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^be Cl)etl)am Siocietp.
COUNCIL FOR 1884-5.
HK WORSHIPFUL RICHARD COPLEY CHRISTIE. M.A
JAMES CROSTON, Esq., F.S.A.
J P. EARWAKER, EHt, M.A., F.S.A.
LIEUT. -COLONEL FISHWICK, F.S.A.
HKNRV H HOW(»RTH, Esq., F.S.A.
REV JOHN HOWARD MARSDEN. B.D.. F R.O
L>TII DlSMV Pbofuwil
REV. JAMES RAINE, M.A, Cahon of Vom.
FRANK REKAUD. E«j . M.D., F.SA.
J P RYLANDS, Es*. F.S A.
REV RICHARD TONGE, U.A., Hon Cawob .if
A. W. WARD, E»Q, LiT.D., MA.
J. JOSEPH JORDAN, E»j., Thiasikiil
JOHN E BAILEV. Esv , F5A, Hun. Silh
THE
HISTORY
OP THE
ms^ oi 1|0ttlt0n-l£-jfgltrt,
IN THE
COUNTY OF LANCASTER.
BY
HENRY FISHWICK, F.S.A.,
Au/Aor of " The History of the Parochial Chapel of Goosnargh,^
** The History of the Parish of Garstang,''^
** The Lancashire Library ^^ &*c.
PRINTED FOR THE CHETHAM SOCIETY.
1885.
CONTENTS.
PAGES
CHAPTER L
General History 1-36
CHAPTER IL
Ecclesiastical History 37-64
CHAPTER III.
The Vicars 65-87
CHAPTER IV,
The Churchwardens and Registers - - 88-114
CHAPTER V,
The Public Charities 115- 122
CHAPTER VI
Old Halls and Old Families - - - 123-188
CHAPTER VII
Miscellany 189-206
APPENDIX 207-210
GENERAL INDEX 211-213
INDEX OF NAMES 215-232
iv Preface.
valuable assistance. I must also acknowledge my in-
debtedness to Dr. Winn of Poulton, Joseph Gillow,
Esq., of Bowdon, J. E. Bailey, Esq., F.S.A., of Stret-
ford, the Rev. Canon Tonge of Manchester, and the late
Paul Harrison Thornber of Poulton.
The Index of Names has been compiled by my
daughter Jane.
H. F.
The Heights,
Rochdale,
Septembtr, tSSj,
ERRATA.
Page 4, line i^/or ** where," retui ** were."
,, 22, line 3 from the bottom, />r ** Marler," read ** Marlon."
,, 6o, line 7, afirr "St. John, ix. 31]," at/ti "Christopher and Margery Albin,
1752."
,, 176, line 7 from the bottom, /or "by his," read ** Thomas Hodgson by."
C|)e ^istoxv of i&oulton^le^iTpUJe^
CHAPTER I.
GENERAL HISTORY.
THE Fylde from the north-west comer of the parish of
Lytham to Rossall Point presents an almost straight
line of coast of about eleven miles in length, following this coast
to Fleet\v'Ood, turning up the river Wyre to Skippool, and then
taking the boundary lines of Kirkham and Lytham, we have
the original parish of Poulton-le- Fylde, out of which has been
taken the parish of Bispham.^ Poulton comprises an area of
14,289 acres, and is divided into five townships, viz., Thornton,
Carleton, Marton, Hardhorn-with-Newton, and Poulton.
The evidence of the pre- Roman occupation of the district is
of the most meagre description ; and is rendered more so by the
fact that none of the articles from time to time discovered appear
to have been preserved.
The Ordnance Map indicates a place near Robbings Row, in
Marton, as the spot where a bronze celt was found ; and Thornber,
in his History of Blackpool,'^ says that he possessed a Celtic axe
which was found not far from the same place, lying on the peat
about a yard below the surface; it was made of "an alloy of
copper and tin, rudely cast, and when found had a handle of more
than a yard in length, being nearly the thickness of a man's wrist;
' The History of Bisphiun will form a lepanite volume.
•Pagers.
B
2 The History of Poulton-le-Fylde.
at the side of the instrument was a loop, apparently for attaching
it to the person." A brass axe, a small oblong amulet of foreign
white soft marble, and several coracles or canoes made of ribs of
wood covered with hides, were found in cutting the main dyke of
Marton Mere.'
The Roman road which passed through Kirkham^ continued
its course through Poulton, on its way to the estuary of the Wyre.
The first trace of it is in what was once the bed of Marton Mere,
where, in 1880, its gravel was two yards thick; when it was first
discovered it was twelve yards wide, and Mr. Thornber, who saw
it at that time, says that there were no signs of ruts or vehicular
traffic, except sledges, one of which was found there, and parts
of which were in 1850 used for gate posts at a neighbouring farm
house. About two miles from Marton Mere, close to the village
of Hardhom, and near Puddle House, the "road again was visible,
though its gravel had been removed, and it was making for
Poulton." 3
Mr. Thornber^ was of opinion that after leaving Poulton the
road passed near Little Poulton Hall, having only a branch to
Poulton Hill ; on the high ground of the Town Fields there is a
track of an ancient road which evidently was gravelled, over the
low lands, and thiis road leads, by a curious cut, through the
banks of the Wyre to the Shard.5 At Bourne we have again
traces of this road in what is locally known as " Dane's Pad," and
in the rabbit warren at Fleetwood, about the year 1835, some
workmen excavating a trench for the foundation of a sea wall
opposite Mount Terrace, at some depth below the sand, found a
portion of road with its pavement complete.^ This confirms Mr.
' On authority of the Rev. Mr. Buck of Agecroft Hall, near Swinton, as quoted
by Thornber, p. 18.
■ History of Kirkham^ p. 3.
3 Lancashire and Cheshire Historical Society, vol. iii. p. 65.
* Ibid.^ p. 66.
5 The Shard in early deeds is often called " Aldweth" or " Aldewath,"= the old
ford. (See p. 6.)
• W. T. Watkin*8 Roman Lancashire^ p. 76.
General History. 3
Thomber's statement that a trace of the road was exposed in the
warren at a place called *' Abbot's Walk,^ but as Mr. Watkin, in
his Roman Lancashire, justly observes, the sea has made such en-
croachments on the coast at this point that " how far the road
proceeded will never probably be known."
On the authority of Dodsworth, in 1555 a sudden irruption of
the sea washed away a whole village near Rossall Grange, called
Singleton Thorp, the site of which is now known as " Singleton
Skeer."
The termination of this Roman road was probably at or near the
point where the Wyre emptied itself into the estuary of the Lune,
which would not have been an unfavourable place for the Partus
Setantiorum to have been located, and most modern writers on
the subject are of opinion that it was either here or on the Lune
at Lancaster, but unless further evidence is discovered it is im-
possible to come to a positive decision on the point.
The late Mr. John Just was very decided in his opinion that
on the Wyre, and not at Lancaster, was the harbour of the Sis-
tuntian Port.^
In 1840 some workmen found in a brickfield belonging to Mr.
Walmsley, between Rossall Point and Fenny, and near to the
Fleetwood landmark, upwards of four hundred Roman coins
{denarii), forty of which were taken possession of by Mr. Thorn-
ber (and it is presumed are lost), and the remainder by the late
Sir Hesketh Fleetwood of Rossall ; these were afterwards sold
to Alderman Browne of Preston, whose son, Dr. Browne, has re-
cently presented them to the Cross Street Museum, Preston.
They have been carefully classified, with the following result —
Constantius II., 14; Julianus, 28; Valentinianus I., 15; Valens,
46 ; Gratianus, 64 ; Magnus Maximus, 1 1 ; Flavius Victor (sort
of Maximus), 6; Valentinianus II., 8; Theodosius I., 19; Eu-
genius, 14; Arcadius, 113; Honorius, 52; illegible, i; frag-
■ Hishry of Blackpool, p. 9.
* Lancashire and Cheshire Historical Society, vol iii. p. 3 ; also Wright*s Tki Ctli,
iki Romam, ami tki Saxon,
4 The History of Poulton-le-Fylde.
mentary, la They thus cover a period of fifty -five years, com-
mencing circa A.D. 353 : Mr. W. T. Watkin thinks they were
concealed in the first decade of the fifth century, at the time
of the abandonment of Britain by the Romans, and pronounces
them to be the latest in point of date yet discovered in Lan-
cashire.*
The coins of Flaviu? Victor and Eugenius are very rare.
It is remarkable that Thomber in describing \};\\sfind distinctly
states that the coins were of Trajan, Hadrian, Vespasian, Titus,
Domitian, Antoninus, Severus, Caracalla, Sabina, Faustina,^ &c.
The questions which this discrepancy raises are, were the coins
retained by Mr. Thomber of the earlier dates just named, thus
making the collection to cover several centuries (a thing not
likely), is his description wrong, or where there two finds at
Fenny in 1840, and both of 400 coins ?
In September, 1852, a coin of the reign of Domitian, the letters
"Dom" only were decipherable, the rest being corroded, was
found at Breck, near the Poulton railway station. Near to the
church two copper coins of Hadrian were discovered, and in a
garden behind the Market place a large medal of Germanicus
was dug up.3
After the final departure of the Romans (about the year 420),
this district was doubtless more or less inhabited by the Saxons
and the Danes, who gave the names to very many places which
they have retained to this day, as witness, Poulton (Pol-tun),
Thornton, Carleton, Marton, Holmes, Whiteholme, Trunnah,
Stevna, Breck, Ritherham, Ketelesholmwarthura ; in the field
names we have leys, carrs, greaves, butts, and a host of others,
all of which bear evidence of the same owners. On all the old
maps of Lancashire, the west side of the Wyre between Stana
and Fleetwood is marked Bergerode, which is probably the
Anglo-Saxon Beorg-rade, a refuge or shelter, or a safe harbour.
« The Palatitu NoU Book^ vol. iii. p. 17a
* Lancashire and Cheshire Historical Society, vol. iiL p. 66.
5 IHd,, vol. iii. p. 65.
General History, 5
During the long period of the Heptarchy, and indeed until the
time of William the Conqueror, history is silent as to the doings
of the inhabitants of the Fylde, but it may safely be asserted
that the district was the scene of many ravaging wars, and that
its people were visited with at least one severe famine. At the
taking of the Domesday survey, Roger de Poictou held all the
lands in the parish, which are thus described :
"Rushale [Rossall] two carucates; Brune [Burn]* two caru-
cates ; Torentum [Thornton] six carucates ; Staininghe [Stain-
ing] six carucates ; Poltun [Poulton] two carucates ; Meretun
[Marton] six carucates ; Carlentum [Carleton] four carucates."
In the hundred of Amounderness there are sixty-two places
named, of which it is said sixteen "vills have few inhabitants,
but how many there may be is not known, the rest are waste."
The twenty-six carucates just detailed would represent about
2,600 acres of land as being then under some kind of cultivation.
In or about the year 1094, Roger, Earl of Poictou, gave to the
monastery of St. Mary of Lancaster one carucate of land in
Poulton and the church with another carucate and all its appur-
tenances.2
Other landowners in Poulton during the next two centuries
added to the endowment of the same priory, amongst others
Walter the son of William de Mora,^ Alice the widow of William
le Wayt,* Richard son of Walthew de Pulton,^ Radulphus de
Grenole,^ Almeric de Lekamton,7 Walter son of Walter,^ Cecilia
de Grenole widow,9 who all made grants (without date) of lands
in Poulton in Amounderness. Between the prior of Lancaster
' Brune is by some considered as referring to Brining, but Bum is much more likely
to be the place.
• HarL MSS,, 3764, fol. I. [^<y. Cart. Motuut, B, Marie di Lam, \
3 Exchequer Augment. Mis,, vol. L, No. 196 (no date).
< /hid., vol. iii., Na 202 (no date),
s IhiJ., vol. xi., No. 185 (no date).
• Ibid., vol. xii., No. 157 (no date).
f Ibid,, vol. xiv., No. 229 (no date).
• Ibid,, vol. xvi., No. 301 (no date).
' Ib\d,, vol. xix., No. 150 (no date).
6 The History of Poulton-le-Fylde.
and Sir Adam Banastre a dispute arose as to a right of way
which in 4 Edw. I. (1276) resulted in an assault upon Ralph de
Truno (the prior) and his attendants, by Sir Adam Banastre in
person, aided by John Wenne, William de Thorneton, Richard
le Demand, Richard de Brockholes, Geoffrey le Procuratoure,
and Adam le Reeve. The prior and his friends were taken
prisoners and led ignominiously to Thornton, where they were
beaten and cast into prison. To enquire into this outrage a royal
commission was issued appointing John Travers, William de
Tatham, and John de Homeby inquisitors ;' the result of this
investigation has not been preserved, but by an indenture dated
at Lancaster on the Thursday after the Epiphany, A.D. 1330, the
question appears to have been settled, and an agreement come
to that the prior and his tenants should for ever enjoy the right
of passage with footmen, with horses, or with wains, on two suffi-
cient roads through Sir Adam Banastre*s land, viz., one from the
" villis " of Poulton and Thorneton beyond Skippol, and thence
to Singleton by a way leading to the ford of Aldewath in the
water of Wyre, and the other from the " villis " of Pulton and
Thorneton to the ford of Bulk in the same water.
The same agreement secured to the prior his right of collecting
tithes in the district.^ (See appendix A.) In 26 Edw. I. (1297-8),
Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, and others held divers messuages in
Pulton for the prior of Lancaster, 3^nd 20 Edw. I. (129 1-2), the
abbot of Cockersand was cited to show by what warrant he
claimed the judging of thieves and the holding of assize of bread
and ale in Pulton, Carleton, Merton, and Laton.*
By deed dated 19 Edw. IL (1325-6), William the son of
Dalmeles and his wife make a grant of land and hereditaments
in Little Pulton to Nicholas de Mariscoe.s One of the early
* Regist, St, Maria^ Lane,, fol. 70.
* Exchequr, Augment, Mis,, vol. v., No. 13a
' Inq. post rnort,. No. 122.
* Piac, de Quo, War,, p. 379.
5 Deeds in possession of W. Fitzherbert Brockholes, Esq.
General History. 7
landowners here took his name from the place. By charter with-
out date, John the son of Walthef de Pulton released to Henry
son of Suani his right in the water flowing through the marsh
between Pulton and Little Karlton, with license to make ponds
and ditches wherever he pleased in Pulton near the said marsh,
paying a rent of \d, annually in the market at Lancaster. This
was witnessed by William de Karlton, Paulinus de Gairstang,
and Hugo de Winmerlie.'
Paulinus de Gairstang was living in I2 Hen. IH. (1227-28).*
To various deeds without date, conveying lands in Carleton to
the abbot of Stanlaw, amongst the witnesses were Adam de
Pulton, James de Pulton, William de Pulton, John de Pulton,
and Alan de Pulton, cleriais?
By another charter,* without date, Galfrid de Withringham
granted land in "little" Pulton to Robert the son of Richard
de Pulton,^ and by inquisition, taken at Preston on Saturday, in
the vigil of St. Matthew the Apostle, 27 Edward IIL (23 Feb.,
1352), it was found that Robert de Pulton held by knight-service
of the priory of Lancaster, a messuage, 40 acres of arable land,
5 acres of meadow, 15 acres of pasture, in Pulton in Amounder-
ness, rendering yearly to the said priory two shillings and ten
pence halfpenny at the feast of Pentecost, which messuage and
land were worth yearly, besides the said rents, twenty shillings ;
and that Robert de Pulton died on Monday before the feast of
the B. M. the Virgin, 23 Edw. HI. (7 Sept., 1349).^ Amongst
the inquisitions for Amounderness (for inquis, nonarum)^ in 1340-
41, were Robert de Pulton and Roger de Pulton.
In the 6 Edw. HL (1332), parliament granted to the king the
■ Dodsworth MSS,
• History 0/ Garstangt p. 162.
> Coucher Book of Whalley,
^ Exckic, Aug, Mis,y vol. xiv., Na 388.
s Richard de Pulton appears as a witness to a deed relating to lands at Wedacre in
Garstang, anU 1247 (John Harland*s MSS,), and a John, son of James de Pulton, wit-
Bctnd a deed dated 17 May, i3Sa (/M,)
* ilsf. /«// mort,, Na 4.
8 The History of Poulton-le-Fylde.
" 1 5ths" and " loths," for which purpose assessors and taxors were
appointed in every part of the country ; for Lancashire the chief
taxers were Robert de Sherborne and John de Radcliffe, who
were instructed to call together the best men of the various local-
ities, and from them to select four or six out of every " vil," who,
after due enquiry, were (with certain exceptions) to levy a tax
on all goods in possession on St. Michael's day in the current
year ; for the township of " Pulton " the following return of the
sums to be contributed was made :
Witts, de Eccliston - - - - vj^
Adam le Knyght - - . -
Robtus de Pulton - - - -
Johes Page
Vicar de Pulton - - . .
Rog. de Pulton
Rog. Abell
Nichus de Pulton - - - .
Adam del Crosse - - - -
Adam fil Simon - - - . x<*
Adam the knight could be none other than Sir Adam Banastre,
already referred to.
The Pulton family appeared to have increased their possessions
until they ultimately held the entire manor. Nicholas de Pulton
and Agnes his wife, by charter dated at Pulton on Monday after
the nativity of St. John the Baptist, 9 Hen. IV. (25 June, 1408),
granted to John Pierson, the son of Robert Pierson of Singleton,
a plot of land, part of their manor of Pulton in Amounderness,
containing half an acre of land, of which one rood was adjacent
to the Milnefield, on the north side being the land of the prior of
Lancaster, and on the south side that of Richard Shirburne, and
abutting upon the way which leads from the bridge at SkippuU
to the .... of Pulton, and another half acre on which to build
two mills and other buildings, for which a yearly rent of 3^/. in
silver was to be paid at the feast of St. Martin in the winter.
• • • • —
ijd
ij'
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• •••
viijd
vjd
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xij<*
Xd
General History. 9
The witnesses to this deed were Robert de Browyk, William
Ambrose and others.'
To meet the expense of the war with France, on 29 March,
1 340, the parliament granted to the king the ninth fleece and the
ninth sheaf for the next two years ; as well as the ninth of all the
goods and chattels of boroughs and cities.
The return for the parish of Pulton was as follows :
Ancient tax, 50 marks ; new tax, 20 marks ; the ninths of
sheaves, wool and Iambs, 20 marks ; of which Hordeme [Hard-
horn] pays 4df. 8^/., Merton 43J. 4^/., Laton 22s, 3^/., Carleton 30;^.,
Pulton 23J. 4^/., Thornton 2^ marks.
The glebe was worth 265, 8^/.; and there was stated to be in
the same parish much land lying waste and uncultivated.^
In the reign of Hen. IV. a writ was addressed to the collectors
(in Lancashire) of the aid granted to the king on the marriage of
his eldest daughter, authorizing them to release the prior of
Lancaster from the payment oi £1 ly, 4^/. for 20 librats of land
in Pulton in Amoundemess.3
By deed dated at Pulton, on the Sunday next after Easter
1 1 Hen. V. (1410), William de Hoheth of the parish of Pulton
in Amounderness granted to Roger all his lands in Magna
Pulton ; the witnesses to the charter being Henry de Carleton,
Nicholas le Butler, and James de Pekyryng.
The Butlers and the Harryntons were at this time large land-
owners in various parts of the parish. Robert, the son of John
Pereson of Pulton, by deed dated at Pulton, 5 May, 1433, granted
to John, the son of Nicholas Botiler of Rawcliff, Robert Crone,
and John de Hamelton, chaplains, all his lands and tenements
in " Villa de Pulton,** to hold in capite of the chief lords ; at the
same time (by a second deed) he conveyed to the same people
his goods and chattels, " as well living as dead," whilst by a third
deed, dated at Pulton 28 September, 1446 (also between the same
* Dodxworth AfSS., vol. liii. fol. 99.
• Jnquis, nonarum^ p. 37.
5 Record office, Chanury Rolh^ class xxv. A 7.
lo The History of PoMlton-le-Fylde.
parties), the property is re-conveyed to the said John, the son of
Robert Pereson, who again (on 3 October, 1446) conveys it to
John, the son of Nicholas Boteler. By charter, dated 2 November,
1461, the afore-named John Boteler made a grant of the lands
just referred to, to his son, Richard Boteler, the witnesses to this
being Ricard Brown, vicar of Pulton, George de Carleton, Greorge
Singleton, and others. ^
By charter, dated 20 March, 18 Hen. VI. (1440), Botiller
granted lands in Great Pulton to Thomas Haryngton, the son of
James Haryngton, who, in 24 Hen. VI. (1446), had other lands
in Great and Little Pulton conveyed to him by Richard Browne,
vicar of Pulton.^ (See chapter III.)
Sir James Harrington of Brixworth, in the county of North-
ampton, died 26 June, 1497, and was seized (jnter alia) of lands
in Pulton, Magna and Parva, by virtue of grants made to his
ancestors,^ and by his will he directed that his executors should
take out of the profits of these and other lands, x marks, after
the decease of his wife, for a priest to sing, in the parish church
of Brixwell, and pray for his soul and the souls of his children.^
Between Sir James Harryngton and Richard Botiller, son and
heir of Richard Botiller of Laton, a difference arose as to certain
premises in Much Pulton and Little Pulton, which was referred
to Thomas Botiller and Richard Langton, knight, who awarded
that James Harryngton, Esq., was to pay to Richard Boteller
;f 32, in the parish church of Pulton, at the feast of St. Andrew
the Apostle, and £% at the feast of St. Mary the Virgin, £% at
the purification of our Lady, and j^8 at the feast of St. Margaret,
and also that Richard Botiller should not renew any houses nor
chambers standing on the ground which sometime belonged to
Sir William Harryngton in Much and Little Pulton "in the
ffyld," but should make a release to the said James Harryngton
of such lands as his father had purchased from Sir William
Harryngton.s
» Harland*s MSS, » Ibid,
3 Ing, post tnort,, 14 Hen. VIL (Chet Soc., vol. xcix« p. 17a)
* Chet. Soc., vol zcix. p. 16S. s Harland's AfSS,
General History. 1 1
Another owner of the soil was John Fochour, whose son,
Thomas Fochour, conveyed certain lands and tenements in Pul-
ton Magna to John Blackebum and John Crone, who, by deed
dated at Pulton on Monday next after the Trinity, A.D. 1454,
granted the same to Richard Browne, vicar of Pulton, and Henry
Huntington, to hold the same for forty years, paying for the first
ten years one red rose at the feast of the nativity of St John the
Baptist, if demanded, and for the next thirty years, vj' at the
feast of St. Martin in the winter and Pentecost, in equal propor-
tions.'
By charter, given at Pulton at the feast of St. Bartholomew the
Apostle, 9 Edw. IV. (25 Aug., 1469), William Plesyngton granted
to Richard Botiller all his lands and tenements in " Mekyll Pul-
ton," to hold for ever.2
The abbot of Cockersand does not appear to have held much
property in Poulton. The following are the names of tenants
and rentals paid to the monastery in 145 1 and 1501 :
Bursar's Roll, 145 i.^
Magna Carleton [ Thomas Hulle, one tenement 44' iv<i per ann.
I Thomas Hulle, a Wind Mill ij* „
Parva Carleton, George Carleton, tenement vj* viij<* „
Pulton, Roger Glender, i acre - - - x^ „
[Pulhouse }] Richard Yelande, a tenement called
Pulhous ----- vij»
rp, f Thomas Hey, tenement - - xx<*
I Hugo de Ash ton, tenement - ij**
n
Bursar's Roll, 1501.^
r Thomas Hull, tenement xxvj*
Magna Carleton -^
William Bameburgh ) ,
[.^Bamber], tenement J
.Richard Schortered, land iij*
>f
»
>»
> HarUnd's ^5^. ' /M.
' MS. belonging to Hornby chapel house. * Printed in toL Im Chet Soc
»
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y>
1 2 T/ie History of Poulton-le-Fylde.
( George Carleton, land vj* viijd per ann.
Parva Carleton X WUliam Hull and Thomas Hull,
'^ a Wind Mill - - - iijs iiijd
xm , f The wife of William Sanderson xviij* viij<*
ivierxon \ ..t-h- ^^ * • ••••^
I William Gait, tenement - - ix^ inj^
[Pulhowse?] Robert Whytside, a tenement called
Pulhowse xd
rjohn Anyon, a tenement
[Magna Carleton]^ called Hayholme - xiijs Hijd
'^ William Hull, „ „ xiijs iiijd
Pulton, Henry Taylor, a tenement called Abbot's
Acres xij^
Thornton, William Davy in Thornton, tenement iiij^
For subsidy granted 37 Hen. VHI. (1545-6), the following were
taxed :>
C William Butler in lands- - - iiij^
Marton-j John Hull in goods - - - iij^ iiijd
^ The son of Edward Wytside - - iij^ iiij^
The subsidy Roll for 23 Eliz. (isSoi),^ furnishes few local
names.
Marton, Magna and Parva. Robert Whiteheade in goods lij^,
rated at v^. Robert Bember in goods iij^« rated at v^ Robert
Peerson being a presentor and not appearing before the Com-
missioners was fined xl^.
Poulton J William Hesketh, in goods iij^ rated at v^.
1 James Tailor, „ vj^ „ x^
For the military muster in 1553, when the hundred of Amoun-
dcrness was called upon to find eleven score men, this parish was
represented by Carleton, Thometon, and Hardhome with New-
ton eight men each, and Pulton three men.3
Thornton.
In this township are Stana [Staynoe or Stainall],* Holmes,
» Record Office, 37 Hen. VIII., No. 130-159.
• Idu/. 23 Eliz., No. 131-234. 3 Harl MSS,, No. 1926.
* On the oppx)site side of the Wyre is another Stainall (in the parish of Kirkham ;)
General History, 13
and Trummall. The Domesday survey gives six carucates of
land here as under cultivation, two of which were afterwards
held by Margaret Wynequick, whose inq. post mart, was held 42
Hen. III. (1257-8.)!
In 16 John (12 14-15), Baldewinus Blundus paid twenty marks
for a license to marry Margaret de Warewic [Wynequick], and
to obtain her inheritance.^ She afterwards married Michael de
Carleton, who had to pay a fine of ten marks to recover the king's
pardon for the offence committed by him in marrying a lady who
was in the king's gift (her land being held of the king), and to
marry whom Baldewinus Blundus had paid twenty marks ;3 the
writ to the warden of the honor of Lancaster commanding him
to deliver the inheritance into the hands of Michael de Carleton
was dated 27 January, 5 Hen. III. (1221). In 2oEdw. I. (1292),
an action was brought against Thomas de Singleton by the king,
who sought to recover the manors of Singleton, Thornton, and
Broughton — the defendant, however, proved to the jury that he
held a part of Thornton, and that Thomas de Clifton and Caterina
his wife held the third of two parts of twelve bovates of land
there.^ The Testa de Nevill gives the name of Matilda de
Thorenton, who was unmarried and in the king's gift, and whose
lands were worth 20s, For the lay subsidy in 1332, the following
were taxed for this township :
Almar* de Thorneton -
Wittms de Suon
Johes de Stay noil -
Thomas fil* Richard - - -
Thomas de Thorneton -
Batty de Brun - - -
the name occurs in many early deeds (see Comcher Book of WkalUy\ which may refer
to either of these phices.
' Record office, Inq, post mort,^ No. il.
' Rol, Lit. Claus^ i6 John, M 7. (Record office.)
s Rot. Fimum, 5 Hen. III., M 8.
« Plac. de Qtto. fVar,, Edw. I., Lane RoL, 13 d.
-
xvj<* ob.
q'
-
xv<*ob.
•••
- y
v<*q^
"J'
ijd
- nijs
•••
iij»
ijd
14 The History of Poulton-U-Fylde.
Ricus de Ellele - - - - xv<*
Wittms Alotessone - - - xiij^
Wittms Proudfot - - - - xiijd
Ricus the son of Roger - - xiij<*
Johes the son of John de Heton - xiij<*
Thomas, the son of Lawrence Travers of Nateby, gave to his
son John and Alice Plesington, as a marriage settlement, a wind
mill and certain lands in Thornton. The marriage took place
May, 1349. They had issue a son Roger, who afterwards mar-
ried a Thornton. (See below.)
From an inq, post mort} taken at Preston, 2 August, 1429, it
appears that William de Clayton, vicar of Pulton, and Ralph de
Penwortham, conveyed to John de Thometon and Margaret his
wife, half the manor of Thometon, which was held of the duke
of Lancaster by service, and an annual rent of &r. John de
Thometon died without male issue, and his next heir was his
grandson, Thomas Travers ; but it appears that William de
Thometon (brother of John) held possession of the half of the
manor, and probably retained it, as a William de Thometon
(possibly his son) died seized of it on 24 June, 1429. The inq.
post niort of William de Thorneton,^ and the one first named,
furnish the following pedigrees.
Lawrence de Thorneton=t=
[son of Robert de Thometon]
(see/oj/.)
John de Thometon,^ Margaret, daughter William de Thometon, =
died 2 Oct. 1396. I of John de Bredkirk. living 1396.
Roger Travers =?= Alice Thometon. John de Thometon,
of Nateby. I died before 1429.
I
Thomas Travers,
40 years old
in 1429.
Roger Travers and Alice Thornton were married about the
year 1379, and had issue Thomas Travers, who was coroner for
Lancashire, 7 Hen. V. or VI.3
' Chet See., ToL xcix. p. 24. * Ibid.^ p. 26. > HarL AfSS., 21 12, foL 146.
General History. 15
William Thorn eton de THORNETON,=f=
died 24 June, 1429.
I \ 1 ' 1
Agnes, Katerina, Elizabeth, Johanna,
aged 10 years aged 8 years. aged 7 years. aged 5 years.
in 1429.
The late Mr. W. Lang^ton, in a note to Townley's Abstracts of
Lancashire Inquisitions y^ writes, "A curious divorce case is on
record between John de Townley and Isabell his wife, daughter
of Nicholas Butler of Rawcliff. It was a childless marriage, and
hence probably the desire for a divorce. Twenty-four years
prior to the suit, John de Towneley, then a minor, had married
Isabella at the door of the church of St. Michael-upon-Wyre, she
being also of tender years. The plea for the dissolution of the
marriage was, that before that time Isabella had contracted, per
verba in presenti, in her father's orchard, with John de Thometon,
two witnesses declaring that they had heard the mutual engage-
ment made to take each other as husband and wife until death —
thereto pledging their faith. This must have been mere child's
play. At the date of the divorce, evidence was given that John
de Thometon was dead four years before that time, and that he
was buried in the chantry of the parish church of Poulton in the
Fylde. This John de Thometon was, in all probability, the son
of the John named in the inquisition of 1396, who had died before
that date. The contract between Richard Towneley and Nicholas
Butler for the marriage of John and Isabella, their children, is
dated 22 August, 141 8."
Two surveys of Lancashire, taken in the early part of the 14th
century, have been printed, but to neither of them can be assigned
an exact date, the " Birch Feodary,"^ which Mr. Beamont says,
(and no doubt correctly,) is an inquisition on death of Earl Thomas
taken in 1322.3
This Inquisition sets forth that "Adam the son of William
Banester held half the manor of Thomton by service and pay-
ment of xxij' vj**, viz., for Thomton viij', and for the half of
' Chet. Soc, vol. xdx. p. 25. * Gregson's Portfolio^ p. 333.
' Anmals of IVarrmgion, p. 146.
1 6 The History of Poulton-le-Fylde.
Stanolf, a part of the said manor, iiijs yj^, for Brome [Bourne] x»
at the feast of the Annunciation and Michaelmas. The other
half of the manor was held by Lawrence, the son of Robert de
Thometon by homage and service, and paying xij^ per annum."
The survey of 1320-46 gives the following account :
John de Staynolfe held 4 oxgangs of land paying iv^ vj^ ; Roger
de Northcrosse, a messuage and an oxgang of land, 7^^; Adam
the knight, five acres, 4^ ; Thomas, son of Robert Staynolfe, a
messuage, an oxgang of land, T%^ \ William Laurence, a fourth
part of an oxgang, 16^; Thomas Travers, a fourth part of an ox-
gang of land, i6d ; John Botiller, a fourth part of an oxgang of
land, [i6d?]; and Richard Do^eson, five acres of land, 6^; they
held in all one carve of land in Thornton, in a place called Stay-
nolfe, in drengage, paying yearly five shillings at the Annunciation
and Michaelmas. It was the custom for the drenches' when mow-
ing to have food and puture for the children of the lord and their
nurse, and for the horses and dogs of the lord.
Thomas Banastre held a carve of land ; John, son of Lawrence
de Thornton, held one carve in Thornton and Staynolfe, late of
Robert Wyndewhike, in thanage, paying yearly at the four terms,
1 3s relief and suit to the county and wapentake.
At the Visitation of St. George, 161 3, the following pedigree
was entered :
JOHANNIS DE THORNTON=j=
de Thometon ob, seisitus
de medietate mancrii de
Thornelon et les holmes
juxta Thometon anno 8
H. 5th. [1420-21.]
Will ms de Thomton=f=
etatis 30 annor, ob,
anno 7 H. 6. [1428-9]
I : r
T
Agnes=Wiirms Wodey Katherina=»Wiirms Elizabeth = Robert
etatis 10 [? Woodhouse] etatis 8 Carleton. etatis 7 Adlington.
annor. [at annor. annor.
time of
father's
I
death.] Johanna ^^Christophems
etatis 5 Worthington.
annor.
' Drenches were tenants holding their land by ''drengage.'*
General History. 17
As late as the time of Philip and Mary one Richard Thornton,
gentleman, died [20 Jan., 1556] seized of two messuages and 40
acres of land in Becanshaw and Hesketh, and a messuage and
lands in Holmes (in Thornton), which he held of the Earl of
Derby in free socage, which was worth 15J. a year. His son and
heir was George Thornton, who was then of full age.'
Lord Derby in 1521^ held the manor, or reputed manor, of
Thometon. In the next century the Aliens and the Fleetwoods
were large landowners here, of whom hereafter. Thornton marsh
was enclosed by Act of Parliament 39 Geo. III.
[Rossall Hall, Bourne Hall, and Thornton Hall, see chapter VI.]
Carleton (Great and Little).
The Carlentium of Domesday had four carucates in cultivation,
which were held in the reign of Henry II. by Gilbert Fitz Rein-
fred.3 By charter without date (but made early in 13th century)
Henry de Quityngton gave to the abbey of Stanlaw three acres
of land in the " villa de parva Carleton," which were formerly in
the tenure of William de Pulton, Robert the ditcher, and Matilda
(a widow), one part of which was situate in the south part of the
" ville," the other part being near the lands belonging to " Koker-
sand" abbey. The witnesses to this were Dominus William
Pincema, William de Carleton, William de Syngleton, Alan his
son, Richard de Thometon, William de Merton, Amicus de Le-
kamton, and others.* William Pincema (otherwise William le
Boteler) died in 1233. About the same date Henry de Carle-
ton, son of Henry, gave to Stanlawe a right of way between his
lands in Little Carleton and Steyninges, beginning at the division
between Little Laton, and descending to the footpath between
Stainings and Little Carleton, along which road the monastery
' Record Office, Ducky Records^ z. 42.
• Inq, past mort,, t. 68, 13 Hen. VIII.
> Lib. Nigr, Scac., p. 34a
* Coucker Book of WkaUty^ p. 445. This grant wis confirmed to the monatteiy of
Whalley by Letters Patent in 1328.
D
1 8 The History of Poulton-le-Fylde.
was to make a ditch seven feet wide and four feet deepJ The
same donor granted to the monastery a meadow called Elrekar,
in Little Carleton, beginning at the ditch of " Cecilie," in Little
Laton, extending eastwards towards '' le Blakelache " and on the
west to " le Stokynbridge," saving to himself and his heirs the
use of water for his mill.^
Cecilia dc Laton gave about this time to the same religious
house her right in the marsh between Mattinsmure and the
boundary of Little Carleton.3
By deed dated ii Edward I. (1282-3) Henry de Parva Carle-
ton and Amabillam his wife granted lands here to Richard le
Botiller.4 According to the Testa de Neville Roger Gemet held
the 24th and the 48th part of a knight s fee in Parva Karlton ;
Robert de Stockport had a like holding in Magna Karlton.^
The manor of Carleton was held by the Carleton family for
several centuries, and then passed to the Singletons, and early in
the 1 8th century came into the possessson of the Sherbumes of
Stoneyhurst, and in 17 17 Sir Richard Sherburne left it by will to
his daughter and heiress Maria Winifreda Francisca, the duchess
of Norfolk; in 1745 it formed part of the estates which the duchess
bequeathed to her cousin Edward Weld of Lulworth Castle; Dor-
setshire, Esq., whose descendant, Edward Joseph Weld, sold the
inheritance to various small proprietors.
The subsidy roll of 1332 gives the following inhabitants of
Carleton, viz. :
Johes fit Thorn- - - - - iiljs
Nichus de Haiholm^ - - - ijs
Robtus Capio ----- ij» vj<*
Johes Tanner - - - - xyj^
Johes fii Jakes ----- xyj^
Godrich de Carleton - - - xiijd
Ricus fab? ----- xij^
" Couchfr Book of WhaUey\ p. 443. • Ibid,, p. 444.
3 Ibid,, p. 422. * Dodsworth MSS,, 144, 82. S FoL 398.
' Hayholme in Magna Carlton occurs in a deed dated 1476.
General His lory. 19
Thomas fil Nichi - - - - xviij<*
Ricus Coderussti - - - - xv^
Adam del halle - - - - ijd
Ricus Molend - - - - • xij^
Henr le Daa - - - - xij<*
There was anciently a manorial court held in Carleton. In 1697
Sir Nicholas Sherburne in granting lands for a school {sec post)
reserved to himself the right to hold the court in the schoolhouse;
a century later S. Sparrow, the agent of the Sherburne estates, in
a letter dated 13 January, 1798, states that ''a plan of Carleton
and some other papers, being Carleton court verdicts, &c., were
delivered to John Gaultier and were never returned," subsequently
John Gaultier's house was destroyed by fire, after which the agent
writes : " I have lately seen a person who says he was present at
the fire of John Gaultier's house, who assured me that all the
papers were saved, John Gaultier often assured me that he never
received them back from the commissioners, so it is possible they
may be in the possession of Mr. George Wright of Hornby castle,
who was one of the commissioners at the finish of the enclosure
of Thornton marsh."'
There are people still living who remember the court being
held at a beerhouse called "The Hole in the Wall," when twelve
jurymen were appointed, together with other officers, whose duty
it was to inspect hedges, ditches, watercourses, &c., &c; the court
was afterwards held at the Weld Arms Inn. When the estate
was sold the manorial rights were sold with Norcross Farm, but
the holding of a court had previously fallen into disuse. There
are people now alive who can remember the "Cuckstool" stand-
ing in Great Carleton. (Carleton family and Carleton Hall, see
chapter VI.)
Great and Little Marton.
Meretun with its six carucates of land is named in the Domes-
day book. In 9 John (1207-8) the sheriff of the county was by
■ MS, in pouesston of John Weld, Esq.
20 The History of Poulton-le-Fylde.
writ ordered to give to Matilda, formeriy the wife of Theobald
Walter, her third of the land in Mereton which Theobald held by
payment of \2s, and one hawk annually. >
The name of William de Merton appears as a juror in 37 Hen.
III. (l252-3.)2
The Coucher Book of Whalley contains a record of the following
grants to the abbey of Stanlawe, all of which are without date,
but which internal evidence proves to have been made about the
year 1272 :
William, the lord of Merton, granted half a bovate of land in
Great Merton, which John Wyth formerly held, with a house
next to that of Richard Russell, also two acres of land in the
same "vil," one, a part of which is in the west part of Suterdale,
and the other part in the Hallstude, the rest being near Ketelis-
worth, towards Laton ; also a " selione " 3 of land, " super le
Falyes," extending from east to west, and two other " seliones,"
" super le Longelandes." Amongst the witnesses to this charter
are Michel de Merton, Adam de Pulton, and Henry de Karleton.
William de Merton gave a house and garden in the " villa " of
Merton. Richard, the son of Henry de Merton, and Margerie,
his wife, granted half a "selione" of land in the "campo de
Merton," which was situate between the land of William de
Merton and that of Americus, the son of Symon de Thorneton,
in Ketelesholmwathwra ; the witnesses to this were William de
Merton, Richard his brother, Amaricus de Lekampton, Henry de
Carleton, Richard the clerk. Richard, the son of William de
Merton, confirmed the grant of his father of half a bovate of land,
with a house and two acres of land, with right of pasture for
twenty cows and a bull. Amongst the witnesses are Dominus
de Cancefeld, then sheriff,^ and Dominus Henry de Lee.
Gilbert de Lancastria, clerk, relinquished his life interest in a
' Rat, Liter, Clausar, 9 John, M. 16.
■ Dodsworth MSS,, 87, 2,
s Selione = a measure of land equal to about one-fifth of an acre.
4 He was sheriff in 1272.
General History. ai
half bovate of land in Merton, for which he had paid a rental of
45". per annum to the monastery ; Gilbert de Clifton, sheriff of
Lancashire, being amongst the witnesses, fixes the date as either
1282, 1286, 1287, or 1289.
About the same time as the last named grants, William de
Merton, son of Adam, son of Matthew, gave to the abbot of
Whalley a "selione" of land in Magna Merton.'
In II Edw. II. (1282-3), Micheal de Merton was witness to a
grant of land. (See p. 21.)
Theobald le Botiler, in 33 Hen. III. (1248-9), died seized of
Merton-cum-Linholme,^ and in 1285, another of the same name
died, when the jury returned that he held of the king, in capite^
twenty-four bovates of land in Merton, and that Theobald was
his son and heir.^
By deed without date (but of the year 1277), Richard le Botiller
granted to Richard, his son, to hold by homage and service, all
his lands in Merton which he had received from William de
Merton, and Richard his son. This was witnessed by William
le Boteller de ** Werington," Henry his son, Henry de Lee, sheriff
of Lancashire, Walter Carlton, John de Thometon, and Henry
de Carlton.
The Testa de Nevill describes "Moreton" as six carucatea*
three of which were held by the king for the heirs of Theobald
Walter [le Boteller], then in his custody, and three carucates held
by Adam de Merton by knight-service.*
Isabella, the daughter of Richard le Boteler of Merton, married
her cousin, Henry le Boteler, and after the death of her husband,
by charter of 31 October, 33 Edw. I. (1305), ordered John de
Steynol, her tenant, to pay vij» out of the rent of her lands in
Magna Merton to father Humphrey, one of the monks of Whalley ;
failing to pay, he was to forfeit ij« to Norman le Boteler.^
In 1328, she made a lease of lands in Merton and Warbreke
to Richard le Boteler.^
■ Dodsworth MSS,^ 131, 35. • Inq, post mort,^ Record office. No. 49.
s Dodsworth MSS,^ 53* 99- ^ Folk) 403.
s WkalUy Comther Book^ p. 453. * Annals of Warrington^ p. 131.
22 The History of Poulton-le-Fylde.
According to the survey of 1320-44,' William Botiller hdd two
parts, and Nicholas Botiller a third part of a knight's-fee in Great
Merton, paying yearly, at the nativity of St John the Baptist, for
castleward, three shillings, and at Michaelmas five shillings. On
24 February, Richard le Boteler died, and amongst his possessions
was the manor of Great Merton.^ This Richard was a younger
son of William le Boteler's brother Richard, the first lord of
Houtrawcliff,^ he lost his life and estate by following the fortunes
of Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, who was himself beheaded before
the castle of Pontefract on 22 March, 1322.
It does not, however, appear that the manor was alienated from
the family, as on 26 May, 1 340, William le Boteller, in order to
make a settlement of his estates, granted to Hugh Bacheler the
Boteler trustee, by a fine (inter alia), the manor of Great Merton
to William le Boteler and Elizabeth his wife for life, with remain-
der to Richard le Boteler and Joanna his wife and their heirs, with
remainder to John le Boteler, the said Richard's brother.* In
1359 Sir John Boteller, son of Sir William Boteller, released
certain lands in Great Merton.5 John of Gaunt, Duke of Lan-
caster (who was the chief lord under whom many of the Lanca-
shire landowners held their estates) in 1378 issued a summons to
levy a rate to make Henry of Bolinbroke a knight ; the receiver
reported that in Amoundemess Sir William le Boteler, knight,
and Nicholas Boteller held Magna Merton as a third of a knight's
fee, at a rental of Sj. a year.^
Sir William Boteller, after an eventful life (for an account of
which see Annals of Warrington, p. 193 et seq.) died on 17 March,
1380, aged 71, his son and heir Sir John Boteller being then aged
52.7 Great Marler continued in the holding of this family until
the time of Henry VIIL, when it formed part of the estate of Sir
Thomas Boteler, who died at Bewsey on the 27 April, 1522,8 and
' Chet. Soc, vol. Ixxiv. p. 59. ' Inq. post nunrt., N 59.
3 Annals of Warrington, p. 91.
< Duchy Records, see Annals of Warrington, p. 172.
s Bold Deeds, Ibid,, p. 184. * Dodsworth MSS., Ibid,, p. 192,
7 Inq, post mort, ^ Ibid,, Record office, 14 Hen. yill., vi. 13.
General History. 23
it was sold by his son and heir to William Fleetwood of Elinge,
in the county of Middlesex, Esq., who conveyed it to Edmund
Fleetwood' of Rossall, whose descendant, Sir Paul Fleetwood, by
deed dated 2 March, 1653, granted it to certain trustees for the
use of his son Richard Fleetwood, and for the purposes of his will,*
and in Nov. 1841, it was sold by Sir P. H. Fleetwood, Bart., to
Thomas Clifton, Esq. A part of Little Marten, in 4 Edw. III.
(1330), was held by William de Cokerham in trust for the abbot
and convent of Fumess,^ and about the same date James, son of
Edmund le Boteller, Earl of Ormond, held three carves of land
here.^
At the dissolution of the monasteries, the land held in Merton
by the abbot and convent of Furness became forfeited to the
crown, and was granted to the Holcroft family, and subsequently
passed to Sir Richard Molyneux, who, 10 March, 1612, conveyed
the same to Cuthbert Clifton, Esq.,s whose descendant is the
present owner.
Subsidy Roj-l, a.d. 1332.
Merton.
Thomas le Molneux - - - ij»
Robtus de Marisco - - - - U' J^ ob.
Nich fil Thorn xijd
Thomas Russell - - - - iiij«
Robtus Rudde . - - - xij^
Adam Ctico - . • - iiij»
Ricus de Hestholme - - - v» x<*
Anabill ux* WiBi ... iij«
Johes de Merton . . - - iij« jd ob.
Robtus fil Robte - - - - ij» vij^
■ Pteadings, Record office, roll 153, 42 Elix.
* Original deed.
> Inq, post mort,^ 4 Edw. III., N 100.
4 Lancashire Surrey, Chet Soc., toL Ixxir. p. 55, and Lantdowne MSS,^ 559^
fol. 36.
s Title deeds, Clifton estate office.
24 The History of Poulian-le-Fylde.
Marton Mere.
In the 13th century, Theobald Walter [le Boteller] granted to
the abbots of Stanlawe the right to make a pool out of Marton
mere or marsh [maram meam de Merton], and to take the water
to their mill at Staining, with a proviso that the fish in the said
mere were not to be injured ;» a little later the Earl of Ormond
(James, son of Edward le Boteller), held the fishery called Mer-
ton mere, paying yearly for it at Michaelmas ten shillings and
one soar hawk.^
Baines {History of Lancashire) says, that the right of fishing
here, in the time of Edw. III., formed the subject of litigation,
but for this he quotes no authority. In the reign of Hen. VIII.,
Thomas Hesketh appeared in the Duchy court as plaintiff, and
Richard Banester as defendant, the matter in dispute being
fishing in "Marton Myre."3 John Singleton of Staining died
2 August, 1589, seized (inter a/ia) with the fishing of "Marton
Mare."4
Marton Mere was anciently six miles long, and at least a mile
and a half wide ; it is marked conspicuously on all the old Lan-
cashire maps as Marton Mere and Marton Moss.
Marton formerly consisted of four hamlets, viz., Great and
Little Marton, the Fold, and the PeeL Near to the latter, at a
place called Hallstede [in 1272 called Hallstude, see p. 20],
vestiges of a manor house were discovered, with the remains of
a moat and drawbridge, and here were dug up two or three
gold rings. Hallstedes was the seat of the Holcrofls of Marton,
afterwards of Tyldesley.5
Tradition says that the stream issuing from Marton Mere
formerly turned the wheel of a water mill near to the village of
Great Marton. The reduction of this great sheet of water to its
■ Concher Book of Whallty^ p. 424.
* Lancashire Survey, Chet Soc., toL Ixxiv. p. 55.
5 Record of&ce, 6 Hen. VIII., n. d, < Inq, post mort,
s Dodsworth JlfSS,, c. xlii. p. 161.
General History. 25
present insignificant size, is due to the natural accumulation of
sediment and to drainage.
The following agreement, entered into in 1731, furnishes evi-
dence as to the state of the Mere at that ^ime.
Whereas there is a great lake or standing poole or water, called Mar-
ton Mear, adjoyning to Staineing, Wceton, Marton, and Layton, in the
county of Lancaster, which for want of the water courses being duely
sunk and cleansed, on a sudden access of rain is very subject to overflow
a great quantity of the lands and grounds adjoyning, not only to the said
Mear but also to the watercourse which ought to draine and carry away
the water therefrom, which goes or runs from the north end of the said
Mear eastwards, and so in its circuit and several turnings, thro Weeton-
cum-Preese, Hardhom-cum-Newton, and Singleton to Skippoole, and
thence to the river Wyer, and if duely sunk, widned, and cleansed, would
carry of a great weight of water from the said Meer and thereby keep
the lands adjoyning to it and to the said water course dry and free from
overflowing, which Edward Jolly of Methop, in the said county, yeoman,
is willing and doth hereby undertake to doe and performe. Now we,
whose names are subscribed, being owners of land lying contiguous and
adjoyning to the said Meer, and being willing and desirous to promote
the said worke, doe hereby covenant, agree, and promise, for our selves,
our Executors, Administrators, and Assigns severally, and not one for
another, nor for the Executors or Administrators of one another, to and
with the said Edward Jolly, his Executors, Administrators, and Assigns,
that we will severally on his the said Edward Jolly's cleansing, widening,
and sinking the said watercourse, or causeing the same to be done soe
as to carry of a yard in height or depth of the said Meer, contribute and
pay unto the said Edward Jolly, his Executors, Administrators, or Assigns,
the severall and respective sums of money to each of our names adjoyned,
when, and as soon as the said work shall be performed, and the said
Edward Jolly, for himselfe, his Heirs, Executors, and Administrators,
doth hereby covenant and agree, to and with the said subscribers or
parties hereto their Heirs, Executors, and Administrators, that he the
said Edward Jolly, his Executors, Administrators, or Assigns, shall and
will cleanse, widen, and sink, the said water-course, soe as to carry of
such weight or depth of water therefrom, as afore mentioned within the
space of three months, now next ensuing else the agreement and eveiy-
E
26 The History of Poulton-le-Fylde.
thing therein contained to be null and void. As witness the hands and
seals of the said parties the twenty-first day of May, 1731.
Wm. Hornby.
RoBT. Whitesidb, Sen.
George Cowbern.
John Walsh.
Richard Sanderson.
Thomas Bamber.
Sealed, signed, and delivered, it being first agreed that each of the
several owners of land above-mentioned, shall and will contribute and
pay to the said Edward Jolly, rateably and proportionably, according to
the breadth of each ones Estate, in the presence of or by William Hornby,
Robt. Whiteside eldest, George Cowbern, John Walsh, Richard Sander-
son, Thomas Bamber.
Wm. Hxcgxnson.
William Jolly.
Sealed, signed, and delivered by John Hull, of Marton-in-the-Fylde.
[Witnesses] John Hull.
Margery Houldin.
Henry Whiteside.
The work appears to have gone on slowly, as ten years later
another agreement was made, the wording of which was as follows:
By an order from a Court of Sewers to us directed, whose names are
hereunto subscribeii, we are ordcreti to widen the ditch running from
Martin Mear to Mythop or Presse Carr, to two yards and a half at the
bottom of the said ditch- Now, in order to get this done, we agree that
William Jolly shall got workmen and see it done equal on all sides at
the least expence he can, and we do hereby promise to repay him the
charge of widening according to each of our proportions, considering the
length of the ditch lying to the hind we each of us have, and to allow
him each day he is employed in overseeing the workmen as much as
one of the workmen^s wages. As witness our hands, the 21st July, 1741.
James Jolly.
Sei'h Jolley.
Henrey Jolley.
Richd. Dickson.
William Fayle.
Edmund Roe.
General History. 27
In a letter addressed to " Mr. Porter," and dated " Kirkham,
Sept 2 1 St, 1780," the writer says, "I called at Mythop on my
return from Blackpool, and in consequence of our conversation,
John Jolley agreed to join in bottoming the water course. The
workmen began the morning after, and such a fall is obtained
that if the landowners in Marton perform their part the Moss
will be effectually drained and every complaint from that quarter
totally redressed."
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.
Hardhorn-with-Newton.
This township, as at present constituted, comprises the hamlets
of Hardhorn-with-Newton and Staining; of these three, only the
latter is mentioned in Domesday book, six carucates being there
assigned to " Staininghe," and by this name for several centuries
afterwards the township was recognized. Bishop Gastrell divides
Staining into two hamlets, Hardhorn and Newton.
The Coucfter Book of WItalley contains many very early deeds
referring to Staining. The following three are without date, but
may be accepted as being of the 12th or 13th century :
An agreement between the priory of Norton in Cheshire and
the monastery of Stanlawe, whereby the tythes of Steyninges
were assigned to the latter.
A charter by which John de Lascy, constable of Chester, gives
to the abbot and monks of Stanlawe his " ville de Steyninges "
with all its appurtenances, in the " vill," in the field, in the ways
and footpaths, in meadows, pastures, in waters and in mills. The
monks to pay the accustomed services to the king.
A charter whereby Cecilia de Laton [widow of Gilbert] con-
ceded to the abbey of Stanlawe all her marsh between the ditch
and certain lands in Steyninges, which ditch extended from the
great mere to Mattaynsmurc, and the boundary between Stayn-
inges and little Laton.
