 08 n

Roger, vi, i, 511 ; vii, 94 n, 130 n,
132;?, 159, 173 n, i8on, 214 n,
217, 273 n, 283 n, 289, 331 n ;
abbot of Cockersand, vii, 297 n ;
archd. of Richmond, vii, 217 «;
chaplain of Lytham, vii, 171 n ;
the clerk, vii, n6w, 117; ct. of
Poitou, vi, 86, 158 ; vii, 52 ; the
pretor, vii, 94 n ; the priest, vi,
62 n ; vii, 216 n ; the prior, vii,
229 n ; rector of Blackburn,
vi, 239, 240, 253 n, 266, 282,
287, 405 n ; rector of Chipping,
vii, 24 ; rector of Poulton, vii,
223 ; rector of Whalley, vi, 556 n ;
the reeve, vii, 94 n ; the tailor, vii,
99 n ; the ward, vi, 15 n

Rogers, John, vi, 426

Rogerson, Geo., vii, 89 n, 98 n,
121 n ; Jas., vii, 113 « ; Thos., vii,
127 n ; Will., vii, 66

Rogerson Dyke (Worsthorne-with-
Hurstwood), vi, 477 n

Rogerson House (Haighton), vi,
48 n ; vii, 126 n

Rogerthorpe, man. (Yorks), vi, 314

Roghforth, see Rufford

Rohall (Catterall), vii, 320

Rokeby, Amabel de, vi, 258 n

Rolegh (Penwortham), vi, 60 n

Romaine, John, vii, 296

Roman Catholics, vi, 17, 23, 32, 36.
49, 81, 96, 74, 100, 178, 199, 22. '

408

Roman Catholics (cont.)

249, 269, 275, 278, 289, 298, 300,

313, 319, 325, 334, 344, 348, 372,
380, 399, 409, 423, 427, 436, 441,
453, 468, 490, 507, 512, 513, 536,
541. 544 ; vii, 19, 32, 36, 51, 54,
67, 74, 77, I04, 105, 108, 115, 117,
119, 120, 121 n, 124, 137, 139 n,
153, 171, 175, 188, 205, 213, 219,
237, 251, 276, 279, 282, 285, 291,
299, 304, 305 n, 310, 312, 320, 335

Roman remains, vi, 256, 260, 278,
289, 336, 469, 474, 479, 523 : vii,
36, 37- 45, 291

Roman roads, vi, 10, 257, 269, 276,
278, 319, 325, 336, 349, 442 n ;
vii, 1 08

Romecliue, see Rawcliffe

Romisike (Wilpshire), vi, 335 n

Roo, Rich., see Rowall

Roodhams, man., vi, 233 n

Roos, Roesia de, vi, 315 ; Thos.
de, vi, 315 ; see also Ros, Ross,
Rous, Rus

Ros, Ailsi de, vii, 179 n ; Marg. de,
vii, 301 ; Rob. de, vii, 301 ;
Walt, de, vii, i79«; see also
Ross, Roos, Rous, Rus

Roscaldcarrfield (Gt. Eccleston), vii,
277 n

Roscoe (Roscow), Baxter, vi, 216 n ;
Helena, vi, 216 n ; Will., vi, 3 ;;,

22

Roscoe Low (Anderton), vi, 220

Roscow, see Roscoe

Rose, Eliz., vi, ii3»; Ralph, vi,

113 n ; Will., vii, 100 n
Roseacre (Treales, Roseacre and

Wharles), vii, 150, 154 n, 178-89
Rose Grove (Burnley), vi, 447
Roseriis (Rdseys), Aubrey de, vii,

84

Roside, brook, vi, 249 n
Roshale, see Rossall
Roskald (Longton), vi, 72 n
Rosnyt (Nateby), vii, 308 n
Ross, Harriet S., vi, 529 ; sec also

Ros, Roos, Rous, Rus
Rossall (Thornton), vii, 231, 235,

246, 279 ; grange, vii, 235 n,

236 n ; sch., vii, 219, 232; sub-
merged forest, vii, 232
Rossall, Ad. de, vi, n n ; Alice de,

vi, ii n ; Rich., vii, 231 n
Rosselin, vii, 45 n
Rossendale, forest, vi, 232, 233*1,

273, 280, 349, 355 «, 361 n, 428,

479, 5H I chap., vi, 517
Rossendale, Alice de, vi, 538 ; Jas.

de, vi, 538 ; Joan de, vi, 538 ;

John de, vi, 538
Rostorne, see Rawstorne
Rosworm, — , vii, 75
Rotheclif, see Rawcliffe
Rothelan, Cecily, vi, 393 n ; Hugh,

vi, 393 n ; Isold, vi, 393 n
Rothelesword, Rothelisworth,

Rothesword, see Roddlesworth
Rotherham Top, vi, 32
Rothwell, mqsses. de, vii, 56 ; Rich.

R., vi, 150 n
Rothwell, Ellis, vi, 438 n ; Hen., vi,

147; Rev. Jas., vi, 150 «; Jas.,

vi, 152 ; vii, 56, 120 ; Mary, vi,

150 n; Rev. Nath., vi, 344;

Nath., vi, 8 n ; Ralph, vi, 15° " I

Rev. Rich., vi, 150 *• i Rich., vi,

147 ; Rich. R.- -1, *5o ; vii, 107 ;

Will., vi °» 274, 280 «, 431 « ;

— , vi °7, 431 n
R0t+-nstall, see Rawtenstall
nouecliue, see Rawcliffe
Rough, Edm., vi, 516
Roughfall, Rich., vii, 57 n
Roughford, see Rufford

INDEX

Roughlee, Nether and Over (Rough-
lee Booth), vi, 233 n, 519, 520

Roughlee Booth, vi, 349, 519-20 ;
cotton manuf., vi, 519 ; Nonconf.,
vi, 520 ; witchcraft, vi, 520

Roughlee Hall (Roughlee Booth),
vi, 520

Roughlee Water, see White Hough
Water

Roughley (Alston with Hothersall),
vii, 63 n

Roulegh Clough (Harwood), vi, 339

Round Hill (Trawden), vi, 552

Round Meadow (Forton), vii, 299

Rouneson, Muriel, vi, 18 » ; Will.,
vi, 1 8 n

Rounstallhey, see Rawtenstall

Rounthwaite, F., vi, 495

Rous, Alice le, vi, 400 n ; Hugh le,
vii, 241 n ; Jordan le, vi, 375,
514 n; Ralph (le, de), vi, 364,
37.5, 377 », 395, 514 «, 555, 55§ ;
vii, 2 ; Rich, le, vi, 400 n ; vii,
241 n; see also Roos, Ros, Ross,
Rus

Rousillon .(Russelon, Russilun),
Guy de, vii, 40, 84 n

Routecliue, Routheclif, see Raw-
cliff e

Rowall (Catterall), vii, 248 n,
302 n, 321 «, 323

Rowall, Ad. de, vii, 326 n ; Alan
de, vii, 272 n, 324 n ; Alice, vii,
306 n ; Anne, vii, 306 « ; Chris-
tiana de, vii, 306 n ; Chris., vii,
306; Edw., vii, 306 n ; Ellen,
vii, 306 n ; Hen. (de), vii, 306 n,
323 n, 324 n, 326 n ; Janet, vii,
306 n ; Joan, vii, 306 n ; John,
vii, 306 n ; Maud de, vii, 324 « ;
Sir Otto de, vii, 273 n ; Ralph
de, vii, 324 n ; Rich, (de), vii,
306 n, 323 n ; Rog. de, vii, 272 «,
324 » ; Thos. de, vii, 323 » ;
Thos. H. de, vii, 306 n ; Will, de,
vii, 323 n

Rowbottom, John, vii, 78 n

Rowe (Roe), Alice del, vi, non;
Hen., vi, 95 n, 166 « ; Hugh, vi,
493, 494 n; John, vi, 16371, i66n,
493, 494 «; Rev. Rich., vi, 153 ;
Thos., vii, 275, 276 ; Will, del, vi,
now; fam., vii, 263; see also
Wroe

Rowe Moor (Eccleston), vi, 165 «

Rowington, Matilda de, vi, 270 n ;
Rog. de, vi, 270 n

Rowley, man. (Worsthorne) , vi,

475 ; coal mine, vi, 474
Rowley (Ruelay), Ad. de, vi, 473 n,

476 n ; Gilb. de, vi, 473 n, 476 « ;
Jos., vii, 255

Rowley Fold (Samlesbury), vi, 303
Rowley Hall (Worsthorne), vi, 476
Rowlinson, Alice, vi, 9 n ; see also

Rawlinson

Rowtonstall, see Rawtenstall
Royle (Burnley), vi, 445, 452, 491
Royle Hall (Burnley), vi, 446
Roys, Will, de C., vi, 7
Royston, Anne, vi, 415 ; Thos., vi,

415

Rubie, Rev. Alf. E., vi, 435
Rucditch (Warton), vii, 172 n
Ruchford, see Ru fiord
Rudd, Ad., vi, 474 n, 476 n ; Alice,

vi, 474 n ; John, vi, 474 n ; Rich.,

vi, 474 n

Ruddegate (Ribchester) , vii, 46 n
Ruddelache (Lower Darwen), vi, 276
Rudgelie, see Richlie
Rudhall, Abel, vi, 239 ; vii, 221,

263 ; Abra., vi, 54, 158 ; vii, 203 ;

A., vi, 186 ; John, vi, 85 ; — ,

vii, 82

Ruelay, fam., see Rowley

Ruelay Clough (Clayton-le-Dale),
vi, 258

Rufford, vi, i, 81, 86 n, 119-28;
adv., vi, 127 ; chant., vii, 227 n ;
chap., vi, 89 ; vii, 183 n ; char.,
vi, 90 n, 128 ; ch., vi, 126 ; man.,
vi, 120 ; mkts. and fairs, vi, 120,
121 ; Nonconf., vi, 128 ; sen., vi,
127, 128, 128 n

Rufford, Ad. de, vii, 97 « ; Alice d~,
vii, 97 n ; John de, vi, 121 n ;
Rob. de, vi, 121 «; Will, de, vi,
92 n ; see also Rifford

Rufford Hall (Rufford), vi, 126

Rufford Old Hall (Rufford), vi, 123

Rufus, Rich., vii, 97 n

Ruggeby, see Ribby

Rughelegh, see Roughlee Booth

Rughford, see Rufford

Rughlegh, see Roughlee Booth

Ruhlieruydic (Eccleshill), vi, 279 n

Ruller, John, vi, ngn

Runcorn Priory (Chesh.), vii, 238

Runshaw (Euxton), vi, 18, 21

Runshaw Hall (Euxton), vi, 21

Rupert, prince, vi, 236, 361 ; vii,
76, 152 », 2ii n, 317

Rus, Rich, le, vii, 264 ; see also
Roos, Ros, Ross, Rous

Rushall, see Rossall

Rushingbrook Carr (Brockhall), vi,
330 n

Rushton (Ruxton, Ruyston), Alice,
vi, 285 ; Eliz., vii, 18 ; Ellen,
vii, 17 n ; Geoff., vi, 447 n ; Jas.,
vi, 285 ; Jas. L., vii, 318 ; Rev.
John, vi, 242, 248, 334, 517, 518 ;
Rev. John A., vi, 319 ; Nich., vi,
250; Rob., vii, 17 n; Susan, vi,
250 ; Thos. H., vii, 318 ; — , vi,
252 n ; vii, 319 ; see also Rishton

Rushton Thornes, see Rishton
Thorns

Rushworth, Agnes, vi, 528 n, 546 n ;
Alex., vi, 528 n ; Ellen, vi, 419 ;
Joan, vi, 546 ; John, vi, 528 n,
529, 534 «, 546 ; Rob., vi, 419

Rushy heys (Preston), vii, 102 n

Ruskin, John, vi, 373 » ; Mary, vi,

517

Russell (Russel), Ad., vii, 99 n,
101 n ; Cecily, vii, 288 « ; Giles,
vii, 307 n ; Hen., vi, 204 n ; vii,
288 n ; Marg., vi, 204 n ; Maud,
vii, 99 n ; Milcham, vii, 307 n ;
Rich., vii, 101 n, 175 w, 198 n,
240 n, 288 « ; Rog., vii, 99 n ;
Will., vi, 1 8 n ; vii, 198 n, 242 ;
fam., vii, 97 n

Russelon, Guy de, see Rousillon
Russilache (Lea), vii, 131 n
Russilache on Kempcroft (Hogh-

ton), vi, 37 n

Russilun, Guy de, see Rousillon
Russinol, Pet., vii, 84
Rustic Bank (New Laund), vi, 492
Rutheditch (Freckleton), vii, 170 n
Ruthesyke (Greenhalgh), vii, 180 n
Rutter, Alex., vi, 99 n ; Eliz., vi,
100 n ; Hen., vi, 114 n ; Jas., vi,
in ; Joan, vi, gg n, 167 n ; John,
vi, gg n, 217 n ; Mich., vi, 96 n ;
Nich., vi, 167 n ; Rich., vi, 99 n,
100 n, 166 n, 196 n ; Rob., vi,
167 n ; Thos., vi, 100 n ; Will.,
vi, 167 n
Ruxton, Ruyston, see Rishton and

Rushton

Ryall (Tockholes), vi, 283 n
Rybchestre, see Ribchester
Rybelton, see Ribbleton
Rycroft, Ellen, vi, 545 n ; Hen.,
vi, 55, 545 n ; Lydia, vi, 224 ;
Rich., vi, 545 n ; Will., vi, 536

409

Ryder, Ralph, vi, 369 n
Ryding, fam., see Riding
Ryecroft (Bispham), vi, 101 n
Rye Hill (Habergham Eaves), vi,

456 n

Rye Hill (Haslingden), vi, 427
Rygeby, see Ribby
Ryheads (Goosnargh), vii, 218 n
Ryhil ditch (Tockholes), vi, 281 n
Ryland (Rylands), Thos. de, vi,

467 ; Will, de, vi, 443, 467, 469 n
Ryland Hall (Habergham Eaves),

vi, 467
Ryley, High (Accrington), vi, 423,

425

Ryley, Agnes, vi, 9 » ; Alex., vi,
425 n ; Beatrice, vi, 408 « ; Chas.,
vi, 447 «, 468 n ; Chris., vi, 425 n ;
Denis, vi, 425 ; Edw., vi, 425 n ;
Eliz., vi, 467 n, 512 n ; Ellen,
vi, 559 n i Emota, vi, 512 «;
Geo., vi, 425 n ; Hen., vi, 280 n,
494 n, 512 n ; Hugh, vi, 512 «;
Jas., vi, 147 ; John, vi, 88, 147 n,
377 «, 425, 444 «, 5!2 n ; Marg.,
vi, 377 n ', Mary, vi, 452 ; Piers,
vi, 425 n ; Randle, vi, 467 n ;
Rich., vi, 408 n ; Rob. (de), vi,

424, 425 n ; Thos., vi, 367, 408 »,

425, 447, 452, 494 «, 5" n,
513 «, 554, 559 «; vii, 162 n,
165 ; Vincent, vi, 512 n ; Will.,
vi, 424, 425 ; fam., vi, 411 n, 511 ;
see also Riley

Ryley Carr (Accrington), vi, 424
Ryley Clough (Shevington), vi,

200 n

Ryley Place (Accrington), vi, 425 n
Rymer, Thos., vii, 49 ; T. H., vii,

49
Rymor's lees (Rymor s riding)

(Wrightington), vi, 175 n
Ryngherd, le (Mellor), vi, 263 n
Rysshton, Ryston, see Rishton

Sabden, vi, 375 n, 392, 492 n, 493,
503, 512, 513, 5M; bridge, vi,

513 n ; ch., vi, 514 ; cotton
manuf., vi, 513

Sabden, brook, vi, 375 n, 392, 515
Sabden Hall (Goldshaw Booth), vi,

514 n

Sabden Hey (Sabden), vi, 233 n, 514
Sabsal (Huncoat), vi, 410 n
Saddle Fell (Chipping), vii, 26
Sadler, Windham W., vi, 399
Sagar (Sager, Sagers, Sagher) , Alice

vi, 453 n ; Anne, vi, 539 « ; Chas.

vi, 248, 275; Edw., vi, 498 n

Ellen, vi, 457 n ; Jas., vi, 447 n

John, vi, 457 n, 468 n, 539 n

Rev. Oates, vi, 453 ; Rich., vi

494 n, 528, 539, 539 « ; Rob. (le)

vi, 453 n, 499 ; vii, 107 n ; Steph.

vi, 539 n ,' Thos., vi, 490 ; Will.

vi, 471, 531 n, 539 ; fam., vi, 456 ;

see also Segar
Sagar Holme (Newchurch-in-Ros-

sendale), vi, 437
Sailebury, see Salesbury
St. Anne's-on-the-Sea, vii, 213, 214 ;

ch., vii, 218 n ; Rom. Cath., vii,

219
St. Anne's Well (Goosnargh), vii,

191, 199
St. Asaph, Hen. Standish, bp. of,

vi, i88n
St. Cuthbert's College (Ushaw), vii,

207 n, 237
St. Edmund's College (Ware), vii,

237

St. John Baptist's Hospital (Ches.)
vii, 229 ; Rog., prior of, vii, 229 n

52

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

St. John of Jerusalem, order of, see

Hospitallers

St. John's Weind (Preston), vii, 79 n
St. John's Well (Dutton), vii, 54
St. Joseph's Orphanage (Preston),

vii, 89 n, 105
St. Leonard's Hospital (York), vii,

58
St. Martin's Abbey (Sees), vi, 86,

158, 159 « I vii, 82, 83, 84 «, 145,

184 «, 222, 226, 246 w, 256, 285
St. Mary Magdalene's College

(Shrewsbury), vii, 263
St. Mary Magdalene's Hospital

(Preston), vii, 134
St. Mary's Croft (Goosnargh), vii,

201 n
St. Mary's Priory (Lancaster), see

Lancaster Priory
St. Michael-on-Wyre, vii, 41 n, 68

71, 138, 178, 184, 260-7, 270

300 ; adv., vii, 263 ; chant., vii

261, 262, 266 ; char., vii, 266

Nonconf., vii, 266 ; Rom. Cath.

vii, 266 ; sch., vii, 266
St. Michael's Hall (Tarnacre), vii,

267, 272
St. Nicholas' Hospital (Clitheroe),

St. Oswald of Nostell, priory, see
Nostell Priory

St. Paul, fam., see St. Pol

St. Paulinus' cross (Longridge Fell),
vii, 2 n

St. Pol (St. Paul), Isabel de, vii,
302 n ; Mary de, vii,, 302 n, 303 n

St. Saviour's Hospital (Dutton), vii,
53 », 59, 65 n

St. Stephen's (Westminster), Nich.
Slake, dean of, vi, 87 n

St. Stephen's Cross (Preston), vii,
91 n

Saints' Well (Come), see Hullown,
the

St. Werburgh's Abbey (Ches.), vi,
120 ; Hugh, abbot of, vi, 120 n

Salcockson, John, vi, nw; Rob.,
vi, ii n

Sale (Sayle), Cecily de la, vii, 24 n,
29 n ; Chris., vii, 308 « ; John,
vii, 308 n ; Margery de, vii, 272 n ;
Rich, de, vii, 272 » ; Thos. R.,
vi, 242 ; Will, de la, vii, 24 n,
29 n ; Mrs., vi, 180 ; vii, 149 n

Salesbury, vi, 235, 252-7, 393 n ;
vii, 59 n; char., vi, 244; ch.,vi,
257 ; man., vi, 232, 252 ; vii,
326 n ; Rom. rem., vi, 256 ;
sch., vi, 257

Salesbury, Ad. de, vi, 238 n, 240,
253 «, 330 n ; Agnes de, vi, 253,
330 n ; Alice de, vi, 253, 330 n ;
Avice de, vi, 253 ; Cecily de, vi,
253 ; Dionisia (Diana), de, vi,
253 ; Gilb. de, vi, 238 n, 252,
330 « ; Hugh de, vi, 253 ; vii,
33 n ; John de, vi, 253 n, 254 n ;
Margery de, vi, 253 ; Matilda de,
vi, 253; Ralph de, vi, 253 ; Ranulf
de, vi, 253; Rich, de, vi, 253;
Rob. de, vii, 32 n ; Rog., vii, 50 «;
Sibyl de, vi, 254 n ; Siward de,
vi, 253 n ; Thos. de, vii, 32 n ;
Waldeve de, vi, 252, 253 ; Will,
de, vi, 253 n ; Winhaue de, vi,
253 n ; see also Salisbury

Salesbury Hall (Salesbury), vi, 255

Sale Wheel (Salesbury), vi, 255

Salewic, see Salwick

Salford, vi, 500 n

Salford, hund., bailiff of, vi, 276,
279

Salford, bps. of, vii, 51 n ; John
Bilsborrow, vii, 184 ; Will. Tur-
ner, vii, 44 n

Salfordshire, Cecily de, vi, 224 n ;

Rich, de, vi, 224 n
Salghall, Rog. de, vi, 222 n ; Thos.

de, vi, 222 n

Salisbury (Blackburn), see Salesbury
Salisbury (Elston), vii, 115
Salisbury, Rich., earl of, vii, 41 « ;

Rob., earl of, vii, 263 n
Salisbury, Anne, vii, 213 « ; Chris.,

vii, 213; Eliz., vii, 213 n ; Jane,

vii, 213 n ; Janet, vii, 213 n ;

Rich., vii, 213 n ; Thos., vii, 213 ;

see also Salesbury .
Salley, Hen., vi, 241 ; Rob., vi, 241 ;

Rog., vii, 94 n
Sallom, Anne, vii, 196 n ; Dav., vi,

260 n ; John, vii, 196 n ; Thos.,

vi, 317

Saltcotes (Lytham), vii, 214
Saltemyre (Little Harwood), vi,

249 n

Salterford (Cliviger), vi, 479
Salterford, Rob. de, vi, 482 n
Salter Syke (Colne), vi, 523
Salthill, man. (Clitheroe), vi, 364,

365 », 366 n
Salthillhey Park (Clitheroe), vi,

365 »
Salthill moor (Clitheroe), vi, 361 n,

364 «

Salthill wood (Clitheroe), vi, 367
Saltholmpool (Rossall), vii, 235 n
Salthouse, John, vii, 247 « ; Rich.,

vii, 216 n ; Will., vii, 247 n
Saltisflat (Chatburn), vi, 373 n
Salt-making, vi, 113 ; vii, 214, 232
Saltonstall, Will., vi, 468 n
Salt pit (Mawdesley), vi, 97
Saltweller, fam., vii, 174 n
Salvage, Rich., vi, 126
Salvata, ct. of, see Savoy, Thos.,

ct. of
Salvation Army, vi, 248, 275, 372,

427, 447, 453 I vii, 237, 251
Salvin, Ant., vi, 14 ; Dorothy, vi,

223 « ; Will., vi, 223 n
Salwick (Clifton-with-Salwick), vii,

143, 146 n, 149 n, 157 n, 161-5;

man., vii, 161

Salwick Waste (Clifton-with-Sal-
wick), vii, 165
Samaria, Jas. Sharpies, bp. of, vi,

249 »
Samlesbury, vi, 235, 249 », 303-13,

422 n ; vii, 49 n, 62 ; adv., vi,

312 ; char., vi, 313 ; ch., vi, 311 ;
deer park, vi, 311 ; ind., vi, 303;
man., vi, 303, 421 ; Nonconf., vi,

313 ; Rom. Cath., vi, 313
Samlesbury, Ad. de, vi, 304 n ;

Avina de, vi, 304, 320 ; Bern, de,
vi, 320 ; Cecily de, vi, 304, 312 n ;
Eliz., vi, 304 ; Gilb. de, vi, 303 n ;
Jas. de, vi, 304 n ; John de, vi,
279 ; Marg. de, vi, 303, 304 n ;
Margery de, vi, 279, 304 ; vii,
162 n ; Rob. de, vi, 304 n ; Rog.
de, vi, 303 ; vii, 62 ; Sir Will, de,
vi, 271 ; vii, 162 n ; Will, de, vi,
270, 304, 312 n, 320 ; vii, 62 ;
fam., vi, 271
Samlesbury Bottoms (Samlesbury),

vi, 303

Samlesbury Lower Hall (Samles-
bury), vi, 310

Samlesbury Old Hall (Samlesbury),

vi, 3°7

Sampson, Will., vi, 280 n
Samson, vi, 397 n
Samsoncroft (Charnock Richard),

vi, 207 n
Sancroft, Will., archbp., vi, 240,

318 ; vii, 36

Saricto Romano, Artaud de, vii, 146
Sandeman, S., vii, 14 n

4IO

Sanderson, Jas., vii, 175 ; John, vii,
242 ; Nich., vii, 242 ; Will., vii,
63 n

Sandesforth (New Laund), vi, 492
Sandford, Rev. — , vi, 343, 344
Sandford Syke, vi, 524 n, 525 n,

547 n
Sandholme (Barnacre), vii, 318 ;

mill, vii, 302 n, 303
Sandibutts (Cottam), vii, 136 n
Sandiford (Preesall), vii, 257 n
Sandiford (Sunderland), vi, 317
Sandirland field (Hambleton), vii,

190 n

Sands (Padiham), vi, 493
Sandyclough (Goosnargh), vii, 198 «
Sandyford Syke, Sandyforth Syke,

see Sandford Syke
Sandygate (Habergham Eaves), vi,

454

Sandy way (Dilworth), vii, 52 n
Sankey, Clara, vi, 177 n ; Ellen de,

vi, 203 n ; Hen., vi, 500 n ; Jordan

de, vi, 203 n, 22811; Mary, vi,

177 n ; Rich., vi, 167 n, 177 «;

Rob. de, vi, 203 « ; Rog. (de), vi,

167 n, 177 «, 203 n
Sansom, vi, 70 n
Sapcote, Isabel, vii, 324 n ; Rich.,

vii, 324 «

Sapedene, see Sabden
Sapenden Haye, see Sabden Hey
Sarscow (Eccleston), vi, 162, 164
Satterill, see Souter Hill
Sauener, John, vii, 160 n, 216 n
Saul (Saule), Chris., vii, 308 n;

John, vii, 308 » ; Rev. Thos., vii,

205

Saunders, Rev. Thos., vi, 440
Saunder's Bank (Burnley), vi, 447 n
Savage, Anne, vi, 468 n ; Eliz., vi,

292 ; Sir John, vi, 292 ; John,

vi, 468 n ; Rich., vii, 117 n
Savick, brook, see Savock, brook
Savigny Abbey (France), vii, 133
Savile, Agnes Savile, Lady, vi, 315
Savile (Savill, Saville), Anne, vi,

545 ; Eliz., vi, 545, 546 ; Hen., vi,

545 ; vii, 311 n ; Joan, vi, 546 n ;
Sir John, vi, 497 n, 545 ; John, vi,
315 n, 546 n ; Rob., vi, 545,

546 » ; Sir Thos., vi, 545, 546 n ;
Will., vi, 483 «

Savock, brook, vi, 229 n ; vii, 74,
93 n, 108, 124, 126 n, 129, 132 «,
207

Savock Hey (Comberhalgh), vii,
212 n

Savoy, Thos., ct. of, vii, 264 n

Savoy Hospital (London), vi, 161 n,

191 n ; vii, 89 n, 170 «, 227 «, 296,
298, 310, 311

Sawden, man., vi, 233 n

Sawley, John, vi, 358

Sawley Abbey (Yorks.) ,vi, 252, 258,
260, 314, 317, 320, 324 «, 349,
375, 378, 553 «, 556 ; vii, 29, 46,
54 n, 58, 62 n, 97, 117 ; abbots of,
vi, 358 «, 372 n

Sawrey, Will., vii, 86

Saxifield (Burnley), vi, 441, 443,
447, 490

Saxifield Dyke (Habergham Eaves),

vi, 457 «

Saye, Ld., vi, 161 n
Sayle, see Sale
Sayselson, Agnes, vi, 200 n ; Rich.,

vi., 200 n, 201 n
Scabgill (Wyresdale), vii, 304 n
ScaHcliffe (Accrington) , vi, 423
Scalebank (Lea), vii, 130 n
Scalecroft (Hothersall) , vii, 63 n
Scales (Newton-with-Scales), vi,

48 n ; vii, 163 n, 165-7 > man., vii,

166

INDEX

Scales (Ribbleton), vii, 93 n, 105,

107 n

Scales, Ad. del, vii, 107 n ; Gilb. de,
vii, 130 n ; Rog. del, vii, 107 n ;
Will, del (de), vi, 60 » ; vii, 130 »;
see also Ribbleton
Scalingstud (Stalmine), vii, 252 n
Scarbrough, Mary, vi, 472 n ; Nich.,

vi, 472 n ; Pet., vi, 472 n
Scargill, Joan de, vi, 19 n ; Roesia
(Rose) de, vi, 315 ; vii, 269 ;

Sir Will., vi, 318 ; Will, de, vi,
19 n, 314 n, 315, 458 n ; vii, 269
Scarisbrick, vi, 90 n
Scarisbrick, Chas., vi, 172 ; Gilb. de,

vi, 121 n, 267 ; vii, 13 ; Jas., vi,
107 n, 174 n ; Marg., vii, 183 n ;

Matilda (Maud) de, vi, 267 ; vii,
13 ; Thos., vi, 172
Scarlett, Charlotte A., vi, 445 ;

Gen. Sir Jas. Y., vi, 445, 450
Scathe, Ad., vi, 68 n ; Alex., vi,

68 n ; Rich., vi, 68 n ; Rob., vi,

68 n
Schamelesbyre, Schampelesbyri,

see Samlesbury
Schelf, Hen. de, vi, 469 n ; Maud de,

vi. 469 n

Schelflet, see Scholefield
Schelylyngfeld (Walton), vi, 296
Schepin, see Chipping
Schernoc, see Charnock Richard
Scheuynton, see Shevington
Schingleton, see Singleton
Schipingflat (Walton-le-Dale), vi,

290

Schlacter, see Slater
Schofield, Rev. Dan., vii, 256 ;

see also Scholefield
Scholebank (Scolebank) (Padiham),

vi. 493, 494 n
Scholefield (Scholfield) (Marsden),

vi, 537
Scholefield (Scholfield), Edm., vi,

496 ; John del, vi, 546 ; Rev.

Jonathan, vi, 178, 181 n ; Pet. de,

vi, 546 ; Rich., vi, 436 n ; see

also Schofield

Schole ridding (Church), vi, 402 n
Scholerodesyke (Cliviger), vi, 485 n
Scholes, Hen. del, vii, 57 n ; Maud

del, vii, 57 n ; Rev. Will., vi,

313 ; — , vi, 205 n ; see also Scoles
Scholesworth, see Shuttleworth
Scholfley, Scholley, see Showley
School Lane (Walton-le-Dale), vi,

289

Schorte Dene, see Shortdean
Scireburne, see Shireburne
Sclateclyff (Accrington), vi, 425 n
Sclater, see Slater
Sclaterhill, vi, 233 n
Scolebank, see Scholebank
Scoles, J. J., vii, 19 ; fam., vi, 280 ;

see also Scholes
Scopham, Agnes de, vii, 28 n
Scoring Moss (Bleasdale), vii,

142 n
Scortefaldwrynges (Freckleton) ,

vii, 168 n
Scorton (Nether Wyresdale), vii,

300 ; cross, vii, 300 ; Rom. Cath.,

vii, 304 n ; sch., vii, 305
Scorton Mill (Mawdesley), vi, 100 n
Scorton Old Hall (Nether Wyres-
dale), vii, 304
Scotforth, vii, 301, 303 w, 308,

331 «

Scotsholding (Bilsborrow), vii, 331 n
Scott, Ld. Hen., see Montagu, Ld.
Scott, John H., vi, 467 ; Will., vi,

134 »
Scott Park (Habergham Eaves), vi,

467
Scoutlonglands (Marton), vii, 240 n

Scrivain (Scriptorius,1 Scrivener),

Amphelicia le, vii, 129 n ; Rich.

le, vii, 129 n ; Rob., vii, 129 n ;

Will, de, vii, 129 n
Scrop, Sir Geoff, le, vi, 327 ; Sir

Hen. le, vi, 327 n ; Thos. le, vi,

327
Scytholme (Out Rawclifife), vii,

274 n

Seatnaze (Rossendale), vi, 439
Seaton, Sir John, vii, 75
Seatonheys, see Seatnaze
Seckington, Rich., vii, 188 n
Sedbergh, Alice de, vii, 33 n
Seddon, John P., vi, 296 ; Will., vi,

55
Sedges (Newchurch-in-Rossendale),

vi, 438 n
Sedgwick, Eliz., vii, 195 n ; Geo.,

vii, 195 n

Sedill, Thos., vii, 43 n
Seed, Ellen, vii, 50 n ; Hen., vii,

50 n John, vi, 269 ; vii, 50 n,

66 n Kath., vi, 269 ; Rob., vii,

50 n Rog., vii, 50 n ; Thos., vi,

267, 269 ; Will., vi, 269
Seedall, Rich., vi, 301
Seedcroft (Dutton), vii, 55 n
Seedhouse (Samlesbury), vi, 310
Seed mylne (Pleasington), vi, 269
Seed Park (Samlesbury), vi, 303
Sees Abbey, see St. Martin's Abbey,

Sees

Sefton fee, vi, 23
Segar, Helen M. M., vi, 419 ; Mary,

vi, 419 n ; Steph., vi, 442 ; Will.

F., vi, 419 n ; see also Sagar
Seinture, Ad. le, vii, 46 n ; Diota le,

vii, 46 n ; Rich, le, vii, 46 n
Sekemons (Studlehurst), vi, 324 n
Selby, man. (Yorks.), vi, 421
Selby, Anne, vii, 333 n ; Thos., vii,

333 n ; Will, de, vi, 358
Selebrook (Goosnargh), vii, 199 n
Selkirk, Thos., vi, 55
Sellars, Mary, vi, 476 ; Thos., vi,

448
Seller, Chris., vi, 383 n ; Edw., vi,

354 ; John, vi, 358, 383 «, 397 n ;

Marg., vi, 383 n ; Will., vi, 269 n,

383 n, 518 ; see also Celer
Sellerdale, Will, de, vii, 223
Selynhurst (Croston), vi, 92 n
Seneintacks (Briercliffe), vi, 469
Senesty (Bleasdale), vii, 141 n
Sep Clough (Habergham Eaves), vi,

454

Sephton, Hen., vi, 156 n
Serjeant (Serjant), Amabel le, vi,

295 ; Hen., vi, 296 ; Humph., vi

17 n ; John (le), vi, 7, 62 n

Kath., vi, 295 ; Leonard, vi, 295 ,

Rich, (le), vi, 61 n, 295 ; Rob.,

vi, 17 n ; Thos., vi, 61 n
Serjeant's messuage (Walton), vi,

296
Serjeantson, John, vi, 555 n ; Rich.,

vi, 555 n
Serlescalespool (Rawcliffe), vii,

271 n

Serlo, vi, 480 n
Settle (Yorks.), vii, 155 n
Seveton, Alice de, vi, 174 n ; Hen.

de, vi, 174 n
Sewall, Nich., vii, 13 ; see also

Sewell

Sewall Syke (Preston), vii, 97 n
Sewell, F. H., vi, 153 » ; see also

Sewall

Sewinton, see Shevington
Sexlondes ends (Salesbury), vi,253 H
Seymour, Lawr., vi, no«; Mary,

vi, 163 n, 164 n ; Sir Thos., vi,

163 n, 164 n, i66«; vii, 115 n ;

Thos., vi, 163 «

411

Shackleton (Shackleden, Shakle-
ton), Geoff., vi, 530, 549 n ; Jas.,
vi, 530, 549, 552 ; Rich., vi, 549 ;
Thos., vi, 538 n

Shaffer (Chaftar, Shaffar), Emma,
vii, 254 n ; Hugh, vii, 254 n ;
John, vii, 254 n ; fam., vii, 227 «

Shaftoe, Capt., vii, 77 n

Shagh, John del, vi, 282 ; Mary,
vi, 282 ; Oliver del, vi, 282 ; see
also Shawe

Shakelden, see Shackleton

Shakerley (Heapey), vi, 51 n

Shakerley, Isabel, vi, 510 n ; Rich,
de, vi, 79 ; Rob., vi, 373 n, 510 n ;
Thos., vi, 510 n ; — , vi, 510

Shakeshaft, Grace, vii, 207 n

Shakespear, Rev. Edw., vi, 8

Shakleton, see Shackleton

Shalcross, see Shawcross

Shard bridge (Singleton), vii, 184,
188

Shard ferry (Hambleton), vii, 188 n

Sharneyford (Bacup), vi, 437

Sharoe (Broughton), vii, 117, 119,
120 n, 121 n

Sharoe House (Broughton), vii,
120 n

Sharp (Sharpe), Eliz., vi, 273, 274 ;
John, vi, 521 ; vii, 66 ; Thos., vi,
272 n ; Will., vi, 416 ; vii, 141 n

Sharpies, man. (Sharpies), vi, 303

Sharpies, Ad. (de, del), vii, 157 n,
158, 160 n, 215 n ; Alex., vi,
219*1; Alice, vii, 170 n; Anne,
vi, 219 n; vii, 159 n; Arth., vii,
170 n, 173 «; Cuth., vii, 170 n,
173 n, 185 n ; Dorothy, vii, 173 n,
190 n ; Edw., vii, 29 n ; Ellen,
vii, 29 n ; Geo., vii, 170*1;
Gerard, vi, 269 « ; Hen. (de), vii,
158 «, 159 «, 160 n ; Jas., vi,
249 «; vii, 58 n, 147, 158 «,
170 n; John (de), vi, 103; vii,
147 «, 157 n, i6o», 170*1, 173 «.