28 The History of Poulton-le-Fylde.
Alexander de Stanford, rector of half the church of Pulton,
wishful to spare " Dominus Karolus," the abbot of Stanlawe, his
labours and trouble, conceded the right to have an oratory in the
chantry of the grange of Steyning, situate within the parish of
Pulton, saving to the mother church the tithes and oblations, it
being agreed, that if any injury be done to the church of Pulton,
that then the service in the oratory be discontinued. This char-
ter must have been executed about the year 1 241, as another
charter, referring to the same transaction, names Galfridus and
Gernerus priors of Lancaster ; the former held the office in 1 241,
the latter in 1249. This charter not being in the Coucher Book of
Whalley, is printed in the appendix to this volume.
By charter, dated feast of Pentecost, A.D. 1234, the abbot of
St Mary's of Lancaster confirmed the tithes of Steyninges and
Hordern to the priory of Stanlawe, subject to the payment of an
annual rent of five silver marks.
At the Lancaster assizes, 2C October, 1246, Adam, Richard,
William, and Roger, sons of the parson of Blackburn, were pre-
sented for burning the abbot of Stanlawe's grange at Staininges ;
they were all exiled and outlawed. As they had no chattels,
Matilda, their mother (who was presented, as well as the chief
landowners about Blackburn) made a fine of sixty marks for
herself and sons.' At the same time, Gilbert, son of Matheis of
Samlesbury, and others, were presented for receiving the burners
of Staininges grange, Bernard de Schamelesbiry, and Richard
his brother, were also presented for the same offence, and were
fined iiij marks.
By charter, dated the translation of St. Martin [4 July], 1251,
William, the abbot of Lancaster, confirmed to the abbot of Stan-
lawe all his tithes of the third part of the sheaves in the grange
of Steyninges, at a yearly rent of 100 shillings.
William de Rcio, prior of Lancaster, confirmed to Stanlawe the
tithes of sheaves in Steyninges and Hordern for an annual rent
of x marks of silver, reserving to the priory the oblations of
Pulton church. William de Reio was prior of St. Mary s, Lan-
caster, A.D. 1252.
' Assize Lane, 30 Hen. III., M. 21.
General History. 29
By deed dated at Sees, 9 July, 1260, John, abbot of St. Martin
of Sees, confirmed to the priory of Stanlawe the tithes of sheaves
of Steyninges.
Cecilia de Laton also granted half her marsh between Mat-
tainsmure and Little Karleton,
An agreement between the abbot of Stanlawe and William le
Boteller, whereby the former conceded to the latter the marsh
beyond the ditch towards Great Laton, and William le Boteller
conceded to the abbot all the marsh between the said ditch and
the land of Steyninges, the said ditch to remain the division
between Steyninge and Great Laton, and if any fish were taken
therein they were to be divided between the two contracting
parties. Amongst the witnesses to this was Henry de Lee, who
was sheriff of Lancashire in 1277.
Certain disputes having arisen between the abbot and convent
of Whalley (formerly of Stanlawe) and the priory of St. Mary of
Lancaster, the matter was referred to Robert de Pikeryng, an
official of the court of York ; this agreement was dated at York
7 November, 1298. Amongst the questions at issue was the right
to tithes of sheaves grown upon lands in Steyninges, in Hordem,
and in Newton, which was ultimately, in 1299, confirmed to the
monastery of Whalley, subject to certain rent charges.
The "Survey of Lancashire" (1320-46) and the so-called
Feodary, printed by Gregson, both show that early in the 14th
century the abbot of Whalley held five carves of land in Hordorne
and Newton and Stayninge for half a knight's fee, paying five
shillings yearly, at the nativity of St. John Baptist, for castleward
of Lancaster, and suit to the wapentake and county. In the
Inquis. Nonarum (see p. 9) Hordorne is named, but Staining is not.
History is almost silent concerning the history of this township
for the next two centuries, but the abbots of Whalley no doubt
continued to be the chief owners of the soil. After the dissolution
of the monasteries. Staining Grange was granted to Sir Thomas
Holt* of Grizzlehurst, and afterwards, with much of the land in
' Grizzlehurst notes. History of Stydd Ckapd, p. 6.
30 The History of Poulton-U^Fylde.
Hardhom and Newton, passed to the Singleton family, who
retained it for several generations. {Staining Holland Toderstaff
Hall, see chapter vi.)
During the Civil Wars, Poulton, like most of the other parishes
in the Fylde, contributed its quota to both the Cavaliers and the
Roundheads, and though not the scene of any serious engage-
ment, it was more than once disturbed from its usual peace and
quietness. Amongst the Royalists were Captain Singleton of
Staining hall, and Captain Bamber of the Moor; these were
headed by Alexander Rigby of Layton. On the other side were
captains Richard Davis of Newton, and Rowland Anyon of
Thometon, who raised companies in their respective districts,
and were under the command of Colonel Alexander Rigby of
Goosnargh.1
On the 4 March, 1642-3, the whole district was thrown into
great excitement by the appearance of a large Spanish ship " of
a great Burden such a one as was never landed in Wyre Watter
in any man's memory then alive," and which, riding at anchor in
the shallow water near Rossall, for several days continued to
discharge " Ordenance " without venturing nearer the shore ; on
a pilot going out, it was found to be ladened with ammunition,
intended for the use of the parliamentary forces in Lancashire,
"but having been long tossed upon the Seas the men were
growne most of them especially the meaner sort very feeble and
weak," and their firing of guns was intended for a signal for
assistance. The ship was therefore seized by the Royalists and
brought into the mouth of the Wyre, and her crew landed on the
Rossall side. Whereupon the Earl of Derby came across the
Ribble with a troop of horse, and staying the night at Lytham
hall, the next day marched to Rossall, and finding in or about
the ship Colonel George Dodding of Conishead priory, and Mr.
Townson of Lancaster, friends of the parliament, he took them
prisoners, and ordered that the ship should be burnt j the Spanish
■ Discourse of the Warr in Lane., Chet. Soc, voL Ixii. pp. 26, 42. In this work
the name of Rowland Anyon is given as *' Amon."
General History. 31
crew he allowed to go free. The ship was accordingly burnt, the
earl not judging it politic to attempt to secure the guns (of which
there were several of brass), some of which afterwards were taken
away by the parliamentary commander.
Whilst the Earl of Derby was marching towards Rossall,
Major Sparrow (or serjeant-major), with four companies of foot,
was despatched from Preston with the same object in view, and
having quartered his men for the night at Poulton and Singleton,
the next day mustered at Poulton, and sending out scouts, he
discovered that the earl was on Layton Hawes, and not liking
to engage with his horsemen, he retreated across the Wyre and
advanced to where the ship was ; only as he was on the wrong
side of the water he was unable to prevent its destruction. After
the ship was fired, the Earl of Derby entered Rossall hall (then
the residence of Richard Fleetwood), from whence he caused to
be carried away such arms as he found there. >
The inhabitants of Poulton being divided between the king
and the parliament, and there being many Roman Catholics in
the parish, it is interesting to know who were those who, in com-
pliance with the order of the House of Commons, bound them-
selves to maintain the Protestant religion against all Popish
innovations ; " the Protestation " (as it was called) was taken at
" Pulton " on 25 February, 1641-2 (Bispham being treated as a
distinct parish). Those who took it were :
The Protestation, 25 February, 1641.
Pulton.
Peter White, minister there. Rich^ Aw[a]rds.
James Taylor, sen^ Rich^ Dobsonne.
James Taylor, jun^ William Fisher.
Richard Hull Richard Fisher.
Richard Bamber. Richard Pearson.
Robert Crookall. Lawrence Fisher.
' Discourse of the Warr in Lanc,^ Cbet. Soc., vol. IxiL pp. 25, 26; and Memoirs
of Earl of Derby^ Cbet Soc., vol Uvi. p. Ixxxii.
32
The History of Poulton-le-Fylde.
John Dobsonne.
Thos. Dobsonne, sen^
John Walsh.
Robt. Hodgsonne.
John Bagot.
John Whiteside.
Georg Shawe.
Thomas Shawe.
William Garlick.
William Cotton.
Lawrence Swarbrick.
John Shawe.
William Walsh.
William Roe.
John Bamber.
John Harrison.
Robert Hentwisle.
William Pateson.
Thomas Creane, sen^
John Silcock, sen"^.
William Silcocke.
Richard Davie.
Thomas Peper.
William Hodgson.
John Higginson.
James Creane.
Georg Clarke,
Wm. Hodgson
John Hodgson.
Matthew Westfield.
Richard Jenkinson.
William Jenkinson.
Thomas Jenkinson.
William Hull, sen"".
William Hull, jun^
Robert Creane.
John Fisher.
John Browne.
Richard Bircher.
Nicolas Nickson.
Richard Taylor, sen^
Thomas Creane, jun^
Robert Sanderson.
Matthew Roe.
William Swarbrick.
Thomas Aw[a]rds.
John Whiteside.
Thomas Marcer.
William Farbrother.
William Durham.
Richard Raby.
John Bray.
Richard Kirkham.
John Taylor.
WilliamConpstiepComstey].
Edmund Hull.
James Davie.
Richard Garlicke.
George Hodgsonne.
John Woodhouse.
Rd. Woodhouse.
William Greenhall.
Henrie Porter.
John Cartmell.
Awrd Jenkinson.
Thomas Dickson.
Arthur Barrow.
John Swarbrecke.
Robert Barton.
John Wilson,
General History, 33
James Wilkinson. John Rathmell.
William Wilkinson. Edmund Fleetwood, gent.
Richard Wilkinson. John Bamber.
Thomas Wilkinson. Thomas Dagger.
William Garlicke. Thomas Shaw.
Richard Walsh. William Casson.
John Silcock. Thomas Hull.
Richard Bisbrowne. Richard Tylor, jun^'
Petty sessions have been held in Poulton for several centuries.
The records of the Thirty Sworn Men of Kirkham, contain an entry
to the effect that, in 1639, the churchwardens of Kirkham were
summoned to meet the justices at Layton (for what purpose does
not appear), and to attend quarter sessions at Poulton, where
they treated the justices with a "Quart of Wine and sugar,"
which cost 12//. In 1770, a court was established here for the
recovery of small debts, called the Court of Requests, which, in
1847, was superseded by the County Court.
It was about this time (early in 17th century) that the name
of the parish began to be spelt " Poulton,*' in earlier records it is
nearly always spelt " Pulton.*'
For many centuries prior to the building of Fleetwood, Poulton
was a port of no mean importance ; it had two harbours, one at
Wardleys, on the east side of the river Wyre, and the other
at Skippool. Here ships ladened with timber from America,
and flax and tallow from Russia, were discharged ; and within a
very few years past ships came here with flax from Belfast, and
grain from Scotland. In the reign of Queen Anne, the collector
of customs at Poulton received a salary of ;6 30 a year.
Poulton formerly did a considerable business in flax.
In 9 Geo. I. (1722-3), a survey of various ports was made, when
the commissioners reported : " We appoint and set down and
settle the bounds and limits of the Port of Poulton that is to say
from the West side of the River Astland and Douglas and all
' MS, in the House of Lords* Library. For the above copy I am indebted to Mr.
J.E. BaUey, F.S.A.
F
34 The History of Poulton-le-Fylde.
over the river all from thence to the South side of the river Ribble
running easterly and all on the north side of the same river Rib-
ble running westerly to the foot of the same river and from thence
all along the sands and the sea coast. Over the river Broadfleet
northerly including St. Stephen' channel all the said river Broad-
fleet and all over the river Wyer. And from 12 fathoms of water
at the foot of the river Ribble Southward to 1 2 fathoms of water
at the foot of the river Wyer northward and from thence to the
foot of the said river Broadfleet easterly. And we appoint the
places hereinafter mentioned to be places, keys or wharfes re-
spectively for the landing discharging lading or shipping of any
goods or merchandize, that open place called the Mains Brow ;
that open place called James Road in Higham Pool ; that open
place in Ribble behind the Stakes to the Westward and Harri-
son's pool to the Eastward." Poulton was described as a '* mem-
ber of the Port of Chester." i
Skippool, or Skipton, the little stream running from Marton
Moss to the Wyre, is mentioned by the poet Drayton. He
writes :
" Shee in her crooked course to Seaward softly slides,
Where PeIIin*s mighty mosse and Merton's on her sides
Their boggy breasts outlay and Skipton downe doth crawle
To entertain this Wyre attained to her fall." ■
In Speed's map of 1610, the stream is marked as "Skippon
flu;" in the 14th century it was, however, called "Skippol."
The town of Poulton does not appear to have had a charter
either for its market or fairs. The market square, which was
formerly surrounded by thatched houses and shops, and where
tradition says stood a mote hall, still contains the fish-stones, the
steps and shaft of the market cross, the whipping-post and stocks.
Here also stands the house of Alexander Rigby of Layton, with
the date 1693 on its front. During the last century most of the
landowners of the district had houses in the town of Poulton.
' Special Commissions. Exchequer, Q.R., 6914.
* Polyolbion^ part ii.
General History, 35
In the Monthly Magazine for Augfust, 18 16, is a letter from a
native of Poulton, in answer to a correspondent who is seeking a
cheap place to live in, he writes : ** The best first flour is now
selling at from 56J. to 5&r. per pack ; seconds at from 46J. to sar.
Butter sells at \od. and i \d, per lb. of 20 oz.; this article averages
about \d, per lb. dearer during the bathing season, on account of
its vicinity to Blackpool ; it has within the last three months
been as low as 8</. per lb. Eggs are 6d, per dozen. Milk 2d. per
quart. Beef 6d, to 7^</. per lb. Veal \%d. to S Ji</., and other
articles the produce of the neighbourhood equally reasonable.
Rents are low, though we have very few empty houses
The town of Poulton contains little more than 1000 inhabitants.
I can say little in favour of the good regulations of the town, as
we have no justice of the peace within fifteen or eighteen miles ;
however, there are many respectable inhabitants, and I think I
might very safely add a word or two in favour of their sociability.
Upon the whole, I make no hesitation in saying that [the corres-
pondent] would find no difficulty in being able to live in Poulton
upon a small establishment, with respectability, with less than
£\QOz. year."
The Town of Fleetwood.
As this town is not yet fifty years old, its history is necessarily
soon told. In 1835, the Preston and Wyre Railway Harbour
and Dock Company, having obtained the requisite powers, com-
menced to carry out the work which ended in the formation of
the town and harbour. Thomber,* writing in 1837, says: "Vigor-
ous operations have already commenced ; a few houses and an
excellent hotel have been erected, the principal streets marked
out by the plough and with their first coating of gravel ; and the
spirited proprietor, P. Hesketh Fleetwood, is now laying out
tasteful pleasure grounds for the accommodation of those whom
curiosity or interest may induce to visit this once dreary scene.
The busy tramp of men is putting to flight the ancient possessors
• Hist of Blackpool^ p. 313.
36
l^he History of Poullon-le-Fylde.
of the soil — the rabbits/* Previous to this, there was not a single
house where Fleetwood now stands.
In 1839, by order of the treasury, Fleetwood was made a
warehousing port, and ten years later it was constituted an in-
dependent port. The iron wharf, built after the designs of
Robert Stevenson, at a cost of i^2 1,000, was opened in 1841 ; in
1840 the railway was opened. On 20 September, 1847, ^^
Queen and the Prince Consort paid a visit to Fleetwood tpi route
from Scotland.
The town is managed by improvement commissioners, under
a local act In 1861 the population was 3,834. (See Rossall
Hall, chapter vi.)
The population and area of the parish of Poulton.
Area in
Sutute
Acres.
In-
habited
houses
18S1.
Popula-
tion,
I80I.
Popula-
tion,
1S61.
PopoU-
tioa,
1881.
Great Marion
S.452
471
972
1,258
2,303
Hardhorn-with' Newton
2,605
77
3"
386
420
Great and Little Carlcton
'.979
77
269
363
377
Poulton-k'Fylde [U^wnship] 900
28s
769
1,141
1,225
Thornton* 9,730 1,351
617
5.084
7,589
' Includes Fleetwood.
Ecclesiastical History. 37
CHAPTER II.
ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY.
The Parish Church.
THIS church is of very great antiquity, and is undoubtedly
one of the oldest foundations in the county. At the close
of the I ith century it formed part of the possessions of Roger de
Poictou who, in his charter for endowment of the priory of Lan-
caster, in the year 1094, gave (amongst other lands) in "Agmun-
derness, Pulton and whatever belonged to it, and the church
with one carucate of land with all other appurtenances "' to God
and St. Martin of Sees in Normandy. Probably on the attain-
ture of Roger de Poictou the church reverted to the crown, as
a century later (time of Richard I.) Theobald Walter (who had
de Poictou*s lands granted to him) held the advowson of Pulton,
which he quitclaimed, with the church of Biscopham, to the
monks of Sees and Lancaster.^ The abbots of Cockersand also
had obtained some lands here, as in 7 John (1205-6) an agree-
ment was come to between them and the abbots of Lancaster
as to tithes in the parish.^ The abbots of the Benedictine mon-
astery of Stanlawe in the 1 3th century had acquired considerable
possessions in Poulton, especially in Staining, where they had a
grange and a chantry, which Sir Alexander, the rector of half the
church of Pulton, confirmed to them as far as he could by charter
executed in the year 1241 (see p. 25).
Shortly after this (in 1246) a mediety of the church (with the
chapel of Biscopham) was confirmed by John Romanus, arch-
• Rqj. St. Mari.T, If art. AfS. fol. 3,764.
• lutfu. MS. fol. 77.
5 Aug. office, Mis. Chart.t E 9.
38 The History of Poulton-le-Fylde.
deacon of Richmond, to St. Martin of Sees and St. Mary of Lan-
caster, who at the same time assured to those monasteries the
other mediety after the death of the then incumbent, when they
were to appoint a vicar whose income was to be twenty marks per
annum.' In 1275 a vicar was appointed.^
According to Pope Nicholas's taxation, made about the year
1 29 1, the church of Pulton was worth £^6 ly, 4//. old tax, and
only ;^I3 65". Zd. the new tax, being held by the priory of St.
Mary, whilst the monks of Stanlawe held in the parish lands for
which they paid the priory of Lancaster ten marks per annum :
the vicarage was rated at ;^6 13^. 4//. old tax, and £2 the new ;
the prior of Norton was entitled \.o £2 (in sheaves of wheat). In
26 Edward I. (1297-9) Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, and others,
held in trust for the prior of Lancaster divers messuages and
tenements in Pulton.^
Towards the middle of the next century the fabric of the
church had been allowed to suffer for want of repairs, in conse-
quence of which Simon de Bekyngham, ** vicar general of the
lord archdeacon of Richmond," addressed a letter (dated at York
23 August, 134s) to Sir William, rector of St Michael-on-the-
Wyre, and Thurston, rector of Preston and dean of Amounder-
ness, giving them power " to canonically co-erce " Sir William,
vicar of the church of Pulton, or the religious men, the priors,
and monks of Lancaster, " to re-make and repair the chancel of
the church of Pulton and the chapel of Bispham annexed to the
same,'* the necessary repairs were to be done with as little delay
as the circumstances of the case permitted.^ (See appendix.)
No doubt the chancel was repaired, as, in 1351, Henry de
Walton, archdeacon of Richmond, personally visited the arch-
deaconry, and called upon the prior and monks of St. Mary's to
show their right to hold (amongst other things) the parish church
* Baines' Lane, vol. ii. p. 507, new edit.
' Harl. AfS,, No. 3,764; Ducarel's /^fp, Vic,
3 In^. post mort.^ 27 Edward I., N. 122.
* Augmentation office, Mis. Chart, ^ vol. xviii., No. 227.
Ecclesiastical History. 39
of Pulton, with the chapel of the same of Biscopham. The priors,
by thek proctor, answered to the summons, and proved to the
archdeacon's satisfaction, by " many instruments and muniments,
and apostolic letters, and by witnesses worthy of credit," that
they had canonically obtained Pulton church and its chapel, to-
gether with all the tithes and pensions belonging thereto, except
the portion of the vicar of Pulton ; whereupon they were dis-
missed " in peace, sufficiently strengthened in the premises and
the canons possessions of the same from further trouble or dis-
turbance, saving always the rights, liberties, customs and honour"
of the archdeaconry. This instrument was given at Lancaster,
the third day of October, 1351.' (See appendix.)
Henry V., in the second year of his reign (1414-15), dissolved
the alien priories, and by this step Pulton church, with the other
possessions of the priory of Lancaster, passed to the crown, but
only to be again used for endowments.
The king by his royal charter, dated at Westminster 3 March,
141 5, founded within his manor of Islesworth, in the county of
Middlesex, a religious house of the Bridgetine order, which was to
be called "The Monastery of St. Saviour and St. Bridget of Syon
of the order of St. Augustine," and which was to consist of sixty
nuns (of whom one was to be the abbess), and twenty-five re-
ligious men.2 The first stone of this monastery was laid on 22 Feb.,
1415,3 by the king in person, who, by charter dated 20 April,
141 6, endowed it with (amongst other lands, &c., of alien con-
vents) i^i 10 from the farm of the priory of Lancaster, to be paid
yearly by Giles Lovell, the then prior, for his life ; and after his
death, " or sooner if may be," the whole of the priory, with its
appurtenances ; these various properties were granted to Thomas,
' Ant. CtrUe in the Augmentation officei E S. The other places referred to are the
charch of Lancaster, the chapels of Caton, Gressynham, Overton and Stalmyne, and a
yearly pension from Preston church of ten marks, and of half a mark from Hesham
church, also rights of forest and hunting in Myerscowe, Fulwood, Quemmore, and other
places.
• Roi, Cart,, 2 Hen. V., f. 2, M. 28. ' Archaoi,, rol. xvli. p. 327.
40 The History of Poulton-le-Fylde.
Bishop of Durham, Sir Henry Fitz-Hugh, lent., Sir John Roden-
ale, knt, and Thomas Fishburn, clerk, as trustees.* This grant
was confirmed by Hen. VI. in 1423, and again confirmed by
Edw. IV. in the first year of his reign (1461-62).
Giles Lovell, the last prior of Lancaster, died in 1428,2 after
whose decease the goods of the priory were confiscated by the
archbishop of York, pending a controversy between the abbess of
Syon and the archdeacon of Richmond, as to tithes accrued ; the
priory was granted to Syon in frank almoigne, by the trustees
named above, on 3 September, 1432.3 In 1422 a vicar was
appointed by the treasurer of England, in virtue of letters patent
(see chapter III.), and in 1437 the abbess of Syon presented.
There was a chantry in the church of Poulton in the isth cen-
tury, which was probably founded by one of the Thometon
family, as in 1414 John de Thometon was buried there (see p. 15).
It subsequently fell into disuse, as it is not named amongst the
suppressed chantries.
In the year 1492 a survey was taken of the possessions of the
monastery of Syon, from which the following is an abstract :
Tithes.
Pulton^ - - - - 4 marks.
Merton - - - - 7 marks.
Latton [Laton] - - - 6 marks.
Thornton . - - 6 marks.
Pulton - - - - 5 marks.
Holmes - - - - 4 marks.
Stebenyng [Staining] - - 10 marks.
£ J. d.
Pulton with Cleveland
[.^ Cleveleys] - - 600
Birsham [Bispham] - -600
Carlton - - - - 6134
' Rot, PaL, 4 Hen. V., M. 22. » Hot, Pat,^ 2 Hen. VI., p. 3, M. 21.
s Simpson's Lancaster^ p. 241 . ^ This may refer to Poulton near Lancaster.
Ecclesiastical History. 41
The whole of the Lancashire property was let by the abbey to
John de Shyngleton for ;f 160 a year."
In the time of Henry VIII. (1535) a general valuation of church
property was taken, no doubt as a preliminary step to the disso-
lution of the monasteries. This survey, known as the Valor Eccle-
siasticuSf or the Liber Regis, gives the following valuation of
Poulton :
The parsonage with orchard, per annum, xx»; Tithes of calves,
vij» ; Tithes of hay, xxiiij* ; Tithes of flax and hemp, xx» ; For
oblations and Easter dues cxviijs; Reprises — for synondals,
ijs viiid J for procurations, iiij' \^ ; clear value, vii^ xvj» vii^, out of
which X marks had to be paid.
The monastery of Syon was suppressed, and its possessions
surrendered to the king's commissioners in 1539, shortly after
which the receiver (John Mores, Esq.) received from Poulton, cum
membris, £10 6s, 8d., as a year's rent due from Thurston Tyldes-
ley the farmer thereof, at the same time he had from George
Singleton, farmer of the Amounderness property, £36 ly. 4//.,
which included c' in part payment of a fine.^
At the time of the suppression amongst those to whom annui-
ties were granted were :
Alyce Pulton, a pension of ;{^2 13 4
John Alan „ 200
The commissioners who enquired into the chantries in Lanca-
shire^ reported that at Pulton, land had been given by the vicar of
Brotherton (?)^ to the finding of a light in the parish church for
ever of the yearly value of iij* iiijd In 1584 the church under-
went some repairs, as it appears from Bishop Bird's register that
in that year "the church wardens pleaged one chalis off xiij»
liij^ to Mr. George Kyghley for the reparacion of the church."
In 1552 another commission was issued ordering a complete
■ Aangier's History of Syon Afonastery.
* Recewet's Accounts^ Hen. VIII., Chapter House, A. ^ 9.
s Lane, CAant., Chet Soc, toI. Ix. p. 353.
* Thifl should probably read "vicar Bretherton."
G
42 Tlu History of Poulton-le-Fylde,
inventory of church goods, plate, jewels and ornaments belonging
to churches, chapels, fraternities or guilds.^ The inquisition re-
ferring to Poulton was taken at Preston, i8 November, 1552,
before Sir Richard Houghton, lent., George Brown, and Thomas
Barton, Esq., when the following were declared by the vicar and
churchwardens to belong to the parish church :
"ij chalyces.
iij lyttle belles in the steple.
.... copes.
iij albcs, a masse hudd and stoyle whereof one is made of
red satyn and one of blewe buscyan, one of black
chamlct and one checked vestyment, one old cope,"
This return is signed by "Sir Robert Gierke Vycar" and Sir Henry
Norton, parish priest. (See chapter HI.)
Queen Mary, in 1557, restored Syon monastery, but it was
again dissolved on the accession of Elizabeth, and the advowson
of Poulton once more passed to the crown, and was shortly
afterwards granted to John Fleetwood of Penwortham, who
presented a vicar in 1565, and his descendants retained it for'
many generations, when it passed to the Heskeths, who are the
present patrons.
From the will of Thomas Hogson of Little Garleton, yeoman,
dated 2 June, 1566, it would appear that the church was then
undergoing repairs, as he left iij* iiij^ to "the reparation of the
church."
In 1619, in a list of parishes which paid "tenths yearly after
4J. in the £1' Poulton was put down as of the value of £y \&5.
Sd.^ In the parliamentary church survey of 1650, Poulton was
returned as a vicarage, the presentation of which was held by Sir
Paul ffleetwood, knt The tithes of Poulton, Marton, and part of
Bispham-cum-Norbreck being impropriate to Baron Rigby, and
' The original MS, is somewhat defective, and only the letter "P" of Poulton is
readable, but there is no doubt but that it refers to that parish.
* Bishop Bridgeman*s AfSS.
Ecclesiastical History. 43
worth £(jio. The tithes of Hardhorne-cum-Newton, Carleton,
Thorneton, and part of Bispham-cum-Norbreck, were impropriate
to Sir Thomas Tildesley (a delinquent and under sequestration),
and worth £\i^o a year; the tithes of Laton were impropriate
to Alexander Rigby, Esq., and were worth ;£'20 2s. a year.
There was a vicarage house and two acres of land belonging to
the vicar (which were valued at 4cxr.)» and the small tithes and
tithe salt, for which the following rent was due to the vicar by
prescription, viz., 4$". a year for tithe hay in Warbrecke, and i J. 6d,
for hay in Oxendene meadow by composition, 3^ 4//. for tithe
hemp and flax in Laton-cum-Warbreck by prescription, 13^. 4//.
by Mr. Alexander Rigby, for his small tithes in Laton, 20s, for
tithe hay in Bispham by prescription, 20s. in Norbreck for tithe
hay by composition, and \od, for hemp and flax by prescription ;
the profits of the vicarage were then worth £>H, but are said form-
erly to have been worth £60 a year. Bispham is described as a
parochial chapel within the parish of Poulton, which had formerly
been a parish church; the inhabitants humbly desired again to be
made a parish ; the people of Marton pleaded that as they were
five miles from Poulton, and " in the winter season for the most
part debarred from any church by water," they should be made a
separate parish, having annexed to them Laton-rakes and Black-
pool, and that a church or chapel should be erected there.*
In 1687, Richard Fleetwood of Rossall hall, charged his lands
with a payment of ;£'io a year to the church.^ According to
Bishop Gastrell's Notitia Cestriensis, in 1725 the living was worth
£2% i^s. S%^'i viz., glebe land (12 acres) and church y^td £2
9x., tithe hay, hemp, and flax £$ i$s, $d. by prescription ; tithe
hay in kind £i i Ss. Easter dues let for £g. Tithe of geese, hemp,
and flax in kind let for £1 iss., tithe pigs £1 is., surplice fees £$.
The church of Poulton (which is dedicated to St Chad)^ has
■ Church Survey (Lambeth Library). Record Society, vol. i. p. 151.
■ Notitia CfstrimsiSf Chet. Soc., vol. xxii. p. 456.
> St. Chad, the Anglo-Saxon Saint, and Bishop of LichBeld, gave his name also to
the Rochdale parish church and Saddleworth chapel. This dedication points to the
fjtiX antiquity of Poulton church.
44
The History of Poulton-le-Fylde.
been repaired, restored, and rebuilt so often, that probably no
portion of the present building is of any great antiquity ; the
oldest part is the tower, which is said to have been erected in the
time of Charles I., but which is probably considerably older.
From the tower, at some time, there has been an entrance to
the church, as, notwithstanding the repeated coats of plaster and
whitewash, the top of the round Norman shaped arch is still
visible ; and the masonry outside shows a faint trace of a west
window.
The ancient church to which this tower was added (or possibly
erected in place of an older one) was pulled down in 1751, as is
proved by an entry in the registers of that year: "June 175 1,
Margaret daughter of James Bisbrown, baptized in her own house
by reason church was down." It was built of red-sand stone,
double roofed, and lighted by semicircular windows; the roof was
supported by four octagonal pillars, from which sprang semi-
circular arches, corresponding with the windows. The pulpit
stood on the south side, and at the east end was a gallery ; there
was a nave, north aisle, and chancel ; the latter was, it may be
assumed, either built or repaired in 1622, as a small stone let
into the wall* above the chancel of the present building bears
the following inscription :
PETER.o 1622
oooooooooooaoooooooooooooooooaoooo
wiHiflir
Peter White was then vicar. Another stone, now in the baptistry,
has car\'ed upon it what are no doubt the initials of the church-
warvlens, and was intended to record some event connected wth
the church.
P,B, W,Q. J.H. T.Q. J.H. W.Q. 1638.
' In 1S69 it WM removed 10 the bapcistrr.
Ecclesiastical History. 4 5
In the vicarage is an old stone font, which tradition says came
from the church, which on its eight sides has inscribed,
+ .M.H. 1649.. . .'
The present font, which replaced an older one, was presented
by the daughter of the Rev. Canon Hull, and has inscribed on it,
"Frances Mary Hull, baptized April 21st, 1846. Fell asleep in
Jesus, May 6th, 1866/'
In the south-east of the church is the vault of the Fleetwood
family, which is approached from the outside by a door within a
stone porch, over which is engraved, " Insignia Rici Fleetwood
an hujus eccliae patrone. Anno Dni 1699."^
Over this vault were the Fleetwood pews. The present bap-
tistry in the west end is surrounded with a carved oak screen and
a door, on which is carved A R. 1636, and a goat's head, the crest
of the Rigby's of Layton ; this was formerly part of this family's
pew. In the baptistry is a stained glass two-light window, " In
memory of Robert Buck of Agecroft Hall, Pendlebury in this
County Esq. born Mar. 9 1805. Died 29 Dec. 1862. The gift of
his Sister, Catherine Dauntesey — Foxton." The donor of this
window left by will £6,000 for a dispensary for Poulton and
Blackpool, and a sum of £\QO to the vicar of Poulton for the
use of the parish.
In 1877, when the pulpit (which was erected in 1755) [see
Churchwardens* Accounts] was removed to be replaced by a new
one, it was discovered that it formed the outer covering of a more
ancient pulpit, which for some purpose had been thus incased
for probably many generations. The relict thus recovered was
of black oak, elaborately carved (much in the style of the Rigby
pew), and had originally been octagon-shaped, one panel being
wanting ; along the top of the panels, in raised letters, ran the
inscription, "Crie alovd spare not lift vp thy voyce like" [a
' Here is something like t crown, but it is nearly defaced.
* In 1882 some workmen discovered, on removing the lead gutter over this vault,
that a portion of a similar inscription was cut on the stone cornice in raised three inch
letters.
46 The History of Poulton-le-Fylde.
Trvmpet] ; below this was carved in relief a Norman arch, and
in a diamond-shaped centre a human face.
There are in Lancashire at least two pulpits bearing the above
inscription, and of similar character; one stands in Freckleton
church (having formerly belonged to Kirkham), it has no date; the
other is at Stydd chapel, near Ribchester, and bears the date of
1636.
The panels of the pulpit found at Poulton are now fixed to the
south-east wall of the church, over the seats of the vicar's family.
On one of the pews on the north side of the church is inscribed,
" 1622 J. B. E." On another is " 17. T. W. 02." A wooden panel
at the west end has the following cut on it :
" Rich. Dickson. John Hull.
Rich. Wilson. Rich. Willson.
John Woodhouse. Churchwardens 1730."
The old churchwardens' pew formerly had a brass plate on it
inscribed, "Thomas Whiteside, Jo'* Wilkinson, Jo" Whiteside,
Tho^ Cornwhite, Jo" Hodgson, Churchwardens 1737."
Previous to the pulling down of the church in 1751, there was,
as already stated, a gallery in the east end, to which the following
extract relates: "This Indenture, made 7 Dec. 1741, between
Henry Low of Poulton, house carpenter, and William Jolly
of Melthop-with-Peese, yeoman. Witnesseth that for £/^ Henry
Law doth grant and sell to William Jolly his heirs and assigns
all that one pew or seat standing in the gallery or loft at or in
the east end of Poulton church, adjoyning on the east side
thereof to John Wilkinson's pew and on the west side to John
Birley's pew to have and to hold the same for two thousand years
next ensucing, yielding and paying one pepper com at the Feast
day of Pentecost yearly if demanded. The said Henry Law,
hath in himself good right full power and absolute authority by
good and just title in the law to grant and sell the same. In
witness whereof, &c."
The faculty to pull down this gallery was granted 25 June,
175 1, "on the request and certificate of Roger Hesketh, Esq.,
Ecclesiastical History. 47
patron, the Rev. Robert Loxham clerk, vicar, and the church-
wardens, to John Bird, John Birley, and Richard Tennant, all of
Poulton, gentlemen (for the better uniformity of the parish church
of Poulton which was taken down and rebuilding), to take down
the gallery over the chancel in the east end of the said church
which was then very irregular and incommodious and to rebuild
the same with a convenient staircase, stairs and passage leading
thereto of their own expense in the west end thereof to adjoin to
the north side of the gallery there then standing and to be made
uniform therewith and to make satisfaction to the several owners
of the seats in the said gallery for the damage sustained in re-
moving the same and altering and lessening the seats therein, to
erect a gallery in each side of the said church with convenient
staircases leading thereto, at the north-east and south-west ends
of the said church if necessary according to the form of the said
certificate annexed and also to remove the pulpit and reading
desk from the place where the same then lately stood near to the
place where the churchwardens* seat was then lately situated, as
it will greatly tend to the conformity of the said church and to
the benefit and advantage of the inhabitants of the said parish
and also that they might have liberty to sell and dispose of the
seats to be contained in said intended side galleries, to such per-
sons in the said parish as should most be in need thereof to re-
imburse themselves the charges and expenses they would neces-
sarily be put to in building the said intended galleries and making
the alterations aforesaid." >
The churchyard was at this time surrounded with a ditch, on
the borders of which were several fine sycamore trees, which were
subsequently cut down.*
In 178 1, or perhaps a year or two before, an organ was erected.
Before that year a bassoon appears to have been the only musical
instrument used. (See Churchwarden's Accounts). A clock was
in the tower in 1765, and the church floor at that time was
• Original MS.
' Thoraber*s BUukpool^ p. 285.
48 The History of Poulton-U-Fylde.
covered with rushes. In the tower is a peal of six bells which
bear the following inscriptions :
" Prosperity to all our benefactors. A. R. 1741.
" Peace and good neighbourhood. A. R. 1741.
"Prosperity to this parish. A. R. 1741.
"When you us ring ) A. R. 1 741
" Well sweetly sing. / '^ *
" Able Rudhall
cast us all at Gloucester 1741."
The sixth bell was re-cast in 1865, and has upon it : "T. Clarke^
M.A„ vicar ; W. Gaultier, J. T. Bailey, W. Jolly, J. Whiteside
churchwardens." On the bell, as originally cast, was "Robert
Fishwick, John Wilkinson, William Cookson, James Hull,
John Moore, churchwardens."
The following is a list of pews or seats sold the i August,
1752, south side, numbered from the east:
Na
Richard Tennant, a double pew over stair-case I
Miles Barton, surgeon, single pew 2
Margaret Turner, spinster, do •••• 3
John Dobson, yeoman, do 4
George Bickerstaff, yeoman, do 5
Ann Hall, widow, double pew 6
Christopher Albin, clerk, do 7
Richard Tennant, do 8
Thomas Whiteside, skinner do 9
Thomas Threlfall, do lO
Edmund Hornby, Esq., do II
William Smithson, yeoman, single pew 12
Richard Tennant, do
Alexander Singleton, gentleman, do
Alexander Singleton do 15
North Side.
Na
John Birley, over the staircase, double pew i
Ecclesiastical History. 49
No.
Roger Whiteside, the second front pew from the east... 2
Thomas Fair, husbandman, the first single pew 3
Thomas Barton, yeoman, the third front pew 4
John Cottam, cooper, the second single pew 5
John Hornby, yeoman, the fourth double pew 6
William Sanderson, yeoman, the third single pew 7
Ellen Whiteside, widow, the fifth front double pew 8
Henry Porter, yeoman, the fourth single pew 9
The said John Birley, the sixth front double pew 10
Edward Smith, saddler, the fifth single pew 1 1 '
The said J ohn Birley, the seventh front pew 12
The said John Birley, the sixth single pew 13
Alice Hull, widow, the eighth front pew 14
William Cookson, husbandman, the seventh single pew
and adjoining the last 15
Richard Dewhurst, husbandman, another single pew
aback of the said William Cookson's pew 16
William Bickerstaffe, the ninth front pew \^
John Webster, yeoman, the eighth single pew aback of
last 18
Richard Wilkinson, gent, another single pew aback of
last 19
In 1868 an apse was added to the church at the cost of the
Rev. T. Clarke, the then vicar.
In 1883 the church underwent extensive repairs; the floor of
the church was raised, and a " chorus cantorum '* formed in the
place of the old square pews, the east end staircases were re-
moved, and the pulpit removed to its present position.
The present vicarage was built in 1823 by public subscription.
Amongst the church plate is a large silver paten, on which is in-
scribed " Poulton 1699,*' *t ^s impressed with " Britannia," a "lion's
head erased," and the date-letter C, and " Ro," and was there-
fore made in 1698-9, by Hugh Roberts of Newgate street, London ;
a small chalice, of which the marks are too much worn to deci-
H
50 The History of Poulton-le-Fylde.
pher, but on the front is, " Given for the poor sick communicants
in the Parish of Poulton in the County of Lancaster"; a small
paten which forms the lid to the cup, and on which the hall mark
is a lion passant, a leopard's head crowned (the maker's initial is
defaced), this has the date 1735 ; and a silver fls^on with no
inscription except the letters B W on the bottom.
Monumental Brasses and Inscriptions in
THE Church.
In the chancel on the south side, during the recent alterations,
were discovered beneath the soil two massive stone slabs, upon
which were two brasses, in good preservation, inscribed as fol-
lows : *
Here lyeth the Body of
Geoffery Hornby Esq.
Who departed this Life
on the 27'^ of March
1732.
Aged 48 years.2
Here lieth
the body of
Dorothy Hornby
Daughter of
Jeoffery Hornby Esq' of Poolton,
who died the S'^ day of March
Anno Dom. MDCCXL
in the 21** year of her age.
On both of these were inscribed the family arms, " argent a
chevron gules, between three bugle horns sable, stringed." In
1876, near the place where the altar formerly stood, was found a
brass plate, with the inscription :
* These have been placed on the south wall of the church, near the place where
they were found.
* The lead coffin of GeoflErey Hornby was entire.
r
EccUsicLstical History. 5 ^
Here lyes the body
of Anne Wife of
Richard Harrison,
Vicar of Poolton,
who dyed the sixth
of December 1697
Aged 55 years.
On the north wall (in gallery) are tablets
In memory
of the Rev^ Robert Bowness the curate of this Church for
24 years, he died at Baisbeck in Westmoreland his
native place. July 17'^ 1843.
Aged 56 years
and was interred at Orton in the same County.
Also of Agnes, his wife the Daughter of W. Harrison of
this Town Gent she died,
Aug* 8^** 18 15. aged 29 years.
Sacred to the memory of
William Trevenen, second son of the Rev^ William
Birkett, A.M. and Mary his wife, who departed this
Life at Rossall Hall,
in this county
April 3"* 181 5, aged 14 years.
In the Chancel are the fallowing tablets:
In
affectionate remembrance
of
Thomas Clark M.A.
Vicar of this place
Who died 27^ of March 1869
Aged 64 years.
Erected by his Widow
Louisa Clark.
Hunc cancellum aedificavit
Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord.
They rest from their labours and their
works do follow them.
52 The History of Poulton-U-Fylde.
In meraoriam
Louisa
Widow of Rev. Thomas Clark M.A.
Obiit Sep. io'»» 1876.
She built Staining School-Church
in this Parish.
This Tablet is erected by the
Rev. T. H. Clark M.A.
In Memory of
Francis William Conry
Only and dearly beloved child of
Albinia and Francis H. Macfadin Esq.
47'^ Reg*
Who fell asleep in Jesus
at Fleetwood February 4*** 1873
Aged 3 years and 3 months.
" Is it well with the child?"
She answered " It is well"
2 Kings 4. 26.
To the Memory
of
Bold Fleetwood ^ (1819^
and VHesketh. Ann: Salut:-| > iEtat
Edward Thomas j v 1820 J
Within these Sacred Walls
Repose their Remains,
In the trembling hope
That through the merits and mediation of their Redeemer
Their failings shall be pardoned ;
Their virtues accepted,
Youth and Age
Must alike fall beneath the Arm
of
The insatiable Tyrant !
Death strikes indiscriminately
Old and young !
Ecclesiastical History. 5 3
Assurance of Redeeming Love, Hope of Future Glory,
Assuage the bitterness of dissolution, Alleviate the pang of Separation :
These gave serenity to their expiring moments,
These afford comfort to their sorrowing friends.
Reader !
Depart in Peace ;
Imitate their Life ;
Then shall thy latter end be such as they experienced.
They died the Death
of the
Righteous.
The Uncle died in Maturity of Life
The Nephew in the dawn of Manhood.
Sacred to the Memory of their departed parents
Fleetwood and Frances Hesketh,
This Marble is erected as a token of the sorrow
of their afflicted children.
The Father
Most worthy of filial Love,
Whom, in early life. Death tore fi-om their fond embrace,
His Infants,
Alike unconscious of his virtues as of their own misfortune,
Lamented
With tears, forgotten soon as shed.
The Mother,
Longer spared, better known, and therefore more beloved.
Was endeared to her children
By attention unceasing, benefits unnumbered, and affection unwearied.
Her precepts guided their Orphan years ;
Her example directed their maturer Age ;
And they learnt to appreciate her virtue and to venerate her name :
Christianity inculcated the duty of resignation.
They obey 1
But while reason and Religion sanction the remembrance of her worth,
They must continue to deplore her loss.
54 Tlu History of Poulton-le-Fylde.
On south wall (in gallery).
In this Church, lie interred, the Remains of
Edmund Hornby Esq' bom Oct' 1728 died Sep'
29. 1766 and of Margaret his wife 2°^ Daughter of
John Winckley Esq'
She was bom Nov' 1723 died Ap* 12.
1798.
Near them lie the bodies of their Daughters Dorothy
bom Oct. 9, 1753, died May 6. 1769, Sufanna bom
Sep' 19, 1756. died Dec' i»' 1799, and four infant
children.
This Monument is erected to the Memory of Parents
justly revered and loved ; and Sisters equally dear
and lamented by
Geoffrey Homby Rector of Winwick and Marg* Hornby
of Preston.
We sorrow not as those without hope in Christ
and faith in a Resurrection from the Dead.
We may go to them, but they shall not retum to us.
South wall.
In memory of
Giles Thomber Esq'*
for many years an inhabitant and
acting county magistrate
in this town.
beloved, honoured, and revered, he departed this life
April 21** i860, in the 85*** year of his age.
Also of Elizabeth his wife
The daughter of William Harrison Gent.,
formerly of this place,
She died April 24*^ 1851 in the 74'** year of her age.
Keep yourselves in the love of God looking for
the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto etemal
life. Jude. 21. v.
On south wall (under the gallery).
Ecclesiastical History. 55
In
memory of
Sarah Hull
daughter of William Winstanley and his wife.
She died in this town 9*^ March 1842.
We believe that Jesus died and rose again
even so them also which sleep in Jesus
will God bring with Him.
William Winstanley Hull Esq.
fellow B: N: Coll: Oxford, and Barrister at law
the eldest son of John Hull M: D: F: L: S:
was born at Blackburn March 15'^ 1794
and died at his residence
The Knowle, Haylewood, August 28'^ 1873
he was buried in Haylewood Church Yard,
loved and honoured for his great Abilities,
his affectionate and generous disposition
and his fearless avowal of his Saviour.
Whosoever shall confess me before men,
him will I confess also before my father
which is in Heaven.
In
memory of
Frances Hull
daughter of Benjamin Wilson and
Susannah his wife
bom at Manchester 15^ August 1794 *
Married there to William Winstanley Hull 27*** Dec' 1820
died at Tickwood near Wenlock, 22°** March
1849.
Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith.
William Wilson Hull M.A.
Their eldest son, bom 18* Nov' 1822,
died I* Sep*' 1848, in the queen*s service
at Bathurst St Mary's island in the river
Gambia.
56 The History of Poulton-le-Fylde.
Henry MitcheU Hull M.A.
Their youngest son, bom in London 28*^ Decf
1827.
Died at Malvern 2"** November 1853.
Gentle, truthful, affectionate, generous,
Cheerful, modest, active, diligent and resolute,
of simplest manners and soundest understanding,
he lived in favour both with the Lord and
«ith men,
hoping by faith in Christ Jesus
to lav hold on eternal life
the free gift of God.
On south wall.
In memory of
John Hull M.D.
Bom in this town xxx September mdccbd
Left the eldest of the three children of John Hull
surgeon,
an orphan, at six years of age, poor, and al-
most friendless ; bv the best use of all means of
education within his power, by unwearied
industn% by constant self denial, he duly
qualineti himself for the practice of his profession
the studv of which he becan at Blackburn
in mdccJxjaii.
in mdcclxxxxi he married Sarah Wlnstanley of
Wootioock Hall,
A helpful wife and a most affectionate
mother
He csuMishcil himself at Manchester in mdcclxxxxvL
1*iuUt the Mojyiinj; of Alniichtv God
His pniutnality, kindness, and cheerful confidence.
His ready iudijmont in deiivtini: ihe cmses of disease
And his praoiioal skill in rxMiiovir.*: them.
Ecclesiastical History. 5 7
together with his various medical and botanical
publications
Brought hira wealth, honor and enlarged his
sphere of usefulness.
While an increasing faith in the love and
power of his Saviour
Cherishest and matured his hopes of a better world
to come.
In mdcccxxxviii he retired from his profession
to his native town.
He died in London and was buried in this church yard
xxii March (1843) mdcccxxxxiii. Whatsoever thy hand
findeth to do, do it with thy might, for there is no work
nor device, nor knowledge nor wisdom in the grave wither thou
goest
" I heard a "I know that
voice from my Redeemer
heaven saying liveth, and
unto me. Write that he shall
Blessed are stand at the
the dead latter day
which die in upon the
the Lord." earth."
Rev. xiv. 13. Job xix. 2$.
In affectionate remembrance of
the Rev. Richard Buck M.A.
of Agecrofl Hall in this county,
Bom June i9'\ 1761, died August 28*^, 1845.
Also of Margaret his wife
Bom April \^\ 1770, died January 29^, 1835
and Margaret, their daughter.
Bom April 3o'*» 1810, died Febraaiy 2"' 1855.
Their remains repose in the vault beneath
'' Rejoicing in hope ; patient in tribulation.''
" Thy kingdom come " " Thy will be done.*'
I
58 The History of PoultoH-le-Fylde.
On north li^-alL
Near this Marble
lieth the body of Margaret, daughter
of John & Ellen Harrison of Poulton,
who died 13*** March, 1790, aged i year.
Also of Ellen, his wife, who died 20^
September 1790, aged 34 years.
Also of Dorothy, their daughter who
died 25*^ January, 1 791 in the 9*^ year
of her age.
Also of the said John Harrison,
who died i** August 1796, aged 43
Years.
Also in memon- of Rob' Bickerstaff
Harrison AB^ their son, who died
on the iS^ of April 1810 at Homcasde
in Lincolnshire aged 23 Years, and
was there interred.
Also of Agnes their daughter, who died the
21^ of Xov^ 1S21 at Louth in Lincolnshire
aged 40, & was interred at Homcastle^
also of Richard Harrison M.D. their son
who died on the iS^ of January 1825 aged
4c j-ears and was interred at Homcastle.
In the church\"ard, opposite the \-estr>- door (but formeriy in
the chancel) and on a Hat stone.
Edwarvl $herdle>% Gendemaa
dyed the 21 September 1744
aged 71,
In the church are three hatchments.
On the south-east wall of chancel
QuArteriy 1 and \ graiui o^uaitersi — Quaneriy i and 4. Argent
A double headcvl eJi^le dispUytvl Sable, beakevi Or. 2 and 3
Ai^jent a ^riiftn se^reant Sable* armevl and beaJked Or.
Ecclesiastical History, 59
2 grand quarter, Aigent on a bend Sable 3 garbs or; [Hes-
KETH of Rufford.] 3 Grand quarter, per pale nebuW Azure
and Or, 6 martlets, 2, 2, and 2, counter-changed; [Fleetwood.]
Impaling Sable 3 swords in pale proper hilted Or, two erect
points upwards, between them one point downwards, a chief
indented. Or Crest ^ a garb Or. [Rawlins or Rawlinson ?]
In the west gallery.
Quarterly of twelve i and 12 grand quarters Quarterly i and
4 Per pale nebul^ Azure and Or 6 martlets, 2, 2, and 2, counter-
changed [Fleetwood,] 2 and 3 Argent on a bend Sable, 3 Garbs
Or, a chief of the second, all within a bordure erminois. 2nd
grand quarter. Argent on a chevron quarterly per chevron gules
and Sable couilter-changed, between 3 comish choughs of the
last three bezants. [ ] 3rd Sable three garbs Or.
[ ] 4th per pale nebuld Azure and Or, 6 martlets, 2, 2,
and 2, counter-changed, a canton argent [Fleetwood of . . .
. . . ]. 5th per fesse indented Argent and Sable, three eagles*
heads counter-changed. 6th [Fleetwood]. 7th Argent on a
bend Sable three bulls passant Or. 8th Quarterly Argent and
Gules, in the first quarter a mullet Sable [Mascy of Rixton].
9th Argent on a bend Sable, three covered cups of the field
RiXTON of Rixton]. loth Argent a squirrel sejant gules
HoRTON of Horton]. nth Argent a griffin segreant Sable
[Bold?]. Over all an escocheon. Argent, on a fesse wavy gules,
between three bulls passant Sable, a sword in fesse proper,
hilted Or.
Quarterly 1 and 4 Or a chevron Sable between three hunting
horns gules, stringed of the second [Hornby (?).] 2 and 3
Per pale Azure and Gules, a double-headed eagle displayed
counter-changed. Crest^ a hunting-horn Gules, stringed Sable.
On the north-east wall is a marble tablet bearing the arms of
Brockholes* family of Claughton,* near to which several of the
family were buried.
' Quarterly i and 4 argent on a bend sable 3 garbt or [Hesketh] ; 2 and 3 argent
a cherron sable between three badgers (brocks) of the lasL
6o The History of Poulton-le-Fylde.
Baines^ in his History of Lancashire, says that in the south
gallery is an inscription to the " Memory of Christopher Albin,
Curate of Bispham, died June 30^, 1753, at. 56." This is not
there now, but on the door of a pew in the south gallery is a
small brass plate, bearing the following inscription, " Introite et
orate caelo supinas si tuleris manus sacra feceris malaque effugies'*
[and in Greek letters, St. John ix. 31].
Marton Church.
At the time of the Parliamentary Church Survey (see p. 43),
the inhabitants of Marton " desired to be made a parish," as they
had no church or chapel nearer tlian Poulton.
In and before 1666, Peter Fisher preached several times at
Kirkham, and William Langton, who, about 1770^ transcribed the
records of the " thirty sworn men " of that parish, states that he
officiated at Marton. The name of Peter Fisher occurs several
times in the Registers of Poulton for that period, but there is
nothing to show that he was a clergyman.* From the will of
Edward Whiteside of Little Marton (see chapter V.), dated 22
December, 1721, it appears that there was then no regularly
appointed minister, as he directs his executors, " if there be a
minister that preaches at Marton to give him something."
Amongst the Poulton Church Registers is a volume of bap-
tisms at Marton from 1750 to 181 2, from which it is clear that in
1750 a minister regularly officiated here. Baines* states (but
quotes no authority) that in 1760 the Rev. Mr. Gibson, incum-
bent of Lytham, performed service here in the school. The
churchwardens of the parish record that on the 27 March, ^7^9t
they had spent " w^ the Marton Parson 5 j. 3^.," and on 30 June,
177s, "on Marton Singers ioj."
On I June, 1760, a licence was granted by the bishop to William
Hewitson to the curacy of " Poulton with Marton."^ At this
' See chapter iii. Edward Hull probably assisted the vicar in 1667, and may have
officiated here.
* ///>/. of Lane, ^ vol ii. p. 520, new edit. 3 Bishops 5 Register, Chester.
Ecclesiastical History. 6i
time the school house was used as a chapel, though unconsecrated,
and in 1784 (see chapter V.), Edward Jolly of Mythorp, by in-
denture, conveyed £(30 to certain trustees, in order to secure a
weekly dole of bread to be given to the poor who " attended ser-
vice at the chapel of Great Marton, immediately after morning
service"; for some time before this Edward Jolly had given &/.
weekly for the above purpose to the minister who officiated there.'
The school was used as a chapel until 1800, when the church was
erected by public subscription, but which was not consecrated
until 1804; ii^ 1848 the porch was added; in 1857 the tower
was erected 2 and the church enlarged, and in 1871 the chancel
was built.3 The church is dedicated to St. Paul.
The Curates of Marton.
In 1760 the vicar of Poulton agreed with the bishop to pay to
William Hewitson, the ** curate of Poulton and of the chapel of
Marton, £^\ lor. a year."^
In 1 77 1 the churchwarden for the township of Marton was the
Rev. Mr. Butcher, who was no doubt the William Butcher, clerk,
who, about this time, was living in Great Bispham ; he may pos-
sibly have been for a time the officiating minister here ; his son
Thomas was curate of Stalmine in 1794, and afterwards of Ham-
bleton. — Sawyer, who was the schoolmaster of Baines' school, is
said to have been in orders and acted as curate of Marton ; if this
is correct, he could not have remained long, being succeeded by
George Hall, who was a native of Penrith, and came here in
1773 or 1774. A tombstone in the churchyard records, "M.S. of
the Rev. George Hall, who was the respected minister of this
chapel upwards of 40 years. He died Febuary i, 1814, aged 67,
much lamented by his chapelry." During his curacy the church
• Charity Commissioners^ Report,
■ Three bells were placed here in 1868. In 187 1, for the old barrel organ was sub-
stituted the present organ.
5 Between 1805 and 18 16 /" 1,600 was given by Queen Anne*s Bounty to meet
benefactions for the augmentation of this church ; also in 181 3 ;f 1,000 by lot from the
Parliamentary Grant.
* Bishofs Register^ Chester.
62 Tlie History of Poulton-U-Fylde,
was built. From an entry in the churchwardens' accounts, it
would appear that as late as 1811 the inhabitants attended the
mother church on Easter Sunday, for in that year it was " resolved
that in compliance with the request of the inhabitants of Marton,
one pound shall be allowed for an annual dinner on Easter Day
in future."
Thomas Bryer was instituted in 18 14, on the death of the
last curate (he came from Furness) ; he also held the appointment
of schoolmaster, writing in 1849, he says, "I found the popu-
lation uncouth, rude, brutal, and, if I may use the expression,
positively obstinate in barbarity and its attendant consequences,
and entirely destitute of those feelings which solely characterise
a liberal education, — so that it might truly be said that the
schoolmaster had been abroad." ^ He resigned the incumbency
in 1843, and died in 1857. There is a gravestone in the church
bearing the inscription, " In Memory of the Rev. Thomas Bryer,
for many years Incumbent of this Church, who departed this life
April 4, 1857, aged 68 years." Several of his children were
buried here.
James Cookson, the present incumbent, was for several years
curate here during Mr. Bryer's incumbency.
Thornton Church.
In the vestry of this church is a board upon which is painted
all that is necessary to say about this edifice. "This Church
was erected in the year 1835, containing 323 sittings, and in con-
sequence of a grant from the incorporated Society for promoting
the enlargement, building and repairing of Churches and Chapels^
193 of that number are hereby declared to be free and unappro-
priated for ever. — David Hilcock Leighton, Minister; James
Smith and Richard Wright, Churchwardens." The church was
consecrated in 1836.
The font is inscribed, "Presented to Thornton Church, by
Elizabeth Nutter of Rough Lee Hall, Accrington, July 13, 1874."
* Gastreirs Notitia Cestriensis, vol. ii. p. 46a
Ecclesiastical History. 63
There is a marble tablet on the south wall, " To the Memory
of Jacob Morris, a faithful Warden for 20 years, who died Oct,
1 87 1 ." It was not until 1 862 that a parochial district was assigned
to this church ; previous to that date it was a chapel of ease to
Poulton.
Incumbents and Vicars of Thornton.
David Hilcock Leighton was the first incumbent ; he was
instituted in 1835, and resigned in 1837. ^^ afterwards became
vicar of Worlingham in Suffolk.
Edward Thurtell, instituted in 1837 and resigned in 1841.
He then accepted the curacy of Caton, near Lancaster (now a
vicarage), where he died in 1852. A tablet was erected to his
memory in Caton church.
St. Vincent Beechey, M.A., was appointed in 1841 and re-
signed in 1846; he was at the same time incumbent of Fleet-
wood church.
Robert W. Russell, instituted on the resignation of the last
incumbent, and resigned in 1853.
Isaac Durant, M.A., appointed in 1853 ^^^ resigned in
1869. He died at Islington, where he was principal of the
Church Missionary Home.
Samuel Clark held the living from 1869 to 1870.
Thomas Meadows, M.A., is the present vicar.
Fleetwood Church,
Dedicated to St. Peter, was consecrated in 1841, and was for some
time the church of an ecclesiastical district under the mother
church of Poulton. In 1857 ^^ ^21^ a separate district assigned to
it, and became an ecclesiastical parish, the perpetual curate be-
coming a vicar.
The Perpetual Curates and Vicars.
St. Vincent Beechey, M.A., instituted in 1841, resigned in
1849 (sec above).
64 TJie History of Poulton-le^Fylde.
G. Yarudd Osborne, M.A., instituted in 1849, and died 11
November, 1871, aged 53. There is a tablet to his memory in
the church. Shortly before his death he was presented to St
Thomas's church, Dudley.
Samuel Hasting, M.A., was instituted on the death of Mr.
Osborne, and gave up the living in 1870, on his appointment to
the rectory of Halton, near Lancaster.
James Pearson, M.A., is the present vicar.
Breck Roman Catholic Chapel.
This was built in 18 14, on land given by W. F. Brockholes of
Claughton. The following priests have successively officiated
here; Ralph Piatt (1814-1830), R. Brown (1830-1834), H.
Newsham (1834), P. Orrell (1834-1862), and the Rev. William
Johnson.
Wesleyan Chapel.
The Methodists, for a long time, held their services in a room
behind the King's Arms Inn, Poulton, but in 18 19 they built
the chapel in Back street, which in 1861 was superseded by
the present building.
Independent Chapel.
This was built in 1808 ; in 1836 it fell into disuse, and was not
re-opened for service until 1850.
The Vicars.
65
CHAPTER III.
THE VICARS OF POULTON.
Time of Hen. I. 1 100-35 Gamello Presbyter de Pultune.
About 1246-47 - - - Richard parson of Pulton.
1275 (?) Alan us de Pulton, clericus.
1345 Sir William
13 — William de Sothworthe.
Before 1396 - - - - William de Clayton.
Before 1422 - - - - Dominus Tyndour.
21 May 1422 - - - - Dominus John Lythum.
7 June 1437 - - - - William de Crankeshagh.
25 June 1442 - - - - Richard Brown.
18 June 1469 - - - - Dominus John OxclifT.
Before 15 19 - - - - William Bretherton.
1 5 — Hugo Snede [or Sneyde].
1552 r Sir Robert Clerke.
20 December 1552 - - Randle or Ranulph Woodward.
1557 Richard Cropper.
6 November 1565 - - William Wrightington.
1 566-1681 Richard Greenhall.
21 January 1 581-1644 - Peter White.
1644 ------- Robert Freckleton.
16— Peter White.
1653 --..-.- Thomas Rigby, M.A
16 December 1661 - - George Shawe.
6 October 1674 - - - Richard Harrison, B.A
6 October 17 14 - - - Timothy HalL
4 July 1726 - - - - Robert Loxham.
28 November 1770 - - Thomas Turner.
K
66 The History of Poulton-le-Fylde.
28 December 18 10 - - Nathaniel Hinde.
14 July 1828 - - - - Charles Hesketh.
12 September 1835 - - John Hull.
21 June 1864 - - - - Thomas Clark.
1869 William Richardson.
Gamello Presbyter de Pultane, time of Hen. I. (i ioa-35.)
This name occurs as a witness to a charter whereby Robert
the abbot of Salisbury grants a carucate of land in Bispham to
William, son of the daughter of Aschealla.*
Richard Parson of Pulton, about 1246.
This name appears as a witness to a charter, without date,
whereby Richard de Pincerna de Warton granted land in Warton
in Amounderncss to the priory of St. John of Jerusalem ; one of
the other witnesses was William, parson of Garstang,^ who is
named in a charter of William de Lancastre, whose inq,post mart,
is dated 31 Hen. HI. (1246-7). Richard de Pincerna died about
the year 12 84. 3
Alanus de Pulton, izjsQ).
A vicar was ordained in 1275,'* who was probably the " Alano
de Pulton clerico ** whose name appears as a witness to the char-
ter (S.D.) of William de Merton, whereby he conferred a "selione"
of land in Merton on the monastery of Stanlawe.s
Sir William ,1351.
This vicar of Pulton was ordered, 3 October, 1351, to repair
the chancel of the church (see p. 38). At this time the " portion
of the vicar antiently ordained " was excepted from the posses-
sions of the Priory of Lancaster (see p. 39).
■ Sherburne Dfeds, in possession of J. Weld, Esq.
* Dodsworth AfSS., Ixx. fol. 97. 3 Chet. Soc., vol. IxxxvL p. 61.
♦ Register of Charters of Priory of Lancaster. I/arL Bib. , No, 3764.
s Coucher Book of Whalley^ p. 446.
Tlie Vicars, 67
William de Sothworthe, 13 — .
This may possibly be identical with the last named vicar.
From the inq,post tnort, of Richard Skillicorne, which was taken
at Wigan on 10 May, 27 Hen. VIII. (1535), it appears that
William de Sothworthe held ten messuages in Preston, twelve
messuages, three hundred acres of land, three hundred acres of
pasture, forty acres of meadow, and a right of fishing in the
Ribble at Newton near Kirkham, and that being so seised he
had by deed (which was shown to the jurors) given the manor of
Frees to Adam de Skilicome and Alice his wife, including all
the lands and tenements which he had received from the said
Adam.' This Adam de Skilicorne was living in 1381.
William de Clayton, before 1396.
By inquisitio post mortem taken at Preston, 2 August, 1429,
it appears that John de Thometon died 2 October, 1396, and
that at the time of his death he held half the manor of Thometon,
which he had from William de Clayton, late vicar of the church
of Pulton.2
DoMiNUS William Tyndour, 1422.
He died in the year 1422.3
John Lythum, 1422-37.
William Kynwoldmersh, the treasurer of England, by letters
patent, had conveyed to him and others, by the priory of Lan-
caster, the advowson of Pulton, and on the death of William
■ Record office. ■ Chet. Soc., vol. xcix. p. 24.
' It b a common mistake to suppose that the institutions to livings in the diocese of
Chester, previous to the foundation of that see, are preserved at Lichfield ; such is not
the case. Amoundemess was in the archdeaconry of Richmond, and the only existing
records of institutions, &c., for that district before 154 1, are the following: Richmond
registers preserved at Ripon, transcript of missing volume of Richmond registers
in British Museum {I/ari. MS., 6978), and Torre's AfSS. in the Cathedral library at
York.
68 The History of Poulton-le-Fylde.
Tyndour he presented John L)rthum " capellanus," who was*
instituted 21 May, 1422.
William de Crankeshagh, 1437-42.
He was instituted 7 June, 1437, ^^ ^^ presentation of the
abbot and convent of Syon. He was described as " Presbyter,"
and died in 1442.2
Richard Brown, 1442-69.
"Dominus" Richard Brown, "Presbyter," was instituted 25
June, 1442, on the death of the last vicar ; he was presented by
the abbot and convent of Syon.3 By charter, dated at Pulton
the feast of St. Bartholomew the Apostle, 24 Hen. VI. (24 Aug.,
1446), Thomas de Haryngton, son of James de Haryngton, knight,
granted certain messuages and lands in Hoole Magna and Pulton
Magna, to Richard Brown, vicar of Pulton, and Thomas Brown,
"capellanus."'* (Seep. 11.)
By charter, dated Pulton, Monday after the feast of the Holy
Trinity, 32 Hen. VI. (17 June, 1454), John Blackbume and John
Crone, " capellani," leased to this vicar and Henry Huntington,
lands in Pulton Magna for forty years, for which they were to
pay for the first ten years a red rose at the nativity of John the
Baptist, and for the remainder of the term 6f. a year.s
Sir John Butler, knight, by deed dated 4 July, 1458, granted
the manor of Laton and his other lands to Sir Thomas Harynton,
knight, Thomas de Button, Richard Brown, vicar of Pulton, and
others.^
Sir John Botyller, knight, Thomas Massy, "parson of the
church of Chepyngton," Richard Brown, vicar of Pulton, Richard
Massy, and John Holcroft, by their charter, dated i November,
' Registers of archdeaconry of Richmond. ' Richmond registers, Ripon.
3 Ibid, 4 Deed in possession of J. Fitzherbert-Brockholes, Esq.
5 Harland's MSS,
* Jnq, post mort John Botiller, also of William Botiller. (Chet Soc., vol. xdx.
PP- 73» 82.)
The Vicars. 69
1 46 1, granted to Richard Botyller, for good services rendered
and an annual payment of five marks, ail their lands, &c., in
Burton Wood and Sankey Magna.'
From the above extracts it appears evident this vicar of Pulton
was a man of means and position in the district He died in
1469.
DoMiNus John Oxcliff, 1469.
Was instituted 18 June, 1469, on the death of Richard Brown.
He was presented by the abbot and convent of Syon, and is
described as '' capellanus," and an order was at the same time
issued to Christopher Ley of Lancaster, chaplain, to induct him.^
Sir William Bretherton, 15 — .
He probably succeeded John Oxcliff. Early in the i6th cen-
tury, Elizabeth, the abbess of Syon, being the proprietor of the
church, leased for a term of years a tenement, a kiln house, and
the tithes of com and sheaves in Pulton to Thomas Singleton ;
and Eleanor Singleton, the widow of Laurence Singleton, who
afterwards, with the consent of Constance, abbess of Syon, leased
the same to Sir William Bretherton, clerke, vicar of Pulton, in
consideration of a payment of £'i 6r. 8^/., and a yearly rental of
seven marks for the tithes, and £16$, Sd. for the tenement and
kiln.3 The various deeds concerning this transaction got into
the hands of Eleanor Singleton and Constance Singleton, who
refused to give them up, the result being a trial in the Duchy
court, in which the plaintiffs were John Brockholes of Garstang
and Richard Farynton of Kuerden, gentleman, who were the
executors of William Bretherton, late vicar of Pulton. This took
place in the time of Hen. VHI., but the exact date has not been
preserved ; it could not have been earlier than 15 18, as that is
the year in which Constance was elected abbess of Syon.
' Harlaod*s AfSS, * Richmond registers, Ripon.
J Dtuky of Lane, IHtadings^ vol. iv., No. 37 B, Hen. VIII. Record office, and
Receiver's accounts. Hen. VIII., Chapter house, H 3, 9.
^o Tlie History of Poulion-le-Fylde.
Hugo Snede [or Sneyde], 15 — ,
To the will of George Alen of Roshall, dated 27 March, 1530,
one of the witnesses was '* Mr. Hugh Sneyde Bac of Divinitie."
The Valor Ecclesiastiais gives " Hugo Snede Incumbens," in
1535.
Sir Robert Clerke, 1552.
He signed the return to the commissions appointed to give
inventories of church goods, 18 March, 1552 (see p. 42). He
was then assisted by a parish priest, Sir Henry Norton, who was
still there in 1557. (See will of George Hull, chapter VH.)
Ranulph Woodward, 1552.
He was presented by Edward VI., and was instituted 20 Dec.,
1552.* For payment of first fruits his sureties were William
Gcrardc of the "precincts*' of Charter House, London, gentle-
man, and Robert Shawe of St. John street, London, brewer.*
This vicar was probably one of the Woodwards of Shevington,
in the parish of Standish ; one of whom, Ralph Woodward,
entered his pedigree at Dugdale's visitation in 1664-5.
Richard Cropper, 15 5. .-65.
The last vicar did not hold office long, as in 1557 Richard
Cropper is named in the will of George Hull of Pulton as then
vicar, and the same testator left xii^ to Sir Richard Cropper.
There is no record of his institution at Chester, his name appears
as a witness to the will of Margaret Whiteside in 1562. He died
in 1565 and the following is an extract of his will which was
proved at Richmond :
In the name of God &c 2 October 1565. I Richard Cropper
Clerke Vicar of Pulton sicke in body but hole in raynde of good & per-
fect rememberaunce, 5rc my body to be buried within the pish
church of Pulton in the highest chansell nere unto the Table.
' lJishop*s registers, Chester.
' Kxche<^)uer accounts, First Fruits. Record office.
The Vicars, 7 1
The following bequests are made, viz. :
To Hughe Byllynche of Lathum [Latham] & Richard Cropper the
elder " of the same towne all my interest title &c. of and in all lands in
Burstkow f Burscough] & Lathum and most specially the lands w<^** I put
in trust to be purchased by Hughe Raynforthe of deceased."
To Hugh Byllynge & Richard Cropper iiij*». To Jenet Mason my sister
yii « ^h one syde gowne." To James Cropper the younger xx^. To
Ellyn and Margaret Walker daughters of George Walker "two little
heffers w<=** I have in my custody." To George Walker one " turfe wayne
6 one plowe w'** yoke '* and one close of land in the tenure of Rachal
Taylor late wife of Thomas Taylor for two years at v» iiij<* a year. To
Richard son of Thomas Cropper vij* viij<*. To the children of Henry
Cropper iiij". To the wife of Simon Smythe xx». To Margaret Walker
one half of a close of land part of the tenement of William Bylbocke.
To Ellen Walker one half of a close of land called Carre Meadowe for
7 years at v* per annum. To George Walker i acre of ground part of
tenement of Thomas Bocker and a meadow part of tenement of Wm.
Awarde. To Richard Cropper of Pulton "the which I have brought up
in my house " one parcel of ground in the tenure of William Thomason
and William Patson also a parcel of land in the holding of William
Whyteside of Carlton. To the said Richard Cropper of Pulton all the
rest of my goods and I appoint Hughe Byllinge my executor and
Richard Cropper the elder to be overseer of my will
To the will is appended a list of debts owing by, and money
due to the testator, amongst the latter is :
Item Magister James Massy for the rent of Bispham
Chapel for 7 years at vj*» vij*
Item Magister James Massy for the tythe of Stanynge
Hall for 7 years xlvj» viij**
Item Magister James Massy for the tythe of Carlton
Hall for 3 years xx*
Amongst the debts owing are " To the wife of Edmond Bam-
bcr xx» " and " to Magister Allen xij<^."
William Wrightington, 1565-73.
Was instituted on presentation of John Heetwood of Pcnwor-
72 The History of Poulton-le-Fylde.
tham, on 6 November, 1565.' By deed dated 12 July, 1557, the
next presentation was sold by Thomas Fleetwood of Heskin, to
John Fleetwood of Penwortham, John Wrightington of Stan-
dish, Richard Wrightington his son and heir, and Alexander
Wrightington of Enfield.* No doubt this vicar was one of the
Wrightingtons of Standish.
Richard Greenhall, 1566-81.
Instituted 24 August, 1573, on the death of William Wright-
ington, on the presentation of Bridget Fleetwood, the widow of
Thomas Fleetwood of Penwortham, and her son William Fleet-
wood.^
This vicar is doubtless the Sir Richard Greenhalgh who wit-
nessed the will of Thomas Hodgson of Little Carleton in 1566.
Peter White, 1581-2-1644.
He was admitted and instituted on 21 January, 1581-2,^ on the
presentation of Edward Fleetwood, armiger, and William Purson,
yeoman. The heir of Thomas Fleetwood was Edmund Fleet-
wood, so that unless the above is a clerical error, Edward s being
substituted for Edmund, the advowson must have passed (for
this turn) to another branch of the family.
The parish registers commence in 1591, and from that time to
1629, Peter White's signature appears frequently at the foot of
the page, to certify the correctness of the record. In 1605 *
deed of sale of Singleton Grange, in Kirkham, was enrolled,
whereby Sir Edward Brabazon, knight, sold the estate to Peter
White, clerk, probably in trust, as the year following it again
changed hands (see History of Kirkham, p. 186).
The Bishop of Chester, on 28 October, 1608, levied a rate upon
the clergy of the diocese, for finding horses, arms, and furniture
for military service; "Mr. Whyt, vicar of Poulton, and Mr.
* Bishop's registers, Chester. ■ Ibid, 3 find, * IM,
5 Edmund and Edward were not infrequently, about this date, used for the same
person.
The Vicars. 7 3
Greenacres, vicar of Kirkham," between them furnished "one
musket"; his name also appears as contributing, in 1619-20, to
fund ''for use of Count Palatine of Rhine/* in 1634 for "repairs
of St. Pauls," and in 1639 " to the King of Scots." »
The stone in the church, upon which is inscribed this vicar's
name and the date 1622 (see p. 44), doubtless was intended to
commemorate some addition to or alteration of the fabric, which
was made through his instrumentality. From 1622 to 1624,
there was a great mortality in Poulton, the deaths from November
1622 to April 1624 being 289 ; amongst the victims were the
parish clerk and a son of the vicars. In 1641, Peter White
signed the "Protestation" (see p. 31), and in 1644 he, for some
unexplained reason, resigned the vicarage in favour of his son-in-
law.
Robert Freckleton, 1644-16 — .
The first-fruits' records show that Robert Freckleton, clerk,
was admitted and instituted 16 January, 1644, ^^ ^^^ vicarage of
Pulton, on the presentation of John Browne of Tyringe, in the
county of Hertford. He was, from 1634 to 1637 ^'^'^ possibly a
little later), the officiating minister at Bispham, and whilst there
he married (20 November, 1634,) Sarah, the daughter of Peter
White. He held the vicarage a very short time, as he was living
in Chester at the time of the siege of that city (in February, 1645-
6) by the Parliamentary forces, and had his goods sequestrated
by the committee of sequestration for delinquency.* At that
time, or shortly afterwards, he was appointed to the rectory of
Backford in Cheshire, where, in 1646, he had the profits of the
rectory conferred on him, with an additional £^0 from the com-
mittee of plundered ministers. In 1648 he signed the "Attesta-
tion of Ministers " as " Minister of Backford."
On the formation of the Lancashire Presbyterian Classis (2
October, 1646), John Sumner of Poulton was one of the ministers
* MSS. of Hishop Rridgeman.
• Church Surtvyi. Record Society, vol. i. p. 2 1 8.
74 The History of Poulton-U-Fyldc.
in the VII. Classis ; he, however, was not the vicar. In 1644 he
was living in Bispham, where, in May of that year, a child of his
was baptized ; he was described as " Mr. Sumner," Before
coming to Bispham he had been minister of Samlesbury.
Peter White, 16.. .-165..
As Peter White at the time his son-in-law was presented to the
vicarage must have been at least eighty-five years old, it is some-
what strange that he should again have been appointed to the
cure. Such, however, must have been the case. Probably the
solution of the difficulty is that Robert Freckleton, although in-
stituted and admitted, never in reality took upon himself the
duties of his office, or if he did it was only for a very short time.
For the Parliamentary Survey, taken 21 June, 1 650, the jurors
reported that the " present Incumbent and Minister " at Poulton
is " Mr. Peter White, formerly an able and painful minister, but
now verie aged and infirme : the cure is supplied by Mr. John
Brereley who hath noe allowance and incorragement**; this John
Brereley in 1648 signs the " Harmonious Consent" as "preacher
at Salford." Peter White did not live long after this, as his
successor was here in November, 1653, if not before that date.
The register from 1636 to 1654 being wanted, the record of his
burial is missing. He must, however, have lived to be nearly
a centenarian, and to have held the living longer than any other
vicar before or since. A tenure of 62 years, a resignation and
re-appointment render his case almost unique.
Peter White had issue : i Matthew, baptized 16 February, 1605,
buried 11 July, 1623 ; 2 Erastus, baptized 8 May, 1608, buried
31 January, 1608-9; 3 Elizabeth, baptized 24 June, 1596,
married 16 November, 1614, John Sanderson, junior, of Newton,
she died September, 1620 ; they had issue, Robert and Marie.
4 Susanna, baptized 5 June, 1598, buried the i6th of the same
month ; 5 Mario, baptized 8 May, 1599, buried 4 August, 1602 ;
6 Anne, baptized 4 October, 1601 ; 7 Dorothy, baptized 9
October, 1603, married February, 1 620-1, to Peter Woodhouse
The Vicars, • 75
of Thornton, yeoman, and had issue ; 8 Jane, baptized 23 July,
1610; 9 Sara, baptized 16 October, 1614, married 20 November,
1634, Robert Freckleton, minister, Bispham, and vicar of Poulton
(see p. Ti\ and had issue. On 27 October, 1659, was buried at
Poulton, Constance White of Poulton, widow ; this may have
been the vicar's widow. In 1605 there was baptized Grace, the
daughter of Robert White of London. Thornber, in his History
of Blackpool, asserts that after Peter White's death his family
•* fell into decay, his granddaughter frequenting Poulton fairs as
the wife of a hawking pedlar"; as he left no male issue, and
three of the daughters were respectably married, this is probably
incorrect.
Thomas Rigbv, M.A., i6s..-i66i.
This vicar of Poulton was the third son of Alexander Rigby
of Burgh (sec chapter VI.), where he was bom about the year
161 2. He was educated at the Sedbergh grammar school, in
Yorkshire, and entered St. John's college, Cambridge, as a pen-
sioner, 14 May, 163 1, being then under 19 years of age; he
graduated B.A. 1634-5, M.A. 1638, and in 1639 he was elected a
fellow of his college.* In June, 1650, the parliamentary church
survey commissioners reported that at Broughton in Fumess (Lan-
cashire), "Mr. Thomas Rigby, Maister of Arts," officiated for the
time being. How long he remained there is unknown, but before
November, 1653, he was instituted vicar of Poulton, as in the
registers for that month [the day of the month is torn away] is
recorded the baptism of "Alexander, son of Mr. Thomas Rigby,
Vicar."2 He relinquished the living in 1661. His next appoint-
ment was, in all probability, to the curacy of St. Mary's, Donny-
brook, near Dublin, which he vacated on being installed, on i
July, 1663,3 prebendary of Monmohenock, which was held in
union with th« rectory of Castledermot in the county Kildare.
•
' College books.
• The words "of Poulton" are torn away. In 1 654 he is callctl "minrstcr of
Poulton."
i Cotton's Fasti EciUsur Ifihrnua.
76 The History of Poulton-le-Fylde.
In Dugdale's Visitation, 1664-5, he is described as "residing in
Dublin, parson of St. Mary's church there*' ; at that time the only
St Mary's in or near Dublin was at Donnybrook'
In 1673, Rigby resigned the prebendary stall, and subsequently
all trace of him is lost. The Poulton registers furnish the baptism
of two of his children, Alexander (named above) and Dorothy,
baptized 26 November, 1654, and the burial of a son John on
S May, 1655.
George Shaw, 1661-74.
This vicar was one of the Shaws of High Bullhaghe, an old
Lancashire family which recorded a pedigree at the visitation of
1664-5. Robert Shaw was appointed vicar of Cockerham in
^633 ;2 he was twice married, his first wife (Esther) was buried
at Cockerham 16 August, 1634; and he married secondly, at
Stalmine, 15 May, 1636, Marie, 3 the daughter of Sir Paul
Fleetwood of Rossall, by whom he had issue,^ i George, of whom
presently ; 2 Robert, baptized at Cockerham, 4 November, 1639 ;
3 Laurence, who was vicar of Cockerham from 1662 to his death
in 1695. George Shaw was born in or about the year 1638, but
his baptism is not recorded at Cockerham. On 15 June, 1657,
he matriculated at Queen's college, Oxford, as a servitor, but
does not appear to have taken a degree. Soon after leaving the
university, he was (in December, 1659) instituted vicar of Cock-
erham, which he held until April, 1662, when, having been
nominated to Poulton, he resigned in favour of his brother
Laurence. A memorandum in the parish registers of Poulton
records that on " 16 December, 1661, Mr. George Shawe was
presented vicar and took quiet possession according to a legal
* The pedigree was entered by Thomas Rigby's nephew, who evidently did not
know that his uncle had been installed prebendary.
* He was still at Cockerham in 1648, when he is party to an award (umpire).
Original MS,
' The marriage portion consisted of several tenements in Preesall and Hackinsall.
{Exchec. Dtp, by Com., 1657.
^ Probably other children, who died young.
Tlu Vicars, 77
forme," but the " first-fruits " returns give the 21 August, 1662,
as the date of admission. The collector of the clerical subsidy
for Amounderness, on 28 April, 1663, inade a schedule of those
who had "subscribed their free and voluntary presents to the
kinges majesty and had not payd the same," inter alia was,
" Mr. Robert Fisher late Vicar of Kirkham subscribed by proxie
[for] one Mr. George Shaw Vicar of Poolton 5^*, w<^^ being de-
manded Mr. Shaw denies that any commission was given by
him for the said subscription." ^ There was no Robert Fisher
vicar of Kirkham, but John Fisher held the appointment from
1650 to 1666. George Shaw was twice married, his first wife,
Margaret, was buried at Poulton, 9 January, 1670-71, and he mar-
ried, secondly, at Poulton, on i June, 1672, Margaret Bamber of
the same place. He had issue by the first wife, Laurence, who
was baptized 9 October, 1666, and Priscilla, baptized 11 June,
1663 ; by the second wife, Nathaniel, who was baptized 6 June,
1673. George Shaw died in July, 1674, and was buried at
Poulton on the 13th of that month. The registers for 1667 con-
tain the following, '* September, Edwardus Hull clericus parochi-
alis sepultus erat primo die mensis," which suggests the question,
was the vicar non-resident, or was this a curate who administered
to the spiritual wants of one of the outlying districts — probably
Marton }
Richard Harrison, B.A., 1674-17 14.
Richard Harrison was the eldest son of the Rev. Joseph
Harrison of Newton-with-Scales in Kirkham, who was baptized
5 January, 1623-4, matriculating at St. Mary's Hall, Oxford,
and afterwards became curate of Lund in Kirkham, from whence
he was ejected in 1662 (see History of Kirk/tam), Richard, his
son, was born 28 August, 1648, and baptized at Kirkham ; he
matriculated at Brasenose college, Oxford, 26 May, 1664, and he
took his B.A, degree 23 January, 1667 ; his first curacy was at
Brindle, under Henry Pigott, who held at once the rectory of
' Clfrical Sithidi^s, No. 61/68, Record office.
78 Tlie History of Poulton-le-Fylde,
Brindle and vicarage of Rochdale ; his next appointment was to
the perpetual curacy of Goosnargh ; he was there from 1672
(perhaps earlier) until his institution to the vicarage of Poulton,
on 6 October, 1674, to which he was nominated by Richard
Fleetwood of Rossall, Esq.*
He was twice married, first at Lancaster, 7 December, 1669,
to Anne, the daughter of Richard Shaw of Preston, who died
6 December, 1697, and to whose memory there is a brass plate
in Poulton church (see p. 51) ; secondly, at Poulton, 12 October,
1699, to Elizabeth Stanley of the same place, who was buried
there 9 May, 1708. He had the living for nearly forty years,
and died 23 February, 17 13- 14, and was buried at Poulton.
His will, dated 19 February, 17 13, was proved at Richmond,
27 March, 17 14; it is short, and only contains the following
bequests : " To his daughter, Anne Singleton, and his daughter-
in-law, Alice Harrison, 21J. 6^. a piece. To his sister Margaret,
5ay.; to her daughter, Janet Huson, \s. To his servant, Anne
Gant, £^y in case she continue in his service until his decease ;
the rest of his estate, after debts and funeral expenses are paid,
to his son. Joseph Harrison ; and he appoints Edward Veale of
Whinney Hcys, esquire, and John Alston of Poulton, school-
master, to be executors."
The inventory amounts to £^2 12s, 6d,
He had issue by the first wife only.
I. Joseph Harrison, baptized at Brindle 17 September, 1670,
B. A. of Brasenose college, Oxford, rector of Daglingworth, in the
county of Gloucester. He married Catherine, daughter of John
Hitchins of Colesbornc, in the county of Gloucester, 29 May,
1689; she died 29 August, 1733, and was buried in Cirencester
church ; he died 28 November, 1753, and was buried in the same
grave. He had issue five sons, the youngest of whom, Thomas
Harrison, was knighted 22 November, 1752 ; he was the receiver
general of land tax for Middlesex, and his grandson, George
' Pedigree in IlemUrs college (see Mis. Genralog, et HeraUiicay vol. iv. p. Il8),
Bishop's register^, C hosier, and College books.
The Vicars, 79
Harrison, was also knighted 13 April, 1824; he was for many
years assistant secretary to the treasury, and auditor of the
Duchies of Cornwall and Lancaster ; his grandson, Thomas
Harrison, captain in royal artillery, who died 23 November, 1838,
left several sons.
2. Benjamin Harrison, baptized at Goosnargh, Sept., 1673,
and buried at Poulton, 15 May, 1681.
3. Jeffrey Harrison, baptized 11 March, 1674-5; buried at
Poulton, 28 June following.
4- Benjamin Harrison, baptized at Poulton, 16 March, 1681-2,
and buried there 6 June, 1687.
5. John Harrison, baptized at Poulton, 30 April, 1684, and
buried there January, 1684-5.
6. Ann Harrison, baptized at Poulton, 23 July, 1676 ; she
married Singleton, and was living in 171 3-14.
7. Janet Harrison, baptized at Poulton, 14 March, 1679-80;
she married Huson, and was living in 17 1 3- 14.
Timothy Hall, 1714-26.
Timothy Hall, the son of Christopher Hall, curate of Stalmine
(1672-1701), was baptized there 30 May, 1680.' He entered
Brazenose college, Oxford, 21 December, 1699, and took his B.A.
15 June, 1703. On the nomination of Edward Fleetwood, he was
instituted to the vicarage of Poulton 6 August, 1714.^ Thomas
Tyldesley of Fox Hall, in his Diary, ^ twice refers to this vicar :
" 1712, October 30, Wentt a ffowling with cos. Butler to Cond*"
and all over Cockersand ; Tepin with us : in our returne found
y« new marry^ couple viz : — Cosin Marg^ Fleetwood,^ and Parson
Robinson son. Merchant ; they had with them Mrs. Roe and
Mrs. Hall, Tim Hall, Tom Roe and a young parson broth"^ of y«
marchant : I paid 6d. : wee dranke in the morning." Does the
diarist by drinking in the morning mean that they drank "till
' His mother's christian name was Maria and he had two sbtcrs baptized at Stal-
mine, Lydia 6 November, 1676-7, and fflectwood 30 May, 1686.
* First Fruits, ' Edite<l by Mr. J. Gillow and A. Hewitson, Preston, 1873.
* Sister of Edward Fleetwood, the patron of Poulton church.
8o The History of Poulton-U-Fylde.
day-light did appear" ? Under the date 1 1 September, he writes :
" Went with cos. Butler, his son, younge Lord & Parson Hall as
far as Dolphinholme up Wire but ffound nothing ; din«* att Mr.
Cawthornes spent Td. at Ncppy's [an Inn in Garstang]: see to
Kirkland." The " young lord " was Richard Butler of Rawcliffe.
In 17 17 Timothy Hall's name appears in the Bispham registers
as a surrogate. He died in January, 1725-6, and was buried at
Poulton on the 19th of that month, aged 44 years ; his wife Ann
was also buried at Poulton 10 July, 17 18. The registers furnish
the following baptisms of his children : Mary, October, 171 5»
and Samuel, July, 1717. He had also a son Richard, who was
named in the will of Elizabeth ffletewood of Rossall, in 1710,
as **the son of my kinsman Timothy Hall Clerk." Timothy
Hall left a will which was dated 19 December, 1725, by which
he directed his debts to be paid ''as far as his estate would
amount,*' but if it would not be sufficient to pay his debts then
they were to be discharged "share and share alike;** if anything
was, however, left it was to be divided equally amongst his
children. His executors were his kinsman John Cooban of
Bryning, yeoman, Richard Smith of Carr End, yeoman, and John
ffayle of Bridgend, yeoman, and the inventory amounted to ;f 73
Ts. 2d,
Robert Loxham, M.A., 1726-70.
Robert Loxham was the son of Edward Loxham and Alice
his wife, of Kirkham, where he was baptized 30 September, 1689.
He was no doubt a scholar of the Kirkham grammar school, and
he entered Trinity college, Oxford, 16 April, 1709, where, in the
college books, he signed his name " Robert Loxam." He gra-
duated B.A. 14 October, 1712, M.A. 16 July, 1715. The records
of the " thirty sworn men** of Kirkham show that in 1713 Edward
Loxham was elected a " sworn man,*' and in the same year that
body spent 2j. 6d, "on Mr. Loxham first time that he preached"
there.» At this time he probably was curate of Kirkham.
' History of Kirkham^ p. iia
The Vicars, 8 1
His first preferment was to the rectory of Workington, in the
county of Cumberland, to which he was instituted 3 December,
1724;' he only remained here until 1726, his successor being
instituted 7 August in that year.
He was instituted 4 July, 1726, to the vicarage of Poulton, on
the nomination of Edward Fleetwood of Rossall.^ For some
unknown reason he resigned the living 6 April, 1749, but on 28
April in that year he was re-instituted, and held the appoint-
ment until his death on 13 June, 1770, aged 8a He was buried
at Kirkham,3 where in the churchyard is a tombstone inscribed :
Hie
Juxta Paternos cineres
Suos recondi jussit
Robertus Loxham A.M.
Ecclesiae Poultoniensis Vicarius.
Qui
Die Junii 13° Anno D"* 1770
iEtat 80 decessit
Concionatos erat laudabilis
£t oviumquos Christus ei commendasset,
Gustos assiduus fidusque.
Adjacet
Quicquid mortale Anne uxoris
praedicti Roberti Loxham
Quae
conjiis amabilis mater benigna
omnibus spectata erat
Flebilis obiit 26 September A.D. 1774
i£tat suae 72.
Robert Loxham had issue : i Edward, born in 1723, and died
at Ormskirk, 29 April, 1798, leaving issue a son Robert, who
' Bishop's registers, Chester. * Ibid,
) For some years before his death he was probably non-resident, the duties being
performed by his curate, James Birkctt, who married (at Poulton) 7 June, 1 768, Alice,
the daughter of Robert Fishwick of Poulton.
M
82 The History of Poulton-le-Fylde,
married his cousin Anne, daughter of Richard Loxham, and had
issue a son, who died young, and two daughters. 2 Richard,
born in 1724, B.A. of Emmanuel college, Cambridge, rector of
Stickney in Lincolnshire, where he died 15 September, 1785,
aged 61. He had issue Robert, also rector of Stickney ; Richard,
rector of Halsall, in the county of Lincoln ; and Anne, who, as
already stated, married her cousin Robert. 3 Ralph, buried at
Poulton in November, 1726. 4 Robert, baptized at Poulton,
13 October, 1727; he was subsequently of Comhill, London,
and Woodficld, Essex, and died in 1802, s.p, 5 William, bom
at Poulton in November, 1732 ; he married Mary, the daughter
of the Rev. Samuel Sidebotham, rector of Middleton in Lanca-
shire. He died in 17 — , and had issue a daughter. 6 Thomas,
baptized at Poulton. 2 June, 1736; he settled in Manchester,
where he married Ann Robinson ; he was buried at Trinity
chapel. Salford, and had issue, (a) Richard, attomey-at-law, died
1815. J./.; (b) Robert, who married Elizabeth, the daughter of
Samuel Pcake, and had issue, the Rev. Richard Loxham of
Great Lever, and the Rev. Thomas Loxham, rector of Great
Lever ; and (<) three daughters,
Thomas Tirnfr, B.A.. 1770-1810.
Of this vicar little is known. Tradition sa>-s that on leaving
the university he became a chaplain in the army. In July, 1768,
and ivrhaps earlier, he was otViciating at Poulton as curate,^
havini; previously been curate of l^radford in Yorkshire,* and on
the vlcath of Ri^bort Loxham he is said to have purchased the
picsontation to the livin^;: for a sum of jfroo, and was accord-
iniily uonui\at*.\l b\- RvUvrt Wilbraham Bvx>tle. Thomas Hunt,
and Kv^lxMt Mv^^is, osquiros, with the consent of Frances Hesketh,
widow, t!u* patuMtoss, aiul was institutcvl Ji^ Noxx^mber, 177a
Thomas Tuincr was vicar for over 40 years, he died in Nov.,
iSu\ai:v\l T\ ycais and was burit\l at Poulton on the 8th of
that nuM\th. !us tuncial Ivin^:. it In s,iid. the last one which (in
The Vicars. 83
conformity with an old custom) was conducted at night by torch-
light; on these occasions each householder illuminated his windows
with candles. For many years he was master of the free school.
(Baines.) As far as the registers record he had issue : Mary,
baptized March, 1769, buried in June, 1778 ; Elizabeth, baptized
December, 1771, and married — Jolly of Skerton, near Lancaster,
and had issue. His wife Mary was buried at Poulton in June,
1778.
Nathaniel Hinde, 1810-28.
Nathaniel Hinde was the son of John Hinde of London, gentle-
man, and entered St. Mary's college, Oxford, 17 March, 1780, aged
23 years ; » in the same year he left the university and married. In
1 8 16 he was admitted to St Mary's college, Oxford, when he took
his LL.B. His first curacy was probably somewhere in the neigh-
bourhood of Chester, as in that city his son Henry was bom in
1780 or 1 78 1. He was presented to the vicarage of Shifnal in
Shropshire on 7 November, 1794, which he resigned in 181 1, but
was re-appointed in the same year, and held the living until his
death ; he was also rector Kingswinford in Staffordshire. He
appears to have been a pluralist of the most objectionable type,
as it is difficult to discover where he did live : at Shifnal he was
such an absentee that old inhabitants say that "the bells were set
ringing when the news of. his death arrived."^ A portion of his in-
come (from that living) was appropriated to an officiating curate.
At one time, probably soon after he left college, he was tutor to
one of the Hesketh family, and his only daughter, Sophia, married,
in February, 1798, Sir Thomas Dalrymple Hesketh of Rufford^
Bart., and had issue. He had (at least) one son, Henry, who
matriculated from Brasenose college in 1797.
Nathaniel Hinde died in 1831.3
' College Books.
* Thi Salopian and West Midland Illustratix^e J<mmal^ vol. ix p. 43.
3 All efforts have been unavailing to discover where he died or what became of hn
son or sons.
^4 The //isiory of Paidton-U-Fylde.
CiiAki.Ks IIkskkth, M.A., 1828-35.
Charles Hcskclli was the youngest son of Robert Hesketh of
Wimninj^ton liall, Melling. ICsq.. and brother to Sir Peter Hesketh
of MrilworHl ; he was born 15 March, 1804, and was baptized
at McMinj;. lie entered Trinity college, Oxford, 25 May, 1822^
whrrr III* i^radiialed H.A. 1827. and M.A. 1830. He was ordained
in |H,!H, and the same year (on 24 July), on the cessation of
Nalhanirl liindt*, he was instituted to the vicarage of Poulton,
and in iK^i he was also appointed perpetual curate of Bispham.
J*or viiiie yiars he held both the cures, living at Bispham lodge,
and eiiiployii^r ^ curate who lived at Poulton.
In iH^5, in a<:eordanee with his father's will, he resigned the
vi<ara(;r of Poulton and was instituted rector of North Meols,
which he held for forty-one years. He vacated the curacy of
lli'tphani in iHyi, In 1850 he was appointed rural dean and
prorior of c(»nvoralion for the archdeaconry of Liverpool.
'I'hroufdi the exertion of Charles Hesketh, many of the churches
in Soitthport and district were built — All Saints' church being
errctrd at his sole cost. To Southport he gave the land for
ller)krth park, and his name was associated with every charity
in the town. I le died 15 July. 1876, aged 72, and was buried in
the family vault at North Meols. I le married Anna Maria Alice,
only d.iiij'Jitd of Richard Saunders of Wennington hall, Esq.»
and h.id issue, Charles Meetwood (died in infancy), Edward
Mertwood, Anna Maria lunily Fleetwood, Adelaide Fleetwood,
Dcbonnaire I'Meetwood, and Caroline Sumner Fleetwood (de-
c;caHed).
John Hull, 1835-64.
'Mil* jjrandf.ither of this vicar was John Hull, who is described
in tlif ic^Mstrrs as an "apothecary" of Poulton. He married
(ir.icr (///',• A'.pin.ill). the widow of the Rev. Roger Freckleton,
ptrpitual cui.itc- of Hispham ; he died in March, 1768, and was
Ijinit.d at Pnultun. lie had issue, I John (of whom hereafter) ;
The Vicars, 85
2 Richard, who was born in July, 1763, and buried at Poulton
June, 1805, aged 42, and left no issue ; 3 James, bom in August,
1765, and died without issue.
John Hull, tlie eldest son of John Hull the apothecary, was
born 30 September, 1761, and was baptized at Poulton. He was
apprenticed to Mr. Lancaster, surgeon, of Blackburn, and after-
wards, in March, 1782, went to London, where, having completed
his medical training, he returned to Blackburn and entered into
partnership with Mr. Lancaster; in 1796 he removed to Man-
chester, where he had an extensive practice ; he retired from his
profession in 1838, and returned to his native town.' He was a
distinguished botanist, and the author of Elements of Botany^
2 vols., 1800 ; the British Flora, or a systematic arrangement of
British Plants, 2 vols., 1808, and other works. He married, in
1792, Sarah, the second daughter of William Winstanley of
Woodcock hall, in the township of Cuerden, Esq. He died
22 March, 1843, and was buried at Poulton (see tablet, p. 56).
He had issue :
I. William Winstanley Hull, bom 15 March, 1794, at Black-
burn. He was made a fellow of Brazenose college, Oxford. For
some years he practised at the Chancery bar, but retired from
the profession in 1846. He married, 27 December, 1820, Frances,
the daughter of Benjamin Wilson of Ardwick, Esq. He was the
author of An enquiry concerning t/tc means and expediency of pro-
posing and making any changes in t/ie Canons, A r tides and L iturgy,
or in any of the laws affecting t/te interests of tlu Church of Eng-
land, Oxford and London, 1828. A statement of some reasons
for continuing to Protestants the whole legislature of Great Britain
and Ireland, Oxford and London, 1829. And other works.
(See Manchester School Register, vol. iii. pt i. p. 37.) He died
28 August, 1873 (see p. 55). He had issue {a) William Wilson
Hull, born 18 November, 1822, died i September, 1848 (see p.
55)5 (^) John Winstanley Hull, vicar of North Muskham; (c) Peter
* Sec Afanchestfr School Register, vol. iii. pt. i. p. 36, for notice of Dr. John Hull
86 The History of Poulton-U-Fylde.
Winstanlcy Hull ; (</) Henry Mitchell Hull, died 2 November,
1853 (see p. 56) ; {e) Sarah, died 9 March, 1842 (see p. 55).
2. John Hull, of whom presently.
3. Sarah Hull, who died unmarried, and was buried at Poulton,
December, 1805.
4. Jane Hull, who died in 1S07, aged 14 years.
John Hull, the second son of John Hull, M.D., of Manchester,
was a scholar of the Manchester grammar school, and removed
from thence to Eton ; he graduated at Brasenose college, Oxford,
RA. 21 October, 1823. and M.A. 23 February, 1826. After
being ordained he held curacies in Croston and Lancaster, and
in 1835 he was presented to the vicarage of Poulton. By the
late bishop of Manchester he was appointed an honorary canon
of the Cathedral, and to the office of rural dean. In 1863 he
resigned the vicarage of Poulton on his appointment to the rec-
tory of Kaglestield, Durham, where he now lives. He is the
author of a Mxmnal for a Sunday School Tcadicr^ and, conjointly
with his brother William, of Obscr-cations on a petition for the re-
vision of the Litur^\ 1S40.'
Thomas Cl.vrk. 1S64-9.
Thomas Clark was the son of Thomas Clark of Burton-on-
Trcnt, timber merchant. He was educated at Oakham in the
count)- of Rutland ; ho graduated from Queen's college, Cambridge
A.H. in iSj(» and M.A. i8jo. His curacv was at Preston under
the Rev. Canoi\ Carus Wilson, vicar. He held this appointment
for seven years, when he was appointed incumbent of Christ
church, Preston, which he resigncvl. after 50 years service, to
bivome the vicar i^f Poulton, tv> which he was instituted 21 June^
iS(>.|. TluMuas Clark married Miss Louisa Gregson of LiverpooL
He died -*7 March. i8ck). and was buried at Poulton (see tablet,
p. 5O. ajtcil K\\ years. Mr. Clark will long be remembered at
Preston anil Poulton as a man of gentle kindness and unassum-
J
■i
The Vicars. 87
ing generosity. The chancel of Poulton church was erected at
his cost. He left issue one son, the Rev. Thomas Clark of Clif-
ton, Bristol, and two daughters, one of whom married the Rev.
Raywood Firth, who succeeded his father-in-law as incumbent of
Christ church, Preston ; and the other married the Rev. C. N.
Hardingham, vicar of Goxhill, Yorkshire.
The Rev. William Richardson, M.A., 1869.
The present vicar.
«8 The History of Pomlion-U-FyUe.
CHAPTER IV.
THE CHURCHWARDENS AND THE PARISH
REGISTERS.
The Churchwardens' Records.
^ r^ I \ a curly churchwardens* accounts have not been preserved,
^ ihc existing book only bearing date 1708, and their is a
l//rij/ j/;ip l>*;twecn 1710 and 1761. On the fly-leaf of the earliest
f/'/'/k of r':yhU:r is the following note :
" M' monindum. That y« ix day of December, in the year 1623,
If i>, \n rMr;illif: ajnsidcrcd agreed and set down, by Thomas Single-
f//f», of .Staining;, ICsqr., and the rest of the Parishioners, and other
%u\u\\i\U\\\\'\, to^jcthcr with the churchwardens and Four-and*
'I wrrifii; Men of the Parish of Pulton, and Peter White, the Vicar
of Tiilton, that at the motion, instance, and mind of the said Peter
Whit'', Thomas Dickson, the younger, son* of Thomas Dickson,
l»if#- rl;irk of i'ulton, deceased, be clerk of the Parish of Pulton
fi(orr(;.iifl, and shall do, exercise, and perform, or cause to be well
»infl csiiffidrntly done, exercised, and performed, all the duty,
ofhf «\ and m-rviccs thereof, and shall have, receive, take, and enjoy,
III! and <iin(Milar the salaries, wages, dues, profits, commodities,
MiutoiMtt, iiiivilr^^cM, and rights due, or in anywise appertaining
or Im lori(;in|!. to tlu* said clarkship, or which have usually been
pjild, Iniil, titid t('( rived therewith in anywise. In witness of this
oMf ii|oi f tru til, ntdrr, and election, we have subscribed our names,
lh'> diiy and yvwx hiMt above written.
Thomas Singleton, Peter White,
Kogcr Sherburn,
James Taylor,
' I li'iiM'ii I Ml l(«i*ii, tlir cl(1i*r. ApiHiintcil 1616 (sec p. 89).
Churchwardens and Registers. 89
Wm. Hodgson,
Robt. Greene,
George Hardman, \ Churchwardens.
Robt Lythome,
Robt. More,
24 Men.
John Durhame, John Ashton, Robert Crone, Rd. Gaulter,
Rich. Hardman, Thorns Whiteside, Henry Whiteside, Thorns
Hobson, Thorns Hull, Thomas Gornall, Rich. Whiteside, John
Hall, John Davie, John Hoggard, Thomas Davie, Wm. Swars-
breck, Richard Davie, John Bamber, Wm. Hull"
Mem. — " That I, Thomas Dickson, did enter upon the clark-
ship of Pulton, the 28th day of March, 1623."
The first complete entry in th& churchwardens' books under the
year 1708 is :
" Whereas at a General Meeting of the Vicar, Churchwardens
& twenty four men of this pish of Poulton it is ordered and agreed,
that the sum of Thirty & Seven Pounds & ten shillings shall be
assessed & collected within our said pish for the repairs of the
Church & other necessarys relating thereto for the year 1708.
Richard Harrison, Vicar.
Will« Sharp, 1
William Cookson, I
William Grimbaldeston, ^Churchwardens.
John Wilson, I
Rich«* Hodgson, J
24 Men.
John Boydell x his mark.
Tho* Storey x his mark."
Similar orders follow in 1709 and 17 10, from which it appears
that there was formerly a kind of parochial governing body, con-
sisting of twenty-four representatives of each of the various town-
ships in the parish, who doubtless exercised a similar authority
to that which was vested in the "sworn men*' of Kirkham, Goos-
N
90 The History of Poulton-U-Fylde.
nargh, and other places in Amounderness.* From the parish
registers the following imperfect, list of churchwardens has been
compiled :
A. D.
6cx) Witt Peteson, Tho^ Salthouse, John Sanderson, Rich.
Dawson, Will'" Bomber.
603 Ruffe. Hull, John Nickson, Rich. Harrison, Robt Haule,
Ric. White.
607 Jo. Kirkham, W"* Compste, George Durram, Cuthbert
Leetham, Henry Whiteside.
608 J oh. Pearson, Henry Whiteside, Tho» Thometon, George
Durram.
609 Thomas Richardson, Robert Awarde, James Tinckler,
William Moore.