215 n ; Maud, vii, 160 n ; Randle,
vi, 237, 436 n ; Rich., vii. 190 n ;
Rob., vi, 237 n ; Thos., vi, 269 n ;
vii, 1 60 n ; Will., vi, 100 ; vii,
158 n, 160 n ; fam., vi, 246 n, 252

Sharpies House (Osbaldeston), vi,
237 n

Sharrock (Sherrock), Alice, vi,
406 n ; Cecily, vi, 257 ; Isabel, vi,
406 n ; Joan, vi, 406 « ; John, vi,
406 n ; Kath., vi, 295 ; Lawr., vii,
138 n ; Rich., vi, 295; Will., vi,
77 n, 295, 406 n ; Will. G., vii,
8 1 ; — , vi, 406 n ; see also Shor-
rock

Sharrock's Farm (Blackrod), vi,
192 n

Shatterden, see Shetterton

Shaw (Alston), vii, go n

Shaw, the (Barnside), vi, 547 «

Shaw, brook, vi, 340, 507

Shaw, fam., see Shawe

Shawcliffe (Gt. Harwood), vi, 338 n

Shaw Clough (Newchurch-in-Ros-
sendale), vi, 438 n

Shawcross, John, vi, 283

Shawe (Shaw), Ad. del, vi, 548 ;
Alex., vii, 158 n ; Anne, vi, 216 n ;
Cunliffe, vii, 185 n ; Edm., vi,
438, 438 n ; vii, 204 ; Eliz., vi,

216 n, 543 n; Geo., vi, 191,
218 n ; vii, 224 ; Hen., vi, 530,
543 n, 546*1; Isabel, vii, 114;
Jas., vi, 216 n, 318; Janet, vi,
182 n ; Joan, vii, 114 ; John (del),
vi, 191, 216 n, 217, 237 n, 281 n,
282; vii, 114; Jos., vii, 174 n ;
Kath., vi, 216 n, 217; Leonard,
vi, 216 n ; Marg., vii, 158 n ;
Mary, vii, 158 »; Pet., vi, 213,

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Shawe (cant.}

216 *t ; Rich., vii, 288 ; Rob. (del),
v;, 189 n, 216 n, 260, 260 n, 281 n,
282, 317, 337 ; vii, 158 n, 224 n ;
Sarah (Sally), vii, 197 n ; Thos.,
vi, 216 n, 296, 525; vii, 50;
Will., vi, 71 n, 163 n, 216 n ; vii,
53, 62, 83 n, 87, 102 M, 109, 116,
138*1, 174 n, 184, i88w, 195*1,
197 n, 199, 203, 209 *i, 288 »j ;
Will. C., vi, 31 *i ; vii, 184, 184 n,
185 n; — , vi, 524*1, 549; vii,
49*1; fam., vi, 215; vii, 102,
102 n
Shawfield, Nether and Over, mans.,

vi, 233 «

Shaw Fold (Eccleshill), vi, 279 n
Shaw Green (Euxton), vi, 18
Shaw Hall (Leyland), vi, 13 «, 14
Shaw Hall (Whittle), vi, 140
Shaw Hill (Whittle), vi, 32, 36
Shawhouses (Whalley), vi, 381
Shaw wood (Whalley), vi, 382 n
Shay, Ellen, vi, 81 «
Shayl, Rich., vi, 538 n
Shedden, brook (Hurstwood), vi, 474
Shedden Clough (Cliviger), vi, 479
Sheepflat Carr (Eccleston), vi, 165 «
Sheetacre, the (Cuerden), vi, 26 n
Sheffield, Rob., vi, 496
Sheldesley, Phil, de, vi, 70 n
Shelfield (Gt. Marsden), vi, 536
Shellard, Edw. H., vii, 82 n
Shelley, Frances, Lady, vii, in,

112 «, 322 ; Sir John, vii, 112 n
Shelton, Alice, vi, 64*1; Mag, vii,

184, 285 ; Rich., vi, 64 n
Shelvock, Dorothy, vii, 230*1
Shepcote Clough (Clayton-lc-

Moors) , vi , 4 1 8 n

Shepherd (Sheppard), Agnes, vii
334 ; John, vii, 88 ; Kath., vi
217*1; Marg., vi, 378*2; Rich,
vii, 80 ; Rob., vii, 201 ; Thos., vi
436 n ; vii, 103 n ; Will., vii
205 n
Shepherd hill (Claughton), vii,

Sheppard, see Shepherd

Sheppey, Nich. de, vi, 159

Sherburne, Sir Edw., vii, 17 ; Rog.,
vii, 190 n ; see also Shireburne

Sherdley, Chas., vi, 66 n ; Rev.
Edw., vi, 343, 344 ; Edw., vi,
73 *t Hen., vi, 65 n, 69 n, 73,
73 n Jas., vi, 65 n ; Joan, vi,
73 M John, vi, 73 n ; Margery, vi,
66 n Pet., vi, 73 n ; Ralph, vi,
73 » Rich., vi, 24 n, 65 n, 73 n ;
Thos., vi, 70 n, 73, 73 n

Sherrington, John, vi, 237 n

Sherrock, fam., see Sharrock and
Shorrock

Sherrs, brook, vi, 314 n

Shetterton (Shatterden), Bridg., vi,
154 « ; vii, 194 n ; Dan., vi,
154 n ; Sam., vii, 194 n

Shevington (Sheuynton), vi, 58 n,
68 n, 182, 187 n, 199-203 ; char.,
vi, 191 n, 192 ; ch., vi, 203 ; man.,
vi, 199 ; Nonconf., vi, 203

Shevington, Sir Ad. de, vii, 254 ;
Ad. de, vi, 201 n, 202 n ; Avice de,
vi, 201 n ; Cecily de, vi, 200 n ;
Emma de, vii, 254 ; Hen. de, vi,
200 », 201 n ; Hugh de, vi, 201 n,
202 n Nich. de, vi, 201 n ; Rich.
de, vi 200 «, 201 «, 202 n ; Sim.
de, vi 201 n ; Sprateling de, vi,
202 n Thos. de, vi, 201 n ; Will.
de, vi 201 n ; see also Shurving-
ton

Shevington Moor (Shevington), vi,
109

Shevinley (Standish), vi, 193*1

Shevinley, Anabil de, vi, 193 n ;

Hen. de, vi, 193 n
Shryford (Gt. Harwood), vi, 340
Shillito, Rev. Will., vii, 142, 204
Shipenehurst-clcch (Studlehurst) ,

vi, 324 n
Shippenley (Shipenley) (Ribches-

ter), vii, 45 «, 48 n
Shippenley, Alice de, vii, 48 «;
Avice de, vii, 48 n ; Rog. de, vii,
48 n ; Thos. de, vii, 48 n
Shipwaie, Lawr., vi, 183 n
Shircliff (diviger), vi, 480 n
Shire, Beatrice del, vi, 216 n ; R'ch.

del, vi, 216 n

Shireburne (Scireburne), Agnes, vi,
72 n, 420 ; vii, 4 n, 254 n ; Alex.,
vii, 28, 29 n ; Alice (de), vi, 71 n,
131, 276, 277, 366 n, 397 ; vii, 3,
4, 5, 17, 139*1, 227 n, 230 n,
281 n ; Anne, vi, 380 n ; vii, 5 n,
6 n, 131, 140 n, 274 n, 275, 322 n ;
Dorothy, vi, 389 n ; vii, 193 n,
322 ; Edm., vii, 56 n ; Edw., vii,
28 n, 56 n ; Eliz., vi, 458 ; vii, 7,
59 n ; Ellen, vii, 30 n, 107 « ;
Emma de, vii, 4 ; Eva de, vii, 3 n,

229 n, 230 ; Frances, vii, 29 n ;
Grace, vii, 28 n ; Hen., vii, 6, 20,
28*2, 32, 48*?, 107; Hugh, vi,

72 n, 1^3 n, 198; vii, 5, 7, 8, 9,
17, 18, 28 n, 44 n, 47, 50 n, 55 n,
107 n, 189 n, 281 n, 332 « ; Isabel,
vi, 444 n, 446, 453 ; vii, 5 «, 6, 28,
33 n, 322 n ; Ismania de, vii, 3 ;
Jane, vi, 306, 329 ; vii, 15 n ;
Joan de, vii, 4, 5 «, 306 n ; Sir
John de, vi, 71 n ; vii, 3 ; Rev.
John, vi, 8 ; John (de), vi, 80,
151 n ; vii, 4, 15 «, 18, 28 n, 29 n,
44 *», 56 n, 59 n, 66 «, 106, 107,
in n, 189, 189*1, 229*1, 230,

230 n, 240 « ; Kath., vii, 6 n,
107 *i, in »» ; Marg. de, vi, 71 n,
292; vii, 3 «, 4; Margery, vii,
49 n ; Mary, vii, 6 ; Maud, vii, 18,
288 n ; Sir Nich., vi, 132 «, 149,
334 K, 380, 398, 399, 442 n ; vii,
7, 9, 10, ii, 14, 18, 19, 20, 196,
230 »», 289 « ; Nich., vii, 6, 150 n ;
S,r Rich, (de), vi, 2*1, 16 n, 72,

73 n, 132, 135, 140, 142, 143,
166 n, 195, 204 n, 213, 219 n, 277,
306, 340 «, 359 n, 362 n, 364 n,
378*1, 380, 397 n, 398, 398 n,
507 «, 524 ; vii, i, 3, 4 «, 5, 7, 8,
9, ii, 14, 15, 17, 18, 28 n, 29*1,
30 n, 35 n, 47, 49 n, 55, 59 n, 70,
126*1, 131, 189, 190*1, 208 M,
212 «, 230, 230 n, 274 n, 282 n,
288*1, 319*1, 322*1, 323; Rich,
(de), vi, 2 n, 16 n, 35 «, 72, 72 n,
73 n, 99 «, 132, I5in, 165*1,
200 n, 202 n, 205, 206, 292, 292 «,
337, 369, 379, 397, 398, 420, 444 «,
446, 453, 499, 515, 519, 542, 549 ;
vii, 4, 4 n, 5, 6, ii, 13 n, 15, 15 «,
16, 17, 18, 19, 19 n, 29, 35, 48 n,
49, 49 n, 50, 56, 58 n, 59, 59**,
60 n, 107*1, 113 n, 131, 132*1,
163 n, 169 n, 189 «, 193 n, 194 n,
199 n, 200 n, 208 n, 212 *j, 213 n,
227 n, 229, 247 n, 254 n, 272 n,
281*1, 318, 329*1; Rich. F., vii,
6 ; Sir Rob. (de), vi, 151 », 276,
277> 327 » ; vii, 3, 4 n, 227 n,
272 n ; Rob. (de), vi, 71 n, 72 n,
80 n, 131, 132, 194 n, 285 K, 354 «,
366*1, 389*1, 391, 397; vii, 3, 4,
5, 15, 15 n, 17, 18, 28, 29 n, 30 n,
32, 49 n, 168 M, 169 n, 189, 189 w,
190, 190 n, 230 w, 240 n, 241 n,
247, 254 n, 278 «, 281 n, 292 n,
306 «, 322, 323, 324 «, 329 n ;
Rog., vii, 5, 5 n, 28, 31, 33 n, 49,

412

Shireburne (cont.)

49 «, 204 M ; Thos., vi, 72 n, 166 n,
329, 389 « ; vii, 5, 30 n, 35 n,
98 n, 107*1, 113*1, i2i*i, 193*1,
200, 247 «, 322, 322 M ; Walt, de,
vii, 229 n, 247, 254 n ; Will, de,
vii, 3, 4, 4 n, 189, 189 n, 254 « ;
— , vii, 2 ; fam., vi, 39 n, 100 n,

374, 374", 377 «> 4°7 '• vii> 27,

63 n, 73 n, 108, 153, 174 n, 181 n,

231 «, 284 ; see also Sherburne
Shireburne almshouses (Aighton),

vii, 20

Shirlacres, Gilb., vi, 160
Sholley, Hen. de, vi, 262 n ; Will, de,

vi, 262 n

Shore, Will., vi, 488-9
Shore tenement (Brier cliffe), vi,

469 n

Shorneton, see Shurvington
Shorrock, Old, see Shorrock Green
Shorrock (Shorock, Shorok), Agnes

(de), vi, 22 «; vii, 114 n; Alice

de, vi, 262 n ; Eccles, vi, 282 ;

Geoff., vi, 262 ; Hen. de, vi, 262 ;

Jas., vi, 252 ; Rev. John, vi, 299,

440 ; John (de), vi, 262, 268 ;

vii, 114 «; Marg., vi, 262 n, 268 ;

Mary, vi, 282 ; Ralph, vi, 237 n ;

Rich, de, vi, 262 ; Rog. de, vi,

262 ; Thos., vi, 22 ; Thurstan, vi,

7 ; Will, (de), vi, 18, 262 ; see also

Sharrock

Shorrock Green (Mellor), vi, 262
Shorrock Hey (Pleasington), vi,

268, 288 n
Short, Gabriel, vii, 136 n ; Hen.,

vii, 142
Shortdean (Hapton), vi, 418*1,

510 n

Shorten, brook, vi, 411
Shorten (Ribchester), vii, 48*1
Shorueneton, see Shurvington
Shower, — , vi, 524 n
Showley (Clayton-le-Dalc), vi,

249 n, 259, 421 ; vii, 51, 307
Showley, brook, vi, 249, 251, 258 n,

260, 263, 334
Showley Fold (Clayton-le-Dale), vi,

257, 260
Showley Hall (Clayton-le-Dale), vi,

259

Shrewsbury, Gilb., earl of, vii, 104 *»

Shrewsbury Abbey, vii, 145, 151 «,
217 ; Rob., abbot of, vii, 223 n,
246

Shureneton, Shurventon, see Shur-
vington

Shurvington (Shorneton, Shoruene-
ton, Shureneton, Shurventon),
Rob. de, vi, 164 n ; Will, de, vi,
163*1, 164*1, 206 «; see also
Shevington

Shuth, Thos., vi, 153

Shuttleworth (Shuttellesworth)
(Hapton), vi, 507 ; vii, 77 ; man.,
vi, 5°9 ; mill, vi, 510 n ; sundial,
vi, 511

Shuttleworth, Ughtred J. Kay-
Shuttleworth, Ld., vi, 280, 464

Shuttleworth, Ad. de, vi, 201 n ;
Agnes de, vi, 328, 336, 463 «; vii,
1 8 ; Alice (de), vi, 387*1, 504*1,
510 « ; vii, 182, 272 n ; Anne, vi,

329, 387 », 421, 465 «, 499 «;

Rev. Barton, vi, 334 ; Barton, vi,
16 ; Bern, de, vi, 499*1, 521;
Bridg., vii, 155 n ; Chas., vi,
J43 n> 329, 330 n, 499 n ; Dorothy
vii, 135 n, 182 ; Edm., vi, 16 ;
Edw., vii, 182, 272 n ; Eleanor,
vi, 378 n ; Eliz., vi, 328, 465 n,
555 n, 559 n; Ellen (de), vi,
201 n, 465 n ; Ellis de, vi, 499 n ;
Emma (Emot) de, vi, 201 n,

INDEX

Shuttleworth (cont.)

512 « ; Fleetwood, vii, 128, 182,
272 « ; Geo., vi, 387, 556 w ; vii,
135 « ; Gilb., vi, 387 w ; Helen,
vi, 463 « ; Hen. (de), vi, 328, 329,
388 w, 393 tt, 410, 418, 463 tt,
499 «, 509, 510, 511 M, 512 tt,
526 « ; vii, 18 ; Hugh, vi, 378 «,
447, 463 M, 465 «, 549 ; Humph.,
vii, 87, 148 ; Isabel (de), vi, 329,
444 tt, 510 « ; Jas., vi, 549 ; vii,
128, 331 tt ; Jane, vi, 329 ; vii,
106 ; Janet, vi, 464, 495 n, 556 « ;
Joan de, vi, 418, 510 «; John
(de), vi, 201 «, 328, 409, 410,
412 «, 491, 494 «, 495, 499 «,
507 M, 508 M, 510 «, 526 tt ; vii,
135 tt ; Kath. (Cath.), vi, 329 «,
393 M ; Rev. Lawr., vi, 464 ;
Lawr., vi, 336, 447, 463, 465 »,
466, 493, 494 tt, 512 tt, 549, 555 «,
559 « ; Magot, vi, 328, 499 n ;
Marg., Lady, vi, 466 tt ; Marg.
(de), vi, 201 «, 387, 463, 510 » ;
vii, 155 «, 272 tt ; Margery, Lady,
vi, 465 M ; Margery, vi, 151 tt,
252 «, 406 tt ; Col. Nich., vi, 290 ;
Nich., vi, 419, 463, 465 «, 555 w ;
Phil., vii, 151 ; Ralph, vi, 329 «,
419 ; Sir Rich., vi, 280, 406 tt,
464, 465 «, 466 tt, 489, 495 ; vii,
128 n, 280 M ; Rich, (de), vi, 151 «,
201 «, 252 tt, 269 «, 329, 367 «,
368 tt, 410 w, 444 tt, 447, 450 «,
463, 489, 493 tt, 494 «, 495, 499,

509 «, 510, 511 «, 513 w, 556 ; vii,
35 «, 128, 195 tt, 331 M ; Rob. de,
vi, 201 M, 243 tt, 328, 329, 388 «,
421, 464, 494, 499 M, siott,
527 « ; vii, 106, 128, 321 «,
331 « ; Rog. de, vi, 201 n ; Sibyl,
vi, 328 ; Susanna, vi, 419 ; Thos.
(de), vi, 151 «, 328, 444 n, 463 tt,
465 tt, 493, 494 tt, 510 «; vii,
272 tt ; Ughtred (de), vi, 328, 463,
465 «, 510 «; Will., vi, 387 w,

510 M ; vii, 155 «, 272 tt ; Col.,
vi, 236, 523 ; — , vi, 392, 499 ;
see also Kay-Shuttleworth

Shuttleworth Hall (Hapton), vi,

501 M, 510
Shuttleworth Pasture (Brierclifife),

vi, 471 »
Shuttlingfeld (Walton-le-Dale), vi,

290
Shuttlingfields estate (Brindle), vi,

81

Sibbarin, Rob., vi, 5 n
Sicling moor (Preston), vii, 97 n,

100 M

Side, the (Read), vi, 503 n, 506 »
Side Beet (Rishton), vi, 249, 345,

347
Sideley Clough (Clayton-le-Dale),

vi, 258

Sidenhalgh, Ellis de, vi, 506 n
Sidgreave (Marsden), vi, 539 n
Sidgreaves (Lea), vii, 129, 131, 163 «
Sidgreaves, Ad. de, vii, 132 « ; Alice

de, vii, 130 «; Chris., vii, 199;

Dav. de, vii, 130 « ; Dorothy, vi,

48 M ; Eda de, vii, 132 «; Ellen

de, vii, 132 « ; Emma de, vii,

130 « ; Hen. de, vii, 133 «;

Jas., vi, 48 « ; vii, 199, 200 n,

201, 206 tt ; John de, vii, 133 « ;

Ralph de, vii, 132 n ; Rob. de,

vii, 132 «; Rog. de, vii, 130 «;

Thos. de, vii, 130 tt, 133 tt;

Uctred de, vii, 132 w
Siegrith, vii, 52 n, 166 «
Sigrop clough (Ribchester), vii, 36 «
Sikes, see Sykes
Silcock, Thos., vi, 369 n ; Will., vii,

245 «

Silk weaving, vi, 437
Silverdale, man., vii, 35 w
Silvester, Col. — , vi, 149
Simhole (Huncoat), vi, 411 tt
Simon, vi, 499 w, 503 ; vii, 97 «,
n6tt, 130 w; abbot of Kirk-
stall, vi, 480 tt ; chaplain of Kirk-
ham, vii, i46«; the clerk, vii,
100 tt, 252 tt ; the geldherd, vi,

424, 548

Simondiston, Simondston, see
Simonstone

Simonscroft (Winkley), vii, 13 n

Simonstone, vi, 349, 356 «, 357, 430,
493, 494, 496-503, 506 tt, 507 «,
509 tt ; man., vi, 233 n, 431, 497,
505 ; mill, vi, 497 «, 498, 499 «

Simonstone (Simondston), Ad. de,
vi, 497 w, 498 tt, 499 n ; Agnes de,
vi, 499 tt ; Alan de, vi, 497 tt,

498 w, 499 « ; Alex, de, vi, 497 «,

499 tt ; Alice de, vi, 499 n ;
Alyott de, vi, 497 « ; Cecily de,
vi, 497 « ; Eliz., vi, 500 ; Ellis de,
vi, 497 w, 498 w, 499 « ; Hen. de,
vi, 511 tt; Hugh de, vi, 497 tt,

498 « ; Geoff, de, vi, 497 «, 499 «,
503 tt ; Godrich de, vi, 499 n ;
John de, vi, 499, 499 tt, 500 n ;
Kath., vi, 500 « ; Marg. de, vi,
331, 499 «, 500 M ; Margery de,
vi, 499 M ; Maud de, vi, 499 n ;
Rich, (de), vi, 497 «, 498 «, 499 «,
500 «, 511 w; Rob. de, vi, 331,

497 tt, 498 tt, 499 tt, 500 tt, 503 tt ;
Rog. de, vi, 498 n, 499 n ; Sibyl
de, vi, 498 tt ; Sim. de, vi, 498 n,

499 « ; Thos. de, vi, 410 «, 497 w,

498 «, 499 «, 511, 511 tt ; Uctred
de, vi, 498 «; Warine de, vi,
498 » ; Will, de, vi, 499 tt

Simonstone Hall (Simonstone), vi,
498, 500 «

Simonstone moor, vi, 498 n

Simpson (Simson), Anne, vi, 180 « ;
Edw., vi, 50 ; Hen., vii, 79 « ;
Janet, vii, 183 «; John, vi, 10 « ;
vii, 136 « ; Lawr., vii, 127 n ;
Rich., vii, 183 n ; Rob., vi, 180 n ;
Rev. Sam., vi, 283 ; Will., vii,
79 tt ; Will. W., vii, 2 w, 14

Sinclair, Emma I. H., vi, 210 n;
Sir J. G. T., vi, 210 tt

Singleton, vii, 69 «, 117, 143, 144,
146 tt, 149, 157, 158, 166, 176,
iSott, 181, 183-8; chap., vii,
188 ; ch., vii, 187 ; fair, vii, 184 ;
man., vii, 184 ; Rom. Cath., vii,
188

Singleton, Gt. (Much), man., vii,
181

Singleton, Little, man., vi, 231 ;
vii. 70 tt, 118, 119 M, 185

Singleton (Singilton), Ad. de, vii,
in tt, n8«, 119 M, 120 «, 136 M,
168 M, 169 tt, 170 tt, 208 tt, 209 w,
2ii, 331 w ; Agnes, vi, 175 n ;
vii, 53 tt, HI tt, 112 n, 119 tt ; Sir
Alan de, vii, 119 n ; Alan (de), vii,
31 «, 46 tt, 52, 53 tt, 70, 118, 134 tt,
166 tt, 168, i68tt, 169, 185 «,
196, 196 tt, 197 tt, 201, 207, 208 tt,
209, 211, 233, 235 tt, 240 tt, 283,
328 «, 331, 332 « ; Alice (de),
vii, 49 tt, in tt, H2tt, n8tt,

125 tt, 134 «, 169 «, 197, 208 M,
209, 2ii «, 233, 238 «, 239 tt,
307 «, 331 « ; Aline, vii, 112 «;
Andr., vii, iigw; Anilla, vii,

126 « ; Anne (Ann), vi, 292 ; vii,
23, 31 tt, 102 M, HI tt, H2 M,
119 tt, 120 M, 196 w, 201 «, 208 «,
2ii «, 239 ; Avice de, vii, 331 n ;
Award, vi, 175 «; vii, 238 «;
Beatrice, vii, 274 w; Brian, vii,

Singleton (cont.}

119 n, 137 tt ; Cecily (de), vii,

136 «, 173 tt ; Chris., vii, 33 «,
151 « ; Constance, vii, 238 « ;
Cuth., vii, ngn; Dorothy, vii,
239 K ; Edw., vii, 119, 120 n,
173 n, 174 n ; Eleanor, vii, 211;
Eliz., vi, 256, 393 n ; vii, 106 n,
112 «, 119 n, 172 «, 174 «, 211 «,
239 «, 307 n ; Ellen, vii, 120 n ;
Geo., vii, 23, 119 «, 131, 190 tt,
230 », 238, 239, 287 n ; Gilb. de,
vii, 53 M, ii8w, iigw, 125 tt,
169 n, 172 n, 173, 175 «, 185 «,
208 «, 215 n ; Grace, vi, 321 ; vii,

119 w; Helen, vii, 238 «; Hen.
(de), vii, 112 «, 119 «, 120 n,
208 M, 211 «, 213 tt, 288 w, 331 « ;
Hugh, vii, 231 tt ; Isabel (de), vii,
194 tt, 211 «, 215 tt ; Jas., vii,
112 tt, 118, 119 tt, 120 tt; Jane,
vii, 119 tt, 126 tt, 211 «, 213 «,
239 n ; Joan (de), vi, 104 «, 154 «,
294; vii, 118, 119, 185 «, 208 w,
210, 2ii w, 247 «, 272, 274, 274 «,
284 tt, 323 « ; John (de), vi, 69 «,
102, 217 tt, 256 ; vii, 17, 17 tt, 33,
48 «, 85 tt, 98 «, 1 06 «, in «,
112 tt, 113 tt, n6tt, ii8«, 119,

120 tt, 125 M, 126 tt, 131, 136 «,

137 «, 169 tt, 174, 200, 208, 209,

210, 211, 231 tt, 238, 239, 247 tt,

287 tt, 288 tt, 307 tt, 329 tt ; Kath.
(de), vi, 393 « ; vii, 52 w, n8«,
162 tt, 2ii tt; Lawr., vii, 112 w,
151 «, 238 « ; Lyol de, vii, 257 « ;
Mabel de, vii, 53 n, 179 «, 274 « ;
Marg. (de), vi, 316 ; vii, 17 «, 33,
53 «, 119 tt, 124 tt, 127 «, 172 tt,

208 tt, 212 tt, 230 «, 238 K, 239 «,

288 tt ; Mary, vi, 377 «, 394 ; vii,
112 K, 190 «, 211 tt, 239, 239 tt,
327 w ; Maud de, vii, 169 n, 254 n ;
Nich. (de), vi, 294; vii, 109 tt,
uiw, ii2«, ii8«, iigtt, I24«,
125 tt, 126 M, 137 «, 172 «, 173,
321 tt ; Ralph, vii, 184 n ;
Randle (Ranulf) (de), vii, 53 tt,
179 M, 184 «, 208 tt, 212 tt, 274 « ;
Rich, (de), vi, 69 w, 393 « ; vii,
23 », 32, 49 «, 52, 52 n, 53 tt,

112 tt, IlStt, 119, 119 tt, 120 tt,

134, 136 «, 137 tt, 174 tt, 184 «.

196 tt, 211 tt, 213 W, 223, 226 tt,

238 «, 257 tt, 274 w, 331, 332 «;
Rob. (de), vi, 72 tt, 242 tt, 316 ;
vii, 47 tt, 48 tt, 53 «, 85, 98 n,
112 n, 118, u8tt, 119, 120 w,
125 tt, 126 «, 128 tt, 177 «, 189 tt,

190 tt, 208, 209 tt, 210 tt, 211,

212 tt, 254 tt, 287 «, 331 tt ; Rog.
(de), vi, 69 « ; vii, in n, 112 w,
134, 136 tt, 197 tt, 201, 201 tt,
204 «, 235 tt ; Thos. (de), vi,
154 «, 393 « ; vii, 48 w, 53 «,

HIM, 112 tt, Il8, 119, 120 tt,
121 tt, 131, 138, 169 tt, 172 tt, 173,
173 tt, 174 tt, 185 tt, 194 tt, 208 tt,

209 tt, 2IOtt, 211, 213, 213 tt,
215 tt, 219, 228, 231 tt, 238, 239,
247 tt, 26l tt, 272, 274, 274 tt,
284 tt, 288 tt, 321 tt, 323 tt, 331 tt,

332 tt ; Thomasine, vii, 131, 239 n ;
Uctred de, vi, 69 «; vii, 134,
J36 «, 331 « I Will, (de), vi, 262,
292, 321; vii, 46 «, 48 «, 52 «,
70, 75, 112, H2 tt, 117, 118,
119 «, 120 «, 121 tt, 125 tt, 126 «,
127 «, 136 «, 137 », 158 «, 177 w,

185 tt, 193 tt, 196 tt, 200, 208 tt,
2IO«, 211, 212 n, 231 tt, 233 tt,

234 tt, 238, 240 tt, 257 tt, 307 tt,

327 tt, 331 tt, 332 n ; — , vii, HI ;
fam., vi, 67 tt, 231 ; vii, 69, 199 «,
232, 281 tt

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Singleton Orange (Singleton), vii,
153 n, 183, 187, 278 n, 284 n

Singleton Pool (Larbreck), vii, 183

Singleton Thorp (Poulton-le-
Fylde), vii, 220

Singletun, see Singleton

Sircliffe, see Shawcliffe

Sired, see Syrith

Sithsworth, Rich., vi, 67 « ; Rob.,
vi, 67 n

Siverthesargh (Bretherton), vi,
103 n

Siward (Suard), vi, 76 n, 258, 335,
506 ; vii, 97 n, 98 n, 190 n

Six-acre (Marsden), vi, 539

Six Forster Doles, see Blackwood

Skarth (Trawden), vi, 551

Skeffing'ton, Mary, vi, 297

Skelton, Rich., vii, 258 n

Skepulford (Gt. Eccleston), vii,
277 «

Skerrett, John, vi, 153 n

Skerrow, John, vi, 491

Skillicorne (Skillicorn, Skillikorne),
Ad. (de), vi, 57 n ; vii, 152 n,
177 n ; Agnes, vii, 177 n; Alice
(de), vii, 177 n, 210 »; Anne,
vi, 12 n ; vii, 177 n, 229 n ; Edm.
(de), vii, 177, 2iow; Edw., vii,
152 n ; Eliz., vii, 178 «, 229 n ;
Ellen, vii, 229 n ; Isabel, vii,

177 n ; Jas., vii, 177 n ; Joan, vii,
167 n, i Son, 229 n ; John, vi,
12 n; vii, 98 «, i66n, 175 n, 177 n,

178 n, 238 n ; Marg., vi, 12 n ;
vii, 174 n, 177 n ; Margery, vii,

177 n ; Nich., vii, 99 n, 166 n,
167 n, 173 n, 174 n, 177, 178,

178 n ; Priscilla, vii, 178 n ; Rich,
(de), vii, 173 n, 177 n, 229, 229 «,
282 n ; Will., vii, 152 «, 157 «,
166 n, 167 n, 173 «, 177 n, 178 n,
180 n, 329 n ; fam., vii, 227

Skillington, Ad., vii, 99 n ; Alice,

vii, 99 n

Skinner, Jordan the, vi, 556 n ;
Rich, the, vi, 488 ; Rob. the, vii,
46 n ; Thos., vii, 99 n ; Will, the,
vi, 556 n

Skippool (Poulton), vii, 226 ; bridge,
vii, 183, 226 » ; mill, vii, 268 n ;
trade, vii, 226 n
Skippool, riv., vii, 225
Skipton, Maud de, vi, 366 n ; Rich,
de, vi, 365 n, 366 n ; Rob. de, vi,
365 «, 366 n ; Will, de, vii, 297
Skipton Clough (Colne), vi, 524 n
Skull House (Appley), vi, 169
Slack (Briercliffe), vi, 471 n
Slack (Trawden), vi, 548
Slack (Slake), Agnes, vi, 217 n
Alice, vi, 217 n ; Cecily, vi, 217 n
Ellen, vi, 217 n ; Joan, vi, 217 «
John (del), vi, 217 n ; Marg., vi
217 n; Nich., vi, 87; Rob., vi
272 n ; Thos., vi, 217 n
Slackhall (Brindle), vi, 77 »
Slade, Eleanor, vi, 17 n, 65 n
Slaidburn (Yorks), vi, 233 n, 521 n
Slaidburn, Alice de, vii, 151 n ;
John de, vii, 151 n ; Will, de, vii,

Slake, see Slack
Slate, Rich., vii, 104 n
Slatedelph (Wheelton), vi, 36
Slater (Schlacter, Sclater), Gilb., vii,

113 n ; Sir Hen., vi, 77, 77 n ;

Jas., vii, 44; John, vi, 425 n ;

vii, 127 » ; Marg., vi, 558 ; Rachel,

vi, 77 n ; Ralph, vi, 358 n ; Thos.,

vii, 113 n, 121 n ; SirT., vi, 163 n;

Will., vi, 369 ; vii, 121 n ; — , vi,

432

Slater meadow (Burnley), vi, 445 n
Slatter, Phil. G., vii, 205

Slene, see Slyne

Sliderforth (Hap ton), vi, 511 n
Slinger, Chris., vii, 184%
Slipper hill (Foulridge), vi, 546 n
Slitterforth (Marsden), vi, 536, 552
Slyched (Catterall), vii, 321 n
Slyne (Slene), Alice de, vii, 253 n ;
Eva de, vii, 98 n ; Grimbald de,
vii, 330 n ; Nigel de, vii, 253 n ;
Will, de, vii, 98 n, 330 n, 332 n
Smalelei, brook, vi, 317
Smaleshagh, brook, vi, 288 n
Smalldene (Whittingham), vii, 209 n
Smallegh, see Smalley
Smalley (Sunderland) , vi, 318
Smalley (Smallegh), Agnes de, vi,
318 ; Alan de, vi, 318 ; Alice de,
vi, 318; Annabel de, vi, 318;
Ant., vi, 35 n ; Avina de, vi, 318 ;
Cecily (de), vi, 315 n, 318 ; Edw.,
vi, 190 ; Geo., vi, 34 n ; vii,
174 n ; Hen., vi, 535 ; Jas., vii,
174 ; John, vi, 342 ; Kath., vi,
34 n ; Mary, vi, 191 n ; Rob., vi,
318 ; Rog., vi, 237 n, 318 ; Thos.,
vi, 318 ; Will, (de), vi, 315 n, 318
Small Hazels (Habergham Eaves),

vi, 454
Smallshaw (Habergham Eaves), vi,

454, 468 n

Smallshaw beck (Hapton), vi, 511 n
Smallwood, Alice, vi, 61 n ; Thos.,

vi, 61 n ; Will., vi, 61 n
Smarshalls farmhold, see Lower

Hall (Read)
Smeathbottom (Ribchester), vii,

58 n

Smeleden (Howick), vi, 66 n
Smerdell (Westby-with -Plump tons),

vii, 175 n

Smere brook (Elswick), vii, 284 n
Smerebutts (Church), vi, 400 n,

402 n

Smerepot (Staynall), vii, 252 n
Smereshalgh (Smerleshalgh), Ad.
de, vi, 506 n ; Ellis de, vi, 506 « ;
John de, vi, 506 n ; Rich, de, vi,
506 n

Smethefynee (Worsthorne), vi, 474 n
Smethes, see Smithies
Smethurst, Rich., vi, 312 n
Smewes, Rich, de, vii, 113 n
Smith (Smyth), Ad. the, vi, 480;
Agnes, vii, 100 n, 106 n ; Alethea,
vi, 366 n ; Alex., vii, 250 n ;
Alice, vi, 337 n ; vii, 35 n, 100 n ;
Chas. F., vii, 165 ; Chris., vi, 303,
354, 387 n, 520, 530; Dav., vi,
392 n ; Edm., vi, 96 «, 303 ;
Edw., vi, 64 n, 65 n; Ellen, vii,
216 n ; Fran., vi, 77 « ; Geo., vi,
86 n ; Harold, vi, 528 ; Hen., vi,
107 ; vii, 106 n, 250 n, 255 ;
H. P. O., vi, 80 n ; Jas., vi, 432,
494 », 547 ; vii, 147, 148 n, 226 ;
jane, vi, 422 n ; Rev. John, vi,
334, 344 ; John (de), vi, 22, 51,
89 n, 108 n, 12771, i88n, 269 n,
301, 387*1, 447 n, 471, 498 n,
52O> 536 n, 542 n ; vii, 147 n,
151 n, 156 n, 254 n, 259 n, 260;
Jos., vii, 322 ; Kath. (Cath.), vi,
77 », 2io«, 392 n ; Lawr., vi,
511 n, 549; Marg., vi, 64 n ;
Mary, vii, 106 n ; Mich., vi,
541 n ; Pet., vi, 520 ; Rev. Rich.,
vi, 541 n ; Rich, (the), vi, 92 n,
147, 167 n, 298 n, 485 n ; vii,
35*, 93 », 144 n> 254 n; Rev.
Rob., vi, 334; Rob., vi, no n,
114 n, u8n, 167 n, 174 n, 443,
446 n, 511 n, 516 n; vii, 151 n,
156 n ; Sam., vi, 128, 450 n ;
Sharpee, vi, 516 n ; Steph., vi,
440, 451 n, 453 n, 471 ; Steph. T.,

414

Smith (cont.)

vi, 471 n ; Thos., vi, 192 n, 239,
536 n; vii, 142, 147, 165 n, 255,

312 n ; Tim., vii, 66, 67 ; Uctred
the, vii, 273 n ; Will, (the), vi,
39 n, 74, 94, 171 n, 199 n, 416,
422 n, 482 n, 498 n ; vii, 35 n,
100 n, 106 n, 128 n, 250 n, 284 n ;
Will. S., vi, 471 ; — , bp., vi,

313 ; Mrs., vii, 90 n ; — , vi,
513 n, 524 » ; vii, 121 n

Smithicroft (Mellor), vi, 262
Smithies (Smethes), Isabel, vi,

556 n ; John, vi, 556 n ; Rich.,

vii, 24 n ; Will., vi, 556 n
Smithridding, the (Cuerden), vi,

24 n
Smith's Height (Over Darwen), vi,

269
Smithy Bank (Habergham Eaves),

vi, 456 n
Smithy bottom (Ribchester), vii,

58 n

Smithy Croft (Wilpshire), vi, 335 n
Smolley, Mary, vi, 275
Smult, Rich., vi, 224 n
Smyth, see Smith
Snape (Goosnargh), vii, 198 n
Snape (Habergham Eaves), vi,

456 n

Snape, Will., vii, 216 n
Snart, Hen., vi, 107 ; Jenet, vi,

107 n

Snead, see Sneyd
Snell, Rob., vii, 196 n
Snelleshou (Whalley), see Clerk

Hill
Snelleshou, Ellis de, vi, 377, 387 n ;

Margery de, vi, 377
Sneyd (Snead), Hugh, vii, 223 ;

Ralph, vii, 223 n
Snobbesnape, see Snubsnape
Snodesworth, John de, vi, 409 «
Snodsworth (Habergham Eaves),

vi, 391 n, 457, 458
Snodworth (Billington), vi, 325,

339 n

Snubsnape (Leyland), vi, 14 n
Snydale (Westhoughton), vi, 501 n
Snydale (Yorks), vi, 479 n
Sodor and Man., bps. of, Hugh

Hesketh, vi, 67 n ; John Salis-
bury, vi, 432 n ; Rich. Parr, vi,

160, 161

Sollom (Tarleton), vi, 109 n, 115
Sollom (Sollam), Dav., vi, 99 n ;

Geo., vii, 98 n, 332 n ; Hen., vii,

332 n ; Rich., vi, 28 n ; vii,

332 n; Thos., vi, 51, ggn; vii,

245

Sollom moss, vi, 115
Sollom pool bridge (Croston), vi,

122 n
Somerset, dks. of, vi, 255, 258,

336 ; John Beaufort, vii, 303 n
Somervill, Thos., vi, 54 n
Someryate (Clayton -le-Moors), vi,

418 n

Someter, see Sumner
Somner's Croft (Bretherton), vi,

107 n

Sompner, see Sumner
Sonerseld (Cuerden), vi, 28 n
Son of Adam, Ad., vi, 470 n, 474 n ;

Albred, vii, 94 n ; Hen., vi,

246 « ; John, vi, 170 n, 451 n ;

Matth., vi, 481 n ; vii, 318 n;