610 Thos Porter, Thomas Richardson, Robt. Awardes, James
Tinckler, William Moore.
611 Nichus Porter, Robert Awarde, James Tinckler, William
Moore
615 Joh. Heganson, Will. Bickerstaffe, Hughe Hull, Joh.
Whiteside, Will. Gaulter.
616 Rich. Jenkinson, Rich. Silcocke, Edward Tubman, W™
Whiteside, W™ Tinckler.
617 John Whiteside, Tho^ More, Hughe Hull, John Kirkham,
W™ Wylde.
618 Joh. Whiteside, Tho^ More, Hugh Hull, John Kirkham,
W™ Wylde.
619 Joh. Woodhouse, Rich«^ Silcocke, John Hodgson, W™
Hodgson, Ric. fflclcher.
620 Rich. Walshe, Thomas Whiteside, John Crone, Ric^
Harrison, Laurence Pye.
621 John Porter, John Kirkham, Rawlin Anion, Tho« Bis-
browne, Jas. Jackson.
623 W"™ Hodgson, Rob^ Greene, George Hardman, Rob* More,
Rob^ Lytham.
' Sec Histories of Goosnargh and Kirkham,
Churchwardens and Registers. 91
1624 Rich«i Jenkenson, Tho^ Brickell, Richard Butler, Robert
Butcher, John William.
1625 Thomas Shaw, Ja. Silcock, Tho. Bamber, Jo. Daire, John
Butcher.
1626 Tho* Shawe, Ja. Silcocke, John Daire, Tho* Bamber,
Jo. Butcher.
1628 Award Jenkenson, W" More, W™ Garlicke, Robert Hull,
John Breckell.
After this year the churchwardens do not sign the registers.
In the churchwardens* account book for 1761 is a note of
" Persons in nomination to serve the office of Churchwardens for
the parish church of Poulton for the year 1761 and appointed by
me Robert Loxham Vicar of Poulton,'* from which it appears
that three from each township were nominated. From the fifteen
so nominated the vicar selected five for the office ; the fifteen
names were selected by the retiring churchwardens. This was
the custom in 1722, and is mentioned by Bishop GastrelL* The
parish clerk was chosen by the heir of Staining hall.^
Extracts from Churchwardens* Accounts.
1764 July 8, To a bottle of wine to a strange Parson o
1765 June 6, „ M"^ Lornas for mending clock o
Aug. 1 8, „ Thomas Parkinson for Rushes o
Oct. 20, „ M*^ Loxham for a Prayer o
Dec. 25, Spent receiving Bassoon o
„ To Clark in full for Wages 4
„ „ Singers in full o
1766 Sep. 15, „ Rushes for church o
1767 May 13, Churchwardens expenses at Preston ... i
„ „ Curat 's horse hire to do. ... o
„ July 20, To Reeds for Bassoon o
1769 Feb. I, „ a new Prayer Book i
* Notitia Cestnensis, vol. ii. part iiu p. 458. " IbiJ,
s.
d.
2
6
2
2
6
8
2
I
6
12
6
6
8
7
5
2
6
4
6
I
5
92 Tfu History of Poulton-U-Fylde:
1769 Mar. 27, „ Cash [spent] w^ Marton Parson ... o 5 5
M ,, 27, Received by Miss Hesketh's burial in
the Church O 3 4
1771 Aug. 18, Spent when Parson Hull preached 046
1774 July 4, „ on Parson Eckleston and another
strange Parson, one red pray" and
the other preached 036
177s May 6, To W"™ Brown for Ale for Rich^ Rossall
whilst he was altering Pulpit and at
settling his acct O 3 O
„ June 30, Spent on Marton Singers o 10 o
„ Oct. 4, „ St. Laurence's Singers o 18 4
1781, July 14. It is agreed this day among the Parishioners
of the several Townships of Poulton that all chaises of organ &
organist for the Parish Church of Poulton, shall not be defrayed
hereafter by any Tax levied on the Parish in general but by
voluntary subscription only.
1782 Feb. Rec«* for M*" Brockhole's burial in the
Church 034
1793 Dec 8, To cash rec«* for digging a grave in the
Church for M" Buck 034
„ Nov. 5, Spent on Singers O 12 6
„ „ „ Ribbons for Girls 020
1805 June 9, To Exp^ to Church Town when John
Santcr, Clerk, convicted himself in
getting drunk and Timothy Swar-
brick for making him drunk (when
they were fined each S.r.) 016
This volume contains a list of churchwardens from 1761 to
present year.
THE PARISH REGISTERS.
The earlier registers of this parish were a few years ago in a
very dilapidated state, the second and third volumes having
suffered most from the ravages of time and neglect. The first
Churchwardens and Registers. 93
volume, being written on parchment (the others are on paper),
had fared the best ; the others being, in some cases, literally in
tatters. Through the instrumentality of the present vicar and the
late Mr. Thomber of Poulton the whole have been repaired and
rebound.
The earliest registers begin : Christenings, 3 January, 1591 ;
marriages, 8 October, 1592 ; and burials, 20 July, 1592.
Extracts from Poulton Register.
Christninges Ano^ Dni. 1591.
Januarie.
John filius Richard Crokoe de Marton Magna, ' iij®
Alice filia Anthonii Garlicke et Margareti Silcorke, iiij<^
Margerie filia Lawrent ffayrecloughe de Stayninge, v^
Alice filia Rofcte Crone de Narmosse, xix<*
ffebruarie. ^
Issabell filia Edward Whiteside et Mai^erie Moore, ix<>
Ellin filia JohiS Woodhouse de Thorneton, xj®
March.
Thorns filius JohiS Hull de Holmes se8, vj®
Ellin filia Robert! Hall de Marton eodem,
Robte filius Thome Whiteside de Poulton, vij<*
Jenett filia Radulphi Eccleston de Poulton, xij<>
Margerett filia Lawranr Gaiter de Carleton, xiij<^
Peter fil Wittmi Caloe et Jenett Rowlinson, xiiij<>
Agnes filia Rofcti Jackeson, xv<^
Wittm filius Richardi Hodgeson, xvij<*
[The above is an exact copy of all the entries for 1591.]
And^ Dm 1592.
Julie.
Henrie filius Richardi Welshe, xix<>
Jenett filia JohiS Pip de Marton, xxvj**
« The first entry.
94
The History of Poulton-le-Fylde.
September.
John filius JohiS Butcher de M^ton jun,
WiHm filius JohiS Carter de Hamelton eodem.
Henrle filius Nicholai Gaskell,
Thorns filius Tho. Gudlawe geSos,
Ellin filia Edward Pateson de Singleton, »
October.
Issabell filia Wittmi Breckell de Holmes, '
Wittm filius Jacobi Tinkeler de Holmes,
November.
Agnes filia Richardi Harison,
EUine filia JohiS Rabie de Poulton,
December.
Roftte filius JohiS Crone de Poulton pua,
Elizabeth filia Jacobi Holme de Holmes,
Elizabeth filia Tho. Moore de Newton,
jSuarie.
Thorns filius JohiS Lyhome ju8 de Staynoe,
John filius JohiS Person de Mosse Side,
ffebruarie.
Richard filius JohiS ffisher de M'^ton,
Marche.
John filius JohiS Broune de Poolefoote,
Aprill 1593.
Robte filius Jacobi Sandson juQ de M^ton,
Maie.
John filius Tho. Hardman ju8 de Hardhorne,
Julii.
John filius Robi Smythson de Trunall,
September.
Thorns filius Georgiei Hull de Moore,
Elizabeth filia X*poferi Hull de Trunnall,
xvnj®
vjo
XllJ®
xxvij°
xvj°
XXX
ivo
xxj<^
xviijo
xxviij*^
xxxj*^
vo
xiv<>
xvjo
xijo
xxvj<>
xviijo
Ijo
' From the large number of entries from Singleton, it is evident that the chapel
there was disused. (See Hist, of Kirkham^ p. 46.)
Churchwardens and Registers. 95
November.
John filius Henric Davie de Bisphame pva, xxvj°
December.
John filius Wittmi Hoggarde de Holmes, xvj<>
ffebruarie.
Agnes filia Wittmi Tinkeler de Banke Hall, xij®
Peter filius JohiS Woodhowse de Thorneton, xvj®
Roger filius Lawren? Wrenall de Singleton, xvij®
1594.
Maie.
WiHm filius JohiS Balie de Ouldfieldcarre, xix<^
June.
Richarde filius Roftti ffisher de Pile, xx®
Julie.
Margarett filia Ri2 Balie de Poulton smythe, xxvj*^
Auguste.
Alice filia Tho. Almonde de Maynes, iv^
September.
Thorns filius JohiS Laythwhate de Singleton pva, xiv^
John filius Ric Baylie de Normosse, xxxj<^
Januarie.
Margarett filia Roftti Smythe de Maynes, yj°
Agnes filia Xpoferi Hull de Trunnall, xiv<>
Wittm Sonne' of John Hodgeson Pitch^, xx<>
Thorns filius Jacobi Bullar, xxx®
ffebruarie.
Wittm filius JohiS Hodgeson de Laton, xxiv<^
1595.
Aprill.
John filius Roftti Swarbrecke, iij®
Agnes filia JohiS Pereson de Whitt Gate, xxiij®
Maie.
Peter filius Georgii Hull de Moore, iv^
Thorns filius Jacobi Teylior de Banckefeilde, v^
' Occasionally the English word is used.
96 The History of Poulton-le-Eylde.
June.
John filius Antonii Salthowse de Thometon, iij^
Julie,
ffulke filius Tho. Sherburne, xix®
Elizabeth filia JohiS Butcher de Water Milne^ xxix^
Auguste.
Robte filius Edii^ Rowe de Narmosse, xxiiij^
November.
John filius Robti Jarvas et Alice flforshawe, iiij^
Januarie.
Margarett filia WiHmi Kirkhame de Old Filde Carre, xv^
Ellis filius Ric flfayle de Maynes, xviij®
Ellin filia JohiS Baylie de Moore, xxviij^
flfebruarie.
John filius Wittmi Browne paup, xv^
Marche.
James filius Tho. BickerstafTe de Poulton M'chant, ij<>
Lawrence filius Wittmi Lawson de Singleton Grange, vij<>
1596.
Aprill.
George filius Edward Wilde de Hayome, xiij^
Maie.
Jenett filia Tho. Hull de Breigbutts, xxj®
November.
Jenett filia Ri2 Warbrecke de Whitt Gate, viij^
Agnes filia JohiS Nickeson de Poulton, xxix®
flfebruarie.
George filius JohiS Hey de Poulton, vj<>
1597.
Marche.
Richarde filius Tho. Almande de Maynes, xxviij®
Aprill.
Jenett filia JohiS Hodgeson de Midoppnooke, xix^
Maie.
John filius Edm^ flflctcwoodc esquire, viij®
Clarence filia Lauren? ftayrecloughe, xxx®
Churchwardens and Registers,
97
June.
Petrus filius JohiS Walkden cleric,
Richarde filius Georgii Hull de Moore eod.
Jane filia Edwardi Veale ge8o3,
Ann filia Tho. Hardman de Rytherhome,
Marche.
George filius Tho. Adameson de Thorneton,
IS98.
Aprill.
Peter filius Petri Woodhowse de Thorneton,
June.
Margarett filia Hugonis Grymballson,
Auguste.
Agnes filia Robti Ramell de Poulton,
September.
Roftte filius Georgii Durhame de Poulton,
Marche.
Henrie filius Laurent Whiteside de pua M'ton,
James filius Ric Warbrecke Rysecarre,
1599.
Auguste.
Thorns filius JohiS Wilkinson de Laton Rakes,
John sone of John Butch' ju8 de M'ton,
Jenett filia Johis Butch' se8 de M'ton. eod.
October.
Johan'es filius JohiS Walkden cleric,
ffebruarie.
Margarett filia Wittmi Whynerawe,
Aprill AnS 1600.
Susanna filia Robti Brair de Polton,
Ellin filia Tho. Langley de Poulton ge8,
September.
Johes filius Georgi Harrobin de Stainingc.
December.
Elizabeth filia Geoi^i Allen,
X1J<>
xvij<^
xxyj<^
xv<^
xxiij<^
• • • a^^
xxnij°
xxviij*^
xxix^
XIJ'
XXJ
10
• • • • .-fc.
nijo
X1J<>
xxiij^
xxvijo
xxvjo
xvjo
o
98 The History of Poulion-le-Fyide.
tTebruarie.
Peter the sonne of John Rabie of Great Pulton bapt, xviij<^
1601.
October.
Robte Sonne of Robte Breckill of the Holmes bapt the xxv^
December.
John the sonne of John Walshe of Pulton bapt. the first date.
Henrie sonne of Xicus Portor of Little Pulton bapt» xxix®
Januarie.
Thorns sonne of Xpofer Hull of Carlton bapt the xm^
1603.
Aprill.
Thorns. Sonne of Lawrance Bisbrowne of Pulton bapt, xvij**
September.
Marj" daughter of Willm Pextonns. Clarke of Poulton bapt the viij^
1604.
September.
Arthure sonne of James Hull sonne of Raphe Hull of Thornton
Rakes, iiij''
lanurie.
Jenett daughter of George Sidgreues of Elsuick bapt the xxyj®
1605.
Maie.
Elizabeth daughter of Richard Belie of Grene Poulton bapt xij^
July.
Grace doughter of Robte WTiitt of London bapt. the xiij<>
September.
Trynytye doughter of Willm Pextons of Poulton the x^
1606.
Aprill.
James sonne of X'pofer Hull of Norcrosse bap. the xiv<^
September.
Margarett doughter of James Hull of the Moore bapt iij^
December.
Robte sonne of John Gaule of Xorcroi^se bapt. the xriij^
Churchwardens and Registers, 99
1607.
Maie.
Richard sonne of Edmund Reyley of Plumpton bapt. the x^
Julii.
Christian doughter of Willm Pextonns of Pulton bapt. the v^
October.
Barnabie sonne of Lisach Oconor of Stainnge Hull the xvij®
1607.
December.
Anne doughter of Gabriell Tildeslay schoalem', xix^
ffebruarie.
Elizabeth daughter of John Talier of Poulton Greene, v®
Aprill.
Willm sonne X'pofer Houll of Norcrosse bapt. the xj<>
1610.
December.
Ellin doughter of John Talier ju8 of the Greene in Poulton, xxj<>
ffebruarie.
Robte sonne of John Talier the elder of Poulton Greene bapt. the
second.
1612.
Aprill.
John Sonne of Peter Doughty of Tronno, the xiij<>
At the foot of the page of Register for 1614 is the following:
(m^ that I Thomas Dicksonn did enter upon the clarksipp of
Pul the xxviij^ of March Anno dni 16 16.)
1616.
October.
Willm the sonne of Nicholas Skillicorne of Skippooll bapt. the xiv^
1618.
October.
John sonne of Nicholas Skillicorne of Skippoole bapt. the xjo
Richard sonne of Willm Ryley of Little Marton bapt. the xviijo
Luke the sonne of Thoins Dickson pish clarke of Pulton bapt the
same day.
lOO The History of Poulton-le-Fylde.
1620.
ffebruarie.
Margerett dough ter Willme Steele of Skippoole haberdasher bapt.
the xiv®
1623.
Aprill.
John Sonne of Thomas Heardson gentleman bapt the xvij<>
1627.
August.
Elizabeth doughter of Martin Goose of Toderstaff baptised, xxix®
1628.
Ano 1592.
October.
Jenett doughter of Martin Goose of Toderstaff baptised the
xviiio day
1629.
December.
Roger son of Martin Goose of Toderstaff baptised, xiij<>
March.
Ann doughter of Edward Wick of Marton schoolemaster was
baptized the vjo day
This volume of Registers ends in April 1638, and the baptisms
are wanting until August 1653.
[Continuation of Baptisms, see pp. 106 and 1 10.]
Marriages.
October.
Thomas Hardman & Isabell ffisher,
Henrie Daire & Margarett Wilde,
xxix<>
November.
Roftte Lythome & Alice Jackeson,
vo
John ffrancis & Anne Crone vid.,
vnjo
John Lythome & Alice Kirkhame,
xxxo
December.
Wiitm Wilcocke & Isabell Ramell,
1IJ<>
Hughe Moore & Margarett Hull,
xo
Churchwardens and Registers. loi
Januarie, 1592.
Robte Crokoe & Margarett Gilchriste, xxiijo
Roftte Smythson & Elizabeth Whynerawe, xxix^
The above is a verbatim copy of the register for 1592.
Auguste, 1593.
Henrie Whiteside & Alice Porter, v®
December.
Wittm Braithwhatt & Ellin Laitwhatt, x^
ffebruarie, 1594-5.
Thomas Dagger & Ellen Hull, \yP
June, 1595.
John Anion & Jenett Hull, xxix^
November, 1597.
Robte Hogyarde & Jane Thorneton, xxvij<>
June, 1598.
John Daire & Margerett Silcocke, xxij®
September, 1599.
Robte Steryaker & Jane Awards vid., xxij<>
October, 1600.
Laurence Bisbrowne & Margaret Belie, xj®
October, 1601.
Richard Burrowes^ & Bridgett ffletwood, xx^
ffebruarie, 1602-3.
Lancelot Eccleston & Margaret Lythom, xiiij^
John Awarde of Hamblcton & Jenet Hull of the ffield, xxvij^
October, 1604.
George Hull of Carlton and Jane late wieffe of Robt Steryekar
were maried, ij^
June, 1606.
Martin Goose of Grinall & Alice ffarthoughe were maried the
xxix^
June, 1607.
Gabriell Tildeslcy and Margaret Hodson both of Pulton, xviij^
' l*his should be Burgh, as all the authorities agree that Bridget Fleetwood married
Richard Burgh of I^rbrick.
I02 The History of Poulton-le-Fylde.
Julie, 1608.
John Whiteside of the Peek in Marton & Margaret ffisher of
Thornton maried, iiij.
Maij, 1609.
John Garlice and Jenet ffrance of Poulton were maried the first
^^' December, 161 1.
James Doughty of Stalmin and Agnes Smithson of Thuronne
were maried the Hj®
August, 161 2.
Alexander Smithson and Margaret Whytsyde were maried the
^^^ Decemb^, 1615.
James Braye and Agnes Bamber were married the xjo
Aprill, 1 6 16.
Thomas Alman of the pishe of Plumpton and Bridgett Bailye of
this pishe were married the xxv<^
ffebruarie, 16 16- 17.
Thomas Hull of the Breribrute w^^^in Thornton widower & Ellen
Durharne of Grctt Pulton widowe were maried the xv^
Aprill, 1627.
Lawrence Singleton of the Chapellrie of Bispham & Ellin Hodg-
sonne of the Holmes were maried the xxv^
August, 1630.
Robte Croune of The More and Jane Award of Litle Pulton
maried the xxiv<^
ffebruarie, 1630-31.
George Windross of the Chapellrie of Bispham & Jennett More
of Norcross maried the iij®
1634, November.
Robert ffreckleton of Bispham minister and Sarah White of Pul-
ton were married the xx^ daij.
1634-S, ffebruarie.
Tho. Dicksonn clarke of Poolton and Elizabeth Silcock of Hard-
home married the ix^** day.
[Contination of Marriages, see pp. 107 and in.]
The first volume of marriages ends in January, 1637-8.
Churchwardens and Registers,
103
Burials.
Julie, And Dni 1592.
John Gaiter de Moore End,
Infans Georgij Hikanson de Poulton,
Auguste.
John filia Johis Whynerawe,
September.
Infans Henric Hall de M'ton,
Agnes Ux. Tho Hardman,
October.
Thorns filius Georgii Crane de Narmosse,
Thorns Kellet de Carleton Hall,
November.
Alice filia Georgii Singleton armig^,
Alice filia Edmund Bamber,
December.
Ux. X'poferi Wilande de Poulton,
1693, Maie.
John filius Georgii ffreckleton,
Julie.
Roftte filius Tho. Bickerstaffe de Skippull,
1593.
Auguste.
Agnes Ux. Willm. Whiteside de Grene,
Wittm. Tompson de Singleton Grange,
September.
Wittm. Silcocke de Hardherne bachelor,
November.
Robte Smythe de Insula Manoe,
1594, Maie.
Thorns filius Laurent Almande,
October.
John Rostrell de Singleton grange.
xxo
xxv®'
xxxjo
vnjo
xvjo
xxv^
xvo
xx<>
xxiv®
xx<>
ixo
xxo
xxixo
xixo
xxix®
xxix<>
xiv<>
' These arc the first entries in the register.
I04
The History of Poulton-le-Fylde.
xxvjo
xxjo
xvjo
xjo
xviij®
xxviij®
xjo
November.
Issabell Hodgeson de Poole foote vid,
Thorns filius Georgii Hull de Moore,
IS9S, Julie.
Anne filia Nicholai Porter,
September.
George filius Edward! Wilde de Hayome,
Richarde Hesketh gent,
March, 1595-6.
Alice Hey dc Cumtley vid,
Aprill, 1596.
Margarett Carter de Poulton spinster,
Maie.
Franchis Metecalfe peregrina,
1597.
Marche.
John filius Johis Reyley,
Thorns Browne de Poulton milner,
Maie.
George Hull de Moore,
Wittm. filius Johis Woodhouse,
Julie.
Issabell ux Tho. Lythame de Todderstaffe,
October.
Thorns filius Tho. Lythame de Todderstaffe,
Marche, 1597-8.
Thomas quidam vagus,
Apritt, 1599.
John Hodgeson de Carlton pva genos,
Apritt, 1600.
Agnes Stenzeker soror Robti Ste^'zek"',
1 600- 1, ffebruarie.
Richard sonne of Richard Bamber of the Water Mylne
of Great Martori, iiij^
Aprill, 1602.
Pauper quidam sepultis, ij^
xvj®
xxixo
xxiv^
xxvj<>
xxijo
xxv<>
... .^^
nijo
xxj<>
xxv*>
Churchwardens and Registers, 105
Julie.
Agnes the daughter of George Allen of Pulton buried the first
daie.
ffebruarie, 1603-4.
Ellen doughter of Hugh Hull sonne of Raffe Hull of Thornton
the viij^**
1604-S, March.
X*p6fer Sonne of Thorns Dayson of Rippon in Yorkeshire the xx^
1605, Julye.
Elizabeth Reyley widow of Great Poulton buried, xix^
1605-6, Januarie.
Roger Sherbourne of Great Pulton buried the ij****
1608.
August.
Peter sonne of Richard ffisher of Poulton buried the first day.
[The Register shows a great increase in the death-rate in
1622-24.] The volume ends 30th May, 1636, and the registers
are then wanting until 1653.
In the second volume of the registers the baptisms begin
February, 1653; burials December, 1654, and marriages (of which
there arc very few) April, 1654. On the fly leaf is the following
memorandum of the appointment of registrar :
" These are to certify all whom it may concern that upon elec-
tion made by the inhabitants of the parish of Pulton, in the
County of Lancaster, of Thomas Dickson, of Pulton aforesaid,
yeoman, to be register of Pulton aforesaid, according to the Act
of Edward, 24th of August last past, 1553, 1 do, therefore, accord-
ing to the terms of the said Act, allow of him, the said Thomas
Dickson, to be register for the said parish of Pulton, and have
administered the Oath of Register to him, In witness whereof I
have hereunto subscribed my name, the 22nd day of September,
1653.
(Signed) Edward Rawstrone."
" Mem.
" That the old Registry Book was delivered into the hands
P
io6 The History of Poulton-leFylde.
of the said Thomas Dickson the time above said." [A line or
two are here torn and defaced.]
Births and Christings.
March, 1653.
Elizabeth daughter of Thomas Hardman of The Holmes was
baptised the viij^
1653, October.
Richard sonne of Roftte Albin of Thornton Rakes baptised ix*
day.
Novemft.
Alexander sonne of Mr. Tho. Rigby vicar of [Poulton] was
baptized the »
December.
Richard son of Tho. Silcocke of Hardhome skinner baptized
viij^ day.
May, 1654.
Jane daughter of Rutland Anyen of the Holmes baptised the
xviij^
1655.
Julii.
Thorns son of John Hodgson of Tronnall pieman baptized xv^
day.
1654.
September.
Patricke sonn of Daniell Allann of Whitholme was baptized
3 Sept.
1655.
December.
Ann the daughter of Henri Pike of Litle Pulton baptized 23 Dec.
1655-6.
March.
Christofer & Williams sones of William Hull of Riskar was
baptized xxiij"*
' The early parts of these registers are much worn, bat have been carefolly repairecL
Churchwardens and Registers, 107
1656.
June.
Ellis sonn of William Hansen of Stayning was borne xix*'* day.
October.
Thomas sonne of John Singleton of Carleton pedler borne the x*'*
Jane daughter of Luke Warbreck of Four lanes ends was borne
the xxvj*'* day.
1658.
Julie.
Jennet daughter off Edward Hull of Pulton clarke was borne the
xix^ day.
Burials.
December 1654.
George the sonn of Tho. Wild of Litle Carleton was buried the
xxx^
Januarii, 1654-5.
Mathew sonn of Richard Hull of the ffeelde w^in Thornton
was buried the vij*'* day.
1655.
June.
Elling wife of Thorns Whitesid of the Whin Dicke w^in Marton
buried the xix^ day>
September.
A still borne childe of John Pearson of Marton was buried the
ij°<^ day.
1655-6.
March.
Thomas Dickson of Pulton dark was buried the 4^ daii.
[Continuation of Burials, see p. 1 10.]
Registers of burials in this volume end in 6 September, 1663.1
"Marriages and Publications."
1654, Aprill.
Richard flfayle of the Normoss w^in the pishe of Pulton and
' This volume of registers, like the previous one, contaios many entries referring to
Singleton.
io8 The History of Poulton-le-Fylde,
Jennett doughter of Robte Bamber late of Laton in the
pishe of Bispham was published three seSall Lord's Days
begining the second day.
Mali.
John Anyon of the Holmes w^in this pishe & Ellin Reade widd
of the pishe of Mitton was published three seilall Lord's
days the first bublication (sic) was the vij^ day.
June.
Roftte Hull and Alice Wilde abouSsd. were marid by M'ter
Ambrose before the Maior of Preston, Mtei^ ffruthe the
third day.
1655.
Auguste.
John Whiteside of the Ould ffeeld carr and Elinor Awards of
Hardhorne was published three seuall Lord's days in our
pishe church the ffirst publication was the ffift day.
1656.
Aprill.
Mathew Boydell of Thornton and Ellcnn Dobson of SkipoU was
published three seuerall Lordes dayes in our parish church
the last publication was the vj^ day, and they were maried
before the justices the xj^ day.
1656, March.
John Hodghson of Carleton husbandman & Elizabeth Hull of
Thorneton spinster were published three seuerall Lordes
dayes in our parish church of Pulton viz : the nynth day
of March the twentie therd of March & the thertieth of
March all last past by me Edward Hull and the mariage
beetween the before said parties were solemnised at Barton
Hall the 13*** of May before me.
1656, Aprill.
Hugh Singleton of Carleton husbandman and Margaret Lawson
of the same towne spinster were published two seuerall
Lords dayes & one market day in our parish church &
Churchwardens and Registers. 109
market of Pulton viz. the twentie first day of Aprill the
twentie seauenth of Aprill & the fourth day of May last
past by me Edward Hull & the mariage beetween the
before said pties was solleminsed at Barton Hall the 13*
day of May before me.
1662.
July.
Henery Thornton & Jennet Hall maried ye xvij* day,
" Wedings with licanses." '
1661.
Rich Browne of ffreckleton & Margret Whitsid of 4 Lane ends
maried by Mr Sherburne the 3 of ffebruarie.
Willm Osbiston of Houlmes & Agnes Hull was maried^ by Mr
Shaw at or about the ....
[Continuation of Marriages, see p. in.]
At the end of this volume are the following :
March 24^, 1660.
Collected ffor Thomas Vry the sume two shillings ffower pence.
March 31st
Collected ffor the poore people in S^ Bartholomew Exchange
London the sume of seauen shillinges two pence.
May the 21.
Collected ffor Elimster the sume of one pound and six pence.
Aprill 27, 1662.
Collected ffor John Dekrino Kriansky myn*** of God's word
debetie (beputy.^) of the nitianell senod of the protestant
churches in ye great dukdomc of Lythuania the sume of
twelfe shillings nyne pence.
Collected in our parish church of Pulton ffor a church the 8* of
May 1662 the sum of 4* 2^
■ There are only eight of these recorded.
' Between April, 1654, and May, 1663, there are only recorded fifty-five marriages.
1 1 o The History of Poultan-le-FyUe.
Volume three of the registers contains baptisms from February,
1663, to December, 1677 ; burials November, 1663, to Januaiy,
1677 ; and marriages from April, 1664, to March, i668.i
Baptisms.
March, 1663-4.
Ales daughter of John Breckell of Houlmes g^eat.
Richard's John called the .... yj^
Aprill, 1664.
Allexander sone of John Moore of Hardhome milnor was crisned
xxvij^ day.
October.
Myles son of Richard Cardwell of Ould flfeeld can* was crisned the
xxiijf<l day.
November.
Jane daughter of Richard fTarshaw of Pooltan Greene was christ-
ned the xiij^^ day.
1665-6, ffebruary.
Peter son of William Fisher of Houlmes milnor was crsned xj*^
day.
November, 1667.
Lislie daughter of Peter ffisher of Singleton was crisned the first
day.
Robert sonne of William ffisher of Thorneton was crisned the
xv^ day.
BURIALL.
November, 1663.
Bridget Coweban of Marshside within Carleton was buried the
V* day.
1663-4, January.
Prudence Smithson of Gerdshege within Carleton was buried vij***
day.
Aprill, 1664.
EUizabeth daughter of Mr. Thomas Hunter of the towne of Pool-
ton was buried the first day.
' This volume also contains many entries referring to Singleton.
Churchwardens and Registers. 1 1 1
January, 1664-5.
Henery Hull John Hebson both of Houlmes w«*» was lost in their
boat was buried the v* day.
Sep*»cr, 1667^
Eduardus HulP clericus parochialis sepultus erat primo die
mensis Sepb"«
1666, December.
EUizabeth daughter off Master Stanlay off Eckleston was buried
the xij^ day.
August, 1668.
Thomas Hunter of Poulton was buried the xv* day.
1674-S, March.
John Sykes off Poulton pyper was buried the xxij^ day.
1675, May.
George ffaylle of Maines who dyed at Moore was buried the vij*
day.
June.
Bernard sonn off Thomas Roe off Ireland was buried the xvij*
day.
October.
James sonn of John Sturciyarr of Poulton schoolemaster buried
the xxiij"* day.
Nouember.
Jenett wife of Lawrence Parkinson of Hales Hall within Rack-
laffe was buried the first day.
Marriages.
1666, May.
James Warrington of Little Singleton & Isabcll Swarbrecke of
this towne was married the first day.
1666-7, January.
Peter Fisher of Little Singleton & Ellin Sherslay of Pooleton was
married the xv^ day.
' Edward Hull was appointed registrar 19 March, 1655, this may possibly be the
same.
1 1 2 The History of Poulton-le-Fylde.
ffebruary.
Gefferie Woodes of Houlmes & Margret Hull of Carleton was
married the v^*» day.
1672-3, January.
John Crookall of Peelle within Marton and Ann Stayth of High
Moore were maried ye vij day.
1676, November.
Lawrance Coweborne of ffreckleton & Ellin ffreckleton of same
were married ye vij^*^ day.
In the end of the volume are the following memoranda :
Sept. \2^\ 1668. £ s, d.
Collection gathered for Richard Hinscton in the
county of Cambridg ffor buminge all
houses barns and all that he had -
For Poole in Montgomery - - - -
„ Worksop in Nottinghamshire - - -
February, 1668-9.
„ the town of Hanwell in Suffolk within the
space of five hours burned all houses
bames stables cx)OSo6
March, 1668-9.
„ the bumin of London 00 04 02
Given to widow Wentworth a poore distressed
woman which came of the ile of Wales 00 01 06
October.
For the town of Brockton in Staffordshire- - 00 06 06
„ Robert Prescot blacksmith of Blagebume
Hundered which lost all he had by fire oo 07 07
„ Ralph Nuttall of Boulton cariar which was
visited with a greate sicknesse & lost above
20 horses -CO 05 06
„ the town of " Yoram " in the county of York CX) 05 10
■ The others follow the same form of words, but the substance only is quoted.
00
01
o8«
00
01
08
00
01
08
Churchwardens and Registers, 1 1 3
For town of " Beccles " in Suffolk - - - 00 01 00
„ ye suger backers in London - - - 00 02 00
„ the town of Bulkington in Warwickshire^ ...
Volume four of the registers contains baptisms from February,
1677, to March, 171 3 ; burials from January, 1677, to November,
1682; and marriages from January, 1677, to July, 1713. Mar-
riages for 1680, 1 68 1, and 1682 are wanting.
VOL. IV.— Baptisms.
August, 1679.
Mary daughter of Thomas Harrison of Grange within Singleton
was bapt. the xv^ day.
May, 1683.
Jane daughf of ffrancis Bayliffe a gold smith of this town was
bap*, ye vj day.
May, 1682.
Ann daughter of M*^ Ed™ Homeby of this towne was bap^ the
viiij day.
January, 1684-5.
Jane daughter of Geo. Hodgson of this toune, stationer was bap^
y« xj day.
Dccenber, 1683.
Willm son of John Wilkinson of Layton Rakes within the
chaplrey of Bispham bap*, ye ij day.
Aprill, 1684.
Jeffrey son of M"^ Edmund Homeby of this towne bap*, the xiij
August, 1687.
John son of Thomas Ireland of Thornton Rakes Weaver, baptized
the xxviij.
Septenber, 169a
Willm son of Christopher Nuttcll of Swarbreck hall bap*, vij day.
• In 1757, December 25, was "collectctl from house to house" i7j. %\d. for the
fortification of Sussex ; 1 764, December 27, for IIail*storm in Kent C\ *js. 6Jr, 1765,
November 20, for Lythom church I2j. lo^d.
Q
1 1 4 Tlu History of Poulton-le-Fylde.
Burials
1678 May .... sonn of Thomas Westby of Bume Hall esq. was
buried the viij^ day.
1678, June.
Easter Tildslay of Pooleton was buried the xxviij* day.
1678, November.
Millison wife of Nickholes Rosall of Carleton was buried the
xyj^^ day.
October, 1679.
John Mackher of Bellikinder in Jreland was buried the xviij* day.
Marri.\ges
Januar)', 1677.
John Kirkham of the old field carr and Jane Silcocke of Poole-
ton greene were maricd y^ xxv'^ day.
October, 1679.
Ric Bisbrowne of Thometon and Mercy Kindsle}' of Chorley was
maried the \'ij day.
August, 1692.
Rich. Hodgson and Margret Bray both of Carleton were three
times asked > and maried the xxiij.
' The publidiion of the banns are entered now very fre<]acnt]y.
The Public Charities, 1 1 5
CHAPTER V.
THE PUBLIC CHARITIES.
Carleton School.
THE founder of this school was Elizabeth Wilson of Whit-
holme in Carleton, who, by her nuncupative will, made 22
September, 1680, declared her mind to be that a fourth of her
goods should be invested in land, and the profit therefrom to be
used by the overseers of Carleton to educate as many of the poor
of the township as they should think fit. And it appears by in-
denture dated 17 May, 1697, that Richard Singleton, in considera^
tion of ;£'i6 (the proceeds of the sale of the goods above-named),
conveyed to trustees a close of land in Bispham called Carr Hey
for the purposes already named.'
Another benefactor to this school was William Bamber (see
chap. VI.) of Carleton, yeoman, who, by will dated 13 October,
1688, bequeathed ^' £>^o to be for ever disposed of for the benefit
& advantage of the poor inhabitants & poor children within that
part of Carleton called Great Carleton Side." For this purpose he
desired that ** Richard Harrison clerk vicar of Poulton and Mar-
garet Bamber" his wife, should after his decease " let out the said
sum at interest at the rate of 12 pence by the pound, or purchase
land at the clear yearly rental of 4ar., the issue yearly to be paid to
such of the poor inhabitants as they in their discretion shall think
most needful ; and 20J. towards buying of books or paying school
wages." He directs that after the death of his wife and the vicar,
the churchwardens for the township of Carleto'n should be the
* Charity Com. Report, 1815 35.
1 1 6 The History of Poulton-le-Fylde.
trustees, and that "any difference which may arise be referred to
all the churchwardens of the whole parish." He leaves \s, 6d, to
every child he is god-father to, and ^os, to the vicar.
With this bequest, in May, 1689, a messuage in Blackpool, a
barn and lands called the Old Yard, the Great Field, the Croft,
the New Hay, the Two Carrs, and the Great Meadows, containing
six and a half acres, were purchased.
Shortly after this the inhabitants of the township built a school
on the waste land called Four Lane Ends, belonging to Sir
Nicholas Sherburne, who then held the manor, and who, by deed
dated 31 December, 1697, granted the same to certain trustees for
SCO years, at an annual rent charge of u., on the condition that
the same should only be used for education of children, and that
Sir Nicholas and his heirs should have the liberty to hold their
manorial courts in the school.'
Margaret Bickerstaffe of Carleton, widow, whose will was
proved in 17 16, bequeathed ;f 20 for the education of the poor in
Carleton, and subsequently, from donors whose names are un-
recorded, £62 was given for the same purpose. In 1777 other
lands were purchased, the income from which brought the total
income up to ;f 22 i8j. a year.
The Free School.
(POULTON AND HaRDHORNE-WITH-NEWTON.)
Of James Baines, the founder of this and other charities in
Poulton, very little is known except from the meagre details
furnished by his will, which is a very long one but is almost
entirely confined to the disposal of his property for charitable
purposes, the only allusion to his family being : " Item I give
unto my kinsman John Baines son of Francis Baines late of
Goosnargh now deceased and to Agnes Baines and Jennet Baines
sisters of the said John Baines and to my cousin John Hemer
who now lives with me to each of them the sum of Two Hundred
* Charity Com. Report, 1815-35.
The Public Charities. 1 1 7
Pounds to be paid unto them severally and respectively when
and as they shall severally attain the age of twenty one years.
Item unto my cousin James Hemer the further sum of thirty
Pounds to be employed in binding him out as an appprentice or
otherwise for his advantage to my cousin Anne Hemer £\oo to
my cousin Thomas Knowles ;£'20, and to my sister Dorothy the
like sum, to my kinsmen Richard Curwen and Robert Curwen
either of them £^Oy to the grandchildren of my kinswomen Jenet
wife of John Thornton of Rosiker ;f 40." To his cousin Elizabeth
Hemer he left his house and shop in Poulton and certain lands.
James Baines is variously described ; in 1706 he is called
" Woollen chapman," in his will he is '* Gentleman,'* and in the
parish registers "Yeoman." He died 9 January, 17 17, and was
buried at Poulton. His will is dated 6 January, 17 17, and he was
then "aged, infirm in body and out of health." By this will he de-
vised to Richard Wilson, Richard Whitehead the elder, Richard
Johnson, and Richard Thornton, all of Hardhorne-in-Newton,
yeomen, and Richard Dickson of Poulton, woollen draper,
Samuel Bird, yeoman, of Poulton, and Thomas Salthouse of
Staining, yeoman, and their heirs or trustees, all that schoolhouse
by him lately built in Hardhorne-cum-Newton, and the land on
which it stood, the same to be a free school for ever, also a mes-
suage and tenement called Puddle House, the rents of which were
to be used to repair the building and provide a salary for the
the schoolmaster, also a sum of los, for an annual dinner for the
trustees.
In 1824 the rent of Puddle House was £0^ a year. On the
wall of the present building is a stone inscribed : " This Charity
School was founded and endowed by Mr. James Baines of Poul-
ton, who died the 9 January, 1717. Rebuilt 1828." The lands
originally left by the founder have been exchanged for other
lands, the exchange being considered an advantageous one for
the school.'
■ The trustees also manage the ** Jenkinson*s Charity," the origin of which is un-
known, but it consists of a house and land, and the rent ensuing therefrom is spent in
purchase of books, &c.» for the school.
1 1 8 The History of Poulton-le-Fylde.
There was a school in Poulton (and also in Marton) long before
the erection of Mr. Baines' school ; the parish registers contain the
names of John Sturzacker, schoolmaster of Poulton in 1675, and
Thomas Grimbaldeston, who occupied that post from 1686 to
1692 or later; in 1703 a John Bain was schoolmaster. On 8 March,
17 17, Henry Bird was appointed master.^
This school has recently undergone some modification under
the charity commission.
Marton School.
The parish registers for 6 March, 1629-30, contain the baptism
of "Ann, daughter of Edward Wick of Marton, Schoolmaster/'
but there is no record of any school being erected until one was
built by James Haines, shortly before his death in 1717, and who,
by the will before named, devised it and the land it stood on to
John Hull of Marton Green, John Bamber the elder of the
middle town, Edward Wylde of Cow Gap, Richard Moor of the
Moss-side, John Warbreck of the White-gate, and William Bam-
ber, all of the township of Marton, yeomen, and George Bennet
of Marton, yeoman, and their heirs in trust, for a free school for
ever ; and he endowed the same with a messuage and eight acres
of land in Warbrecke, and a messuage and lands in Hardhome-
with-Newton, to the intent that the income therefrom (except
lOJ. a year for a dinner for the trustees) should be employed for
the payment of a master and the needful repairs of the building.
At this date John Clarkson was the master, he subscribed to the
oath, at that time required, on his appointment 8 March, 1717.'
About the year 1850 the funds of this school were greatly
reduced through a chancery suit. The school property now con-
sists of 40 acres of land which yields about ;£^I30 a year.
Thornton School.
This is another of Baines* foundations, the first trustees of
which were Peter Woodhouse, Robert Hull, junior, Thomas Wyld
' Bishop^s registers, Chester. * Ibui.
The Public Charities, 1 1 9
of Trunnall, Robert Hodgson of Trunnall, all of the township of
Thornton, yeomen, Thomas Hodgson the younger of Thornton,
carpenter, Robert Hall of Thornton and James Bickerstaflfe of
Trunnall, yeomen, and their heirs.
The school was built during testator's life, and by his will he
bequeathed it to the above trustees, together with twenty-one
acres of land, the rent of which was to be employed for maintain-
ing a free school. At the beginning of this century the school
was rebuilt and enlarged, and endowed with an additional £^QO
left by Mr. Simpson.
On the 8 March, 17 17, John Dobson of Thornton was ap-
pointed master.' On 4 June, 1743, James Fisher, clerk, was
nominated^ ; he resigned the situation in 1755. This James
Fisher was married at Poulton, October, 1749, to Isabel Rigg,
he was afterwards curate of St Thomas's Church, Garstang,
and later vicar of that parish. His successor was Thomas Wilson,
who was succeeded 13 February, 1773, by William Dagger, who
was buried at Bispham in 1787.
Baines' Charities.
By the will already recited James Baines left to trustees a close
of land in Carleton called West Hall Field, containing about six
acres, the clear annual profits whereof to be paid yearly " to the
Minister or Vicar of the parish church of Poulton ;" to Richard
Butcher of Layton and five others he left £%qo to the intent that
they should invest the same, and out of the profits pay one half
for the maintenance and use of the poorest sort of inhabitants
of the township of Poulton which receive no parochial relief, and
for putting out poor children as apprentices (no one poor family
to have over 2ar. a year), which was to be distributed at Christmas
Eve : the other half of the profits to be used for putting out
apprentices poor children of the townships of Marton, Hardhom-
with-Newton, Carleton, and Thornton.
The ;f 800 has been handed over to the free school, and a
Christmas dole of about \2s. per annum is ^ivcn to the poor.
' Bishop's rfjjistcrs, ChcstiT. ' IMd.
I20 Tfie History of Poulton-le-Fylde,
NiCKsoN's Charity.
Nicholas Nickson of Compley in Poulton, by his will dated 12
April, 1720, gave to Alice his wife and her heirs and assigns his
house and lands at Compley, consisting of sixteen acres, for her
life, but after her decease he charged the same with the payment
of £\QOt and £^ per annum interest until payment thereof, which
£\QO he gave to the churchwardens of the parish and overseers
of the poor in the township of Poulton in trust to pay yearly, on
25 December, ^os. to the vicar of Poulton for the time being, and
50J. to the poor inhabitants being housekeepers of the township
of Poulton not being in receipt of relief out of the poor's rate.
By indenture dated 18 July, 1783, James Standen conveyed
to the churchwardens and overseers a close of land in Poulton
called Durham's Croft, for the consideration of £\2q (of which
;£'20 was paid out of the rates).
In 1822 the mode of disposing of this charity was, one sixth of
the rent to the poor's rate, one half of the remainder to the vicar
of Poulton, the other half to the poor housekeepers,' this arrange-
ment is still carried out.
Whitehead's Charity.
The donor of this charity was Ellen Whitehead who died before
1748, but of whom nothing is known except that she gave a
cottage and land in Staining, for the remainder of a term of 1,000
years, to trustees to hold the same for the benefit of poor house-
keepers of the township of Hardhorn-with-Newton, in such
manner as directed by her last will and testament
In 1 8 17 there was upon the ground three cottages and a weav-
ing shop. In 1824 a considerable sum was in the hands of the
trustees, and altogether the charity had been badly administered.
Edward Whiteside's Charity.
The donor of this was Edward Whiteside of Little Marton,
sailor, who made his will 22 December, 1721, after directing that
' Charity Com. Report.
Tfu Public Charities. lai
his body is to " be descntly buried," he continues as follows :
" That my ground be kept in leas acording as my executers shall
see fit, and what spares it is will that they by cloth and giue it to
poore people that has nothing out of the town, that it be given
in little Marton side, and it is my will that if there be a minister
that preches in Marton that they give him something what they
shall see fit It is my will that they can by land that they sell
my parsnable [personal] estate and by as much as it will purchas :
it is my Will that two acres which my father hath now in posses-
sion that when it falls into my hands and posshon [possession]
that it go the way above named. It is my mind that my execu-
ters give it when they shall see fit and I hope they will chuse
faithful men who will act according to themselves and I make my
good friend Anthony Sherson and Thomas Grimbalson, Executers
of this my last Will."
The exact sum realized under the above has not been recorded,
but land was ultimately purchased by the trustees which in 1823
was let for ;£'i4 a year, which was expended in the purchase of
linen and woollen cloth which were distributed to the poor of
Little Marton at Candlemas, as was also two or three pounds in
small sums of money, but out of the gross. receipts the trustees
each received half-a-guinea for their trouble, as well as a dinner
on the day the cloth was bought, and when the dole was made
each recipient had a glass of gin given to him.
A new trust deed was recommended but it has not been
executed.
William Whiteside's Charity.
The sum of ;fioo was bequeathed by William Whiteside by
will in 1742 for clothing for the poor of Marton not receiving
parochial relief
The interest of this is expended in clothing and distributed on
I January in each year.
Hodgson's Charity.
John Hodgson by will dated 25 September, 1761, gave a
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1 2 2 The History of Poulton-lc-Fylde.
messuage and lands in Marton, as well as his personal estate, to
trustees who were to sell the same, and after paying funeral ex-
penses, &c., to invest the proceeds, and out of the yearly interest
to buy meal for the use of the poor householders in Great Mar-
ton, to be distributed on Christmas day for ever."
In 1786 the sum oi £\oo had been invested, which produced
£^ yeariy, which was employed as set forth in the will, and con-
tinues to be so used to the present day.
Jolly's Charity.
Edward Jolly of Mythop in Weeton-with-Preese in the parish
of Kirkham, for some time before 13 February, 1784, had
"given to the minister of Marton chapel or the clerk thereof 6rf.
weekly to be laid out in bread to be distributed after divine
service amongst the poor inhabitants of Great and Little Marton
as attended there." By indenture bearing the above date Edward
Jolly gave to certain trustees £&o to be invested at interest in
order that in future \s. per week might be expended in bread to
be distributed as heretofore, the surplus, if any, to be given to the
clerk of the chapel, and it was provided that if ever afterwards the
chapel (which was not then consecrated or endowed but supported
by voluntary contributions), should be used for a dissenting meet-
ing house, or if divine service should not be performed for four
successive Sundays according to the Church of England, then the
weekly dole should be distributed amongst the poor of Great and
Little Singleton and Weeton-with-Preese who should attend
service in the chapel of Great and Little Singleton. A new trust
deed was executed 8 July, 1863, the original sum of ;C6o having
been invested in Consols. Bread is distributed every Sunday
afternoon.
Margaret Whittam*s Charity.
This consists of ;g'40 bequeathed in 18 14 for the support of the
Sunday School, which has been invested in the Consols.
* Charity Com. Report.
Old Halls and Old Families, 123
CHAPTER VI.
OLD HALLS AND OLD FAMILIES.
RossALL Grange.
AT the taking of the Domesday survey two carucates of
land in Rushall belonged to Roger de Poictou, but on
his attainture they passed to the crown, and on 28 August, 18
John (1216), the king ordered the earl of Chester to give seisin
of the pastures in Rushall to the abbot of Dieu la Cresse, and at
the same time he directed William Pincerna and Adam de Yeland
to attend him and to report that it was done, when he should
next come into those parts.' Henry III. in 1220 issued a writ to
the sheriff of Lancashire requiring him to make enquiry by dis-
creet and lawful men as to the extent of the pasture in Roshall
which his father had given to the abbot of Deulecrosse.^ The
result of the inquisition was that in 12 Hen. III. (1227-8) the
abbot of Dieulacrosse^ paid to the King 500 marks for all his land
in Roshall with the appurtenances, and agreed to pay a rental of
50 marks at the feast of St. Michael, and 50 marks at Easter.^
Subsequently the abbot appears to have received a free grant
of the lands, as at a trial which was held at Lancaster in the time
of Edward I., he produced a charter dated 28 July, 31 Hen. III.
(1247), which granted to God, the church of St. Mary, and the
abbot of Diculacrosse the manor oi Russal with its appurtenances
of marshes, meres, fisheries, sea-wreckage, free from all services
■ Close Rolls, I., p. 2S4.
■ Rot. Chart. 12 Hen. III. M. 3.
3 Dieu U Cresse, or Diculacrosse in the county of Stafford, was founded in the reign of
King John by Ranulph de Blundcville earl of Chester.
* Dodsworth AfSS.^ 53, 99.
124 '^^ History of Poulton-le-Fylde.
for ever. This was, however, disputed by the king who claimed
the manor by descent from his ancester king John ; the jury
decided for the abbot, judgment, however, was suspended, and
a new claim put in by the king's attorney, who said that the abbot
only held the manor in bailiwick of king John and Henry III.,
and that there were 30 years of king Henry's reign before the
abbot held any fee or free tenement in the manor, which was
worth icx) marks a year, which rent was in arrears the whole 30
years ; he therefore claimed 3,000 marks from the abbot'
The jur>' decided that the abbot's predecessor held in bailiwick
for seven years, the manor then being worth ;f 20 a year, which
was also its value in the first twenty-four years of king Henry's
reign ; in the last six years of his reign, before the grant of the
charter (dated 31 Hen. HI.), it was worth 40 marks per annum.
The abbot was therefore compelled to pay the arrears to the
king.
By charter dated 17 Henry HI. (1232-3) Roger de Hetton
released to the abbot of Dieulacres all his rights in Roshall
between Salcolinpul and Stodfolpul :2 in the same year Richard
Princerna and Roger, son of Alan de Singleton also gave their
lands in Roshall.^
Theobald Walter held certain lands in Roshall which, by
charter with date, but witnesssd by John de Lacy, constable of
Chester, he quit-claimed to the abbot of Dieulacres,^ and in 19
Henry HI. (1234-5) William de Clifton gave all his rights in
Roshall to the abbot.5
In the year 1252 William de Newton, son of Richard de Bis-
cophem, gave to the abbot a free ingress for washing his sheep
from Roshall in the pool of Little Bispham.^
■ Plac de Quo Warr, 20 Edw. I., Lane. Rot. 4.
* Salcolinpul and Stodfolpul have probably been washed away by the encroaching sea.
3 Chartulary of Dieulacres, Dodsworth MSS,
* Dodsworth MSS.y Ixvi. 112.
5 Ibid.^ III.
* Chartulary of Dieulacres, Dodsworth MSS,
Old Halls and Old Families, 125
In the taxation of Pope Nicholas (firca A.D. 1291) the abbey's
possessions in Roshall were assessed at £6\ lor.
The abbots of Dieulacres held Rossall until the time of Henry
VIII., and built there an extensive grange which was situate
near to the sea, at a place now called Fenny, where many remains
of the old foundations have from time to time been discovered ;
over the exact site of the buildings the sea now washes. On the
adjoining warren is a pathway still known as the Abbot's Walk.
At the dissolution of the monasteries in 1539-40 Dieulacres
abbey passed to the crown, and descended to Edward VI., who,
by letters patent 13 March, 1553, granted Rossal, to Thomas
fflcetwood. (See/£?i^/.)
The Allen Family.
For many years before the Fleetwoods purchased Rossall the
Aliens had been living here, and were amongst the most influen-
tial families of the district. According to Flower's Visitatiott of
Staffordshire^ John Allen was settled at Buckenhall, in that
county, in the time of Edward III., and Randulphus, one of his
descendants, married, towards the end of the i6th century,
Elizabeth, the daughter of John Allen of Rossall; unfortunately,
however, neither of the copies of the pedigree preserved furnish
any clue to lead to the identity of this John Allen. He may
have been an uncle of Ralph, and a younger son of Thomas Allen
of Buckenhall ; on the other hand, Sampson Allen of Carring-
shall in Staffordshire (whose father, Thomas, was brother to John
Allen of Buckenhall, living tanp. Edward III.), had a son Ralph
who is described " de Wadington, Co. Lanc.,"^ and it is not un-
likely that one of his sons may have migrated to Rossall, which
is only some twenty-five miles from Waddington.
Another argument in favour of this supposition is that John
Allen, the grandson of above-named John, married the daughter
of Thomas Lister of Westby in Gisburne, which is the adjoining
* liar I. AfSS.t 1172 fol. 102, and 6128 fol. 17.
' Wa<l'linj»ton is in the Vorkshirt' j>art of the parish of Mitton.
126 The History of Poulton-le-Fylde.
parish to Mitton. William Allen was abbot of Dieulacres in the
time of Henry VIII., and tradition says that he made a grant of
certain lands in Rossall to his nephew, who became the prc^eni-
tor of the Aliens of Rossall ; be this as it may, it is certain that
at this time a branch of the family was living here, as in the in-
ventory of possessions of the monastery of Dieulacres" (time
Hen. VIII.), mention is made of the following debts owing by
the abbot, viz :
" To Elizabeth Alenn of Rossall xxij".
„ John Alenn of Rossall iiij^>."
This John Allen was buried in the church of Bispham before
the year 1530, and he left a son George Allen, whose will was
proved at Richmond, and which is of singular interest, not only
throwing new light on the genealogy of the family but furnishing
several items of local information.
" In the nayme off God Amen xxvij Marche in the yeare of
oure lorde god 1530. I George Alen of Roshall sicke in body
and hole yn mynd dreding the article of deyth makyth my Tes-
tament and last Wyll in manner and fforme followinge — the
ffyrst I bequeth my soule to God Allmyghty and to sant Marie
and to all the celestial company of hevyn .... my body to be
buryed w^^in the Church of All Hallows^ [Bispham] near unto
the body of my ffathcr also I gyff and bequyth unto Isabel my
wyff for mortuarie all that r>'ght requyreth, also I ^^ my said
wyff all my lands during the terme of lyffe natural and after the
dcceasse of the said Isabel, then all said lands I gyf unto my son
John Alen. Also I gyff unto Isabel my wyff and to William
Alen, Thomas Alen, and Richard Alen, my sonnes all my goods
moveable and unmoveablc except such goods as I shall gyff and
bequeth for the helth of my soul. I gyff to Isabel my wyff
xiiij^ vjs viij«*. Also I bequeth to John Alen my sonc, xvj oxen
' Record office, No. 172.
* This is the earliest mention of the dedication of Bispham church ; except the in-
scription on a communion cup, date<l 1704, there was no evidence of its being dedicated
to "All Hallows."
Old Halls and Old Families. 127
with all the gear belonging, also vnto the said John and his wyff
syx sheyp, also I bequeth to the said John my insyght of houshold
syght of my wyff. Also I bequeth to Hugh Alen my sone x . . .
I bequeth to the Abbot and Convent of Cokersand to pray for
[my soul] xx^ Also I bequeth vnto S*" Edward Bonde my p'ste
[priest] to syng for by the space of iij yeres xij^» for his
annual .... and yerely for xx yeres iiij^*. Also I bequeth to
ye p'ysh church of Pulton to ye makyng x^». Also I
bequeth to the Church of All Hallows xx^. Also I bequeth to
of Pulton to p*y for my soule a heffer also to the ffriars
of Con' Also I bequeth to Singleton Chappell xij^ and
also to Hambleton [chapel] xij^ Also to John Whytsyde to p'y
for my soule iij* To S^ Wittm Sylkok of All Hallows xij<* also
to S^ Ric. Wayl xij<*. Also I bequeth to John Whytsyde to pray
for my soule iij*. To S*" William Sylkok of All Hallows xij<*
also S^ Ric. Wayl xij^^. Also to Ric. wyffe Anyon ' a cowe and
1 bequeth to John Anyon .... a heffer. To Agnes Anyon iij
lambes and to . . . vj lambs Also I bequeth to M'gret Alen x*
and to her mother xx* To Isabel Rede xx* to Alys Syngleton
an incalf heffer. To my Cousin John Calvert of Northbeg an
yncalf heffer Also James Calvert an heffer and to Elizabeth
Calvert an incalf heffer. Residue of my goods I ordayne and
constitute Isabel my wyff and John Alen my sone my executors
. . . . accordinge to the tenure of this my p'sent Testament and
for the helth of my soule .... as they shall answer me at the
day of dome. These wytnessyth M^ Hugh Sneyde Bac of
Divinitie and vicar of the parish Church of Poulton, Sir Gilbert
Isworth Chanon and sub'p'or of Cokersand, Sir Edward Bonde
cap*, William Whyteside cap', William Alen, John Calvert of
Northb'ck of the .... James Calvert brother to the said John
et aliis."
George Allen left issue : i John Allen (of whom hereafter) ;
2 William Allen ; 3 Thomas Allen, who left Lancashire and
settled in London as a merchant, and in 1586 he is called ''her
* ? Wife of Ric. Anyon.
128 Tfie History of Poulton-le-Fylde.
majesty's merchant," and Anne his wife was one of the gentle-
women of the queen's privy chamber.' The marriage of Thomas
Allen and Anne Thawthes is registered at St. Peter's, Comhill,
19 January, 1566. He was buried at St. Michael's church, Com-
hill, 21 December, 1591, and is in the register described as "ye
Queen's Majesty's Merchant." In the course of one of the trials
in the Duchy Court referring to Rossall Grange, it was given in
evidence that the queen assigned the lease of the Grange to
Thomas Allen and Anne his wife. (See post,)
4 Hugh Allen, the youngest son of George Allen, was living
in 1560, his name appearing then as a witness to the will of
Richard Anyon of Bispham.
yo/in Alien, the eldest son of George Allen, was bailiff of
Rossall under the abbot of Diculacres in 1539.^ He married
Jane, daughter of Thomas Lister of Arnold-Biggin in Westby,
in the county of York, and was living in 1566, when John Hogson
of Little Carlcton, in his will, dated 2 June in that year, desired
his "Master John Alcn to be supervisor." In 1565, Richard
Cropper, the vicar of Poulton, bequeathed to " Majister Allen
xij^." He died seised of lands in Pulton, Bispham, and else-
where, which he had granted by deed dated 26 July, 5 Eliz.
(1564), to his son George and Elizabeth his wife (George's wife),
for their lives, with remainder to their heirs. His will was dated
6 April, 1569, but is one of the lost Amounderness wills. He had
issue : i George (of whom hereafter) ; 2 Richard said to have lived
at ToderstafT hall ; 3 William, the cardinal (of whom hereafter) ;
4 Gabriel, in 1579 was living at ToderstafT, where his widowed
* Record office, Duchy Pleadings, Eliz., xciv. A 19. In 1575 a Thomas Allen was
one of the churchwardens of St. Michael's church, Comhill, and amongst the wardens*
accounts for the year 1589 appears a receipt from " Mr. Allen for one fore nones knell
and ye peales for his wyfe viij'." The register of Comhill gives the burial 29 July,
1589, of " Agnes Allen wife of Thomas, merchant, mother to the maydes of honor to
Queen Elizabeth." Thomas Allen and Agnes Ilylle were married at Comhill I Dec.,
1575 ; from this it is evident that at this time there were two London merchants of the
name, probably father and son.
' Dodsworth MSS., Chartulary of Dieulacrcs.
Old Halls and Old Families. 129
mother also lived ;* he was heir to his brother the cardinal, and
had after his brother's decease "an entertainment of 25 crowns
a month assigned to him by the Pope, and another in Flanders
of 40 crowns a month." He died at Rome 24 March, 1597/8.
5 Mary, married Christopher Conicrs of Yorkshire ; 6 Elizabeth,
married William, son of George Hesketh of Poulton, and had
issue ; 7 Anne, married George Gillow of Bryning, and had issue.
George Allen^ eldest son of John Allen, was bom about the
year 1529, and probably at Rossall Grange; he married Elizabeth,
daughter of William Westby of Mowbrick. He died 9 August,
1579. 'A.n abstract of his will is preserved in the British Museum,^
of which the following is a copy :
"George Allen of Rossall, Gentleman, dated 6 August, 1579,
Gives to Elizabeth his Wife his Leases and Tenements for her
life and if she should die before the Leases expire then to her
son John Allen one tenement called Rough holme in Hutton in
the Co. of York which was granted to him by his Brother-in-law,
Christopher Conyers.
" To his Brother Gabriel Allen another lease of a tenement in
the same place.
"To his sister Wife of Christopher Conyers 'two old angells,*
"To his brother William ;f3 6s, 8rf. To his brother Gabriel!
his horse.
"To Agnes Hesketh and Ellen Westby £^ each. To John
Allen a gold ring, to his daughter Ellen one gold jewil. To his
two daughters Catherine and Mary one cowe and a calf, to
Elizabeth his Wife his best horse.
" To his Brother Westby an * old angell,* to his Brother Hes-
keth the like. The residue to his wife Elizabeth who with his
cousin William Hawkesworth he appoints executrix."^
From the inq, post mort^ taken at Preston 12 January, 1579. 80,
• Inq, post mart, of George Allen. • Add. MSS,, No. 321 15.
3 Rosamond Lister, sister of John Allen's wife, married William Hawkesworth
of I lawkesworth.
^ Record office, vol. 14, N 8a
S
1 30 Tlu History of Poulton-U-Fylde.
it appears that he died seised of 6 messuages, 8 cottages, lOO
acres of land, 60 of moore and turbary, in Pulton, Thometon,
Hambleton, Northbreck, Ellell, Bispham, and Forton, as also of
land in Warton, Marton, Thistleton, Hayholme, and Cleveley.
He also held a lease of a " farm called Rossall," and another of
" the manor of Norbreck," for " certain yeares then enduringe,"
which were worth C marks a year, and "certen goods to the
valure of ix*^" and in money ccc^^ and in debts cxP" all which
goods he left to his wife and child, the son " having the lands by
descent from his father could claim none of the goods by custome
of the countrie **; also a lease called " Tatherstaffe" [Todderstaflf]
was conveyed to two of his daughters by their uncle which their
father "occupied in his life time and since their mother." Elizabeth,
the widow of George Allen, soon after her husband's death, "being
so obstinate and refusing to come to church" delivered up to
Thomas Curwen, servant to Thomas Preston Esq., goods worth
iyc iv« x^ [;f49o] to be kept upon the farm of Rossall to the use
of her children, and appointed William Anyon to have the deal-
ings of the said goods. Elizabeth Allen was indited and out-
lawed in September, 1583, and in January following the sheriff
seized the goods and farm and in gold v<^^» and on 23 January
1583/4, a jury summonsed by the Sheriff declared the goods and
farm to be forfeited to the Queen."
George Allen had issue : i John Allen, bom in 1554, was a re-
cusant, and before 34 Eliz., 1591/2, he left the kingdom, and for
doing so without licence his possessions were seized^ as were also
those of his mother and sisters. According to the inq.post mart
he died at Preston, 23 June, 1593,^ without issue, his next heir
being his sister Mary, who had married Thomas Worthington of
Blaniscowe in Lancashire. He held lands in Poulton, Thometon,
Bispham, Hambleton, Northbrecke, Ellell, Forton, Marton, War-
' Record office, Dom. Eliz., vol. 167, N 42,
■ Special Com. (Q.R. Exchequer) Record Office, No. 121 1, 24 Eliz.
3 The author of The Records of the English Society of Jesus^ says this is wrong, and
that he died at Pont a Mousson, 24 June, 1585.
Old Halls and Old Families, 131
ton, Hayholmc, Carleton, and elsewhere. The lands in Poulton
were held of William Fleetwood in socage. After his death the
rents and profits of his estate were paid to Queen Elizabeth, and
afterwards to James I. up to 161 2.'
2 Ellen Allen left the country in 1584 arriving at Reims 9
Sept., with her sister Catherine and her mother,^ became a nun
and professed at St. Ursula's, Louvain, 1594, where she died in
1603.
3 Margaret Allen, baptized at Kirkham, 30 Sept., 1 563, died
young.
4 Catherine, left England in 1584. Became a nun at St.
Ursula's, Louvain, professed 1595, died 161 2.
5 Mary, married Thomas Worthington of Blaniscowe, who
ultimately succeeded to her brother's estates. In 16 12 Mary
Worthington was aged 37.
William Allen, the third son of John Allen. The life of Car-
dinal Allen has so frequently been written that it will not be
necessary to do more than furnish a brief outline of his career.
He was bom in 1532, probably at Rossall, and baptized at Bis-
pham church, where his grandfather and great-grandfather were
buried. When about 15 years old, in 1547, he was sent to
Oriel College, Oxford, where he was under the tuition of Morgan
Philips ; he was elected a fellow of his college in 15 50-1, he took
his M.A. degree 10 July, 1554. During the reign of Edward VI.
his religious troubles appear to have begun, as an entry in the
council book under 6 October, 1551, records "complaint made
in council that one Allen a fellow of Oxford being committed to
close prison was suffered to have conference with others and to
translate a supplication into Latin for Peter Paulo an Italian."
Shortly after the accession of Mary he was again in favour,
and in 1556 he was chosen a principal of St. Mary's Hall, and in
that, or the next, year one of the procters of the University. In
1558 he was appointed a canon of York.
The re-establishment of Protestantism drove Allen from Eng-
* Record Office, inq. post mort,^ vol xx., Nci. 23. * Doitay Diary, p. 202.
132 The History of Poulton-le-Fylde^
land, and he went to Louvain, where he was engaged in the educa-
tion of the sons of Roman Catholics, amongst others, Christopher
Blunt, who, in 1601, was executed for his share in the Essex
conspiracy.
In 1562, acting, it is said, under medical advice, he returned to
his native country, where he was for some time hidden by his
friends ; tradition says that the secret chamber in Mains Hall was
for a long time his hiding place. The queen, on 21 February,
1567/8, issued a writ to the sheriff of Lancashire, ordering him to
apprehend Allen and others, " late Ministers in the Church who
were justly deprived of their office for their contempt and obsti-
nacy, and who are yet or lately have been secretly maintained in
private places in that our county of Lancaster." It has been
generally asserted that he left England in 1565, but it is probable
that he did not finally quit his native country until a year or
two after that date. As the inhabitants of Poulton were to a
great extent Roman Catholics, he would have no difficulty in
lying hid for a long period after he was supposed to have
quitted the country.
In 1567 he was at Mechlin, and in that year removed to Rome,
and in the year following, in conjunction with Dr. Vendeville, he
established the college at Douay, where, in 1571, he took the
degree of Doctor of Divinity. It is a rather remarkable circum-
stance that whilst William Allen is in correspondence with Mary
Queen of Scots, whose favour he enjoyed, his uncle, Thomas
Allen, and his wife should be enjoying the patronage of Queen
Elizabeth. (See p. 127.)
In a letter, dated Sheffield Castle, 3 August, 1577, the ill-fated
Queen of Scots wrote to Allen, " the many good reports and
multitude of rare vertues floweinge in yow which long agoe have
made your name be knowne not onely unto me but to the greatest
and every one of good in Christendom have no lesse made me
esteeme your comfortable letter in this my affliction as a singular
* Brit. Mus., Cotton MSS,^ Calig. cv. 80.
Old Halls and Old Families. 133
sign of some good to ensue therefore, &c/*^ When the prepara-
tion for the Spanish invasion was being made, Allen, by command
of the Pope, wrote the ** Admonition to the Nobility and People
of England,** in which he called upon them to rise in favour of
the king of Spain.
He was created cardinal 7 August, 1587. A few months before
the ceremony took place. Count Olivares, by command of Philip
II., set forth the following reasons why Allen should be advanced
to that dignity : " In the person of Father Allen everything which
can be desired concurs, for he belongs to no party ; he has learn-
ing, morals, judgement, great acquaintance with everything in
the kingdom [England] and with the negociations for its conver-
sion, and the instruments of all these have been and are his dis-
ciples, of whom so many have suffered martyrdom — that the
purple of his hat may be said to have been dyed in the blood of
martyrs whom he has educated." In 1589 the king of Spain
appointed Cardinal Allen archbishop of Mechlin, but the Pope
insisted on his remaining at Rome.
For the rest of his days he lived in the imperial city, surrounded
with all the splendour and luxury of a wealthy cardinal. In 1 585
his health gave way, and he is said to have been an invalid for
the remainder of his life. He died on 16 October, 1594, and was
buried with great pomp in the English chapel at Rome, where
the following inscription still remains :
Deo Trine Uni.
Gulielmo Alano, Lancastriensi,
S. R. E. Presb.
Card. Angliac, qui extorris a patria, perfunctus laboribus.
diutumis in orthodoxa religione tuenda, sudoribus multis
in scminariis ad salutem patrix instituendis, fovendis, peri-
culis plurimis ob eccl. Rom. opere, scriptis, omni corporis
ct animi contenlione defcnsam, hie in ejus gremio scientiie,
pictatis, modestiic, integritatis fama et examplo clams ac
piis omnibus charus occubuit, xvii. kal. Novemb., An ajtat.
Ixiii., cxilii xxxiii., sal. huma. MDXCIV.
1 34 The History of Poulton-le-Fylde.
Inter lachrimas exulum pro religione
civium, pepetuum illorum effugium
Gabriel Alanus frater. Thomas Heschetus sororis filius,
fratri, avunculo chariss, optimo optimeque merito
maerentes posuerunt
Allen's will was dated at Rome 9 October, 1594, and by it he
left certain chasubles of small value which he had in his chapel
to the parish church of Pulton where he was born, when the people
there became Catholics, which in the meantime were to be kept
in the chapel of the English college at Rome.
Cardinal Allen was the author of a large number of theological
treatises, inter alia, Brief reasons cof teeming tfie Catliolic Faith;
A defetise of the doetrine of Catliolies eotieerning Purgatory atid
Prayer for tlie dead ; and A treatise made in defense of the lawful
power and authority of the Pries t/iood to refnitte sinnes, &cJ
A recent writer in the Edinburgh Review, who has evidently
no sympathy with the Roman Catholic martyrs, who, he urges,
did not die for theological belief, but for treasonal plots, thus
sums up the character of Allen : ** It would not be easy to name
a single Englishman of the Elizabethan age whose life and writ-
ings could furnish a better insight into the character of the poli-
tical and religious conflict between England and the Pope than
those of Cardinal Allen. His intellectual and literary gifts, the
virtues of his private life, his undoubted orthodoxy, his energy
and tact, marked him out as the foremost amongst his co-religion-
ists at a time when they could boast of numbering two-thirds of
the population of England."
The Fleetwoods, as already stated, got possession of the Ros-
sall estates in 1553, but by no means quiet or undisputed pos-
session, as between them and the Allen family a prolonged legal
contest took place. In the Duchy Court the Attorney-general,
" For life of Allen, see TA^ Biographical Dictionary of Society for the diffusion of
useful kncnvledge ; Wood's At hen, Oxon. ; Dodd*s Church History; Fitrherbert*s Epi^
tome yit<£ Cardinal Aland ; Biographia Brit,; Attends defence of Stanley, Chet. Soc.,
vol. XXV. ; Letters and Memorials of William CardincU Allen,
Old Halls and Old Families, 135
by Thomas Allen, appeared against Edmund Fleetwood, 7
February, 1586-7, when it was set forth that Thomas Allen of
London, merchant, and Elizabeth Allen of Rossall, widow, were
possessed for divers years to come of the Grange in Rossall ; but
she having been outlawed, her estate became forfeited to the
queen, who, by letters patent dated 22 June, 1584, assigned the
same to Thomas Allen and Anne his wife (see p. 128) for the re-
mainder of the unexpired term. To this Edmund Fleetwood
replied that he had evidence to show that Thomas Allen in Octo-
ber, 1584, by John Rickford, assigned to him all his interest in the
Grange, for which he had agreed to pay ;f90 a year for four
years. Fleetwood paid the first year's rent, and then refused to
pay any more.*
In the following year the suit was renewed, when Thomas
Allen asserts that, not having the original lease in his possession,
he is unable to state when it would terminate, but it was well
known that Edmund Fleetwood had purchased the inheritence of
the Grange, and held the evidences ; he repeats the Fleetwoods now
refused to pay the annual rent of ;f 90 for the remainder of the term.
William Wilcockes gave evidence to the effect that he was pos-
sessed of a tenement in Rotherholme in Poulton which his father,
grandfather, and ancestors had held, time out of mind, by the cus-
tom of tenant right of the dissolved monastery of Dieulacres, as
part of the manor of Rossall (as he thought), and he then held it of
Edmund Fleetwood, lord and owner of the Grange of Rossall, and
to whom he paid rents and services, and rendered to him at his
Grange divers "bonnes" in shearing and mowing, as his ancestors
had been accustomed to do. He denied that Thomas Allen had
any interest in the Grange. In the following year the suit was
renewed,^ when John Brogreave, Esq., the attorney-general, denies
that the abbot of Dieulacres was seised of the Grange, or that it
passed to Henry VIII. by surrender of the abbot and convent,
as it was then held by lease which was still in force, and under-
■ Ihuhy Pleadings^ vol. xciv. No. 36a.
* Duchy Records, Pleadings, vol. xcviil, A 17.
1 36 The History of Poulton-le-Fylde.
takes to prove that Edward Fleetwood agreed to pay ;f 90 a year
for the Grange for four years. To the attorney-general Edmund
Fleetwood replied (though not until 38 Eliz. (1595-6)), that
Edward VI. did, by letters patent, convey the estate to Thomas
Fleetwood, his father, in fee, that he died seised of the same about
12 Elizabeth (1569-70), and that afterward he, the defendant
(Edmund Fleetwood), entered into the premises. He further
asserts that Elizabeth Allen had no title but held " at his will,
albeit she pretended to have a lease," but at the same time to
"avoid suit and trouble" he had agreed with John Rickford for
the assignment to him of Thomas Allen's interest in the Grange
and the tenements at Norbrecke and Little Bispham, and that
subsequently he went to London to get the bargain confirmed
by Thomas Allen, and with this view he offered Allen for his
stock of sheep, and for his interest in the Grange, ;f 240 and one
year's rent oi £(^\ but Allen would not permit him to enjoy
certain tenements in Norbrecke, which he alleged were not in the
assignment.
Whatever was the legal decision it is clear from subsequent
records that the estate passed ultimately to the Fleetwoods.
Bartholomew Hesketh on 29 June, 1585, * appears as plaintiff
complaining that he had about 66 sheep feeding in a great pas-
ture at Rossall which had been seized by the sheriff on behalf of
the queen on the indictment for recusancy against Elizabeth
Allen, and that the sheep had since passed in the possession of
Thomas Allen, citizen of London.
The Seizure and Plunder of Rossall Grange and
TODDERSTAFFE HaLL, THE RESIDENCE AND ESTATES
OF Mrs. Allen, the Widow of the Brother
OF THE Cardinal Allen.2
The troubles and wrongs encountered and most bravely borne
for the Catholic Faith by Mrs. Allen, a gentlewoman of most
' Duchy Records, vol. xcvi., H. 13.
• Translated from Dr. Bridgewater's Concertatio EccUs, Cath, in Angiia Augusta
Trtvirorum^ IS94» l>y Mr. Joseph Gillow.
Old Halls and Old Families. 137
distinguished birth and virtue, widow of the brother of the Most
Illustrious Cardinal William Allen, along with her children, from
the year 1584.
Towards the close of the year 1583, viz., in the month of
November, the Privy Council came to the conclusion that nothing
was calculated to inflict greater hardship on the Catholic body,
or more cruel suffering on inoffensive folk, than to select for the
charge of the Manchester prisoners, and to proclaim as sheriff" of
the county, Edmund Traffbrd, a man of good family, with the
rank of knight, but so thoroughly imbued with the perfidy of
Calvin, and the phrenzy of Beza, that it might be said he was
merely waiting for this very opportunity of in every way pursuing
with insults all that professed the catholic religion, and despoil-
ing them of their property. For the furious hate of this inhuman
wretch was all the more fiercely stirred by the fact, that he saw
offered to him such a prospect of increasing his slender means
out of the property of Catholics, and of adorning his house with
the various articles of furniture filched from their houses, that,
though, as far as his own fortune went, he could scarcely be
called a gentleman, still, at least with other people's gold, how-
ever wrongfully come by, he might rightly be called and accounted
a knight.
When the Catholics perceived that the office aforesaid had been
conferred upon a man harshly disposed towards the true believers,
and thirsting beyond measure for other people's money, owing to
his own needy fortunes, they saw clearly that a storm of unusual
violence was gathering over them. Accordingly, whilst relying
in the first place on God's help, they encouraged one another unto
patience.
Shortly afterwards, by the zealous aid of a friend, they learnt
that Edmund Traffbrd had been recently ordered by the Council
of the queen's majesty to search out all priests and all other mem-
bers of the Catholic body who refused to come to the assemblies
and churches of the Calvinists, and also to put into execution
1 38 The History of Poulton-le-Fylde.
certain most cruel laws enacted against those who had been
outlawed. And for fear lest this man, who was prepared for any
nefarious deed, should not carry out their bidding to the letter,
he received from the Council a list of names of over three hundred
Catholics. Of these more than one hundred and forty were
gentlefolk, the remainder respectable citizens.
The Catholics had discovered that the council of the queen had
given special orders to Edmund Trafford, and that that ferocious
man had already inwardly resolved to arrest as soon as possible
Mrs. Allen of Rossall, a lady conspicuous for her rare virtue,
prudence, and zeal for the faith, and to visit her, when arrested,
with the very harshest and bitterest punishment. The first an-
nouncement of this design reached Mrs. Allen, as if for a new
year's gift, at the beginning of the new year, when the rumour,
which had previously although covertly been spread abroad, was
strongly confirmed by the cruel and outrageous proceedings which
were carried on at Christmas, and the searching of the houses of
the Catholics dwelling about Prescot, and the pillage of all their
property.
A special sufferer from this wrong-doing was Mr. Lathom of
Mosbarrow, for when the Calviniste thieves had searched every
corner of his house with the keenness of hounds on the scent, and
had carried off" every sacred object they could find in it, by way
of making a further exhibition of their barbarous cruelty, these
fell and savage creatures rushed upon Lathom*s wife, and fumbled
in her bosom and pockets, and even tore open and examined her
under-garments, to see whether they could discover a little round
cake of blest wax (called an Agnus Dei), or rosaries, crosses,
medals, or anything else of that kind hidden about her body.
Finally they declared confiscated to the queen the whole of this
gentleman's property, both movable and immovable, and locked
up and set seals upon the chamber doors, the chests, and other
things of the kind, till some more convenient mode of deciding
about everything, according to the good pleasure of the members
of the Queen's Council, should be furnished.
Old Halls and Old Families. 139
When Mrs. Allen had received clearer information of these
occurrences, she betook herself, together with George Bramley,
a pious and venerable priest, and Mrs. Coniers, a kinswoman of
her husband*s, to her accustomed place of retreat, which she had
made use of on Christmas day and the following days, and
abandoning her own home, withdrew to certain more secret spots
that she might not be taken unexpectedly in the quiet night-time
by these hungr}' brigands, who chose that time especially for
breaking into other people's houses. Thence in the grey morn-
ing she returned home, heard mass, and received Christ's most
holy Body, in order to obtain in her holy contest more strength
of soul against the enemy of truth.
Whilst the good matron was thus piously celebrating with her
family those festivals of our Lord's birth and circumcision, they
were overtaken by repeated and more certain rumours that went
abroad concerning the approach of the searchers, on the very eve
of the Epiphany, on which day, in consequence of the closeness
of the danger, she had resolved to refrain from the holy mysteries
and to wander through uncertain places. But, in truth, when she
learned that a wretched man, reconciled to the Catholic Church,
who was very desirous on that day to be present at the sacrifice
of the mass and to receive the most holy Body of his Saviour
(which he had not done for twenty years back), the holy woman
stayed at home, and on the same day caused watch to be dili-
gently kept, since an inroad of the enemy was expected from
hour to hour. But towards evening, although it was Sunday, she
betook herself to more hidden spots, leaving at home her three
daughters, Helen, Catherine and Mary (of whom the eldest was
not more than 16 years of age), in order that, whatever might
come to pass, they might take possession of the furniture, the
lands, and the other property, as lawful heiresses, partly from the
will and testament of their deceased father, and partly from their
mother's gift inter vivos. This gift the exceedingly thoughtful
matron had made by the advice of men learned in the law, and
it ought to have been valid and unassailable, if at this day there
were left any room in England for common justice.
140 Tlie History 0/ Poulion-le-Fylde.
The same night there came to the house a messenger, as he
pretended to be (for in reality he was a spy, as was made mani-
fest on the next day), sent by Mr. Edmund Fleetwood ; this man,
after he had made careful and diligent enquiry about Mrs. Allen,
said that as she was not at home he must await her return. In
the meanwhile on that night the scoundrel pried into every
corner of the house.
On the morrow the under-sheriff, together with Huddleston, a
justice of the peace, and an out-and-out enemy of the Catholics,
having made up a band of the most utter rascals, hastened at early
morn from the house of Mr. Worthington of Blainscough, which
on the foregoing day they had barbarously plundered, to the house
of Mrs. Allen at Rossehall, and there, with the greatest roughness
of speech and bearing, they commanded the servants in the
Queen's name to open all the doors, and to deliver up into their
hands all the keys and all the arms that were in the house. The
servants made answer that they neither could nor ought to
execute this order, unless they first saw the sovereign's mandate,
or as it is called, commission. Hereupon Huddleston said: "Let
it be commission enough for you that the High Sheriff's deputy
orders it to be done." To this said one of the servants : ** That
indeed is something, which your worship tells us, still for us it is
not enough, as we want to look at the Queen's mandate." How-
ever, the domestics were unable to prevent the raging Calvinistic
dogs from forcibly entering into the absent widow's house.
Upon their entrance, therefore, into the house, they enquired
where Mrs. Allen was, as also her priest, and about Mr. Coniers
of Hinton, in Yorkshire, a gentleman highly honoured, and
notably Catholic. When the servants made answer that no one
of these was in the house, they were straightway ordered in the
Queen's name to take an oath, that, unless they wished to be
clapt up in prison, they should instantly disclose not only where
the afore-named persons were in hiding, but also everything that
should be asked of them. When the servants refused any such
oath as being audacious and unlawful, it was immediately offered.
Old Halls and Old Families. 141
in the presence of the rest, to the spy of whom we have already
made mention. He took the oath and asserted that he thought
Mrs. Allen had been at home after his arrival, and, to give a
greater air of likelihood to his story, he declared he had been
shut up all night in the room in which he had slept, in order of
course that he might not perceive her to be hidden in the house.
The lie of this shameless fellow was so clear and palpable, that
William Anian, of Chirckbridge, who had slept in the same room
with the other man, charged him to his face with a wicked lie.
Being now entered into the dining room, they saw a large
portrait hanging upon the wall, and suspecting it to be (as it was)
a likeness of that renowned man and distinguished ornament of
the English nation, Mr. William Allen, the pursuivants not only
hurled innumerable revilings and bloodthirsty speeches against
that excellent man, but also defaced his portrait in a marvellous
manner with their knives and daggers, and finally threw it down
upon the floor and trampled it under foot.
After this performance they received the keys from the eldest
daughter, and examined the whole house and every chest therein,
everywhere uttering savage complaints because they nowhere
found any money (the lust for which was their ruling passion),
save half-a-dozen gold rings, with a certain necklace of the value
of about twenty crowns, and other things of the like sort, in
the chest of one of the daughters. Nevertheless, they did not
keep their hands off the apparel of the young gentlewomen, but
carried it all away, and parcelled it out among certain incon-
siderable persons of no very honourable station, in the hope of
being able through their help to come to a knowledge of other
matters.
Meanwhile, towards night, Mrs. Allen, who was hiding with her
friends not far from her house, upon learning what the spies and
hangmen were doing, and that they would not quickly be taking
their departure thence, suddenly came to the resolution to send
to the house some seven-and-twcnty inhabitants of the country,
partly her tenants, partly her neighbours and friends, that they
142 Tfie History 0/ Poulton-le-Fylde.
might take meat and drink with her blackguardly guests all the
more abundantly, inasmuch as the robbers would seem likely to
depart all the sooner if they saw themselves destitute of the
necessary provisions — especially as there was no town nor village
in the neighbourhood from which victuals could easily be ob-
tained ; nor could the pious gentlewoman have the suspicion that
they had come thither to make a long stay, or to rob her and her
children of every particle of their property.
The country people, therefore, went up to her house, armed
after their wont, and inspired so great a fear into the high sherifTs
deputy, who had just then taken his seat at the table with his
companions, that, rising from table, they gave ample proof, partly
by their silence and partly by their cast-down countenances, both
of the evil state of their consciences and the wickedness of their
present deeds, and at length setting up a clamour as if they were
about to get a bad reception from the country people's cudgels,
they began to take counsel for themselves and their belongings.
The servants, perceiving this, as they could not, for all their
labour, get these depraved and white-livered wretches out of the
house, yet that they might not furnish their adversaries with any
occasion either of suspecting ill of the Catholics or of complain-
ing of violence inflicted upon them, made it known to them
courteously that they had no need to be afraid of the country
people, who had not come thither to do them any harm, but to
visit their lady, after the custom of the country, at this holy
season, and to recreate her by their presence, and to take dinner
with her (if she were at home) ; that therefore the deputy and
his companions might freely sit down to table, and fearlessly
finish the dinner they had begun. "Very well," said the deputy,
after he had plucked up his spirits somewhat at the servant's
words, " let food then be given them." Yet neither he nor his
companions could take their food with easy minds, as long as
they saw themselves unequal in strength to the country folks.
Therefore, about eight o'clock at night, the deputy ordered the
rustics, in the queen's name, to depart the house forthwith ; and
.•»-«
Old Halls and Old Families. 143
as they did not do this with great promptitude, but kept linger-
ing on, he again commanded them in the sovereign's name to
take themselves off with all speed, so that the queen's servants
might have more perfect quiet, as for the twelve foregoing nights
they had scarcely been able to get any sleep, owing to the con-
tinual watchings and labours that they had undergone in search-
ing gentlemen's houses. In consequence of this declaration all
the country folk, with the exception of seven, betook themselves
elsewhere.
Whereupon these royal thieves, having grown more courageous
after the departure of the greater part of the rustics, fell upon
those who remained boldly and threatened them in the strongest
language that they would send them away to the common gaol
at Lancaster, nor would release them therefrom until they pro-
mised, under recognizances, to appear at the next assizes for the
county, and to explain why they came to Mrs. Allen's house at
that time above all others, and therein remained the whole of
that night, and moreover to answer to the judges as to everything
else that might be objected to them.
While the pursuivants were thus engaged, the sheriffs deputy
made diligent enquiry from others as to the reason of the country
people's coming, and though he could not discover anything in
their behaviour which was worthy of blame or punishment, ex-
cept that they had remained somewhat longer than the deputy
had bid them, and that one young man had produced a pack of
playing cards and invited his comrades that evening to have a
game (and it is truly wonderful that this should have been
esteemed a shocking crime by these gospel sheep of Chatterton,
superintendant of Chester, as their shepherd himself, for all his
episcopal gravity, does not shrink from spending whole nights
and days in turning over such like cards instead of holy writ,
with the accompaniment of oaths but little worthy of so spiritual
a shepherd), yet in the name of the queen's majesty he com-
manded them to appear at the next assizes for the county.
The hapless rustics obeyed, presented themselves at the assizes.
144 The History of Poulton-le-Fylde.
and were there ordered — not merely those seven who had re-
mained all night, but also the rest who were present at the begin-
ning of the night and who had shortly afterwards retired at the
magistrate's bidding — to pay to the sheriff a fine of seventeen
English shillings, besides what they had expended in coming to
the assizes, and the loss of time in which they ought to have
been engaged in sowing their seed. This money the seven rustics,
who had been ordered to appear at the assizes, were compelled
to pay down forthwith, but the others, who were not then present,
were commanded through a bailiff to give their attendance at
the next assizes, and at the same time to bring with them the
money.
But, to bring back our discourse to the points whence it has
stepped aside, on the day whereon the seven aforesaid country
people had gone away under recognizances, the sheriff's deputy,
as he had determined to abide for some days in Mrs. Allen's
house, despatched ten of his attendants and partners m robbery
to Manchester. These on their way thither met with a certain
spy exceedingly like themselves (for the whole of England swarms
with informers of this type) ; this fellow offered his services and
labours to promote, as far as he could, their wicked endeavours,
and he asserted that on the evening of the foregoing Saturday
he had seen the gentlewoman whom they were seeking in the
house of a man named Anion ; let them go thither at once, and
they would either capture herself there or at least find something
there laid up by her. Inflamed to their prey by these words of
the traitor, the ravening wolves straightway changed their course
and hastened towards Anion's house, and there at length after a
long search and turning over of everything, they found in a flour
chest ;f 500 in gold pieces, enclosed in a little box, and these to-
gether with a great quantity of linen cloth, which the gentlewoman
Mrs. Allen had caused to be conveyed thither two days before,
they instantly sent to the sherifi^s deputy, who was staying in
Mrs. Allen's house.
The deputy, in high glee at this happy success of the robbers.
Old Halls and Old Families. 145
forwarded the stolen money by the hands of the same men to
the sheriff ; but the plunderers fearing lest but little gain would
fall to them from their labours if the whole of the booty were
delivered over to the sheriff, kept back to themselves 48 or 49
pounds out of the 500 pounds, which was easily made manifest
from the sheriff's account-books, which he was afterwards com-
pelled to show; inasmuch as in these he afRrmed that he had
received only 45 1 pounds.
Nor forsooth is it wonderful, if thieves of lower grade provide
for themselves betimes without any scruple of conscience, when
those their superiors pounce in so barbarous a fashion upon the
property of others, so that of England it may be truly said in the
words of the prophet, " How is sfte become an liarlot, tfte city that
was faithful and full of judgment ? Justice hath dwelled within
luVy but now tliere dwell murderers. Thy silver is turned into
drosSj thy wine is mingled with water. Thy princes are faitlUess^
ttie companiofts of thieves^ &cy
But not yet content with this plunder, the wicked informers
wrung from the unhappy Anion, in whose house they had dis-
covered it, three pounds more, and furthermore cast down upon
the ground and trampled under foot the flour that should have
served for the maintenance of his poor family. And although
the unhappy man afterwards begged of the magistracy, that in
common justice his money should not only be restored to him,
but also the damage should be made good which the robbers had
inflicted on him, nevertheless all that he could get from them
was this answer, That all the money found in the house had been
Mrs. Allen's, and not his.
At the same time they carried away with them to the sheriff
of the county two of Mrs. Allen's servants, as prisoners, whom
that utterly barbarous man at once thrust down into a deep dun-
geon, and upon their being thence brought out after the period
of four and twenty hours, he received them with the roughest
language, and threatened them with all kinds of torments unless
they immediately confessed tliat Mrs. Allen had packed up the
U
146 The History 0/ Poullon-U-Fylde.
money with the purpose of sending it to Rheims to her husband's
brother Dr. Allen. They answered that they could not confess
to a matter whereof they had no knowledge, even though he were
to inflict on them a thousand kinds of torments.
After the servants the next person applied to was Anion, and
to him an oath was tendered, along with a command, that he
should truly confess whether or no the money which had been
delivered to him had been destined for Dr. Allen. To this, after
taking the oath, he answered that he had received the money
from Mrs. Allen to the intent that, if any misfortune should befall
the mother in these ups and downs, he should deliver the money
over to the daughters. But in no wise could this testimony be
admitted by the rapacious sheriff, who, preferring his own profit
to the advantage of the daughters, refused to allow the same
Anion to appear hereafter as a witness, unless he gave a promise
that he would give evidence in favour of the royal treasury
against the daughters, against justice, and against piety.
There lived in the same part of the county Mistress Aloysa
Haddock, a spinster of excellent family, and daughter to the
eminent confessor of Christ, the right worshipful gentleman, Mr.
Haddock of Cottam. Albeit these robbers were aware and saw
with their own eyes she was harrassed with grievous infirmity,
and was frequently subject to epileptic fits, and on that account
had promised to have her in the custody of a certain neighbour-
ing gentleman, who made petition to that effect ; nevertheless,
when, in opposition to their own impious speeches and Calvinian
revilings hurled against the Roman pontiff, they heard her utter-
ing prayers to God in behalf of his holiness, they fell into such
a blazing fury, that in utter disregard of the promise they had
made and of the renewed entreaties of her friends, they absolutely
determined to cast the maiden into prison unless she would join
them in their scurrilous abuse of Christ's vicar, and would beg
pardon of her queen, that is of the pontiff of the English, for so
horrible a misdeed, namely, having prayed for his holiness, which
impiety this most religious gentlewoman was so far from acced-
Old Halls and Old Families, 147
ing that, on the contrary, she did not hesitate to repeat in their
hearing, and with much more firmness and fervour, the selfsame
prayers for the Roman pontiff, and for all Catholic priests living
under his obedience. And so, abating nothing by reason of the
savage bowlings of these raving wretches, she was prepared to
bear with lofty and courageous mind the rest of the cruel usage
wherewith they threatened her. She was a maiden truly worthy
of the noble race of Haddock, which has the glory of producing
two confessors, her father and the elder son, and one martyr,
George Haddock, the younger son, all of them most holy priests
of Christ.
Matters were going on in the manner that we have described,
when the pious and many-wise afflicted widow, perceiving that
the stay of her adversaries in her house was much longer than
she had expected it to be, began to grow exceedingly anxious,
not now for her money, house, or furniture, but for her daughters,
maidens of the most excellent breedings, whom she saw left as it
were to the claws of lions, and to the savageness of gluttons and
tipplers. Accordingly, looking in the first place to God, she
begged of Him with earnest and fervent prayer that He would
vouchsafe to snatch from the lion's mouth those tender pledges,
dearer to her than her life, and to defend them under the shadow
of His wings from the face of the wicked who afflicted them ; in
the next place, that she might not appear to despise human aids,
she followed such methods of delivering her daughters from
their peril as her good judgement could afford her amid so many
perplexities, and in the distressed condition of her affairs, more-
over the maidens themselves imitated their mother's zeal and
prudence, for when they had perceived from the impious actors
in this barbarous proceeding, and from their threatening words,
that they were to be removed elsewhere, where they would be
taught a different mode of living, believing and worshipping God
from what they had hitherto been accustomed to under their
mother, having, equally with their pious mother, a concern for
their salvation, they eagerly strove after every opportunity to
148 The History of Poulton-le-Fylde.
escape, especially as they had already learned from various ex-
amples how dangerous a thing it would be to fall into the hands
of the heretics at such a sorrowful time.
The fourth day had now dawned since the mother and daugh-
ters were burthened with this heavy anxiety, when the sherifTs
deputy had determined to remove the maidens on that day to
the sherifTs house, and the thing would have been done had not
the most merciful God delivered them from the snare of the
hunters. For as the deputy, when about to depart, had left the
charge of removing the damsels to some of his own followers,
these men, being in no great hurry to go away, but putting off
their journey for several days, furnished the maidens with an
opportunity of devising an escape. Accordingly, after holding
discussion among themselves, as far as the time allowed, it seemed
to all of them an excellent plan to get hold of the keys of the
outer door. To that intent therefore they each kept watch, and
at length they obtained their will. For one day (the other people
not having the slightest suspicion of any such design) they carried
off the keys and hid them away, and so were in the position that
at night time the door could only be shut by a bolt pushed to
on the inward side, which would hinder access from without, but
could be moved back with ease by anybody within. Without
delay, having got so good an opportunity of escaping, the maidens
in the dead of night, whilst all lay buried in slumber, drew back
the bolt and opened the door, and hastened to the nearest ferry,
where they embarked in a boat, which they had found as it were
made ready for them by God's providence, and immediately
crossed over to the other side of the river, and thence wandering
along by-ways, and scarce daring to trust themselves to any
one's hospitality on account of the cruelty of their adversaries
who were in pursuit of them, and who searched into every corner,
they at length reached their mother, whom they found wavering
between hope and fear, after a fortnight's pitiable wandering.
Here the good mother, having embraced her dear children,
began to consider by what method she could help them, de-
Old Halls and Old Families. 149
spoiled as they were of all their possessions and of their noble
patrimony. The thought occurred to her, to ask certain gentle-
men and friends of hers, to whom she had aforetime made a gift
of all her property in trust for the use of her daughters, that they,
in faithfulness to Grod and to her afflicted children, would vouch-
safe to assist the orphans in this extreme necessity, as they had
promised to do. But from these she could obtain nothing, ex-
cept a new occasion of grief. For, as if dreading greatly in this
affair a dangerous rock on which the breezes of human favour
might make a shipwreck, and utterly regardless of friendship,
kindred, neighbourhood, piety, promise, or public faith, they
plainly refused to attempt anything in behalf of the maidens
until they should see what the law would decide upon the whole
matter; just as if they were to say that they would be their
friends and protectors only so long as they did not need their
help and assistance.
But God, who is wont to comfort the oppressed in their worst
extremity, was not lacking to the pious matron in this trouble of
herself and of her children ; nay. He supplied them with other
faithful advocates and friends, namely, certain gentlemen with
whom equity and justice was nearer to their hearts than the good
will and favour of men. These therefore went to the high sherifT,
and admonished him to attempt nothing against the ordering of
the laws or the consideration of justice in the cause of the widowed
gentlewoman, and at the same time they informed him that the
money, furniture, title-deeds of paternal inheritance and of other
lands, which had been carried away and confiscated by him to
the queen, was the property of the daughters, and not of the
mother, and therefore, even though the mother might be pro-
scribed as an outlaw (which they affirmed was not yet sufficiently
clear), yet the daughters on that account ought not, nor could
they by any legal process be despoiled of their property or bereft
of their patrimony. To these gentlemen the sheriff said that he
would appoint twelve men, who should determine, according to
the custom of the country and the laws of the realm, to whom
the property should belong then and in time to come.
1 50 • The History of Poulton-le-Fylde.
The day appointed for the trial was the 24th January, when
judgement should be pronounced at Manchester ; and many had
entirely persuaded themselves that the hapless daughters would
recover their property, when, in the meantime, not a few of their
friends who were endued rather with human than divine wisdom,
and who were exceedingly intimate with those twelve men to
whom the settlement of the cause had been committed, endea-
voured with many arguments to prevail on Mrs. Allen to allow
her daughters to come to the court, and to claim back in person
their stolen property, which by the laws of England was due and
owing to them from their father's will, and their mother's gift
^^ inter vivos^ But this advice was very displeasing to many
Catholics, and especially to Mrs. Allen, who could not, by any
force of reasoning, be induced to let her daughters fall again into
the grip of the wolves. For this most prudent woman saw, and
had now learned by the great persecution of many years, that
her daughters would not be heard by the judges sitting on the
bench, until they should first promise to go to the synagogues of
the Calvinists, and that if they refused this they would either at
once be consigned to prison, or along with their mother be strip-
ped of all their possessions. She therefore chose six gentlemen,
attached to her by long-standing friendship, to appear at Man-
chester in the name of the maidens, and unfold to the jury the
account of the whole cause. To these she moreover added four
others, born of good family, to testify to the gift of her property,
made by her, to her daughters, and to prove it by a public instru-
ment which they had with them.
On the appointed day therefore they assembled at Manchester,
both the aforesaid gentlemen and the witnesses in behalf of the
maidens, as well as the sheriff and his colleagues ; the sheriff
named as foreman of the jury Edmund Fleetwood, who himself
alleged some sort of claim to the widow's house, which is called
Rosshall, and which formerly belonged to a certain neighbouring
monastery ; but which Edmund's father, as he himself asserted,
had purchased many years before from Henry VIII. Nay this
'- '-^dtk
Old Halls and Old Families. 151
Fleetwood, moreover, had several times sought every means of
wresting the possession of this house and its lands from Mrs.
Allen's hands, although he knew that the term of the lease, which
had been granted by the abbot himself to Mrs. Allen's ancestors
before the subversion of the monasteries, had not yet expired.
For this reason, according to the usage and custom of the laws
of England, the friends of the maidens challenged this man as
inimical, and prayed that he might be erased from the jury list
But the sheriff said that he was a proper man to pronounce upon
the present cause, and that a man was not to be struck off whose
assistance the queen had been pleased to use in this affair.
But as he deemed that this answer of his was abundantly
sufficient for the challenge made by the complainant, he could
not bring his mind to remove the hostile man from the list of
jurors, although the advocates and friends of the maidens did
more than once object that he was disallowing against the laws
and customs of the country. But so utterly bootless were their
efforts that, as four-and-twenty jurors were wont to be impaneled
in causes of this kind, the sheriff, at his own will and pleasure,
added three-and-twenty other jurymen of the like sort, who were
evidently under agreement and compact with Fleetwood.
When this was observed by the proxies of the maidens, they
then indeed utterly laid aside all hope of obtaining a favourable
judgement ; nevertheless, that they might not appear to have left
undone any of those things which ought naturally to be done, in
the fairest conducted cause, they brought forth the mother's deed
of gift, and at the same time produced the four witnesses, men of
honourable station, to testify upon oath that this agreement or
" donatio inter vivos " was made in the same manner as was set
forth in the instrument. But all these things the sheriff rejected
with the same shamelessness wherewith he had before disposed of
the exception, disdaining to hear even witnesses ready to assert
the truth, lest (as he said) he should appear to show favour to
Papists, traitors, and enemies of the commonwealth ; but he said
that he would gladly hear them in case they would speak in her
152 The History of Poultan-le-Fylde.
majesty's behalf. Here some of the gentlemen, who managed
the cause of the afflicted children, informed the sheriff that among
other writings carried away from Mrs. Allen's house was the lease
of a certain farm called Toderstaffe, which Mr. Richard Allen,
uncle to the maidens, had given as a gift to the two younger
ones before his death ; therefore they earnestly begged that it
might be given back for their support, but in this petition also,
as in the rest, they met with a refusal from the unrighteous sheriff,
who declared that not even this should be granted to the queen's
enemies.
As, therefore, those gentlemen who acted as proxies for the
maidens saw that there was no room left for justice in that court,
under this most abandoned man, they thenceforth held their
peace and left the whole determination of the cause to the jurors,
who, that they might seem to keep up some appearance of law,
withdrew for awhile as if to commune upon the business, though
the mind and instructions of the sheriff had already taught them
what verdict they should bring in. In the meantime, while they
were maintaining this show in the apartment or place of consul-
tation, Anion, the host of Mrs. Allen, as we have before said,
roused to indignation at the baseness of the transaction, made his
way to the same place, and exhorted them, first, that they should
see the fear of God before their eyes, and come to a fair and a
just award, and next, that they should remove out of their body
certain mistrusted men, whom he enumerated by name, and
especially Fleetwood, the foremost adversary, and notoriously so
of Mrs. Allen and her daughters. But in vain was the good
man's labour with them whose eyes were utterly blinded with
the greed of their own gain and the dread of offending their
sovereign, for after a short delay in the conference room, they
sallied forth together, and in the name of all of them Fleetwood,
the spokesman, declared their finding as follows : Whereas the
children, in whose name this suit is instituted, are not here pre-
sent, we declare that they are either deceased, or else are fled the
realm, and therefore are accounted as civilly dead. Whence it
Old Halls and Old Families. 153
followeth that whatsoever property hath been found, the same
doth all belong to the mother, and not to the children : and since
the mother hath been proclaimed an outlaw, we adjudge that all
the property doth appertain to the crown and ought thither to
revert.
The jurors, therefore, having given their verdict, the sheriff,
with scarce any delay, betook himself to both houses of the widow,
the one called Rossehall, and the other called Toderstaffe, and
thence caused all the cattle to be driven away, and the other
goods and chattels to be carried off, and with them the leases
and deeds, also the ornaments of the girls, and the remainder of
the feminine toilet and wardrobe, because they were not present
in person to claim their own property.
But since the royal officers alleged this reason for their robbery,
namely, that Mrs. Allen had been indicted, condemned, and pro-
scribed as one outside the law's pale, and thus had been justly
deprived of the possession of all her property by verdict of a jury,
the prudent matron made endeavour, through her friends, to get
a copy of this indictment and outlawry, not doubting but that
in the proceedings there would easily be detected some error,
whence, according to English law, she could take occasion of
restoring her own and her children's cause against the adverse
parties. But here also the unrighteous sheriff turned a deaf ear,
alleging a decree and order of the queen and privy council, by
authority whereof he affirmed he had hitherto acted throughout
the affair. Finally, as it was indisputable that the excellent
mother had at length tried every method of aiding her children,
she prepared a humble memorial to the privy council, both that
the councillors (as they were on other occasions wont to pretend
with foreign princes and nations, when they were charged with
this monstrous tyranny and barbarous bloodthirstiness) might
not feign ignorance of the matter, and, also, that she might de-
mand of them, if to be had from any tribunal at all in England,
the justice and equity against the violence of their adversaries
wherewith they might relieve her and the fatherless maidens
X
154 '^^ Hutory of PcuUcn-U-Fjlde.
&it WillLirn CeciL h:^ treasurer of the kfas^ooL wiiom she
chfcfiy sup^Ifcateti and %-ho had the habft of taooe5--Iovii^ no
less than the thtei-es of loTirer grade of whom we hare kxtfacfto
treatttl, gave th-j pio-i "a-fdj-*- and her childrea not mvch more
hope of equf:>' or p:ty than the rest of the robbers. So that oat
of the whole of this persecution by law proceeding?, the distressed
matron noted these rao things : firstly, that the higher the rank
and dtgnitj- of tho-se whom she supplicated, so much the greater
was the co<t and hea\":er the labours she fruitlessly underwent,
both by herself and by :5entlemen who were her friends ; next,
that the more wro nc^f ullv men saw that she ^"as dealt with, so
many the more CaU-inian rulers were found who loi^ed after
the plunder.
For when the widow and her children were cut oflF from every
method of regaining possession of the stolen property*, in the first
place the sheriff, with his partner Worsley, claimed for them*
selves the whole boot>', as a re\i'ard for the obedience they had
shown towards the queen's majest\% and by reason of their office
they entered into the earliest possession thereof.
Afterwards, two ladies affirmed that it belonged to themselves,
by a general grant made by the queen's majesty of all property
which should accrue to the royal treasury-, in the county of Lan*
caster, through the outlawry of persons con\*icted. And with
these claimants, indeed, the sheriff would gladly hax'e settled the
business, asserting that in their name he had carried off the whole
booty. But behold, one Baptist, a pensioner of the royal palace,
spread it abroad that the queen had bestowed on him all the
property of the widow and children, under the title of wages and
reward ; nevertheless, on condition that he should carefully look
after the tender maidens, and cause them to be honourably
brought up. For so did it please the governors of England to
cover their robberies and Turkish plunderings with the cloak of
pretended piety, while declaring to the public that it was to be
accounted a work of great mercy and piety, if the sovereigfn
should cause innocent children and tender maidens, piously bred
Old Halls and Old Families. 155
in the Catholic faith, to be torn from their parents and delivered
over to abominable Calvinists, that they may learn from them
the doctrine of their impure and bloody gospel, and at the same
time breathe from their earliest years the cruel spirit of Calvin,
which cost them the loss of all their property.