Rob., vi, 176 n, 253, 366 n ; vii,

98 n, 279 n ; Rog., vii, 97 n,

100 n ; Sim., vi, 480 n, 485 n ;

Will., vii, 253 n
Son of Agnes, Rog., vi, 72 n
Son of Ailsi (Eilsi, Elsi), Ad., vii,

232, 279 in; Alex., vi, 317 »;

Bern., vii, 191, 320, 321 ; Hugh,

INDEX

Son of Ailsi (cont.)

vi, 317 «, 324 ; John, vi, 314,

317 n ; Rob., vi, 317 n, 320 ;

Rog., vii, 279 n ; Will., vi, 320
Son of Ailward, Orm, vi, 169
Son of Alan, Ad., vii, 134 n ;

Amabil, w. of Rich., vii, 283 n ;

Hen., vi, 66 n ; Rich., vii, 283 n ;

Thos., vii, 264 ; Will., vi, 37, 50,

552 n ; vii, 324 n
Son of Albert, Will., vii, 166 n
Son of Aldelin, Will., vi, 291 n
Son of Alexander, Rob., vi, 474 n,

475 n ; Will., vii, 178 n
Son of Alicock, Rich., vi, 97 n
Son of Alot, Ad., vii, 209 n ; Milli-

cent, w. of Ad., vii, 209 n
Son of Amery, Rich., vii, 54 n,

55 », 57 «

Son of Amice, John, vii, 272 n
Son of Andrew, Hugh, vi, 131 « ;

Maud, w. of Hugh, vi, 131 n
Son of Arthur, Rich., vii, 132 » ;

Will., vii, 132 n
Son of Auger, Rob., vii, 132
Son of Austin, Rog., vi, 49 n
Son of Auti, Siward, vi, 25, 26 n
Son of Baldwin, John, vii, 226 n ;

Rob., vii, 226 » ; Rog., vii, too n
Son of Baye, Hen., vi, 301 n
Son of Beatrice, Alice, w. of Rob.,

vii, 99 n ; Rob., vii, 99 n
Son of Belota, Rog., vj, 98 n
Son of Benedict, Hen., vi, 204 n ;

Rich., vi, 544 n
Son of Bernard, Hen., vii, 45 n ;

Rob., vi, 69 n ; vii, 134 n, 191,

192 n, 194 «, 308 n, 318, 318 n,

323 n, 324 n
Son of Bimme, Rob., vii, 30 n ;

Rog., vi, 290 ; vii, 30 n
Son of Candelay, Will., vii, 330 n
Son of Cecily, Amy, w. of Rob., vii,

97 n ; Rob., vii, 97 n
Son of Christiana, Hen., vi, 538 n ;

Rob., vi, 485 n ; Will., vi, 69 n
Son of Clibard, John, vi, 338 n
Son of Cyprus, Hen., vi, 475 n
Son of Dandy (Dande), Rob., vi,

469 n ; Steph., vi, 538 n
Son of David, Hugh, vi, 417 ;

Randle, vi, 424 n
Son of Dene, Rob., vi, 18 n
Son of Diota, Grimbald, vii, 192 n
Son of Dobin, Cecily, w. of Rich.,

vii, n6n; Rich., vii, 116 n
Son of Donote, Cecily, w. of Thos.,

vi» 393 n '• Thos., vi, 393 n
Son of Duncan, Will., vi, 360
Son of Dunning, Siward, vi, 303 n
Son of Eafward (Efward, Eward),

Ad., vii, 172 n, 173 n ; Gille-

michael, vii, 177 ; Hen., vii,

171 *», 173 n ; Rob., vii, 173 n ;

Rog., vii, 1 72n, 173 n
Son of Ecke, John, vi, 336
Son of Edith, Rich., vi, 326 n ;

Uctred, vii, 130 «; Will., vi,

36 n, 162 n

Son of Edwin, Will., vii, 229 n
Son of Efward, see Son of Eafward
Son of Eilsi, see Son of Ailsi
Son of Elfward, Torfin, vi, 538 n
Son of Ellen, Will., vii, 283
Son of Ellis, Ad., vi, 477 n ;

Christiana, w. of Hen., vi, n n ;

Hen., vi, n n ; John, vi, 485 n ;

Rich., vi, 469 n ; Rob., vi, 387 n
Son of Elsi, see Son of Ailsi
Son of Emma, Walt., vi, 367 n
Son of Eustace, Rob., vi, 503 n
Son of Eward, see Son of Eafward
Son of Felicia, John, vi, 203 n
Son of Finian, Rob., vi, 26 n
Son of Fulk, Will., vi, 366 n

Son of Gamel, Ellis, vi, 506 n ;
Gamel, vii, 98 n ; Rob., vi, 524 n,
538 n ; Rog., see Nutshaw, Rog.
Son of Geoffrey, John, vi, 24 « ;
Pet., vii, 130 n ; Rich., vi, 297,
299, 356 n ; Rob., vi, 69 n, 70 n,
356 n, 413; vii, 13 n; Will,,
356 n

Son of Gilbert, Hen., vi, 67 n, 335,
475 » ; John, vi, 254 n, 480 ;
Rich., vii, 3 n ; Rob., vi, 335 n ;
Siward, vi, 253 ; Uctred, vi, 26 n
Son of Gillemichael (Gillomichael),
Ad., vii, 131 n ; Gospatrick, vii,
177 n ; Rob., vii, 177 n
Son of Godith, Geoff., vii, 54 n
Son of Godrich, Rob., vi, 498 n
Son of Gospatric (Gospatrick), Alan,
vi, 303 n, 304 n ; Rich., vi, 303 n,
304 n ; Rog., vi, 303 ; Thos., vi,
509 ; Ughtred, vi, 303 n, 304 n
Son of Griffin, Rich., vi, 444 n,

470 n
Son of Grimbald, Rob., vii, 332 n ;

Will., vii, 332 n
Son of Gubalt, Rich., vi, 291 n
Son of Hagemund, Alan, vii, 232
Son of Hamelin, Rog., vii, 306 n
Son of Hamon, Will., vii, 113
Son of Hartholf, Gamel, vii, 271 n ;

Walt., vii, 271 n
Son of Harvey, Will., vii, 306 n
Son of Haward, Rog., vii, 172 n
Son of Hawise (Helewise), Hen.,
vii, 46 n ; Will., vi, 377 n ; vii,
i68n

Son of Heardbert, Alric, vi, 349

Son of Helewise, see Son of Hawise

Son of Hen., Ad., vi, 131 n, 548 ;

vii, 282 n, 283 n ; Agnes, w. of

Ad., vii, 283 n ; Alex., vi, 49 n,

402 n ; Ellis, vi, 134 n ; Gilb.,

vi, 398 n ; Hen., vi, 291 n ; vii,

93 » ; Herb., vi, 131 n ; Hugh,

vi, 131 », 201 n ; John, vi, 134 n,

201 n, 369 n ; Rich., vi, 326 n,

474 n, 475 n, 538 n ; Rob., vii,

45 ; Rog., vi, 202 n, 301 n,

400 n ; Will., vi, 26 n, 367 n

Son of Herbert, Ellis, vii, 169 n ;

Mich., vii, 134 n
Son of Hiche, Rich., vi, 488 n
Son of Hobkin, Hen., vi, 480
Son of Hubert, Hervey, vi, 68 n,

69 n

Son of Huck, Rob., vii, 166 n ;
Siward, vii, 252 n, 254 n ;
Ughtred (Uctred), vi, 314 n ; vii,
117, 232

Son of Hugh, Ailsi, vi, 314, 317,
320, 324 ; Alan, vi, 411 n ; Hen.,
vi, 411 n ; Nich., vi, 193 n ; Rob.,
vii, 283*1; Thos., vi, 411 n;
Uctred, vi, 417 ; Will., vi, 188 n,
374 n, 411
Son of Hulle, John, vi, 193 n ; Will.,

vi, 70 n

Son of Huttemon, Rog., vi, 290
Son of Hypper, Hen., vi, 475 n
Son of James, Ad., vii, 247 n
Son of John, Ad., vi, 24 n, 548 ;
Alex., vi, 224 n ; Geoff., vi, 480 ;
Hen., vi, 24 n, 201 n ; John, vii,
116 n ; Jordan, vi, 224 n, 365 n ;
Rich., vii, 168 n ; Rob., vi, 475 n,
548 ; vii, 160 n ; Rog., vi, 49 n,
. 214 n ; Will., vi, 24 n
Son of Jordan, Ad., vi, 548 ; Geoff.,
vi» 375 n I Rob., vii, 158 n; WilL,
vi, 506 n

Son of Keelin, Will., vi, 428
Son of Kenwrick, Steph., vi, 498 n
Son of Kutte, Thos., vii, 27 n
Son of Lefwin, see Son of Leofwin
Son of Leising, Ellis, vii, 54 n

415

Son of Leofwin (Lefwin), Efward,
vi, 291 n, 326 n ; Hugh, vi, 264,
266, 291 n, 326, 411, 413, 414 n,
417, 424, 538 n ; Swain, vi,
303
Son of Levenot, Rog., vii, 130 n,

132 n

Son of Lewe, Ad., vii, 283 n
Son of Madoc, Candelay, vii, 330 n
Son of Magnus, Orm., vii, 108, 179,

273
Son of Margery, Ad., vii, 160 n ;

Hen., vi, 391 n ; Marg., w. of

Hen., vi, 391 n ; Rich., vi, 339 n ;

vii, 27 n ; Will., vi, 538 n
Son of Mary, Ad., vi, 65 ; Denise,

w. of Ad., vi, 65
Son of Matthew, John, vi, 480
Son of Maud (Matilda), Geoff., vii,

1 80 n ; John, vi, 326 n ; Rog., vii,

331 n ; Siward, vi, 76 n
Son of Maulke, Ad., vi, 548
Son of Maurice, Will., vii, 31, 31 «
Son of Michael, Gilb., vi, 424, 457

Swain, vi, 70 n
Son of Mille, Rog., vii, 130 n
Son of Mirre, Hen., vii, 96 n, 100 n
Son of Nicholas, Rob., vi, 475 n,

477 n ; Thos., vii, 230 n ; Will.,

vii, 48 n, 94 n, 158 n, 170 n
Son of Norman, Ralph, vi, 443
Son of Olot, John, vi, 95 n
Son of Orm (Orme), Edw., vi,

304 n ; Marg., d. of Will., vi,

388 ; Rog., vi, 67 ; vii, 108 ;

Thos., vii, 48 n ; Will., vi, 388
Son of Osbert, Ad., vii, 170 n ;

Swain, vii, 168 n ; Walt., vii,

127, 161, 161 n, 175 n
Son of Owen, Rich., vii, 130 n
Son of Patrick, Ad., vii, 183 n
Son of Paulin (Paulinus), Ad., vii,

192 n ; Will., vii, 94 n
Son of Peter, Ad., vi, 546 n

Son of Philip, Ad., vi, 287 ; vii,
98 n

Son of Quenilda, Jordan, vii, 160 n

Son of Raghanald, Ravenkil, vii,
285

Son of Ralph, Ad., vi, 225 n ; vii,
198 n, 199 n ; Hugh, vi, 374 n ;
Jordan, vii, 13 n, 15 n ; Nich.,
vii, 13 n ; Reyner, vi, 509 ; Rich.,
vi, 26 n, 253 ; Rob., vi, 367 *

Son of Ravenkil (Ranchil), Rog.,
vii, 285, 285 n

Son of Reinfred, see Fitz Reinfred

Son of Reyner, Gilb., vi, 456 n ;
John, vi, 509

Son of Richard, Ad., vii, 172 n,
271 * ; Alex., vi, 503 ; Benet, vi,
151 n ; Bern., vi, 328 n ; Hen.,
vi, 504 n, 505 n ; vii, 209 n ;
John, vi, 26 n, 151 n ; Jordan,
vii, 179 n ; Ralph, vii, 180 n ;
Rich., vi, 444 n, 469 n ; Rob., vi,
365 n, 366 », 371 n, 475 n, 485 n ;
Rog., vi, 424 n ; vii, 27 n ; Thos.,
vii, 57 n ; Walt., vii, 63 n ; Will.,
vi, 457; vii, 35 n, n6«, 160 n,

193 n, 271 n

Son of Robert, Ad., vi, 227 n, 480 ;
vii, 94 n ; Albred (Aubred), vii,
74, 92 n ; Alice, w. of Albred, vii,
92 n ; Geoff., vi, 457, 497 n ; Hen.
vii, 16 n ; John, vi, 224 n ; vii,
45 n ; Kandelan, vi, 296 ; Rich.,
vii, 32 n, 134, 189 n, 199 n ;
Rob., vi, 131 n ; vii, 132, 180 n ;
Rog., vi, 96 n ; vii, 169 n ; Swain,
viii 63. 65 *» ; Thos., vi, 387 n ;
vii, 136 n ; Will., vi, 480 ; vii,
173 n, 180 n, 181 n, 268

Son of Roger, Ad., vi, 240 « ; vii,
171 n 216 n, 283 n ; Amice, d.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Son of Roger (cont.)

of Rich., vii, 285 n ; Avice, d. of

Rich., vii, 285 n ; Gilb., vii, 153,

300 ; Hen., vii, 130 n ; Jordan,

vii, 273 f» ; Marg., d. of Rich.,

vii, 285 n ; Marg., w. of Rich.,

vii, 214 ; Margery, w. of Rich.,

vii, 285 « ; Maud, d. of Rich.,

vii, 285 ; Quenilda, d. of Rich.,

vii, 285 n ; Randle, vi, 203 ; Rich.,

vi, 103, 151 w, 240 n; vii, 159,

i8o«, 214 «, 217, 228 n, 229 n,

249 «, 285, 289, 306 n ; Rob., vii,

94 « ; Rog., vi, 24 n, 240 n,

273 n ; Thos., vii, 173 n ; Uctred,

vii, 132 n ; Victor, vi, 49 n ; Will.,

vi, 240 n, 405 n ; vii, 98 n, 331 n

Son of Rosselin, Will., vii, 45 n

Son of Samson, Will., vi, 397 n

Son of Siegrith, Hugh, vii, 52 n

Son of Simon, Ad., vii, n6«;

Alan, vi, 499 « ; Gilb., vi, 335 ;

John, vi, 503 ; Walt., vii, 130 n

Son of Sired, see Son of Syrith

Son of Siward (Suard), Ad., vii,

97 n, 98 n ; Hugh, vi, 506 ; John,

vi, 62 n ; Rich., vii, 190 n ; Sim.,

vi, 395 ; Will., vi, 15 «, 72 n,

253 «

Son of Steinulf, Reyner, vi, 70 n
Son of Stephen, Rob., vii, 97 n
Son of Suard, see Son of Siward
Son of Swain (Sweyn), Ad., vii,
285 n ; Alan, vi, 37 ; Geoff., vi,
320 n ; Gospatric, vi, 303, 304 n ;
Hen., vi, 103 n ; Rich., vii, 166 n,
192 ; Thos., vii, 63 n ; Uctred,
vii, 277 n, 279 n ; Walt., vii, 182,
229, 276 ; Will., vii, 69 n, 92 n,
229, 230, 241 n, 305
Son of Syrith (Sired, Syrid), Albin,

vi, 66 n ; Ellis, vi, 37 n
Son of Thomas, Ad., vii, 48 «, 247 ;
Ellis, vi, 387 n ; Geoff., vi, 538 « ;
Hugh, vi, 373, 374 n ; John, vi,
171 n ; Rich., vii, 27 n ; Rob.,
vii, 170 n, 179 « ; Rog., vi, 511 n ;
Thos., vi, 387 n ; Will., vi, 14 n,
72 n, 374 n

Son of Thorfin, Jordan, vii, 296 n
Son of Thurstan, Ad., vii, 24 n,

29 n

Son of Uctred (Ughtred), Ad., vii,
126 n ; Gamel, vi, 538 n ; Hen.,
vii, 131 n; Octepranus, vii, 65 n ;
Rich., vii, 63%, 117, 134, 325 n ;
Rob., vi, 72 n ; vii, 117 n, 134,
160 n, 325 n ; Thos., vi, 499 n ;
Will., vi, 16 » ; vii, 160 n, 279 n
Son of Uld, Alan, vi, 314
Son of Ulf (Ulfy), Ad., vii, 284 n ;
Agnes, w. of Ad., vii, 284 n ;
Hen., vii, 283 n ; Rob., vii, 52 n
Son of Ulfkil (Ulfkelf), Gilb., vi,
252 ; Waldeve, vi, 252, 253 ;
Will., vi, 105 n
Son of Vivian, Rich., vii, 54 n
Son of Walter, Ad., vi, 451 n,
480 «, 485 n ; vii, 172 n ; Swain,
vi, 70 n ; Theobald, vii, 247 « ;
Will., vii, 161 n, 175 n
Son of Waltheof, Ad., vii, 132 n
Son of Warine, Alan, vi, 499 « ;
Alex., vii, 132 n ; Hen., vi,
402 n ; Rich., vi, 66 n, 67 n ;
Will., vii, 180 n
Son of Wen (Wenne), Hen., vi,

151 «, 170 n

Son of Will., Ad., vi, 105 n, 107 n ;
vii, 27 n, 131 n ; Hen., vi, 503,
506, 506 n ; vii, 92 n ; Hugh, vi,
201 n ; John, vi, 53 n, 72 », 355 n,
377 n> 552 n > vii, 229 n '• Nich.,
vii, 13 ; Ralph, vi, 365 n ; Rich.,
vi, 151 n ; vii, 179 n, 189 n ;

Son of Will, (cont.)

Rob., vi, 443 ; vii, 48 n ; Rog.,

vi, 72 n ; Thos., vi, 117 «, 405 «,

475 » I vii, 27 n ; Will., vi, 72 n,

428 ; vii, 63 n
Son of Wlflet, Rog., vii, 217
Soot hill (Over Darwen), vi, 269
Soperson, Marg., vii, 136 n ; Will.,

vii, 136 n

Soppederahhe (Clitheroe), vi, 365 n
Sorbi, see Sowerby
Sotby, man. (Lines), vi, 35 n
Sotehill, Denise de, vii, 154 »; John

(de), vi, 491 ; vii, 154 n
Sotheryn, Sothron, see Surreys
Sothul, Sir John de, vi, 262
Sothworth, see Southworth
Sough (Over Darwen), vi, 270
Sough Lane Ends (Oswaldtwistle) ,

vi, 405
Sough tunnel (Over Darwen), vi,

270

Sourby (Foulridge), vi, 547
Soureby, Souribough, see Sowerby
Souter, John the, vii, 326 n
Souter hill (Trawden), vi, 552 n
Souters, — , vii, 245 n
South brook bridge (Croston), vi,

122 n
Southerns, Eliz. (Old Demdike), vi,

515 ; see also Surreys
Southfield (Marsden), vi, 536, 538 n,

539
Southfield House (Marsden), vi,

539
South Hill (Whittle-le-Woods), vi,

36

Southron, see Surreys
South Shore (Blackpool), vii, 243,

247
South Tunley (Wrightington), vi,

167 n, 176

Southward, Joshua, vii, 165, 204
Southwell, Edwyn Hoskyns, bp. of,

vi, 452

Southwood, Cecily, vii, 152 n
Southworth (Sothworth, Suther-
worth), Ad. (de), vi, 263 n ; vii,
268 n ; Agnes, vi, 321; Alice
(de), vi, 261 n, 305 ; vii, 268,
2 84 n ; Ann (Anne) , vi , 306, 3 83 » ;
Cecily de, vi, 305 ; Sir Chris.,
vi, 39 n, 292, 305, 321; Chris.,
vi, 263 «, 268, 306, 306 n, 458 ;
Edw., vi, 307, 307 n ; Eliz. (de),
vi, 261, 305, 306, 378 n ; vii, 268,
330 n ; Ellen (de), vi, 261, 305 n,
306 n ; vii, 100 «, 268 ; Eva de,
vi, 200 n ; Gilb. de, vi, 261 «,
262, 271 «, 290, 305 ; vii, 62 n,
322 n ; Hugh, vi, 261 n ; Isabel,
vi, 3°5, 444 » ; Jane, vi, 261,
306 ; vii, 106 n, 163 n ; Joan (de),
vi, 292, 305, 458 ; vii, 268 n,
306 n, 322 n ; Sir John (de), vi,
39 n, 77 », 235, 262, 262 n, 263 n,
267 », 268, 271, 305, 306, 306 n,
340 n, 405 w, 406 n ; vii, 112,
163 «, 200 n, 212 «; John (de),
vi, 261, 263 », 268, 306, 307 «,
310, 310 », 311; vii, 50 n, 62 n,
284 w, 306 n; Marg. (de), vi,
39 n, 305, 306 n, 310 w, 315 n ;
vii, 268, 269 ; Margery, vi, 306 ;
Mary, vi, 306 ; vii, 150 n ; Maud,
vi, 444 ; Nich. de, vii, 268 ;
Rich., vi, 261, 268, 271 n, 305,
310, 312 n ; vii, 284 n ; Rosa-
mund, vi, 257, 306 ; Sir Thos.
(de), vi, 261 «, 271, 305, 306,
3°7, 309, 310, 315, 315 n, 332 n ;
vii, 49 n ; Thos. (de), vi, 257,
261, 263 n, 271, 304 n, 305, 306,
310 «, 378 In, 383 n ; vii, 47 «,
48 n, 62 n, 112 n, 152 n, 268,

416

Southworth (cont.)

269, 297 n ; Thurstan, vii, 116 n,
288 n ; Will, (de), vi, 305 n ;
vii, 27 n, 100 », 177*1, 223, 268,
324 n, 326 n, 330 n

Southworth Green Farm (Mellor),
vi, 244

Sow Clough (Newchurch in Rossen-
dale), vi, 438 n

Sowerbutts, Chris., vii, 34 n ; Rich..
vii, 35 n ; Rob., vii, 35 n, 58 n ;
Thos., vi, 237 n, 310 n ; vii, 50 n,
58 n ; Will., vii, 35 »

Sowerbutts Green (Samlesbury), vi,
310

Sowerby, Aldred (Aldrith), see
Sowerby, Little

Sowerby, Gt. (Inskip with Sower-
by), vii, 274 n, 279, 302 n ;
char., vii, 267 ; fishery, vii,
281 n ; man., vii, 281-2

Sowerby, Little (Upper Rawcliff
with Tarnacre), vii, 260, 261 n,
264 n, 270, 271 n, 272-3, 274

Sowerby, mere, vii, 281 n

Sowerby, riv., vii, 270 n

Sowerby, Alan de, vii, 272 n ;
Amabil de, vii, 283 n ; Amice de,
vii, 272 n ; Hen. de, vii, 282 n ;
Hugh de, vii, 282 n ; John de,
vi, 73 n ', vii, 281 n ; Margery de,
vii, 281 n ; Nich. de, vii, 281 n ;
Rich, de, vi, 73 » ; vii, 282 n,
284 n ; Rog. de, vii, 281 « ; Thos.
de, vi, 73 n ; Walt, de, vii, 268 n

Spa Clough (Habergham Eaves),
vi, 455

Spakeman, Nich., vi, 191

Sparling, brook, vii, 127

Sparling, John, vi, 161

Sparrhawk (Burnley), vi, 450 n

Sparrow, — , vii, 7 w

Sparth (Clay ton -le -Moors), vi, 417

Sparth, Nearer (Old) (Clayton-le-
Moors), vi, 423

Sparth House (Further Sparth),
(Clayton-le-Moors), vi, 422

Spartling, vi, 258, 355 «

Spa well (Woodacre), vii, 315

Speke, Eliz., vi, 236 « ; John, vi,
518 w

Speke Sykes (Cliviger), vi, 481 n

Speks, Rob., vi, 339 n

Spence, the (Penwortham), vi, 61 n

Spence moor, vi, 514

Spencer, Ld., vii, 307 n

Spencer (Spenser), Rev. Abra., vi,
426, 435 ; Ad. (le), vi, 474 «,
475 n; Alice, vii, 185 «, 307 «;
Cecily le, vii, 154 n; Chas., vii,
307 n ; Edm., vi, 468 n, 474 n,
475 », 478 «, 485 n, 504 n ; Eliz.,
vii, 307, 311 n ; Geo., vi, 491;
Grace, vi, 478 n ; Isabel, vi,
478 n ; Janet, vi, 478 n ; John
(le), vi, 475 «, 478 n, 489, 547;
vii, 166 n, 173 n, 307 » ; Jos., vi,
531 n ; Marg., vi, 478 n ; Margery,
vi, 511 n; Mary, vi, 516; vii,
311 «; Miles, vii, 147 n; Pet.,
vi, 511 n; Rich, (de, le) ,vi, 511 »;
vii, 154 w, 173 n ; Rob. (le), vi,
19 n, 478 n ; Rog. le, vi, 19 n,

58 n; Thos., vii, 185 n, 208 n ;
Will, (le), vi, 58 n ; vii, 307,
311 n, 312 ; see also Despenser

Spenclough ( Whittingham) , vii,

209 n
Spendlow (Spendloue, Spendlove),

Amery (Almarica) de, vii, i4»-

15 «, 59 n '• Rich., vii, 132 n ;

Rob. (de), vi, 552 n ; vii, 15 »,

59 n, 131 w, 132 n; Rog., vii,
131 w, 132 n; Walt., vi, 371 w,
392 n, 397 n, 506 n

INDEX

Spenser, see Spencer

Spenser's House (Hurstwood), vi,

478

Spenythorn, Will, de, vi, 330 n
Sperlet (Ingol), vii, 134 M
Spicer, John, vii, 255
Spileman, Hugh, vi, 193 n ; Rich.,

vi, 193

Spilot, Will., vi, 208 n
Spink, John, vi, 188
Spinkholme (Habergham Eaves),

vi, 455 »
Spinster House (Goosnargh), vii,

198 n

Spiritualists, vii, 251
Spitalfield (Lea), vii, 130 w, 132 n
Spital Moss (Preston), vii, 79 n, 92
Spode, Thos., vi, 55
Sposage, Ad. le, vii, 97 n ; Hugh le,

vii, 79 n, 97 n ; Rob. le, vii, 79 n ;

Rog. le, vii, 79 n
Spout, the (Euxton), vi, 20 n
Spring, Bridg., vi, 295
Springfield (Coppull), vi, 224
Springfield Mills (Heath Charnock),

vi, 213

Springs, mineral, vi, 130, 260, 455
Spring Vale, see Sough
Sprodpoolhey (Ribchester), vii, 47 n
Sprodspool (Ribchester), vii, 49 n
Spurn Clough (Reedley), vi, 489
Squire (Squier), John, vii, 47 n ;

Rob., vi, 236 n, 237 n, 340 «, 519
Stacksteads (Bacup), vi, 437, 441
Stafford, archd. of, vii, 177 n
Stafford, Anabil de, vi, 347 n ;

John de, vi, 369 w ; Rich, de, vi,

347 n ; Rob. de, vii, 217 n
Stainacregrene (Warton), vii, 173 n
Stainall, see Stanah and Staynall
Stainburgh, Jordan de, vii, 54 n ;

Will, de, vii, 54 n
Stainer, man. (Yorks), vi, 421
Stainer Hall (Yorks), vi, 421
Stainford, see Stanford
Staingate, vi, 263
Stainhol, see Stanah and Staynall
Staining, man. (Hardhorn-with-

Newton), vii, 184, 231, 238-9 ;

grange, vi, 281, 287 ; vii, 238
Staining, Alice de, vii, i3ow;

Christiana, vii, 152 n ; Mich, de,

vii, 152 n ; Rich., vii, 152 n;

Rob. de, vii, 130 n
Staining ditch (Little Carleton),

vii, 229 n
Stainole, Stainolf, see Stanah and

Staynall
Stainscomb (Goldshaw Booth), vi,

5i6

Stake House Fells (Bleasdale), vii,
141

Stakes Hall (Livesey), vi, 284, 288

Stalmine (Stalmine-with-Staynall),
vii, 68, 173 M, i88n, 248 w,
251-6, 258 n, 274, 275 n, 306 n,
332 ; adv., vii, 255 ; char., vii,
256 ; ch., vii, 255 ; Nonconf.,
vii, 256

Stalmine, Ad. de, vii, 252 ; Adelissa
de, vii, 252 n ; Alan, vii, 252 n ;
Alice de, vii, 252 n ; Ellen de,
vii, 252 n ; Eva de, vii, 252 n,
254 n ; Geoff., vii, 252 n ; Godith
de, vii, 252 n ; Helen de, vii,
250 n ; Hen., vii, 252 n ; John de,
vii, 252 ; Mabel de, vii, 252 n ;
Maud, vii, 252 n ; Pet. de, vii,
252 ; Randle de, vii, 252 n ; Rob.
de, vii, 252 ; Will, de, vii, 223,
252, 255 ; see also Beaufront

Stalmine Grange (Stalmine), vii,

254

Stalon, John, vi, 194 n ; Rich., vi,
194 n

Stamford, see Stanford
Stammine, fishery of, vi, 67 n
Stanah (Thornton), vii, 231 n, 232,

309

Stanah, fam., see Staynall
Stanall (Westby-with-Plumptons),

vii, 175 n
Stananought, Edw., vi, 151 ; Hen.,

vi, 151, 181 n ; Thos., vi, 151
Stanbury (Trawden), vi, 551, 552
Stanclif (Billington), vi, 328 n
Standen (Pendlcton), vi, 230 n, 349,
356 n, 364 n, 392, 394-5 : grange,
vi, 394 ; man., vi, 394
Standen, Ad. de, vi, 503 n ; Alice,
vi, 390, 391, 391 n ; Edm., vi,
513 n ; Ellen, vii, 254 n ; Ellis de,
vi, 5°3 n '• Hen. (de), vi, 364 n,
375, 390 n, 395 n, 488 n ; Hugh,
vi, 368 n, 513 n ; John (de), vi,
390, 391 n, 393 », 395 n ; Marg.
de, vi, 390 n ; Rich., vi, 366 « ;
Thos. (de), vi, 364 n, 366, 395 n ;
vii, 254 n ; Vivian de, vi, 395 n ;
Walt, de, vi, 395 n ; Will, de, vi,

395 «
Standen Folds (Pendleton), vi,

395 »

Standen Hall (Pendleton), vi, 395

Standen Hey (Pendleton), vi, 349,
392, 395

Standford, see Stanford

Standish (Standish- with-Langtree) ,
vi, i, 58 n, 182-99 I adv., vi, 187 ;
char., vi, 191 ; ch., vi, 2 n, 183 ;
man., vi, 193 ; Nonconf., vi, 199 ;
Rom. Cath., vi, 199 ; sch., vi, 191

Standish, Agatha de, vi, 209 n ;
Sir Alex, (de), vi, 61 n, 188,
190 n, 194, 195, 209 n ; Alex, (de),
vi, 33 »> 35 », 143 «, 185, 187,
187 n, 188, 190 w, 191 n, 193,
J95, I96, *98 n, 199 n, 200 n,
210, 212 n, 214 n, 216 n; vii,

200 n ; Alice (de), vi, 93 n, 95 n,
107 n, 193 n, 195, 198 n, 209 n,
223 n, 226 n ; Anne, vi, 195 n,
212 n ; Arth., vii, 119 w; Bridg.,
vi, 195 n ; Cecilia (Cecily) (de),
vi, 193 n, 194 n, 196, 460 n ;
Chas., vi, 187 n ; Chas. H. W. L.,
vi, 196 ; Chas. S., vi, 196 ;
Christiana, vi, 194 n ; Sir Chris.,
vi, 51 n, 209 ; Chris., vi, 107 n,
198 n, 209 ; vii, 210 n ; Clemency
de, vi, 209 n, 224 n ; Constance
de, vi, 194 n ; Edm. (de), vi,
i88n, 193, 194 n, 201 n, 202 n ;
Edw., vi, 182 n, 185, 189, 192 n,
!95> I9°, !98 n, 199, 200, 200 n,

201 n, 202, 208 in, 211 n, 212 M,
219 n, 224 n, 229 n, 264, 460,
462 ; Edw. T., vi, 186 ; Eleanor
de, vi, 193 «, 194 n ; Eliz. (de),
vi, 33 n, 112 n, 194 n, 195, 195 n,
196 n, 197 n, 200 n, 209 n, 210 n,
214 n, 264, 275 ; Ellen, vi, 195 n ;
Emma I. H., vi, 210 n ; Frances,
vi, 195 ; Sir Frank, vi, 33 n,
36, 51, 146, 210, 213, 214,
217; Frank H., vi, 140, 210;
Fulco (Fulk) de, vi, 93 n, 95 n ;
Gilb. (de), vi, 186, 188, 194 n,
214 n, 218 n ; Hen. (de), vi,
134 w, 188, 190 w, 193 w, 194,
197, 200 n ; Hen. N. W., vi, 196 ;
Hugh de, vi, 51, 142 n, 193,
194 n, 202 n, 208, 209, 209 n,
214 n, 223 n, 224 n ; Humph., vi,
211 n ; Isolda de, vi, 93 n ; Jas.,
vi, 33 n, 51 n, 142, 182 n, 191,
198 w, 202, 202 w, 209, 2 ion,
211 w, 212, 212 n, 213, 216 n;
vii, 275; Jane, vii, 119 n ; Joan
(de), vi, 145 n, 194 n, 212 n;

417

Standish (cont.)