To these claimants was added William Cecil, treasurer of the
kingdom, and though he was the last to strive for it, nevertheless,
as he approached the booty, fortified by authority and armed
with crafty counsel, he easily imposed silence on all the rest of
the competitors ; on the widow and daughters, inasmuch as they
had been lawfully deprived by the finding of the jurors (against
which there could be allowed no appeal) ; on the sheriff of the
county and on Worsley, inasmuch as they had executed their
parts in virtue of their office, for which they have the ordinary
fee from the sovereign, and therefore they ought not to look for
aught else, unless the queen's majesty should chance to bestow
on them something else of inferior value, and that spontaneously ;
also, on the ladies, inasmuch as the g^ant made them was to be
understood of property which should be confiscated by the laws
at the time when the grant was made, but not those which should
afterwards be established, such as were the laws just lately passed
against Papists on account of religion. Finally, he shut Baptist's
mouth also, asserting that the promise made to him by the queen
was for a reward of five hundred pounds only, but not for the
widow's property, which was worth over three thousand pounds.
In this way Cecil, in a short time, brought it about that the
sheriff of the county, who held all this property in his hands, was
summoned to London by a royal messenger. As the sheriff was
hindered by gout from proceeding thither, he sent his son in his
name, together with Worsley, his deputy, and they had no sooner
made their appearance than they were thrown into prison until
they promised, under recognizances, that they would give an
exact account of all receipts to the queen's treasurer, William
Cecil, who reserved to himself, at any rate, the biggest share of
what could bo recovered, for other thieves also, of lesser rank,
were accomplices in this monstrous robbery.
1 56 The History of Poulton-le-Fylde.
Finally, the matron of proven virtue, the gentlewoman formerly
rich, but now reduced to poverty for Christ's sake, and bereft of
all the advantages of this life, even of the hope of advantages so
far as they could be looked for from England, and perceiving
now no way of recovering her property from the hands of the
powerful in iniquity, giving thanks with her great and uncon-
quered soul unto God, who " maketh poor and enricheth, bring-
eth low and lifteth up," determined, together with her two elder
children, to depart from her native land, in which she had endured
so much wrong, and from her kinsfolk and her father's house,
even as the great Abraham, and to go forth into the land which
the most merciful God should point out to her, " rather choosing
to be afflicted with the people of God, than to have the delight
of temporal sin, counting the reproach of Christ as greater riches
than the treasury of the English." Therefore, looking with her
whole mind to God, the rewarder, she left England, not fearing
the eager cruelty of the queen, nor feared she, being a woman
pre-eminent with fame of holiness, to spend her life in a strange
land, knowing that she and her daughters would have many
good things, if they feared God and acted well, withdrawing
themselves from sin and Calvinian faithlessness, and serving God
in His holy Church with lowly heart and pure intent
After passing through many hardships and perils innumerable
by land and sea, during two months and more, wherein they
were compelled at night-time to accomplish long journeys, and
at day-time to lurk in woods and thickets, or other secret places,
Mrs. Allen at length reached Rheims in safety, with her two
elder daughters, to the consolation of herself, of her friends, and
of the most illustrious house of Guise, as also of the foremost
prelates and nobles of the Rhcmish church and city, also of all
the English who there lived in exile for Christ's sake, and espe-
cially of Dr. Allen, her husband's brother, on whose account she
underwent a great deal of this bitter sorrow.
Therefore, now there in the enjoyment of their holy society,
and having at length gotten the long wished for freedom of con-
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1 58 Tlie History of Poulton-le-Fylde.
it appears that he was seised of Rossall Grange, the manor of
Laton, and divers lands in Northbrecke, Warbreck, Holmes,
Norcrosse, and other places in Poulton and Bispham, he is des-
cribed as " formerly of London but late of Vache Park." The
marriage settlement on his second marriage was dated 24 June,
1563.' He left a will (which has not been preserved) by which
he appointed Bridget his wife executrix.^
By his first wife he had issue : i Edmund, of whom hereafter ;
2 Robert, died before his father; 3 Francis, died before his father;
4 Margaret. By his second wife he had fourteen children, viz.:
I Sir William Fleetwood who held the manor of Laton; in 1574
he was described as of Eyton, county Bedford,^ and in 1583 was
living at Hcsketh in Lancashire,"* and subsequently at Cranbard
in Middlesex. He married Jane, sister of John, Lord Clifton, and
had a numerous issue, amongst whom were Sir Miles Fleetwood,
knight, receiver of the court of wards ; Sir William Fleetwood.^
whose son Charles married Bridget, the daughter of Oliver Crom-
well, and widow of Henry Ireton. Sir William Fleetwood was a
most prominent figure in the civil wars, he is commonly known as
Lord Fleetwood. It is not known for certain that he had issue by
Cromwell's daughter, but there appears little reason to doubt that
the late Colonel Chester^ was right in believing that the child
Anne Fleetwood, whose body was disinterred at Westminster
Abbey by royal warrant in September, 1661, was a grandchild
of tlie Protector. Bridget Fleetwood was buried at St. Anne's,
Blackfriars, London, 1 July, 1662.7 2 Edward, parson of Wigan
in 1585 ; 3 Thomas ; 4 Francis ; 5 Sir George Fleetwood of Vache,
he married Katherine, daughter of Henry Denny of Waltham in
Essex, and died 21 December, 1620, he had issue eight sons (one
" Record office, xii., 2 Eliz.; this document is nearly unreadable.
• Ducliy Pleadings, 89, F. 2.
3 Deeds of Fayles' estate.
< Duchy Records, Pleadings, 89, F 2.
s He or his father held Laton in 1642 (deeds of th.it date) and then livetl at Elingv.
^ Westminster Abbey Register, p. 522.
^ There is a tradition that she was buried in Hispham Church.
Old Halls and Old Families. 159
of whom, James, was bishop of Worcester) and six daughters ;
6 Henry ; 7 Michael ; 8 Anne and six others who probably
died young.
Edmund Fleetwood of Rossall, the eldest son of Thomas
Fleetwood was twenty-eight years old at the time of his father's
death in 1570, and he succeeded to the Rossall property, the
manor of Laton going to his brother William. He married
Elizabeth, daughter of John Cheney of Chesham Boys in the
county of Bucks. He died about 1622 (and was probably buried
at Bispham), the inq.post mort. being taken at Preston on 23 Sep-
tember, in that year ; he was seised of Rossall Grange and two mes-
suages and land in Thornton, with lands in Norbreck, Bispham,
Laton, Marton and Poulton, he also had acquired the right of pre-
sentation to the vicarage of Poulton. His widow did not long sur-
vive him, her will was dated 14 October, 1624,' the following is the
substance of it: "Her body to be buried in Bispham church. To
Elizabeth Fleetwood, daughter of her son Paul Fleetwood, £y
To her son Edmund Fleetwood, 20 nobles. To her son Edward
Fleetwood, £6. To her daughter Anne Fleetwood 20 nobles. To
Bridget Butler, daughter of her son-in-law Robert Butler, jf 20.
To her cousin Edmund Cheney, 30?. The rest to her son Edward
whom she appoints executor." After her death Rossall Hall was
held by her two sons Robert and Edmund.* Edmund Fleet-
wood had issue :
1. Paul, of whom hereafter.
2. Edmund Fleetwood, married Elizabeth, daughter of John
Tempest of the county of York ; he lived for some years at Skip-
pool in Poulton, and was buried at Bispham, 17 April, 1648. He
had issue George and Elizabeth, and probably other children
He held a moiety of Rossall Hall.
3. Thomas Fleetwood is named as third son of Edmund Fleet-
wood of Rossall in a bill of pleading in the duchy court as living
in 1599. His name is omitted by Dugdale and St. George,^
• Harl. add. MSS,, 32, 115.
' Excheq. Dep. by Com. 1657, Easter, No. 32 Lane.
' Duchy Records, vol. 170, F 17, 42 Elii.
i6o Tlie History of Poulton-le-Fylde.
4. Robert Fleetwood is also named in 1559, ^^ settled at
Wesham in Kirkham, and married Mary, the daughter of ... .
Brcres of Lathom. He was buried at Kirkham 19 March, 1641-2,
and his widow in the June following ; they had issue: Edmund,
who was 37 years old in 1664, and possibly other children. He
passed a moiety of the lands of Rossall to Reginald Heber.' (See
p. 162.)
5. Edward Fleetwood, vicar of Kirkham. (See Hist of Kirk-
ham, p. tt)
6. Francis Fleetwood, said to have died unmarried. He may
have been the Francis Fleetwood described as of the Middle
Temple, London, gentleman, in a deed of assignment of a mes-
suage in the parish of St Andrew.*
7. Bridget Fleetwood was married at Poulton, 20 October,
1 60 1, to Richard,^ the son of William Burgh of Larbrick, in
Kirkham ; she died before 1637, without issue. (See History of
Kirkham, p. 182.)
8. Elizabeth Fleetwood married Sir George Philpot of Hamp-
shire.
9. Anne Fleetwood married, 9 November, 1601, at Poulton,
Robert Butler of Rawcliffe, and had issue.
10. Barbara Fleetwood was married at Poulton, 26 June, 1615,
to Richard, the son of Robert Newsham of Newsham Hall, in
Goosnargh.
Paul Fleetwood, eldest son of Edmund Fleetwood of Ros-
sall, was 46 years old in 1622, and was therefore born in 1576.
He married, (ist,) Jane, the daughter of Richard Argall of the
county of Kent, and after his marriage he went to live at Hack-
ensall, and afterwards purchased the manors of Preesall and
Hackensall ; he does not appear at any time to have occupied
RossalL He was knighted between 1 622^ and 1 629. In the latter
' Excheq. Dep. by Com. 1657, Easter, No. 32 Lane
' Deed in author's possession.
3 The Poulton register gives "Burrowes." St. George (in 16 1 3 Visitation) giyes
" Burgh," which is correct
* In Preston Guild Roll of that year he is described as "Arm."
Old Halls and Old Families. i6i
year he was engaged in a law suit, in which he was the defend-
ant, and his brothers Edward and Robert were plaintiffs, who
pleaded that Sir Paul retained in his hands their portions of the
estate of their late father. As a consequence of this action, the
manors of Hackensall, Presall, and Rossall were extended for
the debts of Sir Faul.' He appears to have lost his case, as
Rossall passed to his two brothers, with whom he joined in bor-
rowing a sum of money on bond, with some of the lands above-
named as security, from Sir Thomas Lucy, knight, who sued
them for the amount in 1633.2 In May, 1645, his wife died, and
was buried at Bispham (on the 5 th), being described in the regis-
ter as " Lady Fleetwood of Hackinsall."
Sir Paul married, (2nd), Anne, sister of Ralph Baskell, as ap-
pears from an indenture dated 2 March, 1652, between Paul
Fleetwood of Rossall, knt., on the one part, George Middleton
of Leigh ton, Robert Rawlinson of Cartmel, Esqrs., and Charles
Foster of Hackensall, gentleman, on the other part, which wit-
nessed that Sir Paul, in consideration of the natural love and
affection which he had for Margaret and Anne (Heetwoode,
daughters of him by dame Anne his then wife, and for their
better maintenance, he granted to the said George Middleton,
Robert Rawlinson, and Charles ffoster, all those his manors of
Layton and Great Marton, and other lands in Bispham, to the
intent that they should, after his decease, convey the same to his
son Richard Fleetwood, he first having paid il'200 to the said
Margaret and Anne, £^0 to Paul, the eldest son of Francis
Fleetwood, younger son of Sir Paul, i;" 100 to Francis Fleetwood,
i;'2o to Benjamin Foster, youngest son of Charles Foster, and
;f 50 to Ralph Baskell, brother-in-law to Sir Paul, in considera-
tion of the faithful service he had done to him.^
For some offence, the nature of which is unknown. Sir Paul
' Exchequer Depos. by Commission, 4 Chas. I., Lane., Michaelmas, No. 7, Record
office.
* Ihid.^ 8 Chas. I., Lane, Easter, No. 1 1, Record office.
3 Original deed in possession of Mr. Joseph Gillow.
V
1 62 The History of Poulton-le-Fylde.
Fleetwood was outlawed. He was alive in April, 1657, but died
shortly afterwards,' being at the time greatly involved in pecu-
niary difficulties. His wife survived him. He had issue by the
first wife :
1. Edward 2 Fleetwood. He was married on 29 January, 163 1,
at Marton church (near Skipton-in-Craven), to Everill,^ one of
the daughters of Thomas Hebcr of Stainton, in the county of
York, Esq. In the Preston Guild Roll of 1642, he is described
as of Rossall. He had issue five daughters. Mary, married
William Worthington of Snidall in Lancashire, Elizabeth, married
Thomas Butler of Kirkland, Jane, married John Singleton of
Staining, and Ann and Catherine. In 1635, the Poulton registers
record the burial of his brother-in-law, "13 Jan., Josiah Habart^
[Hebcr], gentleman, of Rossall." Edward Fleetwood died about
the year 1646.S
In 1657, Everill, the widow of Edward Fleetwood and R^nal
Heber, received the profits of a moiety of Rossall hall ; in that
year several tenants gave evidence to the effect that they paid
rent to them for lands forming part of the estate; amongst others,
Robert Jolly of Lay ton, gentleman, aged 45, paid to them 2s.
and a day's shearing, or 4^/. in silver.^
Everill Fleetwood afterwards married Rigby.
2. Richard Fleetwood, baptized at Stalmine, 25 October, 161 3,
he married Ann, the daughter of Thomas Mayo of Beyford Place,
Herts. After the death of his brother Edward he succeeded to
what was left of the family estates, but his predecessors appeared
' Excheq. Deps. by Com., 1657, Easter, No. 32, Lane.
' Dugdale makes this Edmund, and this has been followed by Baines, Raines, and
others ; from the evidence of the Preston Guild Rolls of 1622 and 1642, it would appear
that Edward is correct. The marriage register at Marton furnishes ** Mr. fflectwoode**
only ; his baptism is not in the register of either Stalmine or Poulton. In Excheqner
Deposition by Commission in 1657, he is called ** Edmund."
3 Baptized at Marton, 1 6 April, 1607.
* Heber was usually pronounced *' Habar."
s Exchcc. Dep. by Commission, Lane, Easter, No. 32.
^ Exchcc. Dep. by Com., 1657, Easter, No. 32.
Old Halls and Old Families. 163
to have so involved the ancestral acres that a witness in the Ex-
chequer Court in 1657' swore that out of them "he believed that
he [Richard Fleetwood] got very little clear profit;" another cause
which had added to the trouble was the constant over-flowing of
the sea at Rossall and Hackinsall, witnesses at the time stated
that "by reason of his [Fleetwood's] building up Hackinsall Hall,
which was fallen down and ruined, he was a great loser," " that he
had lost over £ZQO since his entry by reason of repairs and the
payment of ;^30 to Mr. Mayo of London," "that Everill Rigby &
Reginal Heber lost 400 sheep at Rossall, and 7 or 8 years before
500 sheep by the overflow of the sea" [at Rossall] ; in 1656 the
overflow had caused a loss of " 54 beasts & 1 1 horses," whilst "some
of the premisses were totally lost and never recovered, the loss last
year [1655] amounting to £200 in a half year"; great expense had
also been incurred by the re-building of Layton windmill, and
" building up the seabank."
In 1669 Richard Fleetwood was living at Hackensall ; he had
issue two sons, 2 Edward, living in 1662, Paul, who was baptized
at Poulton, 25 December, 1663, and a daughter Margaret, all of
whom died in infancy.
3. Francis Fleetwood, of whom hereafter.
4. William Fleetwood, baptized at Stalminc, 21 October, 162 1,
his name is on the Guild Roll of 1622, but not on that of 1642.
5. Elizabeth Fleetwood, married at Stalmine, 28 October,
1635, to Patrick Garden,^ an Irishman.
6. Marie Fleetwood, married at Stalmine, 6 May, 1636, to
Robert Shaw of High Bullock, vicar of Cockerham, and father
of George Shaw, vicar of Poulton. (See p. ^6^
By his second wife, Sir Paul Fleetwood had issue two daugh-
ters, Margaret and Anne, who were both living in 1652. (See p.
161.)
' Exchequer Q.R. Dep. 1657, Easter No. 32, Lane For full extract of this sec
'* Excheq. Dcp. by Com.** (Record Society of Lane, and Chcs.)
' Trcston Guild Rolls, 1662.
* Registers give "Gordon," Dugdale gives "Grogan."
164 The History 0/ Poulton-le-Fylde.
Francis Fleetwood, third son of Sir Paul, was baptized at Stal-
mine, 25 January, 1617-18. He married Mary, the daughter of
Charles Foster of Preesall ; it is doubtful if he ever lived at
Rossall. He died before 1682 ; he left no will, but letters of
administration were granted in 1684, and he was therein described
as of Preesall. He had issue : i Paul Fleetwood, baptized at
Stalmine, 18 October, 1650, died before 1664-5 ; 2 Richard
Fleetwood (of whom presently) ; 3 Edmund, an attorney of
Poulton ; he married Prudence Barton, — June, 1690, and died
before 17 10, having issue a daughter Mary, living in 17 10, and a
daughter Prudence, who died in August, 1727 ; 4 Elizabeth
Fleetwood, died unmarried and was buried at Poulton 3 1 January,
171011. Her will, dated 25 September, 17 10, was not proved
until 14 June, 1733 ; in it she leaves £20 to Mary, daughter of
her brother Edmund Fleetwood, deceased, also her wearing
apparel ; to her niece, Fleetwood Farrington, wife of Robert Far-
rington of London, gentleman, she gives £^ ; to Richard, soVi of
her kinsman Timothy Hall, clerk, ;f2o; to her niece, Lydia
Taylor, wife of James Taylor of Liverpool, mariner, £^ ; her
" affectionate kinsman," Timothy Hall, she made executor. Her
goods, according to the inventory, were worth £64. ly. 2d,; she
is described as *' spinster."
Ricliard Fleetwood, son and heir of Francis Fleetwood, married
at Leyland, 16 June, 1674, Margaret, daughter and heiress of
Edward Fleetwood of Leyland, Esq. Richard Fleetwood, for
some years, lived at Leyland, but afterwards removed to Rossall.
He was the patron of Bispham church, and owned the chancelJ
He died at Rossall 21 December, 1709, and was buried at Poulton
on the 27th. His widow was buried there on 20 February, 1719.
His name is engraved on a stone over the family vault in Poulton
church. (See p. 45.) Previous to 1699 we have no record of a
Fleetwood of Rossall being buried at Poulton. He had issue :
I Samuel Fleetwood. He is named in the Preston Guild of
1682. He died in infancy.
' Id 1704, he granted permission for a burial in his ''owne chancel" [Bispham
registers.]
Old Halls and Old Families. 165
2 Edward Fleetwood, of whom presently.
3 Paul Fleetwood, baptized at Leyland, 9 August, 1688 ; after
his father's death he went to live at Wharles in Kirkham. He
married Mary and was buried at Kirkham, 7 May, 1727,
he had issue: i Paul, baptized 14 May, 171 1 ; in 1742 he was
described as innkeeper, and in 1762 as a labourer ; he had issue
five sons, viz.: Paul, Thomas, Edward, Francis, and Richard. 2
Francis, baptized at Kirkham, 18 July, 17 14. 3 Henry, baptized
at Kirkham, 20 May, 17 17, he had issue a son Paul who was
living in 1762.
4 Mary Fleetwood, baptized at Leyland, 12 July, 1675, buried
at Poulton, 24 November, 1698.
5 Margaret Fleetwood, baptized at Leyland, 4 December, 1690,
married a son of the Rev. Thomas Robinson, vicar of St Michael's*
Thomas Tyldesley in his diary, 30 October, 17 12, refers to this :
" On our retume found y« new marry^ cuple, viz.: Cosin Margaret
Fleetwood and parson Robinson, son, merchant"'
6 Elizabeth Fleetwood, baptized at Leyland 13 May, 1679.
Edward Fleetwood^ second son of Richard Fleetwood, was bom
13 January, 1682. In early life he practised as an attorney in
Ireland, but on the death of his father he returned to Rossall. He
married at Bispham, 30 March, 17 14, Sarah, youngest daughter
of John Veal of Whinney Heys. He died in June, 1737, and was
buried (i July) in the family vault in Poulton church. His widow
survived him nearly 30 years, dying in July, 1760, she was at
that time living at Preston. He had issue :
1 Richard Fleetwood, baptized at Poulton, 4 September, 1721,
and buried there 15 August, 1727.
2 John Fleetwood, baptized 25 September, 1723, buried 19
August, 1727, at Poulton.
3 Margaret, of whom presently.
4 Susanna Fleetwood, baptized 20 August, 17 16, died in
infancy.
* The Tyldesley Diary, p. 60.
1 66 The History of Poulion-le-Fylde.
5 Susanna Fleetwood, born in October, 17 18, buried at Poulton
18 May, 1777.
6 Veal Fleetwood, born 11 July, 1720, died in July 1737,
unmarried.
Margaret Fleetwood^ the eldest daughter of Edward Fleetwood,
was baptized at Bispham, 5 April, 1715. She was married at
Bispham, 16 September, 1733, to Roger Hesketh of North Meols,
Tulketh (and afterwards of Rossall Hall), Esq. He died 16 June,
1 79 1, aged 81, and was buried at North Meols. His wife was
buried at Poulton, ii July, 1752. They had issue a daughter,
Sarah Hesketh, who died 18 August, 1824, and was buried at St.
Michael's, and a son
Fleetwood Hesketh^ who was born i July, 1738, and was buried
at Poulton, 27 April, 1769, his father being then alive, and at
whose death in 1791 the Rossall estate passed to Bold Fleetwood
Hesketh (the eldest son of Fleetwood Hesketh), who dying un-
married 2 July, 18 19 (aged 57), was succeeded by his brother,
Robert Hesketh of Wennington Hall, Melling, in the county of
Lancaster, who was born 18 April, 1764, and died 22 March,
1824, and was buried at Poulton.' He married, at Lancaster,
II September, 1790, Maria, the eldest daughter of Henry Rawlin-
son of that town, she died 3 July, 1824, and was buried at Poulton.
They had issue six sons and four daughters.^ The four elder
sons all died unmarried during their father's lifetime, and the
estates came to the fifth son, Peter Hesketh, who was born at
Melling, 10 August, 1801, and by royal license in 1831 took the
surname of Fleetwood in addition to Hesketh. He was one of
the first members of parliament for Preston under the Reform
Act, being elected in 1832 ; he represented the borough in four
parliaments, retiring in 1847. He was created a baronet in 1838.
' Fleetwood Hesketh had two daughters, Hannah Marie, born ii September, 1760,
and Francis Margaret, who died in infancy.
' Edward Fleetwood, Henry, Edward Thomas, Robert Fleetwood, Peter Charles
(rector of North Mcols and Poulton), Francis Elizabeth, Martha Maria, Maria, and
Anna Maria = Thomas John Knowlys, Esq.
Old Halls and Old Families. 167
Sir Peter was the founder of the modem town of Fleetwood.
(See p. 35.) He was twice married, first at Dover, 8 June, 1826,
to Eliza Debonnaire, daughter of Sir Theophilus John Metcalf of
Fern Hill, in the county of Bucks, bart., by whom he had issue a
son and several daughters, all of whom died young. He married
secondly, Verginie, daughter of Senor Pedro Garcia. In 1844 he
vacated Rossall Hall (which was made into a public school) ; he
was the last of the Fleetwoods of Rossall. He died at Brighton
in 1864.
The above sketch is an unsatisfactory one, but for want of parish
registers (which are missing at Poulton and Bispham), the almost
entire absence of wills, and the fact that the title-deeds have been
scattered, it is impossible to make it more complete. It is almost
certain that one or more descendants of the earlier branches lived
in Poulton in the 17th century.
Little Poulton Hall.
Behind the farm buildings now known by this name were, until
quite recently, the foundations of the old manor house, about
which, however, very little information has been handed down to
us.'
George Hesketh, the younger son of Bartholomew Hesketh of
Hcskcth, was living here in the 17th century, and his son William
succeeded him and married the daughter of John Allen of Rossall^
by whom he had issue : William and Wilfrid. William Hesketh
married Anne the daughter of Hugh Anderton of Euxton. He
died about 1627, as appears from a receipt for £60 from Christo-
pher Mather given to "Ann late wife of William Hesketh of
Poulton," being the portion of Christopher Mather*s wife, who was
the daughter of William Hesketh.^ He had issue several sons
' Porter, in his Histcny of t)u Fylde^ states that Little Poulton Hall in the i6th cen-
tury was held by the Curwin and Barbon family, and gives as his authority St. Geor^ge's
Visitation, 1613 ; the pedigree there recorded refers entirely to a family of Poulton-lc-
Sands, near Lancaster.
' See IliUory of Kirkham^ p. 1 96. ' Title Deeds.
1 68 Tlie History of Poulton-le-Fylde.
and daughters, the eldest of whom, Thomas, was in 1677 living
here, and on his removal to Mains Hall his eldest son William
came to Poulton Hall. A little later (in 1687), there was a John
Hesketh of Little Poulton, who probably was the third son of the
last-named William Hesketh. The church registers give the
burials of two of his daughters, one in 1687 and the other in 1688,
both being named "Perpetua" (after their grandmother Perpetua
Westby). John Hesketh was buried in April, 1689. The next
Hesketh of Little Poulton was Thomas (probably a son of Joha
Hesketh), his daughter Katherine was buried at Poulton in
December, 1702. He died in January, 17 12-13, and was buried
at Poulton. In December, 1751, "Mr. George Hesketh of Little
Poulton was buried at the parish church, and in October, 1772,
James Lupton of " Little Poulton Hall " was buried. The estate
belonging to Little Poulton Hall is now the property of Joseph
Fitzherbert-Brockholes, Esq., of Claughton.
TODDERSTAFF HaLL,
Now a farm-house, is one of those old halls which has seen
better days. In the i6th century some of the Allen family lived
here (see p. 1 36), and either owned it or held it on a long lease.
In 1597 Thomas Lj^ham resided here, the parish registers supply
the names of several other families connected with Todderstaff,
but they were probably only tenants for short terms. The hall
now belongs T. H. Miller of Singleton, Esq.
Thornton Hall
Was doubtless at one time the manor house, and here lived for
many generations the family to which the township gave its name
(see p. 12). The maps of the county in the early part of the 17th
century all have marked upon them " Thornton Hall." By deed
dated 8 March, 16 Charles II. (1666), the "capital messuage or
mansion house called Thornton Hall in Thornton " was conveyed
to Edward Shuttleworth (one of the younger sons of Richard
Shuttleworth of Gawthorp), in right of his wife Alice, as sole
Old Halls and Old Families. 169
daughter and heiress of John Woodhouse of Larbrick in the
parish of Kirkham.' It is at least possible that John Woodhouse
was a descendant of Agnes Thornton who was married to William
Wodey (? Woodhouse) early in the isth century (see p. 16). The
hall is now a farm-house, and all trace of its former importance
is gone.
Burn Hall.
In the 38 Henry III. (1254) Roger de Heton held Burn, as in
that year William le Boteler was proceeded against for trespass
by breaking into Roger's turbary in Brun, [Burn] in Lancashire,
and there throwing into a pit the turves which Roger had cut and
gathered, and also for ill-treating Roger's men.^ In 1332 Batty
de Brun paid subsidy for land in Thornton (see p. 13).
A century later William de Heton held in Thornton, in a place
called Broune, one carve of land in socage, paying yearly lar. at
two terms, with suit to the county and wapentake.^
John Westby (the son of William Westby of Mowbrick), who was
bom about the year 1529, erected or purchased Burn Hall, and
lived partly there and partly at Mowbrick, and it was held by his
descendants until the beginning of the last century, when it passed
to the Rev. J. Bennison, who married Anne, one of the daughters
of Thomas Westby of Mowbrick. Mr. Bennison ruined himself
with an attempt to cultivate his property on the plan laid down
in Virgil's Gcorgics. Bum Hall (or Bourne Hall) subsequently
passed to the Fleetwoods,^ and it is now in the possession of the
trustees of the estate of Mr. Horrocks of Preston.
Thomber, writing in 1837,5 stated that a few years before that
time there was in perfect preservation in Burn Hall a domestic
chapel, but that the oaken wainscoat, carved shields, small statues
and foliage, had been demolished " in order to preserve the cheese
• Larbrick Title Deeds.
■ Abbrei'iatio Placitorum, p. I42.
5 Chet. Soc., vol. Ixxiv. p. 57.
* From 1709-30 Alexander Parker of Bradkirk lived here, and in 1731 J. Bennison.
History of HlackpiH^!^ p. 312.
Z
1 70 The History of Poulton-lc-Fyldc.
room, into which the apartment had been converted, from the in-
roads of rats*'; there was, however, then remaining the ceiling
ornamented with vine leaves and clusters of grapes, and an inscrip-
tion in old characters on an oaken slab nailed over the mantle-piece:
" El^ abjectus esse in Domo Dei mei, magis quam habitari in
tabcrnaculis peccatorum."
Carleton Hall.
All trace of this old hall has long since disappeared, but the
ruins of it were not many years ago to be seen in a field near the
farm house now known as " Gezzerts " or " Gazettes "; at one time
it must have been a building of some pretension, and was for
many generations the manor house of Carleton.
The Carleton family held land in Carleton from a very early
period (see p. 17). In the 13th century Matilda de Karlton,
widow, held lands here of the Priory of St John the Baptist'
(Chester). As witnesses to various charters of this centuiy.
contained in the Couclur Book of W/ialUy, appear William de
Carleton, knt, and Walter de Carleton, and from a charter of
about the same period it appears that Walter de Carleton, son of
William de Carleton, knt, granted to his son and heir William
all the lands which he held in Inskip and Norbrcc and elsewhere
of Richard le Botiller ; this is witnessed by Alan de Syngleton
and Henry de Lee.^
In 1 28 1 Richard le Botiller of RawclifTe married Alicia, the
daughter of William de Carleton, and thus became possessed of
the manor of Inskip. In the subsidy roll of 1332 there appears
for Carleton (see p. 18), Godrich de Carleton and Adam del Halle.
Henry de Carleton and Margaret are parties to deed refering to
lands in Carleton, dated Wednesday next after the feast of St,
Lawrence, 22 Edward III. (A.D. 1343). This Henry de Carleton
had a son John, who was living in I38l
The manor of Carleton, in the 14th century, was held in fee as
• DixUwordi iV.y.S., 142, T74. » Ibid., 144, T 127.
Old Halls and Old Families. 1 7 1
of the manor of Wyresdale, and in 20 Edward III. (1346-7),
Henry de Carleton held four and a half carves of land here," and
there is little doubt but that for the next two centuries the Carle-
tons were the lords of the manor and lived at Carleton HalL
Henry de Carleton, who may have been, and probably was, the
son of the last-named, by his charter, dated at Carleton on the
feast of the nativity of the Virpjin, 8 September, 141 2, confirmed
to Robert de Syngleton a yearly rent of £1, 6j. 8^. out of his
lands in Lancashire.^ There was then living a Lawrence Carle-
ton, whose daughter Margaret granted to Edmund Owytacre and
Thomas de Newton a messuage and half an oxgang of land in
Pulton Parva.3 From a deed dated the day before the feast of
St. Lawrence, i Henry V. (9 August, 141 3), Robert de Syngleton
leased for six years certain lands and a mill in Little Carleton,
which he had from Henry de Carleton, at a rent of five marks and
I \s, yd. per annum.^
Concerning the children of this Henry de Carleton there is no
evidence, but the next representative of the family was Thomas
Carleton. In 16 Henry VI. (1437-8), Richard Butler and
Robert Adlyngton granted a messuage and land in Carleton to
John Worthington, son of Alexander Worthington of Crawshagh,
with remainder to Thomas Carleton.5 About this time a Law-
rence Worthington of Croshaw married a daughter of one of the
Carletons. (St. George's Visitation.)
By charter dated 16 July, 9 Henry V. (1422), John Bredkyrke
and Thomas Pateson, chaplains, conveyed to Elizabeth, the widow
of Robert Clifton, certain messuages and lands in the **vil of
Carleton " for her life, with remainder to George, son and heir of
Thomas Carleton.^ At this time the family was rather a numer-
ous one, and some of its members appear to have served in the
kings army in France, as on 16 July, 8 Henry V. (1421) a writ
of supersedeas was addressed to the Justices of Lancashire, to
' Kuerden AfSS.^ iv., C. I. b. ■ Sherburne Dcccls.
5 Sherburne Deeds. * Ibid, s Ilnd, • Ilnd,
172 The History of Poulton-le-Fylde.
''surcease process against William deTunstall and others, securi-
ties for Henry de Carleton, Esq., senr., Henry de Carlcton, junr.,
Thomas de Carleton, gent, and William de Carleton of North-
crosse, bastard, who were absent in the king's service in parts
of Aquitain."!
The process which was thus stayed was probably for debt, as,
in the August following, a precept was issued to the escheator
for the county to surcease enquiry respecting the goods and
chattels of Henry de Carlton, whom the king had pardoned
outlawry pronounced against him on the hustings of London, on
the plea of debt, at the suit of Robert Berryngton, citizen and tailor
of London, and Sir William Hoghton, knt' Probably this process
was more satisfactory to the king than it was to the tailor.
Early in isth century there was a William Carleton, who
married Katherine, daughter of William de Thomton.3
Before 1445, Thomas Carleton was dead, and was succeeded
by his son, George Carleton, who, by charter dated at Carleton
on the feast of St. John the Baptist, 23 Henry VL, conveyed all
his lands in Lancashire to certain trustees.^
George Carleton, 1451, held lands here for the Abbot of
Cockcrsand (see p. 1 1). He was living in 1469. He was succeeded
by
Thomas Carleton (probably his son), who granted in 16
Edward IV. (1476-7) to Richard Botiller and Robert Adlyngton
lands and a tenement in Great Carleton and Little Carleton,
called Hayholme, and a tenement called Cardals, in Norcross ; by
another charter, dated at Carleton 20 September, 18 Edward IV-
(1478), he confirmed to James Bradshaw of Hagh, and Robert
Adlyngton, land in Little Carleton, called the " mylne felde."^
He died 4 July, 1499, and f**oin his inq, post mort, it appears that he
was seised of the manor of Carleton in fee, which was held of
» 33rd Rep. Dep. -Keeper of Records, p. i8. ' Ibid,
3 St. George's Visitation, 1 613.
■♦ Sherburne Deeds. 5 Ji,iJ,
Old Halls and Old Families. 173
the King, and Margaret, Countess of Richmond, and John
Rigmayden, of Wedacre, as of their manor of Nether Wyersdale,
by knight's service, and that the manor was worth twenty-four
marks a year. His son and heir was
George Carleton^ who (as he was then twenty-two years old)
was born in 1477,' o^^ ^O July, 9 Henry (1494), his father, with
John Newsam and Richard Late wise, was bound in 100 marks to
perform certain covenants contained in a pair of indentures of
the same date touching the marriage of his son with Elizabeth,
the daughter of Robert Clifton, " lately deceased." The principal
condition was that Thomas Carleton should settle upon the bride
lands in Carleton and Poulton of the yearly value of four marks.*
George Carleton died 9 September, 1513, and the inq, post tnort,
taken at Preston 10 January, 1516-17,^ furnishes the following
details: George Carleton, son and heir of Thomas Carleton,
deceased, was seised of the manor of Carleton, and of 3 messuages,
20 acres of land, 10 acres of meadow, 40 acres of pasture, 20
acres of moor and turbary in Carleton— the manor and these
being worth £'^, 6s. Sd, per annum. Johanna Carleton, widow of
the father of Geoi^e, held for her life 4 messuages, 40 acres of
land, 10 acres of meadow, 40 of pasture, 40 of moor and turbary
in Carleton and Poulton, being worth £4 a year, and being the
gift of her late husband ; she also held, in the name of her dower,
other messuages and lands of the value of 40^. a year. Elizabeth
Carleton, widow of George Carleton, held for her life all those
messuages and lands in the tenure of Giles Heyton and William
Moche, and a meadow in the town of Poulton called the New
Meadow, and another called the Norcroft Meadow, and a mes-
suage in Poulton, which are worth by the year five marks. The
reversion of these belonged to William, son and heir of the said
George Carleton, and the manor was held of the king and Thomas
Rigmayden, and by knight's service.
' //«y. ^s/ mor/,, vol. 3, No. 49, Record Office.
•' Sherburne Deed. * Duchy Record, vol. 4, No. 71.
*rf*
1 74 The History of Poulton-le-Fylde.
After the death of George Carleton, Thomas Rigmayden
entered into the manor and took the profits.
William CarletoUy the son and heir of George Carleton, » was
over eleven years old in 1516-17. Before the year 1538 he was
married, as by bond dated 2 October, 30 Henry VIII., he agreed
with Sir John Port, knt., Judge of the Common Pleas, to settle
upon his wife Jane for her life, as jointure, his manor of Carleton ;.
and further agreed that he would not alien, charge, or dismantle
the said manor longer than for his life, but that it should descend
to his right heirs.2
In all probability, therefore, the wife of William Carleton was
a daughter of Sir John Port of Etwell, in the county of Derby,
and her sister Elizabeth married Sir Thomas Gerard of Brynne.3
In 1539 he granted a lease of the manor for twelve years to Sir
John Port. On the back of this deed"* is a short list of debts
owing by William Carleton, to wit —
" To Sir Wylliam Silkok,s xiij^ iijd
„ Edwarde Bamber, vij^ vj^ viij^
„ my Mr. .Sir John Porte xiij^
„ the Sadler of Warynton vj^"
In or about the 2 Edward VI. (1S48-9), William Carleton con-
veyed the hall of Carleton, with its appurtenances, to John Allen
of Rossall, to hold the same to the use of the said William Carle-
ton for his life, and after his death to Lawrence Carleton his son
and heir apparent, and to Margaret his wife, daughter of George
Singleton of Staining, with remainder to their children, and in
default of issue, then to Margery Carleton, sister to Lawrence,
and her heirs.6 To carry out this arrangement, by indenture
dated 12 January, 4 Edward VI. (1551), he conveyed the hall and
the demesne (through George Singleton of Staining) to his son
' George Carleton had a daughter, Mary, who married Hugh, second son of George
Singleton of Staining. (See Singleton pedigree p. 188.)
' Sherburne Deeds. ' Dugdale's Visitation of Lancashire.
* Sherburne Deeds. ^ Curate of Bispham.
^ Duchy Pleadings, Eliz., vol. 86, M 16, Record office.
Old Halls and Old Families. 175
Lawrence, with the proviso that the lands on " the north part of
the hall, and from the Church gate as it lieth northward,"' were
to be held to him, the said William Carleton, for his life; he died
before the 20 June, 1554, and the estate descended to his son
Lawrence Carleton, and Margaret his wife, neither of
whom survived him more than three years, Lawrence died 28
October, 1557, without issue ; shortly after his father's death he,
by charter dated 20 June, 1554, granted to William Clifton, gent,
and Richard Houghton of Kirkham, gent., the hall and manor
for 15 years, to be seised thereof to the uses of his heirs, remainder
to William Singleton, son of Hugh Singleton, deceased (see/^j/),
and his heirs for ever. The manor was now said to be worth
£cj, 5J. 4//. a year, and held of the king and queen by knight's
service.2 It will be seen from the foregoing evidence that Law-
rence Carleton had not the power to grant the manor to anyone,
as failing his issue it descended to his sister Margery who had
married Thomas Almonde, and was at the time of her brother's
death 30 years old, and was declared to be his next heir.
The estate now became the cause of a suit in the Duchy Court^
in which James Massye was the plaintiff, and John Singleton the
defendant. Massye asserted that Thomas Almonde died about
twelve years before the action commenced, and that his widow,
for divers sums of money, conveyed the premises to him and his
heirs for ever ; this was denied by John Singleton, who claimed
that Margery Almond and William Singleton having died with-
out issue he became entitled to the property at the expiration of
fifteen years after the death of Lawrence of Carleton, as cousin
and next heir of William Singleton, that is to say, as son of
William, brother of Hugh Singleton, father to the said William.
The defendant further pleaded that the premises had been as-
signed to trustees for 15 years after the death of Lawrence Carle-
ton, to the intent that during that term William Singleton was
to pay the debts of the said Lawrence out of the profits of the
' Shcrbum Deeds. ' Inq, pest mcrt,^ Duchy, vol. x. Na 1 5, Record office.
) Pleadings, Eliz., vol. 86, M 16.
1 76 The History of Poulton-le-Fylde.
estate. The verdict was in favour of the defendant, who died
seised of the manor in 1 590, and it remained in the possession of
this family until early in the eighteenth century, when it passed,
as already stated (see p. 18), to Sir Richard Sherburne. In the
parish registers of Poulton the name of Carleton does not appear,
the family having entirely died out, and shortly afterwards the
hall must have been suffered to fall into ruins. In October, 1592,
Thomas Kellet de Carleton Hall was buried, and this is the last
time it is mentioned in the registers.
The Bamber Family.
The Parish Registers of Poulton between the year 1592 and
17 12 contain over 600 entries concerning this family, whilst at
Bispham, in the very imperfect registers between 1599 and 1720
the name occurs more than 200 times. In the middle of the
1 6th century there were at least four or five different branches
of this family established in Poulton and Bispham,^ but the
genealogical details about them afforded by the co-temporary
records are extremely meagre.
Bambers of Carleton.
The records of the pleadings in the Duchy Court show that on
4 February, 1 600-1, James Taylor of Banckfield, husbandman,
and EUinor his wife, one of the daughters of Thomas Hodgson
of Little Carleton,^ yeoman, deceased, was seised of a house and
lands in Little Carleton for a term of many years yet to come,
of the yearly value of ;^40 ; and by his will dated 2 June, 1566,
he left his lease and tenement to his wife Katherine and his son
John in trust to bring up his children ; but if his widow married
again, then William Bamber of Little Carleton, yeoman, and
John Hull of Layton were to take the custody of his children,
John, Margaret, and Agnes Hodgson, and the before-named
Ellinor Taylor.
' The Bispham branches will be noticed in the History of Bispham.
' Thomas Hodgson's Will, see chapter VH.
Old Halls and Old Families. 177
Katherine Hodgson (in 1566-7) married, for her second hus-
band, one Edward Bamber, who forthwith took the profits of the
property until his death in or about 1578, when William Bamber,
the sole surviving trustee under Thomas Hodgson's will, appointed
William Anyon and Robert Rowe as trustees, who, having entered
into the property, the complainants, James Taylor and his wife,
petition the court for a satisfactory settlement^
In 1565 there was living here an Edmund Bamber, whose wife
was named in the Vicar of Poulton's will (see p. 71). This was
probably the Edmund of Little Carleton, who was buried at Poul-
ton 8 December, 1607, his wife Jenet having died in December,
1594. About the year 1596 his name occurs in several deeds
relating to sale of land in Poulton and Bispham.^ About the
same time there was a Robert Bamber of Carleton and Jenet his
wife, whose son Edmund was baptized 25 October, 1594. There
was also a William Bamber of Carleton, junr., whose daughter
Margaret was baptised 15 March, 1595-6. Another Edmund,
the son of John Bamber of Great Carleton, was baptised 13 April,
1 S97. From one of these descended Edmund Bamber of Carleton,
who married at Poulton, 31 October, 1607, Elizabeth Eccleston,
and had issue : William, died in infancy ; William, baptized
25 March, 1617 ; Alice and Margery. This last-named William
may have been the benefactor to the Carleton School in 1688
(see p. lis).
Bamber of Poulton.
In the will of John Leetham of Pulton (see p. 193), dated 1563,
arc named Thomas, Robert, and Isabel Bamber, and the Subsidy
Roll of 1 580-1 (see p. 12), gives " Robert Bcmber" as taxed for
goods in Great Marton worth iij^* v'. This Robert Bamber^ died
' Vol. 159, T 2, 42 Elizabeth.
■ Deeds in possession of Mr. W. Asburne of Manchester.
3 This Robert was probably the son of William Bamber of Layton, who died 12
October, 1597, seised of lands in Layton ; his son Robert being then aged 37. {Inq,
post mart, ^ vol. xx., No. I, Record office.)
AA
178 Tkd History of PLmltiyn'U'Fyld^.
23 March, 1606-7, seized in fee of a messuage and buHdiflgs*
teen acres of land, four acres of meadow, and twenty acres of
moor and moss in Great Marton which he held of the king, as of
the duchy of Lancashire, by the 200th part of a knight's fee.
worth \os. a year ; John Bamber his son and heir being then
fifteen years and one month.' This \s probably the John
bcr* who in 1635 purchased Whinney Clough in Goosnargh ; in
the purchase deed he is called "merchant of Poulton." His
descendants held this estate until 1693.^
Thomas Bamber of Poulton (probably the above -named
Th^'^ma .;, married Alice, one of the daughters, and co-heiress of
John Mis^if: of UTiinney Heys, who, at the time of her fathers
de;t^h \n i^jt^j, was thirty years old ; her husband died 2 Xo\"cmber,
i^K, v;i -/yl in fee of a messuage and twent>'-t^*o acres of meadow
and pa .turc in Poulton, three acres of land called Wattmoughes
Mar.h in I'oulton, seven acres of land in Thometon, and six acres
and a barn in Norcrosse, a third part of which, by indenture dated
29 Octob'jr, 1616, he demised to Edward Veal (his brother-in-law)
and James Taylicr for a term of six years, in trust for the prefer-
ment of his younger children, reser\'ing to himself the power to
revoke the lease on payment of 1 2d,
The messuage and tenement in Poulton were held of the king
by knight's service of 20th part of a knight s fee, and were ^I'OTth
20J. a year clear ; the land in Norcrosse was worth lor., but by
what service it was held it was not known.
His son and heir, John Bamber, was then aged fifteen years
eight months and sixteen days. Alice his wife survived him.
The other children were William, Thomas, Richard, Edward,
and six daughters.^
' /ft^, post mort.f vol. xix., No. 87.
' A John liarnl^r of Poulton, gentleman, paid in 1630-32 a fine of ;f2o for rcTosiiig
knighthfjfKl. (ComfXAJtion i>aper.s, Record office.)
' Sec //iitory 41/ (/iw.narji^h, p. 1 79.
* Inq. po.i muri., vol. xxi., No. 16, Record ofTicc
d
Old Halls and Old Families.
179
John Bamber,
l)ap. at Poulton,
15 May, 1601.
Thomas Bamberg
of Poulton,
veoman, died 2
Nov. 1 6 16.
Alice daughter and co-heiress
of John Massic, bom 1585,
living in 16 1 6.
Edward Bamber,
bap. 15 July,
161 7. Buried
7 Aug., 1618.
William Bamber,
bap. 19 April,
1606.
Thomas Bamber,
bap. 2 July,
1 610.
Richard Bamber,
bap. 13 Sept.,
1614.
Ellen Bamber,
bap. 15 Sept.,
1602.
Alice Bamber,
bap. 23 Nov.,
1603.
Ann Bamber,
bap. I May,
i^oS.
—I 1 r
Mary Bamber,
bap. 5 Nov.
1612.
Marjorie, bap.
lApril,i6i6.
A daughter.
Bambers of the Moor.
A branch of the Bamber family settled at the Moor in Carleton
early in the 17th century, but subsequently the house was divided
into two (or a second erected), one being known as the Moor or
the Higher Moor, and the other as the Lower Moor.
James Bamber of the Moor died 8 May, 1617, and was buried
at Poulton. From his inq, post mort., taken 2 July following, it
appears he was seised in fee of three cottages, a barn, and eight
acres of land in Poulton, three acres "except two falls" in Great
Bispham. The lands in Poulton were held of the heirs of
William Gudlane in free socage by a yearly rent of i.r. 2//.,
payable at Michaelmas, and were worth 6s, Sd. a year ; the land
in Bispham was held of the king, by knight's service, and was
worth 12^. a year.^ James Bambers will was dated 30 April,
16 17: he desires to be buried "within the church of Poulton,"
and leaves all his lands, &C., for the education of his children
until William, his eldest son, is of age ; he appoints Roger Sher-
burne, his father-in-law, to be their tutor ; to Jenet, his wife, he
leaves the Moor House " for and in satisfaction of her joynturc
and dower." 2
' Record office, vol. 22, No. 91.
' Townlcy MSS., British Museum, Additional A/SS\, 32, 115.
i8o
The History of Poulton-le-Fylde.
Jambs Bamber,=
of the Moor,
bur. at Poulton
8 May, 1617.
'Mary, daughter
of R(»[er Sherburne,
buried at Poulton
21 May, 1614.
William Hambcr,=f=Ellcn,
son and heir,
aged 8 years
in 1617, of
Higher Moor,
bur. at Poulton,
20 Mar., 1662.
buried
21 Sept.
1656.
Roger,=f= . .
bap. at
Poulton
12 May,
1614.
Agnes,
bap. at
Poulton,
17 Jan.,
1609-ia
Margaret, Joan,
bap. 1612, bap. 3 Jane^
bur. 1613. l6ii,lMiricd
28 Feb..
1617-18.
Elizabeth,
bap. 4 Feb., 1634-5.
Richard llambcr = Annie, daughter of
bap. 7 Mar., 1 630- 1. Thomas Singleton,
bur. 6 June, 1671. of Staining,
buried at Poulton,
22 June, 1660.
Johanna,
bap. 10 Jan.,
1636-7.
Richard Bamber of the Moor (who was probably the brother
of the James who died in 161 7) about the year 1630 paid ;£^io
as composition for refusing to take the order of knighthood,*
His will, dated 17th January, 1636, was proved at Richmond.
He left his estate to John Bamber and Henry Parker, in trust
for his children. He left ioj. to Peter Wliite, vicar of Poulton.
He had issue :
1. Thomas Bamber of the Moor, married at Poulton 17th Sept,
1622, to Dorothy Proctor of Lancaster; buried at Poulton, 12
December, 1667.
2. John Bamber was a papist, and in the civil war (in 1642)
was appointed a captain over a company raised by Thomas Til-
deslcy of Mycrscough.^ He had a son, Richard, living in 1636.
3. William Bamber, died before 1636; he had a bastard son
Robert, to whom his father left 20J.
4. Richard Bamber (? baptized at Bispham 27 Sept., 1602).
5. Edward Bamber, a priest, of whom hereafter.
6. Margery, living 1636.
7. Elizabeth, living 1636.
8. A daughter, married before 1636 to William Townend.
* Exchctjuer Book of Compositions, Record office.
' Discourse of tfw Warr in lAincashiri\ Chct. Soc., vol IxiL p. 21.
Old Halls and Old Families. i8i
The required links to complete the pedigree are missing, but
there is evidence enough to show that the family continued to
live here for nearly a century later. A Richard Bamber of the
Moor had a son James baptised at Poulton, 2 September, 1605,
and this was probably the James Bamber whose will was dated
17 November, 165 1 ; in it he is described as " of the Moor, yeo.,"
and he mentions his brothers, Richard, William, and Thomas. A
John Bamber of the Lower Moor, gent, by indenture dated 2
February, 1683, let a cottage in Bispham for nine years, subject
to the yearly payment of ^d. and "one and a half day's shearing
in the time of harvest at the mansion at the Moor."'
Edward Bamber, son of Richard Bamber of the Moor (on the
authority of Bishop Challoner),^ after being educated "in his
grammar studies at home, was sent abroad into Spain to the
college of Valladolid,3 where he learnt his philosophy and divinity,
and was ordained priest Upon his landing at Dover, falling
upon his knees, he gave God thanks for his passage across the
seas and safe arrival in his native country, which being observed
by the governor of Dover Castle, he suspected him to be a priest,
and caused him to be apprehended. He did not deny his
character, but pleaded that he had not been upon English land
the space mentioned by the statute. Upon this plea he was put
on shipboard and sent into banishment. Some time after his
second return he was again apprehended in the neighbourhood
of Standish, in Lancashire, and was to have been committed
prisoner to Lancaster Castle ; but on his way thither, being lodged
at a place beyond Preston, he found means in the dead of the
night (his keepers being in drink) to make his escape out of the
window in his shirt. He then went to Broughton Tower, where
he was sheltered. However, he fell a third time into the hands
of the persecutors, and was committed to the gaol at Lancaster,"
where he made a further attempt to escape, but was shortly
re-captured, and is said to have been three years in prison there
* Deeds of "Church Houses,*' Bispham.
' Memoirs of Missionary Ih^sts^ vol. ii. pp. 162, 256.
^ III a supplement he is statetl to have been "an alumnus of Douay.'*
1 82 The History of Poulion-ie-Fylde.
before he was tried. On his trial, two witnesses gave evidence
that they had seen him administer baptism and perform the
marriage ceremony, whereupon he was sentenced ** to be hanged*
cut down alive, &c.," which sentence was carried out on the
7th August, 1646, at Lancaster. On the way to the scaiTold he
addressed himself to a felon who was to be executed with hinOy
exhorting him to " boldly confess himself to be a Catholic^ and
he, a priest and a minister of Jesus Christ, would instantly, in His
name and by His authority-, absolve him." Edward Bamber, as
a priest, went by the alias of Reding.
This narrative is entirely unsupported by any external evi-
dence, ■ and enquiries at the EngUsh College of Valladolid elicit
the fact that no student of that name is on the books ; and at Douay
there were only two priests of the name, \\z^ Richard Bamber,
who took the oath in 173 1, and John Bamber,a little later in the
same year. The former was bom in 1713. and the latter in 1712,
both being natives of Lancashire.
After the Bambers left *" the Moore," Richard Singleton lived
there. The registers give the burials of Margaret, his wfe (March,
1684), and Anne, his daughter (Januar>-, 1692-3).
St.\in'ING H.\ll.