John (de), vi, 93 », 107 w, 188,
J93, 193 n, 194 n, 197 n, 200 n,
226 n ; Jordan de, vi, 193, 197 n,
200 «, 208, 208 n, 209 ; Kath.
(Cath.) (de), vi, 146, 174 n, log n,
210 n ; Lawr. (de), vi, 188, 189 n,
194, 198 «, 199 «, 200 n, 201 n,
209 n, 212 «; Lora (de), vi,
194 n, 200 w, 2i6n; Mabel de,
vi, 193 n ; Marg. (de), vi, 189 n,
194 n, 209, 209 n, 2ion, 212;
vii, 169 n, 275 n ; Marg. L. M.,
vi, 2ion; Margery (de), vi, 194,
200 n, 264 ; Mary (de), vi, 146,
194 w, 195 n ; Matth., vi, 182 n,
2io«, 211 M ; Miles, vi, 211;
Nich. de, vi, 194 n ; Oliver, vi,
200 n ; Pet., vi, 293 ; Philippa,
Lady, vi, 197 n ; Sir Ralph
(de), vi, 188 n, 194 ; Ralph (de),
vi, 94, 112 w, 142, 174 n, 176 M,
182, 186, 187)2, 188, i88n, 189,
190 n, 191 n, 193, 194, 194 w,
!95, !96, 197 w, 198 n, 200 n,
202 n, 209 n, 210 M, 211 n, 212 M,

216 n, 217 n, 264, 265, 460 n,
462 ; Ralph T., vi, 196 ; Sir Rich.,
vi, 32, 51 n, 198 w, 210; Rich,
(de), vi, 18 n, 51 n, 143 w, 189,
193, 200 n, 208 n, 209, 209 n,
210, 212 n, 213 n, 214 n, 21611,

217 », 223 n, 224 n, 391 w ; Rob.
(de), vi, 93 n, 109 n, 193 «, 194 n,
197 n, 200 n, 201 n, 202 M ; Rog.
(de), vi, 160, 188, 200 n ; Sir
Rowland, vi, 145 n, 209 n ; Sibyl,
vi, 195 n ; Siward de, vi, 197 ;
Susan A. G., vi, 210 « ; Sir Thos.,
vi, 52 n, 146, 2ion; Thos., vi,

33 w, 35 n. 51 n, *73 w> 182 n,
189 w, 198 «, 200 n, 202 n, 209,
210, 213, 216, 217 n, 224 n,
293 n ; vii, 98 n, 169 n, 193 M,
275 M ; Thos. S., vi, 196 ; Thur-
stan (de), vi, 200, 212 n ; Rev.
Turner, vi, 452 ; Sir T., vi, 452 ;
Will, (de), vi, 142 n, 188^ 193,
193 n, 194 n, 196, 200 n, 208 n,
209, 209 n, 210, 212 n, 214 n,
223 n ; Will. S. C., vi, 210 ; — ,
Lady, vi, 192 n ; vii, 296 n ; fam.,
vii, 329 n

Standish Hall (Standish), vi, 196,
462

Standish Wood (Standish), vi,
197 n

Standroyd (Colne), vi, 523, 528, 543

Standroyd Hall (Colne), vi, 528

Stanedich, Stanedis, Stanedissh,
see Standish

Staneyard (Wilpshire), vi, 335 n

Stanfield, see Stansfield

Stanford (Stainford, Stamford),
Agnes de, vii, 328 n ; Alex, de,
vii, 223, 223 n, 226 n ; Edusa d«,
vii, 226 n ; Jas., vii? 20, 44 n, 51,
59 « ; John (de), vi, 303 n ; vii,
325 n, 326 w, 328 n, 329 n; Lawr.
de, vii, 328 n ; Maud de, vii,
328 n ; Ralph de, vii, 328 n ; Rich,
de, vi, 303 n ; vii, 325 «, 3 8 n ;
Rob. de, vii, 223 n, 226 n, 325 n,
328 n ; Thos. de, vii, 326 n, 328 n ;
Will, de, vi, 303 n

Stanfurlong (Longton), vi, 71 «,

73 »
Stanhill (Oswald twistle), vi, 405 ;

ch., vi, 409
Stanhill Hey (Oswald twistle), vi,

406 n

Stanhol, see Staynall
Stanhope, Phil., vi, 293 n ; Sarah,

vi, 293 n ; Thos., vii, 86
Staniggefethir (Lea), vii, 130 n

53

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Stanistreet, Rich., vii, 213 n ; Rob.,
vii, 213 n

Stank Top (Barley), vi, 518

Stanlaw (Stanlenwre) , Ad. de, vi,
506 n ; Ellis (de), vi, 506 n ; Thos.
de, vi, 506 n ; — , de, vi, 506 n

Stanlaw Abbey (Chesh.), vi, 48, 49,
240, 245, 262 n, 264 n, 266, 271,
279, 285, 287, 297, 297 n, 312,
326 n, 328, 335, 356, 369 w, 382,
413, 414-16, 432, 505, 534 ; vii,
45, 48 n, 97 n, 156*1, 172, 238,
240, 241 n, 284 n, 356 n, 383;
Chas., abbot of, vi, 239 n ;
Gregory de Northbury, abbot of,
vi, 383

Stanlenwre, see Stanlaw

Stanley, Lds., vi, 458, 490, 491,
549 ; vii, 280 n ; Thos., vi, 132,
159 «, 267, 488 ; vii, 33 n, 35 n

Stanley, Alice, vi, 293 ; Anne (Ann),
vi, 200 n, 306, 401 n ; vii, 278 ;
Bridg., vii, 200 n ; Cath., vii,
156 n ; Chas., vi, 62 «, 71 »;
Dorothy, vii, 275 n ; Sir Edw., vi,
142, 143, 195, 292, 322 n; vii,
5 ; see also Derby, earls of, and
Mounteagle, Lds. ; Edw., vi,
no, 294 ; vii, 169 «, 230 n, 288 n,
292 ; Eliz., vii, 34 ; E. G., vii,
78 n ; Frances, vi, 294 ; Sir Geo.,
vi, 123, 125, 202 ; Geo., vi, 321 ;
Hen., vii, 275 n, 278 n ; Sir Jas.,
vi, 287; Jas., vi, 160, 418 n;
vii, 230*1; Jane, vi, 62 n, 71 n,
287, 321 ; vii, 163 n ; Sir John
(de), vi, 140, 254, 267, 302, 321,
498 «, 504 ; vii, 154 n, 176,
179 n, 274 n ; John, vi, 321 ; vii,
86 n; Marg., vi, 316, 321, 418;
Mary, vi, 123, 310 ; vii, 278 n ;
Pet., vi, 261 n ; vii, 200 n ; Rich.,
vi, 262 n ; vii, 278 ; Rob., vii,
278 ; Sir Rowland, vii, 164 n ; Sir
Thos., vi, 159, 225, 255 n, 305 n,
330 n ; vii, 34, 62 n, 173 n, 176 n,
241 n ; see also Derby, earls of,
and Mounteagle, Lds. ; Thos., vi,
140, 261 », 322 n ; vii, 156 «, 166,
i66«, 167 n, 183 n, 278; Will.,
vi, 2 n, 213, 261 n, 316 ; vii, 99 n,
230 n; Mrs., vii, 278 n ; fam., vi,
263 «, 304 ; vii, 29, 102 n, 178,
283 n

Stanley Grange (Samlesbury) , vi,
312

Stanley House (Mellor), vi, 261

Stanning, John, vi, 5 n

Stanrays (Bilsborrow), vii, 332 n

Stanroyd, see Standroyd

Stansacre (Stanzaker), (Myers-
cough), vii, 139 n

Stansfield (Stanfield, Stansfeld),
Ellis de, vi, 511 n; Emma de,
vi, 474 ; Geoff., vi, 444 n, 474 n ;
Giles, vi, 444, 474 ; Helewise, vi,
444 ; Jas., ti, 444 », 474 « ; Joan,
vi, 444, 444 n, 474 ; John de, vi,
474 n ; Mabel de, vi, 332 ; Oliver
de. vi, 327 n, 332, 444, 446,
47° «, 474, 475 «, 477 «, 4§o «,
488, 519; Rich, de, vi, 474 w,
477 M, 51 in; Will, (de), vi, 100 n,
332, 474 n ; fam., vi, 449

Stan worth (Withnell), vi, 37 n,
39 «, 47, 48, 282

Stanworth, Ad. de, vi, 48 n ; Hugh
(de), vi, 49 «, 282*1, 342; Rog.
de, vi, 37 n, 48, 49, 282, 282 n ;
Thos. (de), vi, 49 n, 282 n

Stanworth Edge (Livesey), vi, 284

Stanystrete, Rom. rd., vi, 257

Stanzaker, see Stansacre

Stapleford, Hugh de, vii, u8n;
Rich, de, vii, 118 n

Staple ton, Hugh de, vii, 64 n ;
John de, vii, 64 n ; Miles de, vii,
301 n ; Sibyl de, vii, 301 n

Starkie, Alice, vi, 500, 555 n, 559 ;
Anne, vi, 500 n ; vii, 259 n, 329 n ;
A. E. Le G., vi, 495, 514 ; Bar-
bara, vii, 258 n, 259 n ; Bridg.,
vii, 259 n ; Edm., vi, 493, 499 n,

500, 501 n, 559 n ; Major Edm.
A. Le G., vi, 317 ; Edm. A. Le
G., vi, 128, 257, 335, 501, 510;
Eliz., vi, 30 n ; Ellen, vi, 559 n ;
Etheldreda, vii, 121 n ; Florence,
vi, 500 n ; Geoff., vi, 500 n ;
vii, 258 n, 259 n ; Grace, vi, 503 ;
Hen., vii, 329 n ; Hen. A., vi,
496 ; Hugh, vi, 500 n ; Isabel,
vii, 329 n ; Jas., vi, 80, 498, 500,
559; vii, 86; Jane, vi, 500*1;
John, vi, 494 n, 498 n, 499, 500,
500 n, 503, 513 n, 559 «; vii,
117, 123, 329 n ; Lawr., vi, 500 n ;
vii, 30 n, 98 n, 121 n, 126 n;
Le Gendre, vi, 318, 379, 501, 503,
512, 514; vii, 136 n; Col. Le
Gendre N., vi, 495, 501 ; Le
Gendre N., vi, 86 n, 127, 495 ;
Le Gendre P., vi, 128 n, 494,
496 », 501 n ; Marg., vii, 121 n ;
Mary, vi, 536 n ; Rev. Matth.
Y., vi, 274 ; Maud, vii, 100 n ;
Nich., vi, 494 n, 498 n, 499 n,

501, 503; vii, 35 w, 117, 135 n,
136 », 138 n ; Piers, vi, 20 n, 257,
317, 376, 392, 495, 496 w, 499 w,
500, 513 « ; Ralph vi, 500 n ;
Randle, vi, 500 n ; Rich., vi, 30 n,
500 n; vii, 259 n ; Rog., vii, 100 n ;
Sarah, vi, 559 «; vii, 136*2;
Rev. Thos., vi, 560 ; Thos., vi,
17 n, 242, 245, 500 n, 501 M,
555 «, 558, 5591 vii, 73, 117,
195 n, 259 n ; T., vi, 283 n ; Will.,
vi, 241 «, 499 n, 500, 501 n,
559 ; Capt., vi, 37 ; Col., vi, 513 « ;
Mrs., vi, 495, 500 ; — , vi, 368,
392, 394, 408, 513 ; fam., vi,

557

Starling, brook, vii, 54

Startivant (Startevant, Sturtivant),
John, vii, 32 ; Rich., vii, 5 ;
Rog., vii, 5, 32 ; Thos., vii, 32 ;
fam., vii, 30

Startivant's lands (Whalley), vi,
379 n

Stavenby, Alex, de, bp., vi, 240 n

Staynall (Stalmine-with-Staynall) ,
vii, 106 «, 117 n, 133 «, 231*2,
248*1, 251-6, 258 n, 273, 274;
mill, vii, 266

Staynall (Stainall, Stamhol, Stainole,
Stainolf, Stanah, Stanhol, Stay-
nol, Staynolf, Steinhol, Steinol,
Steynhole), Ad. de, vii, 254*1;
Alan de, vii, 235 n ; Hen. de, vii,
254 n ; John de, vii, 232, 234,
235 n, 240 n ; Margery, vii, 234 ;
Maud de, vii, 254 n ; Pet. de, vii,
254 n; Rich, de, vi, i8i«; vii,
189 n, 234 n, 254 n ; Rob. de, vii,
234 n, 254 n ; Rog. (de), vii,

234 n, 235 n, 254 n \ Thos. de,
vii, 189 n, 234 n ; Will., vii, 234 n,

235 »

Staynyng, see Staining

Stede, see Stidd

Steele, John, vi, 432

Steeton, see Stiveton

Steinhol, Steinol, see Stanah and

Staynall

Stephen, King, vii, 133 n
Stephen, vii, 97 n ; prior, vi, 411 n;

546 n ; rector of Croston, vi, 87
Stephen Hey (Briercliffe), vi, 471 n
Stephens, Hen. J., vi, 541

418

Stephenson, Geo., vi, 454 ; Rog.,
vi, 400 n ; Thos., vii, 165, 205 ;
see also Stevenson

Sterclough Meadow (Wiightington),
vi, 170 n

Steresacre, see Stirzacre

Stevenson, Alice, vi, 493 n ; Edm.,
vi, 515 «, 5i6, 519, 521; John,
vi, 495 n, 515, 517 ; J. C., vii,
271 ; Nich., vi, 515 n, 516, 521 ;
Sibyl, vi, 515 « ; Will, (de), vi,
515 n ; — , vii, 271 ; see also
Stephenson

Stewart, Eliz., vii, 309*?; John,
vii, 309 n ; see also Stuart

Steyininges, Steyninge, see Stain-
ing

Steynhole, see Stanah and Staynall

Stidd (Dutton), vii, 35, 36, 43, 45,
51, 54, 153, 318 ; almshouses,
vii, 59 ; chap., vii, 60 ; man., vii,

13, 58, 59 «

Stidd, brook, vii, 54

Stidd, Alex, de la, vii, 59 n ;
Rich, de la, vii, 59 n

Stidd Hall (Stidd), vii, 60 n

Stiholmes (Garstang), vii, 331 w

Stiholmes (Styholmc), Ad. dc, vii,
52 n ; Gilb. de, vi, 303 ; Rich, de,
vi, 303

Stiperden cross (Cliviger), vi, 479

Stiperden moor (Stypdyne) (Clivi-
ger), vi, 478, 486 n

Stiropeclough (Dutton), vii, 65 n

Stirrop, Rich., vii, 94 n

Stirzacre (Garstang), vii, 315, 318,
319*1, 321, 323 ; cross, vii, 315

Stirzacre (Stirzaker, Sturzaker),
Alice, vii, 323 n ; Geoff, de, vii,
323 ; Greg., vii, 300 ; Jane, vii,
200 n ; Joan, vii, 323 n ; John,
vii, 142 n ; Lawr., vii, 323 n ;
Ralph de, vi, 458 n ; vii, 325 n,
326 n ; Rich, de, vii, 323, 326 n ;
Rob. H. de, vii, 326 n ; Thos.,
vii, 329 n ; Will, de, vi, 104 n,
458 n ; vii, 213 w, 323 n, 326 n

Stiveton (Steeton), Ellis de, vii,
153 ; Maud de, vii, 153 n ; Reyner
de, vii, 153 n

Stock, see Stocks

Stockbridge (Padiham), vi, 365 *i,

493

Stockdale, Rev. Will., vi, 313 ;
Will., vii, 25

Stockenbridge (Little Carleton), vii,
229 n

Stockenbridge (Tarnacre), vii, 267,
272, 279 n

Stockenbridge, fam., vii, 195

Stockenpool (Hackensall), vii,
256 n

Stocking (Clitheroe), vi, 365 n

Stockport, Ellen (de), vii, 159 n,
200 n, 279 n, 286 n ; Joan de, vii,
286 n ; Maud de, vii, 159 n,
249 n, 285 ; Rich, (de), vii, 200 n,
286 n ; Sir Rob. de, vii, 288 n ;
Rob. de, vii, 159 n, 160 n, 200 n,
228, 229, 229 n, 279 n, 285,
286 n, 287 n

Stocks (Stock), Hen. del, vi, 438 n,
481 n ; Thos. del, vi, 474 n,
485 n ; Will., vi, 558

Stocks Lane End (Catterall), vii,
293 n

Stodagh, John, vii, 101 n ; Lam-
bert, vii, 79 n, 138, 200 n ; Lawr.,
vii, 124, 138

Stodelehurst, Stodelhurst, see
Studlehurst

Stodfoldpool (Rossall), vii, 235 n

Stodilhirst, see Studlehurst

Stodlecloch (Osbaldeston), vi, 324 n

Stodley, see Studley

INDEX

Stodmerhalgh (Ightenhill Park),

vi, 488 n

Stodulhurst, see Studlehurst
Stogesthol (Bleasdale), vii, 141 n
Stokes, Alice, vi, 12 n ; Hen., vi,

12 n

Stokkolhede (Barton), vii, 127 n
Stone, brook, see Stony brook
Stone, Marmaduke, v.i, 13 ; Thos.,

vi, 151 « ; see also Stones
Stone Benkes (Colne), vi, 525 n
Stone Bridge (Colne), vi, 535
Stone Edge (Barrowford), vi, 542,

544
Stonehouse (Cliviger), vi, 479,

481 n

Stone House (Walton), vi, 296
Stone lands (Gt. Eccleston), vii,

267 n

Stone moor (Hapton), vi, 507
Stone quarries, vi, 260, 326, 338,

434, 437, 44i

Stonerake (Gt. Harwood), vi, 338 n
Stones, Andr., vi, 103, 150, 152 ;

Geo. B., vii, 312 ; Hen., vi, 150 n ;

John, vi, 103, 152, 432 ; Kath.,

vi, 152 ; Mary, vi, 150 « ; Thos.,

vi, 103, 153 ; Will., vi, 274, 283 ;

see also Stone
Stone-steghull (Clayton-le-Moors) ,

vi, 418 n
Stonhewer, Jane, vi, 354 ; John, vi,

354
Stonicausee (Little Harwood), vi,

249 n

Stonilode, sike of (Mellor), vi, 263
Stonor, Chas. J., vi, 222
Stony brook (Stonyhurst), vii, 2 n,

4«
Stony Corthlong (Wiswell), vi,

399 n
Stony Edge (Barrowford), see

Stone Edge

Stonyford (Goosnargh), vii, 199
Stony furlong (Ribchester), vii,

43 », 54 »

Stonygate (Preston), vii, 80
Stonyholme (Burnley), vi, 447 n,

453

Stonyhurst (Aighton), vii, i, 2, 4 ;
char., vii, 6, 7 ; deer park, vii, 2 ;
ind., vii, 7

Stonyhurst, Gt. and Little (Aigh-
ton), vii, i n

Stonyhurst, John de, vii, 4
Stonyhurst College, vi, 381 n ; vii,

7-12 ; observatory, vii, 12
Stony Riding (Eccleston), vi, 192 n
Stony way (Ribchester), vii, 45 n
Stonyway (Stonyhurst), vii, 4 n,

13 n

Stopford (Stopforth), Alice de, vi,
173 n ; Anne, vi, 173 n ; Blanche,
vi, 102 n, 173 n; David, vi, 91 n ;
Dorothy, vi, 102 «, 173 n ; Hen.,
vi, 102 n ; Jas., vi, 17 n, 73 «,
102 «, now, 173 n, 296; vii,
136 n ; John, vi, 91 n, 102 n,
J73 n, 323 n ; vii, 98 n ; Marg.,
vi, niw; Rich, de, vi, 173 n,
175 n, 179 «; Rob., vi, 173 n,
177; Thos., vi, 173 n, 174 n,
179 »; Ursula, vi, 102 n, 173 w;
Will., vi, 17 n, 35 n, 95 n, 102,
now, 158, 170 n, 173, 175 n,

296 ; — , vii, 213 n

Stott, Anne, vi, 167 n ; Cath., vi,

167 n ; Mary, vi, 167 ; Ralph, vi,

167 n
Stourton, Cath. Stourton, Lady,

vi, 250 n, 422 ; Chas. Stourton,

Ld., vi, 422

Stourton, Kath., vii, 6 n
Stout House (Garstang), vii, 29671,

297 n

Stowell, Hugh, vi, 147 n ; Thos. A.,

vi, 147

Straitbarrel (Stray t barrel) , Hen.,
vi, 62 n ; Jas., vii, 25 ; Rob., vi,
62 n ; Thos., vi, 298 n ; Will., vi,
62 n

Straits (Leyland), vi, 10
Strange, le, Ladies, vi, 195 ;
Charlotte, vii, 27, 194 ; Joan, vi,
132, 143 ; Lds., vi, 132, 143, 540 ;
vii, 31, 75, 154; George, vi,
*7$n, 32i; Jas., vii, 27, 170 n,
181 n, 194, 200

Strange, John, vi, 174^; Lucy le,

vi, 178 n, i79«; Margery, vi,

174 «; Thos. le, vi, 178 n, ijgn

Strangeways, Agnes de, vi, 71 n ;

Thos. de, vi, 71 n

Stratford, Nich., bp., vii, 42 n, 86 n
Straytbarrel, see Straitbarrel
Street (Heath Charnock), vi, 216
Street, Ad. de (del, de la), vi, 214 n,
216 n; Alex., vi, 133 n, 182 n,
216 n, 217; Alice, vi, 216 n;
Anne, vi, 216 n ; Edw., vi, 216 n ;
Ellen (de), vi, 216 n ; Hen., vi,
216 n ; Isabel, vi, 216 n ; Jane,
vi, 216 n; John (de, del, de la),
vi, 216 n, 218 n ; Marg., vi, 189 n,
216 n; Rich, (del), vi, 214 n,
216 n; Rob. (de, del, de la), vi,
214 «, 216 n, 218 «; Thurstan
(de), vi, 216 n ; Will, del, vi,
214 n, 216 n

Streket croft (Whithalgh), vi, 288
Strengfellow, Rev. Edm., vi, 299
Strick (Freckle ton), vii, 168 n
Strickland, Cecilia, vi, 196 ; Ger-
vase, vii, 194, 195 n ; Isabel, vi,
72 n ; Jas., vii, 194*1; John, vi,
69, 70 n, 73 n ; Kath., vii, 193 n,
194, 194 n, 322 n ; Rich., vi, 72 ;
Rob., vii, 309 ; Sir Rog., vii, 308 ;
Thos., vi, 196 ; vii, 193 n, 194 n,
*95 n> 322 n ; Walt., vii, 308,
309 ; Will., vi, 72, 72 n, 73 n ;
— , vi, 322 n

Strideovermoor, Hen., vi, 474 n ;
Rich., vi, 474 n ; Thos., vi, 474 n
Stridthorn (Dilworth), vii, 52 n
Strindefield (Haslingden), vi, 430 n
Strinds, the (Longton), vi, 70 n
Stringer, Rev. Will., vii, 147 n
Strong, Frances, vi, 441
Strutwide (Colne), vi, 525 n
Stuart, Jos., vii, 142 ; see also

Stewart

Stubbegate (Freckle ton) , vii, 171 n
Stubbiholm (Warton), vii, 170^
Stubbing (Briercliffe), vi, 473 n
Stubbing (Dutton), vii, 55 n
Stubbings (Haighton), vii, 126 n
Stubbs (Church), vi, 402 n
Stubbs, Dan. H., vi, 55 ; Edw., vi,

3«

Stub Hall (Withnell), vi, 48 n
Stubhead (Clay ton -le -Dale), vi, 260
Studderd, see Stuttard
Studholme (Marton), vii, 240 n
Studholme, Rob., vii, 204
Studle-clough (Osbaldeston), vi,

320

Studlehurst (Osbaldeston), vi, 324
Studlehurst (Stodelehurst, Stodel-

hurst, Stodilhirst, Stodulhurst),

Ad. de, vi, 324 ; Rich, de, vi,

324 ; Rob. de, vi, 324 ; Rog. de,

vi, 324

Studley, man. (Chipping), vii, 35
Studley (Stodley), John de, vii,

35 n ; Petronilla de, vii, 183 n ;

Sim. de, vii, 183 n ; Will, de, vii,

183 n

Stump (Chorley), vi, 148
Stump Cross (Cliviger), vi, 479

419

Stunstead (Trawden), vi, 548

Stupelgate (Warton), vii, 172 «

Sturgeon, Dav., vii, 35 n ; Jane,
vii, 35 n

Sturtivant, see Startivant

Sturzaker, see Stirzacre

Stuteville, Helewise de, vii, 267 -n,
296, 300, 321 n

Stuttard (Studderd), Bern., vi, 491 ;
Hen. H., vi, 505 ; John, vi,
535-6 ; Rich., vi, 489

Stutte, Ad., vi, 393 n ; Avice, vi,
393 n ; Hugh, vi, 393 n

Stydd, see Stidd

Styholme, see Stiholmes

Stypdyne (Cliviger), vi, 486 w

Styth, Edw., vii, 320 n ; Rob., vii,
298 ; Thos., vii, 179

Suard, see Siward

Suartebrec, see Swar brick

Subsnape, see Snubsnape

Sudall, see Sudell

Sudbrook ridding (Mawdesley), vi,
99 n

Sudell (Sudall), Alice, vi, 69 ; Anne,
vii, 127 n ; Chris., vi, 5 n, 426 ;
Grace, vii, 63 « ; Hen., vi, 48,
261, 263 ; vii, 75, 127 n ; John,
vi, 243 n ; vii, 138 n ; Lawr., vii,
138 n ; Nich., vi, 342 ; Ralph,
vi, 312 n ; Rich., vii, 117 ; Rog.,
vii, 63 n, 74, 89 n ; Will., vi, 246 ;
— , vi, 262 ; fam., vii, 102

Suffolk, Hen. Grey, dk. of, vi, 57 n

Sugden, Jas., vi, 51

Sullam (Sulam), (Barnacre), vii,
301 n. 318

Sullam Side (Barnacre), vii, 315

Summarbrook Furlong (Newton -
with-Scales), vii, i66«

Summerford (Chipping), vii, 31 n

Summers, Marg., vi, 150 n; Thos.,
vi, 150 n

Sumner (Sompner, Sumpner), Agnes
le, vi, 17 »; Alice, vii, 190 n ;
Anne, vi, 17 n ; Chris., vi, 17 n,
22 n ; Clemency, vi, 17 n ; Edm.,
vi, 17 n ; Ellen, vi, 17 n ; Jas.,
vi, 17 n ; Jane, vi, 17 n, 261 n ;
John (le), vi, 17 n, 22 n, 143 « ;
vii, 245 ; Nich., vii, 190 n; Rich.,
vii, 13 ; Tim., vi, 261 « ; Will.,
vi, 10 n, 13, 17 n

Sumner's of the Fold (Ulnes Wal-
ton), vi, 90 n

Sunderland (Balderston), vi, 314,
317, 501 n

Sunderland, brook, vi, 317

Sunderland, Ad. de, vi, 314, 314 n,
317, 324 ; Christiana de, vi, 317 ;
Rich, de, vii, 204 ; Rob. de, vi,

314, 317

Sunderlandesholm, see Sunderland
Holme

Sunderland Hall (Grange) (Balder-
ston), vi, 317, 321 ; vii, 62 n

Sunderland Holme (Balderston),
vi, 3M, 317

Sundials, vi, 22, 46, 113 n, 185, 257,
297, 355, 422, 446, 449, 503, 511,
526, 533, 557 ; vii, 23, 123, 145,

217, 222, 245, 290, 296, 313

Sunnyfield (Haslingden), vi, 428 n

Sunnyfield Hall (Haslingden), vi,
429 n

Sunnyhurst Hey (Over Darwen),
vi, 269, 274

Surey (Whalley), vi, 381

Sureys, fam., see Surreys

Surgill (Colne), vi, 524 n

Surreys (Sotheryn, Sothron, South-
ron, Sureys), Agnes le, vii, 33 n ;
Alice le, vii, 30 n ; Edusa, vii,
46 n ; Hugh le, vii, 30 n, 33, 34 n ;
John le, vii, 58 n ; Rich, (le), vii.

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Surreys (cont.)

27, 28 w, 30 «, 46 n ; Kog. le,
vii, 29 n ; Thos. (le), vii, 15 n,

33, 34 n> 57 n, W"

Sussex, earls of, vii, 74 ; Hen.
Radcliffe, vi, 405 ; Rob. Rad-
cliffe, vi, 405 n

Sussnape (Leyland), vi, JIM

Sutcliffe, Gamaliel, vi, 543 n ; John,
vi, 542 w, 543 ; Will., vi, 478

Suterdale (Marton), vii, 240 n

Suthale (Walton-le-Dale), vi, 290

Sutherworth, see Southworth

Sutliswrthe, see Shuttlesworth

Sutton, Avice de, vi, now ; Cecily
de, vi, 285 ; Geoff, de, vi, 281 ;
Gilb. (de), vi, 61 M, 63 n, no n,
117 n, 204 n ; Joan, vi, 61 w,
117 «; John, vii, 312 ; Marg. de,
vi, 63 n ; Rich, (de), vi, 61 n, 117,
177 n ; Rob. (de), vi, 110*2,
177 *», 220 n ; Thos. de, vi, no «,
171 n, 177 «, 204 n, 285 ; Will,
de, vi, no n, 177 ny 204 n

Sutton House (Adlington), vi, 220 n

Swaghwell Syke (Preston), vii,
97 n, 99 »i

Swain (Swein, Sweyn), vi, 65, 103 n,
335 ', vii, 63 n, 69 «, 92 «, 166 «,
182, 192, 229, 230 n, 241 n, 276,
277 w, 279 w, 285 n, 305, 320 ;
chaplain, vi, 7

Swain (Swayne), Rob., vii, 260 n ;
— , vi, 524 n

Swainson, Ant., vii, 266 ; Rev.
Chris., vii, 264 n ; Chris., vii,
203, 204 ; John, vi, 404 ; vii, 266

Swain's Platt (Colne), vi, 524 n

Swanley, Rob., vi, 3 w

Swansey, Anne, vi, 77 n ; Edw.,
vi, 50 n, 77 n ; Ellen, vi, 77 «,
142 ; Hugh, vi, 32 n, 35 n, 50,
77 n, 142; vii,, 50*1; John, vi,
142 ; vii, 50 n ; Rob., vi, 35 «,
50 n, 77 n, 142; Will., vi, 77 n,
142

Swansey House (Brindle), vi, 77 n

Swansey House (Whittle-le-Woods),
vi, 32, 294 n

Swarbrick (Swarbreck) (Weeton),
vii, 15671, 176; man., vii, 178

Swarbrick (Swarsbrick), Ellen, vii,
2&3 n '• Jas., vii, 178 n, 188 n ;
John, vii, 156, 205 n, 283 «,
309 n ', Thos., vii, 178 n ; Will.,
vi, 100 n ; vii, 283 n

Swartebreke, see Swarbrick

Swartesalt (Lytham), vii, 214 n

Swayne, see Swain

Swayne 's Platt, see Swain's Platt

Swedenborgians, vi, 248, 409, 423,
427, 453 ; vii, 104, 251

Sweeting, John, vi, 24, 292, 293

Sweetlove, Thos., vii, 330 n

Sweetmilk, Will., vi, 538 n

Swein, see Swain

Sweton (Osbaldeston), vi, 319

Sweyn, see Swain

Swift, Thos., vii, 25

Swill, brook, vii, 72 n, 87 11, 115

Swillbrook (Woodplumpton), vii,
285

Swillington, Hugh de, vi, 443 ; Rob.
de, vi, 443 ; Will de, vi, 443, 444

Swinden (Marsden), vi, 447 n, 470,
477 «, 53<>, 537 I man., vi, 539,

544"
Swinden, Ad. de, vi, 525 n, 539 ;

Uctred de, vi, 525 «
Swinden Hall (Marsden), vi, 539
Swinden Water, vi, 468, 469, 472,

474
Swinebridge (Swinebrigg), brook,

vii, 214 M, 215 n
Swinehill (Haslingden), vi, 428 n

Swinehurst (Shevington), vi, 202 n
-Swineland (Rawcliffe), vii, 271 n
Swinesley (Swyneflet), Rich, de, vi,

357

Swinethwaite, Will, de, vi, 424 M
Swiney, Gilb. (de), vi, 29 n, 32 n ;

Rich, de, vi, 32 n
Swingilcar (Lea), vii, 132 n
Swinglehurst (Burnley), see Swin-

less

Swinglehurst (Ribchester), vii, 50
Swinglehurst (Swinhilhurst), Ad.,

vi, 380 « ; John, vi, 543 n ; Mary,

vi, 380 n ; Nich., vi, 380 n ; Rob.,

vi, 380 n ; Will., vi, 380 n, 397 n
Swinless (Burnley), vi, 441
Swinnell, stream, vi, 427
Swinshaw, vi, 514 n
Swttellesar, see Shuttleworth
Swyneflet, see Swinesley
Syd, brook, vi, 166
Sydale, Will, de, vi, 214 n
Sydales (Clitheroe), vi, 368 n
Syfrewast, Joan de, vii, 273
Syke hill (Preston), vii, 97 n
Syke meadow (Lea), vii, 130 n
Sykes (Sikes), Edw., vii, 293 n ;

Eliz., vi, 424 n ; Rich., vi, 424 n ;

Will., vi, 525 ; — , vii, 305 n
Symonstant, Symonstone, Sy-

moundeston, see Simonstone
Sym Pasture (Colne), vi, 527 n
Syon Abbey (Midd.), vi, 86, 88,

159 n ; vii, 83, 222, 226
Syrith (Sired, Syrid), vi, 37 n, 66 n,

180 n
Sythworth, Gilb., vii, 215 n

Tabley, Lds. de, vi, 336; vii, 194,
287 ; Geo., vi, 255, 258, 323 ; vii,
286 n ; John, vi, 255 ; vii, 286 »
Tabley Old Hall, vi, 321 n
Taborner, Ellen, vii, 167 *z
Tadrid Ees (Altham), vi, 413 n
Tagg, the (Cottam), vii, 136
Taggetstone (Taghed stone) (Gt.

Harwood), vi, 338 n, 340
Tailleur, see Taylor
Taillourson, Will., vi, 273 n, 277 n
Tailor, see Taylor
Talbot (Blackpool), vii, 250 n
Talbot, Agnes, vi, 336 ; Alice, vi,
285, 510 n ; Anne, vi, 252 n, 277,
292, 322, 346 «, 366 n, 420 ; vii,
5, 64*1, 107 n ; Dorothy, vi,
48 n, 255, 336, 337, 383 n, 401 n ;
Sir Edm., vi, 277, 508 ; Edm., vi,

277, 3i6, 345, 346, 346 «, 347,
509, 511 ; vii, 16 n, 41 ; Edw., vi,
336; Eliz., vi, 278, 332, 346;
vii, 35, 35 n, 47 n ; Ellen, vi, 222 n,
331, 336 ; Geo., vi, 255, 258, 260,

336, 378%, 395 n, 401 n; vii,
107 n ; Giles, vi, 254 n, 393 n ;
see also Shrewsbury, earl of ;
Grace, vii, 49 ; Hen., vi, 277 n,

278, 285*1; Isabel, vi, 254, 255,

337, 365 n, 508 n, 510 n\ vii,
39 «, 98 n ; Jas., vi, 48 n ; Jane,
vi, 256 n, 316; Joan, vi, 345;
Sir John, vi, 236, 254, 255, 267,
322, 337, 420; vii, 48 n ; John,
vi, 235*1, 236 w, 243 n, 252 w,
254, 255, 256, 260, 278, 285, 332,
335 », 336, 337, 345, 361, 3&5 «,
366 n, 367 n, 383 n, 393 «, 400 n,
408, 488 n, 507 n, 509 ; vii, 39 «,
47 n, 49 «, 55 «, 57 n, 59 n, 64 n,
98*1, 18571, 219; Lettice, vi.
510 n ; Margery, vi, 254 n, 317 n ;
Mary, vi, 48 n, 285 n, 336, 366 n ;
Milicent, vi, 278 ; Nich., vi,
336, 378 n, 395 n ; vii, 59 « ;

420

Talbot (cont.)

Pet., vi, 222 n, 254*1, 331, 336,
393 n ; Ralph, vi, 256 n ; Rich.,
vi, 222 n, 254 n, 256 n, 260, 331,
336> 393 n ', vii, 41 ; Rob., vii,
47 n, 49 ; Steph., vi, 336 ; Sir
Thos., vi, 277, 340 ; vii, 5 ; Thos.,
vi, 252, 254, 277, 278, 292, 316,
336 n, 345, 346, 346 «, 367 n,
412 n ; vii, 15, 35, 33 n ; Will.,
vi, 48, 254, 260, 400 «, 412 «,
510 n ; vii, 41 ; Will. H., vi, 158 ;
W. H., vi, 164 n ; — , vi, 407, 510

Taldeford, Emma de, vi, 101 n ;
Rob. de, vi, 101 n

Tapps, Geo. J., vi, 8n

Taregarred Ake (Studlehurst), vi,

324 »

Tarleton, vi, I, 81, 86 n, gi n, 92,
109 n, 115-19; adv., vi, 118;
chap., vi, 89; char., vi, 119;
ch., vi, 118 ; man., vi, 115, 117 n ;
Nonconf., vi, 53, 119 ; St. Helen's
Well, vi, 115 ; Ram's Head inn,
vi, 115 ; sch., vi, 119

Tarleton, Agnes de, vi, 107 n ; Alice
vi, 122 n ; Avice de, vi, 117 w;
Gilb. de, vi, 117 w; Hen., vi,
107 n ; Jas., vii, 44, 55 n, 88 n ;
Joan de, vi, 117 n ; John de, vi,
ii6«, 117 n ; Kath., vi, 90,
233*1; Marg. de, vi, 117 n; vii,
277 n ; Rich, de, vi, 117 n ; Thos.,
vi, 88, 107 «, 145 n ; Will, (de),
vi, 107 n, ii6w, 117 w, 122 n,
176 n, 447 ; vii, 233 n, 277 n

Tarleton Moss, vi, 115

Tarnacre (Upper Rawcliffe with
Tarnacre), vii, 260, 263 n, 267-
73, 274 n, 279 n, 283 n, 304 ;
char., vii, 267

Tarnacre, Alan de, vii, 271, 272,
321 «; Alice de, vii, 271 ; Rich,
de, vii, 192 n, 271 n, 272, 273 ;
Will, de, vii, 268, 271, 272, 321 n

Tarnacre Hall, see St. Michael's
Hall

Tarnbreck (Ribby with Wrea), vii,

157 w

Tarnbreck Cross (Ribby with Wrea) ,
vii, 157 n

Tarumyaker (Longton), vi, 71 n

Tate, Sir Hen., vi, 130

Tatham, vii, 270 «, 326

Tatham, John de, vii, 330 n ; Thos.,
vi, 535 ; Walt, de, vii, 330 n ;
Will, de, vi, 61 n, 327 n, 362,
400 n ; vii, 69 n, 235 n, 322 «,
324*1, 325 n, 326, 326 n, 328 M,
330, 330 n

Tattersall, Alice de, vi, 477 n ;
Chris., vi, 438, 438 n ; Edm., vi,
437, 439, 444 n, 467 n, 468 w,
471 ; Edw., vi, 440, 467 n, 468 n ;
Eliz., vi, 467 n, 468 n ; Hen. de,
vi, 482 n ; Isabel, vi, 467 n, 468 n ;
Jas., vi, 447, 467*1; Jenet, vi,
444 n ; Joan, vi, 468 n, 471 n ;
John (de), vi, 438, 438 », 439,
444 w, 447 w, 467 w, 471, 482*1;
Lawr., vi, 434, 468 n ; Lettice,
vi, 467*1; Marg., vi, 471*1;
Mich, (de), vi, 475 n, 477 n ;
Nich., vi, 467 n ; Pet. de, vi,
451, 473, 482 n ; Rich., vi,
446 «, 447, 467 n, 468 n ; Rob.,
vi, 447, 467 n, 468 n, 482 n ;
Will., vi, 438 n ; fam., vi, 377 11,
395 n, 470, 516 n

Tattersall's House (Hurstwood), vi,
478

Tatton, Harriet S., vi, 25, 472 ;
Mary, vi, 195 n ; Reg. A., vi, 25,
136, 446, 469, 472, 490 ; T. W.,
vi, 472 ; Will., vi, 195 n

INDEX

Tauntaler, Thos., vii, 157 n

Taylid (Stalmine), vii, 252 n

Taylor (Tailleur, Tailor), Ad. (the),
vi, 170 n, 482 n ; Alan, vii, 175 n ;
Alice (le), vi, 270 n ; vii, 279 n ;
Anne, vii, 198 n ; Cecily, vi, 64 n ;
Chris., vi, 3 n ; vii, 121 n, 126 n ;
Ellen, vi, 217 n ; vii, 126 n,
198 n; Geoff., vi, 438 «; Gilb.
the, vii, 114 n; Hamer, vi, 280;
Helen, vi, 482 n ; Hen., vi, 20 n,
107 n, 255 n, 259 n ; vii, 98 « ;
Herb., vi, 541 ; Hilda, vii, 313 n ;
Hugh, vi, 431 n ; Jas., vi, 331,
438 n ; vii, 198*1, 228, 271 n ;
Jas. W., vi, 541 ; John (le, the),
vi, 64 n, 353, 355 n, 374, 383*1,
387, 404 n, 416, 540, 545 n;
vii, 89 n, 121 n, 126 «, 198 «,
292 n, 297 «, 301 n, 313 n, 315 n ;
Jordan le, vi, 270 n ; Jos., vi,
229 ; Lawr., vi, 438 n ; Marg.
(le), vii, 313 n, 315 n ; Nich., vii,
170 n; Oliver, vi, 229 n; Ralph,
vi, 199 n, 495; Rich., vi, 73*1,
107 n, 431 n, 482 n ; vii, 85 n,
98 n, 260 n ; Rob. (the), vi, 64 «,
65 «, 482 n ; vii, 19, 94 n, 99 «,
212 «, 284 n, 313 ; Rog., vii,
126 n, 175 n, 212*1; Sibyl, vi,
482*?.; Thos., vi, 192*1, 198 n,
I99n, 371; vii, 170 n, 278 n ;
Thurstan, vi, 9 ; Will, (le, the),
vi, 198 w, 229 n, 367 w, 481 « ;
vii, 94 «, 98 n, 107 «, 142 n,
227 w, 257 », 280 n, 313 «, 315 « ;
Zachariah (Zachary), vi, 89, 381,
382 n ; — , vi, 158, 312, 524 n,
557; fam., vi, 73, in n ; vii,
212

Teanleas (Teanley) fires, vii, 27,
220

Teinturer, Rich, the, vii, 98 n

Telmessus, Will. G. Sharrock, bp.
of, vii, 8 1

Tempest, Alice, vi, 94 n, 418; vii,
288 n ; Rev. Arth., vi, 344 ; Sir
Chas. R., vii, 51 n ; Eliz., vi, 419 ;
Isabel, vi, 412 n ; vii, 280 n ;
Jane, vi, 500 n; Sir John, vi,
255, 418 ; vii, 3, 288 n ; John,
vi, 372 », 500 n; Kath., vii, 3;
Nich., vi, 412 n ; vii, 280 n ; Sir
Rich., vi, 375 n ; Sir Rob., vi,
94 n ; Sir Steph., vi, 527 n ;
Steph., vi, 419 ; vii, 51 n ; fam.,
vi, 374

Tenmarks land (Leyland), vi, 13 n,
15 n

Tentercroft (Burnley), vi, 445 n

Tenterholme (Colne), vi, 527 n

Terleways, Little (Claughton), vi,
266 n

Terleways, Mickle (Claughton), vi,
266 n

Thain, Rob. le, vi, 480 n

Thalwons (Over Darvven), vi, 302 n

Thamor, vi, 233 n

Tharilton, see Tarleton

Thaueley, see Thieveley

Thelwall, Agnes de, vi, 510 « ; Hen.
de, vii, 28 n ; John de, vi, 499,
499 n ; Rich, de, vi, 510 n

Thenney, see Finney

Thetford priory (Norf.), vi, 116,
116 n

Thevethornlands (Catterall), vii,
323 n, 324 «

Thewlis (Thulis), Yen. John, vi,
189 n ; vii, 205

Thewood, Hugh de, vi, 428

Thickthornes(Simonstone),vi, 499*7.

Thieveley (Cliviger), vi, 479, 482,
485 n

Thieveley Pike, vi, 230, 479

Thimelby, Margery, vii, 31 n ; Rob.,

vii, 31 n

Thimsacre (Preston), vii, 97 n
Thingeschawbroc ( Walton-le-Dale) ,

vi, 290

Thirebrook (Clitheroe), vi, 365 n
Thirkingham (Thrikingham), Lam-
bert de, vii, 41
Thirlby, Thos., vii, 42
Thirlmere aqueduct, vi, 50
Thirse Clough (Mearley), vi, 377 n
Thirswallhurst (Worsthorne), vi,

477 «
Thistelton, Thistilton, see Thistlet

ton

Thistleridding (Ewood), vi, 506 n
Thistleridding (Mearley), vi, 375 n
Thistleridding close (Clitheroe), vi,

367 n
Thistletack (Thistletake), tax, vn,

487 n, 488, 524

Thi stleton (Greenhalgh with Thistle-
ton), vii, 146*1, 176*1, 179-81,
199 n, 253 n, 269 n, 270 n, 273,
274, 283 « ; man., vii, 180
Thistleton, brook, vii, 181
Thistleton (Thuesilton) Alice (Dul-
cia), de, vii, 181 n ; Andr., vii,
141 n ', Hen. de, vi, 481 n ; John,
vii, 174 ; Rob. (de), vii, 174,
181 », 198 n ; Will, de, vii, 181 n,
198 n

Thistle yard (Worsthorne), vi, 474 n
Thorn, John, vi, 213, 229 n ; Rob.
W., vi, 229 M ; Col. Will. J., vi,
213

Thomas, vi, 373, 374 n, 387 n,
538*1; vii, 48 n, 170 «, 179 w,
311 *z ; archbp. of York, vii,
218 n ; b. of Geoff., vi, 356 n,
393 «; the carpenter, vi, 66 «;
the carter, vi, 431 n ; chaplain of
Bailey, vii, 19 ; the clerk, vi,
101 n, 262, 511 ; the king, vi,
14 n ; the priest, vi, 342 ; the
priestsknave, vii, 131 n ; rector
of Slaidburn, vii, 34 n ; rector
of Wybunbury, vi, 347 n ; the
smith, vi, 364 « ; the tailor, vi,
ii n
Thomas, Edw. H., vi, 371 ; Humph.,

vii, 265 n ; Jas., vii, 255
Thomason, Geo., vii, 86 ; Rev.
Will., vi, 283, 284, 319 ; Will.,
vii, 183 n

Thomeherth (Eccleshill), vi, 279 n
Thomlinson, see Tomlinson
Thommekar (Eccleshill), vi, 279 n
Thompson (Thomson, Tompson,
Tomson), Amelia, vii, 318 ; Chris.,
vii, 266 n ; Eliz., vii, 309 n ;
Fran., vii, 80 ; Geo., vi, 265 n ;
Grace, vii, 175 n ; Helen, vi,
533 « ; Hen., vi, 533 n ; vii,
181 «, 183 «, igon, 25911; Jas.,
vi, 128 ; John, vi, 486 ; vii, 181 n,
183 n ; Rev. Jos., vi, 334 ; Marg.,
vi, 115; Mary, vi, 260; Nich.,
vii, 183 w, 254 w, 280 n ; Rich.,
vi, 355> 387 : vii, 254 n, 309 « ;
Rob., vii, 247 n ; Rev. Sam. A.,
vii, 217 ; Thos., vi, 128 ; vii,
150 n, 247 n ; Ven. Will., vi,
235 n ; Will., vi, 191 n ; vii,
181 n, 280 n, 318; — , (Chris.
Southworth), vi, 306 ; fam., vii,

133"

Thoralby, John, vi, 159*1, 160
Thordkesmoor (Longton), vi, 71 n
Thorenteleg, see Thornley
Thoresby, — , vii, 97 n
Thorinton, see Thornton
Thorn (Rochdale), vi, 437
Thornber, Chris., vi, 387 n ; Giles,

vii, 251 n ; Rev. Will., vii, 251

42I

Thornburgh (Thorn borrow), Eliz.,
vii, 270 ; Rev. Mich., vii, 265 ;
Ralph, vi, 494, 496 ; Thos., vii,
270

Thorncroft (Burnley), vi, 447 n

Thorndean Water, vi, 478

Thorndeley, see Thornley

Thornecroft (Mellor), vi. 262 n

Thornedelegh, see Thornley

Thornhaugh, Col. vi, 129

Thornhill, Brian de, vi, 545 ; Sir
John de, vii, 273 ; John de, vi,
510, 545; vii, 179 n, i8on;
Jordan de, vii, 180 n ; Quenilda
de, vii, 180*1; Rich, (de), vi,
546; vii, 180*7, 273; Thos., vi,
546

Thornhillenge (Pendleton), vi, 393 n

Thornhill Holme (Habergham
Eaves), vi, 454

Thornhole (Hambleton), vii, 190 n

Thornhull, see Thornhill

Thornley (Thornley with Wheat-
ley), vii, i, 20, 27 n, 28, 32-6,
59 **, 63 n ; char., vii, 26 ; man.,
vi, 232 ; vii, 32 ; Rom. Cath., vii,

36
Thornley, Ad. de, vi, 223 n ; vii,

32 n, 33 n, 34 n ; Avice de, vii,

33 « ; Edw., vi, 302 n ; Jane, vi,
302 » ; John, vii, 34 n ; Lawr.,
vi, 298 n ; Margery de, vii, 33 n ;
Ralph de, vii, 32 n, 33 n, 34 n ;
Rich, (de), vii, 32, 32 n, 58 n ;
Rob., vi, 302*7, 494; Rog. (de),
vi, 223*1; Thos., vi, 251, 301,
302 » ; vii, 31, 32 ; Will, de, vii,
32 n

Thornley Hall (Thornley), vii, 34
Thornley Sykehead (Habergham

Eaves), vi, 457

Thornour, Will, de, vii, 264 n
Thornthwaite, Hannah, vi, 394*1;

Sarah, vi, 394 n ; Thos., vi,

394 »

Thornton, vi, 475*1; vii, 106 n,
118, 119*1, 131*1, 182 n, 219,
222 n, 231-7, 242 n, 309 ; char.,
vii, 225 ; ch., vii, 237 ; ind., vii,

232 ; man., vii, 232 ; Rom. Cath.,
vii, 237 ; sch., vii, 225, 232

Thornton, Ad. de, vi, 205 n ; Agnes,
vii, 233 « ; Alice (de), vii, 207 «,
233, 241 n, 309 n ; Amery de, vii,

233 n, 240 «, 241 « ; Clarice de,
vii, 233 n, 252 n ; Dulcia, vii,
236*1; Eliz., vi, 218 *»; vii,
233 n ; Hugh, vi, 113 ; vii, 233 n,
236 n ; Jas., vii, 180 n ; Joan, vi,
220 n ; vii, 233 «, 241 n, 278 n ;
John (de), vi, 113 «, 164 n,
531 n ; vii, 223 n, 229 n, 233,
252 n, 254 n, 278 n, 309 n ; Kath.,
vii, 233 n ; Laur. de, vii, 232,
233, 247 n, 254 n ; Marg. (de), vi,
90 n ; vii, 233 ; Margery de, vii,
233 ; Maud de, vii, 166 n, 207 n,
233 n ; Mich, (de), vii, 168 n,
169 n, 196 n ; Olive de, vii, 273 n ;
Rich, (de), vi, 113, 513*1; vii,
169 «, 196 », 233 n, 235, 241 n,
254 n, 273 n ; Rob. de, vii, 232,
233 n ; Rog. de, vi, 475 ; Sam.,
vi, 242 ; Sim. de, vi, 37 n ; vii,
209*1, 240 n, 241*?; Thos. (de),
vi, 113 n, 189, 205 «; Will, (de),
vi, 218*7, 220 n, 475; vii, 166 n,
233, 235 n, 278 n ; Will. W., vii,
312 ; Maj., vii, 314

Thornton Hall (Thornton), vii, 232
Thornton in Craven (Yorks), vi,

383

Thornton in the Fylde, vi, 90
Thornton's House (Hesketh with

Becconsall), vi, 113 n

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Thorny Clough (Habergham Eaves),

vi> 457
Thorny Clough (Haighton), vii,

126 n
Thorn yholme (Roughlee Booth),

vi, 519
Thorp (Bretherton), vi, 102, 104,

104 n ; vii, 168 w
Thorp (Thorpe), Ad. de, vi, 104 n ;

Alice de, vi, 105 n ; Cesar de, vi,

104 n ; Dav. de, vi, 104 n ;

Gamel de, vi, 104 n, 105 «,

108 n ; Hugh de, vi, 105 n ;

Isabel de, vi, 105 w ; John (de),

vi, 103 n, 104 n, 105 n ; vii,

58 n ; Marg. de, vi, 104 n ; Reg.

de, vi, 104 n ; Ralph de, vi, 105 n ;

Rich, de, vi, 103, 104 «, 105 n,

1 08 n ; Rob. de, vi, 105 n ; Rog.

de, vi, 104 M ; Thos., vi, 190 n ;

Warine de, vi, 105 n ; Will, dc,

vi, 104 n, 105 «, 107 n
Thorpe, man. (Yorks), vi, 421 ; vii,

155 n

Thorpe, fam., see Thorp
Thorpe Green (Brindle), vi, 75
Threapleigh (Chipping), vi, 379 11 ;

vii, 27 n

Three bridge (Parbold), vi, 178 n
Three Lanes End (Tarleton), vi,

119 n
Three Mile Cross (Grimsargh), vii,

1 08
Threfeld (Threfelt) (Layton), vii,

248, 250 n
Threlfall (Threlefal.Threlefel) (Goos-

nargh), vii, 191, 193 n, 199 n,

321 n ; man., vii, 194
Threlfall, Ad. de, vii, 64 n, 66 n ;

Alice de, vii, 195 n ; Cuth., vii,

195 ; Edm., vii, 66 n, 195, 195 n ;

Edw., vii, 188, 195 n ; Eleanor,

vii, 195 n ; Jas., vi, 51, 74 ; vii,

218, 2iSn, 334 n; Jenet, vii,

I73 n '• John, vi, 36, 191 n,

192 n ; vii, 66 n, 188, 195;

Juliana, vii, 195 n ; Marg., vii,

165 n : Rich, de, vii, 193 n,

195 n ; Silicia de, vii, 64 n ; Thos.

(de), vii, 144, 165, 193 n, 195 n,

288 n ; Will., vii, 173 n, 188, 191,

195 n
Threnokedshaw (Gt. Harwood), vi,

339 «

Threperth (Freckleton), vii, 170%
Threplands (Layton), see Threfeld
Threpmeadow (Broughton), vii,

n8n

Thrikingham, see Thirkingham
Thriseden Head (Habergham

Eaves), vi, 457 n
Thrunny Moor, vi, 340
Thuesilton, see Thistleton
Thuftthorn Furlong (Freckleton),

vii, 170 n

Thulis, see Thewlis
Thunley, see Towneley and Townley
Th'urcroft, see Highercroft House
Thurnewaitacre (Little Eccleston),

vii, 182 n

Thursbroc, see Thurse Broc
Thursby, Eleanor M., vi, 445 ;

John H., vi, 445 ; Sir John O. S.,

vi, 444. 445, 454, 471 «.- 484 :

Rev. Will., vi, 445
Thursden (Briercliffe), vi, 469
Thursden Head, see Thriseden

Head

Thurse Broc, vi, 317 w, 324 n
Thurse-Clogh (Billington), vi. 328 n
Thurstan, vii, 29 n ; archbp. of

York, vii, 218 » ; the chaplain,

vii, 24 n
Thurstinton, John de, vii, 277 n ;

Maud de, vii, 277 n

Thuvicarr (Stonyhurst), vii, 4 n
Thmves (Winkley), vii, 13 n
Thwaites, Dan., vi, 252, 269 ; Elia,

vi, 252 n ; Elma A., vi, 261 ;

Rob. D., vi, 261, 263
Thweng (Twenge), Kath. de, vii,

301 n ; Lucy de, vii, 301 ; Marg.,
vii, 301 n ; Marm. de, vii, 301,

302 ; Rob. de, vii, 301 ; Thos. de,
vii, 301 ; Will, (de), vii, 301,
316 n, 320 n ; fam., vi, 84 «-5 n

Thynne, Ld. John, vii, 307 n
Thynne, Emily, vii, 307 n
Thyring Moor, see Thrunny Moor
Tickle Moss (Pleasington), vi, 269
Tidiman, Rog., vi, 160
Tildesley, see Tyldesley
Tile manufacture, vi, 284 ; vii, 129
Tillotson, John, archbp. of Canter-
bury, vi, 492, 536
Tilltes, Miles, vi, 530
Tilly, Albrey de, vi, 396
Tillycarr (Ribchester), vii, 48 »
Tilversheimholme Ford (Garstang),

vii, 31 in

Timberhurst (Claughton), vii, 328 n
Tinckler, Chris., vi, 102 n ; vii,
247 n ; Rich., vi, 102; vii, 247 n
Tindiclough (Brockhall), vi, 330 n
Tingreave (Eccleston), vi, 162,

163 n ; man., vi, 163, 164 n
Tinkerfield (Goosnargh), vii, 199
Tinkler, brook, vi, 280

Tinkler House (Preston), vii, 97 n
Tipping, Thos., vi, 492 ; vii, 74
Tipping Hill (Habergham Eaves),

vi, 454

Tirlaweys, see Terleways
Tite, — , vii, 255 n
Tithebarn Croft (Whittle-le- Woods),

vi, 149

Tittele, Thos., vii, 175 n
Tittrington, Oliver, vi, 128
Tockholes, vi, 235, 280-4, 42° '•

char., vi, 284 ; ch., vi, 283 ; man.,

vi, 281 ; mill, vi, 281 ; Nonconf.,

vi, 283 ; sch., vi, 284 ; Will., vi,

282
Tockholes, Ad. de, vi, 281 ; Elias

(Ekke) de, vi, 281 ; Geoff, de, vi,

281 ; Joice de, vi, 281
Tockwith, man. (Yorks), vi, 421 n
Todd, Hen., vi, 89 n ; John, vi, 89,

127 n, 162 ; Nich., vi, 108 n ;

Rich., vi, 127 n
Todderstafife (Hardhorn-with-New-

ton), vii, 164 n, 184, 239
Todderstaffe Hall (Hardhorn-with-

Newton), vii, 238
Todd Hall (Haslingden) vi, 430
Todehole (Livesey), vi, 265
Todgrave (Altham), vi, 413 n
Todmorden, vi, 479 ; vii, 148 n
Tokolles, see Tockholes
Tollerton, John de, vi, 358
Tom Crosses (Come), vi, 524
Tomelay, Rich., vii, 59 w
Tomlinson (Thomlinson), Alice, vi,

399 n ; Edm., vi, 127 n ; Eliz.,

vi, 398-9 ; Geo., vi, 229 ; John,

vi, 69 n, 367 n, 399 ; vii, 18, 66 n ;

Lawr., vii, 138 n ; Rich., vi, 107 n,

164 n ; vii, 18, 107 n ; Rev. Rob.,
vi, 557, 558 ; Rob., vii, 63 n,
69 n, 190, 400 n ; Thos., vii, 18,
35 n, 282 ; Thurstan, vi, 367 n,
399; vii, 18; Will., vi, 107 n,
119

Tompson, Tomson, see Thompson
Toneworth, see Townworth
Tong (Bacup), vi, 437, 439 n
Tonge, man. (Bolton), vi, 500 n,

501 n
Tonge (Tong), Alex, de, vi, 269 ;

Alice de, vi, 269 ; Ellis (Elias) de,

422

Tonge (cont.)

vi, 208, 269 ; John de, vi, 269,
281; Kath., vi, 269; Rob., vi,

74

Tonghill (Pleasington), vi, 250

Tong Meadow (Bacup), vi, 441 n

Tong Mylne (Pleasington), vi, 269

Tongue, the (Tongues) (Preesall
with Hackinsall), vii, 256 «,
259 n

Tonley, see Towneley and Townley

Tonstedes (Barton), vii, 127 M

Tonworth, Elias de, vi, 332 ; Rich,
de, vi, 332

Tootell, Bridg., vi, 142 n; Cath.,
vi, 23 n ; Chris., vi, 130; vii,
124 n ; Edw., vi, 142 n ; Eliz.,
vi, 142 n ; Hugh, vi, 18, 22 n,
36 ; John, vi, 142 n ; Matth., vi,
403 ; Will., vi, 130, 142, 143 n

Topcliffe, John de, vi, 357, 358 ;
Rich, de, vi, 330 ; Rob. de, vi,
384

Topham, Ellen, vii, 289 n

Top of Ramsgreave (Ramsgreave),
vi, 251

Top o' the Town farm (Marton),
vii, 225

Topping, Ad., vi, 33 n ; Alice, vi,
34 n ; Geo., vi, 77 n ; Jas., vi,
1 80 n ; Joan, vii, 331 n ; Rog.,
vii, 53 n ; Thos., vi, 34 n ; vii,
53 n ; Will., vi, 480 ; vii, 200 n

Topping House (Goosnargh), vii,
197

Toppinghouse land (Whittle-le-
Woods), vi, 34 n

Torbock, Ellen de, vi, 177 n, 203 n,
204 n, 223 n, 228 n ; Sir Hen. de,
vi, 204 n ; Hen. de, vi, 171, 171 n,
203, 204 n, 258 n ; Sir Rich, de,
vi, 204 n ; Rich, (de), vi, 179 n,
228 n, 294

Torentem, see Thornton

Torfot, Will., vii, 147

Tormerehakir (Longton), vi, 72 w

Torrenton, see Thornton

Tossets day, vii, 255 n

Tostig (Tosti), earl, vii, 2, 36, 45,
52, 69, 72, 105, 108, 115, 117,
124, 127, 129, 151, 161, 166, 167,
171, 175, 176, 178, 179, 182,
184, 188, 191, 207, 214, 226, 228,
232, 238, 240, 246, 248, 252, 256,
263, 267, 273, 276, 279, 281,
282, 285, 300, 320, 325

Tottering, brook, vi, 260, 263

Tottington, vi, 57 n, 70, 429 n, 431,
436

Tottleworth (Rishton), vi, 340,
345, 346 n, 347, 376 n, 401 n

Tottleworth, Ad. de, vi, 347 n,
400 n ; Agnes de, vi, 347 n ;
Alice, vi, 347 n ; Anabil de, vi,
347 ; Ellota de, vi, 347 n ; Isabel
de, vi, 347 n ; John de, vi, 347 ;
Rich, de, vi, 345, 347, 400 n ;
Will, de, vi, 347 n

Touchet, Joan, vi, 397 ; Will., vi,

397
Touneley, Tounlay, Tounley, see

Towneley and Townley
Towers (Tour, Tours), Emma de,

vii, 173 ; John, bp., vii, 54 n ;

Randle de la, vii, 84 ; Will, de,

vii, 173

Town, fam., see Towne
Town Carr (Wrightington), vi, 174
Towncroft (Claughton), vii, 326 n
Towncrofts (Cuerden), vi, 24*1
Towne (Town), Alice del, vii, 33 n,

485 n ; Christiana del, vii, 33 n ;

John, vi, 485, 485 « ; Rich., vi,

447 ; Rob. de,vii, 33 n ; Rev. Will.,

vii, 82 n ; Will, del, vii, 33 n

INDEX

Towneley, man. (Habergham
Eaves), vi, 391, 391 «, 446,
451 «, 457-61

Towneley (Tonley, Touneley, Toun-
lay, Tounley, Tunley), Agnes de,
vi, 457, 474 n, 477 n ; Alice, vi,
458 n; Alice M., vi, 460; Anne, vi,
394ft, 543 «; Bern., vi, 458 n, 46711,

473, 475 «, 477, 494 «, 543 » ',
Caroline L., vi, 460, 509 ; Cecilia
(de), vi, 186, 187 n, 196, 457,
460 n, 508 « ; Chas., vi, 407, 459,
460, 461, 467 n, 473 n, 478, 483,
504 n, 509, 512, 540 n ; Chas. S.,
vi, 461 « ; Chris., vi, 27, 459 n,
476 n, 491, 508, 525, 543, 544,
547 n ; Eliz., vi, 195 n, 458,
459 n, 5°4 n .' Ellen (de), vi,
444 n, 458 n, 478, 528 n, 543 n ;
•vii, 326 n, 328 n ; Emily F., vi,
460 ; Frances, vi, 510 n ; Fran.,
vi, 460; vii, 78; Gilb. (de), vi,
160, 458 ; Grace, vi, 122 n, 504 ;
Helen, vi, 539 n ; Hen. (de), vi,
330 n, 339 n, 457, 458 n, 555 n ;
Isabel (de), vi, 255, 444 n, 457,
458, 509 n, 555 n ; Isolda de, vi,
457 » ; Jane, vi, 329, 459 «,
508 ; Jenet, vi, 527 n ; Joan
(Juliana) de, vi, 17 n, 458, 527 n ;
Jonet, vi, 458 «; Sir John, vi,
329, 353, 393 n, 410 n, 444 n,
456 n, 459, 463, 468, 472 «,
475 n, 481, 488, 489, 491, 510 n,
5ii«, 527, 528 n, 540 «; John
(de), vi, 407, 410 n, 425 n, 429 n,

458, 460, 467 n, 468*1, 471,

472 «, 473, 474 «, 477, 47®,
482 «, 486, 486 n, 489, 490, 491,
493 «, 496 n, 504, 508 n, 509,
510 M, 511 n, 524, 534, 540,
543 n ; vii, 49 n, 55 n, 64 « ; Kath,
vi, 478; Lawr., vi, 444 n, 458,
475 n, 491, 509 n, 521, 524, 527,
539 n ; vii, 19 ; Marg., vi, 393 n ;
Mary, vi, 459, 460 n, 514 n ;
Nic . (de), vi, 438 n, 457, 458,
475 n, 481 n, 509 ; Peregrine E.,
vi, 362, 454, 460, 467 n ; Ralph
S., vi, 461 « ; Sir Rich., vi, 255,
450 472 n, 477 n, 489 n, 510 n,
539 n ; Rich, (de), vi, 121 «,
380 n, 410 n, 429 w, 457, 458,

459, 460, 461, 471, 472, 474,
475 n, 481 n, 493 n, 504 n, 508,
509, 511, 5iin, 512 n, 539 n,
540; vii, 47 n, 55 n, 64 n, 66 M,
193 », 325 «, 326 «, 328 M ; Rich.
H., vi, 460 n ; Rob. (de), vi, 17 n,
339 n, 468 ; vii, 3 ; Thos., vi,

460 «, 528 « ; Walt, de, vi, 457 n ;
Will, (de), vi, 196, 457, 460 n,

461 ; — , vi, 508; fam., vi, 178,
411, 422, 470 ; see also Townley

Towneley Art Collection, vi, 460
Towneley Hall (Habergham Eaves),

vi, 450, 453, 454, 461-3
Townend, fam., see Townsend
Town End Field (Preston), vii, 79 n
Townfield (Church), vi, 402 n
Town Field (Ribbleton), vii, 106 n
Townhouse (Marsden), vi, 536, 539
Townhouse beck, vi, 540 n •
Town Lane (Whittle-le-Woods), vi,

32 n

Townley (Tonley, Touneley, Toun-
lay, Tounley, Tunley), Abra., vii,
56, 56 n ; Ad. de, vi, 180 n ; Agnes,
vi, 546 n ; Alice, vi, 398, 399 n,
547 n ; vii, 56 n ; Anne, vi, 25,
446*1, 528 n, 547 n ; vii, 44 n,
56 n, 193 «, 322 n ; Barnard, vi,
43 ; Bern., vi, 446 n ; Blanche, vi,
446 n ; Chas., vi, 449, 546 n ;
Rev. Edm., vi, 446 n, 450, 453,

Townley (cont.)

516; Edm., vi, 88 n, 411, 445,
446, 452, 469, 471, 524 M, 528,
539 n, 549 >' Ellen, vi, 401 n,
477 n, 547 n > Emma 'de, vi,
180 n ; Helen, vi, 538 n ; Hen.,
vi, 170 w, 176 n, 419, 481 «,
524, 544 «, 547 ; vii, 44 n, 49 n,
55 n> S6, 56 n, 58, 193 n ; Isabel,
vi, 444 M, 446 n, 447, 471, 521,

543 n ; Jane, vi, 547 n ; vii, 56 ;
Janet, vi, 544 ; vii, 56 n ; Joan,
vii, 56 n ; Sir John, vi, 447 n ;
John, vi, 446 n, 447 n, 451 n,
453, 547 «; vii, 55; Kath., vi,
446 *», 447, 547 « : vn, 56 n ;
Lawr., vi, 170 n, 447*1, 474 n,
477*1, 481, 48in, 529, 533,
535 «, 538 n, 540, 543, 544,

544 n, 547 ; vn, 193 n ; Lettice,
vi, 510 n ; Lucy, vi, 547 n ;
Marg., vi, 250, 445, 446, 481 n,
543, 547, 547 » : vii, 56 « ;
Martha, vi, 547 n ; Miles, vi,
469 w ; Nich., vi, 401 n, 419,

445, 446, 446 «, 447, 447 «,
453, 469 n, 471, 483, 490, 510 n,
521, 528, 529, 539 n ; Sir Rich.,
vi, 447, 451 ; Rich, (de), vi, 170 n,
231, 250, 330*1, 398, 401 M,

445, 447, 447 M, 449, 453, 4Sl,
528, 547; vii, 37, 49 n, 56, 56*1,
58, 59 n, 193 n ; Rob., vi, 446,
481 n, 546 n, 547 n ; vii, 43 n,
49 «, 55 n '. Sarah, vi, 483, 490 ;
Thos., vi, 25, 446 «, 451 n, 452,
481 n, 490 n, 521, 524; vii,
322 n ; Thos. T. P., vi, 25 ;
Will, de, vi, 176 » ; Mrs., vi, 547 ;
- — , vi, 512 n, 524*1; vii, 196 n ;
fam., vi, 380*1, 436, 532; vii,
194 n ; see also Towneley

Townley-Parker, Rob., vi, 446 ;
Susannah, vi, 207 n ; Thos., vi,
25 ; T., vi, 207

Townsend (Attownend, Attown-
send, Townend), Ann, vi, 378 « ;
Hen., vii, 99 n ; Jas., vii, 166 ;
Rob., vii, 99 n ; Will., vii, 166 « ;
Mrs., vi, 379

Townsteadfield (Altham), vi, 413 n

Townwall Bank (Padiham), vi,

493

Townworth (Billington), vi, 332

Trafford, Anne, vi, 94 ; vii. 333 n ;
Sir Cecil, vi, 94 ; Sir Edm., vi,
122 « ; vii, 236 ; Edm., vi, 94 n ;
Hen. de, vi, 178, 328 n ; Humph.,
vi, 94 ; vii, 333 n, 335 n ; John,
vi, 72, 73, 91, 94, 96, 96 n, 272,
272 n ; vii, 50 n, 333 « ; John
R. de, vi, 72, 93, 94 ; Kath., vi,
94 ; vii, 333 n ; Lucy de, vi, 178 ;
Rich., vi, 94, 272 n ; vii, 50 «;
Sigismund C. de, vi, 95, 97 ;
Thos. (de), vi, 94, 201 n ; Sir
Thos. J. de, vi, 94

Tranehole, see Trunnah

Trappes, Cath., vi, 20 n ; Rev.
Fran., vii, 36 ; Thos. B., vi, 341,
419 n

Trappes-Lomax, Helen, vi, 341,
419 ; R., vi, 419 n

Trathorne, the (Elswick), vii, 284 n

Travers, Alex., vii, 308 ; Alice (de),
vii, 180 n, 233, 254 », 283*1,
308 ; Aline, vii, 133 n, 309 n ;
Cecily, vii, 181 w, 189 n, 308*1;
Edm., vii, 309 ; Eleanor, vii,
309 ; Grace, vii, 106 « ; Joan,
vii, 309 n ; John (de), vi, 159,
161 ; vii, 106 n, 127 n, 133 n,
139 «, 254 w, 308, 309; Kath.,
vii, 309 ; Laur. (Lawr.), vi, 71 n ;
vii, 10671, n6n, 133 n, 137 n,

423

Travers (cont.)

233 «, 254 n, 308, 309 : Marg.,
vii, 308 «, 309 ; Orm., vii, 283 ;
Rich., vii, 106 n, 133 n, 233 n,
272 «, 309 ; Rob., vii, 309 ; Rog.,
vii, 133 n, 233, 309; Thos., vi,
71 n ; vii, 106, 133 », 137 n,
181 n, 189 n, 198 n, 233, 234 n,
254 n, 283 n, 284, 308, 309 ;
Will, (de), vii, 106 «, 180 n,
181 «, 233 «, 234 n, 309 ; — , vii,
283 ; fam., vii, 98 «, 107 n
Trawden, vi, 23311, 349, 361 n,
522, 525, 528, 528 n, 530 n, 536,
538 n, 539 n, 546, 548'52 ; chap.,
vi, 552 ; ch., vi, 552 ; coal mines,
vi, 523 n, 548, 551 ; cotton
manuf., vi, 548 ; cross, vi, 548,
551 ; mill, vi, 551 ; Nonconf., vi,
552

Trawden, brook, vi, 548, 551, 552
Trawden Chase, see Trawden Forest
Trawden Ditch (Colne), vi, 524 n
Trawden Forest, vi, 232, 349, 434,

524, 529, 547, 548, 55i, 552 n
Trawden Water, see Trawden,

brook

Trayley, Thos., vii, 41
Treales (Treales, Roseacre and

Wharles), vii, 143, 143 n, 144,

144*1, 146*1, 149, 150, 176 n,

177, 178-9 ; coins, vii, 179 ; ch.,

vii, 179 ; man., vii, 178 ; sch.,

vii, 150 n
Treales, Lewe de, vii, 179 ; Rain-

kell de, vii, 180 n ; Rob. de, vii,

173 n, 180 n
Trefeld, see Threlfall
Tremouille, Charlotte de la, vii,

27 n

Trenaker, see Tarnacre
Trepcroft (Worthington), vi, 222 n
Tresal, Ellen de, vii, 301 n ; Rich.

de, vii, 301 n
Treueles, see Treales
Trewman, see Trueman
Trigg (Trigge), Ad., vi, 208 n ;

Agnes, vi, 208 n ; Rich., vi,

136 n, 143 n ; Thos., vi, 140
Trigg Hall (Chorley), vi, 135, 143
Trimlands (Poulton), vii, 226 n
Tristram, Jos., vii, 13
Trochdene, see Trawden
Troghsykes (Cliviger), vi, 485 n
Troudene, see Trawden
Trout, Janet, vii, 196 n ; Will., vii,

196 n
Troutbeck, Eliz., vi, 39 n ; John,

vii, 88 « ; Sir Will., vi, 39 n ;

Will., vii, 147 n
Trower, P. B., vii, 117
True, John, vi, 439
Trueman (Trewman), Chris., vi,

526, 530 ; Rob., vi, 530
Trunnah (Trunna) (Thornton), vii,

232, 234 «, 248 «, 308
Trussell, John, vi, 104 n, 151*1;

vii, 281 w, 287*1; Pernell, vi,

104 n, 151 n ; vii, 287*1; Petro-

nilla, vii, 281 n

Tuacr'gate (Padiham), vi, 493 n
Tulketh (Ashton), vii, 93 w, 129,

132 n, 133, 308, 309
Tulketh, Margery de, vii, 160 « ;

Rich, de, vii, 160 n
Tulketh Bank (Broughton), vii,

120 n

Tunercrook (Colne), vi, 525 n
Tunges (Preesall), vii, 259 n
Tunley (Wrightington), vi, 169, 176
Tunley, brook, vi, 176
Tunley, fam., see Towneley and

Townley
Tunley Farm (Wrightington), vi,

177

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Tunnison, John, vii, 272 n ; Rog.,
vii, 272 n

Tunstall, vi, 233 n

Tunstall, Ad. de, vi, 203 n ; Alice
(de), vi, 97 n, 201 n, 259 n ;
Cecily de, vi, 164 n ; Cuth., bp.,
vi, 160 n ; Fran., vii, 259 n ;
Hen. de, vi, 164 n ; vii, 212 n ;
Jas., vi, 178 ; Joan de, vi, 164 n ;
vii, 212 n ; Marg. de, vi, 164 n ;
Sir Marmaduke, vi, 292 » ; vii,
257 n, 258 n, 259 ; Nich. de,
vi, 171 « ; Ralph de, vi, 87,
97 n, 159, 164 n ; Rog. de, vi,
97 n, 164 n, 165 n ; Thos. de, vi,
97 n, 164 n, 165 n ; vii, 85 ; Will
de, vi, 170 n ; vii, 212 n ; see also
Tunstill

Tunstead, vi, 27 n, 233 n

Tunstead (Bacup), vi, 437, 438,

439 n

Tunstead, the (Elswick), vii, 284 n
Tunstead (Longton), vi, 71 «
Tunstead (Upper Rawcliffe), vii,

271 n

Tunstead, Old (Hapton), vi, 509
Tunsteads (Barton), vii, 127
Tunstede, see Tunstead
Tunstill, Harry, vi, 491, 492, 521,

522, 540, 543 ; Rob., vi, 492 ;

Will., vi, 543 ; see also Tunstall
Tunworth (Whalley), vi, 382 n
Tupholme (Reedley Hallows), vi,

491

Turf Moor (Burnley), vi, 443 »
Turley Moor (Worthington) , vi,

223 n

Turmurfurlong (Elswick), vii, 284 n
Turnbuthsyke (Hutton), vi, 68 n
Turncroft (Church), vi, 402 n
Turncroft (Over Darwen), ch., vi,

275
Turne Law (Over Darwen), vi,

272 n

Turner, Alice, vi, 400 n ; Anne, vi,
100 n ; vii, 264 n ; Chris., vii,
283 n ; Edm., vii, 204 n ; Edw.,
vii, 283 n, 296 n ; Fran., vii, 200 n;
Geo., vii, 128 n ; Jas., vi, 237 n,
431 ; John, vi, 48 n, 533, 534 ;
vii, 104 n, 284 n ; Jos. K., vii,
255 ; J. M. W., vii, 9 n ; Marg.,
vi, 48 n, 237 n ; Mary, vi, 77 n ;
Matth., vi, 100 n ; Nich., vii,
199 n ; Rich., vii, 103 n ; Rob.
(the), vi, 100 », 128, 140 n, 284 n,
400 n ; Thos., vi, 100 n ; vii, 224,
283 n ; Will., bp., vii, 44 n ; Will.,
vi, 77 n ; vii, 35 n, 80, 283 n ; — ,
vi, 288, 531 n ; vii, 283
Turnlache, fam., see Turnley
Turnley (Ribchester), vii, 49 n
Turnley (Turnlache), Ad. de, vii,
65 n ; Agnes de, vii, 48 «, 64 n ;
Alice de, vii, 49 n ; Cecily (de),
vii, 48 n, 51 n, 53 n ; Hen. de, vii,
65 n ; Isabel de, vi, 223 n ; John
de, vii, 48 n, 49 n, 51 n, 53 n ;
Mabel de, vii, 65 n ; Margery de,
vii, 65 n ; Rich, de, vii, 48 n,
64 n ; Rob. de, vii, 48 n, 49 «;
Rog. de, vii, 48 n ; Thos. de, vi,
223 n ; Will, de, vii, 65 n ; — ,
vi, 423

Turnmoor (Longton), vi, 71 n
Turnoll, see Trunnah
Turnover Hall (Upper Rawcliffe),

vii, 267, 272

Turnureacres (Longton), vi, 73 n
Turpin, Margery, vi, 512 n ; Will.,

vi, 512 n

Turpin Green (Leyland), vi, 10
Turton, Ad. de, vi, 27 1 n, 279 ;

Nich. de, vi, 279 ; Will., vi, 189
Turnel, see Treales

Turville-Petre, Oswald H. P., vii,

112

Tustehorn Furlong (Freckle ton),
vii, 1 68 »

Tuyseton, see Twiston

Twenge, see Thweng

Twesilton, Twisleton, tnshp., see
Twiston

Twisleton, Ad. de, vi, 559 n ; Alice
de, vi, 559 n ; Hugh de, vi, 559,
559 n ; John de, vi, 559 ; Pet. de,
vi, 559 n ; Rob. de, vi, 559 n ;
Walt, de, vi, 559 n ; — , vi, 524 n

Twiston, vi, 232 n, 233 n, 349,
356 n, 375 n, 528 n, 539 n, 552,
555 n, 556, 558-60 ; chap., vi,
560 ; man., vi, 232, 558 ; mill.,
vi, 559 n

Twiston Moor, vi, 558, 559

Twynehoe, Etheldreda, vii, 258 ;
Will., vii, 258

Twyselton, Twysilton, tnshp., see
Twiston

Twythelis (Charnock), vi, 207 n

Tyas, Jas., vi, 496

Tyddy-clogh (Eccleshill), vi, 279 n

Tyldesley, vi, 500 n

Tyldesley (Tildesley), Ad. de, vi,

194 n, 225 n, 228 n ; Agatha, vii,
242 n ; Anne, vi, 271 n, 306 ; vii,
I39n> 3I7n> Cuth., vi, 367;
vii, 329 n ; Edm., vii, 140 n ;
Edw., vi, 271 ; vii, 31 n, 34 n,
35 w, 119 n, 134 M, 139, 140,
196 M, 208 M, 242 n, 271, 317 «,
327 n, 332 n ; Eliz., abbess, vii,
139 n; Eliz., vii, 139 n, 140 n ;
Ellen, vi, 321 ; Frances, Lady, vi,
i6«; Gabriel, vii, 190 n ; Hen.
de, vi, 48 », 225 «, 228 n ; Hugh
de, vi, 228 n ; Isabel, vi, 337 ;
Jas., vii, 140 ; Jane, vii, 332 n ;
John, vi, 337 ; vii, 75 n ; Marg.
de, vi, 194 .n ; Margery (de), vi,
225 n ; vii, 329 n ; Mary, vi,

195 n ', vii, 278 n, 332 n ; Rich.,
vii, 332 n ; Sir Thos., vi, 241 n,
306, 321 n, 432 n ; vii, 138, 140 n,
141 n, 222 n, 264 n ; Thos. (de),
vi, 21 n, 321, 322 n ; vii, 139,
r39w, 140, i6o«, 197, 213 n, 242 n ;
Thurstan (de), vi, 21 n, 195 n ;
vii, 139 n, 160 n, 319 n, 327 n,
332 n

Tynde Oak Lea (Towneley), vi,

459 n
Tyndihevid, Rich, de la, vi, 253 n,

256 n

Tyndour, Will., vii, 223
Tynedgreve (Eccleston), vi, 163 n
Tynuldefeld (Gt. Harwood), vi, 339
Tyrel, see Tyrrell
Tyrer, — , vi, 90 n
Tyrrell (Tyrel), Ad. de, vii, 100 n ;

Sir John, vi, 180 ; Mary, vi, 180 n;

Will, de, vii, 100 n ; — , Lady, vi,

178

Uchtrede's Greave (Salesbury), vi,
252

Uckemons riddings (Alston with
Hothersall), vii, 64 n

Uctred (Ughtred), vi, 314 «, 499 n,
538 n ; vii, 63 «, 65 n, 126 n,
131 n, 134, 160 n, 325 n ; clerk of
Whalley, vi, 239 n ; rector of
Brindle, vi, 79 ; the smith, vii,
273 n

Uctredsgate (Fulwood), vii, 137 M

Ugden, man., vi, 233 n

Uggenhale, see Ugnall

Ughtred, see Uctred

Ugnall (Uggenhale), Agnes (de), vi,
135, 228 n ; Andr., vi, 229 ; Hen.