The Grange of Staining is mentioned at a very early date (see
p. 28), and on its site was erected Staining Hall, which was pur-
chased by George Singleton from Sir Thomas Holt of Grizzle-
hurst about the year 1575. A little before this time the " House
of Stayning*' was described as in length " xxvii. >-ards, and lofted
owV and slated. Ye close called the little hey contained half
an acrc."2
The Singleton family derived its name from the township of
Singleton, where Alan de Singleton held half a carucate of land
' In Dodd's History of the Churchy yoI. iii. p. 92, is a brief paragraph to the effect
that Edward ReaMng v/vls executed 7 Aug., 1646, the authority quoted being ** AfS,
in the author's possession. ''
' Couchcr Book of IVhalley, quoting Kuerden MS, in the Herald*s College.
Old Halls and Old Families. 183
in 29 Henry III. (1244-45). A century later there were several
branches of the family settled in various parts of the county, and
a William de Singleton paid 4J. for the subsidy (for possessions
in Bispham) in 1332. In 1492 the lands in Staining held by the
Abbess of Syon were leased to John de Shyngleton, and in 1539
the farmer of the Amounderness property belonging to the same
monastery was George Singleton, from whom descended the
Singletons of Staining (see pedigree). Shortly before the dissolu-
tion of Syon Monastery in 1539, Thomas Singleton and Eleanor
Singleton, widow of Lawrence Singleton, held for a term of years
the tithes of corn and sheaves of Pulton (see p. 41), and at the
dissolution Constance Singleton, widow, held a messuage and
thirty acres of land, paying to the Abbess 30J. a year.'
This Constance was the widow of Thomas Singleton,^ and
died in 1 595, and was buried at Poulton in the April of that
year. William Singleton, the eldest son of George Singleton of
Staining, died, according to Dugdale, in 1556-7. The will of his
widow was proved at Richmond in 1557. The following is the
substance of it : —
"Alis Syngleton, widow, late wyf of William Syngleton of
Stayning, 21 Jan., 1557. I bequeath my bodye to the accustomed
burial place. I will that James Massie shall have the government
of my eldest sone, also of my eldest daughter, together with all
her lands and goods, also the marriage of her, upon this condition
that she shall marry the eldest son of the said James Massie.
He shall also have the government of Richard Syngleton and
my other son until he be 21 years old. To Dame Osbaldeston,
my aunt, and my cousin .... Molyneux, shall have the govern-
ment of John Syngleton, my son.
"That Elizabeth Kyghley shall have the government of George
Syngleton, my son, until he be 2 1 years old.
"That all such articles as are named in my husband's will shall
stand in force.
" C(mc}ur Book of WhalUy, Kuerden MS, in Uic Herald's College.
* Exc Dep. by Commission, Record office, 29 Elizabeth.
184 The History of Potdton-le-Fylde.
''To Thomas Synglcton, my son and heir, one salt-seller parcell-
gilt, my great brass-pot, a dozen silver spoons, an iron brandreth,
the best in the house. James Massic and Henry Osbaldeston
to have the custody of a lease of a certain tithe bam until my
son and heir be 2 1 years of age. To Lawrence Singleton my
best hcffer. To An Sonkye, my sister-in-law, my best kirtle.
To my sister-in-law Jane my. . . . cap. To Henry Osbaldeston
my best gelding. To my cousin, Elizabeth Chamock, my best
' chamblctt kyrtcll.' My fattest ox at the house to be slain and
dcalcd out to the poore. To the wife of Robert Whiteside my
best silk hat. James Massie and Henry Osbaldeston to be
executors."
Thomas Singleton, the eldest son, died 29 August, 1563, seised
of the manor of Staining, twenty messuages, a mill, land, and
pasture, which had been conveyed to him by his father by deed
dated 10 December, 1551. He had issue one daughter, Ellen,
who married John Massie of Layton. His next heir was his
brother John, then aged 30 years and upwards.' In the year
succeeding the death of Thomas Singleton, his brothers John,
Richard, and George, and his sisters Ellen and Margaret, appeared
in the Duchy Court. Their complaint was that their father was,
during his life, seised of messuages, lands, a windmill, and other
premises in Staining worth ;f 20 a year, and that James Massie
of Laton claimed the same for twelve years, whereas by deed
dated 26 June, 3 and 4 Phillip and Mary, their father had only
granted the premises to the said James Massie and Richard
Houghton of Kirkham in trust to pay the debts of him the said
William Singleton, the remainder to be held for the use of his
wife and children, and afterwards to go to Thomas, his son and
hcir.2
The case seems to have been decided in favour of the defendant,
as, in 1565, the vicar of Poulton claimed from him the tithes of
Staining (see p. 71).
* I )uchy kcconls, vol. xi. p. 43. /nq, post mart,
' Record office, d \\\\ia\h:\\\, xxi., S. 2.
• •
Old Halls and Old Families, 185
John Singleton died 2 August, 1589, without male issue, but
leaving two daughters, Alice and Elizabeth, aged respectively
ten and five years. He was seised of the manors of Carleton and
Staining, also land in Hardhorn and Poulton, and the fishing in
Marton Mere.' By his will (which is printed in extenso in Chet
Soc, vol. iii., new series) he left a charge upon his estate of
;f 1,500 for his two daughters, and constituted his brother George
Singleton of Lea his heir, but, failing issue, the reversion to go
to his brother Richard.2
Shortly after John Singleton's death, his widow and daughter
appear to have been at variance with George Singleton, when
one of those broils took place which were so common in the i6th
century ; the whole circumstances are detailed in a certificate to
the queen from " Lord Derby, the Sheriff, and certain Justices,
dated 7 June, 1590," which states that Anne, widow of Thomas
Hoghton, Esq., gave information, on 21 November, of the riot
wherein Mr. Langton, sore wounded, was taken in his bed, and
also Thomazine, widow of John Singleton of Staining, and others.
It appeared that Thomazine Singleton claimed for herself and
her daughters, Alice and Elizabeth, certain cattle removed from
Staining to Lea, by George Singleton, brother of John. About
I a.m. on Friday, 21 Nov., 1589, Thomas Langton, Thomazine
Singleton and others, in two companies, one by the gate and the
others breaking down the pale and hedge, entered the court to
drive away the cattle, having met at 11 that night in Preston
Marsh, two miles from Lea, armed with long pikes, guns, long
staves, welsh hooks upon long staves, swords and daggers, bows
and arrows, and bills, and taken out a watchword, " The crow is
white." Mr. Hoghton heard, between 8 and 9 at night, they
were assembled to do him displeasure. He armed his servants
and others, thirty in all, with staves, one pike, one gun charged
with haile shotte, two pistols, one bow and arrow, swords, and
■ Inq, post mart. Duchy Records, vol. xv. p. 47, 33 Elizabeth.
■ Dugdole makes Richard to be the fourth son ; he was, however, the third. Why
the estate was left to his younger brother does not appear.
BB
1 86 The History of Poulton-le-Fylde.
daggers, and at 9 p.m. went into an outhouse in the close, and
going in and out expected the other party. On their coming
and offering to drive the cattle, a great affray arose within sixty
yards of the house of Mr. Hoghton, whose people used the word
"black, black." He was slain with Richard Baldwin, one of
Thomas Langton's company, but by whom does not appears
George Singleton^ the third son of William Singleton, married
Mary, the daughter and heiress of John Hoghton of Pendleton,
during his brother's life ; he lived at Lea, but afterwards removed
to Staining, where he died in May, 1 598, and was buried at Poulton.
The inq. post mort. was taken at Wigan, 9 June following. He
was found seised of the manors of Carleton and Staining, and of
60 houses, 3 wind mills, 1050 acres of land in Staining, Hamble-
ton, Newton, and elsewhere ; the manor of Staining he held in
capite and military service, and it was worth xxji* xij» x^.
Thomas, his son and heir, was then aged six years and eleven
months.2 Tfwntas Singleton married Cicely, the daughter of
Miles Gerard of Ince and Grace his wife, daughter of Gabriel
Hesketh of Aughton ; he was a justice of the peace for the
county in 1600, and was living in 1623, as his sister, Alice
Singleton, by her will, dated 5 August in that year, bequeaths
to him (describing him as Thomas Singleton of Staining, Esq.)
her two oxen and one cow ; to her sister-in-law, his wife, she
gives the disposal of her clothes ; to " pious uses " she leaves x'.;
the rest of her goods to " her natural brother, George Singleton."
The witnesses to the will are Edmund Russell and Cicely
Singleton.3
Thomas Singleton, the eldest son of the last-named Thomas,
was a Roman Catholic, as was no doubt his father, and in the
Civil Wars he took up arms with the Royalists. In 1642, he
was captain of a company which he raised in the Fylde, and
afterwards he served with the king's forces in other parts of
* Whitaker's Whalley^ vol U. p. 334.
' Duchy Records, vol. xii. p. 26, 40 Eliz.
3 Brit Mus., add. MS.^ Nos. 32, 115.
Old Halls and Old Families. 187
England, and was slain at the first battle of Newbury, on 20
September, 1643. The horse regiments (of the Royalists) en-
gaged in this battle were said to be almost entirely composed of
gentlemen, and that many of these were from Lancashire is
evident from the list of killed, which included Captain Francis
Clifton of Westby, Colonel Dalton of Thumham, Colonel C.
Gerard, Colonel Houghton of Houghton, and others.* Thomas
Singleton left four sons and three daughters, the eldest son was
John Singleton, who was then aged nine years ; all the sons
died without issue, the last surviving of them was George
Singleton, who was living at Staining hall in 1687 ; in the July
of that year he made his will, in which he declared that he " in-
tended to take a journey abroad," and directed that all his debts
should be paid out of the receipts of Staining and Carleton
manors and other lands, late belonging to his brother Thomas ;
out of the remainder he directed ;f 500 to be paid to his sister,
Mary Mayfield, widow, and her two daughters, Dorothy and
Mary Mayfield. He also left the following legacies, viz. : to his
kinsman, Richard Ashton, Esq., and his friend Mr. Edmund
Hornby, ;^50 a piece; to his kinsman, Richard Butler, second
son of Richard Butler, Esq., £iQO\ to Mr. Kendall, £\o\ Mr.
Swarbrick, ;f 10; Mr. Roger Anderton, £,^ \ to each servant who
had been with him three years, 40.^., if two years, 30.^., if one
year, 20^. ; the residue to Mary Mayfield.^
In this, or the next, year (1688) he died, and the family estates
went to his two surviving sisters, Anne Singleton and Mary, the
wife of John Mayfield, the youngest daughter, Dorothy, having
died in 1687. Anne Singleton, by her will, dated 3 April, 1719,
in which she is described as " of Singleton, spinster," left all her
estates in Staining, Normosse, Old Carr, Little Carleton, and
elsewhere, to Thomas Townley of Royle in trust to sell for the
following uses, viz. : to her niece Elizabeth, wife of Robert
' The Battle of Newbury, by W. Money, F.S-A.
^ Richmond Wills; there is no date of probate, but the will is endorsed "l688,
and declared true copy."
1 88 The History of Poulton-le-Fylde,
Worswick of Weeton, ;f 5 ; to her kinsman Catherine, wife of
Peter Charnley of Lytham, ;f icx) ; to her kinsman Ellen May-
field, spinster, ;^icx); to her kinsman William Blackbume, who
then lived with her, ;^200; the residue to John Mayfield of
Singleton, her nephew. Mary Mayfield, the wife of John May-
field the elder, was buried at Poulton in May, 1694; she had
issue : John, Joseph, buried at Poulton 10 May, 1685, Dorothy,
and Mary. John Mayfield the younger dying without issue the
estate went to his nephew, William Blackburn of Great Eccleston,
who had two sons, James and Gabriel (both of whom were under
age in 1755), and a daughter Ann. James Blackburn was the
heir-at-law to his father, and before 1784 he was dead, having
for some years lived at Prescot, and followed the trade of a
watchmaker ; at this time his brother Gabriel was also deceased,
as his heir-at-law was his sister Ann, then wife of John Fielding
of Singleton, joiner.' Whilst John Fielding was lord of the
manor of Staining, he built and lived in a house nearly opposite
Staining hall. He was twice married ; by his first wife he had
an only son, Gabriel Fielding ; by his second wife, ne^ Isabel
Brown of Staining, he had an only daughter. Gabriel Fielding
married an actress and left the neighbourhood.
The manor of Staining, after several changes of owners, in
1 8 ID was purchased by the late Edward Birley, Esq., through
whose daughter it passed in marriage to W. H. Hornby, Esq., of
Blackburn, the present proprietor.
The hall of Staining, after the Singletons left it, gradually fell
away from its former importance, and at last into decay ; on its
site is now a modern farm house ; the lines of the old moat may
still be traced. The heir of Staining, as late as 1722, claimed
the right to appoint the parish clerk of Poulton. There were
evidently several junior branches of the Singleton family living
in the parish. In 1618, a John Singleton of Bispham, yeoman,
died holding land in Oxendall, and leaving sons, John, Thomas,
and Laurence.2
* Title deeds to Higher Moor estate.
' A Laurence Singleton of Marshside in Carleton, by will dated 6 May, 1677, left
land, &c., to his children, Hu^hf Edward, John, Richard, and several daughters.
Miscellany. 189
CHAPTER VII.
MISCELLANY.
Sixteenth Century Poulton Wills.
THE wills for the deanery of Amoundemess were, until
1748, proved at Richmond in Yorkshire ; the wills them-
selves are now at Somerset House, and a list of them has recently
been published.^ Unfortunately very few of earlier date than
1600 have been preserved ; for the whole of the deanery (which
comprizes all the Hundred) there are only 193 ; in the British
Museum^ are over 2,000 abstracts of Lancashire wills which are
mostly for Amounderness, these range from 1531 to 1652. The
following abstracts include all the wills at Somerset House, and
all the abstracts in the British Museum which related to Poulton
and are dated before 1600. The museum abstracts are dis-
tinguished by an *.
♦ Will of Robert Butcher, 1595.
Robert Butcher. 28 May, 1595. To be buried in the parish
church of Poulton. His tenement to Elizabeth his wife and to
John and William Butcher his brothers, until his eldest be 21,
then to him and his heirs, failing issue to William his son, failing
issue to John his son, and failing issue to James his son. To
his daughter Elizabeth 205 ; to James his brother one tacke of
ground ; the rest of his chattels to William his brother and
Elizabeth his wife, whom he appoints executors. John his brother,
and John son of his brother Richard Butcher, to be supervisors.
Inventory ;f II 9^. 2d,
' Record Society, vol. x. One vol. only has been printed, but vol. ii. is ready
for the prt^. * Add. MSS., 32, 1 1 5.
190 The History of Poulton-le-Fylde.
♦ Will of John Crene, 1579.
John Crene of Pulton. 13 September, 1579. Body to be
buried in Pulton church yard. To John Crene his son all his
lands ; to Anne Crene his daughter and Margery his wife to
have the government of his son till he be 21 years of age; to
William Crene his uncle one ewe, Robert Crene his uncle one
ewe, and to every one of his children 6d, Margery his wife and
John his son to be executors.
* Will of John Crookoe, 1598.
John Crookoe ofWarbrick, yeoman. 16 August, 1598. To
Robert Rossall alias Crookoe, his bastard son £2^\ to William
his son, all the rest of his goods and chattels after funeral ex-
penses are paid. Margery his wife and William his son execu-
tors.
* Will of William Durram, 1571.
William Durram, 22 November, 1571. His body to be buried
in the parish church yard of Pulton. To his brother Thomas
Walsh 20s,\ to his sister his wife 6s, 8d,; to Margaret Walsh his
daughter 3^.; to Agnes Walsh his daughter 3^.; to John Walsh
his son one calf; to the wife of Richard Singleton his sister one
cowe ; to William Singleton her son 6s. 8d. ; to George Durram
his brother 5 j. ; to John and William Durram 5 j. a piece ; to
Alice and Margaret Durram S^. each ; to Ellen Thombume his
sister 6s. 8d.; the rest to John Durram his brother.
♦ Will of John Dyrham, 1589.
John Dyrham of Pulton parish. 6 May, 1589. Body to be
buried in Pulton church yard. To Roger Dyrham his son all his
houses and lands in the township of Much Pulton, failing heirs
then to George Dyrham his son, failing issue then to William his
son; to his daughter Margaret £$ ; to his daughter Alicej£'3;
to Roger his son one chist ; to George his son two silver spoons ;
Miscellany. 191
to Roger his son all his husband gear; to Walsh's wife, his sister,
lor.; to Catherine his sister 5^. &/. Executors to be Ellen his
wife and George his son.
♦ Will of Thomas ffisher, 1583.
Thomas ffisher. 20 November, 1583. To be buried in Poul-
ton church yard. One half of his tenement to Margaret his wife;
remainder to John his son and his issue, failing issue to William
his son ; one third of all his tackes of ground between Richard
and Thomas his sons ; one other third to William and John his
sons ; to Margaret his daughter ;^8 ; to William his son 40Lr.; to
Richard his son 40Lr.; to John his son 20s. &/.; to Richard his
brother 6s. 8d.
Will of William Garleke, 1570.
*In Dei nom. &c. 10 December, 1570. I Wyft Garleke of the
Parish of Polton, &c. Bequeath my bodie to be buried in the
Church yourd of Polton. My wyfe Jane to have my house to
bring up my children, after her decease to my son Richard, with
the sanction of the lorde.
I giffe to the church vj* viij^. The rest of my goods one third
to my wyffe remainder to my children and my brother
Thomas I appoynt executor. Witnesses, Richard Cropper, vicar,
Robert Walshe, and others.
Inventory of goods appoints to ;f 52 i8s. gd.
Will of William Hawll, 1548.
In Dei nom. Amen. In the 30 day of lord god a thousand ccccc
and xlviii. the ffirst day of Julij I Witt™ Hawll sike in body bot
holle in mynd and off god remembrance make my testament in
man and fforme folowyng. In the ffirst I gyue and bequeath
my sowll vnto Allmyghty god and my body to be buried in the
church yard of Pulton and I desyre o^ Ladi and all the celestial
' On paper very much worn and dilapidated.
192 The History of Poullon-le-Fylde.
company of heven to pray for me. K. all my goods moveable
and immoveable when my deets are payd and my funeral ex-
pences done I give and bequeath to Margaret my wyf and my
children, the which Margaret my wiff I mak my executress of
thys my will so that it be fulfilled and discharged.
Will of Thomas Hogson, 1566.
In Dei nom. &c. 2 June 1566. I Thomas Hogson of Little
Carleton ye° &c. body to be buried within the p church of Pulton
near the place where my father was buried. I bequeath towards
the reparation of the same church iij^ iiijd • to my son John all
my smyth gear pleugs [ploughs] waines &c. ; Katherine my wife
and son John to have custody of my lease and tenement to bring
up my children. If my wife marry again then my well beloved
William Bamber of Little Carleton and John Hull of Layton,
smith to take the custody of the same.
Margaret my daughter .... I desire my master John Allen
to be supervisor.
Witnesses, Sir Richard Greenhalgh and others.
Will of George Hull, 1557.
In Dei nom. &c. I George Hull of the parish of Pulton ....
my bodye to bee buryed .... the .... side of y^ church.
Richard my sone to have my house and ploughes and wa3me
geare — y^ rest to be divided amongst my other children. Item
to Sir Richard Cropper xij<i ; I give to Sir Henry Norton ix<^. I
appoint Robert Quiteside executor to this my wyll.
Witnesses, Richard Cropper, vicar of Pulton, and Robert
Quiteside. Proved 1557.^
* Will of Hugh Hull, 1584.
Hugh Hull of Staynor. 3 October, 1584. Body to be buried
in Pulton church yard ; the good will of his tenement to Arthur
Hull, son of Ralph Hull of Thorneton. One lease of ground to
' Original MS, very much defaced.
Miscellany, 1 93
Ellen Hull, his brother Edward's daughter; another lease to
Ralph Hull of Thorneton and Hugh his son ; one other lease to
Margret, Alice, and Elizabeth, daughters of Edward Hull his
brother; the residue to Edward his brother and Ralph Hull,
whom he makes his executors.
Will of John Leethum, 1563.
In Dei nonl &c. I John Leethum of the parish of Pulton sek
in body, &c. My sowle to our Lord Jhesu Chryst and all the
hole company of heaven to pray for mee, my bodye to be buried
in the church yourde I give to Isabel my daughter ....
Thomas my son
To Thomas Bamber, Robert Bamber and Isabel Bamber ....
My brother William ^
* Will of Henry Lorimer, 1570.
Henry Lorimer of the parish of Pulton. 14 August, 1570. To
be buried in Pulton church yard ; his messuage and tenement to
his wife, towards payment of debts, and makes her his executor.
* Will of Isabel Lytham, 1597.
Isabel, late wife of Thomas Lytham of Thorneton. 13 Decem-
ber, 1597. Her body to be buried in Pulton church. To John
Lytham her son and his children £6, 13^. 4//.; to Margaret her
daughter and her children £^,\ to Elizabeth her daughter and
her children £^,\ to Robert Lytham, son of her son John, £^ry
to Thomas Thorneton one parcel of ground in Norcrosse ; the
rest to Robert Lytham her son, and John Lytham, whom she
makes executors.
*WiLL OF Richard Pearson, 1586.
Richard Pearson of Marton makes his will in 1586. His body
to be buried in the parish church yard of Pulton. He gives his
tenement and messuage to his wife for her life, with remainder
' Written on a scrap of paper, which is very much dilapidated.
CC
1 94 The History of Poulton-le-Fylde.
to Robert his son ; to Jane Pearson, daughter of his son James,
loj.; to his brother William Pearson 20s.\ the rest of his estate
after funeral expenses are paid, to his wife and children.
Inventory amounts to £T\. ^s, 2d.
* Will of Robert Pearson, 1584.
Robert Pearson of Great Marton. 8 October, 1584. To be
buried in Poulton church yard. To Peter Pearson his son
£l, 6j. 8</.; to Katherine his daughter, one ewe and one lamb;
to Elizabeth his daughter, wife of William Norris, one ewe and
one lamb ; to John, son of Thomas Wilkinson deceased, one
ewe and one lamb ; to John and Robert, children of his son
John, either of them one ewe lamb ; to Margaret Pearson his
daughter-in-law I2</.; to John his son all his husbandry gear;
to Margaret his wife one fether bed and furniture for the same ;
the rest to John and Peter his sons.
Margaret his wife and John his son to be executors.
Will of Margaret Quitesyd, 1562.
In Dei nom. 1562. I Marget Quitesyd [Whiteside] of the
parish of Pulton, seke in body, &c. I bequeath my sawU to the
lorde Jesu Chryst and my body to be beryed in the church yarde
nere to my husband. To Rye' Urdghte [?] xxyj^ viij^ to be paid
in 2 ycres ; Comstie WyfTe my brothers daughter [then follow
a few items of wearing apparel] the rest to Robert quitsyde my
Brother.
Witness to the above, Richard Cropper, vicar.
Will of Robert Ramel, 1560.
In the name of God, &c. I Robert Ramel of the paroche of
pulton seke in body, &c. I bequeath my souU to our Lorde Jesu
Christ my body to be bereyed in the churche .... My goods
to be devided into iii partes one to my wyfTe, one to my children
and one to pay my debts, &c.
Written i Oct., 1560. These being witnesses, Rye Cropper,
Miscellany, 195
vicar of Pulton, Rye. Rossekell, Wytt Ramell, Joh. Ramell, and
Rye Ramell.
* Will of Robert Rawe, 1588.
Robert Rawe of Normosse within the parish of Pulton. 30
June, 1588. His bodie to be buried in Pulton church yard. His
title to a messuage and tenement called little Hull which he hath
of the demise of John Singleton of Staining, Esq., he leaves to
Edmund his son and Agnes Hull late daughter of John Hull of
Normosse dec^i ; to Jenet his wife and John his son his mes-
suage in Normosse during his term therein ; to Richard and
William his sons £10 \ to Margaret Nicson his sister's daughter
8j.; to his brother's children 3^. 4^. a piece ; to his two brothers
either of them 5^.; to his sister's children 12^1; his husbandry
geere to Jenet his wife and John his son ; Residue to sons John,
Richard, Edmund, and William.
* Will of John Rauthmell, 1587.
John Rauthmell of Pulton. 31 May, 1587. Desired to be
buried in the parish church yard of Pulton. Gives his tenement
to Alice his wife and James Rauthmell his uncle until his son
Robert be of the age of 21 years, after that his wife to have one-
third and his son the rest ; the residue of his estate to the said
Robert and Alice Rauthmell his daughter.
Inventory ^^j. ijs, 2d,
Will of Jenet Salthouse, 1562.
In Dei noin. &c. 28 November, 1562. I Jenet Salthouse of
the paroche of pulton, seke in body, &c. I bequeath my body to
be buried in y® church yourd. To Richard my sone my ploogere
[plough gear] and wayne gere ; I give Chappdmont wyffe a
quite coote [a white coat] ; To Marget my daughter my best
kertyl and hose ; to Hellyn my daughter a new quite coote and
my shapyn cloose ; to Harre my son half a quarter of barley;
196 The History of Poulton-le-Fylde.
to Harre and John my sons all the rest of my goods and I
appoint them executors.
Witnesses, Rich. Cropper, vicar. Rye. Harrison, and others.
* Will of James Whiteside, 1594.
James Whiteside of Little Marton in the parish of Pulton.
8 October, 1594. To be buried in the church of Pulton. Gives
his goods to his son Richard, his daughters Elizabeth Moorcroft,
Alice Crookes and Agnes Wheiring. Alice his wife and Richard
his son to be his executors.
* Will of Richard Whiteside, i 594.
Richard Whiteside of Little Marton. 6 July, 1594. To be
buried in the church yard of Pulton. Gives to his son Robert
Whiteside fo. 8rf., all the rest of his estate to John and Bartholo-
mew, his youngest sons. Ellen his wife to be his executrix.
* Will of Peter Woodhouse, 1580.
Peter Woodhouse of Thorneton, yeoman. 27 December, 1580.
To be buried in Pulton church yard. Gives to John Hodgson
his son-in-law one bed ; to Elizabeth his wife and John his son,
he gives for the education and bringing up of William
son of John Ealey, until he accomplish sixteen years ; the rest
to his wife and son John.
* Will of Peter Woodhouse, 1597.
Peter Woodhouse of Thorneton. 13 December, 1597. His
body to be buried in Pulton church. Assigns to Elizabeth his
wife his tenement for her life, afterwards to Elizabeth his
daughter; to John Woodhouse of Marton, his brother 5^.; to
Agnes his sister one chist ; the rest, after funeral expenses are
paid, to his wife and children.
Inventory £6\, i6j. 8^.
Miscellany, 1 97
ROAD SIDE CROSSES.
Of these there were formerly several in Poulton ; one of the
oldest was Nor-cross. It was mentioned in the survey of the
14th century (see p. 16), when Roger de Northcrosse held a
messuage and an oxgang of land in Thornton.
There was also a Northcrosse in Carleton, as is shown by a
deed dated 29 April, 1477, whereby Philip Bredkirk released to
Richard Boteller a house and fifty acres of land in Northcrosse
in the Vil de Carleton, which he had from James Pickering.^
PAROCHIAL LIBRARY.
A parochial library was established here in 1720. On the 16
May in that year, Timothy Hall, the vicar, signed the following
receipt : " Upon the 1 5 May last past I received a parochial
Library for Poolton from Mr. Henry Newman of Middle Temple,
Secretary for the venerable Society for advancing this most noble
charity." 2 The library then consisted of about sixty or seventy
volumes, which were valued at £2^, ()s, 3</.
The library, for the use of the clergy, was one of those founded
by Dr. Bray^ and his associates, who, in 1709, obtained an act
of parliament ** for the better preservation of Parochial Libraries
in that pait of Great Britain called England."
In 1757, the library was augmented from the original source,
and has ever since been kept in an efficient state ; as recently as
1872, a grant of additional books was made by the " associates."
OLD CUSTOMS.
Funerals.
At funerals it was the custom (which has not quite died out)
for each mourner to throw a handful of dust upon the coffin after
it was placed in the grave.
» Harland's MSS,
' Bishop's r^stry, Chester.
3 Dr. Bray was born at Marton in Shropshire, in 1656.
1 98 The History of Poulton-le-Fylde.
"Allhallow's e'en." — ''Teanlay Night."
The last day of October was, until quite a recent period,
celebrated in the neighbourhood of Poulton by the lighting of
bonfires, and the night was always known as " Teanlay " or
"Teanley" night.
Mr. Thornber has given a graphic account of what may have
taken place on these occasions ; but the details require confirma-
tion before they can be accepted even as a tradition. He writes,^
that on the " Hardhorn oblong cairn, ceremonies were observed
for the purpose of securing health to the herds of the farmers in
the township — to free the wheat-land from tares, weed, &c —
to bring good luck to the votaries, and to enquire into the secrets
of futurity. The ceremony was thus : first, large fires were lighted,
two or three families joining at a circular cairn, the ashes of which
were carefully collected. Then the white stones, which at first
had circled the fire, were thrown into the ashes, and being left all
night, were sought for with anxious care at sunrise, when the
person who could not distinguish his own particular boulder was
considered fey^ i.e.^ some misfortune would happen to him during
the course of the ensuing year. As a finale, the stones recognised
were thrown, as an offering, on the oblong cairn to the god or
saint who presided over it and the well, and thus such collections
were made in a succession of years as to astonish the curious.
The water of the wells also had a sovereign virtue for healing
diseases of men and cattle. Fairy well is even yet visited for
such a purpose. To succeed in obtaining a cure, however, the
patient, escorted by his friends, was made to pass through the
cairn, then he was sprinkled or dipped in the well, and lastly, he
made an offering of a shell, a pin, a rusty nail, or rag, but prin-
cipally three white stones burnt in the Teanla fire. It is sur-
prising in what numbers pieces of iron may be picked up. I
have found since the meadows were ploughed, nails, an old shaped
knife, leathern thongs, &c. The site of the large circular cairn is
not now easily to be distinguished, since Mr. Fisher, the proprietor
' Hist. Soc. of Lane, and Chesh., vol. iv. p. no.
Miscellany. 1 99
of the field, has carted away upwards of twenty loads of the refuse
that composed it, but the soil around is burnt red and black.
This farce was carried on in its pristine glory long after the
Reformation ; for rational Christianity, which had been almost
lost previously, progressed but slowly in the district of the
Fylde."
Flesh Day.
This was applied to Christmas Day, as people on that day
came to Poulton to purchase meat for the coming festival.
IGNAGNING.
This singular term was applied in the last century to the dance
or performance gone through by the village lads at Easter; now
known as " Pace-egging."
Shutting of Marling.
A gala day marked the close of the getting of marl. Accord-
ing to Thomber" on this occasion a lord and lady were elected to
preside at the feast, who were previously drawn out of the marl
pit by a strong team of horses decorated with ribbons, &c.
A Hag Stonk
A small stone through which a hole was bored, being attached
to the stable key preserved the horses from witches.
St. Gregory's Day.
On this day all onion seed had to be sown, or it was believed
the crop would be a failure.
Rate for Repairs of Skip-pool Bridge.
In 1702, the bridge over this stream was found to be in a
' HUtory of BlackpooL
200 Tlie History of Poulton-le-Fylde.
ruinous condition, the justices of the peace took the matter in
hand, and the result was the following order : '
" To all Christian people to whom this p*sent Roll shall come
to be scene read or heard of, Wee her Maj^^ Justices of the Peace
& quor* ffor the County of Lane* whose names are subscribed
send greeting, ffor asmuch as the common and publick bridges
lyinge in the king's highways within the Townes of Thornton &
Poulton, commonly called Skippspool bridge, leading betwixt the
Markett Townes of Layton & Lancaster is p'sented and ffound
to be very ruinous and in greate decaye for want of repaires.
Therefore know yee that wee the s^ Justices for the repairing &c
of s^ bridge have ordered and allowed, that the sume of Twenty
ffive pounds together with the charges of this Roll upon 3^u the
Inhabitants of the severall Townes and places hereafter menconed
and doe nominate and appoint the p'sent high constables of the
s^ hundred of Amounderncss, collectors thereof, who are to collect
and gather the same and make undelayed payment thereof unto
Richard Breckell of Thorneton, James Pawson of Poulton, Thomas
Walmesley of the same and John Bickerstaff of Thorneton, Gen-
tlemen, supervisors of the s<i bridge, who are desired to see the
same therewith ffuUy repaired as trust is in them reposed.
£ s. d.
Preston [amount not stated] .
Garstang 2 15 5
Stalmin & Staynall o 10 3
Greenall & Thistleton on 2
Alston & Hothcrsall 066
Barton o 10 6
Elswick o 8 II
Ecclcston parva & Larbeck . o 5 10
Lea 041
Catterall 090
Claughton 051
Elston 078
Goosnargh 117
Hardhonie & Newton o 13 6
Riby&Wrea 075
Bryninge & Kellemar o 10 5
Bill 067
Singleton parva oil l
Westby & Plumpton o 510
Warton o II I
Eccleston Magna o 12 6
Ashton o 4 10
Haighton 065
Woodplumpton I o o
Inskipp & Sowerby 048
Carleton 098
Newton & Scales 098
ffreckleton o 14 O
' The original is in possession of Mr. John Whitehead of Twyford, in the county of
Berks.
Miscellany,
20I
Preesall & Hackensall
Ribbleton
Hambleton
L3rtham
Marton
Whittingham
hton
Upper RawclifTe
La3rton & Warbreck
Poulton
Grimsarghe & Brockholes ...
Trayles
£ J. d.
o II 9
o 6 I
076
o 12 6
o 10 II
o 12 10
o 12 3
o o
o 12
o 14
o 4
o 8
4
7
7
7
3
£ J. </.
Clifton o 10 7
Weeton & Precse o 9 3
Oute RawclifTe o 11 11
Newsham 022
Thometon o 10 11
Medlargh & Wesham o 10 I
ffishwick 077
Kirkham 047
Bisphan & Norbreck o 11 o
Myrscough o 16 7
Bleasdale 040
" In witnesse whereof wee the s^ Justices in open Sessions of
the peace held att Preston 16^ day Aprill have sett our handes
&c. 1702.
Richard Fletewood Jos Walmisley
Edw. Parker Edm Hornbye."
" DiLDUMS."
This term was and possibly is still applied to men who have
attained the dignity of being great-grandfather.
Centenarians.
Isabel Hobson of Thorneton was buried at Poulton 25 April,
1 701, being, so says the register, aged 106. Ann Skelmadine of
Newton was also buried at Poulton in February, 1708 "aged a
hundred and five years ould."
Submerged Forest.
Between Fleetwood and Blackpool frequent traces have been
discovered of the remains of a forest ; below high level trunks of
trees, lying pointing uniformly eastward with their tom-up roots
to the west, are often exposed. Near Rossall, stumps of Scotch
firs have been found, and near to them the cones which dropped
from their branches. Similar remains were found at Marton (see
p. 27).
DD
202 The History of Poulton-le-FyUe.
An Assessment for Poulton, about i66a
Rich, fflctcwood esq. for his miln -
Thorn Rigby esq. ffor his tithe i
Thorn Tildesley esq. ffor his tithe -
Nich. Fare -
Eliz. Iloolc
Thorn Singleton -
Marg^ Hodson , -
Jo". Singleton -
VV"\ Capper -
W" Biggerstaffe -
Kd. Wild -
Kob^ Hall .
Agnes Salthouse -
Jo. Butcher -
Rob* Kcleston -
Rob* Gildchrist -
Ja. Bonney -
Jo" Whiteside -
Rich. Rossall -
Jam. Sanderson -
Nich. ffarc -
Jam. Picnson -
Kob*. Brodbelt -
Marjj* Bamber -
I<idi. Tinkler)
lA Tinkler /
Hir/^jin.v>ns estate •
A!';x. Smithson
Jon. Hull -
f<ich. Anyon -
• MS, torn here.
s.
d. qr.
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APPENDIX.
I.
Church of Pulton.
Cartae Antiquae. Augmentation Office. E 8.
To all sons of holy mother church to whom the present letters
shall come. Henry de Walton Archdeacon of Richmond greeting
in the saviour of all men. Know all ye, that whereas we per-
sonally visiting our Archdeaconry of Richmond aforesaid, as
required by our office in the year of our Lord 1351, have caused
judicially to be summoned the religious men the Prior and Monks
of the house of St. Mary Lancaster, holding to their own uses
against the common right, the pairsh church of the same with the
chapels of Caton, Gressyngham, Overton, and Stalmyn, dependant
on the church of Lancaster aforesaid, and the parish church of
Pulton in Amundernes, with the chapel of the same of Biscopham
and a yearly pension of ten marks from the church of Preston in
Amundernes, and another yearly pension of half a mark from
the church of Hesham, of which church the said Religious men
are patrons, with some partial tithes portions pensions and other
emoluments as follow more fully described in foreign parishes
within our said Archdeaconry, to exhibit and show for themselves
whatever they canonically have upon the appropriation of the
churches and chapels and receiving of the pensions and tithes afore-
said on and at a certain day and place before us. The aforesaid
Religious men by the proctor of the same lawfully appointed on
and at the said day and place before us in form of our vocation
lawfully appearing in form of right have alledged and proposed
that the Religious men aforesaid, were and are canonically pos-
sessed of the parish churches of Lancaster and of Pulton with
the chapels of the same aforesaid and the yearly pensions of ten
2o6 The History of Paultan-le'Fyldc.
marks from the church of Preston and half a mark from the
church of Jicsham aforesaid and all manner of tithes of the forests
or groves of M}'rescowe, Foulwode, Quemmore and the Park rf
Hyde, and Cadley, and titlies of hunting and all other profits
arising out of the forests aforesaid, and tithes of com of Riggeby
and Syngilton in the parish of Kirkham and all n:ianner of tithes
arising from the demesne lands of the Duke of Lancaster, withm
tlie County or Duchy of Lancaster in the Archdeaconry afore-
said with all their rights and appurtenances have received had
]X;ssessed and converted to their own uses tie churches aforesaid,
with tlieir appurtenances and the pensions aforesaid and partial
tidies as aforesaid obtained from the time of forty years and
more and further from time immemorial, except the portion of
the vicarage in the aforesaid church of Pulton, antiently ordained,
and tliat it was and is specially granted and suffered by the
Archdeacons of Richmond for the time being to the said Reli-
gious men, canonically obtaining the church of Lancaster afore-
said, appropriated that they ought not to be compelled to have Jt
I>erpetual vicar in the same church or in anywise to be restrained,
whicli said grant and indulgence the same Religious men have
used j>eaceably, during all the time aforesaid, in proof whereof
they have exhibited many instruments and muniments and
aix>stolic letters, and by witnesses worthy of credit before us in
form of right sworn upon the premises diligently examined law-
fully proved the possession of all and singular the premises from
the time aforesaid. Whercu[>on we the Archdeacon aforesaid,
the said instruments and letters having been seen and diligently
examined and discussed and the attestations of the aforesaid
witnesses fully understood and the merits of such business suffi-
ciently and fully searched into, finding that the aforesaid Reli-
gious men have canonically obtained the churches aforesaid with
their appurtenances, aUo the yearly pensions and all and singular
the tithes ab«)ve expressed, and upon the obtaining appropriation
possession and tlelention of the said churches and chapels and
receiving of the said tithes and pensions they were and are suffi-
Appendix. 207
ciently strengthened, having called those to be called in this
behalf, and sufficient knowledge of the cause by the knowledge
aforesaid and the order of right which in this case was required,
having been observed in all things, we pronounce and declare by
synod and diffinitively in these writings that the aforesaid Reli-
gious men ought to have to their own uses, the aforesaid churches
with the said chapels of the same, also the yearly pensions afore-
said of ten marks from the aforesaid church of Preston and half a
mark from the church of Hesham and all and singular the tithes
aforesaid, and may convert the fruits of the said churches and
chapels to their own uses, except the portion of the vicar of Pul-
ton, and that it may be lawful to the same to serve and cause to
be served the church of Lancaster aforesaid, hereafter by fit and
secular Chaplains. And we judicially absolve the aforesaid
Religious men as sufficiently strengthened in the premises and
every of the premises and the canons possessors of the same from
further trouble or disturbance of our office, and we dismiss them
absolved by our decree in peace, saving always the rights liberties
customs and honour of us and of our Archdeaconry aforesaid to
us and our successors in all things. In witness and faith of all
whereof we have caused our present letters to be made common
by the setting of our seal. Given at Lancaster the third day of
the month of October in the year of our lord 1351.
(On the back.) For the Pension of Preston vj^ xiij^ iiijd
A Sentence diffinitiue geven be y^ Archedeken of Richemond
be whiche it appereth that y« Chirche} of Lancas? & Pulton w^
all y^ Chapelf longyng to them ben holden in ppr vse. Daf \\f^^
die Octobr A^ dni Mk:cclj™o
IL
Order to repair Poulton Chancel, a.d. 1345.
Augmentation Office. Miscellaneous Charters. Vol. xviii.
[No. 327.] Simon de Bekyngh^m Re9endi viri dni Archidi
Richeni ipo in remotis, agente Vicar ge&at dnio Wittmo Rectori
2o8 The History of Poulton-le-Fylde.
ecctie Sci Michis sup Wire 1 Thurstano Rectori ecctie de Preston
ac Decano Amudern sal?m in omn salvator. Ad compellend
canoice dnm Wittm Vicar ecctie de Pulton, aut Relig viros Priore
It Monach Lancastr ipam ecctiam in usus pp*os optinentes qd
Cancel! ecctie predce 1 Capelt de Bysceplfm eidm annexe,
debite reficiant It reparent infra tempus legitimu p vos ilU aut
illis ad que vel ad quos hm'^ refeccio *1 repacio ptinent de jure or-
dinacione canonica qsuetudine vel statuto consida? debif psonarf T;
locorf circustanc limitand, necno ad cognoscend statuend pnuciand
diffiniend 1 exequend ac ul?ius faciend in pmiSs Ti ea cdtingentib5
justicie complementu. Vob de quorf fidelitate '^ industria circum-
specta plena in dno fiducia reportam*^ q junctimit divisim comittim**
vices nras cu cujuslibet cohercois canoice potestate. Dal Eborf
vicesimo rcio die mens Augusti Anno dni Mittmo CCC xl. quinto.
III.
Staining Grange.
Augmentation. Miscellaneous Books. No. 45.
[No. 197.] Vniusis Xpi fidelib} ad quos psens scriptu puenlit
Frar. Garnerus Kar. Diuina miseraffie Abfes Loci fendci de Stan-
lawhe. Et ei'dem loci humit Conuet*^ Satt. Nouit vniusitas
nra Dnm Galfridum Priore Lane ad peticoem nram ex mera be-
nignitate sua tediis 1 laborib} nris humitr pcendo nofe q"ntu ad se
ptinet concessisse vt dib} secularib} exclusis cantariam nram,
lieam^'in oratorio nro infra Grangiam nram de Stainig, que est sita
infra Limites pochie de Pulto cu illuc uefiim*^. Et ibidem nofe Ti
nostris Conusis diuina pcipiam*^. Saluis in omnib}. decimis obla-
^ib}. 1 obuenraib}. Matrici Ecctie de PultO Jure communi debitis.
Nos vero Matrice Ecc*m de Pulto de nob 1 nostris pro posse ser-
uabim^ illesam. Et si aliqua lesio p nos ul p nros dee Ecctie de
Pulto p tractu ?pis quod absit eueSit, extuc nos in iam dca
Grangia de Staynig a diuinis omnino cessabim*^. Donee de
dampnis 1 lesionib} Priori Lane qui pro ?pr administra^em dci
Priorat*^ habuerit % psonis dee Ecctie de Pulto que p fpr fuerit. ad
Appendix. 209
plenu satisfecerim*'. In hui*^ rei testimoniu psenti scrlpto sigillu
nostru apposuim*^.
[N.D. Probably early part Henry III. (1216-72.)]
IV.
Augmentation. Miscellaneous Books. No. 35.
[No. 130.] Hec Indentura confecta int religiosum viru Frm
Radm Couratt Priore eccrie b'e Marie Lancastr ex vna pte et
Dnm Adm Banastr milite, ex alta testat*", Qd cu quedam dissen-
siones lb cause discordie nup inr eosdm Sborte fuissent ta sup
transita ad hoines pedites % equites carcctas \ plaust^'ipsius prions
h5inu \ tenetu suorf , Hfido p* diusas vias vlt** terras ^dci Dni Ade
de Thometoii Staynotf T Singletoii q'm 1 sup pturbacoe collec-
cois deciarf ejusdm prioris inf* dnium ejusdm Ade cariadarf dis-
sensiones It discordie sup"dce intuenientib) amicis raib} amicabili?
conquieucrut in hunc modu vidett qd ^dcus Dns Adam concessit
p se '^ liedib) suis qd pdcus prior ^ successores, sui hoines T tenetes
eorfdm imppetuu heant duas vias sufficietes vlt" terras ejusdm
dni Ade, ad hoines pedites T equites carectas 1 plaust" ad auia
sua fuganda et refuganda 1 cariagia sua facicda silicet vna viam
a villis de Pulton T Thorneton vltra Skippol 1 exinde vsq} paruam
Singletoii p viam que ducit vsq3 vadu de Aldewath, in aqua de
Wire et alia viam a pdcis villis de Pulton 1 Thometoii vsq3 vadu
de Bulkf in pdca aqua dc Wire. Et ^terea Idm dns Adam con-
cessit p se T. hedib) suis qd pdcus Prior ct successores sui T ornes
alii qui p ipni Priore seu successores suos ad decias suas in pochia
sua de Pulton infra dnium ipius dni Ade colligedas 1 cariand mint
deputati, decias illas libe pacifice T sine impcdimento, ipius dni
Ade \ hedu suor^ collide valeant % cariare 1 comodu suii inde
facere put cis 1 ccctie sue melius vidcbit^ cxpedirc. Ita qd si
cotingat qd aliqd dampnu p dcm Priore vl hoines seu tenetes suos
pdco dno Ade, vl hedib) suis in bladis vl in p"tis eor^ vl alibi
injuriose illatum fuit tuc dapnu ittd gcdm sui quantitate ronabitr
emendct^ Et pdcus Prior rcmisit 1 quictu clamauit pdco dno
E E
210 The History of Poulton-le-Fylde.
Adc 1 suictib) suis, quibuscuq) dimoda acoonem Tiisgressionis
i\xn idm I'rior p pfatos Ad 1 3uictes suos ipi Priori illatil fuisse
a.'iscruit IVouiso In qd acciones debitorf si que ipi Priori compe-
lat 9su» pdcm Adm vl aliquc 3uictu suorf pdcorf eidm Fori
totulit/ rcscrucnf pdca rcmissione n5 obstante. In cuj** rei testi-
inoniu, jitib) huj'* Indenture sigilla pdcorf Prioris T; Ade al¥natim
.sunt apjicnsa. I liis tcstib} Jobne de Denn, Robto de Schirboume,
Kolito (Ic Dalton, militib), Johne de Croft, Wittmo le GentiS,
Jcihnc dc Lancastr, Henrico dc Carlcton It Aliis. Datf apud
hancastr die Jouis px post fm Ephie Anno dni Mittmo CCC°*<*
'rricesitnu 1 Anno regni Regis Ed ward! ?cii a conquestu quarto.
GENERAL INDEX.
The (•) refers to Pedigrees facing the page named.
" A LDWETH," or " Aldewath," 2.
£\ All Hallows' e*en, i99-2oa
Allen family, 125-57, I56.*
Assessment for Poulton in 1660, 202.
Assize of bread and ale, 6.
BAINES* charities, 116, 119.
Bamber family of Carleton, 176, 177.
the Moor, 179-82.
Poulton, 177-79.
" Bergerode," 4.
Bispbam chapel, 39, 43.
Blackpool, 43.
Boteller family, 21-3.
Breck R. C. chapel, 64.
Broughton-in-Fumess, minister of, 75.
CARLETON, township of, 17-19.
cuckstool, 19.
family, 17-18, 170-6.
hall, 170-6.
manorial court, 19.
right of way in, 17.
s<mool, 115, 116.
- tenants of Cockersand, ii.
Celts, I.
Centenarians, 201.
Civil wars in Poulton, 30, 31,
Cockerham, vicar of, 77.
Cockersand abbey, bursar's roll of, in 145 1
and 1501, II, 12, 37.
Cuckstool in Poulton, 19.
Chantry in Poulton church, 40, 41.
Charities, public, 115-22.
Baines', 119.
- Carleton school, 1 15-16.
^— Free school, 1 16-18.
- Hodgson's, 121.
Jolly s, 122.
Marton school, 118-19.
Nickson's, 120.
— - Whitehead's, 120.
Whiteside's (Edward), 120.
(William), 121.
- Whittam's, 122.
Chester, siege of, 73.
Church of Poulton, 37-50.
bells, 42, 48.
chantry in, 40-41.
clock, 47.
dedication, 43.
endowments, 38.
Fleetwood vault in, 45.
font, 45.
gallery in, 46.
- hatchments, 58, 59.
inventory of goods, 42.
- monuments in, 50-60.
- oblations, 28.
organ, 47.
plate, 49.
- pews, list of, 48, 49.
pulpit, 45.
rector of, 28.
registers, 92, 114.
repairs of, in 1345, 38.
in 1566, 42.
in 1584, 41.
in 1868, 49.
in 1883, 49.
chancel in 1351, 38.
Rigby pew, 45.
- survey of, in 1650, 42.
tower, 44.
tithes in 1492, 40, 42.
in 1535, 41.
28, 43.
vicars of, 6JJ-87.
vicarage, j8, 43, 49.
Churchwardens accounts, 91.
pew, 46.
88-93.
Churchyard of Poulton, 47.
Crosses, way side, 197.
DANISH names, 4.
"DUdums,"20i.
Domesday survey, 5.
** Drenches," 16.
** Drengage," 16.
212
Index.
" 17 LKEKAR •• in Caiietou, 18.
FLAX Ira^t in I'^/ch^/n, 33.
FrtJckJei^^j chuidj puJpit, 4O.
Fleet wTfyyi djurch, O3.
curatcti au'j vic&rb, 63, O4.
fMuily, 157-O7.
vault, 4^
-^— I'ywn, 3J.
" Kltth «3ay, 199.
KuncraJ c\M.om, 197,
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60.
NONARUM isqmsiiSaDC 9.
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LD costoms, i97'-9'
halls ^ '^'0^ >23» l^
ver CromveU'b daxi£;faKs; 15&
stfme, 199.
Halls, old, 123 88.
Bum hall, 169-70.
Cark'ton hall, 170-76.
- Little Poulion hall, 167-68.
- Kfyssall gran^^e, 123-67.
-^— Staining ^laJI, 182-88.
The M<x>r, 179.
— - Thornton hall, 168-9.
Tvlderstaffhall, 168.
"HalKturle" in Marton, 20.
Ilardhorn with Newton, 27-30.
— Free school, 1 16-17.
Ilarrifton family, 77-;9.
Hekketh family of Little Poulton, 167-8.
IIrxlgson*8 charity, 1 21.
"Ilolc-in-thc-wall'' beerhouse, 19.
Holmes the, 12, 17.
Hull family of Ponlton, 85, 86.
INDEPENDENT chapel, 64.
"Ignagning," 199.
KETELISWORTH, 20.
Ketclesholmwuthnra, 2a
Kirkham grammar school, 8a
^— vicar of, 77.
LANCASTER, priory of, and right of
way, 5-6.
Laton-rakcs, 43.
Lil)rary, parochial (Dr. Bray's), 197.
I/f>xham lamily of Kirkham, 81-2.
I^und, curate of, 77.
MARTON township, 12, 19-27.
church, 60-2.
curates of, and vicars, 61.
in 1650, 43.
Merc, 24-6.
Moss, 34.
Marton school, 61, 118.
PARISH registers, 92-114.
Petty sc&sioD m Pooltan. 53.
Allen of Rossall, 125-57, 1561*
Bamber of Carleton, 176-7.
of Poulton, 177-9.
of the Moor, I79i-^S2.
Carleton of Carleioo, 170-6.
Fleetwood of Rossall, 157-67.
Harrison of Poulton, 77-9.
Hesketh of Little Potdloo, 167-8L
Hull of Poulton, 85-6.
Loxham of Kirkham, 8l-2L
Singleton of Staining, 182-8^ 1881.*
Thornton of Thornton, 13-17.
White of Poulton, 74.
Population of Poulton, 36.
Poulton, area of parish, 36.
assessment in 1660^ 197.
boundaries, i.
charities, 115-22.
— — church, sie caurch of Poolioo.
crosses, 197.
— — family, C-i
flax trade in, 33.
free schools, 1 16-18.
in nth and i6th centuries, a-12:
in 1816, 35.
in the Civil Wars, 30, 31.
-^— in the pre-Roman tmie, i.
<^— in the time of the Romans, 2.
library, parochial. Dr. Bny*s, 197.
Market, 34, 35.
mortality, great, in 1662, 105.
Mote Hall, 34.
Port, 33.
right of way to Thornton in 1330^
6, 20a
Rigby's, Alexander, house, 34.
stocks, 34.
wills in loth century, 189-96.
Protestation, the, in 1641, 31-3.
Index,
213
RIBBLE, right of fishing in, 67.
Ri^by family, 76.
Roman coins found in Poulton, 3.
roads in Poulton, 2,
Kossall Hall, 123-67.
seizure of, 136-57.
wreck of Spanish ship near, 31.
SAINT Gregory's day, 199.
Martin of Sees, abbot of, 29.
Saxon names, 4.
Schools, see Charities.
Shard, the, 2.
Shutting of the Marling, 199.
Singleton family, 182-8, i88.*
Grange, 72.
Thorpe, 3.
Skippool, 6, 34.
bridge, rate for repairs of, 199, 200.
Spanish ship wrecked ott Rossall, 31.
Staining, 17, 27-30.
Grange, 27-30.
— burning of, 28-30.
Hall, 182-8.
tithes, 28-9.
Stalmine, curate of, 79.
Stana or Stainall, 12-15.
Stokynbride, Le, 18.
Stydd chapel, pulpit in, 46.
Sabmoged forests, 27, 201.
Subsidy roll, 1332, 8-13, 18, 23.
1545-6, 12.
1500-1, 12.
Sworn men of Poulton, 89.
Syon monastery, 39, 41, 42-69.
— survey of, 4a
THORNTON township, 12-17.
church, 62.
curates and vicars of, 63.
&,mily, 13-17.
Hall, 168, 169.
school, 118, 119.
" Teanlay " night, 198.