424

Ugnall (cont.)

de, vi, 135, 165 n, 228 n ; John

de, vi, 225 n ; Rob., vi, 182 n,

228 n ; Rog., vi, 228 n ; Thos. de,

vi, 228 n
Ulbas, Ad. de, vi, 16 n, 27 n ; John

de, vi, 16 n ; Will, de, vi, 27 n
Uld, vi, 314
Ulf (Ulfy), vi, 68 n ; vii, 52 n, 283 n,

284 »
Ulf, Isolda, vii, 315 « ; Rich., vii,

315 n

Ulfkil (Ulkelf), vi, 105 n, 252
Ulfneswalton, see Ulnes Walton
Ulfy, see Ulf
Ulkelf, see Ulfkil
Ulkrigge Meadow (Pilling), vii,

333 n, 334
Ulnes Walton, vi, 58 n, 81, 86 n,

108-11 ; vii, 160 n ; char., vi, 90,

91 ; crosses, vi, 108 ; man., vi>

ii n, 13 n, 61 n, 108 ; Rom. coins,

vi, 108

Ulnes Walton, fam., see Walton
Ulrick Meadow, see Ulkrigge
Ulues Walton, see Ulnes Walton
Ulvedene (Hulton), chap., vi, 69
Ulverston, Austin de, vi, 67 ; Wald-

eve de, vi, 67
Ulvesbooths, Jordan, vii, 58 n ;

Rich, de, vii, 58 n ; Thos. de, vii,

58 n
Ulvesbothe Furlong (Freckleton) ,

vii, 1 68 n

Ulvesty (Bleasdale), vii, 141 «
Ulveswalton, see Ulnes Walton
Underbank (Bacup), vi, 441
Underbill, — , vi, 463 n
Unitarians, vi, 248, 299, 427, 436,

441, 452, 496, 536 ; vii, 103, 104,

251

Untley, see Hunteleye

Unton, Ellen, vi, 216 »; Rob., vi,
216 n

Upholland Priory, vi, 101 n

Uplitherland, man., vii, 129

Up Ratcliffe, Uproutheclyve, see
Rawcliffe, Upper

Upton, see Hapton

Urchinsnape, Gt. (Shevington), vi,
200 n

Urmston, Agnes, vi, 174 n ; Gilb.,
vi, 174 n ; Will., vii, 75

Urswick, vii, 154 n, 155 n

Urswick, Ad. de, vii, 268 n, 269 w ;
Ellen (Helen) (de), vi, 33 n, 93 n,
101 », 154 n ; vii, 266 «, 269,
324 n ; Isabel, vii, 269 n ; Joan
(de), vii, 269 ; John (de), vii,
269 n, 324 » ; Kath., vii, 269 n,
331 n ; Marg. de, vi, 315 n ; vii,

268, 269 ; Sir Rob. (de), vi, 33 n,
305 n ; vii, 269, 270 ; Rob. de,
vi, 101 n, 154 n, 315 n ; vii, 268,

269, 278 n ; Sarah de, vii, 268 n ;
Thos. (de), vi, 93 n ; vii, 137 n,
265 n, 266, 269, 270 n, 324 n

Urton, see Durton

Usherwood, John, vi, 268 n ; Rog.,

vi, 268 » ; Will., vi, 268 n
Uttingesone, Thos., vii, 131 n
Uttingland (Staynall), vii, 252 n
Uttley, Rev. John, vi, 435
Uvieth, vi, 537 ; vii, 217

Val, Hugh de la, vi, 356, 450, 534
Vale, the (Shevington), vi, 199
Valence, Will, of Savoy, bp. of,

vii, 264 n

Valence, Aymer, vii, 146
Valentine, John, vii, 309 n
Vale Royal Abbey (Chesh.), vii,

145, 151, 152 w, 201, 210 n;

INDEX

Vale Royal Abbey (cont.)

abbots of, vii, 145, 158, 158 n,

162, 184 n
Valoines, Geoff, de, vii, 238 «;

Phil, de, vii, 238 n
Varley, Pet., vi, 519 » ; Rich., vi,

5I9, 531 n • Rob., vi, 519 ; Thos.,

vi, 517 n, 518 «, 519; Will., vi,

519

Vasey, Eliz., vii, 300 ; see also Vescy
Vaudrey, Rev. Will., vi, 299
Vaughan, Geo., vi, 528 n
Vavasour, Isabel, vii, 269 «, 332 n ;

Thos., vii, 103 « ; Sir Walt., vii,

67 n ; Will., vii, 269 n, 332 n
Veale, Ant., vii, 241 n ; Dorothy,

vii, 249 n, 250 ; Edw., vii, 249 n ;

Ellen, vii, 249 n ; John, vii, 249 n,

250 ; Sarah, vii, 249 n ; fam., vii,

231 n, 245

Veer, Rob. de, see Oxford, earl of
Veevers, Ellen, v, 457 n ; Thos., vi,

457 »
Venables, Hugh de, vi, 76 ; Isabel,

vii, 198 ; John de, vii, 162 « ;

Kath. de, vi, 76 ; Ralph, vii,

198 ; Rich., vii, 83 «
Vendkarhey (Cuerden), vi, 24 «
Venus, transit of, vi, 149
Vere, Philippa de, see Oxford, ctss.

of ; Rob. de, see Oxford, earl of
Verious, Ad., vii, 269 »
Vernon, Rich, de, vi, 301 ; Will, de,

vii, 134 n

Vertue, Rev. John, bp., vii, 12
Vescy, Hen. de, vi, 208 n ; John de,

vi, 208 n ; Will, de, vi, 538 ; see

also Vasey

Veu Viver (Thornley with Wheat-
ley), vii, 34 n
Veysey, John, bp. of Exeter, vii,

42 n
Victoria Hospital (Blackpool), vii,

246

Viepens (Colne), vi, 534 n
Vilers, Beatrice de, vi, 150 « ; Pain

de, vi, 112, 149 ; Rob. de, vi, 149,

150 ; Thos. de, vi, 149 ; Warine

de, vi, 150 », 151 ; Will, de, vi,

149
Vipont (Vipan), Edw., vi, 470 ;

Eliz., vi, 470 ; John, vi, 470, 473
Vivary (Vivers), the (Colne), vi,

522 n, 528

Vivary Bridge (Colne), vi, 522, 530
Vivian, vii, 54 «
Vyners close (Mearley), vi, 376 »

Waberthwaite, man. (Cumbs.), vii,
269 n, 270 n

Waddington (Wadington, Wadyng-
ton), Alex., vi, 216; Alice, vi,
429 « ; Edm., vi, 425 ; Edw., vi,
332 n ; Eliz., vi, 394 n ; Ellen,
vi, 355 n ; Ellis de, vi, 366 n ;
Geo., vi, 429 n ; Hen. de, vi, 366 n ;
Isabel de, vi, 366 n ; Jane, vi,
216 n ; Rev. J. B., vi, 371 n ;
Lawr., vi, 216 », 299 ; Marg.,
vii, inn; Pet. (Piers), vi, 272 n,
277 n, 410 n ; Ralph, vi, 288 n,
410 n ; Rich., vi, 354, 387, 388 «,
558 ; Rob., vi, 278 «, 366 n, 367,
429 n, 431 n ; vii, 18, HIM;
Sarah de, vi, 556 n ; Thos., vi,
332 n, 366 n ; Walt, de, vi, 366 n,
553 «, 556 n; Will, (de), vi,
272 «, 494 n, 552 n ; Will. A.,
vi, 443 ; fam., vi, 374 n

Wade, Ant., vi, 492 ; John, vi,
468 n ; Susan, vi, 154 n ; Thos.,
vi, 154 n ; Will., vi, 486 n

Wadebridge (Lea), vii, 129 «

Wadebridgegate (Lea), vii, 129 n
Wadebridgeholme (Lea), vii, 130 n
Wadebridge Meadow (Lea), vii,

130 n

Wadenmye (Longton), vi, 71 n
Waderode (Cliviger), vi, 480 n
Wadeson, Thos., vi, 181
Wadfurlong, the (Elswick), vii,

284 n

Wadington, see Waddington
Wadischegreves (Leyland), vi, 58 n
Wadsworth, Hugh, vii, 138 «; Jos.,

vii, 293 n, 332 ; Rob., vii, 138 n ;

fam., vii, 126

Wadyngton, see Waddington
Wagging Birch (Salwick), vii, 163 n
Waingate (Parbold), vi, 180 n
Wainhouse, Rich., vi, 529
Wainwright, Cecily de, vi, 256 ;

Chas., vi, 7 ; Christiana, vii, 30 n ;

Mary, vi, 19 n ; Thos., vii, 265 ;

Will, (de, the), vi, 19 n, non,

164 n, 256 ; vii, 30 n
Waithman, John W., vii, 335
Wakefield (Yorks.), vi, 314 n, 316 n,

453 «

Wakefield, Will, de, vii, 41

Waker, Ad. de, vi, 374 « ; Douce
de, vi, 374 n

Wakeresale, see Whackersall

Wakering, John, vi, 87 n

Walbanck, Walbank, see Wallbank

Waldemuskar (Longton), vi, 71 n

Waldeve, Eve, vii, 170 n ; Rich.,
vii, 1 70 n

Walelega, see Whalley

Waleton, Waleton in le Dale, see
Walton-le-Dale

Waleys (Waley), Ad. de, vii, 127 n ;
Agnes le, vii, 249 n ; Alan le, vi,
151 « ; Geoff, le, vii, 29 n ; Hen.
le, vi, 1 88, 190, 223 n ; Iseult de,
vii, 127 n ; Joan le, vii, 125 n ;
John le, vi, 188 n, 203 n, 223 n ;
Maurice le, vi, 151 n ; Rich, le,
vi, 150 n, 151, 190, 203 ; vii,
29 n ; Rob. le, vi, 150 n, 151;
Rog. le, vii, 249 n ; Sim. le, vi,
188 n, 190 n ; Thos. le, vi, 190 n,
193 n ; vii, 125 n ; see also Walsh
and Welsh

Walgate, see Wallgate

Walgrave, John, vi, 557

Walgrefe Close (Claughton), vii,
327 n

Walhill, Walhull, see Wallhill

Walkandfot (Waltandefot, Wittan-
defot), Ad., vii, 16 n, 17 n

Walkden, Geoff., vi, 217 «, 283;
Pet., vi, 278 n ; vii, 32 ; Thos.,
vi, 217 n, 229 ; — , vi, 404 n ; vii,

245

Walker, Cath., vi, 539 n ; Hen., vi,
128 n ; vii, 332 n ; Jas., vii, 332 n ;
John de, vi, 134 n, 534 n ; Matth.
the, vi, 528 n; Mich, the, vi, 528 « ;
Nich., vi, 528 n ; Rob., vi, 528 «,
545 n ; vii, 196 n ; Rog. the, vi,
539 n ; Syrith de, vi, 134 n ;
Thos., vi, 161, 181 ; Rev. Thos.
W., vi, 415 ; Will., vi, 6, 80, 358 ;
vii, 152 ; Will. M., vii, 104 n ;
— , vi, 524 n

Walkerfield (Colne), vi, 525 n, 527 «
Walker Fold (Chaigley), vii, 19
Walkerholme (Garstang), vii, 314 n
Walkerscroft (Bispham), vi, 101 n
Walk Mill (Cliviger), vi, 479
Wall (Walles, Wallis), Ann (Anne),
vii, 102 n, 2ii n ; Ant., vii, 98 n,
101 «, 102 n, 126 n, 211 ; Edm.,
vii, 34 n ; Eliz., vii, 102 « ; Evan
(Ewan), vii, 101 n, 102 n, 123,
318 n ; Jas., vii, 102 n ; Kath.,
vii, 135 n ; Lawr., vii, 56 «, 74,

425

Wall (cont.}

101 n, 102 n ; Marg., vii, 56 n,

102 n, 126 n ; Thos., vii, 74, 85,
86, 87 n, 98 n, 101 n ; Will., vi,
log n, 160, 161, 164 n, 173 n,
180 «, 299 ; vii, 87 n, 101 n, 102 n,
126 n, 2ii n ; — , vii, 76

Walland (Worsthorne), vi, 477 n
Wallay, see Whalley
Wallbank (Church), vi, 400 n, 402 n
Wallbank (Walbanck, Walbank),
Ad. de, vi, 241, 402 n, 403 « ;
Alice de, vi, 402 n ; Anabil de, vi,
121 n ; Beatrice de, vi, 402 n ;
Ellen de, vi, 402 n ; Hen. de, vi,
402 n ; John de, vi, 121 n, 347 n ;
Rich, de, vi, 402 n ; Thos., vi,
38in; vii, 26 «; Will, del (de),
vi, 400 «, 402 n

Wall Banks (Ribbleton), vii, 106 n
Wallcroft (Langtree), vi, 197 n
Wallcroft (Wheelton), vi, 49 «
Wallebi, see Whalley
Walleclough (Clayton le Moors), vi,

418 n

Wallega, Wallei, see Whalley
Waller, Will., vi, 160 n ; W., vi,

432 ; — , vii, 217
Waller tenement (Chipping), vii,

26 n

Walles (Wallis), Will., see Wall
Walleschaw (Cuerden), vi, 26 n
Wallesheved (Eccleshill), vi, 279 n
Wallesike (Eccleshill), vi, 279 n
Walley, Walleye, see Whalley
Wallfield (Parbold), vi, i8o«
Wallfurlong (Kellamergh). vii, 160 w,

171 «

Wallgate (Cuerden), vi, 24 n, 26 n
Wallgate (Stagnall), vii, 252 n
Wallgreen (Padiham), vi, 493
Wallhill (Walhill, Walhull, Wall-
hull), Alice de, vi, 219 n ; Hen.
de, vi, 207 «, 2i9«; John (de),
vi, 207 n ; Marg. de, vi, 207 « ;
Rich, de, vi, 223 « ; Rob. de, vi,
207 w, 219 n; vii, 297 n; Thos.
(de), vi, 207 «, 223 n
Wallshaw Dean Head (Trawden),

vi, 552

Wallshawsykes (Cuerden), vi, 26*1
Wallstreams (Worsthorne), vi,

477 n, 485 n

Wallsyke (Billington) , vi, 330 n
Wallwork, Rev. John, vi, 452
Walmer Bridge (Little Hoole), vi,

69, 153, 154

Walmsley (Walmerlegh, Walmers-
ley, Walmesley, Walmesleye),
Alex., vii, 49 n ; Alice de, vii,
49 n ; Anne, Lady, vi, 499 n ;
Anne, vi, 294, 329, 421 ; Barth.,
vi, 334 «, 422 ; Benj., vi, 404 ;
Cath., vi, 422 ; Chas., vi, 192,
421 ; Chris., vi, 285 n ', vii, 329 n ;
Edw., vi, 35 n, 77 n, 294, 421 n ;
vii, 50 ; Eleanor, vi, 421 ; Eliz.,
vi, 311 n, 378, 378 n, 392 w,
491 n ; vii, 28 n, 49 n, 102 n,
174 n ; Ellen, vi, 35 n, 77 n,
250 ; vii, 121 n ; Frances, vi, 294 ;
Fran., vi, 422 ; Geo., vi, 8, 404,
425 n ; Gerard, vi, 77 n ; Helen,
vi, 392 n ; Hen., vi, 421 n ; vii,
13, 115, 115 n ; Herman, vii, 13 ;
Hugh, vi, 237 « ; Isabel, vi,
392 n ; Jas., vi, 263 «, 274,
280 n, 415, 425, 447 ; vii, 27 n ;
Jane, vi, 256 n ; John, vi, 192,
366 «, 421 n, 435 ; vii, 53 «, 60 n,
115 n ; Juliana (Julian), vi, 172 n,
421, 422; Leonard, vii, 49 n ;
Marg., vi, 421 ; vii, 49 n ; Mary,
vi, 421 ; Matth., vi, 311 n ; Nich.,
vi, 297 n, 421 n ', vii, 29 n, 49 n,

54

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Walmsley (cont.)

102 n ; Ralph, vi, 282, 282 n,
283 », 425 n i Rev. Rich., vi,
435 n ; Rich., vi, 51, 172 n, 237,
259, 260, 282, 310, 346, 378 n,
403, 420 », 421, 422, 423; vii,
41 «, 49 », 51 n, 59 n, 60 n,
115 n, n6n; Rob., vi, 256 n,
378 n, 392, 395, 421 n; vii, 49 n,
50, 329 «; Rog. (de), vi, 256 n,
552 n ; vii, 49 n ; Rosamond, vi,
294 ; Sir Thos., vi, 243 «, 250,
259, 278, 282, 304, 329, 332, 346,
347 n> 392 n, 401 n, 421, 422,
499 n ; vii, 49 n, 92 n, 108 n,
114; Thos., vi, 35 n, 77 », 213,
259, 282 w, 294, 306, 310, 311 n,
347, 366 «, 367*1, 378 n, 389 n,

39i n, 392> 4O1 **, 4IQw> 411 w>
420, 421, 422, 425 n, 491 n ;
vii, 49 n, 58 n, 106 n, 114, 115 n,
I74«, 293*1, 329 n, 330, 332;
Thos. G., vi, 259 ; vii, 44 n ;
Sir Will., vi, 328 ; Will., vi, 237,
282, 282 n, 283, 283 «, 311;
vii, 63 n, 76 », 329 » ; bp., vii,
81 ; judge, vi, 287 «, 340, 444 n ;
— , vi, 513 n ; vii, 51 ; fam., vi,
398

Walmesley Fold (Lower Darwen),
vi, 421 n

Walne, see Wawne

Walpole, Sir Edw., vii, 312 ;
Edw., vii, 311

Walse Wytill, see Welch Whittle

Walsh, Edw., vi, 241, 322 n ; Eliz.,
vi, 322 n ; Hen., vii, 250 n ; John,
vii, 216 », 250 n ; Rich, le, vii,
33 n ; Rob., le, vii, 33 n; Rog.,
vi, 272 «; Will, (le), vi, 272 n ;
vii, 33 « ; fam., vi, 203 ; see also
Waleys and Welsh

Walsham, Rob., vii, 82 ; fam., vi,

354

Walshaw (Briercliffe) , vi, 469, 552

Walshaw (Wolleshagh), Ad. de,
vi, 469, 470 n ; Alice, vi, 469 n ;
Ellis de, vi, 469 ; John, vi, 469 n ;
Rob., vi, 469 n

Walshe Quithill, Walshe Whyt-
hille, see Welch Whittle

Walshman, see Welchman

Walsingham, Sir Fran., vi, 368

Walsley, see Wastley

Walsoken Hospital (Norf.), vi,
378 »

Walstreams, see Wallstreams

Waltandefot, see Walkandfot

Walter (Gualter), vi, 480 n; vii,
161 n, 172%, 175*1; abbot of
Evesham, vi, 65 n ; archbp., vii,
333 n; the chaplain, vi, 451 n,
457, 480 n, 485 n ; vii, 59 n ; the
demand, vi, 117

Walter (Gaiter, Gaulter, Gualter),
Alice, vii, 179 ; Geo., vii, 250 n ;
Hervey (Harvey), vii, 156 n,
179, 240, 273, 333 n ; Lawr.,
vii, 204 ; Mary, vi, 378 n ;
Maud, vii, 333 n ; Nich., vi,
200 » ; Rob., vii, 250 « ; Theo-
bald, vi, 303 ; vii, 69, 83, 84,
105 «, 117, 132 n, 145, 154,
156 n, i6in, 176, 178%, 179,
179 n, 222, 233, 234, 235 n,
238 n, 241 n, 254 n, 263, 273,
333 ; Thos., vii, 241 ; Walt., vii,
88 n ; Will., vi, 378 n ; vii, 266

Waltercroft (Cliviger), vi, 481 »

Walthall, Pet., vi, 80

Waltheof, vii, 63 n, 132 n

Walton, Higher (Walton-le-Dale),
vi, 289 ; ch., vi, 300

Walton, Little (Walton-le-Dale),
vi, 294

Walton (Ulnes Walton, Walton-
in-le-Dale), Sir Ad. de, vi,
14 n ; Ad. de, vi, n n, i6«,

108, 109, now, 150, 150 n,
151 n, 163 n, 164 n, 166 n ; vii,
179 n, 249 n ; Agnes (de), vi,

109 n, non, 164 n, 538 n ; vii,
101 n, no n, 133 n, 272 n, 288 n ;
Alice de, vii, 101 n, 179 n, 249 n ;
Allota de, vi, 291 n ; Amb., vi,
4r3> 536, 540, 545 n ; Ameria de,
vi, 291 n ; Anne, vi, 539 n ; vii,
101 n, 102 n, 120 w, 309 n ;
Avice de, vi, 69 n, 164 n ;
Banastre, vi, 413 ; Brian, bp.,
vi, 86 ; Cecily de, vi, n n ; Chris,
(de), vi, 74, 90, 151 n, 295,

538 n ; Dolphin de, vi, non;
Dorothy, vi, 295 n ; Eliz., vi,

294, 545 n ; vii, 120 n, 309 n ;
Ellen, vi, 545 n ; vii, 79 n,
101 n ; Emma de, vi, 109 n,
294 ; Esther, vi, 216 «; Geoff,
de, vi, n n, 24 », 291*1, 294,
298 n, 526 n ; vii, 101 n, 328 n ;
Geo., vii, 74, 101 n ; Grace, vii,

101 n ; Hen. (Harry) (de, of),
vi, 14 », 26 «, now, 149, 151 n,
291 n, 294, 299 n, 369 n, 413,
447 n, 468 n, 538, 538 n, 539,
54°, 545 « ,' vii, 84, 85, 101 «,
now, 133 n, 229 n ; Isabel, vii,
200 « ; Jas. (de), vi, 23 «, 109 n,
117 *z, 164 », 216 *t, 274*1, 294,

295, 438, 481 n, 525, 526 n, 538 n,

539 n ; vii, 75, 79 n, 98 n, 101 «,

102 n, 106 n, 120 n ; Jane, vi,
294 ; Jankin of, vi, 299 n ; Joan
(de), vi, 109 n, 294, 543 ; vii,
101 n ; John (Johan) (de), vi, 7,
n n, 12 n, 24 n, 26 », 67 n,

73 », 74, 90 n, 92 «, 93 n, log n,
151 n, 291, 291 », 293 n, 294,
294 n, 295, 298 n, 299 n, 358,
538 n, 539 n, 542 ; vii, 66 n,
79 », 101 n, 107 n, 133 n, 328 n ;
Kath. de, vi, 163 n ; Mabel,
vi, non; Magota, vii, 85 «;
Marg. (de), vi, 109 n, 135, 151 n,
153 n ; Margery (de), vi, 109 ;
vii, 57 n, 272 n, 288 n ; Mary,
vi, 413 ; Maud de, vi, 93 n, 109 ;
vii, 57 n ; Priscilla, vi, 295 ; vii,
272 n ; Rich, (de), vi, 538 ; vii,
30 n, 85, 101 n, 106 n, 107 n,
116 «, 120 n, 133 n, 212 n, 272 n,
288 n, 331 n; Rich. T. W., vi,
413, 415 n ; Rev. Rich. W.,
vi, 413 ; Rob. de, vi, n n, 14 n,

110 n ; Rog. (de), vi, 135, 174 n ;
Steph. de, vi, 166 n ; Sir Thos.,
vi, 109 », 156 n, 164 n, 488,
519 ; Thos. (de), vi, 14 «, 28 n,

74 n, non, 164 n, 237*1, 294,
295> 520 ; vii, 101 n, 200 n,
272 n, 309 n ; Ulf de, vi, 108 ;
Walt, de, vi, 291 n ; Warine de,
vi, 69 n, 92 «, 108, 109 «, 150 n ,
158 n, 162, 163 n, 295 ; vii,
1 60 « ; Rev. Will., bp., vii, 7 n ;
Will, (de), vi, 9, n n, 24 n,
26 n, 28 n, 67 n, 73, 73 n, 74,

109, iio», 159 «, 163, 163*1,
294, 295, 298 n, 299 n, 525 n ;
vii, 57 **> 66 n, 79 n, 85 «, 101 «,
107 n, 116 n, 162 », 200 n, 212 n,
272 n, 331 n ; — , vi, 151 n, 274,
395 n, 524 n, 545 » ; vii, 98 n ;
fam., vi, 18.

Walton Copp (Walton-le-Dale), vi,

290.
Walton Hall (Walton-le-Dale), vi,

43, 45, 290, 293.
Walton - in - le - Dale, fam., see

Walton

Walton-le-Dale, vi, 24 n, 71 n, 235,
289-300 ; vii, 43 «, 72, 131 ;
adv., vi, 297 ; bridge, vii, 76 ;
char., vi, 300 ; ch., vi, 296 ;
crosses, vi, 290 ; man., vi, 23,
41 n, 260, 291 ; mkts. and fairs]
vi, 291 ; mill, vi, 289, 291, 292 n ;
mock corporation, vi, 290 ;
Nonconf., vi, 41 n, 299 ; Rom.
Cath., vi, 300 ; Rom. rem., vi,
289 ; sch., vi, 300 ; ' Unicorn '
inn, vi, 290

Walton Moss, vi, 289

Walton Spire (Marsden), vi, 537

Walton Summit, vi, 289

Walverden (Briercliffe), vi, 468 n,
524 n ; mill, vi, 524, 540

Walverden Water, vi, 524 n, 536,
54° n

Wamberge (Wambergh), Rich, de,
vi, 87, 159 ; Rob. de, vi, 87 ;
Thos., vii, 139 n

Wang (Clitheroe), vi, 365 n

Wanless (Barrowford), vi, 542, 544,
548

Wanless Water, vi, 522, 526 »

Warbreck (Lay ton with Warbreck),
vii, 247-51

Warbreck, Rich., vii, 250 n ; Thos.,
vii, 250 n

Warburton, Alan de, vii, 313 « ;
Edw. de, vi, 178 n, 179 n ; Sir
Geoff, de, vi, 77 », 179 » ; Geoff,
de, vi, 77 n ; vii, 28 n ; John
(de), vi, 178 n ; vii, 329 n ; Lucy
de, vi, 178 n, ijgn; Marg. de,
vii, 313 n ; Rob. de, vi, 77 n ;
Will, de, vii, 313 n

Warcockelowe (Over Darwen), vi,
272 n

Warcock Hill, see Peacock Hill

Warcock Stone (Colne), vi, 524 n

Ward, Alex., vi, 219 n; Alice, vii,
199 n ; Alina, vii, 65 n ; Anne, vi,
219 n ; Geo., vi, 262 ; Godith,
vii, 172 n ; Grace, vii, 44 n ; Rev.
Hen., vii, 56 n ; Hen., vi, 255,
258, 323, 336, 518 ; Jas., vi, 237 *»,
262 n ; Janet, vii, 56 n ; Jennet,
vii, 44 » ; John, vi, 28 n, 35 n,
121 «, 408 n ; vii, 37 », 50, 172 n,

179 «, 289 n ; Kath., vi, 28 n ;
Mabel, vii, 64 n, 65 n ; Marg., vi,
121 n ; Mary, vi, 35 »; Maud,
vii, 210 w; Rich., vi, i6«; vii,
50 ; Rob. (le), vii, 64 «, 65 n,

245 n, 326 n ; Townley, vii, 44 n ;
Will, (the), vi, 16 n, 263 n, 405 n ;
vii, 27 n, 97 n, igg n, 227 n, 257 n;
Capt. — , vi, 182 ; fam., vi,

246 n

Warden, see Werden

Ward Esebrek, John le, vi, 393 n ;

Will, le, vi, 393 «
Ward Green (Ribchester), vii, 50
Wardle, Nich. de, vi, 362 n
Wardleys (Poulton), vii, 251
Ward's House (Salwick), vii, 165
Warin, Rich., vi, 208 n
Warine, vi, 402 n, 499 n ; vii, 132 n,

180 n

Waring (Wareing, Wering), Alex.,
vii, 198, 253 ; Ellen, vi, 91 n ;
Geo., vi, 167 n ; vii, 213 ; Hen.,
vi, 57 «, 143 n ; vii, 207 n, 213 n ;
Jas., vi, 166, 166 n ; Jas. T., vi,
55 .' Jer-, vii, 206 n ; John, vi,
17 M, 68 n, 182 n, 208 ; vii, 213 n ;
Marg., vii, 253 ; Paul, vi, 299 ;
Rich., vi, 99 n, 167 n ; vii, 71 «,
213 n, 253 n ; Rob., vi, 143 n ;
Rog., vi, 496 n ; vii, 212 n ; Thos.,
vi, 35 n : vii, 44 w, 298 ; Will., vii,
176, 198 n, 206 n, 210 n, 213 «,
288 n ; see also Wearing

426

INDEX

Waringson, Joan, vi, 95 n ; Will.,

vi, 95 «

Warlawes, see Wharles
Warlesmoor (Stalmine), vii, 252 n
Warleys, see Wardleys
Warlowes, see Wharles
Warmden Clough (Accrington), vi,

423
Warner, John, vi, 152 ; Marg., vi,

152

Warney, John W., vi, 549
Waroxgang (Rawcliffe), vii, 271 n
Warren, Agnes (de), vii, 253 n,
286 n ; Anne, vi, 149 n ; vii,
286 n, 287 n ; Anna D., vii,

286 n ; Dorothy, vi, 255 ; Sir
Edw., vii, 201 n, 286, 287 n ;
Edw., vi, 255, 272, 281, 283 ;
vii, 287 n ; Eleanor, vii, 286 ;
Eliz. H., vi, 255 ; vii, 286 n ;
Fran., vii, 286 ; Sir Geo., vi, 260,
272, 322 n, 323 ; vii, 58, 194,

287 n; Geo., vi, 255, 258, 281,
323 ; vii, 286 n ; Hugh, vi, 149 n,
198 n ; vii, 287 n ; Jane, vii, 194 n,
287 n ; Sir John, vii, 127 n, 286,
288 n; John (de), vi, 149 n, 272 ;
vii, 194, 199, 200, 201, 286,
286 «, 287, 288 n ; Sir Lawr.,
vii, 286 n ; Lawr., vii, 127 n,
286, 287*1; Marg. (de), vi, 19 n,
non, 164*1, 286 « ; Mary, vii,
286 n ; Nich., vii, 286 ; Pet., vii,
286 »» ; Sam., vi, 19 tt, no«,
164 « ; Sibyl, vii, 286 ; Susanna,
vii, 286 n ; Talbot, vii, 287 n ;
fam., vii, 50 *i, 285

Warriner, Thos., vi, 371 n, 534 ;

—, vi, 535

Warrington, vii, 78, 136 n
Warth, the (Colne), vi, 527 n
Warthebreke, see Warbreck
Warthes (Layton), vii, 223 n
Warton, vi, 58 « ; vii, 118 », 119 n,
126 «, 135 n, 143 «, 144, 146 «,
149, 150, i6o«, 163 tt, 165,
166 «, 171-4, 199 «, 211 «, 229 tt,
274 n, 300; ch., vii, 174; man.,
vii, 171 ; mkt., vii, 302
Warton, Ad. de, vii, 171 « ; Alice
de, vii, 169 «, 171 » ; Amy de,
vii, 241 « ; Avice de, vii, 171 tt ;
Eustace de, vi, 497 n ; Isabel de,
vi, 497 « ; John (de), vii, 169 «,
171 w, 172 «, 241 « ; Quenilda
de, vii, 1 68 «, 172 n, 173 « ; Rich,
de, vii, 169 «, 171 «, 172 « ; Rob.
de, vi, 497 n; Rog. de, vii, 171 n,

229 »» ; Siegrith de, vii, 172 «;
see also Wharton

Warton Bank (Warton), vii, 171
Warton Brow (Warton), vii, 171
Warton Lees, vii, 158 tt
Warton Pool (Freckleton), vii,

168 tt, 172 tt
Washington, Agnes de, vii, 229 «,

230 tt, 282 « ; Edm. de, vii,
305 « ; Marg. de, vii, 282 tt ; Rob.
de, vii, 229 «, 230 «, 282 tt

Wastley (Walsley, Wasley, Wast-
lei, Wastleigh), Ellen, vii, 14 « ;
Joan, vi, 129, 133 n ; Oliver, vii,
14 « ; Rich., vi, 14 «, 143 ; Thos.,
vi, 129 tt, 133 «, 143
Watchet, Will., vii, n6«
Watelei, see Wheatley
Water (Newchurch), vi, 437, 440
Waterbarn (Newchurch), vi, 440
Watercroft (Chatburn), vi, 373 tt
Waterfoot (Newchurch), vi, 437,

440-1

Waterforth, Hugh, vi, 100
Waterhouse, Mich., vi, 319
Waterhouse Green (Whittle), vi,
32, 36 tt

Waterings (Catterall), vii, 323 «
Waterloo (Blackpool), vii, 250 n
Watershackles cross (Trawden), vi,

551

Waterside (Colne), vi, 522
Waterside (Eccleshill), vi, 278
Waterside (New Laund Booth), vi,

490, 492
Waterside Bridge (Marsden), vi,

536

Waterswolghe (Clitheroe), vi, 365 «
Waterworth, Andr., vi, 167 n; Rich.,

vi, 100 « ; Thurstan, vi, 167 tt
Waterworth dole, vii, 44 n
Watesden, Christiana de, vi, 471 tt
Watfoth (Greenhalgh), vii, 181 »
Wath, Alan de, vii, 271 «; Clarice

(de), vii, 233 «, 254 « ; Hen. de,

vii, 4 ; Marg. de, vii, 4 ; Rich, de,

vii, 306 n ; Rob. (de), vii, 233 tt,

254 tt ; Will, de, vii, 271 n
Wathew, Dorothy, vi, 228 n ; Eliz.,

vi, 228 « ; Rob., vi, 228 n
Watling Street, vi, 224 ; vii, 137
Watmough, Hugh, vi, 451 tt, 486 w ;

Jas., vi, 371 ; Thos., vi, 491
Watson, Anne, vii, 18 ; Ant., vi,

392, 394 «> 397 », 398, 556 «;
Dorothy, vi, 392, 556 « ; Jas.,
vi, 272 » ; John, vi, 330,
485 ; Rich., vii, 49 « ; Rog.,
vii, 79 » ; Thos., vi, 392, 394 «,
397 «, 398 «, 556 tt; — , vii,
78 «

Watts, Rev. — , vii, 188 n

Wawne (Walne, Wawan, Wawayn),
Alice, vii, 35 tt, 212 n ; Anne,
vii, 29 « ; Edm., vii, 29 tt, 34 tt,
212 tt ; Eliz., vii, 29 « ; Ellen,
vii, 29 «, 212 tt ; John, vii, 29 *t,
35 tt, 212 tt ; Nich., vii, 29 tt,
209 «, 212 tt ; Rich., vii, 212 n ;
Rob., vii, 35 n, 212 « ; Thos.,
vii, 29 «, 36, 212 »; Will., vii,
29 n, 36, 212 M

Wayte, Ad. le, vii, 226 tt, 227 « ;
John le, vii, 227 «; Rob. (le), vi,
131 tt ; vii, 291

Wayward, Ad., vi, 207 « ; John,
vi, 207 « ; Lawr., vi, 208 « ;
Rich., vi, 207 « ; Thos., vi, 164 n,
207 tt

Wearden, see Werden

Wearing, Rev. Geo., vi, 334 ; Geo.,
vi, ngw, 426; see also Waring

Wearingmoor (Kirkland), vii, 314 tt

Webber, Jas., vii, 148

Webster, Alice, vi, 381 n ; vii,
26 « ; Cath., vi, 377 « ; Cecily
the, vii, 321 »; Frances, vi,

493 « ; Fran., vi, 377 n ; Jas.,
vi, 381 tt ; vii, 26 n ; John, vi,
361, 370; Margery, vi, 395 »;
Rich., vi, 269 tt, 395 «, 493,

494 n, 496 ; — , vi, 387 «, 505 n
Webster's Farm (Marton), vii, 225
Wedacre, man. (Barnacre), vii,

292 tt, 303 », 304, 315, 318
Wedacre (Chaigley), vii, i
Wedacre (Wedaker, Westacre,
Woodacre), Ad. de, vii, 199,
318 tt ; Ameria de, vi, 62 n ;
Christiana de, vii, 324 n ; Edm.
de, vii, 268, 297 tt, 324 « ; Gilb.
de, vii, 281 « ; Godith de, vii,
281 « ; Hen. de, vii, 1 14 tt, 324 n ;
Hugh (de), vii, 308 «, 318 tt,
322 tt, 323 tt, 324 « ; John de,
vii, 324 tt ; Maud de, vii, 114 n,
330 tt ; Paulin (Pauhnus) de, vii,
114 «, 281 tt, 308 tt, 324 tt, 332 « ;
Rich, de, vii, 199, 318 «, 332 n ;
Rob. de, vii, 272, 308 «, 318 «,
322 « ; Rog. de, vii, 28 «, 198 «,
271 «, 272, 301 «, 308 tt, 318,

427

Wedacre (cont.)

322 n, 323 n, 324 «, 328 n, 330 n,
332 w ; Walt, de, vii, 324 n ; Will.
de, vi, 62 n ; vii, 313 n, 318 «,
322 tt, 324 *i ; — , vii, 308 n
Wedacre 's Place (Barnacre), vii,

324 n

Weddehouse, Ellen del, vi, 481 «
Wederidding (Claughton), vii, 326 n
Weetehead Clough (Trawden), vi,

552
Weetley House (Southwell), vi,

237 n

Weeton (Weeton-with-Preese), vii,
143, 143 n, 144, 144 n, 146 n,
M9 n, 153, 174, 176-9, 283 n ;
burial cairn, vii, 176; ch., vii,
178; man., vii, 176; mkts. and
fairs, vii, 176; Nonconf., vii, 178
Weir (Newchurch), vi, 437
Welbury, Theodore M., vii, 148
Welch, fam., see Walsh, Welsh,

Waleys

Welchman (Walshman, Welch-
mond), Hugh, vi, 237 n, 263,
311; vii, 112 w; John, vii, 112 n
Welch Whittle, vi, 58 n, 182, 187 n,
203-4 '• vu» Io2 n '> char., vi,
90 n, 191 ; man., vi, 171, 203
Weld, Edw., vii, 7 ; Edw. J., vii,
230 ; Eliz., vii, 7 ; Geo., vi, 380,
454 ; vii, 7 n ; John, vi, 380 ;
vii, 13 ; Jos., vii, 7 «, 189 n ;
Mary, vii, 7 n ; Matilda, vi, 380 ;
Thos., cardinal, vi, 381 n; vii,
7, 17, 189 « ; Thos., vi, 2 n,
72, 72 n, 73, 132, 143, 380, 398,
399, 445 ; vii, 7, 14, 18, 29, 55,
58, 189 n; Will., vii, 7
Weld Bank (Chorley), vi, 129, 148
Well, fam., see Wells
Wellbutts (Cuerden), vi, 27 n
Wellcroft (Hoghton), vi, 37 n
Wellgate (Clitheroe), vi, 368 n
Welnebooth, man., vi, 233 n
Wells, vi, 57 n, 75, 192, 282, 524 ;
vii, 2, 54, 91 n, 96 n, 97 n, 129,

191, 199, 315
Wells (Well), John, vii, 255; Will.

del, vii, 313 n
Welsell (Hapton), vi, 509 n
Welsett, Geo., see Wolset
Welsh (Welch), Hen., vi, 130, 147 ;

Rev. John, vi, 440 ; John, vi,

273 ; see also Walsh and Waleys
Weltden, Will., vii, 158, 184
Wen, Hen., vi, 219 n ; John, vi,

205 «, 219 n ; Thos., vi, 205 «,

219 n
Wende (Wendbroc), brook, vi, 314*1,

324 n
Wenden Ferrens, man. (Bucks.), vii,

304*1

Wendeuall, Will, de, vii, 69 n
Wengham, see Wingham
Wennington, man. (Lonsdale), vi,

377 »

Wenshead (Tockholes), vi, 283 n
Wensley Fold (Blackburn), vi,

249

Wensnape (Bleasdale), vii, 141 n
Werden (Whittle-le-Woods), vi,

ii n, 33 n

Werden, brook, vi, 29 n
Werden (Warden, Wearden, Wor-
den), Arth., vi, 61 n ; Ashton, vi,
416 ; vii, 134 n, 218, 245 ; Edm.,
vii, 74, 75, 76 n, 101 n, 140 n ;
Geo., vi, 61 n ; Hen., vi, 32 n ;
Jas., vi, 61 « ; vii, 101 n ; Sir
John, vi, 17 n; John (de), vi,
8 n, 17 «, 27 «, 61 « ; Lettice, vi,
61 n ; Marg. (de), vi, 17 «, 262 n ;
Pet., vi, 6 1 n ; Rich, de, vi, 18 « ;
Rob. (de), vi, 17 M, 18 n, 32, 56 n,

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Werden (cont.}

229 n ; Rog. de, vi, 17 n, 57 n,
61 n ; Stanley, vii, 134 n ; Thos.
(de), vi, 17 n, 82 n, 262 n ; vii,
138 » ; Will., vi, 32 n, 60, 61 n ;
vii, 133 n

Werdenheys (Cuerden), vi, 27 n
Wering, see Waring and Wearing
Werlows, see Wharles
Wernigshurst (Bilsborrow), vii,

332 n

Werthinton, see Worthington
Weselbutts (Freckleton), vii, 170 n
Wesham (Medlar-with-Wesham)
vii, 143, 146 n, 149 n, 150, 151
153-7, 166 n, 176 n, 177, i8o»
ch., vii, 156 ; hid., vii, 153 ; man.
vii, 153 ; mill, vii, 154 ; Nonconf.
vii, 156 ; Rom. Cath., vii, 157
Wesham, Alex, de, vii, 154 n ; John

de, vii, 154 ; Rog. de, vii, 154
Wesham Cross (Wesham), vii, 157
Wesham Hall (Wesham), vii,

154 »

Wesley, Agnes, vi, 220 n ; John, vi,
278, 299, 344, 453, 535 n; vii,
26, 103 n, 312 ; Thos., vi, 220 n ;
—, vi, 535

Wesleyan Reformers, vi, 453

Wesleyans, vi, 17, 23, 36, 46, 49,

50, 61, 74, 96, 100, 119, 128, 147,

153, 166, 199, 200, 220, 229, 248,

251, 263, 275, 278, 299, 300,

313, 336, 344, 348, 371, 372, 396,
409, 411, 423, 427, 435, 436,
440, 441, 453, 468, 478, 496, 512,
513, 5i8, 519, 520, 535, 541, 544,
548, 552, 558; vh, 32, 53, 103,
137, 171, 178, 213, 218, 237, 242,
251, 276, 279, 291, 304, 312, 332,

335

Wessum, see Wesham

West, Atherton, vi, 280 ; Hen., vi,
468 n ; Rob., vii, 114 n ; Thos.,
vi, 76 n, 170 n, 263 n ; vii, 112 n ;
Will., vii, 114 n

Westacre, see Wedacre

Westbi, see Westby

Westbuttes end (Studlehurst), vi,
324 n

Westby (Westby-with-Plumptons),
vii, 143, 143 «, 144, 144 «, 146 n,
150, 157 n, 161 », 165, 174-6,
181 n, 215 n; cross., vii, 174;
man., vii, 162, 163, 164 n, 175

Westby (Yorks), vii, 155 «

Westby, Ad. de, vii, 155 n ; Alice,
vi, 133 ; vii, 154 ; Anne, vii,
J55 n, 235 ; Beatrice, vii, 154 ;
Bridg., vii, 155 n ; Cath., vi,
317 n, 318 n ; vii, 155 « ; Eleanor,
vii, 238 n ; Eliz., vi, 395 « ; vii,

140 n, 155 n, 236 ; Ellen, vii,
154 «, 155 «, 235 n; Fran., vii,

141 «, 155 ; Geo., vii, 155, 156,
156 n, 238 n, 271 ; Jocelyn T.,
see Fazakerley-Westby ; John,
vi, 317 n; vii, 51 w, 152 «, 155,
156*1, 235, 236, 238 «, 271;
Mabel, vii, 154 ; Marg., vii, 155 n,
272 «; Margery, vi, 395 n ; Mary,
vii, 155 n ; Matilda H., see
Fazakerley-Westby ; Nich., vi,
395 », 396 ; Rich., vii, 238 n ;
Rob., vii, 155 n, 157 n ; Thos.,
vii, 25, 144, 154 n, 155, 156,
235 n, 271, 272 ; Will., vi, 416 ;
vii, 153, 154, 155, 167 n, iggn,
228, 235 n, 258 n ; Miss, vii,
278 ; Mrs., vii, 149 ; — , vi, 395 n

Westby Hall (Westby), vii, 149
West Close (Ightenhill Park), vi,

488 n
West Close Booth (Westecloos), vi,

349, 493, 512-13, 522

Westeshum, Westesom, see Wes-
ham

Westewode, Agnes de, vi, 315 n ;
Phil, de, vi, 315 n

Westfield (Fishwick), vii, n6«

Westfield (Goosnargh), vii, 198 n

Westfield, brook, vii, 127

Westfield, John, vii, 199 n

Westgate (Habergham Eaves), vi,

454
Westgrims Moss (Clifton), vii, 162 «,

163 w

Westhalum, Sim. de, vii, 41 »
Westhead (Croston), vi, 95 n
Westhead, Thos., vi, 174 w
Westhoughton, vi, 500 n
West House (Thornley), vii, 36
Westhusum, see Wesham
Westleigh, John de, vi, 49 » ; Rich.

de, vi, 49 n

Westley (Lea), vii, 130 n
Westmeadowend (Gt. Eccleston) ,

vii, 277 n

Westmoss (Lytham), vii, 215 n
Weston, John, vi, 7 ; Sir Thos.,

prior, vi, 112

Westpool (Rawcliffe), vii, 274 «
Westrode (Downham), vi, 555 n
Westsnape (Ashley), vii, 213 n
Westsom, see Wesham
Weteley, brook, vi, 253 «
Wetenhale, Ad. de, vi, 204 n
Weterode (Cliviger), vi, 480 n
Wetfield (Bretherton), vi, 103 n
Wetherby, Will, de, vi, 241, 276 n,

33i »

Wetheton, see Weeton
Weticroft Syke (Dinckley), vi, 336
Wetridding (Chipping), vii, 27 n
Wetriding (Cuerden), vi, 26 n
Wetshaw, fam., vi, 228
Wetteleye, see Wheatley
Wettenhall, Ad. de, vi, 109 n ;
Maud de, vi, 109 n ; Rob. de,
vi, 109 n

Whackersall (Marsden), vi, 536, 538
Whackersall, Mich, de, vi, 538 n
Whaley, fam., see Whalley
Whalley, vi, 230, 234, 349-60,
381-8, 494 «, 534, 554; vii,
222 n ; adv., vi, 355 ; battle, vi,
235, 349 : chant., vi, 359 ; char.,
vi, 387 ; ch., vi, 350-5, 361, 369,

381, 389 », 413, 414, 504 n, 506,
5°9, 556 ** ; crosses, vi, 349, 355,
381 ; ind., vi, 350, 381 ; man., vi,

382, 383 n ; mkts. and fairs, vi,
368 ; Nonconf., vi, 350, 360, 381,
387 ; pk., vi, 382 n ; prehist.
rem., vi, 349 ; sch., vi, 360, 388

Whalley, A. G. Rawstorne, bp.
of, vi, 360 ; Geoff., dean of,
vi, 253 n, 258 », 284, 303 n, 326,
355, 356 w, 387 », 391, 393 »,
412 n, 413, 469 w, 506, 511 n;
vii, 13 n ; Hen., dean of, vi, 270,
355» 355 n '• Liulph (Cutwolf),
dean of, vi, 355 n ; Orm, dean of,
vi, 239 n, 353 n ; Rob., dean of,
vi, 355, 39i I Rog., dean of, vi,
355, 356, 356 », 39i, 444 w,
558 n ; Spartling, dean of, vi,
355 » : Will., dean of, vi, 355

Whalley (Walley, Whaley,

Whauley), Agnes de, vi, 366 «,
398 n ; Alice de, vi, 47 n, 267 »,
268, 388 n ; Ameria (Amery) de,
vi, 270 n ; vii, 177 «; Anne, vi,
406 n ; Avice de, vi, 326, 409 n ;
Eliza, vi, 354 ; Eliz., vi, 27 n,
406 « ; Geoff, de, vi, 270, 326,
409 n, 475 n ; Gilb., vi, 198 n ;
Rev. G. M., vi, 355 n ; Hen. de,
vi, ii n, i8w, 21 n, 47 n, 270,
281, 326, 356 n, 388 n ; vii,

Whalley (cont.}

177 n ; Hugh de, vi, 366 n
Jas., vi, 343, 354, 355, 383, 387,
399, 4°5, 4°6 «, 556, 557 I vii,
158 n ; Jane, vi, 250 ; John de,
vii, 17 «, 47 n, 204, 357, 387 n,
406 n, 511 n ; Kath. de, vi, 47 n,
198 n ; Lawr., vi, 251 ; Marg. de,
vi, 47 n ; Margery de, vii, 17 n ;
Oliver, vi, 267 n ; Renald de,
vi, 398 n ; Rich, (de), vi, 267 n,
285, 356 n ; vii, 88, 107 ; Rob.
(de), vi, 47 n, 271 n, 383 n,
387 n, 398, 413 n, 414 w, 475 n,
511 n; Roesia de, vi, 389 n ;
Rog. (de), vi, 21 n, 47 n, 250,
267 n, 268, 271, 388 n, 391 n ;
Thos., vi, 191 n, 248 n, 342, 387,
535 « ; vii, 32 n, 88 « ; Thurstan,
vii, 152 ; Will, (de), vi, 21 n,
22 n, 251, 352 ; vii, 47 «, 53 n,
88 ; — , vi, 408 ; vii, 149 ;
fam., vi, 246 n, 423
Whalley Abbey, vi, 48, 49, 240, 241,
245, 252, 264 w, 265, 298, 301,
302 «, 303, 317 n, 325, 327 n,
329, 330, 33i, 332, 339, 350,
356, 357, 358, 363 «, 368 n, 375,
381, 382, 383-6, 387 «, 391,
394, 397, 4°3«, 43^ «, 438 n,
446, 450, 494, 504 n, 505, 506 n,
530, 554, 556, 56°; vii, 8, 51,
58, 83 n, 97, 174, 284 ; abbots
of, vi, 121 n, 231, 349, 371 n,
384, 389, 398, 412, 425, 443,
451 », 457 n, 458, 494 n, 496 « ;
vii, 42 «, 46, 55 n, 57 », i77»i
184 ; John Paslew, vi, 354,
4T5, 495 > Nich. de York, vii,
65 » ; Ralph, vi, 250, 340,
446 n ; Rob. de Topcliffe, vi,
384 ; ch., vi, 384 ; mill, vi,
384 ; prior of, vi, 354, 358 n
Whalley Field (Little Mitton), vi,

389
Whalley Nab, vi, 325, 327 n,

328 n, 339 n

Whalley-Smythe-Gardiner, Eliz. J.,
vi, 387 n ; Sir Jas., vi, 354, 387 ;
Sir Jas. B., vi, 387 n ; Sir John,
vi, 406 n ; Sir John B., vi,
387 n ; Rev. John M., vi, 387 n ;
Mabel K., vi, 387 n ; Rob.,
vi, 387 n; Will., vi, 354
Wharles (Treales, Roseacre and

Wharles), vii, 150, 178
Wharles, Alan de, vii, 284 n ; Alex.,
vii, 136 «; Alice de, vii, 281 «;
Cecily de, vii, 284 n ; Eliz., vii,
136 n ; Jas., vii, 136 n ; Rog.
de, vii, 281 n

Wharton, tnshp., see Warton
Wharton, Marg., vii, 53 ; Thos.,

vii, 155 n; see also Warton
Wheatcroft (Haighton), vii, 125 «
Wheate (Wheat), Eliz., vi, 152 ;
Sir Thos., vi, 153 «; Will., vi,
152.

Wheatfield (Bilsborrow), vii, 331 H
Wheat Field (Osbaldeston), vi, 319
Wheathead (Barrowford), vi, 542
Wheathead Height, vi, 519
Wheatholme (Hackinsall), vii, 260 «
Wheatholme Carr (Hackinsall), vii,

260 «

Wheatley (Thornley with Wheat-
ley), vii, 20, 29 n, 32, 34 ; char.,
vii, 26

Wheatley, man., vi, 232, 233 n
Wheatley, Higher (Wheatley Carr

Booth), vi, 520
Wheatley, Lower (Wheatley Carr

Booth), vii, 521

Wheatley, Upper (Wheatley Carr
Booth), vi, 521

428

INDEX

Wheatley, Ad. de, vii, 57 n ; Alice
de, vii, 57 n ; Jordan de, vii,
34 n ; Rich, de, vii, 57 n ;
Rog. de, vii, 57 n

Wheatley Booth (Barley with
Wheatley Booth), vi, 349, 518

Wheatley Carr (Wheatley Carr
Booth), vi, 520

Wheatley Carr Booth, vi, 230 n,
349, 520-1, 537 n, 540 n ; mills,
vi, 520, 521 ; Nonconf., vi, 521

Wheatley Laith (Wheatley Carr
Booth), vi, 520

Wheatley Lane (Old Laund Booth),
vi, 521

Wheatley Upper Barn (Wheatley
Carr Booth), vii, 521

Wheelcroft (Wheelton), vi, 49 n

Wheelton, vi, 3, 6 n, 37, 38 n, 47 n,
49'5o> 58 n ; vii, 130 «; Alex-
ander House, vi, 48 n ; char.,
vi, 10 ; man., vi, 39, 41 n, 49 ;
Nonconf., vi, 50

Wheelton, Ad. de, vi, 49 « ; Aldrit
de, vi, 49 n ; Alex, de, vi, 49 n ;
50 n ; Alice de, vi, 49 n ; Amabel
de, vi, 49 n ; Gilb. de, vi, 49 n ;
Hen. de, vi, 49 n ; Hugh de,
vi, 50 n ; John de, vi, 49 n ;
Rich, de, vi, 49 n ; Rob. de, vi,
49 n ; Siegrith de, vi, 49 n

Wheelton Stocks (Wheelton), vi, 49

Wheler, Sir Chas., vii, 112 n ;
Dorothy, vii, H2»

Whetelegh, see Wheatley

Wheteleycarre, Whetley, see
Wheatley Carr Booth

Whinberry Clough (Goldshaw
Booth), vi, 516

Whineroke, riv., vi, 445 n

Whinney Edge (Blackburn), vi,
244, 246 »

Whinney Heys (Layton-with-War-
breck), vii, 248, 249

Whinny Clough, man. (Goosnargh),
vii, 198

Whipp, Dorothy, vi, 389 n ; vii,
193 ». 322 n ; Jas., vi, 558 n ;
John, vii, 322 n

Whitacre (Chipping), vii, 28 n, 29 n

Whitacre (Dilwortb), vii, 53

Whitacre (Greenhalgh), vii, 179^,
180 », 181 n

Whitacre (Ightenhill Park), vi,
487 n, 489

Whitacre (Padiham), see Whitaker

Whitacre (Preston), vii, 97 n

Whitacre, Nether (Worsthorne) , vi,
474 «

Whitacre, fam., see Whitaker

Whitacreley (Whittingham), vii,
209 n

Whitacresnape (Hoghton), vi, 37 n

Whitaker (Withnell), vi, 48 n

Whitaker (Whitacre), High (Padi-
ham), vi, 492, 493, 494

Whitaker (Whitacre), Ad. de, vii,
179 n ; Alice, vi, 391, 467, 494 n ;
Anne, vi, 482 n ; Bern., vi, 494,
498 « ; Chris., vi, 391 n, 494 n,
498 n, 499 ; Eliz., vi, 391 n,
453 n, 467 n, 482 n, 494, 498 n ;
Ellen, vi, 443 ; Felicia, vi, 391 ;
Geo., vi, 498 n, 499, 557 ; Giles,
vi, 410 n ; Hen., vi, 391, 494,
498 « ; Humph., vi, 498 n ; Isabel,
vi, 467 n, 494, 498 n ; Jas., vi,
153, 391, 438, 438 n, 439, 545 n ;
John (de), vi, 391, 405 n, 406,
438> 438 n, 439, 447, 467 n, 477 «,
493, 494, 494 «, 498, 498 n, 499,
500 », 515, 518, 552; vii, 18,
42 n ; Lawr., vi, 436 «, 494,
498 « ; Lettice, vi, 391 ; Marg.,
vi, 391 n, 482 n, 492 « ; Margery,

Whitaker (cont.)

vi, 498 n ; Mary, vi, 467 n ;
Miles, vi, 490 n, 494, 498, 499 n,
503, 540 ; Nich., vi, 391, 467 n,
468 n, 482 n, 493 ; Reg., vi,
467 n ; Rich, (de), vi, 406, 445 n,
459 n, 482 n, 486 n, 491, 494%,
498 n, 499 n, 500 n, 515; Rob.
(de), vi, 239 n, 447, 467 n, 468 n,
482 n, 498 n, 499 n ; Rev. Rob.
N., vi, 334, 354, 355 n, 359;
Rog. de, vi, 498 n, 499 n ; vii,
28 n, 31 n ; Sibyl, vi, 391 ;
Thos., vi, 391 n, 443, 443 n,
459 n, 482, 486, 498 n, 499, 503 ;
vii, 205, 330 ; Thos. D., vi,
256, 257 n, 351, 354, 354 n'

359, 479, 482, 486, 535, 541 « '.
Rev. Thos. H., vi, 482 n ; Rev.
Thos. T., vi, 426, 482 n, 535 ;
Thos. W., vi, 242 ; Will, (de), vi,

359 n, 467> 479, 482, 494 n
179 n; Rev. — , vi, 333 n
vi, 360 n ; fam., vi, 366 n
also Whittaker

Whitbent (Carleton), vii, 229 n

White (Albi, Whyte, Wight), Ad.
the, vii, 100 n, 279 n ; Agnes the,
vi, 104 n ; Ant., vii, 288 n ; Cath.,
vi, 478 ; Chris., vii, 196 n, 292 n ;
Geo., vi, 535, 535 n ; Rev. Hen.,
vi, 274 ; Isabel, vii, 279 n ; John
(le, the), vi, 7, 8, 14 n, 145 n,
242 ; vii, 55 n, 85, 181 «, 279,
279 », 315; Marg., vii, 288 n ;
Nich., vii, 278 n, 279, 288 n ;
Pet., vii, 220, 224 ; Rich., vi,
358, 478; vii, 25, 142, 298 «;
Rob., vii, 131 n, 261 », 315 ;
Rog. (the), vii, 279 n, 282 n ;
Sim. the, vi, 104 n ; Thos., vi,
486 n ; vii, 279 n ; Will, (the),
vi, 104 n, 280 n ; vii, 100 n, 279,
297 n ', — , vi, 535 ; fam., vii, 276

White Ash (Oswald twistle), vi, 405,
407, 408

White Bear (Adlington), vi, 217

Whitebirk (Oswaldtwistle), vi,
346 », 405

Whitebirk moss, vi, 345

White Bull, inn (Ribchester), vii,

45

White Carr (C'aughton), vii, 326 »,

327 »
Whitecarr (Heath Charnock), vi,

216 n

Whitecarr (Ribchester), vii, 63 n
Whitecarr fall (Quittarfall) (Rib-
chester), vii, 50 n, 56 n
Whitechapel (Goosnargh), vii, 204
Whitecroft (Blainscough), vi, 227 n
Whitecross (Hothersall), vii, 63 n
Whitefield (Ingol), vii, 134
Whitefield (Marsden), vi, 540 »
Whitefields (Rufford), vi, 120
Whitehalgh, see White Hough and

Whithalgh
White Hall (Rawcliffe), vii, 155*1,

267, 271
Whitehall Park (Over Darwen), vi,

274

Whitehead, Ellen, vii, 225 ; Marg.,
vi, 51 n ; Ralph, vii, 198 n ; Rich.,
vi, 17 n, 161 ; vii, 266, 271 n ;
Rob., vi, 369 n ; vii, 190 n ; Thos.,
vi, 114, 158, 161 ; vii, 264 n,
271 n ; Will., vi, 147 n ; vii, 190,
204 ; — , vi, 77 ; vii, 292 n, 329 n
White Hill, man. (Goosnargh), vii,

195
White Hill (Over Darwen), vi, 235,

269
White Hough (Barley), vi, 518,

519
White Hough Water, vi, 518, 519

429

Whitekar (Great Harwood), vi,

339 n

White Lea (Goosnargh), vii, 194
White Lee (Higham), vi, 513
Whiteley Carre, see Wheatley Carr

Booth

Whiteley Fall (Dilworth), vii, 52 n
Whitendale, riv., vi, 247
Whiteridding (Huncoat), vi, 411 n
Whiteshank, John, vii, 332 n
Whiteside, Alice, vii, 131 n; Edw.,
vii, 225 ; Ethart, vii, 242 n ; Geo.,
vii, 182 ; Rich., vii, 131 n, 182 ;
Rob., vii, 241 ; Thos., vii, 131 n ;
Will., vii, 225, 24ij
White Stake (Longton), vi, 69
Whitestanes, Gilb., vi, 6 n
White Stoup (Dutton), vii, 34 n
Whitesyke (Come), vi, 528 n
Whiteton, see Weeton
White Walls (Marsden), vi, 536, 552
Whitewell, brook, vii, 330 n
Whitewell, fam., see Whitwell
Whitewell Bottom (Newchurch), vi,

440

Whitfield (Cuerden), vi, 24 n
Whitfield, Jas., vi, 147
Whithalgh (Barley), see White

Hough

Whithalgh (Livesey), vi, 285, 288 ;
Nonconf., vi, 288 ; Rom. Cath.,
vi, 289

Whithalgh (Whitehalgh), Agnes de,
vi, 505 n ; Alice de, vi, 505 « ;
Amery de, vi, 505 n ; Hen. (de),
vi, 28 n, 288 ; Isabel, vi, 28 n,
406 n ; Jas., vi, 28 «, 285 n, 288,
406 n, 408 n ; Janet de, vi, 28 n,
288 ; Joan, vi, 288 ; John (de),
vi, 288, 505 « ; Kath., vi, 28 «;
Lawr., vi, 28 «, 288 ; Marg., vi,
28 « ; Margery, vi, 28 n ; Rich.,
vi, 28 «, 288, 406 «, 408 n ; Uriel
de, vi, 28 n, 288 ; Will, (de, del),
vi, 4 «, 24 n, 28 n, 288 ; fam., vi,
164, 263 n
Whithalgh House (Whithalgh), vi,

288
Whithern, Thos. Dalton, bp. of, vi,

384

Whithill (Wheelton), vi, 49 n
Whithoud, Hen., vi, 200 « ; Will.,

vi, 142

Whitingham, see Whittingham
Whitley, Ellen de, vii, 131 «; John

de, vii, 131 «

Whitley Beaumont (Yorks.), vi, 389
Whitleycarr, see Wheatley Carr

Booth

Whitleyford, man., vi, 233 n
Whitley-in -Haw booth (Barley), vi,

519

Whitlydale, Ellis de, vii, 28 n
Whitmore, Dorothy, vi, 94 « ; Geo.,

vii, 29, 35 n, 59, 113 «, 138
Whitney, Nich., vii, 236
Whittaker (Whittakers), Harold H.,
vi, 416 ; Jas., vi, 437 ; John W.,
vi, 242 ; Rob. (Walt.), vi, 88 ;
see also Whitaker
Whittam farm (Marton), vii, 225
Whitter (Greenhalgh), vii, i8on
Whittill, Whittilles, see Whittle
Whittingham, vi, 21 «, 57 n, 58 n ',
vii, 90 «, 102 n, 112 n, 118 n,
ngn, 120 n, 126 n, 143, 144 n,
146 n, 156 », 162 n, 166, 167 n,
168 n, 174, 191, 194 n, 198 «,
205, 207-13, 319 n; mans., vii,
207 ; mill, vii, 209 n, 212 n ;
Nonconf., vii, 213 ; Rom. Cath.,
vii, 213
Whittingham, Nether, vii, 208,

213
Whittingham, Over, vii, 213

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Whittingham (Wittingham), Ad.
de, vi, 164 n ; vii, 27 «, 201, 209,
210, 278 «, 330 n ; Agnes de, vii,
54 n, 210 n; Alice de, vii, 27,

209, 210 n, 328 n ; Aline de, vii,

209 n, 210 ; Amery de, vii, 209 n ;
Anne, vii, 329 n ; Bimme de, vii,
27 n> 3° n '• Bridg., vii, 107 M,

210 ; Cecily de, vii, 209 n, 210 n ;
Christiana de, vii, 209 ; Chris, de,
vii, 125 n ; Eliz., vii, 210 n ; Ellen
de, vii, 268, 330 n ; Geoff, de,
vi, 164 n ; vii, 31 n, 209, 226 »,
272 », 278 n, 281 n, 330 n ; Gilb.
de, vii, 209 n ; Godf., vii, 211 n ;
Hawise de, vii, 209 n, 279 n,
281 n ; Hen. de, vi, 164 n ; vii,
204 n, 209 n, 211 n; Isabel de,
vii, 27 n, 210 «, 328 n ; Joan, vii,
210 ; John de, vii, 27 «, 30 n,
54 «, 201, 208 «, 209, 210, 212 n,
281 n, 283, 326 n, 328 « ; Marg.,
vii, 210 n, 328 n ; Margery (de),
vii, 209, 326 n ; Maud de, vii,
209 n, 210 « ; Nich. de, vii, 328 n ;
Paul, vii, 210 n ; Rich, (de), vii,
126, 208 n, 209, 210, 211, 213 n,
279 n, 281 n, 320 n, 328 «, 329 n ;
Rob. (de), vii, 43, 62 w, 125 «,
209 «, 210 «, 328 n ; Rog. de, vii,
204 n, 209 n, 210 ; Sim. de, vii,
209 n ; Thos. (de), vii, 107 n,
200 n, 203, 205, 208 «, 209 n,

210, 211, 212 n, 213, 213 n,
278 «, 329 n ; Warine de, vi,
164 n ; vii, 166 n, 207, 209, 281 «,
282, 283 «, 284 « ; Will, de, vii,
27 n, 28 n, 30 », 60 «, 62 », 204 n,
208 w, 209, 210, 212 n, 268,
272 «, 281 «, 325 », 326 «, 328 w,
330 » ; — , vii, 284 »

Whittingham's cross (Barnacre),

vii, 315 «

Whittington, Hen. de, vii, 228 n,
229 », 230, 231, 241 n, 321 ;
Isoud de, vii, 229 n ; Rob. de,
vii, 177 n

Whittle (Clifton), vii, 163 n, 193 n
Whittle, Welch, see Welch Whittle
Whittle (Whittill, Whittilles), Ad.
de, vi, 34 «; Agnes de, vi,
34 n ; Alice de, vi, 34 n ; Anne,
vi, 515, 516 ; Cecily de, vi,
34 n ; Chris., vi, 516 ; Edw.,
vi, 221 «; Ellen de, vi, 34 « ;
Emma de, vi, 34 n ; Gilb. de, vi,
34 n ; Hen. de, vi, 21 », 34 n,
142 «, 171 n, 201 n ; Hugh de,
vi, 34 n ; John de, vi, 34 n,
48, 50, 171 « ; Jordan de, vi,
173 n ; Mabel de, vi, 33 n ;
Margery de, vi, 34 n; Nich., vi,
142 n ; Oliver, vi, 34 n ; Pet. A.,
vii, 191 ; Rich, (de), vi, 34 «,
50 n ; Rob. de, vi, 34 n, 173 n ;
Rog. de, vi, 34 n ; Thos. (de), vi,
33 n, 34 n ; T., vi, 85 n ; Will, de,

vi, 33 n, 34 »
Whittlefield (Habergham Eaves),

vi, 454, 487
Whittle Green (Welch Whittle), vi,

203
Whittle Green (Whittle -le -Woods),

vi, 35 n
Whittle-le-Woods, vi, 3, 6 n, 32-6,

37, 58 »; vii, 273, 274 « ; char.,

vi, 10 ; ch., vi, 36 ; ind., vi, 32 ;

man., vi, 33, 38, 39 ! Nonconf.,

vi, 36 ; Rom. Cath., vi, 36 ; sch.,

vi, 36 ; springs, vi, 32
Whittle Water, vi, 182
Whitton, vii, 126 »
Whitwell (Yorks.), vi, 369, 370
Whitwell (Whitewell), Rev. Chris.,

vi, 334 I Will-» vii» 24

Whitwham, Bern., vi, 471 ; Lawr.,
vi, 478

Whitworth (Button), vii, 57 n

Whitworth, Jas., vi, 147 ; Lettice,
vi, 439 ; Rich., vi, 438 n, 439 ;
— , vi, 524 n

Whorlaw, vi, 454

Whritynton, see Wrightington

Whyman, — , vi, 449

Whyte, see White

Whytenhull, see Withnell

Whythill in the Wode, see Whittle-
le-Woods

Wiatt (Wyot), Ad., vi, 374 ; Guy
de, vi, 373 ; Mary, vi, 19 n ; Thos.,
vi, 19 », now, 164 n ; see also
Wyatt

Wich, see Wych

Wicklesworth, Avice de, vii, 65 n ;
John de, vii, 65 n

Wicks, Gilb., vii, 42 n

Wicoller, see Wycoller

Widdington, Mrs. J. C., vi, 471 n

Widdop (Briercliffe), vi, 552 ; cross,
vi, 469

Widdrington, Ld., vi, 460

Widdrington, Mary, vii, 7 n ; Pere-
grine, vii, 7 n

Widetun, see Weeton

Widow Green (Briercliffe), vi, 469

Wigan, vii, 78, 79 n

Wigan (Wigans), Ad. de, vi, 216 n ;
Beatrice del, vi, 216 « ; Cecily de,
vi, 216 n ; Jas., vi, 216 n ; John,
vi, 51, 216 ; Marg., vi, 216 n ;
Rich, (de), vi, 216 n ; Thos., vi,
now; Will, de, vi, 216 n; vii,
79 n, 94 n, 99 n

Wigan Lane House (Standish with
Langtree), vi, 192 n

Wigans, see Wigan

Wight, see White

Wignall, John, vi, 116 n ; Thurstan,
vi, 116 »

Wikestubbing (Gt. Harwood), vi,
339

Wilbraham, Rich., vii, 224 n

Wilcock (Wilcocks), John, vi, 50,
237 n ; Thos., vi, 68 n ; vii, 32 n ;
Will., vi, ii8w

Wilcock Acre (Ingol), vii, 134 n

Wilcocks, see Wilcock

Wilcockson, Alice, vii, 51 n ; Chris-
tiana, vii, 260 n ; Maud, vii,
260 n ; Will., vii, 260 n

Wild, Isabel, vi, 34 n

Wildbore, Augustine, vi, 64 n, 65 n ;
vii, 86, 298 ; Eliz., vii, 273 ; Jane,
vi, 64 n ; Dr., vii, 273, 296 »

Wilding, John, vi, 69 «, 73 « ;
Lewis, vi, 69 n ; Rich., vii, 144 n ;
Thos., vi, 69 n, ii8w; fam., vi,

73

Wildman, Maj. John, vii, 164 n
Wile, Will., vii, 43 w
Wilfchristheland (Read), vi, 506 n
Wilfrid, St., vii, 72, 79 n, 82
Wilkins, Rich., vii, 144 n ; Thos. R.,

vi, 70 n, 72, 154

Wilkinson, Chris., vi, 452 ; vii, 29,
55 n ; Edm., vii, 25 ; Eleanor, vi,
27 » ; Ellen, vi, 478 n ; vii, 29 w,
36, 190 n, 329 n ; Gabriel, vii,
181 n ; Geo., vii, 75, 121 n ; Gilb.,
vii, 179 n ; Grace, vii, 75, 103 » ;
Hen., vii, 213 n; Jas., vii, 14;
Rev. Jas. W., vi, 435 ; Janet, vii,
329 n ; John, vi, 26 n, 27 n,
447 n, 478 n ; vii, 36 «, 183 w,
232 «, 283 n ; Lawr., vii, 126,
329 n ; Marg., vii, 190 n, 213 n ;
Rich., vi, 473 ; vii, 190 n ; Rob.,
vi, 517; vii, 33 n, 34 n, 179 n,
329 n ; Thos., vi, 27 n ; vii, 190 n,
238 », 273, 329 n; Thos. J., vi,

43°

Wilkinson (cont.)

27 n; Thos. T., vi, 443; Will.,
vii, 183 n ; — , vi, 512 n

Willacy (Willasey), Rob., vii, 218 ;
Tbos., vii, 289 n

Willacy's tenement (Elston), vii, 90

Willasey, see Willacy

Will croft (Whittingham), vii, 209 n

Willeriddings (Dutton), vii, 57 n

William, vi, 475 n, 503, 506, 552 n ;
vii, 48 n, 84, 94 n, 131 n, 179 n ;
the baker, vii, 254 n ; the carpen-
ter, vi, 205 n ; vii, 98 n ; the chap-
lain, vi, i8ow, 181 «; vii, 146 n ;
the clerk, vi, 253 ; vii, 63 n,
i8on, 192 n, 254 w, 324 n ; the
cook, vii, 189 n ; curate of Low
Chapel, vi, 299 ; the fisher, vi,
1 66 n ; the greve, vi, 21 n ;
the harper, vi, 60 n, 347 n,
457 n ; the marshal, vi, 377 ;
the mercer, vi, 14 n ; the
monk, vii, 238 n ; the mustard-
maker, vi, 372 ; the palfrey-
man, vii, i6ow; the parker,
vi, 472 n ; the parson, vi, 177 w ;
the porter, vi, 365 n ; prior of
Pontefract, vi, 546 n ; rector of
Garstang, vii, 297, 308 n ; the
reeve, vii, 130 n ; the sauser,
vii, 117 n ; of Savoy, rector, vii,
264 ; the tailor, vii, 98 n, 107 n ;
the villein, vii, 115 n ; the ward,
vii, 27 n

Williamcroft (Lea), vii, 130%

Williams, Bennett, vii, 245 ; Edw.,
vi, 431 « ; John, vi, 23

Williamson, Hen., vii, 92 n ; Mary,
vi, 34 n ; Nich., vi, 34 n ; vii,
92 n

Willis, Anne, vi, 215 n ; Dan., vi,

215 n; Rich., vi, 215; Thos.,
vi, 215, 215 w, 217

Willisill (Hapton), vi, 458
Willisill, Edw., vi, 538 n ; Hen.,
vi, 540; Jas., vi, 468 n, 493 n,
494 » ; John, vi, 468 « ; Thos.,
vi, 54°

Willison, see Wilson
Willock, Rev. Borlase, vi, 344
Willoughby, Esther, Lady, vi,

216 n; Lds., vi, 229 n ; Chas.,
vi, 2i6w; Hugh, vi, 216 n

Willoughby, Walt., vi, 459
Willows (Kirkham), vii, 150
Wills, Gen., vi, 290 ; vii, 77, 104 n
Willworth (Little Harwood), vi, 251
Willy Moor, vi, 536, 548
Willy Moor Clough (Trawden), vi,

552
Willy Moor Hill Nook (Trawden),

vi, 552

Wilmescroft (Dutton), vii, 54 n
Wilmescrofte-walle (Dinckley), vi,

336

Wilpshire, vi, 222, 235, 334-6,
393 n, 421, 555 n ; vii, 29 w ;
man., vi, 232, 335 ; Nonconf., vi,
336

Wilpshire, Ad. de, vi, 335 ; Dav.
de, vi, 335, 335 n ; Gilb. de
vi, 335 ; Hen. de, vi, 335, 511 n
Rich, de, vi, 335 ; Rob. de, vi
335, 511 n; Sim. de, vi, 335
Siward de, vi, 335 ; Swain de

vi, 335

Wilpshire Moor, vi, 334
Wilpshireregge (Wilpshire), vi

335 **

Wilshers (Tarleton), vi, ii6w
Wilson (Willison), Anne, vi, 444
Anne S., vi, 322, 323 n ; Dan., vi
286, 323 n ; Edw., vi, 176 n
vii, 121 ; Eliz., vi, 286, 54OW
vii, 225 ; Ellen, vi, 540 n

INDEX

Wilson (cont.)