Tithes of Poulton in 1492, 40-42, 43.
Todderstaff Hall, 168.
Trummall [or Trunnah], 13.
Tyldesley's diary, 79, 80.
V
IC ARS of Poulton, 65-87.
WESLEYAN Chapel, 64.
White femily of Poulton, 74.
Whitehead's charity, 120.
Whiteside's (Edward) charity, 12a
(William) charity, 121.
Whittam's charity, 122.
Wills of 1 6th century, 189-96.
INDEX OF NAMES.
The (•) refers to Pedigrees Joeing the page named.
A BELL, Rog., 8.
Adameson, George, 97.
- Thomas, 97.
Adlington, Robert, 16.
Alaji, John, 41.
Albin, Rev. Christopher, 48, 60.
Richard, 106.
Robert, 106.
Aldyngton, Robert, 171, 172.
Alen, George, 70, 126, 129, 13a
Hugh, 127.
Isabel, 126.
John, 126, 127, 129, 130, 131.
John, uxar^ 127.
M'eret, 127.
Richard, 126.
Thomas, 126.
William, 126, 127.
Alenn, Elizabeth, 126.
John, 126.
Alexander, Sir, 37.
Allann Daniell, 106.
Patrick, 106.
Allanus, Gabriel, 134.
Allen, Agnes, 105.
Anne, 128, 129, 132, 135.
of Breckenhall pedigree of, 157.*
Catherine, 129, 131, 139.
Cardinal William, 128, 131, 132,
133. 134, 136, 137, 139.
^— Dr., 146, 156.
Elizabeth, 97, 125, 128, 129, 130,
131. I35» >36.
Ellen, 129, 131.
- family of, 125.
Gabriel, 129.
George, 97, 105, 126, 128.
Helen, 139.
Hugh, 128.
Jane, 128.
John, 125, 126, 128, 167, 174, 192.
M agister, 71.
Margaret, 131.
Mary, 129, 130, 131, 139.
Allen, Mrs., 136, 138, 140, 141, 143^ 144,
145, 146, 150, 151, 152, 153, 156.
Ralph, 12$.
Randulphus, 125,
Richard, 152.
— ^— Sampson, 125.
Thomas, 12$, 128, 132, 135, 136.
William, 120, 131, 141.
William, nephew of, 126.
Alman, Thomas, loi.
Almande, Laurence, 103.
Richard, 96.
Thomas, 96, 103.
Almonde, Alice, 95.
Margery, 175.
Thomas, 95, 175.
Alotessone, Will*ms, 14.
Alston, John, 78.
Ambrose, William, 9.
Anderton, Anne, 167.
Dorothy, i88.»
Hugh, 167.
James, i88.*
Roger, 187, i88.»
Thomasine, i88.*
Anian, William, 141.
Anion, John, 10 1.
Mr., 144, 145, 146.
Rawlin, 9a
Anyen, Jane, 106.
Rutland, 106.
Anyon, Agnes, 127.
Edm., 204.
John, 12, 107, 127.
Richard, 127, 128, 202, 204.
Richard, uxor^ 127.
Rowland, 30.
Thomas, 203, 204.
William, 130, 177, 203.
A>^11> Jane, i6a
Richard, 1 6a
Aschella, William, son of the daughter of,
66.
Ashton, Hugo dc, ii.
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Index,
Ashton, John, 89.
Richard, 187.
Aspinall, Grace, 84. .
Award, Jane, 102.
- Robert, 90.
Awarde, John, loi.
Awardes, Robert, 9a
Awards, Elinor, 108.
Jane, loi.
Aw[ajrds, Richard, 31.
Thomas, 32.
BACHELER, Hugh, 22.
Bagot, John, 32.
Bailey, J. T., 48.
Bailye, Bridgett, 102.
Bain, John, 118.
Baines, Agnes, 116.
- Dorothy, 117.
Francis, 116.
{ames, 116, 117, 118, 119.
ennet, 1 16.
John, 116.
Baldwin, Richard, 185.
Balie, John, 95.
Margarett, 95.
Richard, 95.
William, 95.
Bamber, Agnes, 102.
Alice, 103, 177, 178, 179.
Ann, 179.
Captain, 30.
family, of Carleton, 176.
Edmond, 71.
Edmund, 103, 177.
Edmund, ux&r^ 177.
Edward, 174, 177, 178, 179, 180^
181, 182.
Elizabeth, 180.
Ellen, 179.
family of the Moor, 179, l8a
family of Pulton, 177.
Isabel, 177, 193.
James, 179, 180, 181.
Tenet, 177, 179.
Jennett, 108.
John, 32, 33, 89, 118, 177, 178, 179,
180, 181, 182, 203, 204.
MaiTgaret, 77, 115, 177, 202.
Margery, 177, 180.
Marjorie, 179.
Mary, 179.
Richard, 31, 104, 178, 179, 180^ 181,
182, i88.«
Robert, 108, 177, 180, 193.
Bamber, Thomas, 26, 91, 177, 178, 179,
180, 181, 193.
William, 115, 118, 177, 178, 179,
180, 188,* 192, 204, see Bomber,
Bamburgh, William, II.
Banastre, Adam, 15.
Sir Adam, 6.
'—" Thomas, 16.
Banester, Richard, 24.
William, 15.
Banestre, Adam, 209.
Baptist, Mr., 154, 155.
Barrow, Arthur, 32.
Barton, Miles, 48.
Prudence, 164.
Robert, 32.
Thomas, 42, 49.
Baskell, Anne, 161.
Ralph, 161.
Baylie, Ellen, 96.
John, 95, 96.
Richard, 95.
Bayliffe, ffrancis, 113.
Jane, 113.
Beaumont, Mr., 15.
Beechey, Rev. St. Vincent, 63.
Ikkyngham, Simon de, 38.
Bckyngh'm, Simon de, 207.
Belie, Elizabeth, 98.
Margarett, loi.
Richard, 98.
Bember, Robert, 12.
Bennet, George, 118.
Bennison, Rev. J., 169.
Beres, . . . , 160.
Mary, 160,
Beryngton, Robert, 172.
Bicicerstaff, George, i/L
John, 200.
William, 49.
Bickerstaffe, James, 96, 119.
Margaret, 116.
Robert, 103.
Thomas, 9^ 103,
William, 90.
Biggens, Jennet, 204.
Biggerstafie, William, 202.
Bircher, Richard, 32.
Bird, Bishop, 41.
Henry, 118.
John, 47.
Samuel, 117.
Birkenhead, Henry, 188. •
Birkett, Mary, 51.
Rev. William, 51.
Index,
217
Birley, Edward, 188.
John, 46, 47, 48, 49.
Bisbrown, James, 44.
- Margaret, 44.
Bisbrowne, Lurence, 98, lOi.
Richard, 33, 114.
Thomas, 90, 98.
Biscophem, Richard de, 124.
Blackburn, John, 11.
Blackbume, Ann, 188.
Gabriel, 188.
James, 188.
- John, 68,
William, 188.
Blundeville, Randulph de, 123.
Blundus, Baldewinus, 13.
Bocker, Thomas, 71.
Bolinbroke, Henry of, 22.
Bomber, William, 90, 176, see Bamber,
Bonde, Sir Edward, 127.
Bonney, Ja., 202.
Bootle, Robert Wilbraham, 82.
Boteler, Elizabeth le, 22.
Isabella le, 21.
- Joanna le, 22.
Norman le, 21.
- Richard, 10, ii.
Sir Thomas, 22.
Sir William le, 22.
William le, 169.
Boteller, Edmund le, 23.
Edward le, 24.
Henry le, 21.
James le, 23, 24.
- John le, 22.
- Nicholas, 22.
Richard, 197.
— ^ Sir John, 22.
Sir William, 22.
Theobald Walter le, 21, 24.
William le, 17, 21, 22, 29.
Botiler, John, 9, 10, 16.
- Nicholas, 9, 10, 22.
—^ Theobald le, 21.
Botiller, John, 68.
Richard le, 18, 21, 22.
Richard, 170, 172,
- Thomas, I a
William, 22, 68,
Botyller, Richard, 69.
Sir John, 68.
Bowman, Jonathan, 204.
Bowness, Rev. Robert, 51.
Bowyk, Robert de, 9.
Boydell, John, 89.
Boydell, Mathew, 108.
Brabozon, Sir Edward, 72.
Bradshaw, James, 172.
Brair, Robert, 97,
Susanna, 97.
Braithwatt, William, lOI.
Bramley, George, 139.
Bray, Dr., 197.
John, 32.
Margret, 114.
Braye, James, 102.
Breckell, Ales, iia
Isabell, 94.
John, 91, no.
Richard, 200.
Robert, 98.
William, 94.
Bredkirk, John de, 14.
Market de, 14I
Philip, 197.
Bredkyrke, John, 171.
Brerely, Rev. John, 74.
Bretherton, Rev. William, 65.
Sir William, 69.
vicar, 41.
Brickell, Thomas, 91.
Bridgeman, Bishop, 73.
Brid^ewater, Dr., 136.
Brockholes John, 69.
Mr., 92.
Richard de, 6.
W. F., 64.
Brodbelt, Robert, 202, 203, 204.
William, 203.
Brogreaves, Thomas, 135.
Brown, George, 42.
Isabel, 188.
- R., 64.
Richard, 69.
Rev. Richard, 10, 65, 68.
- Thomas, 68.
William, 92.
Browne, Alderman, 3.
Dr., 3.
'—" Hennery, 204.
John, 32, 73, 94, 96.
Richard, 10, ii, 109.
Thomas, 104.
William, 96.
Brun, Batty de, 13, 169.
Bryer, Rev. Thomas, 62.
Buck, Margaret, 57.
Mrs., 92.
- Richard, 57.
Robert, 45.
FF
2I«
Index.
BullArJfamet, 95.
-^ Thomas, 0$.
Burfi^b. Richard, loi, i6a
William, 160.
Burrowes, Richard, loi.
Butcher, Elizabeth, 96, 189.
Tomes, 189,
Icnett, 97.
fo., 9».
[ohn, 91, 94, 96, 97, 189, 203,
204.
Rev. Mr,, 61.
Richard, 119, 189.
— — Robert, 91, 189.
- Thomas, 61.
William, 61, 189.
Butler, Alexander, 188.*
- Anne, 160.
Bridget, 1 59.
- Nicholas le, 9, 15.
Richard, 80, 91, 171, 187.
Robert, 159. 160.
St. John, 68.
- Thomas, i6a.
William, la.
Bylbocke, WUliam, 71.
Byllinge, Huche, 71.
Byllynche, Ilughe, 71.
CALOE, William, 93.
Calvert, Elisabeth, 127.
Tames, 127.
John, 127.
Cancefeld, Dominui de, aa
Caplo, Rob'tus, 18.
Capper, Ralphe, 203.
William, 202,
Cardwell, Myles, iia
- Ric^rd, iia
Carleton, Elisabeth, 173.
George, 171, 172, 173, 174, i88.*
-— * George de, la 11, 12.
- Godiich de, 18, 17a
Henry de, 9, 17, 20^ 21, 170^ 171,
172, 21a
- Henry de Parva, 18.
-^ Tane, 174.
- Tohanna, 173,
- John, 17a
— - Laurence, 188. •
- lawrence, 171, 174, 175.
^— Margaret, 170, 171, 175.
Margery, 174, 175,
Mary, 174, 188.
Carleton, Michael de, 13.
— - Thomas, 171, 172, 173.
lliomas de, 172.
William, 16, 17, i7«. i73f »74» I75»
i88»
William de, 170, 172.
Carlton, Matilda de, 170.
Walter, 21.
Walter de, 17a
Carter, John, 94.
Margarett, 104.
Wilfiam, 94.
Cartmell, John, 32.
Casson, William, 33.
Cawthomes, Mr., 80.
Cecil, William, 154. IS5«
Challoner, Bishop, 181.
Chanon, Sir Gilbert Isworth, 127.
Chamley, Catherine, 188.
Peter, 188.
Chamock, Elizabeth, 184.
Cheney, Edmund, 159.
Elizabeth, 159.
John, 159.
CUrk, Louisa, 51, 52, 86.
Rev. Samud, 63.
- Thomas, 86.
— > Rev. Thomas, 51, 52, 66, 86, 87.
Rev. T. H., 52.
Clarke, George, 32.
Rev. T., 48, A9.
Clarkson, Jolm, 118.
Clayton, Rev. William de, 65, 67.
William de, 14.
Gierke, Sir Robert, 42, 65, 7a
Clifton, Captain Francis, 187.
Catenna de, 13.
- Cuthbert, 23.
Elizabeth, 171.
- Gilbert de, 21.
Jane, 158.
Lord John, 158.
Robert, 171, 173.
Thomas, 23.
Thomas de, 13.
William, 175.
William de. 124.
Codenissltts, Riciis, 19.
Cokerham, William de, 23.
Cokersand, Abbot of, 127.
Cole, Thomas, i88,*
Compste, William, 9a
Compstie [Comstey?], William, 32.
Corners, Christopher, 129^ 157.*
Index.
219
Coniers, Mr., 140.
Mrs., 139.
Cooban, John, 8a
Cookson, Rey. James, 62.
William, 48, 49, 89^
Comwhite, Thomas^ 46.
Cottam, John, 49.
Cotton, Mr., 75.
WiUiam, 32.
Cowbcm, George, 26.
Coweban, Bridget, no.
Cowebome, Lavrrance, 112.
Crane, George, 103.
Thomas, 103.
Crankeshagb, William de, 65, 68.
Creane, James, 32.
Robert, 32.
- Thomas, senr., 32.
Thomas, jimr., 32.
Crene, Anne, 19a
John, 19a
Maigery, 190.
Robert, 19a
-^ William, 19a
Croft, Joh'n de, 21a
Crokoe, John, 93.
Richard, 93.
Robert, lOi.
Cromwell, Bridget, 158.
Oliver, 158.
Crone, Alice, 93.
Anne, loa
John, II, 68, 90^ 94.
Rob'te^ 93, 94.
- Robert, 9, 89.
Crookhall, John, 1 12.
Robert, 31,
Crookes, Alice, 196.
Crookoe, John, 19a
Maigery, 190.
Robert alias Rossall, 1 90.
William, 190.
Cropper, Henry, 71,
James, 71.
Rev. Richard, 65, 70^ 191, 192, 194,
196.
Richard, 71, 128.
Sir Richard, 70, 192.
- Thomas, 71.
Crosse, Adam del, 8.
Croune, Robert, 102.
Curwen, Richard, 117.
- Robert, 117.
— ^ Thomas, 13a
DAA, Henr'le,.i9,
Dagger, John, 203.
- Richard, 203.
Thomas, 33, loi.
Rev. William, I19.
Daire, John, loi.
Henrie, loa
Dalton, Colonel, 187.
Robertas de, 2io.
Daois, Jane, 204.
Damites^, Catherine, 45.
Davie, Henry, 95.
James, 32.
John, 89, 95-
Richard, jp, 89.
Thomavo^*
Davis, Rich^p 30i
Davy, William, 12.
Dawson, Richard, 9a
DajTSon, Thomas, 105.
X'pofer, loj.
Demand, Richard le, 6.
Denn, John de, 21a .
Denny, Henry, 158.
Katharine, 158.
Derby, Earl of, 17, 30, 31.
Lord, i8j.
Dewhurst, Richard, 49.
Dickson, Luke, 99.
Richard, 26, 46, 117.
Thomas, 32, 88, 89, 99, 102, 105,
106, 107.
Dicksonn, Thomas, 09.
Dieulacres, Abbot of, 124, 135.
Dobson, Ellenn, 108.
John, 48, 119.
Richard, 31.
Dobsonne, John, 32.
Thomas, 32.
Dodding, Colonel George, 30.
Dodsworth, 3.
Doggeson, Richard, 16.
Doughty, James, 102.
John, 99.
Feter, 99.
Durant, Rev. Isaac, 63.
Durham, William, 32.
Durhame, Ellen, 102.
George, 97.
John, 89.
Robert, 97.
Durram, Alice, 190.
- George, 90.
John, 190.
Margaret, 19a
220
Index.
Durram, William, 190.
Dutton, Thomas, i88.»
- Thomas de, 68.
Dyrham, Alice, 190.
Catherine, 191.
Ellen, 191.
George, 190, 191.
John, 190.
— — Margaret, 190.
Roger, 190, 191,
William, 19a
EALEY, John, 196.
WilUam, 196.
Eccleston, Elizabeth, 177.
Jenet, 93.
- Lancelot, loi,
Parson, 92.
Rxmdulphi, 93.
Eccliston, will's de, 8.
Ecleston, Robert, 202.
Ellele, Ric'us de, 14.
FABR*, Ric*us, 18.
Farbrother, William, 32.
Fair, Thomas, 49.
Fare, Nich., 202.
Farnnglon, Alice, i88.*
Fleetwood, 164.
- Robert, 164.
Thomas, i88.«
Farynton, Kichnrd, 69.
Fayle, William, 26.
fiare, Nich., 202.
Rich., 203.
fiarshaw, Jane, no.
John, 204,
Richard, no.
fiarthoughe, Alice, lOi.
fiayle, Ellis, 96.
John, 80.
Richard, 96, 107,
fiaylle, George, in.
fiEayrecloughe, Clarance, 96.
Lawrence, 93, 96.
Margerie, 93.
ffisher, IsabcU, 100.
John, 94, 191.
Lislie, no.
■ Margaret, 191.
- Margarett, 102.
-^ Peter, 105, no.
Richard, 94, 95, 105, 191.
Robert, 95, iia
Thomas, 191.
ffisher, William, no, 191, 204.
ffletcher, Hennery, 204.
Ric, 9a
ffleetwood, Bridgett, loi.
lliomas, 125.
ffleetwoode, Anne, 161, 163.
Margaret, 161, 163.
ffletewood, Elizabeth, 80.
Richard, 202.
ffletwoode, Edmund, 96.
John, 96.
fTorshaw, John, 203.
fTorshawe, Alice, 96.
John, 96.
fTrance, Jenet, 102.
firancis, John, 100.
flreckleton, Ellen, 112.
George, 103.
John, 103.
Robert, 102.
Fielding, Gabriel, 188.
John, 188.
Firth, Rev. Raywood, 87,
Rev. Raywood, uxor, 87,
Fishbuin, Thomas, 40.
Fisher, Rev. James, Ii9i
John, 32.
Rev. John, 77.
Laurence, 31,
Mr., 198.
Peter, 60, 1 10, III.
Richard, 31.
Rev. Robert, 77.
William, 31, iia
Fishwick, Robert, 48.
Fitzherbert-Brockholes, J., 68.
Fitz-Hugh, Sir Henry, 4a
Fleetwood, Anne, 158, 159, 160, 162.
Barbara, 157.
Bridget, 72, loi, 157, 158, i6a
Catherine, 162.
Charles, 158.
Edmund, 23, 33, 72, 79, 135, 136,
140, 150, 151, 152, 157, 158, 159, 160,
164.
Edward, 72, 79, 81, 136, 157, 158,
159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166,
188. ♦
Elizabeth, 159, 160, 162, 163, 164,
165.
Everill, 162.
^— family of Rossall, 157.
Francis, 158, 160, 161, 163, 164,
165.
George, 159.
Index.
221
Fleetwood, Henry, 157, 165.
Tames, 159.
fane, 162, 188.*
[ohn, 42, 72, 157, 165.
[ohn de, 157.
Lady, 1 61.
Lord, 158.
Margaret, 79, 158, 163, 164, 165,
166.
- Marie, 76, 163.
Mary, 162, 164, 16$.
Michael, 159.
P. Hesketh, 35.
Paul, 159, 160, 163, 164, 165.
Prudence, 164.
Richard, 23, 31, 43, 45, 78, 161, 162,
163, 164, 165, 201.
Robert, 158, 159, 160, 161.
- Samuel, 164.
Sir George, 158,
- Sir Hesketh, 3,
Sir Miles, 158.
Sir Paul, 23, 76, 161, 163, 164.
Sir P. H., 23.
Sir William, 158.
Susanna, 165, 166.
Thomas, 72, 136, 157, 158, 159,
165.
Veal, 166.
WUliam, 23, 72, 131, 157, 159.
163.
Fochour, John, ii.
Thomas, 11.
Foster, Benjamin, l6i;
Charles, 161, 164.
Mary, 164.
Francis, Andrew, 157.
-^— Barbara, 157, 160.
Francisca, Maria Winfreda, 1 8.
Freckleton, Grace, 84.
Rev. Robert, 65, 73, 74, 75.
- Rev. Roger, 84.
Fritzherbert-Brockholes Joseph, 168.
GAIRSTANG, Paulinus de, 7.
Galfridus, prior of Lancaster,
208.
Gait, William, 12.
Gaiter, John, 103.
Gamello, 65.
Gant, Ann, 78.
Garcia, Senor. Pedro, 167.
- Verginic, 167.
Garden, Patrick, 163.
Garlecke, Jane, 191.
Garlecke, Richard, 191.
^— Thomas, 191.
William, 191.
Garlice, John, 102.
Garlick, William, 32.
Garlicke, Antonii, 93.
Richard, 32.
William, 33, 91.
Gameous, frater, 268.
Gaskell, Henrie, 94.
- Nicholai, 94.
Thomas, 204.
Gastrell, Bishoo, 27, 91.
Gaule, John, 98.
Robert, 98,
Gaulter, Richard, 89.
William, 90.
Gaultier, John, 19.
William, 48.
Gaunt, John of^ 22.
Gentill, Willielmus de, 21a
Gerard, Cicely, 186, 188.*
Colonel C, 187.
Gilbert Lord, |88.*
- Grace, 186.
MUes, 186, i88.»
- Sir Thomas, 174.
WilUam, i88.»
Gibson, Rev. Mr., 60.
Gildchrist, Robert, 202.
Gildchriste, Margarett, lOI.
Gillow, George, 129, 157.
John Allen, I57.*
Glave, Robert, 203.
Glender, Roger, ii.
Goose, Elizabeth, lOO.
tenett, 100.
- Martin, 100, lOI.
Gomall, Thomas, 89.
Greenacres, Rev. Mr., 73.
Greene, Robert, 89, 9a
Greenhalgh, Sir Richard, 72, 192.
Greenhall, Rev. Richard, 65, 72.
William, 32.
Gregson, 29.
Louisa, 86.
Grenole, Cecilia de, 5.
Radulphus de, 5.
Grimbaldeston, William, 89.
Grimbalson, Thomas, 121.
Grimballson, Hugonis, 97.
Grymballson, Margarett, 97.
Gudlawe, Thomas, 94.
Guldane, William, 179.
222
Index.
HABART, Tosiah, 162.
Haddock, George, 147.
Mistress Aloysa, 146.
Mr., 146.
Haiholm, Nicli*as de,- iS.
Hall, Ann, 48, 80. .
Christopher, 79.
Ellin, 93.
- Rev. George, 61.
Henry, 103.
Jennet, 109.
Tohn, 89.
— — Maria, 79. .
Maiy, 80.
- Mrs., 79.
- Parson, 80.
- Richard, 80, 164.
— — Robert, 93, 119, 202,
Samuel, 80.
Timothy, 79, 164-
Rev. Timothy, 65, 79, 80, 197.
Halle, Adam del, 19, 170.
Hamilton, John de, 9.
Hardingham, Rev. C. N., uxor^ 87.
Hardman, Agnes, 103.
Ann, 97.
Elizabeth, 106.
- George, 89, 9a
John, 94.
Richard, 89, 97.
Thomas, 94, 100, 103, 106.
Harrington, Sir James, 10.
Harrison, Agnes, 5 1, 58, 94.
Alice, 78.
Ann, 51, 78, 79.
Benjamin, 79.
- Catherine, 78.
Dorothy, 58.
Ellen, 58.
Ellis, 107.
Elizabeth, 78.
George, 79.
Jeffiey, 79.
John, 32, 58, 79.
Joseph, 77, 78.
Margaret, 58, 78, 115.
- Mary, 113.
Richard, 6, 19, 58, 89, 90, 94*
- Rev. Richard, 51, 65, 77, 115.
Robert Bickerstaff, 58.
Thomas, 78, 79, 113.
William, 51, 54, 107.
Harrobin, Georgei, 97.
John, 97.
Hanryngton, Sir William, 10.
I Haryngton, James de, 68.
I Thomas, la
Thomas de, 68.
Harynton, Sir Thomas, 68.
Hasting, Samuel, 64.
Haule, Robert, 9a
Hawkesworth, Rosamond, 129.
William, 129.
HawU, Margaret, 192.
William, 191.
Hayes, Ralph, 204.
Heardson, John, loa
— - Thomas, loa
Heber, Josiah, 162.
Reginal, 162, 163.
Reginald, 160.
Thomas, 162.
Hebson, John, ill.
Hemer, Anne, 117.
Elizabeth, 117.
— - James, 117.
John, 116.
Henganson, Job., 9a
Hentwisle, Robert, 32.
Heschetus, Thomas, 134.
Hesketh, Adelaide Fleetwood, 84.
Agnes, 129.
^— Anna Maria, 166.
Anna Maria Alice, 84.
Anna Maria Emily Fleetwood, 84.
■ Bartholomew, 167.
Bold Fleetwood, 52, 166.
- Caroline Sumner Fleetwood, 84*
Charles, 84.
Charles Fleetwood, 84.
Rev. Charles, 66. 84, 166.
Debonnaire Fleetwood, 84.
Edward Fleetwood, 84, 166.
Edward Thomas, 52, 166.
Elizabeth, 129.
— - Fleetwood, 53, 166.
- Frances, 53, 82.
— — Francis Elizabeth, 166.
Francis Margaret, 166.
Gabriel 186.
George, 129, IS7,» 167, 168.
- Grace, 186.
—^ Hannah Maiie, 166.
— — Henry, 166.
John, 168.
Katherine, 168.
Maria, 166.
Martha Maria, 166.
Miss, 92.
Perpetua, 168.
Index,
223
Hesketh, Peter, 84, 166.
- Sir Peter, 167.
Robert, S4, 166.
Robert Fleetwood, 166.
Roger, 46, 166.
— — Richard, 104.
Sarah, 166.
Thomas, 24, 168.
-^— Sir Thomas Dalrymple, 83,
Wilfred, 167.
- William, 12, 129, 157,* 167, 168.
Hestholme, Ric'us de, 23.
Heton, Toh*es, 14.
Koger de, 169.
William de, 169.
Hetton, Roger de, 124.
Hewitson, A., 79.
William, 60, 61.
Hey, Alice, 104.
George, 96.
Giles, 173.
Thomas, 11.
Higginson, John, 32.
William, 2(5.
Hikanson, Georgij, 103.
Hine, Hemy, 83,
John, 83.
— — Rev. Nathaniel, 66, 83.
Sophia, 83.
Hinxton, Richard, 1124
Hitching, Catharine, 78.
John, 78.
Hobson, Isabel, 201.
John, 203.
Thomas, 89.
Hodson, Margarett, lOi.
Hodgeson, Isabell, 104.
Jane, 113.
- Jenett, 96.
John, 95, 96, 104.
- Richard, 93.
William, 93.
Hodgeston, William, 95.
Hodgson, Agnes, 176.
- EUinor, 176.
George, 113.
^ohn, 12, 32, 46, 90, 106, 121, 176,
Katherine, 176, 177.
Margaret, 176, 202.
Richard, 89,^14.
- Robert, 119.
Thomas, 72, 106, 119, 176, 177.
Hodgson, William, 32, 89, 9a
Hodghson, John, 106,
Hodgsonne, Ellin, 102.
George^ 32.
Robert, 32.
Hoggard, John, 89.
William, 95.
Hogp;arde, John, 95.
Hognton, Ann, 185.
John, 186.
Mary, 186.
Mr., 185, 186.
'—" Thomas, 185.
Sir William, 172.
Hogson, John, 128, 192.
- Katherine, 192.
^— Margaret, 192.
Thomas, 42, 192.
Hogyarde, Robert, lOl.
Hoheth, William de, 9.
Holcroft, John, 68.
Holcrofts of Marton, 24.
Holme^ Elizabeth, 94.
Jacobi, 94,
Holt, Sir Thomas, 29, 182.
Hoole, Elizabeth, 202.
Hornby, Dorothy, 50, 54.
Edmund, 48, 54, 189.
Geoffrey, 50, 54,
Margaret, 54.
Sufanna, 54.
W. H., 188.
WiUiam, 26.
Homeby, Ann, 113.
Edmund, 113.
Teffrey, 113.
John de, 6, 49.
Hombye, Edmond, 201.
Horrocks, Mr., 169.
Houghton, Colonel, 187.
John, i88.»
Mary, i88.«
Richard, 175, 184.
Sir Richard, 42.
Houldin, Margery, 26.
Houll, William, 99.
X'pofcr, 99.
Huddleston, Mr., 140.
Hudson, Janet, 78, 79.
Hull, Apies, 95, 109, 195.
Ahce, 49, 193.
Arthur, 192.
^— Arthure, 98.
— - Rev. Canon, 45.
Christofer, 106.
224
Index.
Hull, Edmund, 32.
Edward, 77, 107, 108, 109, III,
193-
Elizabeth, 94, 108, 193.
Ellen, 105, 193.
- Ellin, loi.
Frances, 55, 85.
- Frances Mary, 45.
George, 70, 94, 95, 97, loi, 104,
192, 203.
Grace, 84.
Henry, ill.
Henry Mitchell, 56, 86, ill.
Hugh, 90, 105, 192, 193.
James, 48, 85, 98, 204.
{ane, 86.
enett, 96, loi, 107, 204.
John, 26, 46, 55, 84, 85, 86, 93, 118,
176, 192, 195, 202.
Dr. John, 85.
Rev. John, 66, 84, 86.
Rev. John Winstanley, 85.
Margarett, 98, 100, 112, 193.
Mathew, 107, 203, 204.
Parson, 92.
Peter, 95.
Peter Winstanley, 86.
Raffe, 105.
Ralph, 192, 193.
- Raphe, 98.
Richard, 31, 85, 97, 107.
- Robert, 91, 108, 118.
Ruffe, 90.
Sarah, 55, 85, 86.
Thomas, 11, 12, 33, 89, 93, 94, 96,
98, 102, 104.
William, 12, 32, 86, 88, 106.
WUliams, 106.
WUliam Wilson, 55, 85.
William Winstanley, 55, 85.
XWerus, 94, 95, 98.
HuUe, Thomas, 11.
Humphrey, father, 21.
Himt, Thomas, 82.
Hunter, Elizabeth, iia
Thomas, no, in.
Huntington, Henry, 11, 68.
Hylle, Agnes, 128, 157.*
IRELAND, John, 113.
Thomas, 113.
Ireton, Bridget, 158.
Henry, 158.
J
ACKESON, Agnes, 93.
Alice, loa
Robert, 93.
— — Jas., 90.
Jakes, Joh*es fil, 18.
Jarvas, Robert, 96.
Jenkinson, Award, 32, 91.
Richard, 32, 90^ 91.
Thomas, 32,
William, 32.
Johnson, Richard, 117.
Rev. William, 64.
Jolley, Henrey, 26.
John, 27.
Seth, 26.
Jolly, Edward, 25, 26, 61, 122.
Elizabeth, 83,
James, 26.
Mr., 83.
Robert, 162,
W., 48.
WUliam, 26, 46.
Just, John, 3.
KARLETON, Henry de, 2a
Karlton, Matilda de, 170.
WiUiam de, 7.
Kellet Thomas, 103, 176.
Kendall, Mr., 187.
Kindsley, Mercy, 114.
Kirkham, Jo., 90.
John, 90, 1 14.
Richard, 32.
Kirkhame, Alice, loa
Margarett, 961.
William, 96.
Knowles, Thomas, 1 1 7.
Knyght, Adam le, 8.
Kriansky, Rev. John Dekrino, 109.
Kyghley, Elizabeth, 183.
Greorge, 41.
Kynwoldmersh, William, 67.
LACY, John de, 124.
Laithwhatt, Ellin, loi.
Lancaster, John de, 21a
Mr., 85.
Thomas, Earl o^ 6, 38.
WUliam, abbot of, 28.
WUliam de, 66.
Langley, EUin, 97.
Thomas, 97.
Langton, Mr., 185.
Richard, la
Index.
225
Langton, Thomas, 185, lS6.
W., IS.
William, 60.
Lasey, John de, 27.
Latewise, Elizabeth, 173.
Richard, 173.
Lathwate, John, 95.
Thomas, 95.
Lathom, Mr., 138.
Laton, Cecilia de, 18, 27, 29.
Gilbert de, 27.
Laurence, William, 16.
Law, Henry, 46.
Lawson, Laurence, 96.
— ^ Margaret, 168.
William, 96.
Leconby, John, i88.*
Lee, Dominus Henry de, 2a
Heniy de, 21, 29, 170.
Leetham, Cuthbert, 9a
John, 177.
Leethum, Isabel, 193.
John, 193.
Thomas, 193.
William, 193.
Leighton, Rev. David Hilcock, 62, 63.
Lekamton, Almeric de, 5.
- Amicus de, 17, 20.
Ley, Christopher, 69.
Lister, Jane, 128, 157.*
Rosamond, 129I
Thomas, 125, 128, 157.
Lomas, Mr., 91.
Lord, — , 80.
Lorimer, Henry, 193.
Henry, uxor^ 193.
Lovell, Giles, 39, 4a
Low, Henry, 46.
Loxham, Alice, 80.
Ann, 81, 82.
Edward, 80, 81.
Elizabeth, 82.
Mr., 91.
Ralph, 82.
Richard, 82.
Rev. Richard, 82.
Robert, 81, 82.
Rev. Robert, 47, 65, 80, 81, 82, 91.
- Thomas, 82.
William, 82.
Lucy, Sir Thomas, 161.
Lupton, James, 168.
Lytham, Elizabeth, 193.
Isal)el, 193.
John, 193.
Lytham, Margaret, 193.
Robert, 90, 193.
- Thomas, 168, 193.
Lythame, Isabell, 104.
Thomas, 104.
Lythom, Margarett, lOl.
William, 203, 204.
Lythome, John, 94, 100.
Robert, 89, 100.
Thomas, 94.
Lythum, Dominus John, 65, 67.
John, 68.
MACFADIN, Albinia, 52.
Francis H., 52.
Francis William Conry, 52.
Mackher^ohn, 114.
Marcer, Thomas, 32.
Mariscoe, Nicholas de, 6.
- Robertus de, 23.
Massey, Alice, 178, 179.
James, 71.
John, 178, 179.
Richard, 68.
Massie, Alice, 188.*
James, 183, 184, i88.*
John, 184.
Mason, Tenet, 71.
Massy, Rev. Thomas, 68.
Massye, James, 175.
John, 1 88.*
Matheis, Gilbert son of, 28.
Mather, Christopher, 166.
Matilda a widow, 17.
Mayfield, Dorothy, 187, 188.
Ellen, 188.
John, 187, 188, i88.»
Joseph, 188, i88.*
Mary, 187, |88, l88.»
Mayo, Ann, 162.
Mr., 163.
Thomas, 162.
Meadows, Rev. Thomas, 63.
Merton, Adam de, 21.
- Henry, 2a
- Toh*es de, 23.
Margerie, 2a
Matthew de, 21.
Michel de, 20, 21.
- Richard, 2a
Richard de, 20, 21.
William de, 17, ao, 21, 66.
Metcalf, Eliza Debonnaire, 167.
- Sir Theophilus John, 167.
Franchis, 104.
GG
ja6
Index.
Mrtlillcton, (loorjye, i6l.
Mjllri. T. H.. 168.
MilliHM, William, 204.
Moihc*. William, 173.
Mum, WnltiT de, 5.
- William do, 5.
Mnilitnd, Ric*u$, 19.
Mnni. Kii'hanl, 118.
Miiiiir, Alexander, no.
-. I'llifalK'th, 94.
- — llu^lio, 100.
IsalK'll, 93.
— lohn, 48, iia
'Nlaq^vrie, 93.
Thomas, 94.
William, 90, 203.
Molt*, Jciictt, 102.
KolH.'rt, 89, 9a
- Thomas, 9a
William, 91.
Morccrofl, Elizabeth, 196.
Mores, John, 41.
Morris, Jacob, 63.
Molneux, Thomas le, 23.
Molyneux, Sir Richard, 23.
Mo!>s, Robert, 82.
NEWHAM, Robert, i88.»
Newman, Henry, 197.
Ncwsam, John, 173.
Newbham, H., 64.
Richard, 160.
Robert, 1 6a
Newton, Thomas de, 171.
William de, 124.
Nich'i, Thomas fil, 19.
Nicholas, Pope, 38, 12$.
Nii:k!»on, Agnes, 96.
Alice, 12a
' John, 90, 96.
— — Nicholas, 12a
— Nicolas, 32.
Nwiiih, William, 194.
Ni;iiliiro!itie, Adam de, 16.
I<i»j»rr de, 197.
Ni/<ii>ii, Sir llenry, 42, 70, 192.
NuIIjII, |<ai|>h, 112.
Nuiul), f hiistopher, 112.
■ - William, 1 1 3.
N 111 III, l'.li/al>cth, 62.
(vroNOK, Harnabic, 99.
/ Li bach, 99.
Olivarcs, CoUMl, 133.
( >dbalde»ton. Dame, 183.
Osbaldeston, Henry, 184.
Osbiston, William, 109.
Osborne, Rev. G. Yanidd, 64.
Owytacre, Edmund, 171.
OxclifT, Dominus John, 65, 69.
PAGE, JoVes. 8.
Parker, Alexander, 169^
Edward, 201.
Henry, i8a
Parkinson, Jenett, ill.
Laurence, ill.
Ralph, i88.»
Robert, i88.*
Thomas, 91.
Paston, W^illiam, 71.
Pateson, EUlward, 94.
- Ellin, 94.
Thomas, 17 1.
-^— William, 32.
Paulo, Peter, 131.
Pawson, James, 2(XX
Peak, Elizabeth, 82.
Samuel, 82.
Pearson, Elizabeth, 194.
James, 194.
- Rev. James, 64.
Jane, 194.
John, 90^ 107, 194.
Katherine, 194.
- Margaret, 194.
Peter, 194.
Richard, 31, 193,
Richard, uxar^ 193.
Rolxjrt, 194.
William, 194.
Peerson, Robert, 12.
Pcre»on, John, 9, la
Robert, 9, la
Pckyryng. James de, 9.
Pcnwortham, Ralph de, 14.
Pc|>er, Thomas, 32.
Pcreson, Agnes, 95.
John, 95.
Person, John, 94.
PcteKon, Will., 90.
Pextonns, Christian, 99.
- Mary, 98.
William, 98, 99.
Pextons Trynytyre, 98.
William, 98.
Philips, Morgan, 131.
PhiljMt, Elizabeth, i6a
Sir George, 1 6a
Pickering, James, 197.
Index.
227
Pierson, Jam., 202.
- John, 8.
Robert, 8.
Pigott, Rev. Henry, 77.
Pike, Ann, 106.
Henri, 106.
Pikeryng, Robert de, 29.
Pincema, Richard, 124.
Richard de, 66.
William, 123.
Dominus William, 17.
Pip, Jenett, 93.
John, 93.
Piatt, Ralph, 64.
Plesington, Alice, 14.
Plesyngton, William, 1 1.
Poictou, Roger de, J7.
^— Roger, Earl ol, 5.
Port, Elizabeth, 174.
Sir John, 1 74.
Porter, Alice, loi.
Ann, 104.
Henrie, 32.
Henry, 49.
John, 9a
Mr., 27.
Nicholas, 90, 98, 104.
- Thomas, 90.
Portor, Flenrie, 98.
Prescot, Robert, 112.
Preston, Thomas, 130.
Proctor, Dorothy, 1 8a
Procaratoure, Geoffrey le, 6.
Proudfot, Will'ms, 14.
Pulton, Adam de, 7, 2a
Alan de, 7.
Rev. Alanus de, 65, 66.
Alyce, 41.
James de, 7.
John de, 7.
- Nicholas de, 8.
Richard de, 5, 7.
Robert de, 7, 8.
- Rog. de, 8.
Roger, 7.
Walthcf de, 7.
Walthew de, 5.
William de, 17.
Purson, William, 72.
Pyc, Laurence, 90.
QUITESIDE, Robert, 192.
Quitesvd, Margaret, 194.
Robert, 194.
Quityngton, Henry de, 17.
RABIE, Ellen, 94.
John, 94, 98.
Peter, 98.
Raby, Richard, 32.
RadclifTe, John dfe, 8.
Ramell, Agnes, 97.
Isabdl, 100.
John, 195.
Robert, 97, 194.
WiUiam, 195.
Rauthnell, Alice, 195.
- James, 195,
John, 33, 195.
Robert, 195.
Rawe, Edmund, 195.
Tenet, 195.
John, 195.
- Margaret, 19$.
Richard, 195.
Robert, 195.
WUliam, 195.
Rawlinson, Henry, 166.
Robert, 161.
Maria, 166.
Rawstrone, Edward, 105.
Raynforthe, Hughe, 71.
Reade, Ellin, 108.
Reading, Edward, 182.
Rede, Isabel, 127,
Reeve, Adam le, 6.
Reid, William de, 28.
Rdnfred, Gilbert Fitz, 17.
Reyley, Edmund, 99.
Elizabeth, 105.
John, 104.
- Richard, 99.
Richard the clerk, 20.
Richardson, Thomas, 90.
Rev. William, 66, 87.
Richmond, Margaret, Countess of, 173.
Ric*u5, son of Roger, 14.
Rickford, John, 135, 136.
Rigby, Alexander, 30, 43, 75, 106.
■ Baron, 42.
Colonel Alexander, 30.
Dorothy, 76.
Everill, 163.
Thomas, 106, 202.
Rev. Thomas, 65, 75.
Rigg, Isabel, 119.
Rigmaydcn, John, 173.
Thomas, 173, 174.
228
Index.
Robert the ditcher, 17.
Roberts, Hugh, 49.
Robinson, Ann, 82.
- Parson, 79.
^— Rev. Thomas, 165.
Rodindale, Sir John, 40.
Roe, Bernard, ill.
— — Edmund, 26.
Elen, 203.
Matthew, 32.
Mrs., 79.
- Robert, 208.
Thomas, iii.
- Tom, 79.
William, 32.
Romanus, John, 37.
Rosall, Millison, 114.
•^— Nicholes, 114.
Rossall George, 204.
- Richard, 92, 202.
Robert alias Crookoe, 19a
Rossekell, Richard, 195.
Rostrell, John, 103.
Rowe, Edward, 96.
Robert, 9i5, 177.
Rowlinson, Jenett, 93.
Peter, 93.
Rudde, Rob'tus, 23.
Russell, Edmund, 186.
Richard, 20.
Rev. Robert, 63.
-^— Thomas, 23,
Ryley, William, 99.
SALTHOUSE, Agnes, 202.
Antonii, 96.
Harre, 195, 196.
Hellyn, 195.
Tenet, 195.
John, 96, 196.
Marget, 19$.
Richard, 195.
Sarah, 204.
Thomas, 90, 117.
Sanderson, Jam., 202.
James, 94, 204.
John, 74, 9a
Marie, 74.
Richard, 26.
Robert, 32, 74, 94.
- William, 49.
William, uxor^ 12.
Santer, John, 92.
Saunders, Anna Maria Alice, 84.
Saunders, Richard, 84.
Sawyer, — 61.
Schamelsbiry, Bernard de, 28.
Richard de, 28.
Schirboume, Robertus de, 2ia
Schortered, Richard, II.
Sharp, William, 89.
Shaw, Anne, 78.
Esther, 76.
Lawrence, 76, 77.
Margaret, 77.
Mr., 109.
Nathaniel, 77.
Priscilla, 77.
Richard, 78.
Rev. Robert, 76, 163
Robert, 163.
Thomas, 33, 9 1.
Shawe, George, 32.
Rev. George, 65, 76, 77, 163.
John, 32.
Robert, 7a
Thomas, 32.
Sherborne, Robert de, 8.
Sherboume, Roger, 105.
Sherbum, Roger, 88.
Sherburne, fiiuke, 96.
Mr., 109.
Mary, i8a
Sir Nicholas, 19, Il6.
Sir Richard, 18, 176.
Roger, 179, 180.
Thomas, 96.
Sherdley, Edward, 58.
Sherslay, Ellin, ill.
Sherson, Anthony, 121.
Shirbume, Richard, 8.
Shuttleworth, Edward, 168.
Richard, 168.
Shyngleton, John de, 41, 183.
Sidebotham, Mary, 82.
Rev. Samuel, 82.
Sidgreues, George, 98.
Sidgreures, Jenett, 98.
Silcock, Jolin, 32, 33.
Elizabeth, loa.
Silcocke, Alice, 93.
Ja., 91.
Jane, 114.
Margarett, loi.
Riclmrd, 90, Io6,
Thomas, 106.
William, 32, 103.
Silcorke, Margareti, 93.
Index.
229
Silkok, Sir William, 174.
Simon, Adam fil, 8.
Simpson, Mr., 1 19.
Singleton, Alan de, 124, 182.
Alexander, 48.
Alice, 103, 185, 186.
Ann, 78.
Anne, 182, 187.
Annie, 180.
Captain, ^o.
Cicely, ife.
Const2ince, 69, 183.
Eleanor, 69, 183.
Elizabeth, 185.
Ellen, 184.
family, 182.
George, 10, 103, 174, 182, 183, 184,
185, 186, 187.
Hugh, 108, 174, 175.
John, 24, 107, 162, 17s, 184, 185,
187, 188, 195, 202, 203.
Laurence, 69, 102, 183, 184, 188.
Margaret, 174, 182, 184.
Richard, 115, 182, 184, 18$, 190.
Roger de, 124.
of Staining, 188.
Thomas, 69, 88, 107, 180, 183, 186,
187, 188, 202.
Thomas de, ix,
Thomazine, 185.
William, 175, 184, 19a
William de, 183.
Skillicome, Adam de, 67.
John, 99.
Nicholas, 99.
Richard, 67.
William, 99.
Skelmadine, Ann, 201.
Smith, Edward, 49.
tames, 62,
Richard, 8a
Smithson, Agnes, 102.
— - Alex., 202.
Alexander, I02, 204.
Prudence, no.
Robert, 203.
WiUiam, 48.
Smythe, Robert, 95, 103.
Margarett, 95.
Simon, 71.
Smythson, John, 94.
Robert, 94, loi.
Sncde or Sneyde, Rev. Hugh, 1 27.
Rev. Hugo, 6$, 7a
Sonkye, Ann, 184.
Sothworthe, William de, 67.
Rev. >yaiiam de, 6$, 67.
Sparrow, Major, 31.
Spring, Dorothy, 157.
Sir John, 157.
Standen, James, 120.
Stanlay, Master, in.
Stanley, Elizabeth, 78, III.
Staynolfe. John de, 16.
Robert de, 16.
Staynoll, Joh'es de» 13.
Stayth, Ann, 112.
Steele, Margarette, 100.
William, icx>.
Stenzeker, Agnes, 104.
Sterzaker, Robert, loi.
Sterzekar, Robert, loi.
Sterzeker, Jane, loi.
Sterzekr, Robert, 104.
Stevenson, Robert, 36.
Steynot, John de, 21.
St. John, Sir Anthony, i88.»
St. Martin, John, abbot o^ 29.
Stockport, Robert de, 18.
Storey, Thomas, 89.
Sturciyarr, James, III.
John, III.
Sturzaker, John, 118.
Suani, Henry son of, 7.
Summer, Rev. John, 73, 74.
Suon, Will'ms 13.
Swarbrecke, Isabell, III.
John, 32, 95.
Robert, 95.
Swarbrick, Laurence, 32.
Mr., 187.
Timothy, 92.
WiUiam, 32, 89.
Sykes, John, in.
Sylkok, William, 127.
Syngleton, Alan de, 17, 170.
Alis, 183.
Alys, 127.
John, 183.
Richard, 183.
Robert de, 171.
-^— Thomas, 184.
William de, 17.
Syon, abbess of, 183.
Elizabeth, abbess of, 69.
TAILOR, James, 12.
Tailier, Elizabeth, 99.
Ellin, 99.
John, 99.
230
Index,
Tailier, Robert, go.
Tanner, Joh'es, i8.
Tatham, William de, 6, 14.
Taylier, James, 178.
Taylor, Henry, 12.
Tames, 31, 88, 164, 176, 177.
John, 32.
-^— Lydia, 164.
Rachal, 71.
— — Richard, senr., 32.
- Richard, junr., 33.
- Thomas, 71.
Tempest, Elizabeth, 159.
John, 159.
Tennant, Richard, 47, 48.
Teylior, James, 95.
Thomas, 95.
Thawthes, Anne, 128, \yj*
Thomas, Bishop of Durham, 40.
Earl, 15.
Earl of Lancaster, 22.
-— * quidam va^us, 104.
Thomason, William, 71.
Thompson, Jennet, 204.
Thomber, Giles, 54.
Elizabeth, 54.
Thombume, Ellen, 19a
Thometon, Agnes, 15, 16.
Alice, 14.
Almar* de, 13.
Americus de, 20.
Elizabeth, 15, 16.
Jane, loi.
- Johanna, 15, 16.
— ^ Johannis de, 16.
- Katherina, 15, 16.
Laurence de, 14, 16.
Margaret, 14.
Richard de, 17.
Robert de, 14, 16.
Symon de, 20.
Thomas, 9a
Thomas de, 13.
^— William de, 16.
William Thometon de, 15.
Thometone, Adam de, 209.
Thornton, George, 17.
' Henery, 109.
Tenet, 117.
John, 117.
John de, 14, 16, 21, 40, 67.
Katharine, 172.
Richard, 17, 117.
- Thomas, 195.
William de, 172.
Threlfall, Thomas, 48.
Tharstan, rector of Preston, 2o8w
Thurtell, Rev. Edward, 63.
Tildeslay, Ann, 99.
Easther, 114.
Gabriell, 99.
Tildesley, Gabriel, loi.
Sir Thomas, 43.
Thomas, 180, 202.
Tildsley, Thomas, 79.
Tinckder, Agnes, 95.
William, 95.
Tinckler, Jacobi, 94.
Tames, 90.
William, 90, 94.
Tinkler, Edward, 203.
Ed., 202.
Richard, 202.
Tompson, William, 103.
Townend, William, 180.
Townley, Isabell, 15.
John de, 1$.
Richard, IJ.
Thomas, 187.
Townson, Mr., 30.
Trafford, Edmund, 137, 138.
Travers, John, 6, 14.
Laurence, 14.
Roger, 14.
-^— Thomas, 14, 16.
Trevenen, Williain, 51,
Truno, Ralph de, 6.
Tubman, Edward, 9a
Turner,, Elizabeth, 83.
Margaret, 48^
Mary, 83.
Rev. Thomas, 65, 82.
Tunstall, William de, 172.
Tyldesley, Thomas, 165.
Tyndor, Dominns, 65.
Dominus William, 67,
William, 68.
VEAL, Edward, 178.
John, 165.
Sarah, 165.
Veale, Edward, 78, 97.
Jane, 97.
Vendeville, Dr., 132.
Vry, Thomas, 109.
WADE, Richard, 204.
Wadmough, William, 204.
Walkden, — 157.*
Index.
231
Walkden, John, 97,
Peter, 97.
Walker, EUyn, 71.
George, 71.
Margaret, 71.
William, 204.
Walmesley, Thomas, 20a
Walmisley, Jos., 201.
Walmsley, Mr., 3.
Walsh, Agnes, 190.
John, 26, 32, 190.
Margaret, 190.
- Richard, 33.
— ^ Thomas, 190.
^^ Thomas, uxor^ 19 1.
William, 32.
Walshe, John, 98.
Richard, 901
Robert, 191.
Walter, Matilda, 20.
Theobald, 20, 35, 124.
son of Walter, 5.
Walton, Henry de, 38, 205.
Warbreck, Jane, 107.
John, 118.
Luke, 107.
Warbrecke, James, 97.
Jenett, 96.
Richard, 96, 97.
Warewic, Margaret de, 13.
Warrington, James, ill.
Watkin, Mr., 3.
W. J., 4.
Wayl, Sir Ric, 127.
Wayt, Alice le, 5.
Wm. le, 5.
Webster, John, 49.
Weld, Edward, 18.
Joseph, 18.
Welshe, Henrie, 93.
Richard, 93.
Wenne, John, 6.
Wentworth, widow, 112.
West by, Anne, 169.
Elizabeth, 129, I57.«
Ellen, 129, I57.»
Helen, i88.^
John, 169.
Pcrpetua, 168.
son of, 1 14.
Thomas, 114, 169.
William, 129, 169.
Westficld, Matthew, 12.
Whciring, Agnes, 190U
White, Anne, 74.
White, Constance, 75.
Dorothy, 74.
Elizabeth, 74.
- Erastus, 74.
Grace, 7$.
Jane, 75.
- Marie, 74.
Matthew, 74.
Rev. Peter, 31, 44, 65, 72, 73, 74,
88, 180.
Ric, 90.
Robert, 75.
Sara, 75.
Sarah, 73, 102.
- Susanna, 74.
Whitehead, Ellen, 120.
Richard, 117.
Whiteheade, Robert, 12.
Whitsid, Margret, 108.
Whiteside, Agnes, 103.
Alice, 196.
Bartholomew, 196.
Edward, 60, 93, 120.
Ellen, 49, 196.
Ellin^, 107.
- Henne, loi.
Henry, 26, 89, 90, 97.
J., 48.
James, 196.
Jo» 90.
John, 32, 46, 90, 102, 108, 196, 202,
204.
Laurence, 97.
Margaret, 7a
Richard, 89, 196.
Robert, 26, 93, 196.
Robert, uxor^ 184.
Roger, 49.
Thomas, 46, 48, 89, 90, 93, 107,
204.
William, 71, 90^ 103, 1 2 1.
Whitt, Grace, 98.
Robert, 98.
Margaret, 122.
WTijrnerawe, Margarett, 97,
William, 97.
Whyt, Rev., vicar of Pulton, 72.
Whyteside, William, 127.
Whytside, Robert, 12.
Whytsyde, John, 127.
Margarett, 102.
Wick, Ann, 100, 118.
Edward, 100, 118.
Wilande, Ux. X*poferi, 103.
Wilcocke, William, loa
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