Geo., vi, 322, 323 n ; Hen., vi,
go n, 541 n ; Hen. F., vii, 121 ;
Isabel, vi, 539 n ; Jas., vi,

539 n, 544 ; Rev. John, vi, 283 ;
John, vi, 52, 177, 538 n, 54°,
542 «, 544 ; vii, 200 n ; John
W. R., vii, 121 ; Lawr., vi,

540 n ; Martha, vi, 530 n ;
Matth., vi, 530 n ; Rich., vi, 36,
36 n, 176 n, i8ow, 237?*; vii,
46 n, 48 n ; Rob., vii, 330 n ;
Rog., vi, 323 n, 535 ; vii, 48 n ;
Rog. C., vii, 87, 88 ; Thos., vi,
169 n, 176 n, 279, 371, 558 ;
vii, 275 n ; Will., vii, 200 ;
W. W. C., vii, 87 ; Mrs., vi, 288 ;
— , vi, 524 n ; vii, 193 n ; fam.,
vi, 252 n ; vii, 262, 263

Wilson-Patten, Eliz., vii, 308 ;

Ellinor, vii, 308 ; Emily, vii,

307 n ; Eustace J., vii, 307%;

John, vii, 300, 307, 308, 310 ;

John A., vii, 307 n ; see also

Patten

Wilstrop, man. (Yorks.), vi, 421 n
Wilton, Thos., vi, 283 ; Walt, de,

vii, 240 n
Wimark (Wimarca), d. of Ad.,

vii, 282 n ; w. of Ailsi, vi, 317 n
Wimark (Wymark), Edw., vii,

333 »
Wimarke-riding (Clayton-le-Dale) ,

vi, 258 n
Wimbish, Frances, vi, 459 n •

Mary, vi, 459 n
Wimerleg, see Winmarleigh
Wimode, Wimot, see Wymot
Winchester, bps. of, vii, 84 n,
376 n ; Aymer de Valence, vii,
146 n ; Steph. Gardiner, vi,
1 60 n

Winckley (Aighton), see Winkley
Winckley (Winkedley, Winkley),
Ad. de, vi, 267, 314, 317 ; vii,
4 n, 13, 281 n, 323 n ; Agnes de,
vi, 267 ; Alex, de, vii, 4, 13 ;
Alice de, vi, 266, 267 ; Amery de,
vii, 13, 1 6 ; Anne, vii, 14 «, 18,
90 n; Ant., vii, 14, 18 ; Cecily
(de), vii, 13, 14 n ; Edw., vi,
294 ; Eliz., vi, 328 ; Ellis (de),
vii, 4, 13 n ; Frances, vii, 112 n ;
Geoff., vii, 14 ; Hen. (de), vii,

13, 14 n, 323 n ; Isabel (de),
vi, 294, 365 n ; vii, 13, 14 ; Jane,
vii, 14 ; Joan, vii, 13 «, 14, 56 n ;
John (de), vi, 266, 266 n, 267 ;
vii, 13, 102 n, in «, 112 n, 123 n,

322 n, 323 n ; Jonathan, vii, 36 ;
Jordan de, vi, 365 n ; Kath. de,
vii, 323 n ; Marg. (de), vii, 13,

13 n, 14, 322 « ; Margery de,
vii, 13; Martha, vi, 172^; vii,

14 n ; Matilda (Maud) (de), vi,
267, 506 n ; vii, 13 ; Nich., vii,

14, go n, 322 « ; Rich, (de), vi,
420, 506 n ; vii, 13, 321 n, 322 n,

323 n ; Rob. de, vii, 13 ; Rog.,
vi, 172 n ; vii, 14, 18, 56 n ;
Rosamond, vi, 294 ; Thos. (de),
vi, 236 n, 294, 298 n, 318, 328,
389 w; vii, 13, 13 n, 14, 89 n,
in, 112, 112 n ; Will, (de),
vi, 237 n, 294 ; vii, 4, 13, 13 n,
14, 16

Winckley's Place (Catterall), vi, 420

Winder, Edm., vi, 256-7 ; John,

vi, 256 ; vii, 164 n ; Rob., vi,

256 ; Rev. Thos., vi, 318 ; Will.,

vi, 490

Windhills (Bowland), vi, 380 n
Windle (Windhill, Windhull, Wyn-
nel), Ad. de, vi, 469 ; Agnes de,
vii, 45 n ; Alan de, vii, 45, 45 n ;

Windle (cont.}

Alice (de), vi, 76, 471 n ; Amabel
de, vii, 45 ; Avice de, vi, 476 n ',
Geoff., vi, 470 n, 476 n, 477 n ;
Geo., vi, 490 n ; Hen. de, vi,
469, 477 n ; John (de), vi, 470 n,
471 n, 474 n, 475 n, 476 n, 477 n ;
Maud de, vi, 469 n ; Rich, de,
vi, 469 n, 471 n ; Rob. de, vi,
471 n ; Rog. de, vi, 477 n ; Will,
(de), vi, 474 n, 475 w, 476 »,
477 n

Windle House (Briercliffe), vi, 469,

470
. Windress, Will., vii, 304 n ; — , vii,

305 n

Windsor, Sir Will, de, vii, 62 n ;

Will, de, vii, 62 n
Windy Bank (Newchurch), vi, 437
Windybank, Ad. de, vi, 291 w
Winemenke, John, vi, 253 «
Winewall (Trawden), vi, 233 n,

463 n, 548, 549, 552 ; bridge, vi,

551 ; ind., vi, 548 ; quarries, vi,

548

Winewall Water, vi, 551
Wingham (Wengham), Hen. de,

bp., vii, 146 ; Will, de, vii, 84
Wingives Holme (Clayton-le-Dale),

vi, 258

Winkedelega (Aighton) , see Winkley
Winkedley, fam., see Winckley
Winkley (Aighton), vii, I, 13, 14 w;

mill., vii, 14 n ; prehist. rem.,

vii, 2

Winkley, fam., see Winckley
Winkley Hall (Aighton), vii, 14
Winkley 's Place (Catterall), vii,

323 «
Winmarleigh, vii, 288 «, 291, 293,

305-8, 309, 317%; ch., vii, 308;

ford, vii, 308 n ; man., vii, 303 n,

306 ; Rom. Cath., vii, 310
Winmarleigh, John, Ld., vii, 300,

307, 308, 310

Winmarleigh, Alice de, vii, 306 n ;
Avice de, vii, 254 n, 306 n ;
Christiana de, vii, 306 ; Greg, de,
vii, 254 n, 306 n ; Hugh de, vii,
306 ; Joan de, vii, 306 ; John de,
vii, 306 n ; Rich, de, vii, 306 n ;
Rob. de, vii, 254 n, 306, 306 « ;
Rog. de, vii, 306 ; Thos. de, vii,
306 n ; Will, de, vii, 306 n

Winmarleigh House (Winmarleigh),
vii, 307

Winmerly, see Winmarleigh

Winstanley, Alice de, vi, 197 n ;
Edw., vii, 65 ; Fran., vii, 181 ;
John, vii, 181 ; Margery, vii, 65 ;
Pet., vii, 181 ; Rob. de, vi, 197 n ;
Rog. de, vi, 97 n ; Will., vi, 27 n ',
vii, 1 6 ; Will. A., vii, 16

Winter, Aug. M., vi, 55 ; Will., vii,
79 n

Winter Hill (Tockholes), vi, 275,
280, 284

Winwick, John de, vi, 87 « ; Maud
(de), vii, 166 n, 167 », 207 n,
233 n, 282 n, 323 « ; Rob. de,
vii, 232, 233 ; Walt, de, vii,
323 «, 325 n, 328 n, 330 n ; Will,
de, vii, 166 n, 167 n, 207 n,
282 n, 323 n ; fam., vi, 93 n

Wirksworth (Derb.), vii, 80

Wise, Thos. le, vii, 24

Wiseman, Rob., vi, 189 n

Wiswall, Wiswalle, fam., see Wis-
well

Wiswell (Wisewell), vi, 349, 356 n,

357, 396-9, 417, 507, 513 I
char., vii, 20 n ; cross, vi, 396 ;
grange, vi, 398 ; man., vi, 396 ;
mill., v', 397 n ; Nonconf., vi,
399 ,' quarry, vi, 396 ; Rom.

431

Wiswell (cont.)

Cath., vi, 399 ; sch., vi, 399 ;

tumulus, vi, 396
Wiswell (Wiswall, Wiswalle), Ad.

de, vi, 279 n, 397 n, 398 n, 556 n ;

Anne, vi, 99 n ; Cecily de, vi,

398 n ; Ellis de, vi, 398 n ; Emot

de, vi, 398 n ; Gilb. de, vi, 398 « ;

Hen. de, vi, 397 n, 398, 398 n ;

John, vi, 99 n ; Margery de, vi,

398 n ; Rich, de, vi, 397 «, 398 n ;

Rob. de, vi, 397 n, 398 n, 556 n ;

Swain de, vi, 398
Wiswell Eaves (Wiswell), vi, 396,

397 n, 399 »
Wiswell Hall (Wiswell), vi, 398,

399
Wiswell Moorhouses (Wiswell), vi,

396

Wiswell Shay (Wiswell), vi, 396
Witchcraft, vi, 361, 492, 515, 520,

537, 542
Witch's Stone (Woodplumpton),

vii, 285

Witekerbrook, riv., vii, 52 n
Witesstanes Furlong (Lea), vii,

132 n
Withalgh, see Whithalgh and White

Hough

Withens (Clitheroe), vi, 368 n
Withens (Croston), vi, 95 n
Withenslack (Habergham Eaves),

vi, 457

Withinbutts (Colne), vi, 525 n
Withinenge (Pendleton), vi, 393 n
Withington, see Weeton
Withinhead (Welch Whittle), vi,

203 n
Withinlache (Button), vii, 43 n,

54 «
Withinlache, Rich, de, vi, 499 n ;

Will, de, vi, 499 n
Withinreap (Thorley), vii, 34 n
Withnell, vi, 3, 6 «, 36 n, 39 «,

47-9 ; vii, 126 « ; ch., vi, 49 ;

man., vi, 41 n, 47 ; Nonconf., vi,

49 ; Rom. Cath., vi, 49
Withnell, Ad. de, vi, 38 n, 47 n, 48,

48 «, 49 n ; Agnes de, vi, 47 « ;

Alan de, vi, 49 n ; Amery de, vi,

47 n ; Hen. de, vi, 38 n, 47 n,

48 n ; John (de), vi, 47 n, 149 ;
Margery de, vi, 47 n, 49 n ;
Rich, de, vi. 47 n, 49 n ; Rog. de,
vi, 37 n ; Thos. de, vi, 49 n ;
Will, de, vi, 47 n, 48 n, 49 n

Withnell Fold (Withnell), vi, 47
Withnell House (Withnell), vi,

48 n

Withnell Mill (Withnell), vi, 49
Withroom (Layton), vii, 250 n
Withull, see Welch Whittle
Witingheham, Witingeheim, see

Whittingham

Witley House (Trawden), vi, 551
Wittandefot, see Walkandfot
Witte (Wittie), Edm., vi, 201 « ;

Emma, vi, 201 n ; Hen., vi,

201 « ; Margery, vi, 201 « ;

Ralph, vi, 88 n ; Will., vi, 201 n ;

fam., vi, 200

Wittingham, see Whittingham
Witton, vi, 235, 263-6 ; vii, 34 » ;

ch., vi, 265 ; man., vi, 264
Witton, John de, vi, 264 ; vii, 187 ;

Rich, de, vi, 264 ; Rog. de, vi,

409 n ; Thos., vi, 285 n ; — , vii,

123

Witton Hall (Witton), vi, 264
Witton Park (Witton), vi, 263
Witton Stocks (Blackburn), vi,

263

Wivers (Clitheroe), vi, 366
Wlfiet, vii, 217 n
Wlgarheved, vii, 325 n

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Wlipschyre, Wlipscire, Wlipshire,

see Wilpshire

Wlveley, brook, vii, 330 n
Wodacre, see Wedacre
Wode, see Wood
Wodebridde, Ad., vii, 166 n ; Alice,

vii, 1 66 «

Wodeplumpton, see Woodplumpton
Woderofe, see Woodroffe
Woderowe (Wooderowe), Ad., vii,

n6n ; Alex., vii, 116 n ; Amabel,

vii, 116 n
Wolf, vi, 475 «
Wolf, Will., vi, 357, 358
Wolf age (Northants), vi, 195
Wolfenden (Newchurch), vi, 434,

437-8, 439 »
Wolfenden, Ad., vii, 265
Wolfenden Booth (Newchurch), vi,

233 », 437 : mill, vi, 438 ; sch.,

vi, 441

Wolferichscales (Clitheroe), vi, 366 n
Wolferstone, see Wolverton
Wolfet, see Wolset
Wolfgeat, vi, 65
Wolfhall (Chipping), vii, 26, 27
Wolfhamdene, see Wolfenden
Wolfhouse, see Wolfhall
Wolflet, see Wolset
Wolfshaw, see Wilshers
Wolf Stones (Colne), vi, 230, 524 n,

55i

Wolf sty Fell, vi, 230

Wolfsykes (Oswaldtwistle), vi, 405 n

Wolfwin, vi, 53 n

Wolleshagh, see Walshaw

Wollo, John, vi, 528

Wolpitgreave, Margery de, vi, 480

Wolset (Welsett, Wolfet, Wolflet,
Wylsett), Geo., vii, 25, 25 n, 42

Wolstenholme, Jas., vi, 129

Wolton, Jas., vi, 395 n; John, vi,
395> 395 n > Ranald, vi, 395 n

Wolvemoor, Alan de, vi, 170*1;
Alice de, vi, 170 n

Wolverden (Marsden), vi, 539 n

Wolverton (Wolferstone), Chas.,
vii, 178 n ; Edm., vii, 178 n ;
John, vii, 178 ; Rob., vii, 178 n

Wolvetscholes (Clitheroe), vi, 366 n

Wombwell, John, vi, 92 n

Wood (Wode), Ant., vi, 227 n ;
Chas., vi, 468 n ; Elias, vi, 331 ;
Emma del, vi, 270 n ; Geo, vi,
180 n ; Hen. del, vi, 15 n ;
Isabel, vii, 5 n ; Jas., vi, 458 n ;
John (del), vi, 52, 270 n ; Mar-
gery del, vii, 31 n ; Randle del,
vii, 328 n ; Rich, (del), vi, 227 n,
343, 447 n ; vii, 328 n ; Rob. del,
vi, 15 n ; Walt, del, vii, 328 n ;
Sir Will., vi, 493 n ; Rev. Will.,
vi, 414 ; Will, (del), vi, 416 ; vii,
31 n, 123 n, 328 n ; see also Boys
and Woods

Woodacre, see Wedacre

Woodcock, Ad., vi, 27 n ; Alex.,
vi, 298 n ; Alice, vi, 27 n, 291 n ;
Dorothy, vi, 27 n ; Eliz., vi, 22 ;
Fran., vi, 27 n ; Gilb., vi, 26 n,
291 n ; Hugh, vi, 60 n, 69 n ;
Jas., vi, 237 n ; vii, 120 « ;
Ven. John, vi, 27 ; John, vi, 3 n,
26 n, 27, 27 n, 28, 237 n, 282,
288, 296, 298 n ; vii, 55 n ; Rich.,
vi, 24 n, 26 n, 27 n ; vii, 120 n ;
Rob., vi, 24 n, 26 n, 27 » ; Rog.,
vi, 24 n, 26 n ; Seth, vi, 5 «, 7,
177 n ; Thos., vi, 23, 26 n, 27,
28, 77 ; Will., vi, 24 n, 26 n, 27,
65, 282, 288 ; fam., vi, 36

Woodcock Hall (Cuerden), vi, 27, 28

Woodcock Holme (Pleasington), vi,
267*

Woodcock's charity, vi, 148

Wood Crook (Whittingham), vi,

313 ; vii, 44 n, go n
Wooderowe, see Woderowe
Woodfields (Aighton), vii, i, 13 n
Woodfold Hall (Mellor), vi, 261
Woodfold Park (Mellor), vi, 261,

303

Woodhey (Shevington), vi, 173 n,
201 n

Woodholme (Preston), vii, 79 n,
97 n, 100 n

Woodhouse, Alice, vii, 182, 272 n ;
Eliz., vii, 234 n ; John (de), vi,
369 n ; vii, 182, 272 n ; Pet., vii,
182, 234 n ; Sarah, vii, 182 ;
Walt, de, vii, 41 ; Will., vii, 182

Woodiraw (Hap ton), vi, 510 n

Woodley (Walton), vi, 296

Wood Newton, Barth. de, vi, 127 n

Woodnook (Accrington), vi, 423

Woodplumpton, vii, 90 », 117,
i2o«, 129, 135, 150 n, 159 M,
173 n, 174, 200, 253 n, 260, 261 n,
264 n, 272 n, 282 n, 284-91, 325 n ;
char., vii, 267 ; ch., vii, 289 ;
man., vii, 285 ; mill, vii, 287 n,
288 n; Nonconf., vii, 291 ; Rom.
Cath., vii, 291 ; sundials, vii, 290

Woodplumpton, brook, vii, 285,
289

Woodplumpton, Amuria, vii, 172 n ;
Marg., vii, 172 n ; Quenilda, vii,
172 n ; Rich, of, vii, 97 n ; Rog.
of, vi, 103; vii, 97 «, 172 »

Woodroffe (Woderofe, Woodroff,
Woodruff), Chris., vi, 303 n ;
Isabel, vi, 444 « ; Janet, vi, 491 ;
Jenet, vi, 444 n ; Joan, vi, 468 n ;
John, vi, 151 n, 298 n, 303 «,
407, 444 n, 447, 447 n, 459 n,
468 «, 471, 473 », 475 «, 477 «,
491 ; Rich., vi, 303 n, 444 n,
445, 468 «, 519 ; vii, 55 n ;
Rob., vi, 28 M, 303, 444 n, 445 n,
468 n ; Thos., vii, 82 n

Woods, I., vii, 290 ; John, vii, 297 ;
Rev. — , vi, 128, 333;« ; see also
Boys and Wood

Woodscales (Thornley), vii, 26 n

Woodscholes, John del, vii, 35 n ;
Rob. del, vii, 35 n

Woodsfold (Woodplumpton), vii,
285

Woodslac (Kirkland), vii, 313 n

Woodstow House (Chipping), vii,
26 n

Woodward, Ad. the, vi, 143 n
Alex., vi, 200 n, 202, 202 n
Amery (the), vi, 143 n, 227 n
Eliz., vii, 107 n, 213 «; Ellen
vi, 179 n ; Ellis, vi, 140 n
Hen. the, vi, 227 n ; Hugh, vi
182 n, 202 n ; John, vi, 202 n
Nath., vii, 213 n ; Ralph
vi, 202 n ; Randle, vii, 223
Rich., vi, 179 n ; Rob. (le), vi,
7, 14 «, 15 n ; vii, 97 n ; Rog.
(the), vi, 140 n ; vii, 97 n ;
Will, (the), vi, 133 «, 140, 140 n,
143 «, 227 n ; vii, 107 n

Woollen manuf., vi, 434, 436, 437,
442 ; vii, 7

Woollin, John, vi, 242, 243

Woorowe (Clitheroe), vi, 367 «

Worcester, Jas. Fleetwood, bp. of,
vi, 59 n

Worden (Leyland), vi, 10, 12, 57,

63

Worden, fam., see Werden
Worden Hall (Leyland), vi, 12 n,

14

Worden Old Hall (Leyland), vi, 14
Workedel, see Worsley
Worlington, see Worthington
Wormeleve (Huncoat), vi, 410 n

432

Wormley Eaves (Marsden), vi, 539 n
Wormstall, Marg. de, vii, 17 n ;

Will, de, vii, 17 »
Wormstall Bottom (Trawden), vi,

551

Worple hills, vi, 252 n
Worsaw End (Worston), vi, 373
Worsley (Workedel), Agnes, vi,
555 n ; Alice (de), vi, 559 ; vii,
227 n; Anne, vi, 94 n ; Cecily de,
vi, 112 n; Eliz., vi, 555 n ; Ellen
de, vi, 112 n; Hen. (de), vi, 194 n,
376, 521, 559 n ; vii, 227*1;
Isabel, vi, 555 n ; Jas., vii, 25 n ;
Jenet, vi, 96 n ; Joan (de), vi,
194 n> 376> 528 n, 559 n ; vii,
269 n ; John, vi, 376, 555 n,
559 n ; vii, 269 n ; Kath., vii,
280 ; Marg. (de), vi, 96 « ; vii,
329*1; Maud (Matilda), vi,
315 n ; vii, 226 n ; Rich., vi,
376, 463, 555 n, 559 n ; vii,

226 n ; Sir Rob., vi, 39 n ; Rob.,
vi, 315 n, 376, 555 n, 559, 559 n ;
vii, 263 n, 265 « ; Seth, vi,
94 « ; Thos., vi, 96 n, 191 n ;
vii, 280 ; Thurstan de, vii,
329 n ; — , vi, 376 n

Worsley-Taylor, Hen. W., vi, 331,
387

Worsthorne (Worsthorne with
Hurstwood), vi, 349, 356 M,
418, 441, 442, 443, 447 n, 450,
453 n, 454, 459, 4^9, 473-8;
chs., vi, 478 ; man., vi, 232,
444, 474 ; mill, vi, 477 n ;
Nonconf., vi, 478 ; Rom. rem.,

vi, 474
Worsthorne, Ad. de, vi, 397 «,

474 n, 475 n ; Alex, de, vi, 474 n,

475 «, 477 n ; Dolphin de, vi,
475 n ; Gilb. de, vi, 397 n, 474 «,
475 n ; Hen. de, vi, 397 «,

474 n, 475 n ; John de, vi,

475 n ; Matth. de, vi, 475 «,
477 n ; Nich. de, vi, 475 n ;
Osbert de, vi, 475 n ; Pet. de,
vi, 475 « ; Reynold de, vi, 475 n ;
Rich, de, vi, 475 n, 485 n ; Rob.
de, vi, 474 n, 475 n, 477 n, 481 ;
Siward de, vi, 481 ; Thos. de,
vi, 475 n, 485 n ; Westmund
de, vi, 475 n ; Will, de, vi, 475 n

Worsthorne Hall (Worsthorne), vi,
476

Worsthorne Wood (Worsthorne) ,
vi, 477 n

Worston, vi, 232, 349, 356 n, 372 n,
373-5, 3?6 n, 392 », 552, 553,
555 ; ch., vi, 361, 375 ; man.,
vi, 361 n, 373, 489 ; man. house,
vi, 233 n, 374 ; mill, vi, 374

Worston, Ad. de, vi, 373, 373 n ;
Guy de, vi, 373 ; Hugh de, vi,

374 n, 375 n '• Ido (Wido) de,
vi, 373 n ', Ralph de, vi. 374 n,

375 n ; Will, de, vi, 375 n
Worston Common, vi, 374 n, 379 n
Worston Greyne (Worston), vi, 374
Worswick, Eliz., vii, 239 n ; Rich.,

vii, 239 n ; Rob., vii, 239 n
Worthington, vi, 182, 187 «, 222-4 ;

man., vi, 222 ; mill, vi, 183
Worthington, Agnes (de), vi, 198 M,
220 n, 227 n ; Alan de, vi, 223 n ;
Alex., vi, 202 n ; Alice de, vi,
223 «, 227 n ; vii, 44 n ; Anne,
vi, 220 «, 228 « ; vii, 278 n ;
Earth., vii, 89 n ; Chris., vi,
136 «, 220 n ; vii, 233 n ;
Dionysia de, vi, 223 n ; Dorothy,
vi, 220 n, 228 n, 410 ; Edw. (de),
vi, 185, 208, 223 n, 224, 227,

227 n; vii, 144, i8on; Eleanor
de, vi, 227 n ; Eliz., vi, 202 n ;

INDEX

Worthington (cant.)

Ellen de, vi, 223 n, 228 n ;
Emma de, vi, 201 n ; Gilb. de,
vi, 227 n ; Hen. de, vi, 212 n,
223 n, 227 n ; Hugh (de), vi,
131 «, 223, 225 n, 228 n ; Isabel
(de), vi, 77 n, 227 n ; Jas. (de),
vi, 227 n ; vii, 233, 278 n ;
Jane, vi, 223 n ; Joan de, vi,
134-5, 218 M, 219 n, 220 n, 227 n ;
vii, 233 n ; John de, vi, 208 n,
223, 227 n, 283 « ; Kath. de,
vi, 227 « ; Lawr., vi, 213, 217 n,
220 », 227 n ; vii, 180 » ; Mabel
de, vi, 209 n, 218 n, 219 «, 223 n ;
Marg. (de), vi, 106 n, 202 n, 226,

228 n ; vii, 236 ; Matth., vi,
114, 237 n ; vii, 291; Nich.
(de), vi, 182 n, 198 «, 202, 218 n,
219*1, 223, 227*1; Pet. (de), vi,

176 n, 227, 227 n, 229, 285 n ;
Ralph de, vi, 227 n ; Rev. Rich.,
vi, 344 ; Rich, (de), vi, 72 n,
106 n, 182 n, 208 «, 223 », 224 «,
226, 227, 227 n, 228 t», 229,

229 n, 285 », 343 ; Rob. (de), vi,
3 n, 193 n, 201 w, 202 n, 209 »,
222, 223 n, 227 », 241 n ; Thos.
(de), vi, 77 n, 136 n, 219 n,
220 n, 222, 223, 223 n, 224, 227,
227*1, 228, 229 n, 301, 410;
vii, 174 n, 233 », 236 ; Will,
(de), vi, 77 n, 135, 182 n, 209 n,
212 n, 218 «, 219 n, 222, 223,
223 «, 225 n, 226 n, 227 «, 228,
228 n, 311 n ; — , vi, 122 n, 416,
426

Worthington Hall (Worthington),

vi, 183, 223
Worthington House (Brindle), vi,

77 n

Worton, Tom, vi, 322 n
Wower, John le, vii, 160 n ; Will.

le, vii, 1 60 n

Wra, the (Blainscough), vi, 227 n
Wra, Wraa, fam., see Wray and

Wrea

Wrampool (Pilling), vii, 333 n
Wray (Weeton-with-Preese), vii,

177 n

Wray, Geo., vii, 151 n ; see also
Wrea

Wrdeston, see Worsthorne

Wrea (Ribby-with-Wreal, vii, 149**,
157-8, 160 n, 163 n, 171, 173 n,
184 ; man., vii, 157

Wrea (Wra, Wraa), Ad. de (del),
vii, 157 n, 158; Agnes de, vii,
157 n ; Gerard de, vii, 157 « ;
Hen. del, vii, 98 n ; John de,
vii, 157 n; Jordan del, vii, 157 n;
Marg. de, vii, 157 n ; Margery de,
vii, 157 n ; Rich, del, vii, 98 n,
157 ; Will, de, vii, 157 n ; see
also Wray

Wrea Green, see Wrea

Wrennall, Hugh, vi, 177 ; Rich.,
vi, 177 n ; Rog., vii, 205

Wrichtington, Wrictinton, see
Wrightington

Wridelesford, John de, vi, 471 n ;
Samson de, vi, 471 n

Wrigan, Oliver, vii, 138 n

Wright, Alice, vi, 402 n ; Anne, vi,
31 n ; Benj., vii, 165, 205 ; Rev.
Chas., vii, 10 n ; Cecily, vii, 29 n ;
Eliz., vi, 311 « ; Ellen, vi, 35 n,
402 n ; Ellis, vi, 96 n ; Fran., vi,
31 n ; Geo., vi, 317 n ; Hen.
(the), vi, 35 n, 201 «, 237 n,
311 n ; vii, 29 n ; John (the), vi,
31, 128 ; vii, 291, 328 n ; Kath.,
vi, 14 n; Mary, vi, 311 n ; Rich.,
vi, 557 ; Rob. (the), vii, 328 «,
402 n ; Rog., vi, 55 ; Thos., vi,

Wright (cont.)

95 n, 31? n ; Will., vi, 22 «,
201 n ; vii, 26 n, 147 n
Wrightington, vi, 38 n, 68 n, 155,
169-78 ; vii, 53 n, 157 n, 193 n,
274n> 321 »; char., vi, 90 n,
91 n, 161 ; ch., vi, 169, 178 ; man.,
vi, 169, 547 ; Nonconf., vi, 178 ;
Rom. Cath., vi, 178
Wrightington, Ad. de, vi, 101 «,
171 «; Agnes (de), vi, 171 «,
332 ; Alex, (de), vi, 171 «, 172 n ;
vii, 222 » ; Alice de, vi, 171 n ;
Amb. de, vi, 171 n, 177 n ;
Anne, vi, 172 ; Bern, ^de, vi,
171 n ; Sir Edw., vi, *" 172 n,
186 ; Edw., vi, 177 n, 200 n,
293 n ; Ellen de, vi, 171 n ;
Geoff, de, vi, 169 «, 170 n, 171,
199 n, 201 n, 203, 204 n ; Hen.
de, vi, 101 n, 171 n ; John, vi,
171, 172, 172 n, 175 «, 176%,
201 «, 202 n, 204 n ; vii, 222 «,
224 « ; Kath. de, vi, 171 n \
Mabel de, vi, 171 n ; Marg., vi,
171 n ; Mary, vi, 172 n ; Rich,
de, vi, 170 n, 171 n, 174*1,
222 n ; Rob. (de), vi, 170 n, 171,
171 n, 174 n, 199 «, 204 », 206 n ;
Rog. de, vi, 171 n ; Thos. (de),
vi, 155, 171, 171 n, 177, 177 n,
204*1, 227 n ; vii, 119 n; Will,
de, vi, 101 n, 171 n, 172 n ; vii,
224
Wrightington Hall (Wrightington),

vi, 172, 181 n
Wrigley, Jos. H., vi, 371
Writhisthorn, see Worsthorne
Written Stone Farm (Dilworth),

vii, 51

Writtyngton, see Wrightington
Wroe (Wrooe), Cecily, vii, 158 « ;
Mary, vi, 413 n ; Pet., vii, 158 n ;
Rev. Rich., vi, 413 ; Rich., vii,
74 n, 298, 299 ; Rev. Thos., vi,
413 n ; see also Rowe
Wrstincton, see Wrightington
Wrtheston, Wrthiston, see Worston
Wryghtington, Wrythinton, Wry-
thtynton, Wrytinton, see Wright-
ington

Wulnesbooth, Rich, de, vii, 58 n
Wursthorn, see Worsthorne
Wurston, Wurtheston, see Worston
Wurthington, see Worthington
Wyardburn (Wyarde Burn) (Dut-

ton), vii, 57 n, 58 n
Wyatt, Lewis, vi, 25 ; see also

Wiatt

Wych (Wich), Ad. (de, del), vii,
79 n, 101 n ; Alice del, vii, 101 n ;
Ellen del, vii, 101 n ; John (de,
del), vi, 60 n ; vii, 92 n, 94 n,
101 n ; Marg., vi, 267 ; Rog.
(de, del), vi, 267 ; vii, 92 n, 101 n
Wycoller (Trawden), vi, 523, 548,

549, 552

Wycoller, Nether and Over (Traw-
den), vi, 233 «, 549
Wycoller, brook, vi, 548, 551
Wycoller Causeway, vi, 544 n
Wycoller Hall (Trawden), vi, 549
Wyke, Edw., vi, 146 «
Wylot, Ad., vi, 7
Wylpshire, see Wilpshire
Wylsett, see Wolset
Wyman, Rob., vi, 189
Wymark, see Wimark
Wymcock, Edw., vii, 259 n
Wymerlay, see Winmarleigh
Wymmen, fam., vi, 471
Wymondeslegh, Ellen, vi, 485 n ;

John de, vi, 485 n
Wymondhouses (Pendleton), vi,
392, 394, 396, 4l6 n

433

Wymondhouses (Wymundhamj,
John de, vi, 394 ; Mary de, Joan,
d. of, vi, 394 n; Ralph de, vi,
546 n ; Will, de, vi, 394
Wymott (Hutton), vi, 66 n
Wymott (Wymoth), brook, vi,

67 n, 108

Wymott Moss (Hutton), vi, 67 «, 68

Wymundehus, Wymundeshoues,

Wymundham, Wymundhouses,

see Wymondhouses

Wynant, Hen., vi, 215 n; Ralph,

vi, 215 n
Wyndebonkfeld (Walton-le-Dale) ,

vi, 290

Wynermerisle, see Winmarleigh
Wynhalgh (Welch Whittle), vi, 204%
Wynhart, Alice, vii, 58 n ; Thos.,

vii, 58 n

Wynkydele, see Winkley
Wynnel, see Windle
Wynnemerley, see Winmarleigh
Wynniva, d. of Godwin, vii, 45 n
Wynomerislega, see Winmarleigh
Wynwell, see Winewall
Wyot, see Wiatt and Wyatt
Wyre, riv., vii, 68, 70, 129, 139,
143, 181, 182 », 183, 186, 188,
190, 219, 220, 270, 273, 276, 300,
311 ; fishery, vii, 274 n
Wyresdale, Nether, vii, 182, 269 n,
270, 272 n, 291, 292, 293, 300-5,
313 ; char., vii, 300 ; ch., vii,
304 ; man., vii, 271, 292 n, 296,
300, 305 n, 309, 317 ; mills, vii,
302 « ; Nonconf., vii, 304 ; Rom.
Cath., vii, 304, 305 n ; sch., vii,
305
Wyresdale Court (Wyresdale), vii,

318 n

Wyresdale Park (Nether Wyres-
dale), vii, 304
Wyreside (Nether Wyresdale), vii,

304

Wysewale, see Wiswell
Wythenull, see Withnell
Wytheton, see Weeton
Wythineheved (Gt. Harwood), vi,

339

Wythinton, see Weeton
Wythyn-greve (Eccleshill), vi, 279 n
Wythull, see Whittle-le-Woods
Wytingham, see Whittingham

Yallam Bridge (Trawden), vi, 551

Yarburgh, see Yerburgh

Yarrow, riv., vi, 18, 81, 91, 108,
129, 162

Yarrow Bridge Hotel (Chorley), vi,
129

Yarrowdale, Will, de, vi, 131*1;
vii, 3

Yarsmoor (Stalmine), vii, 252 n

Yate, tnshp., see Yate Bank

Yate (Porta, Yates), Ad. (atte, del),
vi, 485 n, 511*1; Anabel atte,
vii, 63 » ; Anne, vi, 141 ; Dyke del,
vi, 480 ; Eliz., vi, 261 ; Geoff., vi,
216 n; Geo., vi, 273; vii, 255;
Giles, vi, 273, 274 ; Hen. del, vi,
511*1; Jas., vi, 273, 274, 280*1;
Joan del, vi, 511*1; John (del),
vi, 272 n, 274, 280 n, 480 ; vii,
192 n ; Lawr., vi, 277 n ; Lydia,
vi, i5on, 151 n; Maghull
(Maile), vi, 261 ; Rich, (del), vi,
127 n, 280*1, 481*1, 511*1; vii,
192 n ; Rob. (atte), vi, 273, 274 ;
vii, 63 n ; Sam., vi, 141 ; Thos.,
vi, 150*1, 151*1, 284 n, 495;
Tristram, vi, 495 ; Will, (atte),
vi, 158, 161, 261, 273, 274, 277 n,
280 n ; vii, 63 n ; W. C., vi, 161 ,

55

A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE

Yate (cow/.)

— , vi, 235 « ; vii, 322 ; fam., vi,

246 n
Yate Bank (Yate and Pickup Bank),

vi, 230 n, 235, 280
Yatefield (Habergham Eaves), vi,

467

Yates, fam., see Yate
Yealand, Ad. de, vii, 146 n, 172 ;
Alice de, vii, 172 n ; John de,
vii, 134 n ; Will, de, vii, 134 n
Yellow Hill (Pleasington), vi, 266
Yelverton, Sir Hen., vii, 75
Yeomans (Briercliffe), vi, 470
Yerburgh (Yarburgh, Yerde burgh),

Yerburgh (cont.)

Elma A., vi, 261 ; John de, vii,

41, 85; Rob. A., vi, 261 ; Mrs..

vi, 252

Yngtonthintill (Garstang), vii, 316 n
Yolrungegreve, vii, 69
Yombergh, Thos. de, vii, 92 n
Yordrawes, Ad. de, vii, 52 n ;

Margery de, vii, 52 n ; Thos. de,

vii, 52 n
York, vii, 69
York, archbps. of, vi, 555 n ; vii,

83 «, 84 n, 128 n, 297, 303 n ;

Walt, de Grey, vii, 146 ; Thos.,

vii, 218 n ', Thurstan, vii, 218 n ;

York (cont.)

Tobias (Toby) Matthew, vii, 14 :

Jas. Harrington, dean of, vi, 321
York, John, vii, 85 ; Nich. de, vii,

65 n; Thos., vi, 375; Will, de,

vii, 146, 151 n
Yorker, — , vi, 543 n
Young, Arch., vi, 432 ; Brigham, vi,

74 n ; Ellen, vii, 88 n ; Hen., vi,

52 ; John, vi, 80, 518 ; vii, 88 n,

224 ; Maud, vii, 88 n
Yowcles, riv., vii, 270 n

Zechariah, brook, vi, 251

434

CORRIGENDA

Vol. VI, page 19, note 2, line 10, for ' p. 361 ' read ' p. 65.*

„ „ 29, line 5, for ' Laylonschire ' read ' Leylondshire.'

„ ,, 436, 4 lines from end, for ' south-east ' read ' south-west.'

„ ,, 440, line 4, for ' internal ' read ' external.'

„ ,, 44&, line i, for ' 13 ft.' read ' 18 ft.'

,, ,, 75b, line 26, for ' Howarth' read ' Haworth.'

„ ,, 76, note 15, for ' Charles William Compton ' read ' Charles Compton William.'

,, ,, 900, line 8, for ' souls ' read ' soul.'

,, ,, 1580, line 9 from end, for ' 1827 ' read ' 1829.'

,, ,, 232, line 22, for ' Birtwistle ' read ' Birtwisle.'

,, ,, 268, note 24, for ' her cousin ' read ' Mary Butler's cousin.'

„ ,, 3156, line 7, for ' then ' read ' afterwards.'

,, ,, 3i6a, line 35, for ' Osbaldeston ' read ' Balderston.'

,, ,, 317^, line 5 from end, for ' Major ' read ' Captain.'

,, ,, 3260, line 10, delete ' the homes of the Blackburn Orphanage ... in this township.'

„ 33i«, line 25, for ' the present owner ' read ' who sold it to the Lancashire Inebriates Board.'

,, 3386, line 5, for ' All Springs ' read ' Allsprings.'

,, ,, 3410, line 4, for ' youngest son ' read ' third son."

,, 3410, line 6, for ' leaving daughters . . . (Mrs. David Howell) ' read ' without issue, and was
succeeded by Helen (Mrs. Trappes-Lomax) daughter of his youngest brother
Thomas and Helen Mary Maxima (Mrs. David Howell), daughter of Mary
(Mrs. W. F. Segar) daughter of the same Thomas Lomax.'

,, 3436, line 47, for ' Herns ' read ' Herries.'

,, 4196, line 17 from end, for ' Thomas Grimshaw ' read ' Thomas Lomax.'

,, „ 4340, line 24, for ' Crawshall ' read ' Crawshaw.'

.. ,, 500, note 38, line 38, for ' great-grandmother ' read ' second wife of great grandfather.

.. 559, note 18, for ' Alice ' read ' Anne.'

Vol. VII, page 30, note 40, line 45, for ' Galland ' read ' Gallard.'
„ ,, 136, note 78, line 12, for ' Valentine ' read ' Henry.'

., ,, 1426, line 25, for ' Shilleto ' read ' Shillito.'

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